Hey Muppet | Lando Norris 🧡

Chapter forty-one: Introduction, pt.2

FP1 went well, Sophie watched it with Max and the group when they arrived. There wasn't any trouble and Lando managed to feel the car okay and made some quick times to see how his times were.

While watching him in the car going as fast as he could, Sophie realized how hard it must be for the girlfriends and wives of the drivers to see them race, anything could happen at any second and they wouldn't be able to do anything to help. Instead of enjoying and watching the practice as the fan she is, she was worried about Lando, and it was just practice, not even the race.

FP2 will be in a few hours, Lando is doing the debrief of FP1 with his team, the Quadrant team are waiting for him to say hey and leave, they have things to do so they won't be able to watch it.

On the other hand, Lando asked Sophie to have lunch together so she could stay for FP2. But right now, she was recording her friends, she's been doing a vlog for her YouTube channel and taking lots of pictures, it's her first GP after all.

"Okay, so how was FP1, Max?" She points the camera to him.

"It was okay, it didn't seem like either Lando nor Oscar had trouble with their cars, but it's just the first practice, anything could happen." He steals the camera and points it at her now.

"So Sophie, what did you think about your first FP irl?" Pietra says, standing next to Max.

"Well, F1 cars are really loud and they are very fast, more than i expected but loved that. Everyone did a good job but I will be expecting faster laps for the next couple days."

"How did Lando do?" Max asks, what she doesn't know is that Lando is standing behind her with a big smile waiting for her response.

"Lando did very well, it's just FP1, I know he can go faster, it's Lando Norris after all. But he's also a stinky bish because I'm hungry and we are supposed to have lunch and he's not here yet."

"I'm happy to know what you think about me, Sophie."

She turns around laughing and hugs him, while Pietra and Max were recording them like proud parents.

"Good job, bro." She says and he rolls his eyes.

The Quadrant team stayed for a little, talked to him and they left. Lando grabs Sophie's hand and goes to his driver's room to get out of the race suit and put on some other clothes. He takes Sophie to lunch at the paddock. It is going to be a 'relaxed lunch, I just invited Oscar and some people, we are going to be in a spare space, no media nor fans' he said.

"Does Max and everyone else actually have things to do or you are just always keeping them busy so I have no other option than hanging out with you?"

"They do have stuff to do, it's like a business trip for them more than race weekend, and I also want you to be with me as long as I possibly can." He opens the dinner door for her.

"You are cute, Lando. So Oscar and who else is going to be-"

"Sophie!"

In front of her there was a big table, some drivers and their girlfriends were sitting. She didn't know what to do. She just stood there, in shocked. Don't get her wrong, she was happy to get to see them, but a heads up first would had been nice. The first person to come close to her is Alex, the one that shouted her name.

"Are you okay?"

"I- what the- okay, hey Alex, give me a minute, please." She turns around and points at Lando who had a big smile on his face. "Lando, I'm going to murder you, like actually murder you and McLaren will need a new driver for next round of practice and I hope I'll be Pato O'Ward because I'm sure he's a better friend than you, you little f-"