Drive to Survive [Lando Norris]

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The Spanish Grand Prix enrolled and it was already media day again. Today Pierre had a press conference with Lando and it is safe to say that Pierre wasn't exactly looking forward to it. 

Since he found out that Lando was the cause of his teammates bad mood and the reason she had, well almost a panic attack, Pierre wasn't overly found with Lando. 

And Pierre usually thought of Lando as his good mate. And he still was, but for now Pierre wasn't that happy with him. 

"Hey mate" Lando cheered walking besides Pierre on their way out of the conference building as they had finished their interview together. 

"Hi" Pierre simply said not even looking at Lando but at his phone instead. 

"Uh do you wanna grab some lunch together?" Lando asked slightly confused as to why Pierre wasn't paying any attention. 

Finally Pierre looked up and into Lando's eyes, but all he showed was anger. He was starring at the guy who made Willow feel sad, and no one, no matter who they were, would get away with that. 

"No thank you" He replied looking back at his phone. 

"No? Wh- why?" Lando asked being really confused now. 

Pierre stopped his walking and looked around making sure that there were no cameras. 

"Because I don't want to" He said in a duh tone. 

"Why not?" Lando asked feeling a bit hurt by his friend. 

"Look, I don't know all that happened between you and Willow, but I know that you hurt her, and I don't like that" Pierre said in a ferm voice. 

"Wait what? I didn't hurt Willow, and how do you even know about Willow and I?" Lando asked with wide eyes and a very confused mind. 

"Because Willow has been so quite and unfocused the whole time in Portugal, so she finally told me everything, and honestly... you're a jerk" Pierre spat. 

"I'M a jerk? She was the one who didn't want anything to do with me!" Lando said defending himself. 

"You don't know her at all then. Because if you did, you'd know that Willow hate showing emotions, and she's even worse at talking about them. I found her outside the club crying and having a panic attack because she saw you making out with some random girl. And the only reason she 'ended' things was because she's scared. And she just needs a bit of help sometimes!" Pierre said crossing his arms and leaving Lando speechless. 

"She- she cried because of me?" Lando said barely able to speak. 

"Yeah she did, and it took me 10 minutes to calm her down" Pierre said finally in a more calm voice. 

Lando looked at the ground and felt instant guilt. He was the reason Willow had had a panic attack and that she had cried. All because he kissed some girl and he didn't even remember it. He really was a jerk... 

"I- fuck I'm so sorry, Pierre. I had no idea" He said in a low voice. 

"Don't apologize to me, apologize to Willow" Pierre finally said before leaving. 

Lando stood back watching Pierre walking away and feeling more guilty than ever. He really had to find Willow and talk to her. Like right now. 

-- 

"I think, we're done for today, Willow" Clara said as Willow had finally finished up some interviews for SkySports. 

"Finally." She sighed feeling exhausted. 

But Willow wasn't going back to the hotel just yet. She was now sat in her driver's room going over some 'homework'. 

This track had always been very tricky for Willow. She had driven it a few times before and every time she had spun out or crashed or something bad had just happened. So this time, she really wanted to nail it. Last year she crashed and took another driver with her, so she forced herself to work a little extra tonight. 

She was eating her dinner while going over some papers and videos and other work. She had told Pierre that she was staying a bit later, so he wouldn't get worried. 

After around an hour and a half Willow had pretty much done all the work she could and she was far too exhausted to do anything else about it. So she packed up everything and got ready to leave. 

Only, the second she opened the door she almost jumped a meter into the air. 

"Jesus fucking Christ!" she said taking a few steps back as she was being startled by the guy who judging by the looks of it, where just about to knock on her door. 

"What the fuck, Lando?" She said holing her chest feeling her heart beat a million times faster. 

"Shit I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you" he quickly apologized. 

"That's good to know, but why the fuck are you standing outside my driver's room?" She asked still trying to catch her breath again. 

"I know, I'm sorry, but I really gotta talk to you" he said and even though Willow had to talk to him too, she didn't really wanna do it now. 

But there was no getting out of this one, and Willow gestured for him enter her driver's room where he sat down and Willow besides him. 

"So uh... what did you wanna talk about?" Willow asked after around 2 minutes of just pure silence as Lando was trying to find the right words. 

"Sorry I'm trynna find the words" he said with a nervous chuckle, "Look I uh, I'm really sorry" he begun leaving Willow confused. 

"About what?" she asked. 

"Pierre told me about the panic attack, and I feel so guilty. I don't even remember kissing that girl, and I feel so bad because I never wanted to hurt you. I think I was just so angry myself, but that's still no excuse" he said looking at her. 

"You really don't remember kissing her?" she asked feeling slightly happy that he apologized about it. 

"No not at all, I seriously don't remember shit from that evening, but I still feel so bad. I don't wanna hurt you, Willow" he said. 

"I'm sorry too... for hurting you too" she begun taking a deep breath, "I shouldn't have done that, but I was too scared to do anything else." she sighed. 

"I get it. I'm scared too, but I really like you Willow, and even though I'm scared, I wanna try. I wanna try and have a relationship with you" he said and Willow could barely speak. 

"Even after I pushed you away?" she asked nervously. 

"Even more so now. I can't stand not even being your friend. I need you in my life, Willow. And I hope that you need me too" he said with a smile also bringing a smile to Willow's lips. 

"I'm still really scared, and I'm gonna need to take things slowly, but... I like you too, Lando" she said carefully

"You do?" Lando said with a huge grin on his face. 

"Yeah, and- and I wanna try too" she finally said and chuckled as Lando wrapped his arms around her. 

"You have no idea, how happy that makes me" he said as they pulled apart from the hug, "And we'll take it as slowly as you need." he smiled. 

When they both returned back to the hotel Lando followed Willow to her room before pulling her into a hug. 

"I still wanna take things slowly, but one kiss can't hurt, right?" Willow asked with a smirk looking into his sparkly eyes. 

He smiled widely and with no hesitation he placed his one hand on her cheek and the other around her waist before pressing his lips against hers. She melted into his touch and wrapped her arms around his neck smiling into the kiss. 

It was the best feeling ever, kissing his soft and warm lips and feeling the excitement and that electric feeling in her body. They continued to kiss for a few more seconds before finally pulling apart. 

"Goodnight Lando" she whispered with a smile. 

"Goodnight Willow" 

A/N I am very sorry for maybe keeping you waiting for their relationship to take off, but I really wanted like a slow burn thing. And I really like it, so I hope you still enjoy it.