Friends with Benefits - Daniel Ricciardo

16. Not my Little Girl Anymore

DANIEL

Saudi Arabia was a weekend to forget. I had DNFed and I already figured this won't be a great season for me. On top of everything I was seeing how Sophie was getting closer to Charles. Both of us had plans with Max to go for a casual drink after the Grand Prix and Verstappen had shown up with Leclerc. Although I loved Charles, I could not understand why he was making an appearance on our friends' night. However, Sophie seemed very happy to have him around. 

I honestly did not know what was going on with me lately. It could be I had missed Soph too much all these years apart. I found myself going back to the Mclaren factory instead to Monaco on my free week. It was a great excuse to spend extra time with her without worrying about work. I was currently knocking on her apartment door in the outskirts of London. 

- "Heyy Dan, what are you doing here?" she said surprised. She was wearing joggers and a sweater and her hair was up in a bum. She looked so cute. That's the first thought that came to my mind

-"Are you not excited to see me?" I questioned almost joking

-" No no, come in! I thought you were in Monaco" she said moving away so I can come in

"By the way, Mason is in the bathroom right now. Just so you don't get taken by surprise when he comes out" she says when she saw me looking at a bouquet of roses that was standing in the living room coffee table

-"Roses" I pointed. I was going to ask her what was going on between them but I heard the bathroom's door opening 

-"Dinner was great Sophie" Mason said walking into the room and realizing I was standing there

"Oh hey Daniel. I didn't know you were in London" he said offering his hand for me to shake it. Sophie was just standing next to me and I wasn't sure how to get away from this situation

-"I decided to go to the factory and work on the car. I just came to check on Sophie but she's in good hands" I said smiling but I actually wanted to punch Mason. I looked a Soph and her cheeks turned red. They both stayed in silence. This is awkward.

"Well Soph, we'll see each other around. I was hoping you could leave early to Australia with me so shoot me a text to plan it" I continued. 

-"Oh mate, don't leave! I was actually on my way out" Mason said tapping my shoulder. I gave Sophie a look to see if she approved but she was looking at Mason 

"If Sophie wants you to stay of course" he added and the brunette girl just smiled and nodded. Mason said his goodbyes and left the place. I didn't fail to notice how he laid his hand on Sophie's lower back when he was hugging her goodbye 

-"So what's going on between you two?" I asked as soon as he closed the front door. She turned to look at me and I could tell I had caught her off guard 

-"Nothing so far. I mean, we clearly fancy each other but nothing has really happened" she said taking importance out of the subject 

-"Weren't you on a date with him that night that we..." I was going to mention the night we almost had sex. The night I went down on her while she was on her phone with her uncle. Just thinking of that gave me chills. However, she didn't let me finish

-"The night you told me nothing would happen between us? Yes. We had one date and we kept in touch after that and I invited him for dinner tonight. That's it" she said. I knew she was kind of offended by all the times I have rejected her after I started a situation myself. I knew I had been dumb enough to not control myself and then pretty much made her feel guilty for it.

-"Soph I..." I said before she interrupted me changing the subject

-"Movie night?"  Can't we talk about us? was all I could think of. US. US. Why was I thinking about us as in us together?

-"Of course beautiful" I said almost whispering but loud enough for her to hear me. I walked upstairs to her room almost uninvited while she stayed putting some popcorn in the microwave  

-"Ricciardo. What are you doing here?" I heard a female voice behind me when I was opening the door in Soph's room. 

-"Sam hey, we're watching a movie" I said before hugging her

"How have you been? I've missed you" I said while still hugging her

-"Have you? Or have you been too busy trying to fuck OUR best friends"

-"It's not that way Sam. You know it" I was saying when Soph came into the hall 

-"Hey Sam, do you want to watch a movie with us?" She asked with a smile on her face 

-"I was actually on my way out. But thanks for the invite guys" Sam said before hugging me and her and making her way to the door

Sophie had chosen a romantic comedy I wasn't really paying attention to. She was laying on my chest and I could smell her hair. It was fruity. I could feel her moving in discomfort for a second before she lifted her head up to look at me 

-"Can we spoon?" she said quickly. I just nodded without knowing what to say. I wasn't sure I would be able to control myself while spooning her.

Having Soph so closed to me was turning into a nightmare. I kept trying to focus on the movie that she had played but her hair smelt way too good. One of my hands was caressing her hair and the other hand was resting on her belly. After couple minutes that felt like an eternity I couldn't help it. I started leaving tender kisses on her neck and I could feel her tensing up. Her ass was pushed against me and I decided to get on top of her. I was not putting weight on her and her legs had tucked around my waist. I went in for a soft kiss. She slowly sucked on my lips and I could feel my dick palpitating. I sniffed her neck. She was wearing that perfume that drives me crazy. I kissed her once again. Her lips were addictive to me. Not for one second Soph invited my tongue in nor did I try. 

-"Dan, friends don't do this" she said in between kisses

-"God Soph I know. I just can't help it" I responded leaving a peck on her lips and moving to her side 

"Do you want me to leave?" I asked when I didn't get an answer from her 

-"No. Could you please stay?" She asked looking at me with a small smile on her face 

"Look Dan, I don't want to lose you and if you think us messing around is not a good idea then I'll respect that " she continued "I just want us to be good friends like before and not have our guards up around each other"  She got me thinking. I really wanted her and I was making things uncomfortable between each other by not chilling out. Maybe Sophie wasn't my little girl anymore. Maybe she wasn't dreaming about a prince charming and she just wanted to have fun. Maybe she didn't need me to take care of her heart anymore. Maybe she was old enough to do it herself. 

I just turned her around and spooned her through the night.