Monza - {Lando Norris}

Chapter 19

Lando's POV

There's only a small handful of people on the plane, Sofia fell asleep pretty quickly, honestly I think it only took her 20 minutes or so, I let her sit beside the window as she told me she feels more relaxed sitting beside the window compared to the middle or the aisle seat. I look over to her as she moves around in her sleep, I can't help but feel extreme happiness when I'm with her, even though she's sleeping and I'm sat bored of my mind trying to think of stuff to do, something about being close to her just makes me feel complete, I've never had a girlfriend before and I never really wanted one, all the boys on the grid use to laugh at me since they all mostly have girlfriends or the ones who don't are at least trying to find one whereas I just chilled out. A while back I went out with a couple of them, Max and his girlfriend Kelly introduced a girl to me and tried to push me onto her but it just didn't feel right, I sat with the girl for around 20 minutes listening to her drunkly scream into my ear before excusing myself and leaving the club, Max had texted me to say I upset the girl as she felt she wasn't pretty enough but that wasn't really my fault, was it? I later found out that my decision to not go further with her was a correct one as she made her way around the grid trying to get with every single one of them boys, I even heard a rumour that she apparently tried to get with Christian Horner, I think she might have been Kelly's friend but after trying to get with Max, Kelly quickly shut that friendship down which is understandable. I examine Sofia's face and could never imagine her trying to do something like that, she seems so pure and innocent, that first time I saw her, I felt as if my heart was going to beat out of my chest, she looked gorgeous sitting at the desk as I remember her big brown eyes staring at me as I talked, her black curled hair sat perfectly as it complimented her tanned skin and I understand her job was to be polite to all guests but it felt different when she spoke to me, it attracted me to her. Maybe I've got it all wrong and she treated me like she would treat any other guest but I don't know, it just felt different to me. It's been about a week since we officially met and I can feel myself liking her more and more everyday, I know I shouldn't feel this way after only a week but I can't help myself, the more I get to know her, the feelings just grow stronger. After posting the story of her in the restaurant, my dm's have been full of fans wanting to know who she is, some being positive but most of them being negative, it scares me that if me and Sofia were to become a couple that my fans would hate her and send her negative comments, I wouldn't want that happening. I don't know how the other couples do it but mainly Max and Kelly, the amount of hate Kelly gets is outrageous to me, I feel bad for them as they can't really do anything about it, they did try to keep their relationship private but even then nothing changed and the fans still wrote paragraphs under her posts about how she was an awful person and didn't deserve Max and all that other nonsense. I glance back other to Sofia, I could never keep her a private thing as much as I would want too, I could never keep that beauty all to myself. I quickly text my mum to say that I would be coming to stay with them tonight and that I might have a friend with me, Sofia never answered me about staying at my parent's before falling into a deep relaxed slumber. My family will love her, I just know it, I feel as if my 2 sisters will get on with her great, and not that I need their approval but my mum and dad will approve of her greatly, I wonder what Sofia's mum and dad will think of me? I'm thinking too far ahead, we're only friends at the minute, I don't need to meet her parents yet unless she wants me too. After a while of sitting around bored, I decide to just book Bali now, I begin by booking the private jet and once I get the confirmation to say it's went through I then begin to book the hotel stay, Sofia will love it, it's right beside the beach and there's multiple tourist attractions near the stay, I receive the email to say that it's all been booked before putting my phone back into my pocket and closing my eyes, I could do with some rest as well, there's about an hour left on this flight. As I feel myself falling asleep I feel excited about my travels with Sofia and feel myself blushing at the thought of what might come from me and her. 

I'm awaken by the voice of the pilot to say that the plane finally has landed in London and before we're allowed to get off the plane I text Ben, my family's personal driver to double check that he's here, within a minute he replies back "Yep, I'm here waiting for you, but a warning that outside of the airport is swarming with fans and reporters so you might want to find a way past that all" I slip my phone back into my pocket before turning to Sofia and lightly shaking her "C'mon Sofia, we've landed" She stirs awake quickly before rubbing her eyes and looking around "Hmm? What did you say?" Her voice still full of tiredness as she moves her hair behind her ears "We've landed, we're in London and we need to be quick getting out of here, the airport is swarmed with fans and reporters so c'mon, get a move on" As much as I wanted her to lie on and get her rest, it just wasn't possible with all the commotion outside the airport. I swiftly get our bags from the overhead department before grabbing her by the hand and pulling her with me "I don't mean to be so rough, I just don't want to get caught up in that swarm of people and we have a better chance of that if we move with the other people" She seems to understand what I mean now as she picks up her pace so therefore we're now in the small crowd of people who are also exiting the plane "We need to get our suitcases Lando, how can we do that without you being seen?" I'm use to this now, getting off a plane and basically being swarmed by a large group of people, I look at her to see her peaking her head through the glass as we begin to enter the airport "Just follow my lead, do you have a jumper?" She nods her head "Stop at the door up here, put the jumper on and then put your hat on" She nods her head once more and once we finally arrive at the door we both stop, I grab my jumper and swiftly put it over my head as she does the same before putting my hat on, I look over at her to see that she has everything ready "Ok, put your hood up now" She does as I say and we quickly jog over towards the baggage reclaim area where we can hear the chants of the fans screaming my name "You probably shouldn't have put that story up" Sofia jokes around as she scans the rotating device in front of us looking for our suitcases "Yeah, true. But to my defence I said I was flying to London, I never said what airport I was flying into sooo you can't blame me" She looks at me as if she's about to say something but then changes her mind "Oh, there's my suitcases" She bends down to pick one up as I pick up her other one along with mine "Ok, let's go" She throws her handbag around her shoulder and begins to frantically wheel her suitcase along the ground. As we near the exit I see the herd of people standing, I also see Ben's car a bit to the right of the herd as I look around for another exit, I spot a door with a clear view "Over here Sofia" I move the suitcase from my right hand to my left so I'm pulling them both with my left hand before grabbing Sofia's hand and making a run for it. We finally arrive outside and swiftly put all our items into the car before a couple of fans see me and begin to sprint towards me screaming my name "Sorry! I'm in a rush. I wish I could take photos with you but I honestly can't!" I jump into the car as I look over to Sofia who has a massive smile on her face "Oh my god! I felt like I was in a movie there running from something crazy" She giggles as her chest raises up and down as she takes every breath "Hi Ben, thanks for this. Just to my parent's house please" I look over to Sofia anticipating for her to decline but she just looks out the back window to see all the fans running after the car as Ben drives off.