Something Gained

Chapter Thirteen

I walked down the hallway towards Daniel and Lando's rooms, in my own little world, mentally listing more things I needed to do or check.

The corridor was silent in the hotel which was nice, I didn't notice how quiet, until I was tapped on the shoulder. I screamed and jumped so hard I nearly hit the roof.

It was Michael and he was in stitches with laughter at my reaction.

"That's really not funny" I said scowling at him as soon as I realised it was him.

Doors flung open and I saw Lando, Jon and Daniel come running out. Michael was crouched down on the floor laughing at his achievement.

"What happened? Are you okay?" Daniel came running up to me, but he had a smile on his face, like he knew something funny had happened.

"No!" I practically yelled in response, "your friend made me jump" I replied pointing at Michael, putting emphasis on the word friend.

"Oh is that it?"

"Is that it? Is that-" I stopped talking and walked past Daniel, faking my annoyance at how blasé they were.

"You're not really mad are you?" Michael said between laughs

"I will be if you don't stop laughing at me. I'll get you back for this" I warned

"Oh you really don't wanna mess with her" Lando laughed, finally speaking up.

"Game on Alex" Michael laughed.

I shook my head in equal measures of disappointment and wondering if he knew what he had got himself into.

I walked to Lando, who slung an arm round my shoulders in comfort and we walked down the corridor to the stairs and the boys followed. I could still hear Michael's chuckles the whole way, which was met with my scowls everytime I made eye contact.

Over dinner we went though the schedule for tomorrow, the media we had planned and then all the training and testing we had to do.

I knew I needed to talk to Lando as well so I was going to get him on his own in his room or mine to speak. But then I also needed to probably speak to Daniel about it, and then potentially Zak, but I also had to plan my revenge on Michael, there was no way he would get away with that. I excused myself and went to the toilet towards the end of dinner and text Lando;

"I need to speak to you later" I sent the text and then waited for a response while I was in the bathroom
"Yeah of course, come back to my room after dinner"

As we all got out of the lift and said our goodbyes until the morning, I linked arms with Lando and walked back to his room with him. Daniel's room was right opposite and he gave me a shady look before disappearing into his own room, I walked into Lando's room and went and slumped on the bed.

"Lands, I've done something" I stated. He laid down on his bed next to me but his feet were by my head and I just stared at the ceiling.

"Does this have something to do with Daniel" I sat bolt upright and looked at him

"Why? What do you know?" I quizzed

"I'm not an idiot, you were just in LA, I know where he lives and where you do, obviously I saw the media stuff around you guys anyway"

"I wanted to tell you" I said to him, he simply smiled

"I knew you would eventually, but you don't owe me anything, you're your own person and it's nothing to do with me"

"I know but I didn't want you thinking I was being a certain way with him or treating anyone differently"

"You're not that sort of person Alex, I consider you a friend, you keep the calm in this crazy world. I don't doubt you for a second"

"Don't be so soppy" I laughed and he pushed my shoulder

"So anyway, give me the juicy stuff" he said impatiently,
I fell back down on the bed.

"We've hung out a few times, we may or may not have slept together.." I trailed off my words and Lando pretended to vomit which had me kicking his leg.

He suddenly gasped really loudly and sat up.

"It wasn't that night I had your jumper and came knocking?" Lando asked.

"Maybe..."

"I knew it! I knew you were lying!" Lando said, punching the air with his fist in triumph.

"I'm a bit lost because I think I really like him but I don't what it means, but he's your teammate and I'm your PR manager, like I keep you guys on track.. well not the track, you guys do that but you know what I mean and I'm just so worried and I don't want to lose my job and he's said I won't but he can't promise that and I don't want you to be mad at me and-"

"Alex stop. You ramble when you're anxious" he said, I laid back down with a thump on the bed and sighed, "let me process this"

I laid on his bed for ages staring at the ceiling, the sun setting and casting an orange glow in the room.

"Daniel is a cool guy, he's funny and talented. All I would say is, don't mess with his head"

"I just don't want you to think I'm leaning more to one side here"

"I don't and I won't. You're a professional at this job, I've seen it, and you will continue to be and we will continue to be friends. Just breathe and live in the moment. You always say how grateful you are for this job and for what you have now, so enjoy it"

He was so totally right, and I think I really liked Daniel and I knew I could still do my job, it was important to me, and I knew I had to talk with him and lay everything out on the table. Lando and I chatted for a bit longer about light hearted things until the sun completely disappeared and it started to get dark.

Daniel

After dinner, Michael and I went for a walk/run to clear our heads, travelling always made me feel tense.

We walked up the stairs of our hotel and down the hallway, Michael went into his room and I said goodnight and walked round the corner to my room.

There she was.

Sitting outside my room. She looked up and saw me and smiled, that smile. The one that made me feel weak, and I never felt weak.

"Hi" she whispered.

She held out her hand and I took it to pull her up, before I had time to react she kissed me.

Fireworks went off in my head.

This never got old with her. She was really kissing me. I got my key card out of my pocket and swiped it at the door, still kissing her, this was getting a bit fast and heated. We walked in still kissing as the door shut behind me, I threw my phone and my key card on the side and chucked my hat somewhere.

This was a little out of the blue and the first proper intense session we'd had since the first time, but I was just too caught up and involved in the moment and all I wanted was her.

My hands explored her whole body, hers did the same. My skin tingled everywhere she touched, like electric shocks, I gently pushed her against the wall next to the bed and kissed down her neck and along her collarbone,

I knew exactly where to kiss her or bite her. Her hands fumbled with the bottom of my T shirt as she pulled it off over my head. This girl drove me crazy I couldn't put it into words.

I pulled of her clothes and she pulled of the remainder of mine, it all happened so fast it was a surprise we had made it into the room. She had her hands in my hair pulling me in closer to her, I loved it when she did that.

She bit my bottom lip which made me groan, both are mouths open we explored each other, neither of us able to get enough it seemed. This girl was just something else, I thought about her day and night, and when she was near I couldn't ever seem to have enough.