No strings attached

26.

Lando's POV

Qualifying wasn't that bad, but wasn't too great either. I was already grateful that I could actually take part in it, considering my crash during practice.

Aimée left during Q2, Kara explained everything and I wasn't mad about it. I knew she had to do that.
I knew she wanted to make up with her mother, I just hoped the talk went fine.

I just returned to my apartment when my doorbell rang.
I grumbled as I walked to the door and opened it. My face quickly dropped when I saw Aimée standing in front of me, crying.
"I-I am sorry to b-bother you but I didn't know where else to g-go" she stuttered between her cries.
I didn't know what to say or do, I never saw her like that before.
"Sorry i-it was stupid" she shook her head and tried to turn around but I didn't let her.
I grabbed her arm softly and pulled her in my arms.
She started crying even harder so I walked with her to the couch and we just laid down together.
I don't know for how long we were laying in each other arms, an hour? Probably even more.
It was the closest I've ever been to her, even being literally inside her didn't give me the same feeling.

I didn't push her into telling me what happened but I had a feeling the talk with her mom didn't go well.
I looked at her as I wiped a tear away from her cheek with my thumb.
She wasn't crying anymore, but I didn't know if she was ready to talk about it yet.
She put her head on my chest and closed her eyes. I guess it was the answer I needed.
I just brushed my fingers against her back until she fell asleep.

She was so pretty, even when her mascara was streaming down her face.

It was pretty late already and I needed to get a good night sleep to be ready for the race.
I couldn't let her lay on the couch alone, I didn't want to do that to her.
So I took her in my arms and carried her to the bedroom, my bedroom.
Fuck the spare room, I wanted to have her close to me.
I tried to be as soft as I could, but it still woke her up.
"I should go" she mumbled between a couple of yawns. "You should stay" I said as I crawled next to her.
"Are you sure?" She sat up a little.
I never was so sure about something. I nodded quickly.
She smiled a little as she put her head on the pillow next to me. It was the first time tonight I saw her smile.
Our faces were only inches apart and I never wanted to kiss someone more than I wanted to press my lips against hers right now.

But she was dating Rhys and even though I hated that guy, I couldn't take advantage of her.
She was vulnerable right now and would probably regret it in the morning.

It didn't matter how bad I wanted this, I couldn't be selfish right now.

She crawled closer to me, I could feel her body next to mine, so I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her even closer.
We fell asleep in each other arms and I knew this was exactly how I wanted to fall asleep every single night.

'No sleepovers'