Unexpected Changes

Chapter 1: This Can't Be Happening.

I know I said I would have these stories out by October, but so many things got in the way. but at least now I can wish you all a happy Thanksgiving (if you celebrate it).

Author's Note: The time frame for this is still the same: season three, no Gracie, no Tim/Lyla hookup, Tim didn't get kicked out of the Taylor's in season two, he stayed for almost two months, before moving back in with Billy. The only difference this time is that instead of it being a drunken hookup, Tim and Julie are dating, they starting dating a few months after he moved out of the Taylor's, and they've been dating for about seven months, if you don't like this storyline then let me know, because I can always change it back.

Disclaimer: I do not own Friday Night Lights or these characters! If I did own the characters Julie and Tim would be together. This is purely for entertainment, no profit is gained.

Julie Taylor sat on the corner of the bathroom tub as hot tears ran down her face. After 5 minutes, which felt more like an eternity to Julie, the results were in. Julie walked over to the sink, where the pregnancy test was sitting, and tentatively looked down, scared of what the results would be. Two bright pink lines. It was positive.

"This can't be happening." She said quietly to herself as she looked down at the positive pregnancy test in her hands, tears running down her face. "How could we be so stupid?" Julie said, her voice barely a whisper as she continued to cry silently.

"Julie, honey?" Tami called knocking on the bathroom door. 'She's been in there forever now, what on earth could she be doing?' Tami thought. "We need to leave now or we're gonna be late for school." Tami said in a stern voice, being the guidance counselor meant she needed to be at the school on time, if not early. 'If Julie wants to spend ages getting ready she will need to wake up earlier.' Tami thought.

Julie snapped out of her daze, horrified, she quickly shoved the test from her hands into her messenger bag. "I'll be out in just a second mom." Julie said trying to keep her voice from breaking as she wiped away her tears.

"Alright, I'll be in the kitchen." Tami said before she walked away from the door.

Julie checked her appearance in the mirror, she looked horrible, she had dark circles under her eyes from the lack of sleep she has had in past week, her lips were puffy and her eyes bloodshot from her crying, and she looked unbelievably pale. Julie quickly splashed cold water on her face to take away some of the puffiness, then she applied simple makeup, just some mascara and her favorite strawberry lipgloss, after that she rushed down the small hallway that led into the kitchen, where she knew her mom was waiting for her.

"Finally," Tami said as she looked at her daughter, she noticed her red eyes, the puffiness of her lips and cheeks, and the sad expression on her face; all the signs that Julie had been crying. "Is everythin' okay, sweetie?" Tami asked a look of concern on her face. 'Why would Julie be crying?' She thought.

"I'm fine, just tired." Julie said as she faked a yawn. Tami looked at Julie skeptically.

"Did something happen between you and -" Tami started, only to be cut off by her daughter.

"I said I'm fine mom. I'm tired, every teenager has days when they wake up tired and in a bad mood. Today is one of those days." Julie said looking away from her mother's burning gaze. She grabbed a hoodie off the coat rack by the front door and headed out toward her mom's car, a beige 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier, her mom followed closely behind after she grabbed her own coat.

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On the drive to school Tami made small talk as Julie looked out the window and nodded, not really listening; her mind was lost in her own thoughts.

Is she really pregnant? Could it have been a false positive? If she is pregnant, what was she going to do? Would she terminate it? If she got an abortion nobody would ever have to know. Or would she keep the baby? Maybe she could look into adoption? She knew though that if she chose either of those options, there would be no way of hiding it. Should she tell her parents? Should she tell Tim? There were so many questions going through her mind, and she didn't have an answer for a single one.

"Julie." Tami said noticing her daughter wasn't listening. She was starting to get worried, Julie didn't just space out, she always has something to say, especially when someone brought up reading like Tami did a minute ago. "What's goin' on? You're not yourself this mornin'." Tami said as she looked away from the road and over to her daughter.

"Nothing's going on, I already told you I'm just tired." Julie said just as her mom pulled into a parking spot at the school. Julie didn't waste any time and bolted out the car before it even stopped. She rushed toward the doors of Dillon High in order to avoid a conversation with her mom that she knew would most likely end with both of them in tears, or Tami screaming at her for being so irresponsible. Julie walked to her locker just before the first period bell rang. She couldn't keep her paranoia at bay... She felt like everyone was looking at her, like they knew. Maybe she should just tell him now and get it over with, she would hate it if he heard it from someone else.

