First chapter that's going to be written in this year, hope it'll become a good one. First, I wanna thank you for all the reviews, you encourage me to go on and that makes me very happy. Second, the weather in the north of Germany is shit. It's an ick mixture between snow, ice and rain. I hate it!! Third, some basic informations to the story:

I already changed Brian's car from a Toyota into a Nissan. I looked it up and saw that I made a mistake there and that Brian drives, at least at the beginning of 2F2F, an '01 Nissan Skyline. I'm sorry for not checking out on my sources of information. And I thought it would help you to have some basic information about Lilly, so, there you go.

Age: 16 years and 3 months.

Height: 5'7 ( I know, I wrote in "Prelude" that she'd be able to look at

             Brian's chin but I already changed that into shoulder).

Hair: The colour is a little lighter than her brother's. In "Prelude" it was

         just long enough to cover her shoulder blades but during the few months which passed

         between "Prelude" and "An Ordinary Friday" it has grown and is down to Lilly's waist

         now. Of course, it's slightly curled.

Weight: Somewhere around 120 and 125 pounds.

Eyes: Light blue.

As four the rest, you'll have to read the story to find out more about her.

Friday Evening

Every now and then, Brian O'Connor would look over to his little sister doing her homework, while he was reading the paper. They sat in their living-room, listening to one of the local radio stations. The routine had settled soon after their arrival in Miami. He would race at night and come home, when Lilly was already asleep, while she would leave the apartment in the morning and go to school. After school, she would work at Tej's and come home at six or seven, so they had a few hours in the evening together, unless there was no race that day or Lilly was off of work. Of course, there were several rules, but they had no problems getting along with each other.

Brian had become his sister's legal guardian a few years ago, when he had turned 21. Their mother had left them rather early, she and their father, an alcoholic, had always argued and yelled at each other. Brian had been 16 and Lilly barely 6 and due to their father's friendship with alcohol, they had been pretty much forced to take care of themselves. Being the older brother, Brian had tried very hard to assure his little sister that everything was okay, but Lilly, being the smart girl she still was, had soon figured out what had been going on and had promised her brother that she would be a good kid. The first time had been rough but the siblings had quickly learned that working together could make everything somehow easier but then, Brian had decided to go to the police and it had all gone to hell. Only few weeks after the young man had started with his training, he had received a call from a hospital close to the neighbourhood his family had lived in. He had left the police station as fast as possible and while opening the door of his car, he had caught the sight of an angry and probably drunk man who had been escorted inside the building by several officers. His father. He hadn't cared and driven to the hospital his younger sister had been lying in. She had been beaten up and had been all black and blue and purple when Brian had seen her for the first time.

Their father had gotten into jail. Child abuse. Brian hadn't been allowed to become Lilly's legal guardian because he had been 19. She had come into a foster family and they had often visited each other, but that hadn't been the same like living together. So when Brian's 21st birthday had finally come, they had promised each other that they would never be separated again and everything had worked out well since then. They never yelled at each other, they never broke any promises, they would never lie to each other and if there was a problem, they would solve it together.

The only problem were major arguments, because both of them were rather stubborn and wouldn't give up that easily, so that it had once happened that they hadn't been talking to each other for nearly two weeks, but major arguments were rare and teasing the other one was a lot more fun.

"I'm done",Lilly stated and rose from the pillow she had laid down on the floor, a smile plastered on her lips.

"Ya sure?" He received a glare and put his hands up innocently."I was just asking!"

"You better were", the girl sat down next to her brother pulling her into his lap, taking the few papers from her hand and regarded them thoroughly.

"Biology, History, Mathematics and French", she explained him and hoped that Brian was pleased, otherwise, rule number 7 would be used: no proper homework, no races, but the slight nod from her brother told Lilly that she could be relieved.

"Seems to be okay and we still have some time left before the first race will start", he looked down at her,"how about dinner, now, that we've got somethin' to eat?"

"Dinner sounds good", she managed to leave her brother's lap in no time and was already in the kitchen, before Brian could have counted to ten,"I cook and you do the dishes."

"No fair", the ex-cop exclaimed and joined his younger sibling in the kitchen,"it's not even my turn and I have to save my energy for tonight's race."

"Well, the world's unfair, I guess", Lilly's eyes gleamed in a ironical "I'm oh so sorry"-way, as she stuck out the tip of her tongue and grinned. Before knowing what was happening, her brother tackled her playfully and started tickling her, while lifting her off the ground. Lilly laughed, demanded to be let down and tried to get a grip on her older brother, but he was holding her from behind and that didn't make it any easier for her.

"Who's doing the dishes?" Brian's voice was filled with laughter and he stopped his fingers movements to let his little sister get some air, though still holding her tight enough to make it impossible for her to get away.

"We're doin' it together an' I promise you not to beg ya to let me drive, until we arrive at the race, okay?" The girl gasped for air and leaned back against her brother, being happy that she had solid ground under her feet again.

Oh well, Brian thought, knowing his sister all too well, it's the best offer I'll get out of her anyway and if she doesn't drive tonight, I will let her have some fun tomorrow………maybe.

"Alright", he let go off her and ruffled her long hair,"and I get to decide what we eat."

"Spaghetti Carbonara", she winked at him,"never forget: I've been growing up with you."

"Pass me the pot already",he grinned. It were these short amounts of time that reminded him of the good sides of being and having a family.

