An inconvenient attachment

Chapter 36

"So, this is it" Lando says while we pull into his driveway.

It turned out we stayed another night at the hotel. We didn't do much, besides showering. Together. And doing other things. Together. I feel my cheeks burning up from just thinking about last night. I turn my head away from Lando, so he doesn't notice. He's cocky enough without my help.

His house is beautiful. The house is white, big, and has a garden. It's perfect. Lando shuts the car off and sprints to open the door for me.

"Chivalry never dies" he jokes as he grabs our bags out of the trunk. I pinch him in his ass as he walks by towards the front door. "What's that weird obsession you have with my ass" he says as he puts the bags down. Lando looks for the keys.

"You have a very nice but." I almost scream when the front door suddenly opens.

"That took you guys long enough" the guy says, "I figured you would lose your keys". Who is this? His face looks familiar, but I can't put my finger on it.

"Oh shoot, I forgot to tell you Max lives with me" Lando quickly says when he sees my surprised faced.

"Hi, I'm Max" he says while holding out his hand. Two Maxes, well thats easy to remember.

"Mia, thanks for the heart attack" I say as I shake his hand. Max laughs.

"Well you sucked" Max says jokingly when we walk into the living room. "Oh fuck off" Lando says.

We spent the day playing some games, chatting and just relaxing. Tomorrow Lando has to go to the factory or something. I have no idea what he has to do there, he talked about some sort of simulator thing.

"Do you want to do a quick twitch?" Max askes Lando.

"You keep saying quick, but it is never quick" Lando laughs.

"Do you mind?" Lando asks me. I shake my head. "No of course not, you boys enjoy yourself."

"You can join if you want to?"

"Thanks Max, but I think I will skip this one. Maybe next time" I lie. I'm still not over the horrible comments on my instagram, I don't think I can handle those comments again. A shiver sends down my spine.

"I won't be long" Lando says, clearly noticing my discomfert. "No take your time, I like watching you."

"I know you do" Lando says with a smirk on his face.

"Uhhg, gross" Max says, dragging Lando away. As soon as the guys go live, comments flow in. About his race, people suggesting what they should watch, telling them how cute they are. I can't help but be a little jealous.

The guys decide to watch the McLaren unboxed video on Youtube. As they watch it I realize i'm in it, holy shit. Not much, but enough to be recognized. I read the comments, fludded with my name now. People are talking about me singing. Wait what? Me singing? And then there it is. The shot of Lando and the other guys doing the interview, and me singing in the back ground. Lando laughs so hard now, tears start running down his face. Oh my god.

The comments go wild at the part where Lando jumps in to sing and dance with him. To my surprise the comments are really nice, well most of them. They are even coming up with ship names. I didn't even know that was a thing. I see Lania, Mando, Lia. They clearly need some more time.

Suddenly my phone drops dead. Oh fuck, I forgot to charge it. I run upstairs to grab my macbook, I don't want to miss the stream. I realize their door is open, the camera also filming the door of the room I need to go to. If I'll be quick they probably won't see me, right? To be sure they don't film me I drop on my knees and crawl into the room. When suddenly Lando and Max burst out laughing. Lando stands in the doorway.

"What are you doing you muppet" he can't stop laughing.

"Shit, you saw that?" I say while standing back up. Making sure i'm behind the wall, so the camera doesn't film me.

"Yeah, us and 30.000 other people" Max jokes. Lando walks back and lets himself fall down in his chair. "Well, the chat wants to see you now" Max yells as I just reach the stairs. Fuck.

"You don't have to" Lando says. The comments were nice, and they probably will think i'm an ass if I don't go now. Slowly I turn around. Breath Mia, don't forget to breath. Doubtingly I walk into the room.

"Hi" I say akwardly to the camera. I don't really know what to do or where to watch. Jeez, there's a lot of screens. "Read the chat, everyone is saying hi" Max points to a screen.

I walk towards the screen to read it. I squint my eyes a bit, not able to see it from where I'm standing. Lando grabs my arm and pulls me closer. "Mia is quite the grandma, and is refusing to buy some glasses" Lando jokes. I slap him on his shoulder softly.

"Bend down a bit so people can see your head" Max says. Oh right, i forgot, camera.

"Are you coming to the next race in Spain? The people want to know" Max asks.

"Of course she is" Lando says. I force a smile and stand up, so people don't see my face when memories of Noah come floading in and the possibilty to run into him there. Addison told me he is going. Then Max said he wouldn't be able to walk in the pit lane.

"I'm going downstairs" I say when I feel Lando's eyes on me. I quickly wave at the camera and hurry down stairs. Don't think about this weekend I try to tell myself. You won't see him there. Listen to Max, he told me it would be fine. I almost start to believe it after I repeated it a few more times. Almost.