all eyes on you - carlos sainz jr F1

04

I feel Sarah walk up behind me as I still hold eye contact with the guy from the bar. 

She stops when she sees me looking away. I feel her gasp beside me. "Who is that?" She asks and I turn to her breaking eye contact for the first time. 

"I have no idea," I say, looking over my shoulder to see he's still watching me. "He's fine as shit thought, isn't he," I murmur and Sarah nods. I shake my head as I lead her away from the dance floor, not quite drunk enough to approach him yet. "Who was that guy you were thirsting over, Sae?" I ask. 

"Oh!" She says immediately distracted. "Charles Leclerc, he's pretty but the guy he's with? God he's yummy." Sarah sighs. 

My eyebrows furrow in confusion. "That racer guy from the airport?" I ask and she nods. 

She changes my course from the bar to where he stands talking to a guy in the back corner. "Let's go say hi!" She yells and I laugh. 

We approach the pair and Charles notices us first. He smiles. "Camille!" He says enthusiastically. 

Sarah looks at me confused. "We were chatting before you came over," I explain over the loud bass echoing through the club.

She nodded understandingly, it was one of the things I loved about her. She never questioned me for too many details, we were close enough that I'd give them to her later. 

Charles turns to the guy standing beside him, the one Sarah had been eyeing up before. "This is Lando Norris."

He smiles at me, shaking my hand. "Nice to meet you!" He calls over the music. 

Sarah still hasn't said anything and I roll my eyes. "This is Sarah James," I say, giving her the introduction she wanted. 

She shakes his hand and he smiles at her. "Hi." He says quietly and Sarah flashes her flirty smile. 

I shake my head and smile at Charles. "So what's this I hear about you being a racecar driver?" I ask over the music as Lando and Sarah go to talk somewhere else. 

He shrugs. "I've been racing all my life, it's nothing special." He says and I smile. 

"Well I have to thank you for getting all those paparazzi off Sarah and I's back when we landed in Paris, made landing a whole bunch easier," I say and he raises an eyebrow. 

"You're welcome? I think?" he says and I laugh. 

As I'm laughing a guy approaches us. The guy from the bar. I watch as Charle's face changes into a wider grin as he approaches. 

"Carlos!" He yells and the other man smiles. 

Carlos. I feel my mouth say the words silently. 

He smiles at Charles as they share a quick guy hug before Carlos turns to me and I feel the same hot stare from before. 

I smile. "Camielle Decôteaux." I say holding out my hand, he takes it with a small lopsided grin.

"Carlos Sainz." He says before letting go of my hand, his accent thick. 

His presence is intoxicating in a way I've never experienced. I feel like a creep by the way I'm drawn to him. 

Charles pats him on the shoulder as he looks at me. "This is my teammate! Carlos Sainz JR," he says, obviously very drunk. 

Carlos rolls his eyes. "Okay, time to get you back to your hotel before we all get into trouble with the media team tomorrow." Carlos shifts his gaze to me again. "Would you and your friend like to come to our race on Sunday? It's the least I can do for you having to endure Charles whilst he's drunk." He says and I feel like a schoolgirl with a crush as my cheeks heat up. 

"Yeah! We'd love that." I say, coughing as I look at Sarah who is standing with Lando, laughing. 

Carlos grips Charles's arms tighter over his shoulder and sends me a smile before they turn to leave. 

"It was nice to meet you!" Charles calls to me from over Carlos's shoulder. 

I laugh as I watch them walk out, and once Carlos's white linen shirt is out of sight I run to Sarah. 

I pull her shoulder and she turns surprised. "Oh hey, Cami!" She says, and I gesture for her to come closer so I can whisper in her ear. 

"That guy just invited us to his race!" I whisper-scream. 

Sarah gasps. "When is it?" She demands, trying to see Carlos and Charles in the sea of faces.

"Sunday!" I squeal and Sarah frowns. 

"The same day as your concert?" She asks and I groan, realising she's right.

"If I may, are you the same girl who is doing her reputation tour right now?" Lando asks and I jump, forgetting he was there. 

I nod and he smiles. 

"You're performing at the F1 concert! The one after the race. You're the headliner." He explains and I raise an eyebrow and look at Sarah, whose mouth has formed an 'O'

"Really?" I ask. This was news to me, although maybe it made sense why I was performing in Monaco, I was expecting a pretty small turnout and I'd sold out. "Huh. Why wouldn't Georgiana tell me that." I wonder aloud. 

Sarah is unusually quiet and I turn to her suspiciously. "Sarah..." I say and she sighs.

"Okay! I knew about that, but I know how much you hate performing in front of cameras! And the whole thing is kind of...always aired." She says and I force myself to calm down before the alcohol starts talking for me. 

Lando coughs awkwardly and Sae sends him an apologetic look. "I'm going to head out, Sarah you have my number right?" he asks and she nods. "Well, I'll see you guys on Sunday!" He walks through the crowd and Sarah and I walk out too, only a few feet behind. 

I sit her down on the nearest park bench. "Spill. Now." I say. 

She shrugs nonchalantly. "There's not much else to it, you got an email while you were in the shower and I responded for you. Georgiana didn't say that much because she thought you already knew. I'm sorry Cami, but I just didn't want your stage fright to get in the way of a massive opportunity." She says, and I can tell she's sorry. After years of arguments and half-assed apologies, I can tell when she's being serious. 

Like now. 

I sigh as I wrap an arm around her. "I can never stay mad at you for long," I mutter and she beams at me. 

"You're so nice when you're drunk." She says and I laugh. 

"How'd it go with Lando?" I ask and she sighs dreamily. 

"I think he's the one Cami, for real," Sarah says and I snort at her expression. 

"Okay, I'll ask you in the morning when you're sober," I say standing up and offering her my hand. "Come on, I'll have Lenny pull the car up." 

"God, I cannot wait for Sunday," Sarah says as we walk towards the valet. 

Secretly, neither can I. 

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hope yall enjoyed!

first carlos x cami interaction!!! their gonna be so awkward i cant wait ugh. 

sarah my bestie x lando will be a side trope in this fic!!!

okay,\ that's all munchkins. love yall so much xxx