You and Max had know each other. Keyword, had. When you were both younger you use to kart together and hangout. But as Max gained fame and attention due to his unique skills and love for racing you grew apart.

You weren’t sad for him, but sad that your friendship diminished. You two use to get along pretty well, and you were both great at wheel to wheel. Unfortunately somewhere down the line you couldn’t afford to peruse racing anymore, distancing you from Max and the sport you both loved.

Max occasionally thought about you, mostly thinking back on the karting days and not you specifically. He did sometimes think about you when karting was brought up but to him you were basically lost out in the world.

Max was doing a PR thing. Apparently questions about his karting days with a surprise at the end. He wasn’t that enthusiastic for the surprise since he had been doing PR all day.

The interview was coming to an end. And they asked Max about who his favourite karting buddies were. Of course he rang off a few names, including you.

Turns out the surprise was bringing the people he was close to as a child in karting.