and they said “speak now” - oscar piastri
pairing: oscar piastri x female!reader
summary: you’ve been in love with oscar for years, but will you decide to confess to him before he stand up on the alter to get married?
authors note: oscar needs more fanfics!! I hardly ever see them. also so proud of him getting p2 today!!
You grabbed your clutch bag from your desk and headed downstairs to the reception of the hotel. There was wedding guests everywhere, chatting, taking pictures and drinking. Today was Oscar’s wedding, your best friend for years. You waited patiently with a drink in your hand for your ‘date’ to come sauntering down the stairs.
However, you and Lando were far from romantic. He was also your best friend, and you met him through Oscar when he started driving for McLaren years ago. The two of you, unlike Oscar, were hopeless romantics, which led to the two of you being each other’s date for the wedding.
He walked over to you, and he was definitely not sober. “Hey, you look gorgeous.” He said, pulling you into his side. “Thanks, you don’t look too bad yourself.” You replied, and the two of you laugh. “Drinking already?” He asked, noticing the glass in your hand.
“Like you haven’t had a few yourself already.” You replied. Lando didn’t need many drinks before the alcohol took over his system.
“Hey, it’s my best mate’s wedding. Although, I don’t know if we’re best mates, considering he didn’t ask me to be a groomsman.” He replied, shaking his head.
“That’s alright, he didn’t ask me to be a bridesmaid, so I guess we’re even.”
“First of all, I’m pretty sure Oscar doesn’t have control over the bridal squad. Second of all, is he going to ask his best friend who’s in love with him to be a major part of his wedding?”
Your stomach dropped. Lando knew. He knew that you were in love with Oscar. You never told anybody, not your best friends, not anybody, so how he knew was beyond you.
“Y’know, you being in love with Oscar.”
You couldn’t believe he knew, which is obviously why you tried to deny it.
“I’m not in love with Oscar, what are you talking about?”
Lando laughed, shaking his head. “Don’t be ashamed by it, you can’t help it.”
You kept denying, or at least trying to.
“I am not in love with Oscar. I don’t know who told you that, or where you got it from, but you’re wrong.”
“That’s weird.” He said, “Because you were the one that said it.”
Now your stomach really dropped. Had you actually told Lando your best-kept secret? And if so, when?
“What? I did?” You asked, dropping your voice to a whisper, trying to not make a scene.
“Oh you do not remember last night at all, do you?”
Last night. There was so much alcohol last night, you didn’t even remember getting back to your hotel room, never mind admitting your deepest secrets. You were convinced that you were still slightly drunk after last night, however you definitely weren’t telling Lando that.
You grabbed Lando’s hand and led him to your hotel room. This conversation couldn’t wait, but it also couldn’t happen in the wedding reception. You nearly threw him in, closing the door and leaning against it with your head in your hands.
Lando sat on the bed and looked sympathetically at you. “You were just talking about tomorrow, saying that you weren’t completely happy about it. I asked you why and you said you’ve been in love with Oscar for years but he doesn’t know.”
Great. This was absolutely great.
“Does anybody else know? Please tell me you kept your mouth shut.” You said, walking towards him and sitting next to him.
“No, nobody else knows. They were too drunk to focus on anything. How they’re up this morning is a mystery to me.”
You breathed out a sigh of relief to know that this stayed between you and Lando. The last thing you needed was this getting back to Oscar on his wedding day.
“Okay. This has to stay between you and me, okay? Promise me Lando, please.”
He turned towards you and placed a hand on your shoulder. “Y/N, I can’t promise that because I think you need to tell Oscar.”
“What? No Lando, that’s not happening.”
“No you should tell him, he’s your best friend, he needs to know.”
You sighed, feeling deflated. Maybe he was right, but you still couldn’t tell him.
“Go, go tell him right now.”
Now Lando definitely sounded crazy. How could you tell Oscar you loved him on his wedding day? But before you knew it, Lando threw you over his shoulder and headed for Oscar’s room.
“Lando Norris, put me down this instance. You’re fucking crazy, I’m not doing this.”
