"HEY Nana!" Thea said through her phone as she spoke me to her Grandmother on the phone.

"Dorothea darling! Happy Birthday! You're so grown up my dear. Oh it's so nice to hear from you." her Nana's voice called through the phone. "How is Austria?"

"Thanks for the birthday wish wish Nana. Oh it's amazing Nana. The scenery is just breathtaking. I've taken some photo's that I'll show you when I get back."

Thea and her Grandmother had weekly meetings. Jean Harper lived in a nursing home in Oxford, near where Thea lived. Dorothea was extremely close to her Grandmother, and would visit Jean once every week, sometimes even more, and the two would have a catch up and chat.

If Thea was ever away for work, she would regularly phone her Nana so that they managed to keep in contact, even countries apart. A couple of years again, Nana Jean could sometimes go with Thea to the races, but as the years went on, her age began to tie her to Oxford.

"Oh that's wonderful! I do miss coming to your races."

Thea chuckled. "Nana their not my races, they're Lando's." she corrected.

"And how is that boy? I haven't seen him in a long time. He doing well?"

As if on que, Lando walked into the room waving at Thea. Thea pointed at the phone and mouthed towards him "it's Nana." . His face lightened up into a grin and he shuffled towards Thea. "Yeah, he's good Nana. He wants to say hi." Thea said.

She passed Lando the phone and he held it up to his ear. "Nana Jean!" he exclaimed. Thea headed Nana reply. Lando nodded. "Yes. Yes don't worry, I've got it. Oh yeah definitely! Okay. I'm going to hand you back to Thea now. Yes! Of course! Bye Nana Jean!"

Thea chuckled at him before he threw the phone back to her. She lifted it back up to her ear. "Listen Nana I've got to go, but I'll call you after the race? I assume you'll be watching?"

"Oh yes dear, Margret stole the TV for us both this afternoon, Grant's golf has ben postponed." Nana Jean said craftily through the phone. Her granddaughter let out a loud laugh at her grandmothers antics. "Tell Lando to win that race dear."

"Will do Nana. I love you, and I'll see you when I get back." Thea promised.

"Have fun dear!"

Thea ended the call and turned to Lando who had his race suit half done up his waist, and his McLaren polo over his top half. "Hey you." he said as she placed her phone on the table beside her.

Thea smiled at him. "Y'know, sometimes I think Nana likes you more than me." she teased.

Lando shook his head. "Not possible. Even my mother loves you more than she does me."

Thea held back a laugh. Before she stood up, and walking towards the cabinet on the wall opposite where Lando was standing, grabbing his racing boots and gloves to bring to him.

When she turned around, she found a shirtless Lando who had removed his polo to put on his full racing gear. She started at him for a while, before he noticed her, giving her a smug smile.

She broke eye contact and walked up to him, placing his shoes and gloves beside him. They were incredibly close to each other, and before she could walk away, Lando placed a hand on her arm.

She looked up at him to find his eyes looking her up and down subtlety. "You okay?" he asked.

Thea cleared her throat. "Yeah. Yeah I'm fine." She was very aware that Lando was still shirtless. It was making her nervous, but not in a bad way.

She didn't like it.

Lando's smile was teasing. "You just seem flustered." he said, playing dumb.

Thea shook her head and rolled her eyes at him. "Put your suit on idiot. You have a race to attend." she said before walking out of the room, feeling Lando's eyes on her as she left.

She leant against the door she had just closed and sighed. "Jesus Lando." she muttered.

THEA was stood in the McLaren garage next to Charlotte Sefton, McLaren's social media manger. The two had become quite good friends after the amount of times they'd met through Lando, and usually spent time together in the garage when Lando was in the car.

The race was intense. It was the last lap, and every McLaren team member was on their feet, nerves running through their body like shockwaves. Lando was third currently, having overtaken Lewis Hamilton earlier on. If he kept a clean lap, he would finish on the podium, second year in a row.

Thea's hands were shaking with anxiety as she watched the screen in the garage, she watched as Lando look the curves of the corners, kissing the apex for a fast lap.

He was at the penultimate corner now, and Thea was practicing jumping up and down. Lando was going to get a podium.

Sure enough, ten seconds later, she couldn't hear her own thoughts, as the entire McLaren garage burst into screams and cries of delight. It was pure emotion, Lando had had a spectacular weekend, from staring on the front row to finishing on the podium. The mechanics started to pile out of the garage entrance into the pitlane to congratulate their driver.

