HIT ON ME ! by KissLeclerc
November 15, 2023 # "It's My Death Bed."

THE DAY AFTER THE PARTY, Thalia had a couple back to back meetings regarding her Formula One weekend, and the plans on endorsing Chanel, which she had a hard time powering through as her hangover wasn't the best state for her to be doing all of that.

Toning it down the rest of that evening, she woke up the next day after, still feeling like hell and unable to remember much from two nights ago.

Thalia once again struggled to wake up in time in order to get ready for a day of work with the McLaren team, and Formula One itself. As she was given minimal detail about her meetings and duties to attend to today, she still stuck to her usual F1 attire that consisted of an all black ensemble, with a papaya orange hat.

Finishing up her final touches to the look, she spritzed on one of her favorite Chanel perfumes that brought a citrusy vanilla scent to her aura.

"You ready?" Calvin asked as she adjusted her earring. "Yeah." Thalia yawned, squinting under the bright lights. "I have a massive headache though." She mumbled as Calvin got straight to looking through his purse. "You don't happen to have any-"

"Here." He handed her a tiny traveling tube of Tylenol.

"Life saver!" She smiled before getting two capsules, and quickly downing them with a gulp of water from her water bottle.

"Now, let's go." Calvin glanced at his watch. "Laura said to be at the circuit pronto." He slightly scolded.

Nodding at his sense of urgency, Thalia quickly ran a hand through her hair before picking up the vintage Chanel purse that sat on a chair.

Quickly taking Calvin's hand, he immediately yanked her out of the room and dragged her through the hallway with urgency. "Okay! Slow down, slow down-" Thalia nearly tripped as they got on the elevator.

"Let me do my job, I'm your manager at the moment." He stood up straight as she snorted.

"Hey can I talk to my best friend, real quick?" She asked as Calvin's demeanor rested, smiling at her in response. "Yes?" He said happily, indicating that his "best friend" mode was on.

"Can I have my best friend all day?" She asked as he took a deep breath. "Yeah." He rolled his eyes. "I guess."

"Perfect!" She said happily as the elevator door opened, Thalia quick to exit with Calvin on her tail.

Walking with purpose through the lobby, the two exited the hotel through the familiar spinning door, immediately spotting the chauffeur at the front. They got into the vehicle with no problem, and began to await their arrival to the LV Strip.

"What are we doing today exactly?" Thalia asked as she pressed her lips together, rubbing in her newly reapplied lip gloss. "Uhhh..." Calvin opened his email.

"You are doing..." He paused. "A hot lap?" He quirked a brow and glanced at her. "I don't exactly know what that is but it says you will be doing it with Oscar- no, no wait. Lando.. and that's for the Formula One Youtube channel."

"Shit." Thalia mumbled. "Ugh, whatever." She mindlessly spoke to herself. "Continue?"

"And then with both Lando and Oscar, you will be building a McLaren lego set with them, while they you ask the internet's most searched questions about them."

"Sounds like a nightmare.." She felt nervous.

"Will you be okay with doing all this?" Cal asked, clicking off his phone and giving her his full attention. "Yeah, I don't see why not?" Thalia shrugged. "I just still feel a little hungover." She paused. "But... this migraine might make me rip Lando's face off."

"Oh, I doubt that." Calvin mumbled.

"Hm?" She titled her head. "Nothing, just like... agreeing about ripping Lando's face off. That party was too..." He trailed off and lied, bringing up the party again.

"Yeah... speaking of which..." Thalia glanced at him. "Do you remember anything I did the other night?" She asked as Calvin's mind immediately remembered back to her clinging on to Logan and mindlessly flirting with him, but he wants to save her the embarrassment... she should be okay with not knowing that.

She should also be okay with not knowing that she mistook Logan for Lando multiple times as the night died down.

"Uhhh.." Calvin thought to himself. "No." He shook his head. "Not that I can remember."

"Are you lying to me?" She asked. "Nope." He said mindlessly as she nodded. "Do you remember anything?" He mirrored the question back.

"Uhh.." She thought to herself. "I remember being with Lily like all night and then Magui.. and ... Lando DJing."

"That part was a fever dream, because why was he good?" Calvin laughed as she followed along. "Ugh, My memory is all foggy, I can't remember anything he played."

Throughout the rest of the car ride, Calvin subtly refreshed her memory about the night, but of course leaving out the bits of her drunk behavior with Logan. After a few moments, they arrived to the circuit and as per usual, there were crowds waiting out for whoever was arriving, Thalia waving at fans who were squealing her name.

