Don't you dare - Lando Norris

04

"Natalia, you know I love you but can you please try to hurry?" I heard Dani begging me in the other room as I got dressed. Tonight was the celebratory dinner for Max as he won the Bahrain Grand Prix only a few hours earlier.

"I'm almost done, just... I don't know about this dress, Dani." I looked at the dress in the mirror. It was black, and very short. Dani was of course the one who picked it out. It looked amazing. "Don't you think it's a little too short?" She came into the room to give me a look. She shook her head quickly with a smile on her face.

"It is perfect. Don't be shy to drag some attention, honey." I rolled my eyes and smiled. With that I took my bag, put my phone and a lipgloss in it and we walked out of my hotel room.

I was meeting Lewis outside and we would go together. He stood waiting for me in a black suit, matching me perfectly. He looked me up and down and smiled at me. "You look outstanding!" He embraced me in a hug which I returned.

"Thank you! So do you." He opened the passenger door for me and then closed it to walk over to sit down behind the wheel.

The drive to the restaurant was short, not longer than five minutes. Lewis, as the gentleman he was opened my door for me again and then lead me into the restaurant. I felt the eyes of the rest of the drivers on me as we walked side by side to the table where they were all sat.

Carlos, Charles, Max, Daniel, Fernando, Lance, Lando, Oscar, Alex, George, Yuki, Liam, Pierre, Esteban, Valtteri, Zhou, Nico and Kevin. They were seated around a long table. Two empty seats were in the middle. I sat down next to Carlos and Max, Lewis on the other side of the table between Fernando and George.

In front of me was Daniel who gave me a huge smile. They all seemed to quiet down as me and Lewis took our places. "You look beautiful," Charles said from beside Daniel across from Carlos. I look up at Charles with a slight blush on my cheeks.

"Thank you, Charles." Carlos coughed beside me making both me and Charles laugh it off. We started discussing what to eat, and I tried to avoid the fact that Lando was sitting across from me one step to the left from Daniel. He kept a conversation going with Oscar and Max.

We hadn't spoken since right after the race, making me believe he wasn't too happy with me. I just hoped this diner could go by without any drama.

Lando's POV

All dinner I tried to avoid looking at her. I noticed how the rest froze as she walked in with Lewis. I knew I had to try and be civil with her, I owed Carlos that. I knew how much he loved her, but I couldn't bring myself to like her, or even enjoy her company at all. It bugged me insanely that she was the type of girl that made every eye in the room turn once she entered. That was precisely what happened when her and Lewis turned up and it annoyed me terribly.

I absolutely hated it, and I couldn't stand her because of it. The way she so annoyingly always had an answer to me, and the way she turned every head in her present to look at her. I sat trough half of the dinner, listening to Charles trying to flirt with her, subtly enough for Carlos not to notice even though he sat right with them.

And mostly, how she managed to find just the right spot to rile me up enough to scream out loud in pure anger. The way she spoke so confidently about my non existing race wins still infuriated me as I thought back to earlier.

After almost an hour I excused myself to take a breather. I walked outside the restaurant to get some fresh air. I was so extremely annoyed with the amount of time I spent thinking of that girl. In some way it was absolutely impressive how she managed to walk into my life. In the small amount of time I've known her, she's managed so build up this hate inside me. Not that I hadn't ever met her before this year, but I always saw her as Carlos annoying little sister.

I really hated her, and I could tell just how much the feeling was mutual.

After a few minutes of grubbing I went back inside and sat down on my seat. I looked up to see an empty one between Carlos and Max. Not that I cared where she went, really.

"Where did you go?" I turned to Oscar beside me. He was a great teammate actually. We hadn't talked too much yet, but I enjoyed his company a lot and that said much as my last teammate was Daniel.

"Just outside, I had to take a call." He accepted my answer and we all went on to talk about the upcoming season.

My head snapped to my right as I saw someone move in my periphery. Natalia gave the guys around her a smile and sat down in her chair again. I pushed away the questions swirling around in my mind. I tried with all the power I had, making it impossible to tear my eyes away from her too. A man could only do so much at the same time.

For the first time this dinner, she met my eyes. Even her gaze affected me. I squinted my eyes, expecting some snazzy comment from her, but instead of that she just took my appearance in and then looked away. Something about that made the anger inside me increase even more.

She was probably right to not start anything at the dinner table. Even that was annoying, admitting she did something right. "Yo, Lando?" I turned my head to her side, locking eyes with her brother who said my name. "Are you okay? You don't look too good."

I shook my head. "I'm very well, thanks." The rest of the table didn't seem to notice my behavior. Only Carlos did and soon enough he nodded his head to the door, igniting we'd go out to talk.

We both stood up and left the table quietly. Once we got outside he stopped me by grabbing a hold of my arm. "What are you doing, mate?" I just shook my head, looking down.

"What are you talking about?" He sighed.

"I've overlooked the rumors about you and Nat because I didn't think you'd go for my sister..."

"What are you on about? I'm not into your sister." I had a laugh in the back of my throat. It was absolutely ridiculous.

"That's not what your eyes say. Man, I've never seen someone stare at a person like you just did!" He started to raise his voice at me.

"Carlos, I've tried to just ignore her all along. And I'm really sorry but I can't stand your sister." The look on his face switched from furious to shocked. "I figured I shouldn't say anything to you, I know how much she means to you but we just don't get along." He started to nod.

"I haven't really noticed that, I was partially angry cause I thought you were hooking up with her. I mean no offense but you're not one for relationships." I chuckled at his words. I knew they were true. I couldn't lie and say I didn't sleep with a lot of girls.

"Yeah okay, but trust me, man I wouldn't. But I'll try to be civil though." He nodded with a smile on his face.

"I'd appreciate it, I love you both you know." He grabbed a hold around my neck as we walked back inside.

"You're too sweet, Carlos."