We met on the track

Chapter Eight

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You and Megan enter the paddock once again for your second day at Silverstone, however the way you act today is so much different then the first. I'm the space of twenty four hours, you have become friends with a good chunk of the drivers and are also stuck in a love triangle with the two that you look up too the most. The thought of how much everything has changed in such a short space of time is very overwhelming for you but you don't want that to affect your excitement towards your first Grand Prix.

Taking the same walk through the paddock, you and Megan talk between yourselves about the events of last night. She tells you everything about her and George not leaving out one saucy detail whilst you giggle along with her, gasping as times due to how graphic she is being. She is so smitten and by the sounds of it, so is he. You are so happy for your best friend, she deserves to be with someone who makes her happy as she is such an amazing and special person.

"So tell me what happened with you and Lando" you look her in the eyes and she automatically knows by the look of your face that this isn't going to be straight forward.

You tell her everything that happened during 7 minutes in heaven and also everything that happened with Charles. Megan looked at you the whole time with her mouth hanging open not believing what she was hearing.
"After Charles went to bed, I fell asleep on the sofa and next thing I knew Lando was waking me up. He gave me some of his clothes to change into and told me to stay in his bed because he didn't want me to be cold and alone downstairs, but nothing happened" Megan was still looking at you with the same expression.

"Megan say something" you say to her waving your hand in front of her face. "I don't know what to say" she looks at you shocked but also confused. "HOW HAS SO MUCH HAPPENED IN 24 HOURS?!" She shouts. All you can do is laugh at her reaction and shrug your shoulders. "Come on, I don't want to talk about this anymore, let's go watch FP1" you get her grab her hand and drag her towards the grand stands.

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A couple hours have passed and you and Megan are sat in the grand stand watching the practise races of the day. FP1 had not long finished and the boys were on a break so you decided to text Lando.

Hey! Well done on FP1, the car looked great! I have your house key with me, is there anyone you want me to give it too? X

Lando 🧡
Hey gorgeous! Why don't you come down to the garage and give it to me yourself ? I've missed your face this morning 😉x

"Megan look" you show Megan your phone with Lando's text message and she slaps your shoulder in excitement. You have a huge smile plastered on your face and blush drawn cheeks.You have to admit that even though you were unsure on your feelings with Lando, hearing him call you beautiful gave you butterfly's.
Without hesitating, you texted him back.

Aren't you the charmer 😉 We will be right there x

You and Megan made the short journey back into the paddock and towards McLaren hospitality. As you approach you see Lando dressed in his race suit leaning against the wall on his phone. He looked drop dead gorgeous in that suit and you couldn't take your eyes off of him. He must feel your eyes burning into him as he looks up with a cheeky grin on his face and walks over to you.

"Hey you" he wrapped his arms tightly around your waist and brings you in for a hug. "You look amazing" he whispers into your ear before pulling away. Yet again he hasn't failed to make you giddy and this time with just one simple sentence. "Hey" you shyly smile at him. "Here's your key" you hand him his house key that he trustingly gave to you this morning. He takes the key from you and thanks you for helping kick everyone out after he had to leave.

"I've got to get back to the garage, but I'm not forgetting my promise. Meet me here after FP2 and we can talk?" You smile and nod in agreement and spin in the other direction walking away. You were dreading having this conversation with him as the last thing you wanted was to upset him or make him angry. You saw the way he looked at Charles's hand when it was on your lap and it just shows that it was already something that he was concerned about.

FP2 went great and Lando managed to get P6 which was a great result for him and you knew that he would be happy. The feeling of guilt in your stomach was even more now as you were about to ruin that with this conversation.

After you had left Megan, you started to walk towards the McLaren hospitality. There were a million thoughts going through your head. Should I not tell him about the kiss with Charles? But he might not even feel the same way you do and just think of you as a friend. What happens if he doesn't want anything to do with you after this? You felt so sick to your stomach from the anxiety you were feeling and in a way wished you had never got yourself into this situation.

You feel someone grab your arm whilst you were walking "Jordan? You alright?" You look up and see Lando looking at you with a concerned look on his face. You had walked straight past him and the McLaren hospitality as you were so deep in thought. You giggle "yeah sorry was just zoned out" he chucked with you and takes your hand. "So where should we go?" He starts walking towards the exit of the paddock swinging your arms between you. You look at your hands and the smile on his face and the pit in the bottom or your stomach fills with guilt again.

"Actually Lando, is there somewhere private we could talk here?" You look down at your feet knowing that he knows somethings up. "Yeah sure" He guides you both still hand in hand to his drivers room where you can be alone. "Is everything ok?" He sits down on the sofa but you stay standing up not wanting to get too close to him again and stop yourself from saying anything. "I wanted to talk to you about last night...I-I kissed Charles" you look him in the eyes and see the sparkle that was there before gone. "We were both drunk and it was something that was in the moment. I don't know how I feel towards him but I am attracted to him the same as I am you." Lando is looking down at his hands now it's hard to see what he's thinking. You decide to take a seat next to him. "I like you Lando but I don't think it's fair on you to not be honest about my feelings. I need some time to figure those feelings out and I was wondering if you would give me that time?" You take his hand in yours and he looks back up at you again.

He looks at you with no emotion written on his face as he pulls his hand away from yours. "I'm sorry if I gave you the wrong impression Jordan but I'm not interested in you as more than a friend"

ouch that hurt.

"Oh ok, that's fine. Thank you for letting me know" you get up and walk out of his drivers room and quickly head for the exit. You were so embarrassed, What were you thinking? Of course he doesn't like you... he could have any girl he could want. Why would he want you? You felt a tear fall down your face. How can words from someone you've known such a short time hurt so much.

"Mon agme! What's wrong?" You spot Charles following you out of the exit. You didn't need this right now, you wanted to be alone.

You quickly jumped into the taxi and drove off. Leaving Charles stood there all alone.