Bed of Lies

11.

Lando drove us to my house. He parked in front of it, but didn't really react to it.

He just got out of his car, waited for me and smiled a little.

"So as you can see, I'm not rich, at all" I said as I looked at my house. "Oh really? Fuck, then I don't want you" he said.

"Oh" I mumbled.

"I am joking Ivy, I don't care at all" he nudged me. "I like you for who you are, not for what you have"

"Good, because I don't have a lot" I chuckled.

He laughed too, which made me a little more comfortable.

I had to tell him, before I would go with him to Belgium. I didn't want to be stuck with him in a foreign country without him knowing.

We walked in my house and almost immediately Elara ran up to us.

"Ivy!" She wrapped her arms around me, hugged me. "I made cookies with mom"

"Oh really? I can't wait to taste them" I smiled.

She looked at Lando, tilted her head a little. "Are you Ivy's boyfriend?"

Lando chuckled. "I wish"

"This is Lando, he's the one that drives these super fast cars" I introduced him in a way she would be impressed by him.

Even though he was pretty impressive without the whole car thing. We actually watched his latest race together and the orange cars definitely were her favorite.

"Woooow, you do?" She looked at Lando, her eyes widened a little.

He nodded enthusiastically. "Yes I'm taking her to my next race"

"Ohhhh can I come?" She looked at him and back at me. "Not this time Elara, maybe next time"

"Definitely next time" Lando smiled.

My mom was already standing in the doorway, looking at us with a smile.

"So this is my mom" I said and turned to Lando. "And this Lando, he's a friend"

"Nice to meet you Lando, I'm Joy" my mom introduced herself and shook his hand. "Nice to meet you too" he smiled.

My mom looked at me, smiled and nodded before heading back in the kitchen.

We went to my room, I was so happy I actually decided to clean up, but unfortunately it was still a bit messy because it was a small room.

And I had a lot of clothes and books, so yeah, I could never keep my room completely neat.

"Your family is awesome" Lando smiled as he sat down on the edge of my bed. "Elara is the cutest"

"Oh yeah, she will totally fall in love with you, I bet she already is" I chuckled.

"And you? Are you falling in love?"

His question was so unexpected that I turned red. "Uh I-I don't know"

"Well, I am definitely falling in love" he said, leaning a little back.

My heart started beating faster. A sign that I was definitely falling in love too.
Who was I kidding? I obviously was.

"There's something I need to tell you" I said, sat down next to him.

It was now or never.

"I am not the one you are texting" I blurted out, without any further explanation.

He frowned a little. "What do you mean by that?"

"Molly made a fake profile, of me. I had no idea about it until we FaceTimed" I explained. "So you've been texting and probably calling Molly, not me"

"But you FaceTimed me, you went to dinner with me. Why did you go along with it then?"

"Because she was blackmailing me, is still blackmailing me" I sighed. "She's rich, and as you can see, I'm not so she wants to tell everyone how pathetic I am"

"You're not pathetic, you're actually very strong and caring" he smiled a little, until he probably realized how fucked up it was.

"So let me get this straight, you weren't the one who I was texting and calling late at night?"

I shook my head.

"And you ask me if Molly could come with us to dinner?"

"Hell no" I shook my head. "I would never want that"

"Are you even vegetarian?"

I raised my eyebrow and shook my head softly.

"Fucking hell" he mumbled and shook his head.

I definitely fucked this up.