The gamble of love

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Jo's POV

I arrived back to the hotel to the room that me, Carlos and Rebecca were sharing. It's more like an apartment than a room to be honest, it's huge!
When I get there, I go to my room and fall down on the bed. Today has been to much.
"Hey love." I hear a voice behind me making me jump. I look over to the door and it's Charles. I roll my eyes, I seriously do not have the energy for this. "What are you doing here?" I ask him. "Just wanted to check in before dinner to see if you are alright. I know with everything that's happened today must have been really hard." He says. "Oh, you mean the part where you and your fake girlfriend were drooling over each other in front of me? Nah, not hard to watch at all." I reply sarcastically.
"Baby, it's not like that. You know I love you. I had no idea that I needed to do this." He tells me. "I know Char, it's just the way you guys were looking at each other..."  I tell him. "I'm sorry love, really. I never wanted to make you feel that way. I promise we were just talking because tomorrow is media day and we have to appear as a couple for the first time and it needs to be convincing." He says and I nod my head, not in the mood for the rest of this conversation. "Are you ready for tomorrow? It will be your first interview." He says excitedly and I just give him a faint smile, "yeah, I'm ready and looking forward to it." I tell him. We talked for a while and then Carlos called us to go downstairs for dinner. He gave me a quick kiss and then we parted ways.

Lando's POV

Me and Oscar were on our way downstairs to grab some dinner. We were in the elevator and he could sense that I have been feeling down ever since our meeting this morning. "Are you okay, mate?" He asked me. "Yeah, I'm good, thanks Osc." I reply. "What's up with you and Jo? Have you guys spoken?" He asks. "Nothing mate, she is with Charles and it is best if we keep our distance and keep it professional, that's what I told her earlier." I say. "But that's not what you want?" He asks again. I shake my head, "not at all, but there is nothing I can do. She made her choice." I reply and he was about to say something when the elevator stopped at the fifth floor, doors opening. There she was, looking so elegant, when she saw us in the elevator she nervously cleared her throat and entered with Carlos and Rebecca following behind her. This is really the last thing I need. How am I going to keep my distance when she is so close the entire time? "Hey mates." Carlos said breaking the awkward silence. We all greet each other and after what feels like forever before elevator finally stops. Carlos stops me before I walk any further, "you good mate?" He asks me. "Yeah, I'm fine." I reply. "Just remember I am still your best friend, you can talk to me" he says as we walk and I just nod my head. We then went our separate ways to join our teams for dinner. I watch as Jo goes to sit down with the Ferrari team. Soon after Charles arrives and goes to sit down next to her. They are laughing and talking and I can't help but feel jealous. That should be me.

Jo's POV

After dinner I went back to the room and took a shower, I unpacked some of my things and went straight to bed. Tomorrow is a big day.

I got woken up by my alarm and dragged myself out of bed. I got dressed in the uniform they gave me and straightened my hair and put make up on. "You look really pretty!" I hear Rebecca say as I walk out of the room. I sigh, "thank you, but I'm so nervous what if I really can't do this." I tell her. "No, of course you can do this, you'll see, you are going to be great!" She says excitedly making me feel a bit better. I waited for her and Carlos to finish and then we left to go to the paddock for media day.
We arrived at the track and scanned ourselves in, there were paparazzi and fans everywhere making me feel more nervous. Soon after we entered I hear them yelling Charles' name. I turn around and see him walking hand in hand with Alex. My heart dropped at the sight. They took some photos with the fans and then continued walking, right past me, not even looking in my direction. I feel tears start to form in my eyes as I rush to the Redbull garage where my first interview is. I was keeping my head down and then suddenly I bump into someone. I look up and see Max. "I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going." I say and he looks at me. "No problem, are you alright though?" He asked me and I just nod my head trying to hold back the tears.
I gathered myself and then started my interview with the engineers and then Max and Sergio. It went really well and everyone was happy with the work I had done. I thanked them and walked away over to McLaren, whose interviews are next. I finished the interview off with Lando and Oscar and then just sat and waited for Carlos to finish so we can get out of here.
I took out my phone and scrolled through Instagram when I see a picture of Lando smiling, with the caption, 'looks like Lando is smitten for the new reporter.'
Uhg, not this already. The rumours these people make up are ridiculous. He does not even want me here.....