It all started with an email.

An email was what changed Ava Grace Armani's life for the better. And not that she knew at this point, but it was all because her father had pulled a few strings, knowing how much his daughter would love this. But he wanted it to be a surprise so he had asked them not to tell her that he had arranged it.

Ava was sitting on a stool at the island in the kitchen of her house in Los Angeles; she was on her MacBook, just going through her emails. When one particular email caught her attention and she clicked on it immediately, her eyes widened as she read through it.

Dear,

Ms. Ava Grace

We have recently discovered that you are a fan of our Formula One team, and would like to invite you to be our special guest for the upcoming opening race weekend in Bahrain. This would include a VIP paddock pass for each day and getting to meet both of our drivers as well as other members of our team.

Please let us know if you will be joining us as soon as possible so that I can arrange everything.

Sincerely,

Fred Vasseur
Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal.

The blonde singer re-read the email four or five times before deeming that it was real and hitting the button to reply.

This was like a dream come true, sure she'd been to races in the past and went a lot as a child but she had never had the opportunity to and be able to meet the drivers or members of the team at least not to where she would properly remember since she had met a few drivers when she was little, had photos to prove it but she didn't remember the interactions because she was so young.

Dear,

Mr Vasseur,

I would love to join you as your special guest for the opening race of the season in Bahrain, this truly has been a dream of mine for a long time, so thank you so much for making it happen.

Sincerely,
Ava Grace

She hit send and let out a squeal sure she could have just bought the VIP paddock pass to meet the drivers and all that but she just hadn't had the time to look into it, with her busy schedule for the last season, she had been on tour and none of the dates lined up that she could have gone to a race during the 2022 season.

She had been planning to at least try and do that for the upcoming season and now it was happening.

A little while later she got another email with all the information she would need when she arrived on Friday, March, 3rd 2023 which would be when the free practices started.

She smiled, Ava hadn't gotten to go to a race last season because of her busy schedule, but she had watched them on the F1 app.

She was a Ferrari girlie through and through and had been since she was little and Charles Leclerc was one of her current favorite drivers as well as her celebrity crush. So she was excited to get to meet him.

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The race weekend approached rather quickly and Ava had been quiet about it wanting it to be a surprise that she was going to the opening race. All she had posted was a picture to her story of a picture out the plane window.

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They had booked her into the same hotel that the other drivers were staying in and everything was accommodated for the only thing she would need to spend her money on was if she went out for food or went shopping or something like that everything else was covered.

She was excited about this weekend, it had been forever since she had been able to attend a race, the blonde singer had just arrived at the hotel to check-in, and then was going to drop her things in her room and head over to the track to meet with Fred and watch the first and second Free practice.

She walked up to the desk with a smile on her face, the older woman behind the desk smiled back, "What can I help you with dear?"

"I would like to check in."

"of course, what is your name?"

"Ava Grace." the woman looked through her stuff and nodded.

"Here you are Ms. Grace, it seems you're on the same floor as the Ferrari team, so I would assume you're with them for the race weekend?"

"Correct,"

"Lovely, I was instructed to give this to you once you arrived it contains everything you will need to get into the race all weekend at least that's what Mr. Vasseur informed me, here is your room key, you're on the fourth floor, room 486, enjoy your stay with us."

Ava grabbed everything, "Thank you,' and headed towards the elevator to drop the bags off in her room.

After she found her room and dropped her bags she opened the package to find just as the woman said, her paddock passes for the entire weekend.

She placed the pass around her neck as well as putting on her 16 Ferrari hat that was a gift from her father for her birthday because he knows that Charles is one of her current favorite drivers on the grid.

Once she double-checked that she had everything she needed she headed out of the room and back down towards the lobby ready to head to the track.

There was a car waiting for her once she exited the hotel "Ms Grace?"

"Yes?"

"perfect Mr. Vasseur sent me to collect you." then the man opened the door for her.

Ava smiled, "Thank you." and climbed into the car, she knew that it had to be legit since no one outside of the team knew that she was a guest for Ferrari this weekend.

The ride was quiet but comfortable, and it took less than ten minutes to get there from the hotel as traffic wasn't bad.

After the car stopped the driver once again exited the car and opened the door for Ava, she thanked him again and headed towards where she scanned her paddock pass.

She walked through the gate after her pass was scanned. She of course was recognized by a few fans and she stopped to take photos with them, before continuing on her way to the Ferrari garage to meet with Fred.

The blonde walked into the hospitality where she was supposed to meet the Team Principal. The man smiled seeing the blonde singer approach. "Ms. Grace, I'm glad you could join us "

She smiled at the man, shaking his outstretched hand, "Mr. Vasseur, thank you so much for reaching out and making this possible, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"The pleasure is all mine, Ms Grace, when I was informed by a little birdy that you were a pretty big Formula One fan and that Ferrari was your favorite team I knew that I had to reach out."

"You can just call me Ava and a little birdy you say?"

"Well then, Ava you can just call me Fred then, and that's right."

Ava nodded, she immediately knew exactly who this 'little birdy' was but she wasn't complaining about it, "all right then." they two spoke for a few more minutes, that was when he noticed the hat.

"I see you've already come prepared," he motioned to her hat.

Ava laughed, "Yes, it was a gift from my father because bless him he's the whole reason I'm even a fan of the sport, so he knows that Charles is one of my current favorite drivers on the grid, so I saw it as the perfect opportunity to wear it out for the first time..."

Fred smiled at the blonde, “So we have some time before the first free practice. Would you like to meet the drivers now?”

Ava returned the smile, “Sure, if they’ve got the time I would love to meet them now, and if not after fp1 is fine as well.”

“Follow me, Ava, we will just go down to the garage.” Then he started walking out of the room with Ava following behind him. The two entered the garage a couple of minutes later Fred spotted both drivers and called them over to him.

note:
okay so I know I said I wasn't going to officially start this until Risk was finished but I decided to prewrite a few chapters and I finished this one and decided to go ahead and publish it :D

So I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter.