Goal ~ carlando

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I make my way out of the room before Carlos is done in the bathroom. Making both me and Carlos a favor, cuz I'm to awkward for this.

I still have time left to burn and decide on exploring and finding all the classrooms to my classes. And before I know it I'm sitting in a classroom with a teacher trying to teach some English. Next to me is a boy with dark blonde hair. He looks like the only one in the classroom that is actually listening to what the teacher has to say.

" Okay so with that said I want you to work in pairs with this assignment. Your partner is the person you're sitting next to." The teacher say and directly I'm greeted with a sight from the boy next to me. " What is it now Mr Verstappen?" The teacher complains and looks at the boy next to me, his sight loud enough for everyone to hear.

" Can't I do it alone? You know I work better alone, please." The boy next to me asks the teacher with an annoyed voice.

" You need to learn how to work in a group so please be nice to Mr Norris and don't do all the work."

" He probably don't even know what the assignment is" the boy complains but gives up and looks over at me. Okay maybe I don't know the assignment but that doesn't mean he can just assume that I don't know. " do you?"

" Yeah" I say trying to sound convincing but I can see that he looks straight through me. Not a great start. " I'm Lando" I can atleast try to be nice.

" yeah, yeah I'm max. I'll ask the teacher if we can go and work in the library." I don't have time to say anything before he's already of asking the teacher. God, why did I need to the paired with him, this could have been my chance to get a friend. " Are you coming or what?"

It's an awkward silence while we're walking to the library. Max showing obviously signs that he doesn't want to talk.

" So I'll just do all the work so you can go and hang with some friends if you want" max says right before we walk into the library.

" No" I can't with this boy anymore the teacher was very clear that we were going to do this together.

" No? You probably have better things to do. Go hang out with your friends and tell them how weird I am." What is this boys problem, why would I go and say that, he hasn't even been that weird.

" No the teacher said we were doing this together." I say more confidently. He sights but doesn't give up, standing still waiting for me to go. " Btw I don't have any friends and your not weird just a little bit mean maybe" the last part I say whisper so he can't hear.

" Okay then." Max say giving up. He still sounds annoyed but I can see a little smile wanting to form on his lips. Maybe he's not that bad just has high walls.

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" Thank you for today I guess I'll see you around max." I say starting to make my way from the library. In the end he wasn't bad at all and actually pretty funny when he stoped being mean.

Before I can walk of I get stopped by max. I turn around looking at him. This is the first time I've ever seen him look this unsure and uncomfortable.

" Ehm, could I maybe get your number or something?" He ask looking at the floor, avoiding to make eye contact. " you know so we can continue the assignment " he adds.

" of course, give me your phone and I'll add my number." Max quickly gives me his phone. I add my number and put it under the name Lando:). When I give back the phone max looks less stressed and a lot more happier.

" thank you, I'll text you later about the assignment." He says with a big smile.

" you can text me if you just want to hang out or something too" I say trying to become friends with him. I give him a wave and walk of. When I look behind me i can see max looking confused like he didn't believe what I said. I give him a last smile which he quickly returns.

I have one more lesson before lunch that goes quickly without any problem. As I make my way through the school cafeteria I see Max sitting alone at a table in a corner.

He sees me quickly and gives me a smile and a wave.

" Hi, can I sit here." I ask him with a smile.

" Yeah of course." I sit down and directly he starts rambling about some gossip. When you make him feel comfortable he really starts talking. It makes me comfortable because then I can ramble just as much as him without feeling weird.

" Oh you see those boys with the reds jackets, they are part of the football team. Number 16 is Charles, 3 is Ricciardo and 10 is Gasly. My tips is to keep far away from them. They are bad news." Max say pointing at three boys with red football jerseys. He doesn't need to tell me twice to keep away from them. I've already heard a lot about them. " weird, one is missing. Usually they are always together unless one is hooking up with some chick. No false alarm there he is."

I look over where he's pointing and I'm meet with a face that I've already seen.

" that's number 55 .."

" Carlos sainz"