An inconvenient attachment

Chapter 40

That night I fall asleep before Lando is back. I wake up with his arms wrapped around me. I see he's still asleep. I stretch a bit and get out of bed, trying not to wake Lando. A quick shower will do me good. When I'm finished Lando is still asleep. With the towel wrapped around me I walk over to him. "Wake up sleepy head" I say while pushing my lips on his softly. He makes a few grumpy noises and wraps his arms around me, pulling me on top of him. "Did you have fun yesterday with Charlotte?" he asks. His voice sounds raspy in the morning. I love it. "Yeah" I murmur in his neck. After a few minutes he finally lets me go. "You could have woken me up you know, I would have taken that shower with you" he smiles. "I didn't want to wake you." Lando steps in the shower. I lay down in bed and scroll on instagram. A few minutes later Lando walks out of the shower butt naked. When he sees me staring he laughs. "Forgot my clothes" he jokes.

Suddenly there's a knock on the door. Lando sprints back to the bathroom, grabbing his boxers and pants on the way there, then he almost trips over his own shoes. "I told you, you should tidy up your shoes" I joke. I open the door and see it's Pierre. "Ah Pierre, good morning! Wait a minute, I have your money right here. Thanks again for helping me out" I say as I turn around.

"Who's there?" Lando asks.

"Pierre!"

"That's uh, that's.. I didn't come to get the money" he stammers. I turn around and see the look on his face. Eyes big and he's blushing. I hand him the money. "You look like you've seen a ghost" I say. "No, no, not a ghost" he says, he's looking me up and down. Suddenly Lando grabs my arm and pushes me into the bathroom. "You're only wearing a towel" he says. He sounds a bit angry. Oh come on, it's just a towel.

"Yeah, sorry" Pierre stammers again, not getting out full sentences. "What do you need?" Lando asks. Fuck, he really sounds angry now. "I was going down to eat breakfast and thought maybe you guys wanted to join" he asks. "Well, we're not quite ready yet, but you saw that" Lando says. "Lando, stop being a dick" I whisper to him.

"We'll meet you downstairs" I yell at Pierre, just before Lando slams the door shut.

"Lighten up" I say as we get downstairs. I didn't feel like fighting so when Lando was being mad I didn't react to him, which made him even madder. While Lando talks to the waiter I walk over to the table where Pierre, Charlotte and Max are sitting. I look around and see Carlos and Charles sitting at another table with a few people I don't know. "Meeting" Max says with his mouth full when he sees me looking. His breakfast almost falls out of his mouth. "Pig" I joke. I sit down next to Charlotte. "I'm sorry about earlier" Pierre says. "Don't be silly, Lando was acting like a dick" I say. I see Lando walking up to us, problably hearing what I just said.

"Well, aren't you a sunshine" Max says sarcastically when Lando sits down. "Oh shut up" Lando says. "Don't tease him Max, Lando's just a bit jealous, happens to the best of us" Charlotte jokes. While we eat breakfast Lando's mood does lighten up a bit. He did however, quickly change seats when Pierre went to the bathroom. Pierre didn't say anything when he got back. I did notice a bit of annoyance on his face, but I could have gotten that wrong.

"So, are you guys all ready for today?" I ask.

"Yup" is about the only answer I get. "Well, since you guys are all in the best mood today, we'll see you at dinner tonight" I say when me and Charlotte stand up. We texted yesterday and are going on a walk together. There's a beautiful hike a few kilometers from here.

"That was awkward" Charlotte says when we get in a car. "Tell me about it" I joke. "I don't know why Lando's so jealous. He doesn't even care when I hang out with Max and then with Pierre.." I sigh. Charlotte looks at me laughing. "Because Pierre clearly has a crush on you" she says. "No he doesn't."

"Just so you know, I'm not the only one who notices" Charlotte says.

"What do you mean?"

"Charles and Carlos see it too."

"Oh stop it, you guys are crazy. He's just being nice."

"Ok, whatever" she says. The rest of the hike we don't talk about Pierre anymore. I actually got a bit annoyed earlier. He's a friend, nothing more.

Lando's pov

Charlotte, my assistant, drives me to the track. When I get outside there are a lot of people standing outside of the hotel. I sign a few caps, take some pictures and get in the car. Charlotte talks me through the schedule.

I have practice today and have to do a lot of interviews. When we arrive I get out of the car and get through security.

"Lando wait" someone yells behind me. I hear it's Pierre and keep on walking.

"Pierre is calling you" Charlotte says. She looks at my face. "Oh no, what happend?" she asks slightly annoyed . "Nothing" I say when Pierre catches up with us.

"Do you have a minute to talk?" he asks.

"No, we're very busy actually."

"Oh will you look at that," Charlotte looks at her phone, "out of nowhere a few minutes cleared up, so yes, he has a minute actually" Charlotte says. I look at her angry, but she doesn't care. "Be nice" she warns me as she walks away.

"Look, I'm sorry, I didn't know she would answer the door in a towel" Pierre says. "It's not about the fucking towel Pierre."

"Then what is it?"

"You have a thing for my girlfriend!" He looks at me surprised, well, if that's the look he's going for.

"I don't" he says, "she's a friend, nothing more."

I actually don't believe him. But after he talks more and more I feel myself getting less angry. "Look, if you don't want to, I won't hang out with her anymore" Pierre says uncertain.

I sigh. Maybe I did overreact a bit. I know Mia hates it when I get jealous. Well, sometimes I can't fucking help it.

"It's fine, just don't.. you know."

"I'm glad we cleared the air" Pierre says. He wraps his arm over my shoulder as we walk towards the pit lane. "Now, let's race" he says.