Baby Blues - Lando Norris

T W E N T Y - S E V E N

"I slept well, bit warm but i was fine." He told her, not daring to rest his eyes because he knew that he'd end up falling asleep again and not wanting to get out of bed. "Are you coming on the track walk?" He asked her, Thea just about to answer when they both felt a soft kick against their hands causing them to both laugh. "I'll take that as a yes then."

"Yeah, ill come with you, if that's alright with you? This one clearly doesn't like me sitting around and doing nothing." Thea joked, letting go of his hand so she could properly stretch, letting out a sigh of satisfaction whilst doing it.

"You know i love you coming on track walks, so does the team, they love you." He reassured her, lifting his head up so he could look at her in the dim lighting, even in horrible lighting and first thing in the morning, she was still the most beautiful woman in his eyes; even when her messy bun was messy, she had some mascara under her eyes and she looked like she just got dragged through a bush. Leaning into her so he could kiss her, Thea pulled away with a jokey disgusted look on her face casing him to furrow his brows and question what was the matter.

"Morning breath, babe." She teased, him knowing that she was only joking as they never had a problem with kissing each other in the morning. Shaking his head, he cupped her cheek and pulled her face closer to his, crashing their lips together in a passionate kiss but it was still gentle in a way; not trying to get too carried away with this, they both pulled away slowly so they could get their breath back. Pecking his lips a few more times, even with a smile on her face, the couple were finally ready to get ready for the Wednesday ahead of them; little did they know how chaotic everything would be.

The paddock on Wednesday was full of rumours; rumours that consisted of four people that were suspected to have COVID and that the entire race could be cancelled. Yet even after these speculations going around, people still desperately wanted to see their favourite drivers race, even if it meant risking everything. Many were confused, most were anxious and everybody had an opinion; whether it was positive or negative. Even when they were eating their breakfast with the other Carlos and a couple of mclaren workers, the main conversation topic was about the Coronavirus and Lando still finding a way to make the situation positive by making a joke about a gas mask.

The track walk was Thea's favourite part of the day as she could get her steps ups and do some exercise whilst also being with her boyfriend and having some fun. As Lando was walking and talking about the car with his engineer, Thea was a few feet behind them with Jon, the pair of them making jokes about life and talking about their worries and predictions for the season. "Are you worried about this?" Jon asked seriously, looking over to the blonde woman that he classed as a friend who pushed her sunglasses up her nose.

"About COVID?" She asked back, watching as he nodded. "Yeah, I'm absolutely nervous about everything. I was so close to not coming this weekend because its so unpredictable what can and will happen. I'm worried about family and friends, about me or Lando catching it and passing it onto the baby, the fans and everybody in the paddock. There's already rumours about four people having symptoms, once there's one positive test that's it."

"I understand what you mean, its a scary hing knowing that loads of people are dying but the FIA are doing what they can and they're gonna investigate the situation and if something does happen, they'll do the right thing." He reassured her, placing his hand on her shoulder and giving it a squeeze making her smile appreciatively at him. "Enough with all the negativity, hows my nephew doing?"

"Amazing but he's a bloody pain, every time I'm not moving around, he'll kick for ages. Sometimes I'm not bothered because its soft but a lot of the time, he will go for it." She laughed, causing him to chuckle along with her.

"He could be a footballer when he grows up, he's already got the moves for it and he's not even born yet." Jon suggested, them both laughing and slightly drawing some attention as a few people, including Lando, turned and looked at them for a brief second.