Off Limits ~Lando Norris~

~im ready~

Sofia headed off to Zandvoort with Carlos. This was the last race she would be attending for a while before she had to get back to playing regular matches with Chelsea. She had managed to convince her manager to let her travel to watch the race this weekend, despite the intense pre-season training they were putting the squad through. she had to work out every day, but she didn't mind as she found it relaxing and good stress relief.

It was thursday, meaning media day. She was wandering around the paddock, not really knowing what to do with herself. The media had been going crazy over hers and Charles 'breakup' meaning many of charles crazy fan girls had been sending her pretty awful messages. She hadnt told anyone, as she knew there was nothing they could do to her. Words can't harm her. right? sometimes when she read the messages she felt awful. she felt like she wasn't good enough and she even felt at fault. It's fine, she thought to herself, but when she opened instagram again , while walking through the paddock, more and more messages popped up at the top of her screen.

your so ugly, charles must be happy to get rid

your fucking pathetic

what a bitch

you look like a cow anyway

he's better off without a gold digging idiot like you

disgrace to yourself and the sainz name

she tried to shake it off. tried to ignore it. she didn't realise she had stopped walking all together. all these negative and mean things were clouding her head. what if she was just worthless. what if she was an ugly bitch who slept around. what if she didn't deserve any of the privileges she had gained.

Lando was walking by and saw her just stood there, staring at her phone. He made his way over.
"sof?"
no response
"hello, sof?"
he got closer and saw her eyes glazed over
"sofia sainz??"
nothing
he got even closer and waved his hand infront of her face. she finally looked up, tears threatening to fall from her eye at any moment. he took her hand and lead her towards mclaren
"come on"
he led her up the stairs and to his driver room, not stopping to speak to anyone, even when they called his name. he sat her down on the couch and sat next to her.
"talk to me sof, what's up"
she looked up at him
"do you think i'm pathetic"
his eyes widened in shock
"no of course not"
"do you think i'm a bitch"
"sof I-"
she was crying at this point
"do you think i look like a cow. and that im a disgrace to my family name. that im ugly and just a gold digging idiot. that i.."
"sofia sainz shut up"
she looked at him

"sof i don't know who's got these ideas into your head but you need to ignore them. Sof your not pathetic, your the most hardworking and strong person i've ever met. your not a bitch, your the funniest, happiest person with the most amazing personality in the world. your not a disgrace to the family name, your one of the people that make the sainz name the amazing name it is. your not a gold digging idiot because you don't need all that from anyone when your one of the best football players the world has ever seen. and you don't look like a cow and in no way are you ugly. Sof you the prettiest, most stunning and beautiful girl i've ever laid my eyes on. so whoever had planted these ideas into your head needs to take a long hard look at you because your the most incredible person they could ever lay their eyes on"

she smiled, still crying, but the tears had turned happier.
"you mean it?"
"sof..."
he grabbed both of her hands and looked into her eyes before continuing
"i swear down on my life that i do"
she smiled again at him
"lan i don't even know what to say"
she looked back up at him, before glancing down to his lips. he must have noticed as he started to lean towards her. she gladly leaned in to and met his lips with hers. the kiss was full of passion but also felt like it was meant to be. she had doubted him and knew her mind couldn't take a relationship under the pressure she was under, but after calling it quits on the fake relationship, she knew she could take a chance on him. she wanted to take a chance on him, because she had feelings for him that she couldn't hide from herself anymore.

when they pulled apart she spoke
"lan i....i really like you. and i'm ready to admit that now"
he let out the biggest grin she had ever seen, which said something as she had spent a fair amount of time with danny ric.
"sof i've been waiting all season to tell you i feel that way, and i'm glad you feel that way too. heck, i've wanted to say it since the moment carlos brought you to the garage in 2019"
"that long?"
"i saw a beautiful girl walk in, and i got to know her and her beautiful personality pretty quickly. it was hard to not fall head over heals for her"
"your too sweet"
"so sof, does this mean your maybe free to go on a date with me tonight then?" lando said hopefully
"of course you idiot"
he laughed before wrapping his arms around her, engulfing her in a huge hug
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Walking towards ferrari, she had a huge smile on her face.
"oh gosh she's got a goofy grin, what's happened now"
she looked up before rolling her eyes jokingly
"i was smiling because you were nowhere near me charles, sadly that isn't the case anymore"
"oh ha ha your hilarious aren't you. are you heading towards ferrari?"
"indeed i am, care to join me?"
"well that is my team and i need to go there so either i walk with you or stand here awkwardly for a few minutes while you walk off alone, before then slowly making my way over there sooo"
she rolled her eyes as they walked through the paddock together just chatting and catching up. of course paparazzi absolutely ate this moment up.

When they arrived, she headed over to Carlos, who was talking to a few members of his team.
"hola carlos"
"hola sof, how are you"
"i'm good. great infact"
"hmmm go on"
"huh"
"i can tell by your face there's something so just spit it out"
she rolled her eyes. if there was one person who could read her like a book, it was her brother.
"lando asked me on a date"
his eyes widened and he grinned
"finally thank god. it was painful watching you both pine after each other"
"okay okay hush hush now carlos"
he gave her a hug
"i'm happy for you sof"
she pulled pack and looked at him
"what happened to me being off limits huh?"
"you are off limits sof. off limits to everyone except Lando"