Monza - {Lando Norris}

Chapter 8

I hear the elevator ding which pulls me from the trance of my phone and as I look up, I see Lando wearing all McLaren clothes "Hi Sofia" he smiles as he walks closer to me "You look good, did you bring a jacket just in case it's cold?" I nod my head and point to my jacket hanging off the sofa "That's good, are you ready to go? We will be quite early but suppose that means we have more time for each other" I look at the people behind him who are also wearing McLaren jackets and tracksuit bottoms "Yeah, I'm all sorted, is the drive long?" The people behind him begin to walk out the door and Lando hints at me that we should leave too "Um, not really. It's around 15 minutes I think, the guys are in one car and then I'm driving me and you so at least you won't feel awkward being stuck in a car with them" I smile towards him "I don't think I would feel awkward around them but thanks for thinking about me" I stop myself abruptly as I notice the orange McLaren parked perfectly in front of the hotel, the chauffeur hands Lando the keys and I hear Lando thank them. I know he's rich and all that but still, this car is beautiful and honestly it looks like it would cost an arm and a leg. "You never see a car like this before?" His voice full of humour with a hint of curiosity "Um... no? It's stunning" He laughs and then begins to throw his bag into the boot "Yeah, it is a nice car. Perks of driving for McLaren I guess, do you wanna throw your jacket into the boot?" I quickly shake my head "No, it's fine, thanks" He closes the boot and then walks towards me, he smiles as we make eye contact "Here you go madam" He swiftly opens the car door and it swings upwards and I can't help but look at it in amazement "As much as I'm enjoying how amazed you look right now, we do need to go" I nod my head quickly and jump into the car, I slide into the comfy seat and look at the interior, the door is quickly closed and he runs around the front of the car and then hops into the driver seat. He settles himself into the seat and then buckles his seatbelt as I do mine "You ready Sofia?" I look over at him "Yeah, I'm ready"

We finally arrive at the track and before I step foot out of the car I can hear the screams and cheers of the fans, Lando steps out of the car first and I take the time to look at myself on my camera. I quickly send my dad a text to let him know what I'm up too, no doubt he'll be incredibly jealous, as I go to open the door it swings up and Lando is standing there holding his bag with a grin on his face "This is so exciting is it not?" I push myself up and out of the car and fix down my dress "I mean... it's exciting for me but do you not get bored of it?" Lando looks at me with bewildered eyes "Umm no, I do not and will never get bored of this feeling, it's so amazing!" He begins to dig into his pocket of his jacket "Almost forgot to give you this" He holds his hand out and in it sits a paddock lanyard "You wouldn't get far without this, trust me. They can be so strict sometimes, I always forget mine and end up having to jump the turnstile" I can't help but laugh at the fact of him having to jump over it, I turn round and he's standing there with serious face "Yeah, if you're going to laugh at me having to jump over it, guess what" He grabs the lanyard from my hands "You can jump over it then" He sassily walks away "You bitch" I speed up to match his pace and once I catch up to him, his face is bright red and he can barely hold his laughter in for much longer "Right, let's race and if you beat me, I'll give you it back. That's a fair deal" I look at him shocked and quickly glance down at my feet "Um have you not noticed? I'm wearing Dr Martens and that's like an extra tonne weight added to my feet, that's so unfair" Lando quickly looks ahead and scratches at his head as if he's deep in thought "Okay, fair enough. I say the turnstiles are about 30 seconds ahead, I will give you a 10 second head start, that seems super unlikely for me to win, I'm basically handing you the win here" he smirks. I glance at him and then towards the entrance "Yeah, suppose that seems more fair for me, you're on Mr Norris" He smiles and sticks his hand out and I firmly shake it.