Unexpected love | Carlos Sainz Jr.

Chapter 21

— Carlos POV —

I'm lying in bed still thinking about the great evening and morning I had. I forgot what it felt like having someone to wake up to. After Isa I did have some flings, but never with any meaning. Often they also just wanted to be able to tell their friends they hooked up with me. That's what it felt like anyway.
I had this attraction to Ella that I couldn't explain. She didn't just like me for being an f1 driver, but for who I was.

My daydreaming was interrupted by loud knocking on my door. 'Carlos, do you wanna go for lunch together? I think we have some catching up to do.' Lando screams from the other side of the door.
I open the door and agree on having lunch, I was very gratefully for the help I got from my friend.

We arrive in the hotel restaurant, I can see Lando is waiting for me to start talking. 'So what do you wanna know?' I ask looking in my friend eyes.
'How are you feeling? What happened yesterday?' Lando smirks at me.
'I'm feeling amazing, I haven't felt like this in a very long time. But at the same time that also worries me. I didn't mean for this to be a hook up. But how will we proceed when I leave here to continue racing. We aren't even dating and we already have to start long distance. This is all so messed up, the only thing I know is that Ella makes me so happy.' I stopped rambling and looked at Lando's surprised face.

'Wow, I'm surprised your mind doesn't explode from all this thinking. You know muppet just talk to her about it. After this weekend we have a small break and next race is in the Netherlands. So not so far from here, use that time to get to know her better. Giving yourself the time to see if you see a future in this.'
I'm surprised by the adult advice that is coming from Lando. 'That's actually really great advice, thank you so much Lando' we continue our lunch with some small talk and then head back to our room to get ready to head over to the track.

— Ella POV —

I'm standing in the hotel lobby waiting for Lottie to arrive. I see the elevator door opening and Lottie is coming my way with the biggest grin ever. 'You are the best friend ever! I just slept over at Lando Norris. How is this even real? Let's start walking so you can start talking.' Lottie grabs my arm and leads the way to the exit.

'Lottie you also have some spilling to do, but Carlos really was very sweet yesterday. He comforted me after that horrible scene with Tom. He just held me and let me feel what I needed to feel.' I couldn't hide my smile talking about Carlos.
'Let me guess? Carlos did a bit more then just holding you yesterday?' Lottie was raising her eyebrows at me.
I really wanted yesterday to be something between Carlos and me, so I didn't give Lottie all the details.
'Let's just say he didn't just hold me twice yesterday.' I knew Lottie didn't need more then this to know what I was talking about.

Lottie made a small victory jump, god I loved that girl. We had arrived at the hotel. So we refreshed and started to get ready to head over to the track.
We wanted to see all the races today and not just the F1 race.

While waiting in our seats I got a dm from Carlos saying he was getting ready for the drivers parade. I was really curious to know if he would see me on the stand. Their was a slim chance, since not everybody was already in their seats. My leg was jumping up and down waiting for the ferrari boys to pass. When I saw them getting nearby I jumped on my seat.
I was screaming off the top of my lungs in hopes of Carlos seeing me. When the car passed our stand I linked eyes with Carlos he pointed at me, and gave me a big wink. I really hoped he would have a great race later today.