On the grid (Lando Norris fanfic)

Chapter 14

Lando let go of my hand as we reached the lobby floor. The doors ding open and we spot the three guys standing in the middle of the lobby. They are also wearing Tuxes. None of them look as good as lando does in a tux but that's besides the point. "Ah they have finally decided to arrive. Can we go now?" Alex says with a cheeky smile. "Finally. I'm so hungry my stomach is starting to eat itself." Charles says. "The longer you guys complain the longer it will take for us to get there so you can complain all you want." I say with a smile. "You're right for once, lets go." Charles says. "Hey thats not fair." I call after him as he and alex speed out the lobby towards the car that we were given to drive around Melbourne in.

For some reason George and Alex are sitting in the front two seats. Which means that it takes ten minutes for the boomers to figure out how the navigation system on the car works. Finally after what felt like forever they asked me for help, since I was sitting in between Lando and Charles in the back seat. I reach over and tap the screen a few times and the direct route shows up. "How did you do that?" Alex asked, shocked. "I'm a technological genius." I say with a smile, leaning back into the seat. George laughs as he pulls off in the direction of the restaurant.

"Oh this place is FANCY fancy." I say with a smile and Lando laughs from next to me. "Daniel did say it's formal he also said this place is amazing." Alex says from behind me. "Well I'll be the judge of that." I say with a smile as the waitress leads us to our table.

As we arrive at the table I sit down and Lando almost jumps into the seat next to me, earning rather concerned looks from the other three boys. Alex and George sit opposite us with Charles at the head of the table, between Lando and George.

"And then I tripped over his leg and may or may not have landed on my brothers arm and broken it." I say, embarrassed. They all burst out laughing. "Ok it's not that funny guys." I say, attempting to calm them down since we were getting strange looks from other people at the restaurant. "You must miss your family a lot." Alex says once they all calmed down. "Yeah, it's tough being so far away from home for so long. I try and go back as often as possible but it's usually not long." I say looking down sadly. "Well now you get to race there, which must be very exciting." George says. "Yes. I'm so glad that we finally have a race in Africa. It had to happen at some point." I say with a smile and the other boys agree. At that moment the waitresses bring our food. I got pasta and all four boys decided on steak, what a surprise.

"Please guys. Let me pay for my portion. Come on guys." I beg them. The bill just came and none of them are letting me pay for my food. "No." "Nope." "Nuh Uh." "No ways." I hear from around the table as they all put money in. "Come on guys. I feel bad. Please." I say and they all ignore my pleading. "Fine then but I am buying coffee tomorrow morning," I say "and nobody can change my mind." We are all on the same flight tomorrow morning, except for Charles as he has to go to Italy, but his flight leaves ten minutes before ours does and Alex has a meeting in the UK with Red Bull and then he will fly back to the Alpha Tauri headquarters. "Ok fine. You can buy coffee, as long as you stop complaining about us buying dinner." George finally agrees.

Lando drives back to the hotel, since he didn't drink, and the boys let me sit in front which I'm very glad about. As we drive through Melbourne I watch the lights dance across Lando's face. He notices me staring and smiles at me which makes me laugh.

"Bye guys. I'll see you at 7 tomorrow morning." I say with a smile as I walk out the elevator onto my floor. My room is on the floor below the guys rooms, for some unknown reason. I lay out my casual Red Bull shirt and some black leggings for the long flight tomorrow before packing the rest of my stuff. I brush my teeth and wash my face.

As I sit down on the bed a knock on my door echoes through my room. Confused, I open the door to reveal Lando. "Hi." He smiles. "Hello." I say and gently grab his hand, tugging him into my room. He closes the door behind him and kisses me. After a few minutes I pull away, catching my breath. I lean my forehead against his, looking into his deep blue eyes. I get lost in his eyes. "Wow." He whispers. "Wow." I reply which causes both of us to break out into a fit of giggles.

Lando jumps onto the bed and sits against the headboard. "Making yourself comfortable, are you?" I ask with a smile. "Yeah, but I would be more comfortable if a certain someone was next to me." He said opening his arms. "How are you so cute all the time?" I ask and climb into the bed next to him, he wraps his arms around me and I lean into his embrace. "I guess that's just something you will have to get used to babe." He whispers into my ear, which sends shivers down my spine. "Never." I say with a smile and he kisses my forehead.