Something Gained

Chapter Fourty

I sat on the plane with Hannah coming in to land in LA, I was so excited. It was the first time going away from work that I felt good and the first time in a long time spending some time with a friend. We had planned shopping, dinners, late night movie nights, beach days. And we only had 5 days to do it all in.

We got all our bags, and started walking towards the exit.
"Alex, that sign has your name on it"
"What?"
"Look, right there, Alexandria Walker" what the hell, there was a man standing with a sign. We walked over towards him and he smiled.
"Alexandria?" I hadn't been called that in years, I nodded, "follow me, you must be Hannah?" He said looking at Hannah, she nodded and we gave each other, I was anxious but followed the man anyway. He walked us out of the airport and took us over to a car.
"Mr Ricciardo sends his regards with this gift and he said he hopes you have a great time" He handed me some keys, I was in shock. Actual shock. It was 12pm in LA, meaning it was 9pm in Monaco. I took out my phone and rang him as the man walked off.
"A car? He got you a car?!" Hannah was squealing as she looked round the car

"Hey, how was your flight?" Daniels cheery Australian accent answered the phone
"Don't hey me. A car?"
"Ah so you got it then"
"What is this?" I asked him
"You liked my car, you didn't have one, I wanted to get you one, so I did"
"You can't just get me a car, I can't accept this"
"You can and you will. I've got to go, Michael is bellowing, you enjoy it. Don't crash! I love you" he said before putting the phone down. I have a feeling Michael wasn't bellowing but he wasn't going to continue this debate with me.

"He got you a car!" Hannah kept shouting
"Right, Hannah let's calm down, the key was emblazoned with the McLaren symbol, of course it was a McLaren. I turned over the key and opened the boot, which was on the front, we put our bags in. I then got into the drivers side of the car.
"Roof down, roof down" Hannah yelled. I laughed, I tied my hair up in a ponytail and put my sunglasses on, I started the engine and put the roof down. "This is by far the coolest thing that I've ever seen!" She switched on music, I connected my phone and played my usual playlist and I left the airport. LA had a lot of freeways, enough space to really drive this car, and that I did. Hannah was instagramming while I drove, we sang and danced and whizzed down the road. It was a beautiful car, exactly the same as Daniels blue one. I couldn't believe it.

I pulled up to my apartment and drove the car into the garage underneath the building, I parked up and put the roof back up and looked at Hannah.
"This car is mega!"
"I'm going to kill him, he can't just buy me a car, like yes I love it and I'm so grateful but what" I said as I got out the car and got our bags out
"I mean, it's Daniel. He's not exactly short of money"
"That's not the point, I could of got myself a car"

We walked into the building and I waved at Lewis as we walked up to the desk.
"Hi Lewis"
"Hey Alex, finally home!" He greeted, he was so enthusiastic all the time
"I am indeed, everything been okay" he nodded and handed me my keys
"It has, I've put some water and a couple of snacks in there for you"
"Aw thank you, I'll see you in a bit" I said as I waved to him and got in the lift with Hannah
"Who was that?" Hannah asked as the doors shut behind us
"Lewis, he's the concierge. He looks after my apartment when I'm not here"
"He's hot"
"You're not really single young one" I said to her. She laughed and we got out of the lift and into my apartment.
"Wow, it's amazing up here!" She said walking around
"It's nice, it's home" I said. We walked into my kitchen and I saw a massive bouquet of flowers sitting in the kitchen. I walked over and picking up the card.

Miss you already, have a good time. I love you, DR x

"He sent me flowers" I was smiling so bad I couldn't help it.
"No way, flowers! This man!" Hannah squealed. She was a proper hype girl. It seems like such a simple insignificant thing, but to me, I loved it. I loved this kind of thing and the thought of just blew me away. I looked back up at the white and pink rose bouquet. I couldn't wipe the smile from my face.

An hour later after showers and getting changed, Hannah and I were on our way out to do some shopping. I glanced at the flowers again as I left and smiled again. He was probably in bed or sleeping by now. I sent him a text thanking him and telling him I loved him. I then got in the car, put the roof down again because if you're in LA, you're not gonna drive around with the roof up.

"Right what about these?" Hannah suggested, holding up a pair of really nice heels
"Yeah I prefer them to the pink ones, pink is a no no" I said
"They are nice, maybe we should go look around and we can come back?" She suggested
"You're going to walk out and want them anyway, get the shoes!" I said, she laughed and nodded
"I'll get the shoes"

We shopped for ages, we both brought so much new stuff. We needed more outfits if were gonna go out again like we did in Amsterdam. Cameras started appearing around us which concerned me but Daniel warned me this might happen now.
"The only thing we now need to do, is some food shopping for the next couple of days" she nodded as we put the bags in the car
"Shall we go out for dinner tonight though? I really fancy a proper nice girly dinner" she said
"Let's, I know this really nice restaurant we can go to that I literally love!" Hannah clapped and we got back in the car.

After food shopping we come back home and got ready for dinner, we got changed into new dresses and shoes and looked hot as hell! We headed out the door and down to the car.