Part 8 | Race Day

The race went terrible for Lando and Charles, both never got the chance to cross the finish line as they had car issues and crashes.

Pierre finished P5, I was happy for him but still saddened by the results for Lando and Charles.

Charlotte, Arthur and I waited for Charles in the paddock and as we did, Charlotte had been asking sleek and discrete questions, she was curious about Lando of course.

When Charles returned he was rather pissed off, Arthur hurried after him as Charlotte and I watched, we shared a knowing look and decided not to test his patience, so we stayed back till he had cooled off.

"So, seriously. What's going on between you and Lando?" Charlotte asked once again and wiggled her brows.

"We're friends, nothing else" I say and shrug my shoulders. I was glad I was standing in the sun and it had reddened my cheeks so she couldn't see me blushing.

"Right, friends" Charlotte retorted with a snort. "Jamie?" Speak of the devil and he shows up.

I turned around as well as Charlotte as Lando walked up to us, a brunette guy walked next to him with a grin on his face.

"Hey, I'm sorry about the race" I say and hug him as he approaches me. When we pull away the brunette guy stands awkwardly next to Charlotte.

"It's fine" Lando said and gave me a small smile. "This is Max Fewtrell, my old roommate" Lando introduced and Max gave me a hug.

"Hi, nice to meet you!" I say politely. I don't miss the wide smile on Lando's face when I pull away and smile at Max.

"You too, you're all Lando has been talking about for the last week or so" Max said and Lando hit him in the back of his head and I chuckled.

"Really?" Charlotte asks with a smirk and I roll my eyes and bump my shoulder with hers.

"Where's Charles?" Lando asks and furrow his brows in confusion, I glance at Charlotte and she explains.

Lando leans in to my ear while keeping his eyes on Charlotte as she talks. "Wrong team color, Jams. You disappoint me" Lando retorted and I snort and push his head away from mine.

"Then get me the right one" I retort and Lando gives me a 'really' look before shrugging, he reaches down to the edge of his shirt and begins to lift it and once I realize what he was doing I slap his hands away from his shirt and eye our surroundings.

"Are you crazy? Keep your clothes on please" I retort and Max overhears and laughs.

"Jams! We need you" Arthur suddenly shouts from the paddock. "Me? Why?" I ask confused, Charlotte was next to me...

"You too, Char" Arthur just shouts. "Alright, well. I guess we'll see you later-for the partying we talked about" I say and point at Lando who shakes his head with a laugh.

"Yeah, you're not gonna be able to keep up, Jas" Lando said and I flipped him both my middle fingers. "Try me, muppet" I call out as I back up along with Charlotte.

He just smirks and I return the smirk before turning back around. "I love her already" I overhear Max say and laughs as well as Lando.

When Charlotte and I enter Charles' room we both await an explanation. "You guys ready to go?" Charles asks, I look back and forth between Charles and Arthur in confusion.

Arthur made it seem like something was wrong?

"Is everything okay?" Charlotte asks, thinking the same as me, Charles turns to her confused and nods. "Why wouldn't it be?" Charles asks before pressing a kiss to her lips then he ruffles my hair and I glare at him then Arthur.

"I am going to kill you, Art. You better run!" I snap at him, he grins innocently while Charles remained confused as we headed out-me chasing Arthur out of the paddock and Charlotte and Charles walking peacefully together.

"I hate you!"

"No you don't!"

"Fuck you!"

"You wish!"

"Piss off Arthur!"

"Neveeeeer!" Arthur shouts while laughing as he runs up to the car.

I smack Arthur on the back of the head as we both sit in the back of Charles' Ferrari.

"I'm usually the passenger princess" Arthur whines with a pout. "No, you're just a princess" I retort and cross my arms.

"Why are you so uptight? Do we need to find you some?" Arthur asks and wiggles his brows. I shove him back and roll my eyes.

"You simply have a talent for pissing me off, Mon amour" I retort and Arthur grins.

"That's the sweetest thing you have ever said to me"

"Piss of"

"Hey, you two. Calm the fuck down" Charles retorts as he pulls out of the parking lot.

Once we arrived at the hotel, we split up and got ready for the dinner and then the club afterwards.

When we met up with the other drivers I couldn't help but admire Lando's white button up shirt, the sleeves were rolled up and the first few buttons were open, he wore black jeans to pair it.

He looked awfully good. Though I kept that opinion to myself otherwise I would get slaughtered.

By Arthur, no doubt.

We ate dinner and then headed out to the club two hours after. Apparently the drivers had been there before.

Esteban were celebrating his maiden win. Lewis and Carlos finished second and third.

While celebrating the guys I got to know Max more and hung out with him and Lando. Every once in a while I was swooped away from the guys by the girlfriends of the drivers.

Currently Kelley, Isa, Kika, Charlotte, Heidi, Lily and I were dancing on the dance floor.

The bass of the music bounced off of the walls in the club, the vibe was amazing, it truly had been worth waiting for.

Lando came up to me and twirled me around and turned his back to the girls to block me from them.

"You enjoying yourself?" He asks over the music, I nod my head repeatedly and continue to dance, Lando chuckles and shakes his head at me.

"Do you know every guy in here has their eyes on you?" He leans down to my ear and I feel goosebumps rising on my neck.

"No?" I say, but it sounds like a question, I wasn't sure what I should answer to that.

"Come on, dance with me-move your hips. You're stiff as a stick, Lan" I insist and put my hands on his hips, Lando laughs and shakes his head at me once again, but he slowly moves his hips to my hands' command.

I giggled as he began to let lose, once he did I placed my arms around his neck and locked them, we danced and Lando put his hands on my hips instead.

"I've really had an amazing time with you here. You're a good guy" I say over the music and he just smiles at me.

He's trying to hide his toothy smile and once I notice this, a grin creeps onto my face and his teeth shows in his smile, I tear my eyes off of his and clear my throat.

A tingle settled in my stomach and I almost felt uneasy for a second. Shortly after Max comes up to Lando and needs him for something, that made Lando excuse himself and so he left me on the dance floor.

I attempted to fight the uneasiness in my bones as I watched the two go. Lando was just a great friend, he made me smile and laugh a lot-just like Arthur does. He's just a good guy, inside out.

Though it felt like I was trying to convince myself that I didn't recognize what I felt.