HIT ON ME ! by KissLeclerc
October 18, 2023 # "There's Absolutely No Way."
"MISS TRAN!" Thalia was greeted by a McLaren PR manager. "So nice to finally meet you! My name is Laura, I'm so excited to be working with you and Cal this weekend." The slightly older woman grinned. "I was so excited to reach out to Calvin and invite you as a Chanel representative for McLaren!"
"It's a pleasure to be here!" Thalia smiled and walked alongside Laura. "And please, call me Thalia." She said sweetly. She always knew how to be kind and professional even if she hated everything most of the time.
"So, our boys are at their final interview for the day, so for the meantime, I can give you and Calvin a quick tour throughout the circuit, take you to the garage and other facilities to help you familiarize the place!" Laura explained as Thalia nodded.
"Sounds good!" Calvin agreed. "Alright, this way please!" Laura guided them off toward what seemed to be where most of the crowded cheers were coming from.
"THALIA! THALIA!!" She heard her name be called out by girls in the crowd who probably recognized her. They were representing the same shade of orange as she was.
"Go ahead and interact with the crowd if you want, I need to take this call—" Laura quickly said before answering her phone. "Alright!" She happily smiled before she walked off towards the railing where the girls were calling, Calvin following at her tail.
"Hi! Hello!" Thalia smiled as she took a pen from one of the girls, taking it as a gesture to sign the McLaren cap they had set out for her.
"Oh my gosh, you are way prettier in person, I'm gagged." She said to Thalia, making her laugh. "Aw stop! You are gorgeous!" She complimented, "Love your fit!" She continued before seeing a fan put up their phone for a selfie, quickly joining it.
"I'm gonna throw up, there's no way Thalia Tran just said I'm gorgeous."
"Oh, girl—" Thalia was caught off guard. "Let's keep that in, babe!" She pat the girl on the shoulder before taking another selfie with her.
"Thalia! Let's go!" Calvin called to her as she nodded. "Awesome meeting you guys! Have an amazing weekend, loves!" She bid them a sweet and brief goodbye.
"Rooting for a McLaren podium!!" The girls exclaimed as Thalia nodded. "Yes, yes!" She said eagerly, matching the girl's energy.
Thalia had no idea what that even meant.
"Alright, so we're gonna take you lot over to the paddock, meet some of the team, and hopefully our boys will be finished by then." Laura examined her watch.
Thalia took in the nice scenery of the track, she knew absolutely nothing about racing but so far, it seemed pretty cool to her. She was greeted by fans that had recognized her, she stopped for quick photo ops from paparazzi, and much more.
"So, what have our drivers been up to this past week? Lando, we saw you were out in LA before you arrived here in Austin..." The interviewer moved on from the previous topic to discuss gap week side quests and what not.
"Ah, yeah... I was just checking it out, me and some friends just had a beach weekend, is all." Lando answered casually.
"And how was that? Anything interesting happen?" The interviewer asked as Charles, Oscar, and Alex giggled.
"Ohhh..." Lando awkwardly laughed, making the audience react with little laughs as well.
"So, I assume something interesting did happen..."
"I guess you can say that..." Lando tried to bite down his smile as he began to slouch in his seat from embarrassment.
"Lando you should just say it, it's a good laugh." Alex butted in, encouraging his friend to spill the details.
"I'm intrigued, what happened!"
"I got into a little accident.. But everyone involved is fine, I'm all good, no scratches on me!" Lando quickly confessed as the Ferrari boys began to laugh.
"You're leaving out the best part, Lando!" Carlos chimed in while Logan and Oscar began to join in on the laughter.
"Oh my goodness, alright." He softly groaned. "Well. I almost got hit by a car..." Lando said in defeat while the entire panel began to laugh.
"Oh my goodness!" The interviewer said in shock, also confused as to why they'd be laughing at such a scenario.
"Well, luckily you're alive and here with us right now!"
"Yeah, it's alright, it was my fault." Lando shrugged. "But... uh, funny enough, it was a McLaren that almost hit me." He spoke up again, making the others laugh even harder, as well as the audience and the interviewer.
