Lando glared at the pair, that’s all he has been doing from the moment he noticed them arriving together at the paddock. The bubble of jealousy in him getting worse by every second as Pierre flirted with Daniella. Both his mind and heart were a mess the past few days. Daniella has tried to contact him many times but he ignored her calls and texts, she even came by his hotel room but he pretended he was not there. He feels like an idiot for acting this way but he just didn’t want to face her, worried that he might say something wrong.


“You idiot,” Lando flinched as someone smacked the back of his head.


“What was that for?”


“That was for acting like a complete jerk to Dani,” Nate scolded. “And for not telling her how you feel.”


Lando froze, unable to utter a word as Nate stood infront of him blocking his view of the pair. “I don’t understand what…”


“Cut the crap Norris, everyone with more than two brain cell can see you have feelings for her.”


Till now Lando was pretty sure he has been hiding his feelings well, only Carlos was able to figure it out. But apparently he was wrong. “It doesn’t matter now, she is with Pierre and he is treating her well.”


“Are you in high school? Going on only two dates doesn’t mean they are together,” Nate explained. “And even on the date she was checking her phone after every few minutes, even Pierre got annoyed by it.”


“How do you kn…”


“She told me…don’t tell her I told you that.” Nate warned the young driver.


Lando shook his head moved a little to the side to see Daniella. “I am not even sure we will talk again.”


“Ughh you two idiots.”


Daniella wished good luck to Pierre before making her way to her team. She once again checked her phone to see if there was any text from Lando but once again there was no text. She has missed him a lot in the past few days and even cried in her room, unsure why he is treating her like this.

***

“Umm Nate, I think something is wrong with my tires,” Daniella said over the radio but got no response. She repeated again but still no response, making her realized radio is not working.


“Shit!”


She suddenly felt loosing control of the car and going off the trace. Before she could brace herself the car went and made contact with the barricade.


“Was that Ella or Max?” Lando asked as he witnessed the incident seconds before driving past it.


“It was Daniella, Lando.”


“Is she okay?” he panicked.


“Her team is checking, will let you know.”


Safety car was deployed and soon Daniella was helped out off the car. She almost fell due to the dizziness. Soon she was taken to her motorhome where she was checked by the doctor.

***

“What happened?” Lando asked his engineer as he got out of his car. A worried look plastered on his face.


“Something to do with her tires and we also heard her radio stopped working,” the engineer explained.


“I should go see her.”


“You have a race to finish and she is now getting examined by her doctor. You can see her after the race.”


Lando reluctantly stayed put, waiting for the race to resume.

***

Instagram

Daniellamichaels: I am okay

User215: please take full rest till the next race


User631: she could have been on the podium again 😭


Maxverstappen1: get off instagram and get some rest


Pierregasly: ❤️❤️


User786: did anyone see how Lando rushed to Dani’s motorhome after the race?

***


Lando went to see Daniella as soon as the race was over but was told she already went back to her hotel, so here he is now outside of her room.


Daniella was too tired and was about to sleep when she heard knocks on her door. She dragged her tired self out of the bed and towards the door.


As soon as she opened the door two familiar arms pulled her into a tight hug. She was at first shocked but then returned the hug.


“Don’t scare me again like that,” Lando said as he slowly let go of her. “You how worried I was..”


“Wasn’t sure you cared,” Daniella whispered. She took a step back making way for Lando to walk into the room.


“I was an idiot. I was a jerk, a massive jerk to you.”


She shook her head and gave a small smile. “Doesn’t matter, you are hear now. I have missed you a lot.”


“I will never stay away from you again, not even if you ask me to,” he joked.


Both spent the next hour talking and catching up. Soon Daniella’s eyes started getting heavy with sleep and her tiredness not allowing her to function more.

Her phone started ringing and Lando got it from the night stand to hand it to her.

"Your boyfriend is calling."

She took the phone and declined the call before tossing it aside. "I don't have the energy to talk with him now. And he is not my boyfriend."




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