Private Life is a happy life

31- Dancing On My Own

LANDO POV

I ran to the hotel, completely left my car I had to find Lucy and explain. I told Magui I wasn't interested, she sat on my lap and kissed me and yeah I did kiss back, but it was a mistake. I should've chased after her, but I didn't.

I made my way to the lobby and saw Carlos and Pierre with Max and George. "Congrats bro." I said giving Carlos a hug. "Thank you, Cabron." I laughed. "I wish you wouldn't call me that. Have you seen Lucy?" Pierre scoffed. What was his problem? "Problem?" I said. The table now looking at me. "Non, but if you wouldn't have had your tongue in someone else's throat, you'd have brought her back, not me." I went pale, he was right though. The other 3 stared at me, "Me and Lucy told each other we had feelings, she walked into my drivers room today and Magui was sat on me kissing me, but it was a mistake." There weren't happy. "Charles, took her to her room." Carlos said. "Charles who also fancies her? Along with everyone at this table." I ran my hands through my hair, none of them denied it, just looked down at their drinks. "C'mon, we'll go up with you, we need to get ready anyway." Max said. "How could you be so stupid, Lando." George said.

Again, he was right. "If she's with Charles, you're to blame." They were just saying what I was thinking. I've probably pushed her right into his arms. We got in the lift to Lucy's floor, there she was by her door, Charles looking like he wanted to jump on her. He put his hand in her hair, I could hear what they were talking about, her was right. I was a stupid little boy. He kissed her, we were all stood there in shock, she put her hands around his neck like she did with me, he pressed his body against hers against the door. Then she opened it, they both disappeared inside.

I wanted to cry, the others were just shocked, no one saying anything. "Let's go get ready." Pierre said, we all walked to our rooms.

We got to the club and I headed straight for the bar, I needed a stiff drink before I saw her. I turned around with the drinks and there she was, dressed in red, on Charles' arm. I nearly dropped my drinks, she went over to the table to greet the boys. They all looked so happy to see her, all eye fucking her. Charles smiling so proudly, spinning her so everyone could see the dress, she looked so damn good.

I got back to the table and didn't want to speak, I had drinks for everyone except them 2, "the usual, mon cherie?" She smiled. "Yes please, Charlie." He kissed her cheek. "Beautiful." She blushed. He was treating her how she deserved, but I wish it was me. All over a stupid mistake.

He came back with a drink for her, kissed her on the cheek and sat next to her. She took a sip, I was watching her every move. A waiter came over with 4 trays of shots. "To Carlos!" Charles shouted, we all took a shot and cheered. "To me!" He shouted again, we took another shot. 2 trays down. "To Lando." That shocked me but 3rd shot went down. "Last one, to the beautiful woman on my arm, LUCY!" Everyone cheered and whistled, the last shot tasted the best. She blushed and hid her face with her hands. "No, cmon Lu, you can't hide such a masterpiece." Pierre shouted, she stood up and bowed, blushing again.

How did I fumble it so bad, she's everything I want and I ruined it. I could feel the drinks getting to me. She disappeared to the dance floor with the drivers, I just sat there, nursing another vodka ice. There she was, dancing and laughing, looking as radiant as ever. Charles's hands all over her, I could tell she was drunk, she was dancing on all of 4 of my so called best mates.

I'd had enough. I stormed over and grabbed her arm and pulled her to a back room. "Lando, what the fuck?" She looked disgusted by my touch. "What the fuck? You're in here dancing on people like a stripper." I gave her space. "Oh, just because someone else gives me their sole attention, that means you can insult how I dance?" She shouted. "You have my sole attention!" "Yeah, tonight I do, but when I searched you after your podium, someone else had your attention!" She got me there. I could see I hurt her.

"She was a mistake! I was telling her I didn't want her, that I wanted someone else!" I tried pleading.  "So you kiss someone to tell them you're not interested? Nice to know." "It's not like that, but even so, didn't mean you had to go jump into bed with Charles!" She looked furious. "I saw you, we all did, making out with him then taking him into your room." She stepped closer, "I might have taken him into my room, but I didn't sleep with him! He held me while I cried, I wanted to sleep with him, but he didn't want to take advantage of me!" Fuck. My face softened. "Lucy, please can we just stop fighting, you've made your point, I'm sorry please just come back to me." I held her hand, but she pulled it away, "I'm not yours, Lando, that's why I can't be mad at you, we're not together, you can kiss who you want." She went to walk away, I grabbed her and faced her to me.

"Don't you get it? I don't want to kiss anyone else and I don't want anyone else kissing you. I want you, all of you. I don't want to see Charles all over you, it pisses me off, you told me you wanted me!"  The door opened, but we didn't look. "I did want you Lando, then I saw her all over you, I let you in after shooting everyone else down, after my mum died and that wasn't enough. You can be as pissed at Charles as you want, but he's the one that comforted me after my mum died, he took me home, he changed my clothes and brushed my hair, he made me eat and wanted nothing in return, he held me in his arms while I cried about another man! He promised he'd be there and he stuck to it, that's a real man!" My face dropped, she was right, I was awful. I looked at the door, it was Charles, he gave me a sorry look. "Come on, mon cherie, let's get you a drink.", he came in, put his hand on Lucy's back and walked out with her.

I exited the room, she looked happy dancing and drinking, so I went back to my room, to forget all about it.