"For fuck's sake" I smashed my hands again the table in the garage.
"Calm down Taurs, it's just qualifying and honestly it's not that bad" Ryle tried to calm me down.
Both our Mercedes boys qualified in the top 10, which wasn't that bad indeed - but Lando qualified higher than them.
Which was horrible.
"Right" I mumbled.
"Hey hey" Ryle said as he walked after me and grabbed my hand, pulling me backwards. "Are you free tonight?"
"I need to go over the strategy, so I'm not"
"Just one drink" he asked and tilted his head. I could really use a drink. "Don't think you can have a drink in this country though" I shrugged.
"I have a bottle in my room" he raised his eyebrow.
Tempting.
"Rome and Quinn are coming too" he quickly added.
"Fine, I'll be there" I smiled.
For the drink, not for him, mind you.
I quickly grabbed my stuff and walked out of the garage. I wanted to get out of here. My head was killing me.
"Didn't go so well, huh?" Lando chuckled as he walked next to me.
"Sunday is when it matters, Norris" I shrugged it off but I wasn't really confident myself.
He nodded, scanned his pass and walked out of the paddock. "Then I'll tell you the same thing tomorrow"
I did the same, following him. "Don't dream" I mumbled.
"I don't need to dream, but you Knoxy..-" he pointed at me as he was walking backwards to his car. "You have good dreams"
He winked at me before unlocking his car and getting in.
"Asshole" I muttered under my breath as I walked to my car.
"Most girls don't have that reaction when they see Lando" George chuckled.
"Yeah well -" I sighed as I looked back at Lando. "I hate him"
"Good" George laughed. "Keep that fighting spirit for tomorrow"
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"How's it possible that we are so slow? We used to be the fastest car on the grid" I said as I took another sip from my glass.
"Used to be" Romeo nodded. "Red Bull took that place"
"You wanna go to Red Bull or something, mate?" Ryle looked at his friend. Who didn't give an answer.
"Rome?" Quinn asked, looking confused. "You can't go to Red Bull"
"I am not going to Red Bull" Romeo said. "Not yet at least"
"Oh come on" Quinn scoffed. "We need to talk, now" she got up from the bed, took his hand and walked out of the room.
"Well - they aren't hiding anymore" I chuckled. Not that they ever really tried to hide their feelings.
"Why are you still hiding your feelings?" Ryle asked, laying down next to me on the bed. "What feelings?"
"Oh c'mon, I can see you like someone" he nudged me a little.
"I don't like anyone" I shifted a little, moved away from him.
I didn't want this to go like it went last night, because that was a mistake.
"Oh look at the time" I looked at my wrist, there wasn't a watch on it, but let's pretend there was. "I need to go to sleep"
I sat up, ready to go back to my room. "You can sleep here if you want" Ryle said as he grabbed my arm.
"I don't think that's a good idea" I looked back at him. "I'll see you tomorrow Ryle"
I closed the door behind me and walked to my room.
I couldn't sleep just yet, needed to get over the strategy one last time. So I grabbed my laptop and reviewed everything.
But to be honest, I was bored pretty quickly.
I grabbed my phone, scrolled through Instagram. Typed Lando's name, clicked on his profile and before I knew it, I was deep down in his Instagram.
I was looking at pictures from a few months ago.
And then I did something unbelievably stupid. I accidentally double tapped.
I fucking liked his picture from months ago.
"No, no, fuck this" I quickly unliked it, locked my phone and put it away.
I sighed, putting my hands through my hair. Whatever, he wasn't gonna notice it, right?
I worked for about half an hour, until it was ready to go to bed.
Checked my phone before I went to sleep and my heart skipped a beat.
@LandoNorris: I saw that 😉
@LandoNorris: Sweet dreams Knox.
@LandoNorris: but I bet that won't be a problem now..
