Can we go through this?

#10

Pov. Charles

The next day I sat down on the garage boxes. I will stay here until I see Lando. I probably won't have a chance to talk to him, but I want to know how he is doing. I can see it in his face how he is doing, I read Lando and Max as a open book.

I've been sitting for a while. Luckily, I have nothing to do at the minute since it is still early. I say hello to several people and some linger for a chat. And that's how Alex and George came to me.

"Hey." I say and I get off the box. "Hey." says Alex and he hugs me.

Okay, I actually didn't expected that.

I hug him too and I close my eyes for a moment. "We're happy for you three. We want to talk to you, because there had been enough to tell I guess. But we're happy for you." says Alex as he lets go of me. "We have to. We're sorry." I say and George hugs me too and he rubs my back. "Can we talk before the weekend is over?" George asks. "Yeah, that should be fine. I think we can do it in the evening." I say and I look at McLaren's garage for a second before looking back at them. "We're happy for you, really." says George and I nod softly.

They should tell this to Lando especially...

"There is something." says George and I bite my lip and I look back at Mclaren and then behind them where everyone is coming in. "Lando is not okay, is he?" asks Alex and I look at him. I shake my head softly. "No. We haven't spoken to him either." I say. "Seriouy?" George ask and I nod. "Daniel took him to his hotel yesterday when he ran away from the team meeting. A lot had happened yesterday" I say and I wiggle my bracelets. "Is Lando here yet?" asks George and I shake my head. "That's why I'm sitting here. I'm waiting for him to come." "You say that a lot of happend. What had happened yesterday?" asks Alex "I can't tell too much now. If anyone hears us.... But on Wednesday night the three of us had an argument, the morning after Daniel got very angry with Lando and then he wanted to look for you and you were both angry too. Mick and Esteban ran into Lando and they went to Max, because Lando was not doing okay. When we came to him he had a panic attack and we weren't allowed to help him. We weren't even allowed to touch him. He ran away and Jon stopped us from going into his room. Later we heard from Daniel that Lando had passed out and this also happened on Wednesday night." I explain and their eyes widen. "That is not good." says Alex softly and I shake my head. "I'll explain it all better later, but I can't quite understand how and what." I say. "No, I understand. What about Max? Do you speak to him now?" "Yes and we had a very good conversation yesterday. Max's eyes have opened now. We'll explain it all later, but we also slept very badly last night." "I understand that. I just saw Max quickly, but he looked exhausted." says Alex and I nod. "We have a lot to explain." I say. "Take it easy. You can always call or text us, okay?" says George and I nod. "And how are you feeling?" George asks. "Honestly? Shit. I'm so restless in my body. I hope I can get the concentration for driving." I say. "Yeah, we understand that. After this weekend we have a break and hopefully you can recover well." Alex says as he puts his hand on my shoulder. "I hope so." I say. "Come here." says Alex and he hugs me. "Thank you Al." I say softly and I hold him. George joins to the hug and I smile and I put one arm around George.

I needed a hug.

After a few seconds we let go and they both smile. "All three of you are the strongest people we know. It will all work out and we have your back. I'm sure we're not the only ones" says Alex and I smile at them. "Thank you. It's nice to hear that." I say. "We love you." says George. "And we love you." I say and they both smile. I look past their shoulders and my smile disappears.

Lando passes by.

He is pale and you can see the bags under his eyes. He wasn't looking our way, he was talking to Jon. He smiles for the photographers and then talks to Jon again. He walks past us and I watch. He didn't look at us. I grab the box to steady myself as I watch Lando walk into Mclaren garage.