Hidden. To Follow one's own path with the heart

1.

When the plane landed, I took my headphones off my head and put them in my bag. I hadn't been here for over a year, curious to see what had changed, I waited for the plane to land.
At last.
I looked at my phone and saw a message, it was from Lando. "How big should the delay be? And you said yes!" I grinned, because I knew that he would be waiting for me as soon as I was back on solid ground at the bottom.
Now a bit impatient, I drank my drink empty and put it in front of the flight attendant. I had missed him so much the whole time.
I felt the plane stop and got up, grabbed my bag and walked to the exit.

The door was opened and went downstairs, a grinning Lando came towards me. "Elli, at last!" I was wrapped in a hearty embrace, which I return in the same way. "I couldn't help it, the trajectory-" I laughed to give my explanation as to why I had arrived over 2 hours late.
"I don't care now, the main thing is that you're here and the first soda is on you!" I just nodded with a grin and shouldered my dropped bag.
"Formula 1 driver and still gutting the little sister, of course!" Shocked, he looked at me, "I would never rob you! That's only fair!" I shook my head, still grinning, and together we climbed into his Jolly. "It's fair to make a student pay, yes, sure" I grabbed my bag between my legs and buckled up. "And the idea that you drive all the way with the Jolly, you probably had yourself mh?"
He turned on the car and drove off. "Of course, I thought a bit of sun and refreshment after your year in Denmark would be good, after all, you have to get used to the climate in Monaco again"

Amused, I shook my head and so we drove a good 2 hours through the area until we arrived in Landos and also my house for the next time. Of course, he couldn't resist roaming through Monaco for a while, and at one corner or another we were besieged by his fans.

"Here we are" We were standing in front of a fancy house outside of Monaco. "Chic-chic and who lives in there? As big as this thing is..." I tried to tease him. Lando waved it off and got out. "You're acting like our parents' house in England was small," I swallowed. our parents, this little point in my life that I would like to eradicate...

Lando noticed my restrained sympathy for the memory and took my bag from me: "But now we're here and you have to tell me everything about your studied life! Although.. no, please, not everything" I grinned again, yes some things I should rather keep from my big brother.

He showed me the house and we ended up on the couch in living area. Lando had left my bag straight into my room. "Do you want a drink?" He got up and went to the kitchenette with a huge fridge. "What do you have there?"
You can already hear him scurrying around: "It feels like everything," he grinned, "icetea?" I nodded "yes, do you have lemon?" You could hear him open 2 bottles "Of course I bought it especially for you, I don't drink that" He came back and he pretended to send a shiver down his spine. This idiot, it's not that disgusting, to be more precise, it's my favorite drink. When he reaches me, he hands me the bottle and lies down comfortably on the couch next to me.

"So.. Denmark exactly. It was hard but exhausting, meeting a lot of new people and as you know, I have my degree in my pocket." He toasted me.
"Oh yes, with flying colors. You're really a bit of a nerd. Do you have a plan for what you want to do now?" I sighed and took a sip. Yes I knew what I wanted, but it didn't work and Lando knew that I was reluctant to do so.
"Lando.." He looked at me with challenging eyes. Elli, you know I can place you as PR and social media manager at McLaren" I gasped "Yes, and then everyone knows that I'm only there because my big brother is a racing driver. And besides, you've only been here for 2 years." He looked at his phone and rolled his eyes "And you know that you deserve the job, you know yourself that you can get into Formula 1 almost only with vitamin B and besides, Jesley wants to go somewhere else anyway"
We both knew that this wasn't the real reason, but I left it at that and I narrowed my eyes, "How does Jesley want to go somewhere else?" Jesley was Lando's manager, who had been with him in his early days in Formula 1 and even though I didn't like her, I didn't see any reason why she should want to leave.
"She got an offer from Ferrari, and don't pretend you like her" I shrugged. "I only know that in the beginning she just built really shit with you"