I hope it's you - Charles leclerc

Part 11

"Alice leclerc?'' The old looking driver asked.

Charles definitely told him we were married just to annoy me, so I went along with it.

"Uhh.. yes'' I said as the driver opened the door for me.
"Thank you" I stated as he handed me a card with a  ribbon around it.
"What is this?'' I asked looking carefully at it.

"It's your paddock pass, Mr leclerc asked me to give it to you"

I had never really watched f1, not since I was a kid but I had to admit I was pretty excited to be spending my summer travelling the world and watching the races for free. Charles told me that we would only have to fake this relationship until the summer break which was about two months away.

The drive was short enough. My eyes were looking out the window for the whole journey, Miami was a beautiful place and I couldn't help but admire the scenery.

I thanked the driver when he informed me we had arrived. I tried to find the entrance to the paddock but I couldn't seem to locate it. After a few minutes of searching I was about to ask someone when I heard a voice.

"You lost?" I turned around to be met by a curly haired man with a McLaren T-shirt on.

"Yeah I can't find my way to the paddock'' I laughed suddenly feeling embarrassed at how uneducated I was.

"No worries, ill show you'' he said with a smirk.

"Oh, Thank you'' I was taken back by his kindness as he began to walk in the opposite direction of where I had previously been looking, gesturing for me to follow.

"So, what's your name?'' he asked looking back at me and slowing down so I could catch up.

"Alice Smith'' I stated as I watched him swipe his paddock pass and i copied his action to finally enter the paddock. It was nothing like anything id ever seen before. It was filled with people and i could make out each garage and my eyes wandered to the Ferrari one where i saw Charles talking to a girl, he seemed to be flirting as he leaned up against the wall
Of the garage and winked at her. I suddenly felt my stomach turn as I watched the girl rub his arm with her hand as he watched her carefully. No i couldn't be jealous could i? No it was just weird watching my friend flirt with another girl.

"I'm lando, you're a ferrari fan?'' lando asked snapping me out of my thoughts. I noticed he was pointing at my tshirt. I had forgotten I was wearing Charles shirt.

"I guess you could say that'' I said with laugh but I Couldnt take my eyes off of Charles and that girl, as i glanced over again to see what was happening but all I noticed was Charles staring back at me, there was no expression on his face as he stared at me coldly, glancing between me and Lando.

I had forgotten I was walking with Lando and when i turned to look at him he was signing peoples mclaren tshirts. He must be a driver. I hadnt really cared to ask him if he was a fan or not, thankfully I hadn't because that would make things pretty awkward.

I moved closer to Lando and that's when i noticed fans and photographer taking pictures of me and him. I decided to look at the ground so that my face wouldnt be shown in the pictures. If there were pictures of me with Lando instead of Charles, God only knows what rumours would reach the internet.

When Lando turned around and saw me with my head down he must've thought I was shielding myself from the sun because he took of his hat and handed it to me.

"Here, take this'' he kindly offered and I didn't want to reject his offer as he had been so nice to me so far. So i simply put the hat on and thanked him. I was planning on walking around with Lando for a bit longer but my plans were cut short when I felt an arm wrap around my waist.

"Hey baby, whats up?'' I cringed at Charles' words as he pulled me closer to his chest. "oh hey lando''
Charles stated, acting as if he hadn't only come over here to take me away from him.

"Oh, Charles I didn't realise Alice was your-'' lando started but Charles cut him off

"Yeah, she's mine and i'd like to steal her away for you if that's alright'' Charles said coldly. I hadn't seen him act this way before but I assumed he was just trying to sell our act to the other drivers.

Before Lando could even reply, Charles had put his hand on the small of my back and led me towards the Ferrari garage.

He didn't bother to introduce me to some of the engineers as he grabbed my hand and pulled me towards a small room near the back of the garage which I assumed was his own personal room.

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Hey guys, we were introduced to lando in this chapter and we will be introduced to even more in the next couple so stay tuned ☺️