Part 2 | Texts

It was early in the morning when Lando, Pierre, Arthur and I made our way drunkely down the streets of Monaco.

Laughing loudly and almost walking into buildings as we stumbled around, I held onto Lando for support while Arthur tried to pull me down with him.

Pierre? He was laughing his ass off, he moved his hand to reach out for a lamppost to steady on, but he leaned forward too fast and ended up missing the lamppost, he slammed his cheek into the metallic lamppost.

That did it for me, I laughed so hard that Arthur succeeded in pulling me down to the ground, Lando let go of me as he leaned over to laugh as well.

I landed half on top of Arthur and on the pavement. "Ow, Ça fait mal" Pierre mumbled, whining about how much it hurt.

Suddenly a car pulled up next to us, one that I recognized all too well. "Well, good morning Charlie" I called out from my spot on the ground.

He glared at Arthur before nodding his head to his ferrari. "Oh shit, he's mad" I whispered not so subtle.

Lando snorted before hoisting me up from the ground, Arthur followed suit as we all piled into Charles' car.

Pierre, Lando and I sat in the back, once I was squished in between the two, I leaned my head on Lando's shoulder and let my eyes rest a bit.

I should've known that I would've fallen asleep, because I woke up in Charles' apartment and Charlotte was waiting for me, she was excited to hear what had happened after Charles and her had left the club.

"Nothing really happened, I think Arthur and Pierre scared the guy away, so nothing happened. But Lando, wow he was so kind, he was so funny too" I say and smile a little at the memory.

Charlotte squeals in excitement and hits my shoulder while Charles scoffs at her.

"Nothing will happen, Char" Charles says and I nod in agreement.

"Why not? You're obviously into each other?" Charlotte says, her head flies back and forth between Charles and I, in confusion.

"Jamie here, made an oath, she's not gonna break it ever" Charles said and mockingly rolled his eyes, he had heard it a million times.

"Oh come on, it doesn't make me a bad person" I retort with a scoff at Charles' mockery.

I cross my arms in defense and Charlotte raises an eyebrow. "Okay, now I'm curious"

"It's just, I made myself a promise, I don't ever want to date a celebrity. That's all" I say and shrug, it wasn't a big thing? I never understood Charles and Arthur's annoyance with my choice.

"Oh, but-why?" Charlotte asks with narrowed eyes.

"I just don't. I get insecure, I get jealous. I've seen you guys' relationship and Pierre's as well, there's always cheating rumours and other shit going on. There's literally an entire fandom swooning over Charles and millions of girls that wants to fuck him" I retort and Charlotte cringes.

"Yeah, alright. I see your point, but that's just some of the bad parts. What about the good parts? You get to be with the guy you love and the one and only? Isn't that worth it in the end?" Charlotte asks.

"Maybe for others, but I just don't date celebrities. Sorry, I wouldn't be able to handle it and I don't want to ruin a good friendship, which is what I hope to have with Lando" I say and Charlotte nods understandingly, she knew I wouldn't change my mind.

This was something she could sense was argued about a lot, which meant I was as always- stubborn as hell and the guys never succeeded in talking sense into me.

My phone vibrates from the table and I pick it up, a message from a number and a nickname I hadn't seen before flashed across the screen.

Mr. Morris:
Morning, chaos. how are you feeling?

I snorted at the nickname as I suddenly recalled typing his name and number into my phone.

Jams:
Good morning, Mr. Morris.
I'm feeling good, what about you?

Mr. Morris:
You're hurting me, Jasmine.
I was doing fine, not anymore :(

"Why are you smiling at your phone like a creep?" Charlotte cuts me out of my zone out moment and I look up at her.

"Oh, nothing" I say and put my phone down, I try to hide my smile behind my hand while Charles whines about his hangovers.

Jams:
Aw, little Morris. I'm sorry, forgive me?

Mr. Morris:
I will forgive you, if you want to hang out today.

Jams:
Alright, whatever it takes for you to forgive me.

Mr. Morris:
That's what I like to hear, I'll pick you up for lunch.

I didn't like the smile his texts brought to my face, I cleared my throat and put my phone away after replying a quick 'okay'.

"Do you want to get lunch today?" Charles asks me and I look up, slightly panicked on what to say, I didn't want to misunderstand. I didn't want them to start something, or to make it sound like there was something between Lando and I.

"I sort of have plans, but maybe tomorrow?" I ask and Charles nods before checking his phone. "Art will join tomorrow as well" He says and I nod, Charlotte stares at me with suspicion.

"What?" I ask her, although I had nothing to feel bad about, I became smaller in my seat the more she watched me.

"Who are you having lunch with?" She asks me with a small smirk. I roll my eyes and stand up before getting dressed properly.

"Yeah, who are you getting lunch with?" Charles chirps in with a curious look on his face. "Just drive me back to get my car, please" I beg him, he laughs before nodding his head towards his door and I grab my heels and slip them on.

I kiss Charlotte's cheek and mutter a bye to her before following Charles out the door.

"So, who are you having lunch with?" Charles asked again as we got into his car.

