I let my eyes follow Hamilton and his date for a minute longer before Tasha nudges my arm, nodding towards the bar.
I follow her as we make our way through the crowd, over towards the bar. She walks up to an empty spot at the bar. Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz were conversing beside us.
"Delaney" Lando said, he broke out in a smile as I looked over to him "long time no see, congratulations at the French open so far, brilliant game"
"Thank you, nice to see you again" I nodded
"We were both there, it was a truly amazing game" Carlos piped up
"Thanks" I say "this is Tasha"
"Oh I know, lovely to see you again" Carlos said, bringing Tasha in for a hug as the two fell into a conversation and I turned back to lando
"What can we get you?" Lando said, motioning to the bar
"Isn't it an open bar?" I say, a smile coming over my lips
"Doesn't mean I can't order it for you. Make a man feel useful"
"Because you, out of all people, need your ego stroked more than usual? Mhm....I'll just have a lemonade"
"That's boring" he said with a smile
"Yes well, I have huge match coming up the day after tomorrow, I'm not about to be fighting off a hangover on my last practice day"
Lando nods and then turns to the bartender, he covers the tip as well, meaning he actually was needed after all.
"Seen any big celebrities yet?" He asks as he hands me my lemonade "although they're all probably fans of you at this point"
"I saw the Kardashian's on the red carpet when I came in. Will Smith is over there. Justin Bieber and Hailey are dancing over there"
"We're in the big leagues now" Lando says "how's your brother doing?"
"Falling madly in love, what's new" I shrug "and when he's not going that he's coming up with ways to beat Hamilton"
"Yeah, I can say, as much as I would love to win a world championship, obviously. I wouldn't wish to be either of them"
"How come?"
"They're constantly thinking about how to beat one another. And yes, I'm always thinking about how to beat other drivers. But if I don't it's not the end of the world, annoying as fuck yes. But one slip up from them and at this rate it would mean they've lost the championship"
"That's true"
We're interrupted as two more people join our conversation.
"Hey guys, what an event right?" Lewis says, his smile in place as he looks between me and lando
Fucking fantastic
Just the two people I wanted to talk to.
Not.
"Yep" I force out
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She's back ~ L. Hamilton
FanfictionDelaney Ricciardo is fierce and her determined to win at any cost has not made her well liked. But by the time she retires from tennis she is a twenty four grand slam winner and regarded as the greatest tennis player the world has ever seen. But si...
