Tinder - [Lando Norris]

3.0 || the graduation

A/N: No idea how UK does their graduation process, so improvised on this mega hard lmao. Enjoy Lando x Dagmar feels!!

Smoothing out her dress, Dagmar looked at her reflection in the mirror. She was currently over at Sarah's place, where they were getting ready for their graduation evening. It was a bit of a shame they had to wear their academic dresses and the hat over their clothing tonight. Dagmar managed to get her hands on a stunning, blue dress and actually she couldn't wait to show it off. She sat back in her chair while Sarah was still busy with her makeup, constantly touching it up after she spotted a small mistake or something else. Of course her friend had to be extra and she hired a limousine, which would pick them up soon to get to the university building. Before she left to Sarah's apartment, she had Skyped her parents and showed them her dress. They were more than proud and couldn't wait for her to return to Norway. She hadn't been able to travel back to her home after the Christmas holidays, so she was missing them quite a lot. There was another person she's missing quite a lot, but as he has been racing in Silverstone last weekend and was probably preparing for Hockenheim, she hadn't bothered to contact him anyway.

Dagmar swallowed hard as she realized it had been a good two months since the last time they had seen each other. She shook the thoughts off of her. Today was one of the biggest days in her life and she wanted to have a good time with Sarah and her other classmates. "Okay, how do I look?". Sarah asked, hopping up from her chair and she turned to Dagmar. "Beautiful, Sarah". She smiled. "So do you". Sarah sighed and took her hands in hers, making the two girls smiled at each other. They heard some honking outside and Dagmar took her clutch in her hand, making sure her phone and some other essentials were in there before they went into the hallway to get outside. It almost felt as if they were in an American teen-movie, a classical one with the graduation with all the parties at the end. Dagmar somehow always wanted to have that kind of graduation day and she was glad she could live it with Sarah. The limousine halted on the road, close to the pavement and they crossed the road so they could get in. The driver greeted them friendly and opened the door for them.

Dagmar heard Sarah squealing at the sight of the interior, with bright disco lights and a ceiling with the nightsky project on it. A champagne bottle was resting in a bucket of ice and Sarah already reached for it, however Dagmar grew the nerves that today was really the day she would walk up to that stage, get her diploma and they do god knows what. She felt a heavy feeling crushing her chest and Sarah pulled on her wrist to shake her out of it. "Hey, today is not the day to think about the next step. Today you're living in the now!". Sarah sternly said and Dagmar nodded firmly, knowing her friend was right. "Give me that". She muttered and took the champagne glass from her, downing it in a couple sips to get the rough edge off her feelings. "There we go". Sarah said and repeated Dagmar's action. The limousine ride ended at their university and they drew attention to them with the big vehicle, however they weren't the only ones who arrived in style. Sarah and Dagmar posed together for the pictures of the University's photographer and then they looked at each other, taking each other's hand to walk up to the graduation hall.

Lando was seated in his car, looking down at his watch and fixing his tuxedo meanwhile. He swallowed hard, his palms were warm and sweaty and he was nervous. He had no idea how she was going to react to seeing him again. Because he was so tense for this evening, he turned up way too early. He hadn't seen her yet, but the University's square was full of family members and friends who weren't allowed to enter the venue either. Sarah had informed him all about the time when the party was going to start and it was going to be held on the University's square, where the space was equipped with a stage where some local bands would perform, a DJ to really turn up the party and many drinking and eating booths so the students could party all night if they wanted to. He looked down at his watch, it was almost time for the students to flood the square in their party outfits and he honestly couldn't wait to see her again. He was impatient and nervous at the same time. Lando took a deep breath, made sure everything he wore was in place before he finally opened his car door.