"Oh my god, that's absolutely rich." She said in shock.
"Lando is truly leaving out the best part." Oscar brought the mic to his lips, speaking up. "He told me, that the girl that almost hit him; mocked his accent." He cracked up as Lando rolled his eyes, giving his teammate a smug glare.
"Aw, Lando, you poor thing." The interviewer was trying to compose herself. "Your accent is lovely!" She attempted to make him feel better. "But wow! That sure is an off weekend! Thank you for sharing, Lando." She smiled.
"Not like I had a choice..." He said with a sassy tone, eyeing his fellow drivers as they all smiled at him.
"So across from here is where the garage is, so if you follow me!" Laura smiled at Thalia and Calvin. She had just given the two a brief tour of the driver rooms which obviously didn't contain either of the drivers inside.
The pair followed Laura while Calvin took quick videos behind Thalia as she cutely walked through the McLaren garage so she could post about her anticipated attendance at the US Grand Prix weekend, representing McLaren and Chanel on her social medias.
"So over here, is what you would call the race watch." Laura explained, "Watch the race and qualis live from inside, and blah blah blah." She pointed as Thalia intently listened, not paying attention to any other details surrounding her.
"Here's where the engineers are based, uhh.. I believe we are in Oscar's side of the garage... so basically this is where all his engineers would be stationed when he's out on the track, constantly speaking to him through the radios and what not."
"That's cool!" Thalia was genuinely intrigued by how meticulous and interesting this sport was.
"And if you follow me to the pit lane over here, this is where some of the magic happens, with tire changes and pit stops and yaddah, yaddah, yaddah." Laura quickly finished and took a deep breath.
"Wow." Calvin nodded. "This is pretty sick. This is exciting!" He said with joy. "Yeah, thank you for the tour, it was fun!" Thalia agreed.
"Ah, and perfect timing!" Laura looked at her watch. "The boys are finished and they're heading over here right as we speak, so follow me!" She walked back into the garage.
Thalia didn't get to take in the interior of the garage at first, so as she walked through the building once again, she kept her attention to details throughout as Calvin mindlessly spoke to her, unaware of the fact she was not listening.
They stood at the entrance of the paddock, Laura telling them that they will wait for their arrival right then and there, when Thalia turned back to take a photo of the entrance that consisted of that pretty papaya color, and the numbers 4 and 81.
But then something caught her eye.
Him...?
On a poster display?
She took a double take, slowly walking up to the poster as her heart sank. "No Fucking Way." She mumbled before walking back toward Calvin.
"Dude... Oh. My. God." Thalia lost her trace of breathing for a sec. "Cal— Calvin... CALVIN." She freaked out.
"Hm?" He turned to her as he felt the grasp of her hand, squeezing his arm. "Woah— Are you okay?" He questioned.
"It— That's him!" She nearly laughed from shock. "There's no way." Thalia was freaking out.
"Thals What? Who? Who is him?" Calvin was confused as she noticed her finger pointing at the display of a driver in a McLaren race suit.
"Yeah, that's Lando Norris?" He said confused. "He's super cute, you'll love him!" Calvin said as he has no idea to why Thalia was freaking out. "What? Do you want him or something?" He asked she gripped his arm even harder, making him wince in pain.
"Okay, OUCH—"
"Calvin!" Thalia let go before she grabbed him by the collar and gritted her teeth. "That's the British IDIOT that ran into the middle of the fucking street back in LA!" She tried to keep herself cool, calm, and collected.
But all three C's were no where to be found.
"WHAT!?" Calvin furrowed his eyebrows. "What do you mean?!" He began to freak out as well.
"That's him Cal. There's no way it's not him. That's the guy that I almost hit, I remember his—"
"You??" A nearly familiar voice cut off her words of panic, making her turn around.
And at this point, she was losing her mind.
VERA'S VOICE!
AHHH THEM. ITS THEM. guys they.
LMFAAAOAA thalia being unaware of her surroundings is so me, i love u thalia tran.
kk bye, leaving it here for now. see u next time.
hello belle, hi there.