As if | Max Verstappen

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I had just come back to my hotel room from qualifying and I should be happy to start from second but I wasn't. I had made a mistake which meant that Max took the pole position.

I had promised Lando that I would spend time with him today. Lando got to decide what we were going to do but he refused to say what he had planned. i jumped in the shower and rinsed off all the sweat and i considered not washing my hair because i was exhausted.

after 20 minutes I went out and the only thing I knew about what Lando had planned was that I needed to put on clothes I could move well in. I looked through my clothes and then decided to put on a pair of black workout tights and a black hoodie. after 10 minutes there was a knock on the door and I opened the door and greeted Lando.

we walked towards the elevator and waited for it to come to our floor. I noticed that Lando was wearing workout clothes and it made me wonder if we were going to run a workout. when the doors finally opened we stepped inside and after a minute or so we were down in the lobby again.

with Lando we didn't have to hide for people to see us together because everyone already knew we were very good friends. we went to Lando's car and as usual he refused to let me drive because according to him I drove like a car thief. I tried to ask Lando lots of questions about where we were going but all he said was that I should think his idea was funny.

i tried to notice the surroundings but when i got no clues i gave up and started singing and checking my mobile.

"we're here now" Lando said and parked the car.

"so what was your brilliant plan" i asked still not understanding what we were going to do.

"we are at a playland you muppet"

"god you really are a child"

we went to the front door and hung up our outer clothes and Lando almost ran inside. i reminded him that we would have to pay first and i could see his disappointment in his eyes but knew i was right.

I think the reason he had chosen us to be here today was because we had always done it as children. when we became friends it wasn't long before we were in a playland for the first time but we stopped going there when he started racing in f1. it was nostalgia for us and it was a way to spend time the old way.

when we were finally able to go inside, we were greeted by lots of colors and patterns. The playground was filled with obstacle courses, climbing frames, trampolines and slides of all shapes and sizes. we decided we would go to all the slides first. we started competing to see who could go down all the slides first. When Lando realized he was going to lose that competition, he tried to destroy it in every possible way.

after Lando was forced to admit that he had lost, we went to the next stop, the climbing wall. i looked up at the roof trying to find a good way i could climb while lando was very fast trying to climb up. Lando got an intense look and his smile disappeared and I could tell his winning skull refused to lose again.