He laughed, “Yeah, you are.”
And next thing you knew, you were stood in front of Oscar’s hotel room door. Lando had hidden himself down the hallway, waiting and watching to see if you’d knock on the door.
You didn’t know what came over you, why you didn’t run away, but next thing you knew, you were knocking on his door. There was no way you were going to confess your feelings, but maybe if you stayed in the room long enough, you could convince Lando that you did.
Oscar, looking flustered, opened the door. “Hey Y/N, sorry I’m stressing out right now, come on in.” He held the door open for you and you sat down on the bed together.
“Why’d you come over?” He asked.
This was your opportunity to say everything, to get everything off of your chest. It was now or never.
“Just thought I’d come check in on you, you know it being one of the biggest days of your life and all.” You said, smiling softly at him.
He returned the smile. “Thanks. Yeah, it’s a big day. Haven’t felt this nervous since my first day in F1 probably.”
You hummed softly as a reply and lay back on his bed, which he did too.
“Do you remember us lying here like this after your first F2 win?” You asked, a sense of deja vu coming back to you.
“Haha, yeah I do. You’ve been a part of every big moment in my life.”
“Yeah?” You asked, even though you knew you had been. “Happy to have been here for you.”
The two of you kept quiet, a comfortable silence filling the room. You took the time to think deeply about your feelings for Oscar. You couldn’t tell him, couldn’t break your best friend’s heart like that, right?
“What’s on your mind Y/N?” Oscar asked, noticing your head was far away from the room right now.
“Just thinking about…us.” You said.
This could be enough, enough to give you the idea of what Oscar would think if you did confess to him.
“What?” He asked, sitting up more.
Seeing him alerted by the statement steered you away from giving him your genuine answer.
“Uh just, like, it’s crazy how you’re getting married and myself or Lando can’t even find a genuine relationship.” You spat out quickly, your heart thumping in your chest.
Oscar lay down on the bed again. “Oh. God, I was worried that you were gonna say that you had feelings for me or something. Obviously not though.”
“Yeah, obviously not.” You repeated, your heart breaking with every moment.
“Yeah, don’t worry about you and Lando. If you ask me, I think your well suited to each other. Maybe you guys are supposed to get together. I’ve always thought that you’ve fancied him.”
Okay. That was probably the last thing you wanted to hear, that Oscar thought you fancied Lando and not him.
“What? Me and Lando? No way, you’re crazy Oscar.”
Oscar shrugged his shoulders. “Maybe.” He replied.
You glanced over at the alarm clock on the bedside table.
“I should probably go. I might have to try and wake Lando up, and you and I both know that’s not an easy task.” You had to get out of that room, you couldn’t take it anymore.
“Yeah, good luck with that.”
You both got up from the bed and Oscar walked you over to the door. You pulled him into a big hug before leaving.
“I just want you to know that I’m so happy for you, Osc.” You said, curling into his shoulder.
“Thanks, Y/N. I’m so lucky to have a best friend like you.”
Wow. If you thought your heart couldn’t break any more, you were extremely wrong.
You walked out of his room and headed down the corridor to go find Lando, who was sitting on the floor on his phone, probably playing some stupid game. His attention was quickly snapped away by your arrival.
You didn’t even get to say anything before tears rolled down your cheeks. “I didn’t tell him, but he called me his best friend, so…”
Lando got up and wrapped his arms around you. You curled yourself into the crook of his neck, sobbing. “It’s so selfish of me to cry but I can’t help it.”
Lando circled his hand on your back. “It’s okay. C’mon, I’ll take you to my hotel room.” You nodded gently as he wrapped an arm around you and led you to his room. Once you got there, the two of you collapsed on his bed.
“So, tell me exactly what happened.”
“Well I said that I was thinking about us, y’know just so I could get an idea of how he’d react at a statement like that, but then he said he was worried I was gonna confess my feelings.”
“Yeah, I know. And then he thought that you and I are well suited, and he also said he’s lucky to have a best friend like me. So it was a mess.” You said, pulling your hands up to your face.
