Formula 1 - One Shots

Lando Norris - "I can't believe you said I was your girlfriend"

P R O M P T: "I can't believe you said I was your girlfriend"

Seven years. That's how long you had known Lando and even though it felt like a lifetime sometimes, it had gone by so quick. The two of you met in secondary school and hit it off straight away. You weren't really a girls-girl and it felt great to have a boy best friend to hang out with. You remained the best of friends even after he went away to pursue his karting career and after you had applied to university in London, Lando asked you to move in with him. His karting career had led him to a Formula One seat for McLaren and he felt a bit lonely in his big new house. So you joined him soon after, moving all your stuff into the guest bedroom next to his.

Today, the two of you were meeting up with his former teammate Carlos and his girlfriend Isa to do some shopping and grab a bite to eat. You had met Carlos once before when you joined Lando at a race last year, so it would be fun to see him and meet the girl he had been talking about the entire time. "Are you ready to go, Lan?" You asked when you had just finished tying your shoelaces and you smiled when you spotted the dark-haired boy walk into the hallway. He looked cosy, wearing a big hoodie and some dark jeans and you loved the way his curly hair sat on his head. "Yep, all ready". He said when he grabbed his keys and you walked outside to his bright orange McLaren. It was still very weird to see your childhood best friend drive a car like that and certainly to be in the passenger seat.

Lando drove the both of you into London and the trip was filled with your usual horrible singing. After he parked the car into a garage, Lando grabbed his phone to call Carlos to ask if they had already arrived. "Okay.. See you soon!" He said before he hung up the phone to tell you Carlos and Isa were already walking around the city centre and they were waiting just outside Harrods, which wasn't really far away from where he had parked. The two of you headed over to the impressive shop that was already displaying their winter decorations and it made your heart skip a beat to think it would be beginning to look like Christmas soon. "Buenas tardes!" You heard Carlos yell and your head snapped up to look at the two friends greet each other.

"Carlos, you know Y/N already. Isa, this is my girlfriend Y/N.." He said after he had given her a hug as well. A chill ran up your spine and you quickly shook your head in surprise and furrowed your brows, seeing the same expression appear on Carlos' face but neither of you said anything and because Lando didn't address it anymore, you just decided to ignore it and greet the two people in front of you. But you couldn't get the thought from your brain anymore. The rest of the afternoon you paid close attention to Lando and it seemed like he didn't even notice he had said it. He wasn't acting any differently and even though you were certain Carlos had heard it too, you were really starting to question if it had actually happened or it was just your mind playing tricks on you.

The four of you had a really fun afternoon shopping and Lando even bought you some jewellery pieces that you were eyeing in the window. They were way too expensive for you to buy but he surprised you with them at dinner, he had sneakily bought them after you and Isa had left the boys alone for a few minutes to go into a lingerie shop. You thought it was really sweet of him and questioned if it meant anything else for a second but he did these things all the time, he had always loved to spoil you. After dinner, you said goodbye to the other couple, exchanging phone numbers with Isa and arranging another shopping day with her to get ahead on your Christmas presents, before you and Lando walked back to the car.

Now that you were alone with him, the thought of him calling you his girlfriend immediately came back into your head. He was acting the same as he always was, loudly singing to the music while you were sneakily staring at him, admiring his features from the side of your eyes. Of course, you had always thought he was a handsome boy, but he was your best friend, you had never even pictured him as anything other than that. But now it was all you could think about. 'What would it be like to have Lando as a boyfriend? Would it be very different?' He would probably still treat you exactly the same, but you would be able to kiss him and wake up in his arms.