Monza - {Lando Norris}

Chapter 14

I meant to put at the start of this to imagine Sofia as whoever you like :) All the pictures I use are purely to show the outfits I'm imagining and the scenarios. Thanks <3

We finally arrive at a cute restaurant that Lando didn't shut up about the whole car journey, telling me that his teammate last year had brought him here and ever since he's wanted to come back, Lando parks the car and quickly jumps out before running over to the side I'm sitting on and opening the door for me, he holds his hand out whilst I'm manoeuvring myself out of the car, I grab his hand and he gently pulls me out of the car "It is hard to get out of the car gracefully the first couple times but the more often you're in, it gets easier" Lando closes the car door and presses the button on the car and once the car beeps to indicate it's closed he grabs my hand and we walk towards the restaurant. Once we get to the door we're greeted by 2 men who welcome us and hold the door open, we step inside and the restaurant is half full with a lively vibe, there's a small stage towards the top of the restaurant where a small band is playing jazz music as people watch on whilst eating or drinking. A young man wearing a apron approaches us "Welcome back Mr Norris, a table for 2?" Lando greets the young back and nods, the man grabs 2 menus sitting on the waiter desk "Would you prefer a booth again?" Lando quickly looks around the restaurant and then looks towards the back of it "Yes, that would be perfect, thanks" The man listens contently "Yes, follow me please" The waiter begins to walk off and Lando basically drags me by the hand through the restaurant, I notice people beginning to stare as they notice who it is "This is you guys here, I will be your waiter tonight. My name is Marco, can I get you any drinks to start off with?" I quickly glance at the menu "Do you still have the apple and blackberry juice" Lando asks and Marco nods his head yes "Great,I'll take one of them now please" Both of them look at me "Um... I'll just take the same please, thanks" Marco jolts it down in his order book "I'll be back with your drinks shortly" Lando looks at me and laughs "Are you copying me Sofia?" I glance down at the menu once more "No, all the drinks on the menu are alcoholic and I didn't want that so I just went for the first non alcoholic drink I heard off" The both of us begin to scan the menu and once I see spaghetti I set the menu down and look around, I can hear Lando mutter to himself. Soon enough Marco is back with our drinks "Are you guys ready to order or do you need another minute" I look over at Lando who takes a sip of his drink "I'm ready, are you Sofia?" I nod my head and after a couple seconds of silence "Could I get the spaghetti with extra cheese please?" Marco smiles and writes it down before turning to Lando "I'm going to be super plain here, could I get rice, chicken and vegetables please, I can't remember the sauce that was on the rice last time but it was amazing, if you could somehow remember it I'll take that but if not it's fine" Marco takes the menus off the tables and walks off. 

"Really?Rice, chicken and vegetables, how boring are you?" I laugh as Lando takes another sip of his drink "Have to stay fit and it's actually very tasty, I'll let you try some once it comes, but you can't say anything. How original for an Italian girl to get spaghetti with extra cheese may I add? Wow Sofia so original" Lando drags out the end of the sentence as he jokes around "How was today for you then? Are you tempted to watch a full race?" He scratches at his eyebrow "Yeah, it was fun for some part of it, I think I would have enjoyed watching a race since today was very technical and I didn't really understand it all but I really had fun today, thanks for bringing me" He grins handsomely "I'm glad you did, hopefully you can come to the next race. You don't really have anything holding you back now" He grins once again and it just sets in that I'm basically jobless currently and fear overrides me, as if Lando's reading my mind "It's fine Sofia, trust me. It will work out for you" After that we begin to just talk nonsense to each other and begin to build a bond, it feels so calming sitting talking with him and I would love to stay here all night and get to know him more, he tells me off his family and how his upbringing was and I can't help but feel jealous that he had such a luxurious childhood, he tells funny stories and all his past racing stories. Soon enough Marco is back stood at the table with our food, he sets Lando's down first and I glance over at it and right enough it does look beautiful, he then sets mine down and I see the melted cheese and can't wait to dig into it "Is that everything for you" Lando and I answer at the same time to say it's perfect "Enjoy your meal, I'm right over here if you need anymore drinks" Marco walks off and I grab my fork ready to demolish the gorgeously made spaghetti but before I get the chance Lando is holding a fork full of his dinner in front of my face "Try it before you begin to eat yours" I go to grab the fork of him but he nods his head joke fully and brings it closer to my face "Come on, you'll like it" I take the food off the fork and it feels like my tastebuds are in love "Oh my god, it's absolutely beautiful. How have I never came to this place before" Lando laughs before taking a bite of it for himself "Yeah, it's a lot nicer than last year I must say" I take a sip of the drink which is also very tasty before digging into the plate of goodness sitting in front of me "Sofia, look" I don't look up in time and just see the flash of a camera "Did you just take a photo" He ignores me as he types away on his phone "Lemme see" He puts his phone back onto the table "No, eat your food" I scoff at him as a notification pops up on my phone.

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I look at the photo in disgust "I can't believe you posted that, it's horrendous of me" Lando munches down his food "Never say that again, you're stunning even if your mouth is full of spaghetti, now put your phone down and eat your food" He goes back to eating his food and I finally begin to eat at mine, my phone continues to buzz flat out for the remainder of the night. Once we're done eating Lando excuses himself to the toilet and I look at my phone to see all the notifications of new followers and dms, I tell myself that I'll look at it later in the night. Lando quickly reappears "You coming? I've paid" I go to shout at him for paying but I refrain myself as I pull myself out of the booth "So I'm leaving you to your apartment? You'll need to tell me the directions" We both say bye to Marco as we leave "Yeah, that's fine" He once again holds the door open for me and shuts it before getting into the driver seat and pulling out of the restaurant parking lot as I tell him what way to go.