When Lando got out of the car, he was congratulated by mechanics and other drivers on his drive, and his face was pulled into a large grin. He was ushered towards his table where he removed his helmet and grabbed his cap to hide his helmet hair.

He looked up at the sound of his name being called and saw Thea running towards him. He dropped his cap and ran towards the girl engulfing her in a large hug. He wrapped his arms around her waist whilst she threw hers around his neck.

"You did it!" Thea screamed. "Again!"

Lando let out a loud laugh and picked Thea up, spinning her around a few times before placing her back on the ground. He buried his head in her hair, kissing the top of her head. "My lucky charm is with me that's why." he whispered to her.

Thea hurried her head into his neck and laughed. "Oh shut up," she whispered back, "you're talented that's why. You overtook Lewis Hamilton and kept him behind you for crying out loud."

Lando could feel her breath against his neck, and sighed into her hair. He felt comfortable hugging her in the pitlane. It felt right. She felt normal. "You have to come to every single race now. Okay?"

"Just as long as you buy me my plane tickets."

Lando laughed. "That's okay. That's fine."

They finally pulled apart and Lando was pulled away for an interview with Martin Brundle. Thea made her way over to the group of mechanics. Will Joseph, Lando's race engineer turned to her, "Hey Thea!" he said. He gave her a first bump before pulling her i front of him to look at the podium.

From where she was stood, she had a clear of of the third podium step. She waited for all the drivers to finish their interviews before she heard Lando's name being called from a large speaker.

There was a roar from the surrounding crowd and the McLaren team as Lando walked out on the podium. Thea whistled as he stepped up into the podium space. The rest of the podium sitters came out, and after a long, loud applause from the orange army as Max stood onto the first place step, the Dutch and Austrian national anthem were played.

Once the last note has sounded and the applause had halted, the trophies were given out. First, to the winning constructor, then to Lando.

Thea cheered along with the rest of the team, applauding as Lando lifted his trophy into the air. He scanned the little crowd of orange down below the podium. He spotted the person he was looking for, and even from a distance, each could tell they were looking at each other.

Lando smiled softly at Thea who smiled back. He gave her a subtle wink before he turned to Max, who had been handed his first place trophy.

Time for the champagne.

Or wine... Ferrari's contribution.

The bottle that stood beside them was calling his name, and he grabbed it. And of course, as tradition, he bashed the bottom against the podium step, watching as the liquid shot out of the neck. He sprayed Max and Valterri before he hung over the podium railing, spraying his team below.

Thea ducked behind Will to avoid the spray. As much as she loved Lando, she didn't fancy her clothes becoming sticky with the fizzy liquid.

After a while, when the celebrations had died down and the three left the podium, Thea waited at the entrance for Lando. She congratulated Max and Valterri as they walked past her, gaming a fist bump off of the Finn before he went to the Mercedes garage.

Finally, Lando emerged from the shadows. He went up to hug Thea, but she dodged it. "Sorry, you're all champagne-y."

Lando raised his eyebrows at her. "Oh yeah?" his expression changed however when he frowned, looking at the top of her head. "Hold on you've got something in your hair."

Thea's eyes widened. "What is it?"

Lando shook his head. "No it's okay come here." he said. Thea walked over to him, and he listed his hand as if to pick something from her hair.

Instead, he grabbed the back of her head and pulled her close into him. "Lando!" she shouted at him, but it was muffled as she was pushed against his chest.

All she was given in return was a loud laugh from the Norris boy, as he began to walk away with her still tucked into him. "You're so dramatic." he teased.

Thea managed to pull away from him, but her arm was grabbed and she was spun back towards him. They stood in front of each other and Lando smiled down at her. "Happy birthday Thea." he said smiling gently at her.

Thea's eyes widened. "I completely forgot about that." she said laughing.

Lando laughed back at here. "Only you." he said. Thea leaned her forehead against his chest and he wrapped his arms around her middle. "I'm taking you out later okay? For your birthday and this. But mainly your birthday because this wasn't planned." he joked.

Thea snickered as she pulled away from Lando. He moved his arm from her middle to her shoulders, and he pulled her into his side as they walked. Thea looked up at him as they walked, the sun gleaming against his skin. "Thank you." she said, in reply to his previous statement.

Lando looked down at her. Her eyes were reflecting the sunlight hitting them, and her lips were drawn up in a slight smile. "You're welcome."

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*coughs in taylor swift*

AND YOU KNEW WHAT IT WAS

HE IS IN LOVE

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