"Laura said to meet-" Calvin looked up. "Well, actually. I don't know... I don't know where I'm going." He said awkwardly as Thalia let out a sigh.

"Ah! There you are!" Laura appeared as if she was practically summoned at the sound of Calvin's distress. "Oh! Hey girl!" He quickly gave her a hug before she greeted Thalia with a polite wave.

"You guys wanna get straight to it or would you like a tour?" She asked, glancing down at her tablet and mindlessly speaking with them.

"Uhhh.. we can get straight to it." Calvin replied, "We're gonna be here all week, I think we'll get familiar with the place very quickly." He smiled as Thalia agreed.

"Perfect!" Laura replied. "Follow me then." She smiled before walking off, Thalia and Calvin trailing along.

Following behind her, she lead them toward the drivers entrance near the paddocks, quickly scanning her access card and walking through.

"Oh, here." Calvin reached into his pocket and handed Thalia her pass for the week. After making it through security and walking past the other team paddocks, Thalia spotted the Papaya orange shirts from afar, soon registering it was both Oscar and Lando, probably awaiting her arrival.

"Morning." The Aussie took no time to waste as he greeted them, smirking at Thalia as he gave her shoulder pat. "How you feeling?" He asked with a grin as Calvin made a face for him to tone it down and not make things obvious.

"Fine?" She shrugged before glancing at Lando who wasn't paying any attention before his head turned, now looking at Thalia.

"Hi Tanya!" He smiled with a girly wave, making her stare at him, unamused. "hI, tAnYA." She mocked his accent, making him laugh.

"You guys ready?" Laura asked quickly as Thalia nodded. "Okay cool, we're gonna start with the Hot Lap filming." She read off her iPad before motioning for them all to follow her. "Oscar you can go ahead and find Mark, you have some interviews to attend." She instructed as he nodded, quickly bidding Thalia and Calvin a goodbye.

Walking through the paddock entrance toward the garage as they followed the English woman. Lando walked beside Thalia as she mindlessly spoke with Calvin, discussing spontaneous dinner plans if they were available for such.

"Alright, so!" Laura turned as they were all stood near cameramen in front of the McLaren garage. "Lando, you will be taking Thalia around for a hot lap in that baby." She pointed at a McLaren sports car with Chanel branding all over, parked out in front of them.

"Wait, wait, wait.." Thalia interrupted, laughing nervously. "Explain to me what a hot lap is... exactly?"

"Right." Laura laughed. "Basically, Lando gets to drive you around the track in that, as fast as possible, and do whatever he wants."

"Oh okay, so basically my life is in his hands." Thalia said with a sarcastic smile. "And he can kill me if he wanted to?"

"Yeah, that sounds nice, doesn't it?" Lando quirked a brow, his petty remark making her turn. "Maybe I won't crash into someone." He mumbled, making Thalia groan.

"You're actually the most insufferable person ever." She mumbled through her migraine as Laura continued explaining. "And to think I was getting fond of you." She scoffed, a smile still lingering on her lips.

"You mean you finally acknowledging your crush on me?" He asked as she took five steps away from him.

"Do you like sharp things in your neck?"

"And Thalia, here you go!" Laura interrupted as she was handed a racing helmet. "Oh!!" She gasped, being handed an all white helmet withe the Chanel logo to the side and "TT7" on the bottom, that probably stood for Thalia Tran, and the number representing her birth day of August 7th.

"Fitting." She mumbled, showing Calvin the details.

"Alright, we'll begin filming shortly." Laura said happily before taking a phone call.

"Okay, so I have a question." Lando walked back up to Thalia as she waited patiently. "Two steps back." She shoo'd him away as he listened to her request.

"Thanks, you were too close." Thalia smiled. "What do you want?" She asked.

"Are we friends?" He asked before she bursted into a laugh. "Uhhh... No." She hook her head.

"I would not consider you my friend."

"Oh, come on!" He scoffed. "I thought I've been making great progress, we've been getting along swimmingly, don't you think?"

"I can be nice to you without being friends?" Thalia shrugged. "Unless you'd like me to go back to being a complete asshole." She offered.

"Oh! No, it's fine.." He declined. "I'll take what I can get." Lando smiled. "Hmm.." Thalia thought to herself. "Go easy in the car and maybe I'll consider." She taunted with a laugh, knowing how easily he could be influenced.

"Deal." He shrugged, even when he knew he was lying, deep down inside.

"Perfect!"

A couple minutes went by before Laura called the time to begin filming for the Formula One channel. The camera men and producers gave instructions to Thalia and Lando as they mic'd the two up, before they counted off, and began shooting.

