Just friends?

Chapter 2

Someone that I don't know but do recognize sits down on the other side of the table. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, you looked a bit lonely and I needed a place to sit anyway."

When his eyes meet mine I don't know what to think. These eyes, they are beautiful. The color of them.

"Hello, earth to you." He waves his hand in front of me.

Oh shit, I was staring. What will he think, that I'm the most stupid human on earth?

"I asked if you wanted me to leave, but you didn't answer so, do you want me to leave?"

"No, I don't mind, I like to have some company." What did I just say?

"Okay, my name is Pierre by the way. Pierre Gasly."

Gasly, I've heard that name before. "The French racing driver from AlphaTauri?"

"Yep, that's me."

"I'm Sky Verstappen."

"Max's sister or something else?"

"Of course I am his sister, do I look old enough to be his mother?"

"I don't know, you could be married."

"Max has a girlfriend, don't you know that?"

"Oh yeah sorry, my fault."

"No, it's okay, leave it."

We both sit in silence for 5 minutes or so, eating our food when he asks me a question. "Sky?"

"Yeah."

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Yes, go ahead."

"Why are you sitting alone, and not with your brother and so on?"

"To many people there, I don't like it. People scare the fuck out of me."

"Then why are you here?"

"Because my dad, Max and Christian kind of forced me to."

"Why?"

"I decided to come with Max to his races."

His eyes light up. "You're coming to races?"

"Yes, I don't know if I have to be happy."

"Why not?"

"I don't like people, what if none of them will like me."

He looks me in the eyes. "Hey, it's going to be okay. Max is there, I am there, if that makes you feel better and there will be more people that you are going to be friends with. There is nobody who will hate you, I can't imagine that."

"I know, but it's still scary. Lando always tells me that I'm the craziest person ever and that you have to be dumb to not like me."

"That's true, but you know Lando?"

"Yes, he is a good friend of me. Alex, Charles and Daniel as well."

"If it's okay for you to tell, how did you meet them if you never went to races?"

"They live in Monaco, and we've had some parties at Max's house. And I live with Max so."

"That's cool, uhm." He stays silent for a couple seconds and asks then, a little bit red: "Can I be one of your friends?"

A big smile gets on my face. "Of course, I would love to have you as my friend. I don't know much about you but you look like a nice person."

"Thanks, you look like a nice person too."

The evening flies by, we talk about random stuff and all the weird people we see when I suddenly  feel 2 hands on my shoulders.