Lando Norris | Formula 1

Chapter Five

Max wins the race, Lewis comes P2 and Lando P3.

I couldn't help but feel genuinly happy for all three and I cheer. They spray champagne and get their trophies and I watch from afar. I keep an eye out for Jos.

He watched Max too. I knew he would force Max to hug him in public, so he couldn't push him away.

I was now in the Ferrari garage.

I greeted everyone and congratulated them. Charles noticed my distress, as I kept sneaking around to different garages, but didn't comment anything.

Jos did the thing I knew he would. He forced Max to hug him and get pictures taken. I clench my jaw and shake my head at the scene.

Max was now back in the redbull garage. I saw Lando pass Ferrari and on to congratulate Max.

"Hey, congratulations man, you really got us there" Lando laughs, Max fakes a laugh and hugs Lando.

"Is Nathalie still here? I wanted to say hi to her" Lando says in front of their father. Max glares at Lando, poor innocent Lando, who doesn't have a clue.

"Nathalie is here? Where?" Jos says not really asking, but demanding to know where his failure of a daughter was hiding.

"I think I saw her in the ferrari garage before" Esteban says as he pats Max on the back.

Jos immediately bolts to the ferrari garage and I sneak out of the back, before hiding in McLaren's paddock.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck" I curse. I feel like a small child. I felt like my younger scared self.

"Nathalie? What are you doing here?" Daniel asks. "Shh, don't say my name here!" I whisper harshly.

Daniel raises an eyebrow and comes to the back where I hide.

"What's wrong?" Daniel asks.

"Can I hide here? Please. Don't tell anyone i'm here. Please Daniel. You never saw me here?" I beg now fully on panicking.

"Nathalie, relax, you can hide in Lando and I's private room. He's not here, so it's just you and me" Daniel says and shows me to the room.

Max texts the eyes 👀 back. He isn't gone.

I hug myself as I sit in the corner of the room and pull down the curtain. "Do you want me to find Max?" Daniel says and I grab his arm. "No, not yet" I say.

"Our father is here. If he finds me, I don't know what he will do" I admit.

"What do you mean?" Daniel asks confused.

"He—""—Daniel? What are you doing?" Lando's voice appears in the room. I hurriedly pull him inside and close the door behind him.

"You're alone?" I ask. "Yeah, why?" Lando asks confused.

"Is my father still looking for me?" I ask. "Yeah, he's at the Mercedes garage, why?" Lando asks once again.

"I need to get out of here, without being seen, can you help with that?" I ask Lando.

"If you tell me what's going on" Lando said and put his hands on my shoulders.

"He hurt Max, he hurt me, he still does. Since the incident he's been mad, he won't let it go" I say and once again Lando doesn't understand shit, but get the pictures that my father can't find me here.

"Alright, I will drive you back to the hotel, are you coming Daniel?" Lando asks.

"What about the interviews?" Daniel asks. "Fuck the interviews, are you coming?" Lando says and Daniel nods.

"Let's all change and then we leave, but Nathalie, you're going to have to change" Lando points at me and I look down at myself. "Why?" I ask not seeing the need to change.

"You're literally wearing a redbull jersey, I have a McLaren jersey you can wear and a cap" Lando says and digs through his clothes.

I thank him and change in the bathroom and put the cap on and walk back into the room to see both Lando and Daniel changed. Lando wears a matching jersey and cap, and Daniel wears the same cap too.

"Right, let's go" Lando says and open the door. The three of us leaves through the emergency exit. I walk in the middle and Daniel and Lando shield me from the papperazzi.

"My car is over here" Lando leans down to tell me and I nod, I find myself slip my hand in his to keep up and he squeeze my hand tighter as he opens the car. I hurry in the back and Daniel in the passenger seat.

Lando drives off and waves at the fans.

"Thank you" I say once we're out of the area.

"What exactly did he do to you and Max" Daniel asks.

"It's not my place to tell, but when Max lost races when he was younger, our dad left him at the gas station for hours a few times. I think you get the picture from there" I say Lando looks at me in the rear view mirror. I look away and Daniel becomes quiet.

"Well, you're good" Lando said refering to the fact that we were already at the hotel.

Not only did we fight about my future driving, but then our father shows up, luckily Max won, otherwise it wouldn't have been so pretty.

Kelley texted me if I got a ride to the hotel and I responded that I was already there.

"Thank you, once again" I say as we get out of Lando's car, Daniel hugs me and I enjoy his great hugs.

"I will see you both tonight, right?" I ask hopeful to get them to cheer up.

"Yeah, of course, Charles has been bothering everyone about revenge for last night" Daniel says and I laugh. "He's really determined" I say and Lando laughs.

"That's Charles" Lando says and I smile. We get into the elevator and Lando and I get off at floor eight, while Daniel continues to floor nine.

"Thank you once again, I'm sorry that I made you miss your interviews" I say as we stop at our doors.

"It's alright, they always try to stir up drama between drivers anyways, and this was more important" Lando says with a shrug and I feel myself smile like a teenage girl with a crush.

"Thank you" I say and lean up to kiss his cheek. Lando blushes and looks down before grinning.

"I will see you tonight?" I say and Lando nods. I open my door and mutter a bye before closing the door.

I then noticed that I wore Lando's McLaren jersey with the number 4 on it. His number.

I smiled before throwing myself on the bed to rest before the celebration party.