Drive to Survive [Lando Norris]

-7-

Willow found herself getting a bit nervous as her and Pierre stepped into the club. She kept adjusting her dress feeling like she didn't belong there at all. Pierre obviously noticed and grabbed her hand squeezing it gently. 

"Don't worry, Will. You look amazing, and we're just here to have some fun" Pierre said making Willow slightly calm down. 

"You're right, I'm sorry" she said with a nervous smile. 

"Don't apologize. Let's just get some drinks, I need that" he chuckled. 

"Me too" Willow said joining in on his laughter as the teammates made their way to the bar ordering their drinks. 

After they had both gotten their drinks Max and Daniel had noticed them and was walking over to them. 

"How did you convince Willow to show up?" Max laughed greeting them both. 

"It's my secret weapon" Pierre responded the three boys laughing while Willow playfully rolled her eyes. 

"Well, I'm happy it worked. It's good to see you here, Willow" Max then said as they had finished their little laughing session. 

"Thanks" she said taking a zip of her colorful drink hoping she would loosen up a bit. 

"We're gonna hit the dance floor, wanna join" Daniel said clearly already affected by the alcohol. Pierre looked at me and then the others. 

"Oh no I'm a horrible dancer, you can go" Willow quickly said and despite a bit of hesitation, Pierre left and joined Max and Daniel on the dance floor. 

Willow kept an eye on them thinking about how ridiculous they looked and she couldn't help but smile a little. And then she happily returned to her drink just listening to the music sitting by the bar. 

Halfway through her drink and a couple of songs later, a sudden tap was felt on her shoulder and she turned around to be met with a smile belonging to that certain guy whom she had been so distracted by at the interviews yesterday. 

"I didn't think parties was your thing" Lando said taking a seat next to her also with some sort of colorful drink in his hands. 

"It's not. I'm only here because I promised Pierre" she replied. 

"You're pretty close with him, aren't you?" he asked and it was pretty clear that he too was affected by alcohol like Daniel. 

Willow did find it a bit amusing. "Why? Jealous?" She smirked downing the rest of her drink. 

"No just wondering" he replied with an innocent smile. 

"Well he's a good friend" she said.

"I see..." he said trailing off looking like he was thinking really hard on what to say next. Willow gave him a confused look before he continued. 

"Dance with me" he said also drowning the last of his drink and getting up from his chair. 

"Mm I don't dance, Norris" she said crossing her arms. 

"How come a pretty girl like you doesn't wanna dance?" he asked. 

"You think I'm pretty?" she asked very amused. 

Lando seemed to have realized what he said before his facial expression softened a bit. 

"Only a fool would think otherwise, now dance with me. Please" he answered putting out his hand for her to shake. 

"Charming" she began patting his cheek gently as she leaned down from her chair, "But the answer is still no" she finished leaning back and leaving Lando with a frown on his face. 

"Dance with me and I'll buy you another drink?" he tried with an unsure smile. 

"You're not giving up, are you?" she asked crossing her arms.

"Not a change" he said with a smirk. 

"Buy me good coffee and flowers for me tomorrow and you have yourself one dance" she stated and Lando gave her a confused look that soon turned into a smile, when she accepted his hand and together they walked to the dance floor. 

Neither of them were paying attention to the other drivers or just the people around them, when they stood almost in the middle of the crowd. Suddenly the music changed into a bit slower song. 

"You promised one dance" He chuckled and Willow playfully rolled her eyes before finally putting her arms around his neck. 

They were basically the same height. Lando was probably like two or three centimeters taller, so they fitted pretty perfectly actually when Lando also finally wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her a bit closer. 

They continued to dance to the song not breaking eye contact for a second. It was like they didn't even have time to blink. Lando couldn't really believe that he was actually dancing with Willow right now: And for Willow, well, she had no idea how to feel, but it was actually quite funny. 

Soon the song ended and the pair broke their dancing position. 

"Well I hope you enjoyed it, Norris. Because it was a one time thing" she smirked.

"I thought, you said, you don't dance" Lando said since Willow seemed to be very much able to dance. 

"No, dancing just isn't my thing" she replied as both of them left the dance floor. 

"Well it should be then, you're good" he replied looking at her. 

"Yeah well I have another job that takes quite a lot of time instead" she replied with a cheeky smile. 

"Oh really? Tell me all about it" he replied acting oblivious. 

"It's very interesting actually. You basically just drive a weirdly shaped car around weirdly shaped circles around the world every other weekend." she replied ordering another drink at the bar. 

"Oh wow. That does sound very interesting" Lando said also ordering another drink. 

If Willow had been sober, she probably would have left the party ages ago. But her being a bit more tipsy than anticipated and the fact that she might even be enjoying herself a little, made her stay a little longer.