Untouchable

A person from the past

"Dad?" I yelled out in the house. "Yes sweetie" my father answered coming out of the bathroom.
"I was wondering if I could go with you to a race again?" I asked him. "Evelyn.. where has this sudden interest sparked from?" He replied giving me a suspicious look. "Lewis, he just changed my mind completely. I think I'm genuinely interested in racing" I lied, but as I saw the way my fathers eyes lit up, it became somewhat of a truth.
"Oh honey you finally get it" my dad answered happily. He pulled me into him and kissed the top of my head. "So can I?" I asked hugging him. "Of course Eve, but you have to show your interest okay?" He said and I could hear the smile on his lips.
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The press is literally everywhere. Me and dad are trying to make us through the hundreds of mechanics, reporters and guests at the Hungarian airport.
"Well that was hectic" my dad says as we sit in the taxi. I laugh in response. I'm honestly quite excited about the whole race. And it isn't just because I want to see Charles again. It's seeing how happy my dad is. He's constantly smiling at me, he even gave me a whole lesson on racing yesterday. And my moms over the moon as well.
I should've done this ages ago.
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Sunday
"There's my girl" My dad says as I step into the paddock. "Remember the rules still apply" my dad says hugging me.
"Oh come on dad can't I go take a look at the other paddocks?" I plead. "I don't know Evelyn.." my father replies.
"What if someone goes with me?" I ask. "Who?" my father asks looking around.
"I could" Lewis chirps in from the corner. "Wait really?" I say excitingly. "Yeah if your dad allows it" He replies, looking over at my dad. "You have to take good care of her.." my dad tells Lewis, I smile not having expected this outcome. "Of course, she'll be in good hands" Lewis replies.
"Well sure then" my dad answers giving up.
"Thank you thank youuu" I tell my dad hugging him.

"Well where do you wanna go?" Lewis asks me while we're walking. "I don't really know.." I mumble, too scared to say Ferrari. "I have an idea" Lewis says.

Me and Lewis finally arrive at this big press place. As we go inside I realize all the drivers on the grid are there.
"I thought it would be cool for you to meet them all" Lewis says to me as we head over to the drivers. I don't know what to do. Having all their eyes on me is literally my biggest fear, and what if Lewis says who I am? Fuck.

"Hey guys" Lewis says giving a couple of the drivers a handshake. As soon as the drivers noticed me, I got stared down. I look around and catch eyes with Charles, I can't read his expression.

"And this is Evelyn, a friend of mine" Lewis then tells them. Phew. "Hi" I say smiling. Most of them smile back at me. The drivers begin their own conversations, and some stay to talk to Lewis, and me I guess.

"So you've know each other for a long time?" Max asks us. "Uhm.." I mumble. "We met yesterday actually" Lewis steps in. I smile at Max and Lewis, before I look over at Charles. He's speaking with Carlos and another guy I can't really see.

"Who are you looking for?" Lewis asks me.
You can't be serious.
"Oh no one just, well who is the guy over there?" I point over at the guy Charles was talking to, trying to convert the attention away from the fact I was staring at Charles.
"Oh that's Lando, he's a good looking guy" A Australian guy answers wiggling his eyebrows.

Gosh did I just manage to embarrass myself even more.

"Lando come over here!" The Australian guy yells. I cover my hands in my face laughing. When I look up again I see Lando coming over to us. I take another look at him. No. Way.

Lando was my first boyfriend. He was my first love and he's a formula 1 driver? What the fuck.
We used to call each other mystery boy and girl, a bit cringe I know, but we were young.
We didn't speak often, we just met up at our spot and had fun.

I completely froze as I looked at Lando. I can see the realization in his eyes as well. He slowly moves closer to us, not taking his eyes off me.

"Hey" He says, his eyes still on me. "Hi" I mumble. As he stood closer to me, I could see how he had grown taller and how mature he looked now.
"Uhm what's going on here?" Lewis asks chuckling. Max and the Australian are completely staring us down. "Well uh." Lando tries but he breaks into laughter. I put my head in my hands and laugh, this is so embarrassing.

"It's a long story I guess" I tell the others. I can't take my eyes off Lando.
"Wait you know each other?" Max asks with a mischievous smile.
"Yeah from a couple of years back" Lando answers. "God Evelyn does your dad know that, I thought you said you didn't know any drivers" Lewis says to me smiling in disbelief.
"Well I didn't think I knew a driver" I answer laughing.

"Gosh your father, I had forgotten about that nightmare" Lando jokes. "Nightmare? Lando don't talk about To-" Lewis starts but I put my hand over his mouth to stop him from saying my dads name.

"Oh so we're STILL keeping it hidden" Lando says to me. "Oh like you didn't hide the fact that you're a driver" I answer.
"I wasn't at that time, but come on, I thought you had figured it out" Lando tells me giving me his charming smile. It felt so weird being with him again, especially knowing he's a f1 driver.
"Do you guys need to talk under four eyes?" Max asks, shit I had forgotten that the others were listening as well.
"Yeah that's probably a good idea" Lando answers chuckling. The others left and me and Lando were left alone.

"Soo uhm you're name is Evelyn" Lando awkwardly says laughing. "Yeah and yours is Lando" I answer smiling at him.
"I like it" Lando blurts out.
"Being named Lando?" I laughed.

"No, Evelyn, it's pretty" He says giving me the classic smile. I could feel the heat in my cheeks grow.

"This is so weird" I say breaking the silence. "Yeah" He answers. "Evelyn.." He pauses for a second. "Can we meet up again?.. you know catch up, or say who we really are" Lando asks seriously.

"That would be great actually" I answer, and it's the truth, it would be great. But I'm also terrified of his reaction when he finds out that Toto is my dad.

"Oh shit, I really gotta go, I'll see you right?" Lando says. "Yeah of course, bye" I say as he walks away.
As Lando goes away other drivers go away as well.

As soon as I'm alone Charles comes up to me.
"Hello Evelyn" He says with his sweet smile.
"Hello Charles" I blurt out.

Fuck, I was supposed to not know who he is.

"Oh so do know me?" Charles asks suspiciously. "God I'm so sorry yeah, my dad angrily yells your name sometimes" I answered him.
"It's okay, I liked being normal for once" Charles replied laughing to himself. "I actually wanted to ask you something" He then says. I can see a smirk forming on his lips. "Oh no" I say joking.

"I have a deal in mind" Charles says. "Okay" I reply trying to figure him out. "If I get top 5 today, you have to go on a date with me." He says catching me completely off guard.