Casino

Quadrant shopping

A/N: IM SO SORRY THIS CHAPTER IS SO LONG. Got bored waiting for quadrant merch to go live and ended up writing a whole lot more than I expected

Sophia's POV:

I woke up to the sound of birds chirping and the wind howling. Last night was eventful to say the least, but in the end, it's difficult not to love Lando. When I got back I showered and changed, and we just talked until I dozed off. This morning I hoped it would be like any other. I rolled over to see him lying there, his chest moving up and down (a/n: side to side like a rollercoaster) as I began to trace his muscles. I yanked my phone off of the charging lead, my head lying lightly on his body as I scrolled through Instagram, watching the edits people had of us two. It was really cute the fact fans already picked up on our noticeable closeness, and wanted this relationship to happen, as much as we wanted it to work out. "We look cute in that one." Lando had clearly woken up, and didn't bother telling me. "Lando you scared the shit out of me," I said trying to regain my breathe. He kissed me gently. "You want to talk about what happened yesterday, or do you want to wait? I don't mind, I can wait for you if you want to?" I shook my head. "No I think we should talk about it," I said looking up at him. "Only if you're ready though?" I asked him, to which he nodded. "The only reason why I asked was because too many times people have become friends with me, or tried to have a relationship with me, for money. They want to be known to the world and want to show me like I'm a prized object. Which obviously I'm not, I'm a human being like you with feelings. I was stuck in traffic after leaving work, and I was busy thinking to myself. I was going to ask you that question anyway, and I knew you were going to go for the 'because I love you' part, but I was thinking. What if you said 'for money'? Because I love you, and I don't know what I'd do. So I was already frustrated and stressed at the fact you said 'for money' in my head. Like you said, you have enough money as it is alone, let alone needing me for fame. In our business world, it's the opposite. We need to stay undercover as much as possible, or the world will know. And I'm sorry, seriously. I just become insecure sometimes and question weird shit." 

"Lando-" a breathily laugh left my lips "This isn't your fault. I completely understand that you wanted approval. I should be the one apologising: I overreacted. I was just angry, but now knowing the context, I understand a lot more. It must be hard in your position to trust people but I can reassure you I love you with my whole being, and it will carry on till the day I die."

"Me too," he said, planting a kiss on my forehead. "Jon said I can have a cheat day, so Starbucks pastries for breakfast?" My eyes widened at the sound of those words. "I know they're your favourites so let's get ready. I've got some Quadrant filming around lunchtime, but I'll take you out to dinner, just the two of us tonight. Deal?" I only nodded with excitement, as I practically jumped out of bed and got dressed. I decided I would put my hair in a messy bun for now, but later I would do it up all nice. I grabbed one of Lando's McLaren jackets from the pegs and I skipped happily out to the car. The wind was like hurricane forces: it made the air seem chilly when it actually wasn't that cold. However, that didn't stop me shivering until Lando unlocked the car, clambering into the papaya car. It took him forever to come out, as he was messaging someone. I didn't dare to rush him: who knows, it may have been important contract talks and I didn't want to get in the middle of it. Once we were in, Lando turned on the engine, which kickstarted the heaters, warming up the car. The nearest Starbucks was only roughly a 4 minute drive, so I was quietly humming songs whilst Lando finished messaging, before turning it off and putting his phone away, as we drove out of the driveway and onto the road. He then started to talk. "So Sophia," he placed his hand on my thigh and started rubbing circles on it. His warm touch made my goose bumps disappear within seconds. "You know Ria, Steve, Aarava and Niran are desperate for you to come and film this quadrant video with us, if you're up to it. It's a baking chall-"