Connected - Lando Norris *Discontinued*

Chapter 8

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"WAKE UP DUMMY!" I jolted up in bed and was faced with Max. Damn, so rude. Why is he waking me like that? Ugh, waking? I'm still half asleep to be honest. I might have fallen asleep late because I kissed Lando and kept on thinking about it.. "Dude, what the actual?" I asked and saw now that he was holding my camera in his hand, recording me. "We're late because you slept in." Max said and I looked at the time. Oh damn... Whoopsies.. "Get dressed quickly and come to the car. We already made you breakfast that you can eat on the way to the track." Max said and left the room. I quickly changed into regular clothes and brushed my hair and teeth. Locking the front door behind me, Max starting to honk at me.

"Dude stop! It didn't even take me ten minutes!" I said as I got into the backseat of the car. Dilara smiled at me and shook her head at Max. "Max calm down, she looks like she didn't have that much sleep and you're often late too!" She told him off and handed me my camera back. "Thank you!" I said referring both to her comment and handing me my camera. Max looked in the rear view mirror and frowned a little. "Did you sleep okay, bear?" His tone was now laced with concern and a slight bit of guilt.

"Mwuah, it was okay, I guess. It took me a while to fall asleep. I think it was past four or five." This made Dilara turn in her seat to fully look at me. "Damn, [Y/N], did something happen?" My thoughts immediately went to the kiss with Lando and my cheeks started to heat up. "Oehh, I think I'm right! Do you want to talk to us about it?" She asked and I nodded. "But you can't tell anyone! If someone asks, you don't know anything!" I said and held my finger up in a stern way. "I promise!" They both said in harmony. Okay, okay, here we go. "Lando and I kissed!"

Dilara screamed and Max looked at me in shock through the rear view mirror. "Ohh my! It's so adorable!" Dilara squealed and clapped her hands together. Max started laughing and looked at me again. "Honestly, after two days ago, I'm not completely surprised." He said and I blushed. "How was it?" Dilara asked and Max rolled his eyes at her, then focusing on the road again. "It was sweet! His lips are so soft! And his hand touched my face and I just felt like I was going to break in his arms!" I said in one breath and Dilara smiled. "I'm really happy for you, [Y/N]." I smiled at her and rested against the car seat. Hopefully, things won't be awkward when we see each other at the track today.

Max turned the engine off and got out of the car. Dilara also got out and I took another breath. Okay, let's go. You can do this [Y/N]! I got out of the car and my eyes instantly fell on a McLaren near us. Oh boy.. It's Lando. I can't do this.. What if he just hates me right now? Nahhh, that wouldn't be right? We kissed yesterday. OH MY. WE KISSED YESTERDAY. I quickly started to walk to the paddock entrance, trying not to have to interact with him at the moment. Then someone grabbed my elbow, stopping me in my tracks.

"What are you doing?!" I whisper yelled to Max after turning around. "Come on.. Just say hi to him. Don't be so shy now!" Max said and I shook my head. "Not going to do that, Max. What if I ruin everything?" I said, still whisper yelling. Someone coughed next to us and we turned into their direction, seeing Lando standing there. "HI Lando!" We said in unison. He smiled shortly. "Hey Max, Dilara!" He said enthousiasticly, then looked at me and got quiet. "uhm, hey." He said and stratched the back of his head. See! Exactly what I was afraid of.. Dilara quickly grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the boys for a bit. "Hey guys! We're going to go! See you!" She said and basically dragged me towards the paddock entrance.

"Are you okay?" I looked up from my hands and saw Dilara look at me concerned. "You look uncomfortable.." I took off my headphones so I could hear her better, she did the same. "Sorry.. I just feel a bit out of place.." I said and looked down again. "Don't be sorry!" She said and wrapped her arm around me.

"It's just.. I feel stupid for what happened this morning! Like, why didn't I function like I normally do? And why did he say the 'hey' so awkwardly? He was so excited to greet you and Max and then he just became all shy.." I said and leaned against her. "Sometimes we don't control the way our body reacts to certain situations.. The panic was written all over your face and I don't know why Max even held you back.." She said and the tears were now forming in my eyes.