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Julie walked into the lunchroom and immediately looked over at the football table, still no sign of Tim. Julie walked over to the vending machines after she saw that today's lunch was what appeared to be mystery meat, she quickly payed for a water and pulled an apple out of her bag. She made her way over to her usual table; it sat in a corner next to a window, across from the cafeteria doors, it overlooked the football table, really it over looked all the tables, but the football table was in the center of the room so it was hard to miss. Julie sat down and glanced at the door one more time, hoping to see him walk in. Unfortunately the only person she knew that walked in was Tyra, who made her way over to Julie's table after she stopped at the vending machines herself.

"Hey. Where have you been? I was lookin' for you last period." Tyra said as she sat down with a soda and a bag of 'Famous Amos' chocolate chip cookies.

"Last period was my free period, I was in the library workin' on this week's article for the school paper, then I went to the auditorium to work on my dance routine." Julie said before she glanced at the doors again, he sit hadn't walked in, and she hadn't seen him all day. 'He must be skipping,' she thought. 'Typical Tim.'

"Oh, well your mom asked me to check on you during our weekly meeting. She said you were actin' weird this mornin', and even now you're all distracted and spacey." Tyra said, looking at Julie, who continued to let her eyes roam around the cafeteria. "Julie what's goin' on?" Tyra asked while she snapped her fingers in front of Julie's face, trying to get her attention.

"Nothing's going on, I told her I was just tired this mornin'. I just haven't gotten much sleep this week." Julie said while she looked down at her hands, she couldn't tell Tyra the truth. Julie went to eating her apple so she wouldn't have to say anything more.

"That's bullshit Jules, and you know it. I'm your friend and I'm worried about you, so tell me what's goin' on." Tyra said. Julie looked up at Tyra and saw the determination in her eyes and if she knew anything about her best friend, it was that she would not give up without a fight, she would keep pushing Julie until she told her the truth.

"Fine. But not here." Julie said with a huff as she put her water bottle into her bag deciding to save it for dance practice. Tyra finished off her bag of cookies and stood up, grabbing her soda, ready for Julie to lead the way.

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Julie walked into the girl's bathroom and hunched down to check all the stalls to make sure nobody else was there, when she saw it was just Tyra and herself she dug through her bag until she found what she was looking for and handed it to Tyra. Tyra was silent for a long while as she looked down at the positive pregnancy text, too shocked to speak, she looked up at Julie with wide eyes and saw Julie was already staring at her with her own wide, tear filled eyes.

"Are you sure? Is this the only test you got?" Tyra asked. Maybe it wasn't accurate, it could have been a false positive. That kind of thing happens, right? Julie shook her head back and forth as she wrapped her arms around herself protectively and tried not to cry.

"That's the only one I bought because I didn't want someone to see me buying a frickin' pregnancy test at the drugstore and tell my parents. I'm pretty sure it's right though. At first I thought it was just stress, but I'm almost two weeks late." Julie said in a rush of words before she took in a deep breath, trying to keep her tears from falling.

Tyra embraced Julie in a big bear hug, promising her that everything would be okay, even though they both knew it wouldn't be, everything would change when word caught wind. Julie cried into Tyra's shoulder, while Tyra continued to whisper reassuring words to her. They broke the hug after awhile and Tyra jumped.

"Stay right here, I'll be right back. I promise." Tyra said as she took off like a light towards the nurse's offices, she faked a look of panic before she rushed in. "Ms. Collins! Thank god. Landry's hurt he fell off the stairs in gym and he landed on his ankle, I think he may have broken it." She said in a rush and watched as Ms. Collins, a heavy-set women with light brown hair, grabbed what she thought would be needed and rushed toward the gym.

'That should give me at least a few minutes.' Tyra thought as she started digging through all the drawers and cabinets until she found what she was looking for. She grabbed five pregnancy tests and stuffed them into her bag. 'Better safe than sorry.' Tyra thought as she rushed back to the bathroom before the nurse came back and realized she lied... Or rather, why she lied.

"Here." Tyra said after she took the tests out of her bag and handed them to Julie, who looked down at the tests then back up at Tyra.

