Chapter 25

"Are you nervous?" Lando asks as we climb onto the plane. "Yes, a little bit. I haven't seen my family in a long time. Are you nervous?" I ask back, knowing that he is going to meet my whole family when we land in Johannesburg for my fathers funeral. "Very." He replies, I laugh a little. "You will be fine. My family will love you." I say with a reassuring smile.

"Hey. Well done in Canada." Some guy walking past us on the plane stops to say. "Thanks man." Lando smiles. "Thank you." I reply and he walks off. Lando did really well, finishing P4 and I finished P5. Which is great. I scroll through Twitter, waiting for the plane to take off and find a really cute photo of Lando hugging me in Parc fermé after the race. I save it and set it as my new wallpaper. Lando lets out a small laugh, clearly watching me over my shoulder. He places his head on my shoulder and we both fall asleep very quickly.

We land in Cape Town and collect our suitcases before walking out into the busy airport. I somehow manage to spot James, my brother. Grabbing Lando's hand I tug him through the crowd, towards my brother. "Hey." I smile and hug him. "Be nice." I whisper. "James, this is Lando, my boyfriend. Lando, this is James, my brother." I say, introducing the two. "Hey mate, how's it going?" Lando says, holding out his hand. "Great. Glad to finally meet you." James says, shaking his hand.

We put all our stuff in the back of the car before jumping in. "So the family is meeting at moms house later, we will have the ceremony tomorrow morning and then we will spread the ashes on the farm in the afternoon." James says, explaining the plans. "My dad loved the farm. It was my uncles until he could no longer run it properly and then passed it down to James. Since my uncle didn't have any children. Then my mom and dad moved here, to the city." I say with a small smile, explaining to a slightly nervous Lando. "Hey, you will be fine. There is nothing to stress about." I say, placing my hand on his cheek. His eyes lock with mine and he nods slowly, taking my hand off his cheek and intertwining it with his.

Grabbing our bags we walk up to the house, opening the door. "Hello?" I call through the empty house. "Oh my gosh, Hannah!" I hear my mom say and see her turn the corner. I run into her arms finally letting go of all the tears I have been holding in for the past weeks. "It ok. It's going to be ok." She says soothingly, rubbing my back. I let go of the hug and dab my eyes with my sleeve. "Oh mom, this is Lando, my boyfriend. Lando, this is my mom, Erin." I say and Lando reaches out to shake my moms hand, but she pulls him in for a hug instead. I can see he is a little surprised by this.

"You two can stay in the spare room there." Mom points down the corridor. "Thanks mom." I say and lead Lando down the corridor. I walk down the corridor and something catches my eye. The corridor has lots of pictures next to each other in one long row. I follow them, seeing they are all photos of me, a photo of every one of my race wins in F3, F2 and all the other categories. Even karting. The most recent frame, of Me getting soaked in champagne by Lando and Max in Monaco. "Oh my god." I say softly and Lando notices the pictures. "Wow." He says. "She must be really proud of you." He says, looking at all the pictures. "Aww you were so cute." He says, looking at the oldest photo of me. "Shush. You were also very cute at that age." I say with a small smile before waking into the bedroom. I place my suitcase on the floor and flop backwards onto the bed.

"Excuse me, I am not cute. I am handsome, don't call me cute." He says walking into the bedroom. "You, my friend, are very cute. But you are also adorable, handsome, funny and so many other things." I say looking at him before yawning. "You tired?" Lando asks, crawling onto the bed next to me. "Yes. Let's take a nap." I suggest. "I couldn't have thought of a better idea." Lando says, wrapping his arms around me, pulling me closer as I drift off to sleep.

A knock on the bedroom door awakes me. "Mom?" I question. "Hey baby, I just thought I'd wake you and let you know the family is coming in an hour." She says. "Ok thanks." I say with a smile. "Lando, babe." I say, lightly shaking his shoulders. "What?" He questions kinda harshly. "Rude." I say with a small smile. "The family is coming in an hour and I don't think you want to meet them in sweats and a hoodie, unless you do, which is cool but I don't suggest it." I say and he smiles. "Ok I'm going to get up now." He says, admiring defeat. "Great, I'm going to shower." I say. Grabbing some clothes to change into before making my way into the bathroom. 

__________________________Sorry for randomly re-updating chapters. Sometimes I find mistakes or I don't really like how I wrote it when I'm re-reading it. Hope it's not too confusing. Hope you're enjoying the story.