I don't want to lose you

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I wake up in the comfortable king size hotel room bed. It's race day. I get up and get ready for the day. I head down to the lobby and make my way to the car and drive to the track. Today there is allot of pressure on me as I've out qualified lando and getting p3 on my debut. Big things are going to be expected of me this weekend.

I get out of the car. The crowds are already gathering. I grab my bag from the boot of the car and prepare myself to walk through the busy paddock filled with fans.

J-hey y/n

Y/n-oh hey Jon

J-hop on I will give you a lift so you won't have to stop and get pictures with the whole paddock.

I get up onto the back of his scooter. We drive into the paddock I wave at the fans as they wave back and take pictures then they begin to scream out landos name. I turn around he is not anywhere to be seen. Then it clicks, they were saying it to me. My heart drops when I realise. For the rest of the drive I keep my head low.

I get off the scooter and Jon puts his arm around my shoulder.

J-don't mind them y/n just focus on you

Y/n-ye I'm gonna try but it's hard when everyone knows we are on the rocks now.

J-I know, I know but come on you need to go get ready for warmup.

I get ready and head out for warmup and do all my morning errands. When I finally get a chance to sit down and relax Pierre comes up to me.

P-hi y/n

Y/n-oh hi Pierre, how are you?

P-ye I'm really good thanks how about you

Y/n-eh I just feel kind of numb at the moment

P-it must be hard having to work with lando while all this drama is happening

Y/n-you have no idea

P-come here

He pulls me in and puts his arm on my shoulder

P-I will always be here for you, you know that?

Y/n-I'm guessing Charles told you to say that?

P-actually no he didn't

Y/n-well thank you Pierre it means allot

P-anytime.

We chat for another few minutes then he sets off to go back to his garage. I put on my headphones and turn up the music. I lay on the bed in my room and try relax.

It's time for the race. We head out onto the grid. I walk over to Charles and talk to him for a little while. Then I look over at lando. He pulls his chain up to his mouth and kisses a charm on it. I've never seen him do that before. I take no more notice of it and I head back to my car and get ready. We start the warmup laps. As I pull up to the grid again and wait for the lights to come on i use all my strength to push away any thoughts of lando and things that have been on my mind recently.

'ITS LIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO!!!'

I get an amazing start and shoot up to second behind max. I look behind and it's mental behind me. I brush all of the drama happening behind out of my head and focus on my driving. Ten laps in and the daram behind has quietened down. Im able to keep with the front group which is max, me, Lewis, bottas and Carlos.

Max and I pit at the same time. Our pit stop is messy it takes a total of twelve seconds. When everyone has pitted I'm still with the top group but I have fallen behind them. I'm able to keep in touch with them but I'm at the back. I line up a pass on Carlos but as I prepare to commit to it i see yellow flags so I back out. I look quickly to see who it was. It was Nikita...surprise, surprise.