The gamble of love

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Jo's POV

I finished the interviews with McLaren and Red Bull. I was now making my way to the Ferrari garage to watch practice with Alex. As I was walking out I could hear the fans going crazy, yelling stuff at me, none of which I could hear clearly though. That was until I heard a girl yell: 'You didn't get your way with Charles, so you moved on to sweet Lando. His heart is too big for you!' She said and another one joined in: 'You desperate fucking slut!' I gasped as I hear the words and turn around. A group of girls was looking directly at me pointing and laughing. I looked down feeling the tears form in my eyes and ran off as quick as I could to Carlos.

"Hey sis, glad you could stop by before we started." He said with his back facing me, I kept quiet. He finally turned around and saw me, "wait, what's the matter?" He asked coming closer to me and embraced me in his arms. I cry into his chest, not able to hold it back any longer. He calmed me down and Alex and Charles were now standing next to us looking very worried. I took a breathe and told them what happened in the interview and what those fans said to me. "I will fix this." Carlos said. I look at him and shake my head, "how?" I ask him and doesn't answer.
"Jo, I'm sorry that you had to go through that. But we all love you, you just have to ignore them." Charles said. "C'mon, let's go freshen up in the bathroom." Alex said grabbing my hand. I walked with her as they boys leave to start the practice race.
"I'm so sorry Alex. I know you are probably also going to get hate from this. You don't deserve that." I say with tears in my eyes once again. "It's not your fault. Lando spoke before thinking and you also don't deserve any hate. We will face this together. Just know, I am here for you if you need anything."
"Thanks Alex." I said and gave her a hug. I washed my face and she gave me some of her concealer to cover my red eyes. I fixed my hair and then we went back to the lounge and watched the race.
After what felt like forever, they were finally done and we see Carlos and Charles walking towards us with Lando following close by.
He embraced me in his arms, "Hey, I heard what happened, are you alright?" He asked. "I am now." I sigh taking in his scent.
"Hey guys, I have an idea!" Alex yells from across the room. We all turned to face her. "Let's all take a selfie with Jo, separately, and post it to Insta. Make them understand that we all love her and that they are just stirring." She said. I laughed. "You really don't have to do that. I'll be fine." I tell them. "No, I think that's a great idea." Lando says and I face him and roll my eyes making him chuckle. I took a picture with all of them, one by one. I smile at them as they are all on their phones making posts. Gosh, I have the best friends ever. I don't know what I did to deserve them.
My phone starts vibrating with notifications and I just laugh. I go on Instagram and see the posts.

Carlos: Best sister any guy could ask for. All my love for you.
Charles: They could never make me hate you. ❤️
Alex: My best friend is better than yours! I love you girl🫶🏻
Lando: Haters gonna hate, lovers gonna love. And shit, look at you! I love you baby 😍

I smile and repost them to my story. We all went back to the hotel. "You want to come over?" I ask Lando. "I can't love, I promised Max that we could play some games later." He said. I nod my head understanding but also feel sad. I don't want to be alone. "Do you guys want to hang out later?" I ask Carlos, Charles and Alex. "Uhmm, we have a Ferrari dinner, so we can't." Carlos quickly said and looked away from me. Why are they all acting so strange?
I got out of the car and made my way to my room.
I took a long and hot bubble bath, trying to relax a bit. Afterwards I got dressed and made a cup of coffee. I went out to the balcony and lit a cigarette. My mind wandered off to all the things people were saying, maybe they are right, maybe I don't belong here. I don't fit in. My thoughts were soon interrupted by a knock on the door, I frown and wipe away my tears and go to open the door.
Lando, Carlos, Alex and Charles were standing there. "I thought you guys were busy?" I asked them raising an eyebrow. "No one could ever be too busy for you." I hear a voice coming from behind them. I looked at them confused for a moment and they all stood aside and I meet eyes with Taylor. I gasp and run to her, I instantly start crying. "Hey babes." She says hugging me tight. "How are you here?" I ask her. "You have him to thank for that." She says pointing over to Lando. He smiles at me. "Thank you." I say and give him a kiss.
"Anytime love, we are going to leave you guys to have some girl time, but tomorrow night we are going out!" He says happily. I laugh, "thanks Lan." And they were about to leave. I called Alex back and asked her to stay. "You are apart of the girls and I really want you to stay." I tell her and she smiles.
We ordered room service and watched movies the entire night.

Lando truly is the best.