After an in-depth debrief from Taryn about her date last night, we grab our bags and make our way down to the ground floor. "So how does it feel being a taken woman?" I ask her and she laughs. "Brilliant Baby! We're the New Romantics!" She says with a laugh as the elevator dings open revealing Oscar waiting for us. We walk up to him. "Lando is late, as always." Oscar comments. "Shock horror." I laugh.
After lando eventually graced us with his presence. We drove out to a beach that Oscar said is beautiful and quiet. Perfect before the rush of media day tomorrow. After a while Oscar stops in an almost empty parking lot. We jump out and walk down the pathway to the beach. The warm sun heats my skin as I take in the beautiful views. Oscar sits on the sand in front of us as Taryn and I chat while Lando gets stopped for a selfie by one of the few people on the beach. I snap a photo of Oscar staring out at the ocean, thoughtfully. Taryn and I then remove the clothes we wore over our bikinis before running into the water. After a few minutes, Lando and Oscar join us in the water. Oscar swims up to me, grabbing me by the waist and throwing me further into the ocean. I land back in the water with a scream. I come up to the surface and splash Oscar. "You meanie!" I yell at him with a laugh because it was kind of fun.
After we splash around the ocean for a little longer, I decide to get out and I am followed by Oscar. I grab my phone to take a photo of Lando and Taryn playing around in the ocean. I feel a presence next to me and look to find Oscar. He smiles at me before wrapping his arm around my waist. My heart jumps a little and my skin warms. His hand rests on my waist and I love the feeling. I lean into his arm a little. Maybe he feels the same way I do. "You can take a photo of our shadows." He says and it feels like I have just had a bucket of ice water thrown on top of me.
I smile at him. "That's a great idea." I force out. I snap some angles of our shadows. "Kiss her!" We hear from behind us and we turn to find an elderly couple who are smiling at us. My stomach falls, knowing that Oscar doesn't want to. He leans forward and I turn my head so he kisses my cheek. My whole cheek heats up and my heart jumps but my stomach sinks and I suddenly feel nauseous. Without saying anything I pull away from him and take off, walking further along the beach.
I find myself sitting in the sand a while down the beach. I needed the walk to think because I can't deal with this anymore. I have developed feeling for Oscar even though I didn't not want to and it's exactly what I wanted to avoid because our relationship is fake and clearly Oscar doesn't feel the same about me. I mean why would he?
My thoughts are interrupted by someone yelling my name. I look to find Taryn running towards me. "Hey, I've been looking for you." She says to me as she sits down next to me. "Sorry, I needed to think." I say softly, looking back out onto the ocean as the waves tumble in. "What's wrong?" She asks me. I sigh, I can't tell her what's really wrong because she will laugh at me. "I'm just thinking about this weekend." I lie and Taryn sighs. "Ok, that's a lie and I'm hurt but it's ok because you don't want to tell me what's really going on and I get that. Whenever you want to talk about what's really going on, you better call me because I want to help you." She says and I look back to her. A small smile covers her face. "Thank you T." I say softly. "Hey, what are best friends for? Come on, come along with me. Let's go back to the boys." She says before wrapping me in a hug and we both laugh before we get up and walk back to the other two.
As we drive back to the hotel, lando and Taryn jumped into the back seat before I could so I'm stuck in the front with Oscar. My stupid heart jumps at that fact, so happy to be near him but my stomach knots itself because I know he doesn't like me back and I can't hate him for that. So I just have to push my feelings aside and get through this PR relationship so that I can move on and forget all of my feelings. My thoughts are interrupted by a hand on my thigh. My head snaps to find Oscar's hand placed on my thigh, just below my knee. "What happened earlier." Oscar asks, taking his eyes off of the road for a second to look at me, his eyes full of concern. I try to calm my racing heart as I answer him. "Nothing, I just needed to think." I smile at him. "Are you sure?" He asks. "Yup." I say. "Ok because I was worried that I did something." He says, looking back at me quickly with a comforting smile. "Sorry about that." I say with a small laugh. "It's ok, I just wanted to check in." He says before turning his focus back to driving. His hand stays on my thigh, which confuses me even more.
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