An inconvenient attachment

Chapter 42

The saturday goes by really quick. Lando dragged me along to all his meetings and interviews, not letting me out of his sight. Which was very sweet, but I felt a bit awkward. I watched the qualifying with Charlotte. Lando wasn't happy with the saturday. He starts ninth.

In the evening we ordered room service and ate dinner in bed. I didn't bring up the 'I love you' part yet. I'm not quite sure when and how to bring it up, and don't know if I even want to bring it up at all. That night I slept horrible again, and you can see it on my face.

I grab some make-up out of my bag. Normally I don't wear very much, but today I need it. When I get out of the bathroom Lando is waiting for me, sitting on the bed. "You done, babe?"

"Yup" I say as I grab my bag from the chair.

We walk out of the hotel hand in hand. I quickly let him go when I see all his fans standing there, not wanting them to 'boo' me or something. Lando looks at me laughing, like he knows why I let go of his hand. He takes pictures and signs all kinds of things. I wait patiently until Lando is finished. Lando waves to his fans and grabs my hand as we walk off. Some people even shout my name as we leave.

When we arrive at the track Charlotte isn't there yet. Lando's assistant, Charlotte, talks him through the schedule of today. I walk a bit behind them, letting them do their thing. I almost scream when someone suddenly puts an arm around me. I quickly look beside me and see it's Max. I slap him in his stomach.

"Auw, what did you do that for?" He acts very surprised. Lando looks behind him, when he sees it's Max he keeps on talking with Charlotte.

"Because you scared me, you dick!"

"Yeah, well, what are you going to do about it?" he jokes. "I heard Lando made you follow him around all day yesterday" Max continues. I sigh. "Yup, he's worried about me I guess."

"And rightfully so."

"What, why?"

"Because you got attacked friday and your ex is coming to the circuit today" Max says like he has to explain to a toddler. Oh my god. I completely forgot. Holy shit. I feel my face going white, like I'm going to be sick any minute now.

"You ok?" Max asks when he sees my face. "I forgot" I stammer, "I totally forgot."

"Well, that's a good sign I guess."

Lando looks around now and suddenly stops walking when he sees my face. "What's going on?" Lando asks worriedly. "I.. uh" I don't know what to say.

"I scared Mia a bit earlier" Max says.

"Dick" Lando laughs now. "Are you coming, I have a meeting?" Lando asks. Oh no, another meeting. I love spending time with Lando, but all those meetings..

"We were just going to grab a bite to eat, I'll look after her" Max says. Thank god. Lando bits his lip, I can see he doesn't really want me to go. "I will be fine. I'll come find you at lunch" I say. Lando sighs. "Ok, fine" he says while giving me a quick kiss before walking off with Charlotte.

"Thanks" I say.

"You owe me" Max jokes.

"I certainly do. All those meetings, man, I can't listen to any more car parts and statistics or whatever" I sigh.

"About that.."

"Oh no, you have meetings also?" I realize I'm talking very loud.

"No, just kidding. I'm already done with my meeting. Just some media stuff now" he says. I nodd. I guess I"ll go entertain myself then.

"Ok, well, have fun" I say as I want to walk off. Max quickly wraps his arm around my shoulders. "Aren't you a funny one, I'm not letting you out of my sight."

"You don't have to babysit me."

"Hell, yeah I do! I don't want an angry Lando knocking at my door when you vanish" he jokes. I look at him annoyed. "Besides, I guess hanging out with you is not the worst."

"That must be hard to say for you" I joke.

"Oh believe me, very hard."

I actually have a lot of fun watching Max do his interviews. Before I know it, it's time for lunch. Lando is already sitting at a table when we arrive. "Hi babe" I say while putting the tray of food in front of me and sitting down next to him. Lando gives me a kiss on my cheek with his mouth full. "You pig" I say jokingly. I realized I kept looking around me this morning, to see if I saw Noah anywhere. Luckily it looked like what Max said was true, that Noah can't come into the paddock. Which is a big relief. My hands are shaking a bit though.

"Mia?"

"Huh?" I realized I wasn't listening.

"Are you ok?" Carlos asks. I didn't even realize he had joined us. "Yes, thank you. Just a bit tired."

"Lando kept you up all night huh?" Carlos jokes. Lando throws a piece of chicken at Carlos his head. "Landooo, don't waste food" Carlos says.

"What time do we leave tonight?" I ask Max.

"I don't know really, around 8 I believe. I'll pick you up tonight."

"Thanks."

We eat lunch and after lunch I look for Charlotte. I find her in the pitlane with Charles. We go up to a room to watch the race. Lando finishes eight, Charles fourth and Max second. Lando probably won't be happy about that, but I think he did great.

"Do you want another drink? It should take a while before they are finished" Charlotte asks.

"I want to see the podium ceremony actually."

"Ok, I'll join you."

We go and watch Max on the podium. The Lewis guy came first, which is a bummer for Max. I cheer as loud as I can when Max gets on the podium. He sees me yelling and tries to hold in his laugh. I see that Lewis guy ask something to Max, pointing at me. Max quickly shakes his head. I wonder what they are saying, I should ask him about that later. After the podium ceremony we wait on the guys at a restaurant. Finally they arrive, all together this time. We quickly drink something together.

"Ready to go?" Lando asks when he finishes his drink. I nod and want to grab my bag.

"Oh no, I forgot my bag at the room we were watching the race in" I say as I stand up. "Ok, I'll come with you" Lando offers. "No, no, it's fine, you grab another drink. I'll be back quickly" I say while petting his head. "You sure?" Lando asks again. I roll my eyes. "Yes babe" I say as I quickly walk off.

I walk through the trailers and quickly arrive at the room. Luckily I see my bag is still there. I sigh out of relief. I make my way back to the restaurant. As I turn a corner I see someone walking towards me. Oh no. I look around and see there is no one around. Fuck me. Just as I quickly want to turn around he is already standing in front of me.

"Long time no see" Noah says.