THE RACE AND THE JOY

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my eyes were closed as my phone rang.

LANDO . why is he calling me ?

i picked up

"what d-" i tried to speak but lando cut me off

"SA-SAARA ? ARE YOU - ARE YOU OKAY ?" he said breathing heavily , i could sense pain , fear , anger and guilt all in his voice. what happened ? he seemed....worried if that's the right word.

"ye-yeah im okay lando....what happened ?" i said as i gulped some air out of confusion 

"WHERE ARE YOU ? YOU ARE CLEARLY NOT IN YOUR ROOM !" he said but with anger only this time.

"i'm at Arthurs i-" lando cut me of again 

"of course you are" he let out a slight angry chuckle and hung up.

what the fuck ? 

i looked at the time , 2:18 , why would he call me at 2:18 and ask me if im okay with mixed emotions ?

i tried to call him again but he did not pick up.

i looked around. i was no longer in the backyard. i was in a bed. i must have fell asleep and the buys must have put me here. robert was sleeping beside me. good that he did not wake up because of me.

but why did lando call me ?

its good that i have not been sleeping for long , otherwise ....i would have had a nightmare again and all the boys will know about it....that would be bad. 

i got up from the bed and went to the kitchen. i had a glass of water. and went to the big backyard again.

it was quite , i mean what would you rather expect at 2:30 am , the moonlight was all over the place which reflected in the pool. 

i sat there for a while when i heard the keys jingling and the door opening.

CHARLES

"hey charles" i said turning back in a sleepy voice 

"hey , why are you up at this time ?" he asked removing his jacket and putting it on the couch.

"i could ask you the same question" i joked

"well , i was training....you were probably killing arthur and his mates so why are you up now?" he asked

"i couldn't sleep" i lied. he did not know how bad i wanted to sleep.

"well you have a bad habbit of staying up late then" he furrowed his eyebrows and sat down beside me.

"so do you Mr.im-perfect" i laughed 

"you know , george's girlfriend was asking for you" he said

"Caroline ?" i asked

"yeah you should have come , we had fun" he said

"well i was going to come but the boys wanted me to stay too....you , george and caroline should have been here.." i said

"so you could burn my house down? no thank you" he laughed and i laughed too

"so you're not gonna sleep?" i asked after some time

"i think i will , im tired...come on you can sleep in my room i'll sleep on the couch" he said

"i dont think i will sleep" i said

"what ? why ?" he asked but i could not tell him the truth because i can tell him how weak i am mentally.

"i- you know i think i will leave for the hotel now and train for todays race" i said

"its almost 3 , you cant go alone at this time" he said

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