DNF - A Formula 1 Story (Lando Norris)

Chapter 34

"Come one, come all. It's happening again; the empathetic hunger descends. We'll tell no one except all of our friends but I still don't know, how did it end?" - Taylor Swift

Bianca

Sophie is batshit crazy. Of course I knew this before now, but she's officially gone off the deep end. She flat out told the magazine that I was the one who sold the videos to the paparazzi; claiming that I stole Lando from her and spinning it to be that he was cheating on her with me. Lando is tense with anger as he paces in our hotel room. Olivia is on speaker phone while I'm laying in bed because I haven't been feeling well this morning.

"What are we going to do? This needs to stop!" Lando shouts in frustration.

"We're working on a statement now." Olivia responds and Lando groans.

"We need to do more! We need a better plan that just some stupid statement that won't fucking matter!" He rants and I flinch as he grabs a pillow from the bench at the end of the bed and throws it against the wall across the room in frustration. I wish there was something that I could do to make him feel better but I'm at a complete loss.

"Maybe if I talk to her I could convince her to take back everything she's said..." He suggests as his eyes find mine, looking for my support and approval. I don't want him to talk to her or be anywhere near her for that matter so I don't encourage him.

"I don't think..." I start to say when he interrupts me.

"I could play into her delusion. Make her believe that I think you're the one who leaked the vidoes and that you're trying to ruin my career or something. Convince her that I finally see that she's the one for me and get her to confess to leaking the videos herself." He rambles and the more he talks the more upset I become, thinking that he's unhinged and desperate enough to actually go through with that.

"That doesn't sound like a good idea, Lando." Olivia speaks up on the phone but I can tell by Lando's face that he's going to do it whether me or Olivia tell him not to.

"I think it's a great idea! If I can get her confession recorded, I can take it straight to the police and finally get her arrested and file a restraining order. She can't get away with this!" He says adamantly, his plan forming clearly in his head and my stomach rolls and I feel like I'm going to vomit.

I bolt out of the bed and make it just in time to the toilet, dispelling the contents of the small amount of breakfast I was able to eat. I hear Lando mumbling something to Olivia and then the next thing I know he's behind me holding my hair. As I stand up after I'm done dry heaving a couple of times, he stares at me worriedly in the mirror.

"Are you okay, love?" He asks tenderly as he spins me to face him.

"Please don't go through with that plan." I respond, avoiding his question. His brows furrow and I know he wants to argue but instead he just nods and tugs me into his arms and hugs me tightly. After a few minutes, he leads me to the bed and helps me under the covers.

"Try to get some sleep, you were tossing and turning all night, love. You have to be exhausted." He tells me and I nod as I yawn. A nap sounds like a good idea. I shut my eyes as I feel him climb in behind me and cuddle me close as I quickly fall asleep.

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I wake up alone, and with a pounding headache. Nausea fills my stomach when I roll over and I jolt out of bed to run to the bathroom again to throw up once more. My head spins as I stand from the toilet and I have to steady myself on the sink as my vision clears. I'm not sure if I have the flu or what, but I feel awful.