The gamble of love

10

Carlos' POV

Everyone was getting ready to have breakfast, it's about 9am. I haven't seen Jo yet so I assume she slept in.
"Hey mate, where's Jo?" Lando asks me. "I have no idea, I'll go check on her after breakfast." I tell him and he nods his head. We all finish breakfast and while the rest of the group talks about what they are going to do for the day, I excuse myself, getting up from my seat to go see if Jo is alright.

I knock on her door lightly, soon after she opens and my eyes widen. She looks really pale, her eyes puffy and red. I step into her room and embrace her into my arms, knowing that she had been crying. As soon as her face hits my chest, she starts sobbing. What the hell is going on?? I mentally ask myself.

"Sis, what's going on?" I ask her as she continues to cry. I let her go and take her hand in mine walking us over to the bed and we both sit down. She takes a moment to gather herself so that she will be able to talk to me. "Carlos..." she sniffs. "This trip has really been amazing, it has been the best to spend time with you. But I think it's time for me to leave." She finishes. I am really confused and I don't know why she is acting this way. "W-why, what happened?" I ask her feeling sad. I don't want her to leave. I want to spend as much time with her as possible before the new season kicks off. "I can't tell you." Is all she says. She's looking down, playing with the bracelet on her arm. "You can tell me anything sis, please?" I tell her and she looks up at me with tears streaming down her face. She shakes her head, "You'll hate me." She says. "I could never hate you Jo, you are my little sister, and I love you. You can trust me with whatever is going on." I tell her and she looks down again. She sighs finally giving in.
"Promise you will listen to my full story and not freak out?" She asks. Now I am getting worried. "I promise." I say.

She tells me the whole story from when she first met Lando up until what happened yesterday. I clench my jaw, feeling extreme anger hit my body. She finished talking and is once again crying. "I'm sorry, what the fuck were you thinking. I warned you from the start not to get involved and now I hear this?! I'm going to kill them!" I yell in her face making her flinch. Just when I wanted to stand up she grabs my arm stopping me. "Carlos, please don't. This is my fault. I messed up big time. It's just, do you know how hard it is finding someone who sees me only for me and not the sister of F1 driver Carlos Sainz." She starts. "When people find out who I am they are only interested in talking about you, meeting you, getting to spend time with YOU!" She now starts yelling still crying. My heart breaks when I hear that. "Don't you understand how hard it is to live in your shadow every single day of my life? I have nobody, just Taylor!!! Now I finally met someone, well two guys who see me for who I am and not just for you. And as usual I still managed to fuck that up as well!" She yells now out of breath. She is having a panic attack.
I sit back down next to her and pull her into me. "I had no idea Jo, I'm so sorry to hear all of this. I really thought you were doing well and was happy." I tell her. She managed to calm herself down, "I am happy Carlos, but I am extremely lonely" she said and that breaks me even more.
"Well, if you really see potential with one of them, I will no longer stand in your way." I tell her. She looks up at me confused. "All these years I have been trying to protect you. I didn't want you to get hurt, but in the process of me trying so hard to protect you, I missed the fact that I was the one causing you pain." I tell her also starting to feel emotional. "I will allow you to date them, well one of them preferably. But you can't keep going back and forth between them. That will leave one of them heartbroken and I also can't allow that." I tell her and she nods her head. "But how do I make a choice, I am really unsure of what I want." She says. "I can't help you with that sis, you need to figure it out, sooner rather than later." I say.
"Carlos, thank you for this." She says. "I really am sorry that I lied and disappointed you." She finishes.
"You didn't Jo, I am the one who should be apologising. I never meant for you to feel this way. Please in the future if there is anything bothering rather talk to me and we can sort it out. Don't do things behind my back, please" I tell her.
"I will, thank you for being the best big brother a girl could ever ask for." She says hugging me tightly. I hug her back.
"Okay, time to clean yourself up and get ready for the day." I tell her and she laughs looking down at herself. "I'm a total mess." She says.
She said she was going to take a shower and then she will meet up with the rest of us when she is finished.
I give her one last hug and then leave her room. I am really glad we talked and I understand how she feels now.

I walk outside, past Lando and Charles giving them both a gentle glare. I then went over to Rebecca and we started talking.