It takes more than that - Max Verstappen ff

4.

An annoying sound gets me out of bed. I totally woke up in a bad mood, but I remembered that Lando, Max and I are gonna have breakfast together, which made me smile a little. I got out of my bedroom and Lando wasn't awake yet, which means I get to use the bathroom first. After a relaxing, cold shower I styled my hair, put on a forrest green top with a black-ripped-jeans and some black converse. I was totally ready for some food as my stomach already notified me that it needed some. In the mean time I was getting ready, Lando actually made it out of bed. He also took a shower and got ready pretty quickly.
"Good Morning. How'd you sleep?" he asked me. "I slept great actually, the bed is really comfy. What about you?" I smiled. "Well, you definitely slept better than I did. I don't know why girls always talk so long on the phone, but your call with mom actually kept me awake. I was kind of relieved when I heard you say goodnight to her." He complained. "Not my fault that the walls are literally as thick as a penny. But I had to tell her everything in detail, you know. I told her about how we talked with Max again and that we're gonna have some breakfast together. She first thought I meant just him and me and asked me if we were together but she was very happy to hear that we three are reuniting." I started laughing. "Haha, yeah, good old times." He started laughing too.

We walked towards a café Max had picked out yesterday. When we walked in we already saw him sitting in a corner, looking at his phone. As we approached him, he started noticing us, smiled and put his phone away. "Good morning, you two." He got up and hugged me and gave Lando a handshake. "Dude, what happened to you?" Max laughed. "Didn't really catch sleep. Wonder whose fault it is." he said and turned to me. I just giggled. We all sat down and ordered coffee, pancakes and smoothie bowls. The conversation started really quickly and we went from talking about the upcoming races, to an argument on how dogs are better than cats. I don't know how we got there, to be honest. But it was fun listening the boys fight over something random.
When the waitress handed over our beverages and food, we stopped our conversation. It wasn't awkward at all until Lando decided to tell Max the thing i've told him this morning. "Max, you know the real reason I couldn't sleep, is because my wonderful sister was talking to our mother the whole evening. After Lora told her the plans of today and how her day was, she thought you two were already a couple, cute right?" he said. "Wait, did she really?" he asked with a light smile and eyes on me. "Yeah, awkward." I said. "What did you reply though?" he asked jokingly. "I obviously said no." I blushed. "Haha, can't believe she just randomly said that. We must be destined." He joked. "Yeah for sure." I said sarcastically.
"We must be destined." replayed in my head. Knowing he was just joking and is happy with his girlfriend.

The breakfast was absolutely delicious. Afterwards we decided to take a walk through Monaco and get home afterwards. The situation still was a bit strange. God, I wish Lando had never told him that. He must think I'm an idiot. I was completely somewhere else with my thoughts as we arrived at the beach. I didn't pay attention to my surroundings at all. "Lora, be careful!" Max yelled and grabbed me by the waist, pulling me closer to him. "You almost ran into the fucking street lamp." he added. That was so embarrassing too. My face turned red and I tried to hide it as good as possible. "Yeah, my bad, trapped in my thoughts." I then said. Lando was nearly laughing his ass off. "I think you need some distraction from those thoughts, lil sis." he laughed as he grabbed me by my arm and picked me up. He quickly ran closer to the ocean and I was yelling, telling him to put me down again. I've never screamed more in my life. "Lando, I swear to god, if you throw me in the water-" It was to late. I already got wet and I gasped in disbelieve. "You muppet!" I yelled at him. He was absolutely losing it, as Max silently approached him from behind and pushed him into the water as well. Now I was laughing at the top of my lungs. Karma is a bitch, as they say. Max didn't need to be pushed in. He took his hoodie and his shoes off and jumped in. I must've been staring too much as Lando snapped his fingers in front of my face. "Still there?" he asked. "Uh huh." I replied to him and splashed the water in his face. We were all having fun in the water like we were toddlers. But I didn't mind at all. I loved it when people are more childish and don't take everything too serious.
The water was cold and all of my clothes were soaking wet, so I slightly shivered and told the others that I want to go home as soon as possible to take a hot shower. The others agreed and walked behind me. "Guys, please hurry, I'm literally dying. Why did you need to push me in the water in the first place, dumbass?" I said annoyed but got no reply. "God, I can hear your teeth chattering from here." Max loudly said. "Not my fault" I turned around and rolled my eyes at him. When I turned back around I heard Max say: "Lora?" I stopped walking and waited until they caught up on me because I was stressing so much. "Hm?" I looked at him. "You can take this. Just promise I see it again." He handed me his hoodie over and I was more than thankful as I was about to freeze. "Omg my lifesaver. You'll get it back, pinky swear." Even though I was freezing, I still managed to feel my cheeks warm up a bit.

We arrived at home and said goodbye to Max. I didn't know when I would see him again. But I guess it would be soon. Lando and I walked in and I immediately took the hot shower I was waiting for the whole walk back home. I put on fresh clothes but it made me turn to his hoodie again. I picked it up from the bathroom floor and it smelled so good. I decided to wear it over my t-shirt and was hoping Lando wouldn't see me wear it. Carefully, I opened the door and took a glance. He was standing with his back towards me at the kitchen table so I tip-toed into my bedroom.
I don't know why I kept wearing it. He has a girlfriend and I couldn't even imagine being with him but he was my first big crush back then and you know what they say about first loves?
They never die.

[a/n]: Hey sorry for not updating the story for over a week, but I hadn't had much time but I'll try to update it sooner next time. :)