This is for @eturner4 An: max's teammate will be Daniel not Checo
Background info: Lando Norris is the prince of Belgium and next in line to the throne. Max is a young f1 driver in his debut season at race 13 of the season - Spa-Francorchamps. The Wauman-Norris family get invited along...
Lando's Pov "Come on, we need to leave, the driver is waiting for us" Mum shouted. Today we were going to the f1 race. I've never been to one before but have always watched them on the tv. We were invited by red bull as one of their drivers grew up in Belgium. Their other driver is Australian. My favourite driver has always been Max ever since he started in f1. He has so much potential and I can't wait to see him flourish. He's also (in my opinion) the fittest and definitely the hottest. The fact that I have the chance to meet him today, I get butterflies at the thought of it. I finished my outfit and walked down the stairs. The orange tie is secretly for Max.
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We left our house and arrived at the track 3 hours before the race. We were greeted by two red bull employees and taken to the hospitality area. As a family, we had a conversation about the upcoming race and about how the season has been going so far. Lewis Hamilton has been on top for the past few years and it's pretty obvious that he'll win this year but mark my words, in a few years time, max will rock his boat.
About 2 hours before the race started, Christian Horner, Max and Daniel came over to hospitality to meet us. It was so nice of them to come and have a chat. We had a conversation about the season so far and race predictions. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't stop staring at max, in particular his eyes. The beautiful ocean-blue orbs encapsulated his beauty perfectly. He was even more beautiful in real life. I caught myself blushing and quickly looked down as his eyes gazed over in my direction.
Max's Pov Christian had told us that we had some guests to meet. I'm never a huge fan of the team inviting guests because I have to act interested and I have to compromise my pre-race schedule to talk to them. Daniel, Christian and I leave the garage and head over to hospitality. On our way over we get a few warnings like 'treat them with respect', 'act interested', 'engage and start conversations'. We always get the same warnings but this time we got an extra warning - 'dip your head and shake their hands as a way of greeting them'. We had never had this one before so I piped up, 'Christian, why do we have to dip our heads?' He looked at me if I had two heads. 'Max, were you listening when I told you who the guests were? Clearly not! We are hosting the Belgian royal family, the Wauman-Norris family!' Christian replied. 'Which royal family members have turned up?' I asked. I've always had a crush on Prince Lando, the next in line to the throne as his older brother Prince Oliver has stepped down and decided to remove himself from the succession line as he now had a family in the UK. 'Queen Cisca, King Adam, Prince Lando, Princess Florence and Princess Cisca' Christian replied. Internally, I was jumping for joy when I heard Christian say Lando's name.
When we arrived in the hospitality area, I scanned the room in hopes of spotting Lando. After looking around for a few seconds, our eyes locked as my stomach jumped. This was one of the best days ever. I have known I was gay since I was very young. I have always had a crush on Lando ever since the age of 14 or 15 but he obviously doesn't feel the same way about me. I'm not out in the motorsport world as I'm in my second season and I'm building my momentum so rocking my boat and coming out could potentially ruin my career. The only people who know about my sexuality are Christian and Daniel. I'm also nervous to come out as my dad is pretty homophobic and has said some pretty bad things in the past about homosexual people so I don't want to risk it.
Lando Pov Max moves closer me causing my stomach to fill with more butterflies. I've never had a label to my sexuality but I know that I fancy max. The only people who know of my obscene crush are my sisters - Florence and Little Cisca. I think that they are more excited for me to meet max than I am. My nerves start to settle as we talk and we both calm down. After a while, Daniel comes over to Max and me and then asks to speak to me separately. 'Don't feel pressured to answer this but it looks like you have a crush on Max. Sorry if I've caught the wrong end of the stick' I sit there, questioning my potential answers to the question before replying with, 'You definitely haven't caught the wrong end of the stick but you can't let my parents know' 'Cool bro' he replies before offering me his number as well as Max's. I take him up on the opportunity before we return to the others. When we return, Daniel nudges Max and then whispers something in his ear before Christian announces that it was lovely to speak to us but they have to leave to prepare for the race. We all say our goodbyes and send our good luck their way. Hopefully today will be a good race.
Max's Pov As they return to the table, Daniel takes up the spot next to me. He nudges me and whispers in my ear 'I have news'. I'm not sure whether it's good or bad so I just act professional until it's time to leave. I make sure to take an extra long time saying goodbye to Lando and I tell him that he is welcome to come to my drivers room after the race. His cheeks turn a bit rosey so I break the eye contact and head out with Christian.
On our way out we chat about potential strategies for the race. I start from pole with Lewis second and Daniel third. Valtteri joins Dan on the second row meaning that it's going to be a tough fight with the ever-so-strong Mercedes. I try to pay attention to Christian but my mind keep wandering to Daniel's comment after he spoke with Lando in private.
I guess I'll find out after the race
An: Just a warning, the race results won't be accurate in the next part
