On and Off the Track

N I N E.

I woke up the next morning to an empty bed, Lando must have already gotten up. I rubbed my eyes, adjusting to the light. It was only 7am, which was incredibly early for Lando to be up. I threw on a jumper and made my way to the kitchen. I could see Lando sitting at the island, eating a bowl of cereal as he scrolled on his phone. He didn't even look up to acknowledge me. I went straight to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of water. I stood there, my hand on the fridge door, as I contemplated whether it was actually worth bring up the way he was acting. After thinking for a while, I just didn't have then energy to argue right now. I simply shook my head and with a short laugh left the room. I slumped onto the bed, I could feel tears pricking in my eyes. I sharply wiped them away with my sleeve, and got up to get ready to go to the gym. I needed to burn off this frustration.

I stayed at the gym for as long as I could, I wasn't quite ready to go home just yet. I finally admitted defeat and made my way home. I could tell as I was putting the keys in the keyhole, that nobody was home. This brought me some relief, which it definitely shouldn't have. I had a shower and changed into some comfy clothes before lying down on the couch. Comfy clothes was becoming a staple lately. I flicked through Tv channels, trying to find something to watch. Nothing took my fancy. I didn't actually want to watch Tv, I just needed to distract my mind. I had finally settled on a movie when I heard the door open, it was Lando he walked in and went straight to his streaming room. He spent the rest of the day streaming, or gaming. I try to avoid him, whenever he would go to the kitchen to get some water or go to the bathroom. But it's incredibly difficult to do in a two bedroom apartment. It was big but definitely not that big. I went to bed early, feeling Lando join me not too much later. I went to sleep, praying that we would be okay for tomorrow

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Thursday, 31st March

Mine and Lando's family were arriving today, they landed early in the morning and would arrive around 10ish. Luckily, me and lando woke up fairly early, I would have definitely given it away if I had to pull him out of bed for no reason. Lando was sitting on the couch as I was making myself a cup of coffee, when there was a knock on the door, it was them. I asked Lando to get it. I followed closely behind without looking too suspicious, I didn't want to give anything away. His face lit up as he opened the door. I smiled from ear to ear, as I watched Lando's mum, Cisca, pull him in for a hug. I ran straight to my parents who were standing in the hall way, and hugged them both so tightly. I hadn't see them in ages and I was missing them so much. I grabbed their bags and took them inside.

We gathered round the kitchen island, I had made everyone tea. Cisca and Adam, Lando's parents were sitting on the bar stools of the island. As well as Lando and my mum, Vivienne. Me and my dad, Louis was standing, leaning against the counters. "How was the flight?" I turned to look at all of the parents.
"Fine, the staff were lovely" my mum commented. "How have you guys been?" I glanced across at lando for a brief second before replying.
"Busy, just incredibly busy" me and lando both nodded in agreement.
"When's your next race Lan?" My dad loved hearing about his race weekends. As a kid he would alway take me along with him. He had a close friend, who was one of the major investors for one of the team. This allowed him to always be able to get a VIP ticket, whenever he wanted.
"I fly out to Australia, when you guys leave. I think I'm going to stay out there for a bit longer, Daniel has tons of things he wants to show me" this was the first time I heard about him staying out there for longer. I tried to hide that fact that I didn't know from the people around me, but I wasn't doing the best job of it. We continued to catch up and chill for the rest of the day. The parents went back to the hotel around 8 after dinner. I shut the door after saying goodbye and made my way back into the living room, to where Lando was sitting. He got up as soon as I entered the room, he picked me up and squeezed me, "Thankyou B, I really appreciate it" he finally put me down and gently kissed my forehead, his hands cupping my face. "What did I ever do to deserve you" I kissed his cheek quickly before joking "you don't, I'm perfect" I stuck my tongue out before walking away. lando stood there chuckling at the maturity of his girlfriend.