The dancer and the driver ~Lando Norris~

~4~

When we arrived at the party, Max came up to me almost immediately. "You look, hot girl!" He said. Yup, he was definitely drunk. The party was only an hour in and people were already tipsy or drunk. Like how... Anyway, Lando and I talked a bit with Max and some of the other drivers. As we were talking, my mind went somewhere else. How will it go when I get back home? Will Lando and I still be together? Or will he forget about me? I send those thoughts out of my head and enjoyed the party. With a little bit of overthinking though, don't get me wrong... 

When the music got a little bit louder, I saw Max looking at me and he said:" Isn't this the music from one of your routines?" "Oh my god! Yes, it is!!" I said way happier than I thought I was. "Go on then, show it!!" He said drunk and happy, one of the coms about Max when he is drunk. He is always too happy and noisy.  "Yes do it please!!" Lando said with puppy dog eyes. "Uhg, fine!" I exclaimed. Max went over to the DJ and grabbed the mic. "My dear friends!!! My very good friend Tara over here is going to give us a beautiful dance routine. Good luck my love!!" He said. "Oh god..." I muttered. He started the music over and the crowd started to form a circle for me to dance in. 

I did my routine perfectly and the people were clapping with the music and yelling.  I think that I did a great job. Lando came up to me and said: "Omg, that was amazing!!", "Oh why, thank you," I said back to him. "That was really good Tara," Max said. "Thanks, guys!" I said to all who thanked me. 

Suddenly Lando dragged me across the room and started whispering something in my ear. "Come with me, love," He said and dragged me out of the room, again. We went towards a far corner and he pushed me into the wall. "What's wrong, Lando?" I asked.  "Nothing," He whispered in my ear that send shivers down my spine. "You know, you shouldn't be teasing me like that..." "And why is that?" He said still standing very close to me. "You wouldn't recognise me," I simply said. He chuckled a bit and stood straight again. "Wanna go back to the party?" He asked. "Sure thing," I said smiling and following his lead. 

I was too tipsy to be thinking about the next day, but somewhere in my mind, I knew that I wouldn't be seeing him in a very long time after this night. I also knew that I shouldn't be this close to him, he would just forget about me. Like everyone who I meet through others. The thought came to mind and I slowed down a bit, it made Lando turn around and look at me. "What's wrong?" He asked. "Uhm, can we talk for a minute?" I asked a little shy. I had no idea what his reaction would be. Would he just dumb me? Or would he find a solution? Maybe he just doesn't even want to hear about it at all. 

I started to hesitate and he saw it. "Okay, you obviously want to ask or tell me something. What's up?" He asked with a little worry in his eyes. "What's going to happen to us when we are gone tomorrow?" I asked bluntly. The question seemed to startle him and he sighed, a hand went to his neck and he seemed to think deep. "What do you want to happen?" He asked. "Uhm, I don't know. I live in London and you in Woking, Surrey. It doesn't seem too far from each other but maybe because of our work, it will be... Do you know what I mean?" I explained. "We will figure something out, you are too precious to just give up on," He said and kissed my cheek. 

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The party was mainly over. It was just; Lando, Max, Victoria, Alex, George, Daniel, Charles, Carlos, and myself. "Who wants to play truth or dare?" I ask, still tipsy but it was wearing off due to the water that I was currently drinking. "Sure, kid," Max said. "You do not have the right to call me 'kid', глупый," I said to him with a glare. "Don't start saying things in Russian to me!" "Don't be a bloody child then!" We were bickering with each other and the rest was just watching with amused faces or confused ones. "How can you speak Russian? And what was it that you said?" Charles asked. "My dad was from Russia, we went there often and I can speak it almost fluently. And I said Stupid to the man-child," I said with a grin. "What else can you say?" Alex asked. I did just say that it is like my third language right? "Я сказал, что говорю свободно, не так ли?" I said and made him look in shock. "Ah, Ik kan ook nederlands praten als je wilt?" I said which made Max and Victoria perk up and join in the dutch conversation.