"Geez, does it matter this much?" I retort and scoff as I put on the seatbelt.

"Yeah, it does. Cause you don't date celebrities-yet I'm pretty sure you're going on a date with one at lunch" Charles retorts and I groan loudly.

"It's not a date, we're just hanging out as friends. Nothing else" I retort and glare at him.

"Sure, tell Lando I said hi" Charles retorts and my jaw drops-how did he? How?

"You're gonna give me a migraine" I mumble and rub my temples as he takes off down the street.

"You're not denying it, so how are you gonna handle him? I'm pretty sure he's interested in you, because he asked about you a lot last night" Charles looks at me briefly to see how I was taking it.

"I'll just make it clear to him over lunch, if he doesn't want to be my friend after that, I understand" I say and shrug. Though the thought of him only wanting to date me and not being my friend, made my chest hurt a tiny bit.

I just met him, but we got along so well. I already cared for him as a friend.

"Jamie, I just don't understand how you came to this choice-""-I'm not doing this again, Charles. I won't date any kind of celebrity, that's my choice to make. I won't fall for a celebrity" I cut him off sharply, knowing where it was going.

Charles sighs and shakes his head before pulling over to the side of the road, in front of Max' building.

"Thanks for the ride" I mumble before leaving his car. I retrieve my car keys before racing home to my house.

When I got there, I saw my sisters car in the driveway. I sighed and got out of my car befoe going inside.

"Jamie! Baby, I was hungry so I stole your pringles" Sofia calls out once I enter my own house, I hug her and nod at her words. I didn't care.

"Wow, you look upset, what happened?" She asked and sat down on the couch and pulled me down with her.

"I wish I could talk about this but, I'm having lunch with a friend in an hour or so" I say and sigh once again. Charles' thoughts on my choice of personal life was affecting my thoughts.

I found myself becoming nervous of the whole thing, nevertheless I had texted my address to Lando, no backing out now.

He confirmed that he was indeed picking me up in an hour, so while I tried to explain my frustrations to my sister, I showered and got ready, while she kept me company.

"Is it because of him?" She asked once I was done, I nodded my head and finished my mascara.

"I made a promise to myself and I'm gonna keep it" I say and exhale a deep shaky breath.

I slip on a pair of white shorts and a white lose button up shirt with a baby blue top underneath it.

"I understand, and I don't want to sound like the guys, but not all dudes are the same. I'm just saying, it wouldn't hurt to give another one a chance..." Sofia said and I nodded, I understood her bright and clear.

I just wasn't ready to give any celebrity a chance, dating a normal guy was easier. Less problematic and hard.

Before I knew it, a McLaren pulled up into my driveway, Sofia gasped as she saw Lando step out of his car and walk up to my front door.

Before I could tell her to calm her shit, she ripped the door open before Lando had a chance to knock on my door.

"Oh my god" She blurted out at him, he laughed a little confused before his eyes found mine behind her, his shoulders visibly relaxed and I decided to save him.

"Hi, this is my sister Sofia. Don't mind her" I say and grab my purse and phone before slipping past her as she stood frozen in the middle of the doorway.

Lando laughed and nodded. "Nice to meet you, are you ready?" Lando said and I nodded before pushing Sofia back into my house as she just kept staring at Lando.

"And go back to your own house! I gave you a key for emergencies, Sofia" I retort, Lando laughs behind me and Sofia grins.

"Well, I don't have a pool, so it was an emergency" Sofia shrugged before slamming my door closed.

"I'm never going to get her out of my house, I swear" I retort with a small laugh.

"Your sister is...fun" Lando commented and I rolled my eyes and laughed along with him.

"She's a little, well-crazy. So, where are we going for lunch?" I ask as Lando opens the car door for me, I smile and get in.

As he got in himself he turned to me. "I know a great place, you probably know it, but you'll see"

"Exciting, how did you get home? I don't remember anything else but falling asleep on your shoulder and when I woke up I was at Charles' apartment" I say and Lando chuckles as he drives out of my driveway and onto the street.

"Charles stopped at Pierre's first, and then mine, though it was hard to leave because you slept on me" Lando retorted and I blushed a bit.

"Sorry, but good that you were able to get home safely" I say and Lando smiles at me.

"So, where do you live?" I ask him. "Well, I recently moved here to Monaco, but I used to live in Surrey" I nodded my head and noted the new information.

It turned out that the café Lando took us to was one I had been dying to try for months, we talked for hours almost till dinner time came around.

I don't remember the last time I had laughed this much, I enjoyed spending time with Lando, we could talk about anything.

I had even come clean about my promise to myself of not dating a celebrity. Where Lando had responded with tsk and "They ruin it for everybody-kidding, it's fair. I just enjoy spending time with you"

I already knew Lando was going to be one of my close friends, he even planned to drive me to the airport when I was leaving tomorrow night.

I had accepted, I wanted to get to know him as much as I could. He was an amazing person, he's sweet, considerate, funny as hell and he just have the purest heart.

After having a small evening snack and movie night with Sofia, I went to bed with a smile on my face, thinking of all of the times I had laughed with Lando today.

This was the beginning of something great.