Lando leaned in closer to you. “Don’t worry about it Y/N. Maybe he’s not meant to know. But I won’t tell anybody, I swear.”
You smiled softly at Lando. “Thanks Lan, that means a lot.”
Lando got up and pulled you up by your hands. “Unfortunately, we still have to go to his wedding. And if we don’t leave like now, we will be late.”
You headed to the bathroom to fix your makeup, which was now tear stained, but you were too past the stage of caring, before you and Lando headed down to his car.
You were chatting and singing the whole way to the church, before Lando suddenly turned the radio down.
“What’s wrong? Are we lost? Are you like my dad who turns down the radio so he can see better?” You asked him.
He laughed, “I’m an F1 driver, I can deal with distraction while driving. And no, we’re not lost, I just wanted to say something.”
You tiled your head. “What’s up?”
“Well no, I’m not going to say it. Someone will say it, or rather sing it, on my behalf.” He flicked through Spotify before pressing play on ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ by Taylor Swift.
“Just listen to the words.” He said, and so you did.
It didn’t take you long to figure out what Lando was hinting at. Especially when he told you to pay close attention to the bridge of the sound.
"Speak now or forever hold your peace"
There's the silence, there's my last chance
I stand up with shaky hands, all eyes on me
You turned off the radio. You couldn’t handle listening to the song anymore.
“Lando, if you think I’m going to confess to Oscar, at his wedding, you’re absolutely crazy. Like seriously?”
Lando shrugged. “Oh well, it was worth a shot. It’s a fire song though, right?”
You laughed at him and ruffled his hair. “Who would have thought that our little Lando is a Taylor fan?”
Lando laughed with you. “What can I say? She is the music industry.”
After a few minutes, the two of you arrived at the church. You parked the car and walked in arms linked. You sat down in the church with the other drivers, chatting about the races and everything else, before the organ starts playing, welcoming in the groom.
You couldn’t help but admire Oscar in his suit. He looked like a daydream, and for a moment, you didn’t blame yourself for being in love with him, because who couldn’t be when he looked like that?
The organ started again, welcoming in the bride, and as much as you envied her in that moment, you couldn’t help but notice how beautiful she was. She had a lovely personality too, you’d gotten to known her after Oscar introduced her to you many years ago.
Maybe she was right for Oscar. Maybe you were too caught up in your dream to realize that Oscar had actually found his perfect girl.
The ceremony began, and you couldn’t deny it was beautiful. Between the outfits of the bridesmaid, the flowers and the beautiful speeches about the couple, it was one of the best weddings you had been at.
But that didn’t stop the jealously building up in you.
You hadn’t really been paying attention to what the priest was saying, that was until he reached the line known by everybody in the church.
“Speak now, or forever hold your peace.”
There was silence across the room. Nobody was going to object the wedding, right?
You didn’t know what came over you, but next thing you knew, you were stood in the aisle looking at Oscar.
There was a collective gasp across the church. Everyone turned to look at you. The bride and groom looked at each other in confusion, then looked at you.
But you were only looking at Oscar. Nobody else in that room existed to you in that moment.
“Oscar, I know you probably weren’t expecting this, because honestly, I wasn’t either. But I’m stood up, so I’m going to say everything I need to. The truth is, I’ve been in love with you for years. I know I’ve kept quiet, and I probably should have told you before your wedding day, but if I don’t say anything now, I never will. I’ve been in love with you since you invited me to travel with you to your races all those years ago. I love spending every single minute I can with you. You make me feel happy like nobody else can, and I love that. I don’t hate your relationship or your fiancé or anything. I just wish that it was me stood up there right now. I love you Oscar Piastri.”
You glanced over and Lando, and saw him smiling and giving you two little thumbs up, which brought a smile to your face. You looked back at Oscar, who looked stunned. At this point, you didn’t even care what answer he’d give, you just needed him to say something.
But Oscar kept his mouth shut.
you’ll hate me for leaving it on a cliffhanger, but honestly I didn’t want it to be too long, sorry!! let me know in the comments if you want part 2!!
