Part 6 | Quali

The sun was shining on my face and I slowly opened my eyes, once I had adjusted to the light I felt a presence behind me.

Remembering last night and Lando falling asleep I smiled by the thought.

I slowly turned around in his arms and saw him still sound asleep.

My eyes widen in panic as I see the watch behind him on the nightstand.

"Shit! Lando! You overslept—fuck you have to be at the track in thirty minutes" I ramble and immediately I push out of Lando's arms and I hurry to get dressed.

"What?—Fuck!!" Lando cursed as my words sunk into his head, he shot up from the bed and darted for the door—but then stopped halfway and turned back to me hesitating to leave so suddenly.

"I will see you at the track! I'll bring breakfast to you and I will catch you before the race—just get ready and go" I half shout to him as I pull my pants on and zip them up.

"Thanks!" Lando said and hurried out of my room. I got ready and got dressed before curling my hair in messy beach wavy curls then I hurried to the breakfast buffet and got many loads of breakfast to go, then I caught Charlotte and I drove with her to the track.

I ran off when we got through security and checked in, I ran off to the McLaren paddock and wave to Daniel but continued to run past him.

"Where's Lando?" I shout back to Daniel. "His driver room!" Daniel shouted back with a laugh and I took off for his room and knocked multiple times.

"Come in" Lando shouted and I opened the door and held the bag up for him to see.

He laughed and smiled at me as I closed the door behind me. "Fuck, I'm fast" I said breathlessly.

"And you've got five minutes to spare" I added and placed the bag on the table. Lando had just changed and were in his suit, he peaked into the bag and smiled.

"My favorites, how did you know?" Lando asked and began to unpack the food.

"Because it's my favorite too" I retorted and grabbed a pancake and sat across from him.

He began to dive in and I glanced at the time. "I'm sorry for falling asleep in your room" Lando apologized once he had a second without eating.

"It's okay, I'm just glad you fell asleep after you had struggled to all night" I say and shrug my shoulders.

"Thank you" Lando said and smiled at me. "Of course, don't worry about it" I say and shoot him a wink, he laughs in return before finishing as much as he could.

My phone began buzzing and I glanced at the screen and saw Arthur calling, I answered immediately.

"Yeah?"

"Are you on the track?"

"Yeah, I'm sorry I didn't stop by this morning I overslept and had to get breakfast to go to get here on time" I say and wince a bit.

"If you're here then where are you? I've been looking everywhere—oh Charlotte just walked in" Arthur says and mumbles something to her.

"I'm at the McLaren paddock—I'll be there soon" I assure him and he begins to protest about how I had no time for him anymore and I rolled my eyes before hanging up, a laugh escaped my mouth at Arthur's ability to be so dramatic.

"Boy trouble?" Lando asks with a small laugh, but it's awkward.

"No, well actually it's—Arthur trouble. He's crazy I swear" I retort with a small laugh and stand up to get ready to leave.

"I'm gonna head over to Ferrari, are you good?" I ask and Lando nods with a small smile.

"Thank you for bringing food" Lando says before standing up as well.

"You're welcome. Now give them hell and be safe, okay?" I say and Lando nods with a grin.

"Of course. I'll see you later?" He asks and I nod. "Yeah, I'll see you after Quali" I reply and he nods with a smile.

"Not that you need it but—good luck" I say before slipping out of his room. I close the door behind me and then I head over to the Ferrari paddock.

Charlotte and Arthur greets me once again and I hug Arthur before ruffling his hair to annoy him.

Once qualifying is over hours later, I meet up with Lando, Charles and Daniel. We talk and the boys tells Charlotte, Arthur and I about the race.

"Jams, are you having dinner with, Cha cha, Charles and I tonight?" Arthur asks and I shrug and nod.

"Sure, I have no plans" I say and Arthur wraps his arm around my shoulders and pulls me into his side before pinching my cheek.

"Just admit that we're your only friends"

"Yeah sure, you're my only friends in a new country I've never been in, Art" I retort and roll my eyes before slapping his hand away from my cheeks.

Charles laughs and shakes his head at us and I glare at Arthur. "Alright you two, separate" Charles says before pushing us apart as I began to pinch Arthur's side which made him shriek like a girl.

"Alright, alright. Let's go back to the hotel, I'm tired. I need a nap" I say and Charlotte laughs before pulling me with her to the cars.

When we had gotten back to the hotel, we had split ways and I had begun to get ready, but first I got a one hour nap and then I got to work.

I had to look decent and I was tired and felt like shit to be honest, I just wanted to sleep and watch movies in bed all night.

But I forced myself to go and now I was waiting for everyone in the lobby, Lando, Carlos and Daniel had arrived and we were chatting about the track and the race tomorrow.

We only needed Arthur, Charles and Charlotte. The three always takes a million years to get ready.

Just as the three walked out of the elevator, I glanced their way, only to see another person walk out of it with them—Mike.

Was that a coincidence or what was happening? My eyes widened and I turned my back to them instantly. "Fuck!" I hissed under my breath and cleared my throat as someone tapped my shoulder.

I felt Lando's eyes on me as I forced a smile and turned to the person. It was of course, Mike.

"Hey"

"Hi, can we talk for a second?" Mike asked and I nodded and excused myself. Arthur's eyes widened as he realized the only other person I knew that wasn't a driver—was Mike.

He began to laugh and he watched me like a Hawk, Charles and Charlotte looked at him confused and worried for his outburst.

"Who's that?" I overhead Lando ask. "What's up?" I ask Mike and smile at him.

"I'm getting the feeling that you're not interested, so I just wanted to say that I had a great time with you and it was really nice to meet you" Mike said, my eyes almost fell out of my head as I registered his words.

"Oh, yeah. I guess you're right, it just didn't work out for me. I'm sorry, I wanted to talk to you about it but my friends came and they've kept me busy" I say, I truly did feel sorry for not having had this talk with him before now, but I couldn't do a thing about it.

Luckily he seemed calm and okay with everything.

"It's okay, I'll see you around" he said and leaned in to press a kiss to my cheek before leaving, Arthur had to put his fist over his mouth as Mike passed them, they all shared a nod and Arthur bit hard into his fist to shut the bad jokes and laughs down.

Though I knew he would only keep them in till Mike had left and I was back with them. I headed back over to them and gave them a smile. "Ready to go?"

Everyone nodded and began to walk out of the lobby of the hotel and into the cars. Arthur swung his arm around my shoulders and pulled me into his side and finally released the laugh he had been holding in.

"That was the dude? Damn, I feel so—""—Shut up, it's fine. He was on the same page as me" I cut Arthur off, Arthur began to giggle once again as he poked my cheek when we got into the car.

"I hate you"

"You love me"

"Shut up"

"You shut up"

It was going to be a long night.