~ Alex pov ~
Immediately after you left a cab pulled up so you went directly to the airport. You honestly didn't even know what to do with yourself or where to fly. You had several options in your mind so you just had to decide on one of them. Being already at the airport, you took out your phone and started calling because you had to make sure where you could fly. After two signals you heard a voice in the receiver.
- Hey, what's up Alex? - The cheerful voice made you smile for a moment.
- Em... Are you at home or somewhere else? - You asked right away.
- Yeah at my house, I came back yesterday? Something happened? - You took a deep breath.
- I'm just at the airport in Ibiza and I don't know where to fly to.... Can I fly to your place? Please. - You felt the tears gathering in your eyes again.
- Sure. Come. You will tell me everything when you arrive. Text me what time you'll be there and I'll pick you up from the airport, okay? -
- Thank you. - Once again you smiled. - And one more thing. If Charles would ask you about me then tell him that you don't know where I am, and that you haven't talked to me. Okay? Please do it for me. - You were really hoping he would agree to that.
- Oh wow. In that case don't even think about not telling me what happened. - He laughed and you breathed a sigh of relief.
- Thank you. So, I will write you right away about what time my flight will arrive. Love you and thank you one more time. Bye.
- Okay, see you Alex. - When he said this you hung up.
Knowing what you were going to do you went to buy a ticket for the nearest plane. Fortunately, you managed that your flight was not long after that and you did not have to wait. All the time you spent at the airport as well as on the plane you cried. You were unable to hold back your tears. You were in too much pain. After a little more than three hours you were already at your destination and after collecting your luggage you started looking for your friend who was supposed to pick you up. As soon as you found him he immediately hugged you tightly and you stood like that for a while in silence. However, he finally pulled away from you and looked at you closely, you knew he could see that something was wrong, it was too obvious. Without asking you any questions, you simply drove to his house. All the way there was silence between you and you looked out the window and admired what was behind him because you had never been to Milan before. When you arrived he immediately took to making coffee after which you sat on the couch together. You saw that he was still looking at you and trying to figure out what had happened.
- Alex... - He spoke up. - Where did you get your ring? - He stopped his gaze at your hand, on which you wore it. - You know, the one with the blue heart. - You took a deep breath before answering him.
- Charles has it. - He looked at you uncomprehendingly. - I gave it back to him. - Gasly's facial expression expressed everything he could immediately say.
- Did you guys break up?! - He was incredibly shocked. You, in response, just nodded to him. - Wow. Why?
- Charlotte. - Even more surprise was painted on his face. - And Oscar. But mostly because of Charlotte.
- He cheated on you with her?! Oh my God, I'll kill him for that.... - You did not let him finish.
- No Pierre, you will not kill anyone and especially Charles. And no, he didn't cheat on me but he hurt me with what he did and what he said. - You told him about your whole argument. - Also, this is how it currently looks Pierre. - He looked like he couldn't believe what he had just heard.
- What the fuck. I knew this was going to happen. - This time it was you who looked at him questioningly. - I told him, I don't think getting to know you and Charlotte with each other is a good idea and that Charlotte is a bit of a psycho. I told him this in Baku when we went to buy a ring for you because he wanted Charlotte to help him with arranging everything in Monaco so he could ask you if you would become his girlfriend.
- Good thing she didn't help him with that in the end. - You laughed slightly under your breath.
- But, Alex... - He paused for a moment. - Why did you think to come exactly to me? - He asked. - After all, you could probably go to Mick and your dad in Switzerland?
- Because you are my best friend and my big bro, right? - You didn't know what else you could tell him. - If I had gone to my family it would have been altogether too obvious for Charles. I can also bet that Mick will be calling me right away because Charles has probably already talked to him, or he's already gone to Gland and Mick will call me when he sees that Charles has come to visit them without me. - You explained that to him as well. - And besides, can't I spend some time with my bestie? - You smiled and put your head on his shoulder.
- So bestie... - He's ruffling your hair. - We are going to party tonight. You're single now you can have some fun and take your mind off your problems. - Hearing this you weren't quite sure if it was a good idea.
- Only if you keep an eye on me so I don't do anything stupid that I might regret later. - You made him a condition.
- Have I ever let you down? - He threw you a meaningful look and you didn't have time to answer him. - I think so too. - He laughed. - Now get up, we are going to have some dinner. - You sighed heavily because you didn't have the slightest desire to go anywhere. - Don't frown, Alex. I have to help you somehow so that you don't think about unpleasant things. So, come on, let's go to dinner. And by the way I will show you around Milan. - He stood up and gave you a hand to do the same.
You grabbed his hand and got up after which you went to change your clothes and left the apartment and went out into the city. Pierre, of course, didn't tell you where you were going and just led you ahead while you admired everything around you. You tried not to think about this morning, but at certain moments you just couldn't cope, and then uncontrollably tears began to flow from your eyes. Finally, when you sat down in some restaurant Gasly kept chatting you up all the time to draw your thoughts away from Charles, but it wasn't so easy. Looking at the menu, you didn't know what to decide on, but not because there was too much choice of the good stuff but because you didn't even feel like eating anything. As soon as the waiter brought your orders and you saw the food, your appetite that you didn't have disappeared even more. You tried to eat at least a little because your friend kept urging you to do so but it made you feel even worse. Pierre saw how much it was bothering you so he finally decided that you would already go back to his place and not go anywhere else today, especially not to any party. When you returned, you immediately lay down on the couch not having the strength to stand any longer. A moment later Gasly lay down next to you and just hugged you without saying anything. You hid your face in his torso and started crying again. The Frenchman kept trying to comfort you but it didn't quite have any effect. This is how your next days in Milan looked like, you hardly left your bed if it was not necessary, you also hardly ate anything, which worried your friend the most. During those few days Leclerc constantly tried to contact you but you did not answer or read messages from him. You only wrote back to Arthur to let him know that everything was theoretically okay with you.
~ Charles pov ~
You've been sitting heartbroken since Alex left, and you're completely at a loss as to what you should do now. You tried calling Schumacher but to no avail because she wouldn't answer from you, which made you even more depressed. For half a day you tried to think of what to do and that it would be a different idea than going straight after the girl and finding her even though you didn't know exactly where she was. All this time you were locked in your room and didn't have the strength to get out of it, nor did you eat anything much or get out of bed until the next day. When you woke up after a virtually sleepless night you got one idea, so without thinking too long you changed your clothes and went out further without talking to anyone. You knew where you had to go and as soon as you were there you knocked on the door and waited impatiently for someone to open it. The girl seeing you smiled broadly and invited you in.
