Always

Chapter 5

Max's Pov:

The club is buzzing with people, music playing loudly and everyone dancing.''Hey Max, here's your beer'' Daniel says handing me the beer before sitting down on the couch beside me. ''Thanks for getting it, the crowd is hectic.'' I reply, thankful we have a more secluded area.

''No problem man, also Lando said they will be arriving shortly with the other guys.'' He says right when I spot the group of the other F1 drivers entering the club.

We all usually go out together after the race, so it was not something strange, well that was until I spotted him walking next to Lando.

Alexander Ronan Ildefonso Leclerc.

Although, I heard from Daniel and the others he his going to be at some of the races this year, I haven't seen him yet around the paddock. He, Lando, Charles, Pierre, Yuki, George and Carlos make there way towards our little corner in the club.

As much as I do not want to admit it to myself, he looks really good. Wearing dark green cargo type pants, with a short sleeved white button up, a few of the buttons undone, revealing the top of his chest. He has clearly been working out as you can see some of his muscles through his shirt. God he looks good.

I quickly snap myself out of it before someone catches me staring at him. Taking a sip of my beer trying to distract myself. As they reach our table both Daniel and I stand up to great them. ''I see you have started the party without us.'' Lando says looking at my beer while greeting me.

''Calm down, it's only one beer, wouldn't dream taking shots without you.'' I reply. I greet the other guys as well, Alexander sending me a smile, before sitting down next to Lando, making me feel uneasy for some reason.

''Come on World Champ lets go get the first round of shots to celebrate your win today.'' Charles say before standing up and heading towards the bar.

Me and Charles wait for the bartender to fill up all the shot glasses, ''I'm sorry to see what happened today, really thought you were maybe going to stand next to me on the podium today.''I say truthfully, Charles is an amazing driver but his car is utter shit, I know with a better car he would be able to win a lot of races.

''Yeah it honestly sucked, especially since I wanted to do good because it was the first race Alex came to watch this season, but nothing we can do now,I just hope the next race is better.''

The mentioning of Alex makes my mind float back to the brunette sitting with my friends across the room. Alexander has always been on my mind, even after all these years, I check up on his Instagram regularly to see how he is doing, or asking Daniel if he knows how things were going for him at Oxford. No matter how hard I tried not to I always wanted see if he was happy and okay.

The bartender hands us our shots, and we head to our table where it seems someone told a joke as they all are hysterically laughing.

A few hours later and everyone is completely wasted, I would say I'm tipsy not feeling to bad since I've only had a few beers and one shot of vodka.

Lando has been talking nonstop to Alexander the whole night, making me a feel weird, wondering if something is going on between the two of them. I mean Lando is a funny and nice guy, him and Alexander clearly gets along well. I take a sip of my beer trying to get these thoughts i'm having to disappear.

''You okay man? you have been quite for most of the night,'' Daniel asks with a look of concern on his face.''Yeah I'm fine, just not feeling it tonight, I actually think I need to go out for so air for a bit.'' I say standing up.

Before he can respond I walk towards the exit, as much as I love Daniel, I know he would have continued asking me questions until I told him the real reason why my mind has been everywhere except at the party.

I open the door, the cool fresh air hitting me immediately. I make my way towards the sidewalk sitting down, enjoying the kinda peace and quiet, as I can still hear some of the music of the club playing in the background.

Breathing in and closing my eyes, enjoying the cool air on my skin, a contrast to inside where it is where hot and humid due to all the people.

A few minutes past when I hear someone's footsteps heading the direction in which I am sitting.

I open my eyes as they reach me, surprising me when my eyes meet beautiful green ones. Alexander.

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