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"this is so much better than the sparkling water on the podium" lando said while putting a spoonful of vanilla ice cream onto his tongue and immediately scrunching his face at the sudden coldness of it making maeve giggle. 

he'd just won his first race of the f3 season at silverstone and as promised, maeve and him had made thier way to getting ice cream.

"i mean, atleast this is cold. it's crazy how hot silverstone is today, i don't think i've seen so much sun here in april" she said while taking a small bite of her strawberry ice cream while looking around, outside the ice cream parlour. lando looked at her face and noticed how her freckles had begun to to be more and more noticeable with the sun. 

"i didn't know you have freckles, they look adorable" he said to her and she opened her mouth to say something but ended up looking down shyly, mumbling a small "thank you". lando chuckled and shook his head. 

"how come you're so shy today? you haven't once corrected my grammar or told me i'm annoying today. everything's alright, right?" he asked half jokingly since he was feeling anxious by how she'd been since the race.

the conversation maeve shared with maire during the race made her concious of her actions around lando while lando has had only one thought lingering on his mind that he'd hoped to share with her today, or that's what he told himself when he realised it during the race that this was a good time to take the shot. if he was rejected, he'd just use all that frustration to win and if she'd say yes, he'd have a reason to drive himself to be his best.

"i'm okay, just haven't been around here much and i really regret not bringing a cap." she said while stirring the remains of her melted ice cream. "okay," lando said, digging through his backpack that ws under the table and he stood up to place a white cap on maeve's shining bronze hair under the sun. "problem solved, what's next?" he asked, sitting back down and maeve smiled. 

"i hope you gave me the cap for the sun and not because you have lice" she said and lando gasped. "please, i already gave you my helmet earlier, the lice already made their way to you" he said and she sighed. "didn't see it coming then, i was blinded by the car and all" she said and lando felt content when her usual jokes made an appearance once again.

"can i ask you something more?" lando asked as they walked back towards the park where they were supposed to meet lando's dad and maire's car. "sure" maeve said, slowing down her pace to match his since she was a fast walker and he didn't quite like walking much.

"actually, it's more so i wanna tell you and ask you something?" he fumbled with his thoughts. maeve stood beside him, patiently waiting for him to speak up, reaching out to hold his hand. "calm down,lands. you just won a race, you really don't need to race your head right now as well" 

lando shook his head and let out a deep breath. "maeve, i...i'm just gonna say it just don't run away please" he said and maeve looked at him flabbergasted. "why would i-" she said, confused.

"i like you, maeve. like in a way that i wanna be your boyfriend and not just your best friend. melanie can keep that spot. i wanna take you out on a proper date, not just this ice cream post race thing um, will you go out with me?" he asked,  shutting his one eye and bracing for impact incase maeve had a more physical reaction to his confession but to his surprise she was silent as she blinked at him with blank eyes.

"you're scaring me, please say something" he pleaded as his heart began to race. he noticed a small smile craw up her lips. "okay. this is wow , um." she furrowed her brows as she tried to form a response in her head. 

"i'm sorry- i know your parents aren't a fan of it let's just not-" lando panicked and decided to cover his ass but maeve shook her head. "no! wait like not no to you, i would like to go out on a date with you it's just, i've never been on one. i have honestly uh, never been asked out" she said playing with his fingers since she was still holding his hand. lando furrowed his brows, taken aback by her words.