Blurred lines - Lando Norris

21.

Lando's POV

Alix and I woke up together, in the same room, the same bed and she was laying suspiciously close to me.

Matter of fact, she was laying in my arms. Not that I mind, I never did.
I actually liked to have her in my arms.

I wanted to protect her. I didn't like that she was an F1 driver now. Not because I thought she wouldn't be good, quite the opposite, she was amazing.

But this life was extremely hard. The pressure was almost unbearable, probably even more at Red Bull.

And this girl, she was pure, funny, kind. I didn't want them to take that away from her.

I didn't want Red Bull to completely crush her, so I was gonna help her out whenever I could. Now I was even more determined to help them make my car faster.

Because to help her out, I had to drive in front, where she was driving and unfortunately that wasn't the case.

Not yet.

"Good morning" she mumbled, stretched her arms and looked at the time.

"Oh fuck" she got up, never saw her put her clothes on that fast. "I should go, but I'll see you at the paddock, right?"

"Yeah certainly" I smiled, put my arms under my head and looked at her as I was still laying in bed.

Even without makeup, even with her hair all messy, she was still the most beautiful girl I've ever seen.

She leaned over on the bed, pressed her lips against mine very quickly and walked out of the door.

I let out a groan, put my hands through my hair.

Focus Lando, focus.

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"Caine in front of us. Russell behind" Will, my racing engineer said. No, Alix didn't lose many places, actually the opposite, she gained one place and was driving in P4.

Our car got so much better over these past few months. We were driving in last place only a few weeks ago.

And now, I could almost catch the Red Bulls.

Almost, because they were still too fast though.

"Gap?" I asked.

"5 seconds to Caine"

"Gap behind I meant" I quickly said.

"Oh-2.2 seconds"

I couldn't catch Alix, but I could definitely hold up George. P4 would be a good result for her and P5 definitely would be great for me.

I had to hold him up, not only for me, but also for Alix.

That's exactly what I did. I defended like crazy.

"Be careful Lando, think about the tires, we have to bring the car home" Will said.

I didn't respond to it. It didn't matter.

We finished exactly like this. Alix in P4, me in P5 and George in P6.

The first thing I saw when I walked out of the garage was Ryle, Alix's brother.

He was leaning against the wall of the Red Bull hospitality and he was looking at me.
He saw me that night, when I went to Alix's room, so he definitely knew something was going on.

I could ignore him, but I guess that would make things even worse. So before I even realized, I was walking up to him.

"Your sister did good, huh" I said. Don't even know why. It sounded as if I was a fan.

"I saw what you did out there" he nodded in the direction of the track. "I did nothing, just drove my race" I shrugged.

He chuckled a little. "Yeah sure, thanks though"

I gave him a quick nod and wanted to walk away, but he started talking again. "Do you want to go to dinner with us? We're celebrating Alix's first race and I'm sure she would like to have you there"

"I don't do that" I shook my head.

"You don't do what?" He frowned. "You don't eat?"

"I don't do dinners" I corrected him. "With Alix"

That made him frown, made him definitely not like me anymore.

But I needed to distance myself from her. We already crossed some lines by sleeping next to each other, her kissing me when she left my room, her sneaking in my room without telling me first.

It was getting messy. We weren't supposed to do that. We were just friends with benefits, we couldn't be together.

Definitely not now she drove for Red Bull.

"Got it" he nodded. "Then stay the fuck away from her and don't mess with her head" he said before walking away.

Yes I definitely messed it up with her brother, but it had to be done.

Not for me necessarily, because I definitely like her, maybe even more than a friend.

But if people found out that we were together, or dating or doing dinners together, then they would hate on her.

They would think I had something to do with her joining the grid, which we all know is absolutely not true.

But I couldn't risk it. Not yet. She had to prove herself first without being linked to someone.

Especially not me.