From the Past - Lando Norris

Fifteen: Game Night

--Ella's POV--

I walk back to the group with the pizza and hear them all cheering as Lando comes back from his spare. Kelsey is talking with Oscar as Peter assures him the throw wasn't that bad. We have been at the bowling alley for almost two hours now. Kelsey and I wanted to go but Peter would only go if other guys were there. Thankfully I know two amazing racers who have nothing better to do.

I sit down next to Lando and let him take a sip of my soda as Peter gets up to bowl, "When did you get good at this?" he asks me as I shrug my shoulders.

"In college when I was picturing the pins were your head," I tease as he grabs us two slices of pizza.

"That's so funny," he lies making me laugh harder, "I've missed your laugh," he mumbles and I don't know if I was supposed to hear him or not. I realize he drank the last of my drink and stand up to throw my turn. When I get most of the pins down and turn back, I see him walking to grab me a refill. I quickly throw my second ball getting the spare and run over to him.

"You didn't have to buy me more," I tell him as he waits for the person to come out from the back. He puts his arm on my shoulder and messes with my hair making me groan, "Why are you always so annoying?" I ask as he pretends to walk back to the group.

"You bought the pizza and I'm pretty sure I drank most of it," he says.

"I got used to that when we were kids. You'd always down my soda and then pretend it wasn't you who drank it all," I tell him as we both laugh at the memory.

"Some things never change," he grins.

"Another thing that never changes," I whisper as the man comes out interrupting me. He asks them for a refill and they happily do it. He turns to me wanting the answer but I'm waiting until I get the drink first. He hands it over to me after paying and I thank him, "You snore like crazy. When I was at your place last night. I couldn't sleep and I was all the way in the living room," I tell him with a laugh.

"Shut up. I am not that bad," he argues. I shake my head telling him it was bad as Oscar tells him it's his turn again. He frowns looking at me as I smile to myself knowing he hates it when I tell him he snores.

I look at the board and see the scores are kind of close.

Wings: 258

Lando: 200

Oz: 196

Kels: 160

Petey: 150

He hates to go bowling but he loves hanging out with people. I on the other hand can't get enough. I think it's the perfect thing to do with friends when bored. There is also an arcade game connected to this we go to all the time. There is a bar in the back that is terrible. He loves mocking it. When we finished our bowling game I ended up winning which isn't a shock to anyone but Lando was close in second place. We are walking to the arcade when Oscar excitedly jogs to the crane machine with Kelsey. I walk around looking at some games when I see a small stuffed car. I look at Lando and he puts in two coins making me laugh. It's an orange car so it's perfect. When the crane claws wrap around the outside I gasp as it lifts in the air. It's almost all the way to the top when it falls out. We both laugh as we stare at the cheaply made toy that sits at the bottom.

He shakes his arms out and pushes up his jumper sleeves as he puts in another coin. I squat down and watch as he wraps the claws around the toy again. When it raises again I contain the smile not to jinx it but once it falls into the entryway I giggle happily. He grabs it out and hands it over to me as I wrap my arms around him, "My hero," I tease as I pull away playing with it, "What should I call him?" I ask. He looks at the giant white eyes on the orange car and purses his lips.

"He looks like a Tobias," I tell him as he looks at me like I'm crazy. When I turn Tobias to look at him he just smiles and says hello to him. We start walking back to the group as I happily look at him, "Guys Lando and I have a son now," I joke showing off the toy.

"He really has your eyes," Peter says making everyone laugh

"What's his name? He looks like a Tobias," Kelsey says making Lando freak out as we both start giggling.

"There is no fucking way you guys just did that," He says in complete shock. I turn to Kelsey and we both smile not wanting to ruin his fun. We name everything Tobias and we have no idea why. Peter just shakes his head as we all start walking outside to find our cars in the lot. It's pretty empty so it's not hard to do.

"Tonight was fun," Kelsey says as she glances at Oscar. I look at them before Lando says we should do it again, "See you guys tomorrow," Kelsey says mentioning the party we are all going to. Well, Peter and Kelsey are working but it's close enough. The only two having nothing but fun are Lando and Oscar.

I give Oscar a hug before he starts walking to his car that's a little further down. I wrap my arms around Lando and smile feeling him rub my back like he always does. It's so comforting, "See you tomorrow," I whisper.

"Bye son," he says patting Tobias's head.