Monza - {Lando Norris}

Chapter 54

*Lando's POV*

My eyes trail up the tanned tone legs that stand before me, I already know who it is from the rosy fragrance that infiltrates my nostrils "Hello Sofia" I pull myself off the chair and tower over her petite body as she looks up to me, looking better than ever, her face scrunches up in confusion at me "What are you doing here Lando?" Her arms full of stuff such as her bag, a jacket, a drink and then her phone, I remove the bag and jacket from her arms and take them into mine "Could we speak someone more private?..." I look around and gesture to all the photographers as Sofia's eyes follow mine "Um, I'm not sure Lando. I mean it's weird enough that you've showed up at this.... Did your new girlfriend walk here tonight or?" Her voice full of jealousy as she attempts to hide it with a disgusted look on her face, I roll my eyes as I hold back a scoff "No, what the fuck Sofia. Please just come so we can talk in private" I reach out to grab her spare hand as she watches my every movement, I would expect her to move away from me but she lets me take her hand and pull her outside of all the madness from inside the building, I wave to my chauffeur who's patiently been waiting for me, the car comes over and I place my hand on Sofia's lower back as I help her into the car. I half expected her to question me on this, to not let me even get within talking distance to her but no, she came over to me to talk, she isn't fighting with me over where we're going, we're just sitting in the back of this car in silence as the man brings us back to the hotel I'm staying in, I find myself glancing over at Sofia every now and again and honestly I can't believe that she's sitting in the car beside me once again, I thought I was going to have to drag her along with me, that would have been a bad look on the front page of a newspaper, Zak would have murdered me but luckily Sofia came along. The car pulls up outside the front of the hotel and I rush out of the car over to Sofia's side, I pull the door open and take her hand and help her out of the car all whilst I get a confused look from her, I thank the driver and without thinking I grab Sofia's hand like we're all good and happy again, I feel her squirm a tiny bit from my touch but maybe just from the looks of all the exiting guests from the hotel, as much as I don't want to I release her hand anyway, not wanting to risk making her uncomfortable "Sorry" She says nothing back as I lead her into the hotel lobby and towards the elevator, we step in and luckily it's just us for the next 16 floors, we remain silent for the whole journey up to the floor, just glancing at each other every couple seconds, I could have swore I noticed a smile on her face but I won't get my hopes up too quickly. Once again I place my hand on her lower back and it just feels right, I lead Sofia into my hotel room where I let the door slam shut as I place her bag and jacket on the chair, she wastes no time taking a seat on the edge of the bed as she looks up at me with her beady puppy dog eyes "So what did you want to talk about in private then?" I walk over to the small table that sits in front of the window before I pull the chair out and take a seat there before turning my body to face the brunette tanned angel sitting there "I've never really been good at expressing my feelings..." I nervously play with the bracelets that sit on my arm "I think it's cause I was thrown into karting at such a young age and you know how boys are, you can't show your feelings or you're weak. I don't know why I ever kept that mindset, it's such bullshit....I knew myself as soon as you walked out of the hospital that I had fucked up but I was too much of a pussy to text you and admit my wrongs, I can't blame my actions on the crash but I was just fucked up mentally, the news of maybe never racing again broke me... I shouldn't have taken it out on you though and I just wanted to apologise for that. I really do care for you Sofia and this time apart has broken me, I've missed you so much and it's broken me that I fucked up so badly and we weren't talking because I'm a dickhead. I've been speaking to Daniel and he's really helped me recently learn new tricks on how to express my feelings in a proper manner, no more hiding my true feelings and no more kicking people to the side when I've had a bad day. I know it's a big ask regarding of how I treated you but I was hoping that we could maybe be friends and see how it goes from there?" My voice quietly trails off as Sofia keeps her focus pinpointed on me, never removing her eyes off me as an unreadable expression flicks through her face, she suddenly stands up before running towards the toilet, my head drops in guilt that I've fucked it up this bad.