DNF - A Formula 1 Story (Lando Norris)

Chapter 39

"And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while..." - Bruno Mars

Lando

I'm exhausted. Probably more exhausted then I've ever been but I couldn't be apart from Bianca any longer. That's why as soon as I could, I left Singapore and flew straight to London. It's 10am London time on Monday when I'm walking up to Bianca's door. The set of keys she made me are in my hand and I'm about to open the door when I hear someone running down the hall and I look over my shoulder to see Bianca sprinting towards me. I barely turn in time to catch her as she jumps on me but I do and we're both laughing as we squeeze each other.

My body instantly relaxes with her in my arms again and I feel at home, then her lips are on mine and I groan with desperate need for her but we're still on the hallway of her apartment building and anyone could walk by right now and see us. I reluctantly pull away from her mouth and set her gently down on her feet which makes her pout.

"I'm so happy to see you babe, but we should take this reunion inside." I murmur when she tries to tug me back towards her. She sighs but agrees and we walk into her apartment, and I make sure to lock the door behind me. My mom is still in town and although she knows I'm back, who knows if she'll try to stop by. But I need to get reacquainted with Bianca desperately so hopefully she stays away.

"I'm so proud of you bubs. I'm so upset I wasn't there to see you win in person." Bianca tells me when I turn to face her and my heart clenches in my chest. I wish she would have been there too, but she was adamant about not going so I'm surprised to hear her change her tune. She wraps her arms around me and kisses me again and his time I don't stop her. In fact I deepen the kiss and things quickly become heated between us.

"Come on, let's go put our new bed to use." She murmurs sexily when I move my kisses to her neck and I groan in satisfaction at hearing her say our bed, not her bed. Lifting her, I wrap her legs around me and I walk us to her bedroom. I know I should take my time with her and take things easy but based on how both of us are reacting to each other in this moment, neither of us can take things slow, at least not right now. We are naked in record time, and it's not long until we are both coming together; our heavy breathing intermingling as we kiss each other while we come down from the high.

It's some time later and we're laying in bed still, my head resting gently on her chest as I rub my thumb absentmindedly along her belly. She has her hands in my hair and I'm blissfully happy here in this bed. I'm so thankful for the month long break between races.

"Where were you coming from when I first got here? I was expecting you to be here." I ask, turning to face her with curiosity because I know she wasn't with my mom since I had talked to her when I landed.

"I had a meeting with my university. Specifically the Dean of Academics and my faculty advisor." She says and I furrow my brows in confusion and my stomach drops. Are they kicking her out of school because of me and all the drama that happened? I sit up abruptly and her hand falls from my hair and she looks at me with an indecipherable expression.

"What?! Why?!" I shout with worry and she grabs my hand and squeezes it gently.

"Will you let me explain before you jump to conclusions?" She asks and I take a deep breath and nod.

"I met with them to talk about my remaining time at the university. I wanted to see what my options were on completing my degree online instead of in person." She begins to explain and I furrow my brows in confusion.

"I've been doing a lot of thinking and I realized that I don't want to be apart from you, especially while I'm pregnant. I don't want you to miss out on anything when it comes to this pregnancy and I don't want to miss out on any more of your races. Plus, I know I'll be safer when I'm with you and the further along I get in my pregnancy, the more stressed you'll become and I don't want to cause you stress." She continues and my heart starts beating fast because of what this might mean.