SILVERSTONE, UK
The race at Silverstone quickly rolled around. Lilianna decided too surprise Max at the track. The dutch driver had no idea she was coming nor did she tell him. With her paddock pass in hand, Lilianna scanned herself in and walked towards redbull.
Prior to the race, Lilianna had asked Paddy to look after Isla for the weekend, especially with the football season now at an end. The defenders agreed to take Isla out to the beach for the weekend while Lily's away.
The paddock was already bustling with people from each team and the media. Lilianna had never been a person for the media, keeping herself and Isla away from the public eye as much as possible. She knew that being the sister of a Middlesbrough FC footballer, the media would be following her at every corner of the street.
"Hi. Are you lost?" the girl heard a voice behind her ask. She turns around and is met by someone dressed in orange. "If it was my first time I would say yes but no, not really." Lilianna jokes as the guy laughs. "Where are you heading? Maybe I can show you the way." the boy says. "I'm heading to the redbull paddock." Lilianna smiles, showing her paddock pass for the redbull hospitality. "Oh, here I was hoping it was McLaren." the boy laughs as does Lilianna. "I'm Lando Norris." the boy smiles, introducing himself. "Lilianna McNair." Lily introduces herself, returning the smile.
"So, what brings you to silverstone?" Lando asks. "Oh, surprising a friend." Lilianna smiled as she thought about the fact that she just called Max a 'friend'. "Ah, okay. One of the drivers?" Lando asks as Lilianna nods. "Yeah. Well, here we are. I'll see you around, I guess." Lilianna smiles. "Yeah. Bye Lilianna." Lando says. "See you later, Lando." Lily smiles as she walks into the redbull paddock.
The girl finds Max with his back to her. Quietly approaching, Lilianna scares Max. "Boo!" she says as she grabs his arms. The dutchman jumps before turning round. "Oh my god! What are you doing here?" Max asks, engulfing Lilianna in a hug. "I've come to watch the race and surprise you." Lily smiles as she returns Max's hug. "Who's this?" Christian Horner, the team principal for RedBull, asks. "Oh, yeah. Christian this is my friend, Lilianna. Lilianna, this is the team principal. Christian Horner." Max introduces the pair to each other.
"Pleasure to meet you, sir." Lilianna smiles, holding her hand out. "Nice to meet you too, Lilianna. And please, call me Christian. Sir makes me feel old." Christian laughs as does Lilianna. "Okay. Then, you can call me Lily if it's easier than constantly calling me Lilianna." the northern-irish girl smiles. "So, what brings you to Silverstone?" Christian asks as he and Lilianna stand to the side of the paddock. "Just to surprise Max." Lilianna smiles as she turns to the dutchman. "And how did you two meet, if you don't mind me asking." Christian adds. "It was weird, actually. It was in Monaco while I was on holiday and lost my brother in the dancing crowd. Max kept me calm until my brother came back." Lilianna smiled, the events of that night replaying in her mind.
"Wow. That's some way to become friends." Christian laughs as does Lilianna. "It is indeed. One of my brother's friends couldn't believe it." Lilianna smiles. The pair talk some more before Christian heads to the team principal press conference. "I've never seen Christian take to one of my friends as well as he's took to you, Lily." Max says. "Well, what can I say? I'm very lovable." Lilianna laughs. "Yeah, keep believing that lie." Max playfully nudges the girl.
The pair walk into the paddock, talking and laughing. "Okay, I better get into the car for FP1." Max says. "Alright. Good luck." Lilianna smiles as she hugs Max. "Thanks Lily." Max smiles back, returning the girls hug. The dutch driver gets into his car and waits for his mechanic to signal him to drive out the paddock. Lilianna heads up to hospitality to watch the race from the balcony and to bask in the great british sun.
The roar of the engines filled the track as the cars left the paddock. For her second grand prix, Lilianna definitely wanted to make the memories better than the first. The girl listened as the cars raced around the track with a small smile on her face. She watched as one of the RedBull car's returned to the paddock under her. Looking down, Lilianna saw the number '11' on the car, knowing that Checo was coming back into the paddock after his first practice. 'Max must still be out practicing' the blonde thinks to herself.
AFTER FREE PRACTICE
Once free practice was over, Lilianna and Max headed back to the hotel which coincidentally was the same one. Lily was in Max's room, the pair simply talking. "I didn't ask this but what do you exactly do?" Max asks. "Well, I studied Marketing, Communtication and Business in university. But, outside I'm kind of a social media influencer. I'm currently looking for a job which will fit around me best." Lilianna says. "Business and Marketing? Must be smart." Max jokes as Lilianna chuckles. "Guess you could say that." the girl shrugs.
"What about you? How come you got into racing?" Lilianna asks. "It's more or less runs in my family. My dad was a formula 1 driver and I grew up around racing." Max says as Lilianna nods while listening. The two continue to get to know one another. The only thing Lilianna didn't mention to Max yet was that she was a single mum in fear of being viewed differently by him. She knew it was important but she didn't want to tell him just yet, not while still getting to know him.
The rest of the night breezed by, the Northern-Irish girl and Dutch boy laughing and getting to know each other more. By the end of the night, Lilianna headed back to her room, but before she hugged and bid Max goodnight.
A/N: So, that's FP1 and FP2 done for this weekend. What two sessions for Alex 'Alobono' Albon guys. P3 in FP1 and FP2 🥹. And Logan getting P5 in FP2. Some weekend for Williams this is going to be, I can feel it.
Not so lucky were Lando, George and Lewis. Hopefully, a better FP3 and good Quali tomorrow. I'm gutted Charles missed the whole of FP2 but hopefully the issue is fixed and he can drive in FP3 and race in Quali ❤️
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FanfictionLilianna McNair, a young mother on a family holiday with her parents, older brother and 5-year-old daughter, decides to go out for a night on the town with her brother and some of his friends. They head to a trendy nightclub where the music is loud...
