Getaway Car

Chapter Four

Katherine POV

"Lando Norris seen defending F1 rival Katherine Button," Marcus slams the magazine down in front of us.

"Now that's the articles we want to see," Claire says, clapping her hands together.

"Bahrain is just around the corner we would like for you both to fly there together,"

"No," we say in sync

"No?"

"Stuck in a car together is bad enough," he says

"But a plane," I add, "you're asking for something bad to happen,"

"It's a good thing you both have no choice,"

"I was supposed to be flying with Max," I say

"We've told Max you would no longer be joining him,"

"Once there each morning, you two will enter the paddock together. Make sure you look like a couple,"

"You got it," I say, rolling my eyes.

~~~~~

"This is so stupid," Lando says as we take our seats. "We could have travelled separately,"

"Tell me about it,"

"If you just stay quiet the whole flight, we should be fine," he says. I roll my eyes.

The plane set off it was going to be a long 6 hours.

"Get up,"

"No,"

"I need to go to the bathroom," I shrug.

"Not my problem,"

"Katherine,"

"Lando," I challenge

"Please, will you get up,"

"That's better, but no,"

"What do you mean no?"

"No, do you want me to say it in Spanish nò"

"You're a pain in the ass," he stands up and puts himself in front of me, looking down.

"Never thought we'd be in this position," his crotch was in front of my face. I push him away . He trips up slightly, catching himself on the chairs before falling.

He walks back and pulls me up by my arm, moving me out of the way and getting back in his seat.

"Hi, sorry to bother you," I looked up to see a young woman, and she was making eyes at Lando as I sat down.

"Was there something I could help you with?" He asks.

"I was wondering if I could get your number," Does this happen to him all the time? Also, does she not see me

"Sorry," he puts his hand in mine. "I'm taken," her mouth falls open.

"Oh, I just thought, you know you two, never mind," she walks away, looking down at the floor.

His hand stays in mine.

"You can move your hand now," he shakes his head, moving closer to me. I could feel his breath on my lips.

"There's people taking pictures. I need to make it look real, don't we?"

~~~~~

Entering the paddock, we got bombarded by paparazzi. Lando had to push our way through the crowd of people.

I had PR duties and was at my interview.

"You were seen entering the paddock with Lando Norris. You normally come with your teammate. We just wanted to know if the rivalry between you and Lando has been resolved," I'm so lucky I'm media trained.

"You could say that me and Lando are on good terms,"

"That's good to hear. People have their eyes on you for this year's championship. You put up a good fight against your newly formed friend. Do you think you can win this time?"

"I mean, I know I can fight for the title, but there's some talented drivers on the grid it won't be an easy fight,"

"People noticed your father wasn't seen last year throughout the season. Is everything okay there?" I wanted the groud to swallow me up.

"Everythigns fine, my dad is a busy man," they smile, and I head off.

"Have you spoken to your father?" Claire asks, causing me to laugh.

"Nope, not since I took this seat,"

"Mayeb you two should talk get people from asking these questions,"

"Tell him to answer the phone then," I walked past her over to Max, who was accompanied by Lando, Daniel, and Oscar.

"You okay, Katie?" Max asks, seeing the look on my face. I shrug.

"Just Claire telling me to talk to my dad,"

"You don't speak?" Oscar asks.

"It complicated," Max says.

"It's really not," I state. "I was with Williams 2022, which my dad also works for. I got the call from Red Bull about taking the 2023 seat and I took it without even thinking Red Bull had always been my dream team my dad didn't like the idea of me driving for them said thst it would be better if I stayed there with him I told him I wanted more for myself and that this was my chance," Lando looks at me "he said I wouldn't make it without him by my side,"

"What a dick," Lando let out. "Sorry, continue,"

"I told him that I was going to Red Bull.and if he thought that, then so be it. I proved him wrong. I came second in the championship. I would never have done that with Williams. I know he hates I proved him wrong, so that's why he hasn't spoken to me since,"

"Jenson Button is a hard man to get though to," Daniel says. "I just never thought he'd disown his daughter for following her dream," I shrug.

"He's just upset that I'm going to be a better racer than he ever was,"

"You got thst right," Max says, sqeezing my shoulders.

Claire and Marcus walk over to the group.

"Great," Lando.mumbles.

"You two have a date tonight," I frown

"Since when?"

"Since now," Lando huffs.

"You can't just spring stuff onto us," he says.

"We can do what we want. You two will head out at 6 pm, we have already called ahead for the paparazzi to be there,"

"We need you two to smile, hold hands, and at the end of the date, we need a kiss,"

"What!" Me and Lando shout

"This is the best thing I've heard this year," Max laughs behind us.

"That's what couples do they kiss you two are a couple,"

Me and Lando turn to each other and then back to them.

I had to kiss Lando Norris