Full Throttle - Lando Norris

11

"So I heard it's someone's birthday this month," Max Verstappen said as he joined his new teammate at the cafeteria of the RBR headquarters at Milton Keynes. For the past week Allison has been busy with simulator work and Max just arrived a few hours ago.

"You stalk other driver's Wikipedia pages now?" Allison asked, her mouth full with the chicken salad she was eating.

"Nah, not me," Max shook his head, letting out a small laugh. "Lando did."

"Why am I not surprised?"

"Because it's Lando," Max casually replied, as if Lando and stalking go hand in hand. "He actually took a screenshot of your Wikipedia page and sent it to me accidentally. I think he meant to send it to his other friend who's name is also Max..."

"Of course he did," Allison didn't sound surprised. "What is it with this guy accidentally liking old photos and sending screenshots to wrong people?"

"The list is long," Max replied. "Best not to think too much when it comes to Lando. Sometimes he is even more stupid than Charles and that says a lot."

Allison couldn't help but chuckle.

"So your birthday...turning 21. Any big plans?"

"Umm..not really," Allison shrugged. "I don't really..I am not a fan of big parties."

Max narrowed his eyes, not really believing her words. Allison once again shoved her mouth with food.

"Okay then.." Max let out a deep breath and stood up. "It's settled. We will need to have a big party for you."

"Wait, what?!" Allison's eyes went wide slightly. She tried to stop Max but he walked away.

***

"Is this really necessary?" Allison asked her manager, Beth, as the makeup artist touched her face a little with a brush. Just a few minutes ago the driver was informed that she needs to film some videos for the fans, and the reason for it is that a certain Aston Martin driver has recently made a comment that Allison's presence is not needed in F1, and Red Bull is now determined to make give an answer by expanding her fan base and making her more popular.

"Yes," Beth replied as she typed a quick message to the crew to get ready with the cameras. "God, I hate men and the stupid words that come out of their mouths."

"Really?" Max walked in, an amused look on his face, his eyes on Beth. He has to film a video with his new teammate as well. "Am I also one of those 'men'? "

"I was talking about Lance Stroll," Beth gave him an unamused look.

"I still don't think it's a big deal," Allison said as she turned her chair to look at her manager and her teammate. She has been dealing with comments like this for years and now she is used to it.

"Yeah. And it's not like Lance was scoring points before Ally got here," Max agreed. "It just looks like he is jealous. But that doesn't mean we are going to make things easy for him."

"Just let it go..." Allison tried to be rational but the other two were not agreeing with her.

"We don't let things go here at Red Bull," Max cut her off, giving her a half smirk. "We are not Mercedes...or Ferrari."

"That's right," Beth agreed with Max. "And you don't worry. We will make the comments go away and within a week Lance will be apologizing for his comments."

"I am not worried," Allison felt like the only grown up there even though the other two are older than her. "Seriously guys.."

"Don't say it's not a big deal," Beth pulled Allison out of the chair and pushed her out of the room, Max following them. "Because it is a big deal."

The crew guided the drivers to the place where they will be filming their fun little video.

"I honestly have no idea what's happening..." Allison said to herself as she took her seat.

"Just take my lead," Max gave her a soft comforting smile as he took the seat next to her.

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A/N: Nothing much happened... just Lance made a comment about Allison. Thoughts?

I just love how protective Max and Beth are of Allison.

I have decided to make Ally's current age 20 and her birthday is in October so a big party is coming...maybe during the Austin GP or after the race👀

Something realistically big needs to happen in the next one or two chapters. Any ideas?