Simply beautiful

Chapter twenty three:

Lando pov:

After all my interviews it still hasn't sunk in. I fucking won! I can't believe it! I am so happy. I can't wait to see Aaliyah and Mattheo. I love spending time with them,I can be myself around them without feeling like they are judging me.As I am walking back to my drivers room I get stopped a few times because people are either congratulating me or asking my if they could get a picture. I eventually get there and open the door. I smile at what I see. Mattheo and Aaliyah are cuddling together asleep. I take my phone out my pocket and take a few pictures. After that, I walk up to Aaliyah and gently shake her. She opens here eyes and looks at me. Her eyes are so beautiful. After staring for longer then I should, I say "Hey, sorry to wake you up but it's time to go." She replies with a quiet ok and the starts to get up from the couch. I walk closer to Mattheo and scoop him up into my arms, being careful not to wake him up. I turn around and see she is smiling at me. I smile back and then walk towards the door. As we exit my drivers room, I look back and see she is walking slow.

"Are you tired?" I ask. "Yh I am. I used all my energy celebrating your win" she replies with a smile on her face. I reach out my hand for her to take. She hold my hand as we walk towards my car. "Are you going out celebrating?" She asks. "I don't know what to do. Everyone has said to go and party but I'm not sure" I reply honestly. "You should go it will be fun" she says. "I want to stay with you though" I say. "We can meet tomorrow if you want, you should go and celebrate with your friends" she replies. I nod my head and mumble "ok." As we reach my car, I open the passenger door and help Liyah in the car. Once she is in the car,I close the door and then put Mattheo in his car seat.

I get in the driver seat and then begin to drive to Aaliyah's apartment. "Did you enjoy your day?" I ask. "It was amazing. I am so proud of you. I knew you were going to win soon, I am kinda glad it was when I attended the race. It was worth every penny I spent" she replies. I laugh " I am glad you came to this race too, I think you might need to come to every race. Your my good luck charms."

As I drive back we never stop talking. It is really easy to talk to Liyah. It's like I have know her for years.

I park the car in the apartment parking and then turn the engine off. I get out the car, walk around to the other side
and then open the passenger door. I offer my hand to help her out , which she takes, and then close the door behind her. I carefully get Mattheo out of the car and the start to walk to the entrance. We arrive at the apartment, Liyah opens the door and then I walk to Mattheo's room to place him into bed. He stirs slightly when I try to put him down, but he didn't fully wake up. I leave the room so Aaliyah can put him to bed probably.

A few minutes later, she walks out of the room and then walks towards me. "He is fast asleep. Whenever I try to do that he always wakes up and when he does he is kinda grumpy" she replies whilst giggling. I laugh. "I'm glad I didn't wake him up. I didn't want to make him grumpy" I reply. I hear the notification ringtone on my phone. I reach in mt pocket and look who it is. Its max messaging me.

Max: hey are we going out to celebrate?

Me: Yh sure mate. I will call you later to decide where we could go

Max: ok mate. Just don't be too long

"I better get going. Max wants to go out to celebrate" I say. "Ok I'll walk you out" she replies and then walk towards her door. "Bye" I say as I lean in for a hug. I love her hugs. They make you all fuzzy and walk inside. "Bye lan. I will speak to you soon" she says as she hugs me back. We pull away from the hug but we don't stop looking into each others eyes.

I moves closer to her but instead of moving away, she stay where she is. He my eyes flicker down to her lips before travelling back up to her beautiful eyes.
A second passes and i still hasn't done anything. I really want to kiss her but I don't want to ruin anything.
As if she could sense what I wanted to do, she looks up toward him, still looking into my eyes waiting for some kind of rejection. When I don't do any, she closes her eyes and then she presses her soft lips against mine. She pulls away instantly see if I reacted. As i shaken out of a trance, i immediately responds. I lean down, put my hands on her cheeks and then pull her into a deep kiss.