It's not true

#7

Saturday

He hadn't expected of entering the pedock this way.

He is being pulled on all sides, on all sides he feels hands grabbing his arms, his shirt, his pants, squeezing his sides. All kinds of things were shouted and he shields his face with his arms and looks down. People are shouting that they have to go back, that they have to let him go. There's shouting that he's a cheater, that he deserves this after everything he's done, that he's not worth being here.

When someone hits his side with his fist, it feels as if his entire body is blocking. He can barely breathe and he feels his body shaking. He looks to the right where the beating took place and he sees a boy with blue eyes and hair full off curls. He is pulled away from the left and then all hands are gone.

He looks to the side and sees that he is standing between four people. They walk fast and he tries to keep up with them as fast as he can. He is released when they enter the garage and the side of his garage is immediately closed by a large sign that they normally use to keep the car out of sight.

All hands go away and he looks around. He sees all kinds of worried people and Jon comes to stand in front of him and puts a hand on his shoulder.

"Try to breathe deeply in and out, follow buddy." he says and Lando tries to follow him, but mostly he catches his breath. He shakes his head and he looks behind where the stairs are. He runs that way and he runs towards his room.

All those eyes on him from everyone, he doesn't want that. He doesn't want all that attention, he got enough attention this weekend.

He throws open the door to his room and he drops to his knees and he starts to cry. He hears his breath wheezing and the pain in his chest getting worse, but he can't bring himself to focus on that.

The panic was too high.

Everything starts to spin and he squeezes his hands into fists.

"Lando, it's me Jon." to announce himself and he closes the door. He kneels next to Lando who leans on his knees and arms. His head lies on his arms while his eyes are squeezed shut. Jon sees him trying to keep his body up.

"I'm going to help you sit down, you need to get some air." Jon says and waits a few seconds before grabbing Lando under his arms. He carefully brings him upwards and lets him sit. He turns him slightly so that he is leaning against a cupboard.

"Okay Bud." Jon says softly as Lando pushes his hands into the ground. "Dizzy." he sobs and Jon nods. "Then let's lie down for a while." he says and Lando immediately lowers himself to the ground. Jon makes sure he is in the right position and he keeps a close eye on him. Lando keeps his eyes open and Jon keeps an eye on Lando's eyes. He puts Lando's arms above his head and he supports them so that Lando doesn't have to do it himself and can lean on him.

He leaves it until things get better. At one point, Lando tried to take a deep breath himself and Jon picked it up right away.

"Shall we sit down?" Jon asks after a few minutes when he notices that Lando is calmer. Lando sits up himself and Jon supports him. Lando leans against the cupboard and Jon grabs a water bottle and hands it to him. Lando takes it and he tries to unscrew the cap himself. When he finally succeeds, he takes a few sips

"How do you feel?" "Tired." Lando says and Jon nods. "I understand, it was intense." "It was so scary." Lando says softly as he places the bottle next to him. "They were squeezing, pulling and someone hit me in the side. I was pulled away from you." "It happened so fast. I was so happy that security came running as soon as it happened. I was pushed away from you and there was no way I could get to you." "It went like a blur, it was over so quickly, but it also took a long time. I can't even get in normally Jon." he whispers softly. "And all this for one fake photo." "Yes." "I think Zak will arrange security for you." "But I don't want that, Jon. I don't want someone following me all the time. If I want to walk alone to, for example, the drivers meeting, I want to be able to do that. It just makes me nervous." "But you see what happened today. Lan, it's too dangerous for you." "Maybe this was just one time. Maybe it was just the wrong people." "They were waiting for you, this is not a coincidence."