Monza - {Lando Norris}

Chapter 53

The day had finally came as I was gently pushed into a chair and the makeup artist began to work her magic on my face, I was a nervous wreck as I stared at myself in the mirror that was in front of me, I was shown my dress when I first arrived and was made to try it on once more just to make sure that it fitted perfectly, the dress had to be altered as it was too long the first time I tried it on, the dress was a light green silk dress which stopped at the bottom of my shin, it was possibly the cutest dress I had ever set my eyes on and I felt like a super model when I wore it, I was still in disbelief that in a couple hours time I'd be walking the Gucci runway. My mama and papa were out there supporting me along with Pierre and Yuki who both said they would never pass up the opportunity to support me, it made me happy to know that I had the both of them looking after me, I would say my mama is asking them a million questions currently, knowing her she probably thinks I'm dating one of them, my papa on the other hand will play the intimidating father, he won't speak a word unless it's to my mama. My makeup was finally done and it was an incredible natural look, it looked as if there was nothing on my skin apart from a clear gloss on my lips, my hair was just to be straightened and left like that, I was glad that I didn't have to go all out with the makeup as I made my way to the dressing room and glanced at some of the girls getting full glam done to them, I had never been a full glam girl, I love my natural base but still I loved the way the makeup looked and how it made their features pop out. The show had started as the music booms, I was one of the last girls to walk out since I found out the dress I'm wearing hasn't even been released to the public, this would be the first time anyone was seeing it, so I got to relax until it was my time to walk out, I just chatted with the other girls who weren't walking out until later, they were so friendly and gave me great advice such as 'Don't look at the crowd, keep your eyes straight ahead', 'Take your time, you make mistakes when you rush' and finally 'Let your body sway naturally, listen to the music'. Our group name was finally called and we pushed ourselves off the chairs, I was the last one in this group to walk so I let the other girls walk ahead of me, as they passed me they all gave me a comforting smile and a quick pat on the back before we made our way to back of the stage, the music had changed and lowered by a good amount as Alessandro Michele makes his way out to the stage with a microphone in hand, he had designed all these clothes that we were about to walk out in "Welcome! Thank you all so much for coming out on this fine evening to join us here. This collection is my favourite to this day and I thoroughly enjoyed designing it, I hope everyone enjoys!! Let's go!" The first girl walks out on to the stage as the music remains lowered as Alessandro speaks about the outfit, I attempt to listen in but a young man with a headset on comes beside me as he holds a clipboard "Ok, so you're going to do your walk and then come up beside Mr Michele, do a small pose nothing too overboard please, then Mr Michele will take your hand and you will do another walk with him, once you reach the bottom of the cat walk he's going to spin you around and then you'll make your way back up with him and come back here, ok? Does that make sense?" The young man speaks at such a fast speed that I almost missed everything he said but somehow I made complete sense of it as it's coming closer to my time to walk, I nod my head at the man and he gives me a thumbs up before walking off again. I'm the next girl to go as the girl ahead of me makes her way out onto the catwalk, the young man from before is standing opposite me behind the curtain as he keeps an eye on everything going on, the next girl comes back and the young man holds his hand up to say stop so I remain stationary, not wanting to fuck this up, Alessandro's voice comes booming through the microphone once more "And now for the final design of the evening, this one is a lot different to my recent design's but nonetheless it's one of my favourite of all times! So we have the amazing beautiful Sofia De Rossi modelling it for us this evening!" The young man gives me the thumbs up as I make my way out onto the stage as Alessandro rhymes off about the dress, the bright lights blind me but I slowly blink trying not to make myself look stupid, I make my way down the catwalk and reach the bottom of it before I do a slow turn as the dress flows underneath me, I begin to make my way up towards Alessandro again and that's when I see him, sitting in the front row watching my every move, his eyes don't leave my body, I quickly turn my head again towards the top of the stage where Alessandro is waiting for me with his hand reached out, I politely take it as I do a small pose before I'm led down the stage again and as the young man said as we reach the bottom I'm spun in a circle before being led up the stage again all whilst trying to keep my calm that he's here. I rush into the back where I grab a drink and all the girls circle around to congratulate me and tell me that I looked amazing out there, I nod my head and thank them all before making my way to the dressing room once told I'm allowed to get changed out of this dress, I remove the dress and hang it back up onto the hanger before pulling on the mini black dress along with the black denim jacket that I wore to this event.

Lando's POV

I make my way to my seat after being mauled by some random female who apparently loves me so much, I scoff at her as I'm only here for one female and that's Sofia, it took a lot of courage for me to actually come to this but with the help of some harsh words from Daniel and a couple of shots I decided to do it, I was lonely however as I was surrounded by random people and I couldn't indulge in conversation with anyone. I had spotted Yuki and Pierre along with two people who I assumed were Sofia's parents, I mean she was the double of her mother, I was going to go over and try to spark up a conversation with them but the nerves got the best of me. All night I was getting brought over trays and trays of different food and drinks, I declined on the food and kept the drinking to a minimal, not wanting to make a fool out of myself if I got the chance to talk to Sofia. The event seemed to go on forever and there was still no sign of Sofia, I couldn't help but wonder if she maybe had backed out of it? But then why would her parents be here? There's no way she did, my eyes remained on the ground most of the time, not even wanting to look at another female unless her name was Sofia De Rossi. My attention was caught however when the music lowered and a man began to walk out on stage, he began to talk nonsense and I sighed as I longed to see her beautiful face in person and not just online, he rhymed on about how proud he was of this collection and blah blah blah, get a move on I say. This was the final group of girls for the night so Sofia definitely had to be in here somewhere, there was no way I missed her. I took a sip of my drink as I glanced up at the stage every time I spotted someone leaving the stage as I hoped to see Sofia but nope must be the next one I kept telling myself, I had to fight the urge to get up and go to the back of the stage to see where the fuck she was but everything slowed down and the music got quiet as the man on the stage brought the microphone back up to his mouth, he mentioned that this was the final design of the event so it had to be Sofia wearing this one, he talked about how it was so much different compared to his other designs and how proud he was of it, I almost stood up and told him to hurry the fuck up but the waiting was worth it once I hear her name, everything around me goes quiet as she steps out and begins to strut down the catwalk, her body was slim but curvy in all the right places, the light was hitting her perfectly as it shows off her facial features that would make a man drop to his knees for her, the dress sways from side to side as it compliments her tanned skin. My eyes stalk her as she moves along and I bite my bottom lip as she turns around at the end of the catwalk, her collarbones protruding out along with her smooth skin on her chest, it was difficult not to stare at her, I had to grip my glass as I watched the other males stare at her with their mouths basically hanging open, jealousy flew through my mind and I almost wanted to stand up and proclaim her as mine but I couldn't do that to her. Our eyes catch each other and I watch as she takes a sharp inhale once she realises it's me that is staring right back at her, I love that I still have an effect on her and hopefully I'll be able to talk to her once this is over, she does one more walk down the stage along with this random man before they disappear off behind the stage, the lights come on again and people begin to leave whereas I stay seated, I keep glancing over to see if Yuki and Pierre have left along with her parents but they also remain seated. 10 minutes or so pass before I see her again as she walks out and makes her way over to her parent's where she hugs them first before giving both Pierre and Yuki a hug, she holds a small conversation with them before it looks as if she's excusing herself, she grabs her bag before walking off into the crowd of people that remain in front of the exit, I tell myself I'll wait 5 minutes before I head off to find her so I scroll on my phone as I keep an eye on the time, I scroll through instagram for some time before I look at the time to see that 5 minutes has passed, I push my phone into my pocket before standing up where I'm met with someone standing in front of me "Lando?"