When Lando asked me to come to Jeddah, he didn't only mean me, but he also meant Billie and Nathan.
That made me feel a little less special, but I was also kinda relieved that I wouldn't be alone most of the time.
"Here we are again" Billie said as she scanned the paddock pass and walked in the paddock. "Where we belong" Nathan jokingly said.
But did we really belong here? We had no business being here, except for supporting Lando.
"And I wanna go home again" I muttered when I saw Piper standing next to Lando.
Let me tell you about this girl. She was part of the marketing team, but she wasn't his PR manager or anything like that.
I had no idea what she actually did but I guess she comes up with the Mclaren video's and stuff.
She was around my age, tall, long fake blonde hair, fake lashes, fake lips.
Probably also fake boobs, even though they looked amazing.
And I was sure he cheated on me with her.
Sometimes I wondered if Lando even liked me at all, all the girls he hooked up with, were the exact opposite of me.
"I really don't wanna talk to the girl who's been fucking Lando" I stopped walking and so did Billie and Nathan who were on either side of me.
"We don't even know if he cheated on you with her" Billie said. "C'mon Billie, we do know that" Nathan said as he was looking at Piper and Lando.
She was eyeing him up and she was being way too nice to me. She was always trying to be my friend whenever she saw me.
Way too suspicious.
Lando's eyes trailed to mine and his eyes lit up when he noticed me. He tilted his head a little and waved.
"You guys go ahead" I told Billie and Nathan. "I am first gonna say hi to Max"
Because I could not deal with Piper and Lando together. Not yet. Probably never.
I looked at Lando before turning around and walking back to the Red Bull hospitality.
I walked in the hospitality and was immediately greeted by a smiling Kelly. We became pretty close over the years.
She was dating Max and I used to date Lando, so we spend a lot of time together and even after Lando and I broke up, we saw each other regularly.
"Nova, I'm so happy you're here" she said as she wrapped her arms around me. "It gets boring without you"
I chuckled. "Are the new girlfriends no fun?"
I also used to spend a lot of time with Charlotte and Isa. Charles and Carlos' girlfriends, but they broke up and started dating other girls.
I haven't met them, but it was gonna be hard to beat Charlotte and Isa. I absolutely loved them. They definitely made the race weekends better.
She shrugged her shoulders and smiled a little. Which was an answer by itself.
I wasn't gonna bother getting to know them, as I wasn't planning on being here every weekend.
"Nova" Max smiled and threw me a can of Red Bull, which I caught gracefully. "Good catch" he laughed.
"I have an important question" he kept looking at me but wrapped his arm around Kelly's waist. "Do you wanna model for my merch?"
For some reason I expected a totally different question. I thought they were gonna get married or something.
"You have merch?" I frowned. He was literally always wearing the Red Bull team kit. I only knew about his orange caps, but he didn't need a model for that.
"Yes obviously I do, Nova" he rolled his eyes as if I just offended him.
"Uh-well yea-" I started until I was interrupted by a hand on my back. "She can't mate, she's already a LN and Quadrant model"
Lando stood next to me, his hand brushed against my back and he looked at me with a smirk on his face. Just slightly.
"Right?" He asked, still looking at me.
I wasn't a LN model or a Quadrant model for that matter, but I guess I was now.
I nodded. "Right"
We smiled at each other as if we just declared our love for each other, as if we decided to be girlfriend and boyfriend again.
We smiled like nothing happened between us.
I smiled as if he didn't break my heart in a million pieces a year ago.
But he did.
