"This is all your fault," Daniella accused Sebastian Vettel, pointing a finger at him as she took the seat next to him in the media room. The reporters are getting ready to ask the drivers questions.

"What? What did I do?" Sebastian was taken by surprise.

"You are retiring," Daniella replied. "And because of your selfish decision, everything is going haywire. Poor Lance will have to deal with Fernando and Esteban just told me that Pierre is moving to Alpine. There is a good chance one of them might end up dead and I don't want it to be Esteban."

"I am sitting right here, Dani," Pierre chipped in, trying to grab the attention of the other two drivers.

"And does it look like I care?" Daniella shot him a glare before looking back at Sebastian.

"No..." Pierre sulked back in his seat.

"All your fault," She said to Sebastian again.

The Aston Martin driver couldn't help but chuckle.

"I am sure Esteban would be fine...can't say the same about Lance though," Sebastian tried to assure Daniella.

"What about me?" Lance joined in and took the seat next to Daniella.

"Nothing.." Both Daniella and Sebastian said at the same time and shared a look.

Lance looked confused, the curiosity to know the topic of discussion was visible in his eyes.

"They were talking about how Fernando would give you a hard time next year," Pierre explained without giving it much thought, immediately earning a glare from Daniella and a disappointed look from Sebastian.

"Seriously, Pierre?!" Daniella slightly snapped at him. It was a good time none of their microphones were on, otherwise, the entire room would have heard the conversation and twist it to their liking.

Pierre looked at the slightly shocked expression on Lance's face and then back at Daniella, realizing he was not supposed to say anything.

"Umm... sorry?" He hesitantly apologized.

"Don't worry about it," Sebastian assured him and then looked back at Lance. "We were just joking around...you know how Dani is."

"Yeah, totally joking. And Pierre was not part of it," Daniella tried to laugh it off.

"Somehow I don't believe you," Lance replied.

"Hello everyone," Fernando Alonso joined the group, the last driver of the conference, the one everyone was waiting for in order to start the session.

Daniella murmured a greeting and avoided looking at the Alpine driver.

Sebastian couldn't help but find the situation amusing, while Fernando was confused about why Lance looked worried.

***

Daniella stood at the garage, leaning against the table, her helmet in hand as she looked into the recent data from FP2.

"Careful with that, the table is broken," The engineer warned her.

Daniella immediately stopped leaning and stood up straight, not asking further questions as she already knew how the table broke.

"Hey," Lewis joined his teammate.

"Hi.." Daniella mumbled.

"I just wanted to remind you that don't make any plans for tomorrow night," Lewis added. "We are all going bowling."

"I remember, Lewis," Daniella let out a deep sigh. "You know how I remember? Because you have reminded me of it like a thousand times by now."

"Sorry for not wanting a repeat of what happened last time," Lewis sarcastically apologized.

"Nothing happened last time."

"We all made plans and you were not there," Lewis pointed out. "And when I called you I found out you were in New York. A whole different continent, Dani."

"Oh yeah..." Daniella remembered. "Thanks for calling me in the middle of the fashion show. Everyone was staring at me," She blamed her teammate. She remembered how everyone, including the models were looking at her, silently judging and whispering about her.

"Good, that's what you should get for forgetting our team dinner."

"I would have forgotten if you had reminded me about it," Daniella slyly said before making her way to the driver's room to get changed and ready for debrief.

"So it's my fault now?" Lewis yelled from across the garage, causing everyone to look at him.

***

Daniella was heading back to her hotel. The debrief was done and so are the other formalities. Even though it was raining, she didn't bother to get an umbrella, instead, she was walking in a hurry to get to the parking lot before her hair and clothes got completely wet.

She let out a surprised gasp as well as slightly jumped when someone kissed her cheek. For a second she was taken aback but once the familiar arm was around her shoulder she knew who it was.

"You scared me," She scolded her boyfriend but also smiled.

"Sorry," Max gave a mischievous smile and gave her a quick kiss on her lips before they both picked up the pace and ran towards the parking lot as the rain was getting heavy.

Daniella unlocked her car and both got in and immediately closed the doors.

"I thought your debrief was going to end late," The Mercedes driver asked.

"We finished early," Max replied. "But tomorrow for sure it will be late."

Daniella nodded.

"I have to come early tomorrow, they moved up my marketing schedule because Alex was complaining so much about..." Daniella didn't get to finish her sentence when the back door suddenly opened.

Both Max and Daniella slightly jumped and looked at the back.

"Hey, love birds," Daniel Ricciardo smiled. He was completely drenched from head to toe, droplets of rain falling from his hair.

"What the..." Daniella was about to curse.

"What are you doing here? And you are ruining the back seat," Max asked as he pointed at his friend.

"I need a lift," Daniel gave a guilty smile. "Just drop me at my hotel and I won't bother you two for the next twelve hours."

"You are unbelievable," Daniella huffed as she started the car.

"Oh and...if we can stop and grab dinner on the way that will be great," Daniel added as he comfortably sat back.

Max and Daniella shared a look before driving away.

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A/N: Got a few drivers in this chapter. Thoughts? 

Dani blaming Seb for all the silly season drama...

 How do you think the Japanese GP will go for Dani?

 What are your thoughts and opinions about Dani? I have tried to make her flawed and not the "perfect OC" as much as possible but I want to know what you guys hate about her and like about her and think of her as a character.

 Okay an AU where Daniella is dating Francesco Bagnaia (MotoGP)? Maybe Fabio is jealous but he is stuck in the friend zone. Or Dani meeting Pecco through Fabio and... I feel like they would be a slow burn and dance around the idea of being more than friends for a long time.

(someone messaged me and asked who Pecco is so....)