"I just feel like a screw up.." Dilara shook her head. "Don't ever think like that again! You're not a screw up! You're trying your best! That's what counts!" Okay, honestly, that's true. I think? Should I just go talk to him? Maybe that will clear the air? I still have a few minutes before all the drivers are supposed to be on the grid.. "You know what? I'm just going to go and talk to him! We're both adults, we can talk about stuff like this!" Dilara's eyes went wide and then nodded. "You go do that, girl! I'll wait here for you!" I quickly hugged her and walked out of the Red Bull garage.

"Have you seen Lando?" I asked Jon when I bumped into him in the McLaren garage. "He's in his motorhome.. Why?" He asked and I quickly turned around. "Just need to talk to him for a second..thanks!" I shouted at Jon and then ran off to the motorhome.

Okay, there is the motorhome. Now I just need to go up there, be brave and knock on the do- Oh shoot! Lando's coming out right now... Walking in my direction at this very moment. My feet stopped and my shoes felt heavy. Why now? I just had the courage, like two seconds ago! Where did it go now? Lando stopped in front of me and looked at me with a frown. "Uhmm hey!" I said and tried to force a smile. Oh boy, he's so going to see through that.. "H-hey.." He stuttered and I felt my face become red. "Can we talk about what happened yesterday and this morning?" I asked and a bolt of energy rushed through me. I just did that.. You go girl! "What's there to talk about?" He asked. Ouch.. Does he really mean this? Like, we kissed. That's a fact. That is something to talk about, right?

"Lando! You need to come now!" Jon called from behind me and Lando looked relieved? "Sorry, got to go race!" He said and then sped off to the garage. Did he really just wave me off like that? My face went pale and all energy just left my body. This is it. I knew I would ruin everything! Like always.. I slowly made my way back to the Red Bull garage, so I could watch the race.

Dilara instantly knew something was up when I entered the cubicle again. "What happened?" She asked and I shook my head, putting the headphones on to block all other sounds and focused on the screen.

Wow! What a race! The boys did so well! Max ended up being a close second after tough battles with Lewis and Alex finally has his first podium as he finished 3rd. Lando also had a really good race. He ended being 6th after starting from P20. That boy has some talent! Dilara went to the podium to watch Max and I walked into the paddock. I want to congratulate Lando. Maybe he just didn't flip me off but just was in a hurry. That's possible, right? Oh! There he is! I walked up to him. "Congrats Lando! You were really good out there!" I said and he nodded, not giving any other emotion.

"Thanks." He said in a flat tone and then walked off with Jon towards the interview cubicle. Wait.. He.. He wasn't in a hurry was he? He's just avoiding me.. I really messed up.. I turned around and ran towards Max' motorhome. Tears were forming in my eyes and blocked my vision. I bumped into someone and blinked to see who it was; Daniel. He held both of my arms and seemed worried. "Are you okay?" He asked, concern laced in his voice. I shook my head, got out of his grasp and continued to run.

"Daniel already said we could find you here..." Max' voice was soft as he squatted next to the couch I was sitting on. I have been crying for who knows how long and now that Max is here made it even worse. I threw myself at him and sobbed into his shoulder. "Oh dear, what happened?" Max asked as he lifted me up and sat down on the couch with me in his lap. Dilara sat next to him and laid her hand on my leg.

"Before the race I wanted to talk to him. He said there was nothing to talk about and then left. I thought that it was just the build up for the race but then I went to congratulate him and then he flipped me off again." I said  inbetween sobs and hiccups. "I'm so sorry, bear.. I shouldn't have forced you to stay this morning when you wanted to walk away.." Max said and I just nodded, not feeling like talking anymore. "I don't know what's up with him either, but he doesn't know who he's letting walk out of his life if he continues like this." I hugged Max tighter and closed my eyes for a bit. The tears finally stopped and Max ran his hand through my hair.

"Let's get changed, go home and order you favorite meal so we can eat it while watching your favorite movie." Max said and I nodded. I got out of his lap and leaned against Dilara while Max changed clothes. He picked me up again when he was done and carried me all the way to the car.