Racing hearts reunited

Part 4

                                    ~Mia Fewtrell~

We all caught up more for the rest of the morning and lunch, and then the boys had their weekend warm ups, and more interviews to get done, for their media day.

As they were away with duties, I took this time to catch up more with my parents and get to know the team members a little better. By the end of my meet and greet tour, I had 5 new followers on my instagram from some of the mechanics and engineers. I laughed it off, it was nice talking to them, they seem like friendly people. I'm glad my brother has such a nice and supportive team.

I was talking with a nice mechanic, Ramiro, and as he was showing me what his part in all of this was, i feel his hand on my lower back. I got goosebumps for a second, but not the good kind, the 'I need to get out of here kind'. I tried to laugh it off and to unnoticely move away a bit, but weirdly I felt his grip a little tighter as he was still talking about the car and bending to show me. I didn't know if it was a sensual type of showing me this or if that's just how he is, but sincerely I wasn't very comfortable with it. Just as I was about to say something to him, a voice cuts me off and saves me:

"Am I interrupting something here?" The voice jockingly but firmly says.

As Ramiro heard these words he instantly removed his hand and slightly moved away, letting me know it was indeed not such an innocent way of acting. I also quickly turned, as I already knew who the voice belonged to. And I see Lando looking between us two like something was bothering him.

"It was great meeting you Ramiro." I kindly turn to say to him, then continuing: "I gotta talk with Lando real quick, I'll see you around!"

I was actually relieved that Lando magically appeared when I needed saving from an awkward situation. Who knows what I was about to tell him, just to get him to take his greased up hand from my waist. He was really nice and cute until all the unnecessary waist holding.

I walk away and take Lando along with me by his arm.

"Thank you." I tell him. "Ramiro is nice but a bit touchy for me" I say and let out a small chuckle.

"It's weird, I never see him act unprofessional but right now he was starting to cross that line, I don't know what he was thinking"

"Ooh loosen up, maybe he was just happy to see a new face around the paddock and share his wisdom" I say nicely in order to not get anyone into trouble. I wouldn't want Lando to get Ramiro in trouble for a small misunderstanding, maybe he thaught I was into it.

"I'm not sure the new face was what he was happy to see" Lando says as he shoots eye daggers at my deep V neck dress.

"Excuse me!?" I say as I put my hands over my chest. "First of all that's an off limits topic, and second of all I thaught all the big brother act was outdated by now!" I say, and then I let his arm down.

"I'm sorry, I just.. it was weird to see him all up on you, holding your waist. And it's not a big bro act, it's a manly act, saving your ass from something you seemed to not be into"

"And who says i wasn't into it?" I say with a smirk on my face trying to play with him and defend myself even tho he is totally right, I hated it and i do owe him one.

"Oh, well in that case i'm sorry I interrupted you guys" he says now, uncertain if i was joking or not, looking more shocked than amused. 
"Want me to give him your number for you then?" He continues, thinking he did somthing.

"No, it's fine, I'll just answer his texts from insta dms" I say as I show him that Ramiro already follows me and replied to one of my stories.
" Or wait maybe some of the other hotties from the McLaren garrage will text me" I continue as I'm now showing him all the rest of the team that followed me.

"What? No way!" He says and takes my phone from my hand to see better.
"Don't answer him!" He looks back at me straight into my eyes, and still holding my phone, Sending me goosebumps through my whole body.

I then take a slight step closer, trying to look brave and confident,  now our chests were centimetres away, and so were our eyes.

"Why not?" I soon let out in a whisper.

I could feel my body heating up, what was even happening. Why was my body reacting like this, I could feel my knees going weak and by heart starting to race and we were still just a few millimetres away. I didn't even know if I wanted something between us to happen, I never thought of him like anything else than my brother's best friend. Even if any thoughts ever came to my mind while growing up I never let them intrude my mind, we always kept our relationship as a friendship.

Maybe I'm just reacting this way cause I'm ovulating and I haven't had any in a few months. Maybe he doen't even feel the same heat between us, and it's all in my head. Or maybe he does, and what if he was about to kiss me. What was I even thinking, he definitely doesn't see me as more than his friends' annoying little sister.

I try to break our eye contanct and to back away as it was all starting to become too much. None of us said any words in those few seconds, but they didn't even need to be said, the intensity of the moment said all that was to be said.

A part of me hoped he's give me a reason to not answer Ramiro, just to see what was on his mind in this moment, but I decided to continue:

"Can you give it back? My phone?" I tell him while I reach for my phone in his hand, but no success.

I try again and this time our chests touch slightly, and I felt a bolt of electricity light my whole body up. And yet again my body was reacting in ways I wasn't recognising. I couldn't belive what a slight touch of his did to my whole body. I didn't even know what was happening, all I knew was that I needed to pull myself together and stop acting this way.

The second time I succeeded in taking it and quickly backed from him and turned away to leave. I was definitely burning red from how embarrassed I got in the moment we just shared, time during he barely said any words. He just smirked slightly when we bumped, I don't even know if in a mean or flirty way. My mind was all over the place, it was all too much and too weird for me.

"I'm just saying, these guys, from the garage are not the ones you'd want in your life!" He finally spoke up as I was already a few steps away.

What does the even mean, how would he know what type of guys I want in my life. I don't even know that.
I try to brush it off and I close my phone. Of course I wasn't going to answer to Ramiro's text, but I just wanted to tease him a little bit. He was always overly protective of me, but I never put too much thought into it, I never thought it could be because it bothered him or whatever, I always assumed it was because he enjoyed annoying me with my brother.  But now, him acting this way, was leading me to believe he could be actually jealous. Or maybe I was imagining the whole thing, and it was actually just a regular interaction, which I exaggerated in my mind due to my body going insane.