TAKE IT AS A COMPLIMENT - lando norris

38 - the start of our beginning

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CAROLINE WELLS
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"You are the most inspiring voice for women in motorsports currently." I blush at the words of Susie Wolff as she zips up my racing suit.

"You taught me to be like this." The woman has always been my inspiration and idol.

"I know you can win this." She's not even a RedBull fan but wherever I go, she follows.

"His car is fast." I breathe.

"You are faster." Me. Not my car.

"Thank you for everything." I smile, trying not to cry as I step into my car for the last time this season.

"Thank you. Caroline Wells you will go down in history."

She shuts my visor, the helmet with Landos name in it. The man that I'm going to beat today. The man I love

I received a million good luck texts from my family that's only a few feet away. They all flew in. Just for this.

I'm not stressed out though, not about disappointing them. I pull out of the garage after Max, gripping my wheel. My race suit has my Fathers friendship bracelet embroidered on it again.

I'm going to do this for him. I'm going to do this for all the little girls who have ever been told they can't.

I'm doing this for me.

I breathe deeply as the lights flash in front of me. I'm P2, behind Lando.

The lights go off and away I go.

I am focused and calculated today.

I am smiling as I round the track, I laugh as we pull my fastest pit stop ever.

Lando and I play back and forth. I know he's smirking.

Today is fun and like racing as a kid again. I pretend I'm at my hometown track with Lando. I can practically hear my mom screaming her heart out for me.

I know my sister is crying. I take comfort in the fact that my brother is probably videoing Landos car.

I know he gets footage of me passing him for the last time. I have a million thoughts running through my mind. The fact that I am so close to winning my first championship is the thought that sticks out to me.

I couldn't have done it without B, Cara, Johnny, Oscar, My mom, my uncle, Annabel, Logan, my team.

Most importantly, I couldn't have done it without Lando.

It's weird to think about, feeling like my boyfriend helped me beat him. Yet as I do my final lap with the orange in my mirrors, I thank him.

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I can barely see my team as tears fog my eyes and I'm embraced in hugs.

"You did it!" B yells at me from the barrier, "You are my hero!"

I laugh as Max pulls me into him, "You're insane, kid." I hug him tight, our helmets long gone. "You deserve this."

I won.

Putting me five points ahead of Lando.

Making me this years world champion.

I can't believe it. My family is let onto the track and i'm surrounded in screams and hugs. "He is so proud." My mom hugs me, "We all are so proud, Caro."

I cry harder as they congratulate me, the crowd screaming my name. I wipe my tears though I don't think they'll ever stop falling.

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LANDO NORRIS.

I had no chance being the greatest compared to her.

She doesn't even pick up her trophy, just runs over to me. Within seconds, her legs are around my waist and she's kissing me.

Her lips are pressed against mine and her tears are making my face wet. She's kissing me in front of every camera, every fan, every driver.

My girl did it.

She pulls her mouth away from mine, a smile plastered on her face. She doesn't say anything, so I do first.

She tastes like RedBull. "You taste like winning." This makes her laugh out loud, kissing me again, "I love you, Caroline. You deserve every second of this."

She cries, her eyes extra green today, "Thank you."

"Don't thank me." I shake my head, "You did this all by yourself, love."

I spin her around, she puts her arm in the air as everyone cheers us on. I've never been more happy to lose.

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CAROLINE WELLS

He's my dream.

This season has been the most chaotic one yet, I know none will never compare.

I started this season wanting to win a championship.

I ended it with winning the best friends I could ever ask for, a championship, a life I only thought was real in books, and the love of my life.

I hated him.

I love him now.

Lando swirls me around as we walk to dinner with Logan, Oscar, Cara, Johnny, my whole family, Landos family, Daniel, Charles, Carlos, Max, Alex, Lily, and B.

I stand for a toast, "You all have made this year the most important one of my life." Lando squeezes my hand. "I will never forget what you have done for me. Today, my one wish in life has been granted. And it isn't a championship. It's feeling so secure in my surroundings that I can cry or laugh to any one of you," I start tearing up, "Today isn't the end of my best season yet, but the start of my life with no doubt that I have made the right choice. I love you all eternally."

I sit down as they clap, almost everyone crying.

Lando kisses my cheek, "I like that. That today isn't the end of something... but the beginning of forever."

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THE END.

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