"Hi, I'm Thalia Tran!" She laughed and looked to be right. "I'm Lando Norris." He smiled. "And we're about to go for a hot lap." He held a thumbs up as Thalia smiled.

Getting the introduction aside, Thalia finally put the Chanel helmet on, strapping it on as she struggled to loosen it, due to her manicure. "Here." Lando quickly came to her aide and loosened the straps. "Better?" He asked.

"Yeah.." She nodded slowly. "Thanks." She grinned as the helmet slightly squished her cheeks together, making it funny to smile.

Moving on, the two got into the Chanel branded McLaren as the cameramen filmed their every move. As Thalia buckled herself in, she pointed at all the camera within the car, soon sharing her current emotions.

"How you feeling?" Lando asked as he started the car.

"I feel like I want to throw up." Thalia braced herself. "You can't go too fast." She laughed. "I'm just a passenger princess."

"You can't say that to a race car driver!" He looked at her. "This is gonna be fun."

"Can we play some music?" She looked at the dashboard, in hopes to turn on a radio. "You want to?" Lando asked as he assisted her in finding the right channel.

"Yeah." She finally found a decent radio station playing One Direction. "This'll only make me go harder and faster." He smirked, the innuendo making Thalia plainly stare at him in disbelief.

"Off we go!" He laughed, pressing the gas and driving off.

"You DICK-" Thalia flinched back as he exited the pit lane and entered the track. "NO NO-" She began to laugh from adrenaline as the car got faster.

"Don't you have one of these cars?" Lando asked as he focused on the road but continued to speak with her as they were recording for Youtube.

"Yeah but- AHH-" Thalia nearly fell over from a sharp turn. "I'm not USUALLY going full speed-" She panicked as Lando laughed at her reactions.

"Are you having fun?" He looked over at her. "Having a blast!!- EYES on the road!!" She squirmed around in her seat as she pointed out the window, feeling sick to her stomach from the speed and migraine.

"LANDO-" Thalia's heart raced as he pressed even harder on the gas, building up more speed. "Slow DOWN???" She laughed as if she were on a roller coaster.

"It's getting quite hot in here, isn't it?" Lando asked casually as he looked at car for an A/C button. "Probably because you're in here." He flirted.

"Shut Up!?-" Thalia gripped the passenger handle, bracing herself into the seat even more. "HOW DO YOU ALWAYS FIND THE TIME TO HIT ON ME-" She said through a laugh, as she squealed more and more at Lando's unique steering abilities.

"Don't you like this song!" Lando bumped the radio, blasting the tune of Live While We're Young. "Come on, sing!" He looked over at a petrified Thalia.

"Let's- Go.. crazy? crazy-" She tried to singalong but failing to do so with the outrageous speed they were going. "Til we SEE THE SUN." She squealed.

As if it couldn't get anymore hectic for Thalia, Lando began to steer the car back and forth, making them go in a zig zag along the track.

But, soon enough, she found a groove in being able to enjoy herself as she adjusted to the speed, finding it fun and less terrifying.

"SHARP TURN!" Lando exclaimed as he immediately steered left, making Thalia's body collide into him from the sudden movement, a laugh escaping her mouth once again before she quickly pushed herself away from him.

"I hope I don't shit myself-" She felt nauseous as Lando bursted into a fit of giggles. "Almost done, Nearly there!" He said happily as they neared the finish line.

"AHHH!" Thalia panicked as Lando nearly lost control of the vehicle, his nervous laughter making her glare at him in shock. "I thought I could TRUST YOU?-" She scolded him as he just laughed in response once again.

"WHY ARE YOU-" Thalia immediately hid her face in the palms of her hands as Lando began to drift, driving off track and. nearly doing donuts. "I'm gonna be sick." She groaned before he continued to final stretch of the circuit.

Nearing the end of the track, the pair finally crossed the finish line, Thalia clapping for Lando, and the fact it was finally over.

Slowing the McLaren down, Lando made his way back into the pit lane, while the camera crew at the garage got straight to work with filming them.

Stopping the vehicle, Thalia finally unbuckled as he glanced at her struggling and taking deep breaths. "How was that?" He asked happily.

"I'm gonna vomit." She laughed into her hands, unsure if it was even a joke before a small chuckle escaped his mouth as he got out of the car and came around to the passenger seat, assisting her out.

"Hold onto me, hold onto me-" The McLaren boy laughed as she felt sick to her stomach. "You alright?" He asked through a grin as Thalia hunched over, trying to adjust. "Never better!"

Wrapping up the video, she took off her helmet and put back on her McLaren cap before they asked the two brief questions to conclude the video, while Thalia unintentionally held onto Lando for balance.

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