We told Charles and Charlotte that we were going to get fresh air but they were too infatuated with each other to read into us leaving together. George was still nowhere to be found. When we surfaced to the street it was dead quiet, not a soul to be seen. So we both took our masks off to feel the fresh air brush against our faces before proceeding to hold hands and stroll to the train station.

We got on the train but my ears were still ringing from the music. Even though the whole carriage was empty I was pulled to be as close to lando as I could, leaning into his side with my head on his shoulder.
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YN: "you've got quite the moves mr Norris."
LN: "ugh I love clubs, the music sweeping you away."
YN; "how poetic of you."
LN: "no seriously you gotta listen to my spotify playlist."
YN: "okay okay if you insist."
I let the silence sit for a bit before approaching the whole George situation.
YN: "so nothing happened, but I can tell you didn't talk to George about me having a boyfriend did you."
Lando jerked up, an attentive face.
LN: "what did he do?!"
YN: "well for starters had his hands on my hips which I thought were yours until I turned around. He then leant in but I shut it down. Broke the bad news myself."
LN: "shit. Sorry I should've said something earlier."
YN: "it's alright, I've seen my fair share of relentless boys, at least he gave up."
LN: "don't get me wrong George Is one of my best mates but he is thinks so highly of himself it's painful."
YN: "watching his interviews last year I could see that, everything and everyone is blamed for his shit racing but he never blames himself. Arrogance."
LN: "did you watch my interviews?"
I cringed, it was a wierd thing to think about. I did, I watched everything to do with F1 analyzing everything. But Landos were a break from it.
YN: "I was indeed a fan of carlando."
LN: "ahhhh ahahaha" his screaming laugh carried through the train
YN: "ohh shut up."
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We were goofing our way through the hotel, blissfully happy, dancing and sneaking a few kisses. We turned around the corner of the hallway to approach my room when I saw char sitting across from the door, a laptop and camera in front of her.
Shit. She wanted to see me and I completely forgot.
CS: "YN! Oh and lando too even better!"
YN: "char I'm so sorry I completely forgot-"
CS: "it's fine! We can chat in your room."

Lando and I looked at each other, she was suppressing anger under her high pitch 'happy' voice she uses. She set up the laptop facing away from lando and i who were sitting on the couch.
LN: "Erm Charlotte it's a bit late and I was on my way to my room to sleep can we do this another time?"
CS: "your room was the other way down the hall."
LN: "I was just making sure she got home alright. Being a gentlemen and all." He mumbled the last part, he was confused and so was I.
YN: "Charlotte come on tell us what's up."
CS: "i was working hard to finish editing the unboxed video so I could release it tomorrow but it appears lando doesn't know how to operate the camera."
My heart picked up it's pace quickly.
CS: "now the button with the microphone on it doesn't actually turn the video off, it just mutes it, so I couldn't hear what was going on but it wasn't hard to read between the lines."
She turned the laptop around and there I was, sitting on Landos lap, groaning to the kisses he placed on my neck. Fuck. This was bad. I was frozen, no words, charlottes glare kept me in place.
LN: "Jesus okay we get it." Lando reached over and shut the laptop before sitting back on the couch, head in his hands. How on earth did I get in this position. I retreated back into the couch, slouched over, wanting to disappear.
YN: "I'm sorry char." It came out so softly I wasn't even sure if she heard.
CS: "sorry?" She scoffed. "The ONE thing I said couldn't happen? Cant you see how frustrating this is . My jobs to create a good image and I said this would do the complete opposite and it's like you don't even care!"
LN; "hey! It's not like there is anyway we could've prevented this even if we tried. In YNs defense she didn't want to cave in to being in a relationship-"
CS: "a relationship!"
God this was just escalating, I was worried other people could hear by this stage.
Lando slammed his hands on the table and stood up firing, startling me and Charlotte in the process.
LN: "fuck this I draw the line here, you hypocrite."
I raised my eyebrows. This was unfolding like a drama series. I watched charlottes face fall and I felt a twinge of sadness for her, after all she's my friend, was maybe.
LN: "yeah that's right, you don't remember the little fling you and jarv had that I walked in on? That I kept secret!"
God lando was mad, an unusual color for him. But it was contagious, I was now furious too. How dare Charlotte lecture me about intrateam relationships if she was in one too.
YN: "I thought we were a team, no?"
CS: "it's different."
YN: "how?"
CS: "do I really have to spell it for you?" She sounded exhausted by now. "You've just come into F1, this would destroy your reputation, people would make comments like you slept your way into the team-"
YN: "get out." I gritted through my teeth.
CS: "I'm not saying I think-"
YN: I joined in on the screaming "Get the fuck out!"
She grabbed her things and stormed out. I slammed the door shut on her way before pacing around the room, still buzzing with fury. Slept my way through the team? Who does she think I am? And sure you can say that you don't think it but nonetheless it came out of her mouth. Lando stood there dumbfounded, scratching the back of his neck. I don't think he had ever seen me this mad either. After a while of walking in circles he cautiously approached me, then once he felt brave he wrapped me in his arms letting me furrow his head under his chin. I didn't speak, I just cried silent tears.
LN: "it'll be fine. Everything will work out."
He tried hard to reassure but my breathing wouldn't even out. Deep down I knew I had well and truly fucked myself over.