"You couldn't have changed your clothes?"

Lilly sighed. "Concentrate on the road, will ya?"

"I do, but the holes in your jeans are quite distracting. I'm worried 'bout your health, you could…….."

"Get cold", she finished for him and watched an older BMW passing by. It was 11p.m. and the nightlife of Miami and the fact that it was Friday didn't make the streets any emptier. A race on a busy street was a lot more fun, Lilly could tell from her own experience, she would never dare confessing this to Brian though.

"When are ya starting an' with whom?" The blond girl turned her head to the side to get a better view on her older brother and waited for him to answer her questions.

"Third group. Vittorio, some guy called John and a baby", Brian said in a matter-of-fact voice while watching his sister. There was something in her eyes that could either mean lots of craving to drive or lots of enthusiasm for him to win, maybe it was both. It was his fault that she was just as addicted to cars as he himself was, both of them needed the rush of adrenaline in their veins and the feeling of being totally free due to their childhood, but Brian found himself often torn in two. On the one hand, he felt guilty for having brought his sister into the world of racers because of the danger that she could get hurt or even killed in an accident, but on the other hand, he was happy about them sharing this and proud of her being a great driver. She acted on pure instinct when she was sitting behind a steering wheel and she never lost or ruined the Nissan like another younger sibling had done it with a certain Honda a few months ago.

"Why are ya grinning?" He heard the curiosity in her voice and took another gear while looking at her.

"Just thought about Suki's brother and his driving skills."

"He so hates being reminded of that but you're right, Jimmy and I are still asking Suki whenever she brings her baby to be repaired, if Crash has recently sat in it. Believe me bro, I'd never ever dare doing this to you. It would be way too embarrassing for the both of us", Lilly leaned back in her seat and she could already feel the excitement building up in her stomach by the thought of roaring engines, cheering and cursing people and , of course, this certain smell of oil and gas lying thick in the air.

"How much you got with you?" The young man questioned while overtaking a Toyota. He didn't want his sister to bet but he was doing it himself, so he wasn't the one who could actually forbid her to do it.

"Two thousand but Tej still has to give me the cash I won yesterday, so I've got a total of twelve thousand", the teenager didn't dare looking at her brother right now, instead, she focused on the empty sidewalk to her left.

"What do ya mean you won yesterday ?" And another Toyota was left behind.

"Well, yesterday, some friend of Daniel, who was in your group, came into the garage and I couldn't stand his attitude, ya know, Daniel is the best, nobody has a chance against him, he will win and ta ta ta. So I took the money I had just………..with me and we made a bet. Tej played bank and because of him not seeing me the whole day, he'll give me my money now, I guess", Lilly hoped that her brother's cop-mode wouldn't kick in because she really wasn't in the mood for an interrogation right now. But her older sibling seemed to take the news rather well and checked his watch.

"You should have enough by now, shouldn't you?" Brian knew that his little sister had been saving for an own car since she was able to count and he would never be so cruel and say "no", if she found the right vehicle. Would you rather me getting pregnant and having a real baby? No? End of topic. But she hadn't found it yet. I have to see it and I have to want it immediately otherwise, it wouldn't really feel like mine afterwards, you know? Once Brian had offered her to win a '92 Mazda for her, a good car which merely needed a proper tuning and spraying, but Lilly hadn't wanted it. You probably are the coolest big bro in the world and I might regret this later on, but no. I mean, this is going to be my car and I need the feeling that I own this car because of something I have done, you understand that, don't you? No being mad or sad,' kay? You know how much I hate the knowledge that I owe somebody something without being able to return it. C'mon, I wanna hug you. He was proud of his sister, she was just right the way she was, though her stubborness could make him nuts at times.

"Money, yes, car, no, but I still believe in miracles, so it's possible that I'll find my baby tonight", the road was almost completely empty by now and Lilly had already seen one of the "Road closed"-signs. It was time for the itching in her fingers to start and the feeling in her stomach had spreat in her whole body. She wanted to drive, madly. I really do need a car! Even The One and Only has one. Hope, he's there. What did Brian say 'bout a baby being in his group? My big bro beating The One and Only, a dream comin' true, though I suppose that our hero will start later, these races aren't 'bout much money and if the cops come, they won't even start. Oh how I wish that he screws it up! Or maybe he isn't able to bring up the money. The minimum is a thousand per driver and there are only three ways you can pay for a race, the three Cs: you pay cash or with your car and if that's not possible, well, you'll pay with  cracked bones, instead. Bet that he doesn't even know the rules, I'm so sorry for him.

They had already arrived at the party and Brian drove a little slower to get his car through the crowd of people, who sometimes jumped when he let some gas coming out of the small openings above the front tires. Brian O'Connor knew exactly where his place was: not far away from the starting line.

"You're just greedy for attention",Lilly muttered and she could see Tej waving them over to him.

Her brother simply smiled.

"'ey, Bullitt's 'ere", Mike Anders heard somebody saying and he immediately tried to locate one of the guys he would be driving against. He had already checked on the other ones and now that he saw this Bullitt, he was sure that he would win his first race. They were all losers. He was the best in football and he was the best behind a steering wheel. He couldn't understand why everybody thought of this jerk as a god or something. But all of the sudden, Mike felt surprised when he saw Lilly Masterson getting out of Bullitt's car.

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(Who hates Mike Anders? We hate Mike Anders!!)