A Night In London || Lando Norris

CHAPTER TWO

We're walking alongside the river. We decided to ditch the club and go for a walk. Kiara is still with George, Carlos and Alex. They seemed to have a way to much fun to go home.

'So what brings you to London?' Lando asks.

'I don't know. I've always wanted to come here. It was just something that I've always dreamed off. It's weird.'

'No, I get. How do you like it so far?'

'It feels like a second home in some sort of way. I've only been here for a day, and I just feel like I'm at home.'

'Have you ever had that with another place you travelled to?' Lando asks.

I shake my head. 'Never. I like the countries that I've been to, but not as much as I love it here. Do you travel a lot?'

Lando nods his head. 'It's part of my job, so I see a lot of the world.'

'What do you do for a living?'

'I'm a driver.'

'Like a taxi?'

Lando starts to laugh. 'No, I drive a Formula One car.'

'You do? My goodness. You travel a lot then. What is your favourite track?'

'That is a callous question,' Lando mumbles and starts to think. 'Maybe Baku. It's a lot of fun. There's more character to it, there's something about it which makes it more special. Have you ever seen a race?'

I nod my head. 'I've been to one too. My dad and granddad watch it every week. I sometimes watch it with them. For fathers day we went to a race in Spa in 2018. It was really cool to see. Those cars go really fast. Are you never scared?'

Lando shakes his head. 'Never. Sometimes there are these moments when you have an accident, but I'm never scared that I think I don't want to be in that car. If that was the case, then I think it's better to quit and give your seat up to someone else.'

'Yeah, when you're scared, you can do stupid things, and you can think about the worst-case scenarios.'

'Exactly. If that moment is there for me, I think it will be best to stop. You don't want to be in that car and think about all the things that can go wrong, because there are a lot, but for now, I'm not scared. What about you? Do you work, or are you a student?'

'I'm still a student. I've had a gap year from when I was 19 till 20, sort off. I worked for a company where I had my internship, but I just didn't like it. There wasn't a challenge. I couldn't learn more there than I already had. So I decided to go back to school. I'm now in my second year as a creative business student.'

'So you're now 21?'

I nod my head.

'You're a year younger than me.'

'At least you know what you're doing with your life. I still have no idea about what I want to do with my life. I want to travel, but I also want to settle down and have a place to call my own. I want to sell bestselling books or maybe have my own bookstore. It would also be amazing to travel while working, do social media for a big company or something. I don't know. Now that I think about it, I get so many other cool ideas. Thanks, alcohol.'

Lando starts to laugh. 'Do you have to do an internship for your study?'

I nod my head. 'I'm still looking to finding a place. I want to do something internationally, but I don't know what or where. For a publisher would be cool, but I don't know.'

'What about a Formula One team?'

I stop walking and look at him in shock. 'Are you serious?'

'Well, I can't offer you a place. But I can talk to the boss about it. If you send me your portfolio, I'll see what I can do.'

'This is not a drunk offer? You're actually in serious with helping me?'

Lando nods while a laugh rolls off his lips. 'Yes. I didn't have a sip of alcohol, so I'm totally reliable.'

'Well, I'll take you up on that offer. But once I'm sober. I'm not going to write drunk e-mails.'

I look around and see that we're almost at Tower Bridge. From the shore, it looks really cool. It has so many lights on it. The sky is also clear, which paints a perfect picture with the stars on the background.

'This is beautiful,' I mumble.