Author's Note: Hello fellow readers! Just a heads up, s this story is a continuation to the Season 5 Finale, so this is going to contain a lot of spoilers. If you're like me who likes to be spoiled (ha ha) or has already watched Season 5, then I really hope you enjoy the story.
Chapter 1
….One year later….
The warm Texas sun beamed down on Tim Riggins as he stepped out of his truck & walked over to his brother Billy, who was yelling at the men unloading the front door to Tim's newly constructed home off of their truck. "If you drop that door I will seriously kick all of your asses!" Billy yelled. Tim laughed & shook his head. "
'ey Billy" Tim said as he walked past Billy towards the men struggling with the door. "Oh hey Tim," Billy responded. Tim grabbed one end of the door, "Ok, on the count of three…one, two, thr—" he was suddenly interrupted by Billy. "Tim, what are you doing? Put that down. These men are getting paid for this. We've already done the hard part." Tim rolled his eyes & continued. Billy watched as the final piece was added to the house. Once the door was drilled in place, Tim walked down the front steps & stood next to Billy. "We did it" Billy said & looked over at his younger brother who was smiling like a child at a candy store. "Yes we did" Tim sighed as he took in the beauty of his new home.
A lot had happened over the past year in Dillon. Coach Taylor & his wife Tami had moved to Philadelphia, Matt & Julie were engaged & now took residence in Chicago, Mindy Riggins gave birth to twins [a boy & a girl], Vince & the rest of the East Dillon Lions now played for the Dillon Panthers, & Tyra Collette continued her studies at the University. As for Tim Riggins, he had quit Buddy Garrity's bar eight months ago & was now sole owner of Riggins Rigs, due to the fact that Billy was offered first assistant coach to the Dillon Panthers & was not going to be able to keep things up at the shop.
"Well, little bro I'm gonna head on home before Mindy starts callin' me" Billy said as he got into his truck, "The twins are drivin' her insane!" Tim laughed, "Send my regards to her & to Stevie."
Tim watched as his brother drove away & walked into his house. He grabbed himself an ice cold beer & sat on his new leather couch. He reached for the vibrating cell phone in his pocket in hopes of hearing "her voice" but unfortunately the phone was just indicating 'Low Battery'. It had been a year since he last spoke to Tyra; if an email here & there every few months counted as something. He tossed the phone to the side in disappointment & took a sip of his beer. He sat up & grabbed the small photo frame that was on the coffee table & ran his thumb over Tyra's face. It was a candid picture of him & Tyra dancing the day they went out with Matt & Julie to celebrate their engagement; Julie had snapped the picture & sent it to Tim a few months later. The late afternoon's sun rays began to seep through the windows & Tim stood up from the couch & walked out of the house & into the backyard. He sat down in one of the lawn chairs he had set up; he loved watching the sunset whenever he came home early from work. He continued drinking his beer & sighed heavily when he felt the warm summer breeze on his skin. The sun began to slowly descend into the hills, leaving the sky with a beautiful orange-pink tint to it. Tim looked over at the empty lawn chair next to him. It seemed like just yesterday he was telling Tyra how he was going to build a house exactly where they were sitting & how she told him she had been in love with him since she was five years old. If there was a way to turn back time he would've gone back to that moment & would've asked her to marry him but she had dreams of her own & he wanted her to be happy.
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