"How the hell did you get these?" Julie asked with quizzical eyes.

"I'll tell you later." Tyra said.

After a few minutes and a lot of water Julie came out and put all the tests on the sink, waiting for the results. Tyra put her arm around Julie's shoulder and gave it a squeeze.

"Everything will be okay, sure things are going to change, and your parents are gonna freak, but they'll still love you, they're you're parents, they'll always love you." Tyra said looking down at her best friend.

"It's not just my parents I'm worried about." Julie said quietly as she looked down at her feet.

"Jules he'll be okay. He may be shocked and upset at first, but trust me, he'll be okay. Tim loves you, there's no doubt in my mind about that." Tyra said. She was pissed that he was so reckless and she wanted nothing more that to go find him and knock some sense into his ass, he was smarter than this, but her friend needed her right now and she wasn't going to leave her. She looked down seeing the results show up.

"We haven't even said "I love you" yet." Julie said, while Tyra rolled her eyes, they loved each other, it was obvious to everyone except them. "Here goes nothing," Julie said as she removed her eyes from her shoes to look at the results of the tests. Positive. Every single one was positive. Tyra let out a big sigh and pulled a sobbing Julie into another hug.

"I don't know what I'm gonna do Tyra." Julie cried her voice muffled by Tyra's shirt. She was seventeen; she was supposed to be worried about saving up to buy a car, getting the perfect dress for prom, SATs, NOT having a baby.

"You gotta tell him, sweetie. No matter what your final decision ends up being." Tyra said as she ended the hug but kept her arm around Julie. "Come on let's get you cleaned up." She said when she saw the mascara running down Julie's face.

They got Julie cleaned up and waited for puffiness to go down. Julie grabbed the tests and threw them into the trash can, along with the one she took earlier this morning, and covered them up with serval wadded up paper towels. Tyra walked with Julie toward her locker once most of the puffiness was gone. They got there just before the bell rang and everyone started coming out of the cafeteria. That's when she saw him. They locked eyes and he sent her a small smirk. She turned away from his gaze and back to her locker. She grabbed her books and hurried off toward her next class. Tim frowned as he watched her walk away, a confused look on his face. Something was off she looked like she'd been crying. 'Was it something I did?' He thought.

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The bell rang signaling the end of school, Julie walked toward her locker with her A.P English book in hand when someone snuck up behind her, she let out a small yelp, jumped, and dropped her books. She turned around to see Brain 'Smash' Williams smirking at her.

"What the hell Smash? You scared the crap outta me!" Julie exclaimed while she bent down to retrieve her books.

"Why so jumpy Juu-lee?" He said with that annoying smirk of his. "Worried someone caught you walking out of the janitor's closet after a make out session with a certain brooding fullback?" Smash asked with a chuckle, he loved to rile Julie up, it was just too fun.

"No, I haven't spoken to him all day, if you must know." Julie said while she glanced around the hallway to see if he was anywhere insight, like every other time today, he wasn't. "What do you want Smash?"

"Your dad told me to let you know that your mom has a meeting and you need to wait for him after practice." Smash said.

"Okay thanks." Julie said and walked to her locker.

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Julie walked out toward the football field after dance practice and waved at her dad so he knew she was there, he sent a wave back as she sat down on the bleachers. She looked at the field, the team was running end of practice drills. She looked across the field and when her eyes finally landed on him she saw he was already looking at her. She looked away quickly trying to focus on anything but him. Tim continued to look at her, even more confused now than he was at lunch. 'What's going on with her?' He thought. Julie pulled a book out of her bag, deciding to use it as a distraction, but when all she could focus on was how to tell him, she decided it was just easier to just pretend to read it until practice was over.

Soon enough practice was over and Julie watched from her spot, leaning on her dad's navy 2001 Ford Explorer, as everyone started to slowly come out of the locker room she knew her dad would be awhile because he had to lock up. She watched until she found the person she was looking for, of course he was one of the last people out. He always had to take his sweet time. She left her dad's SUV and made her way toward him.

"Tim, I need to talk to you." Julie said as she stopped in front of him just before he got to his truck.

"Okay... What's on your mind, beautiful?" Tim asked as they continued to walk together toward Tim's truck.

"Well, a few things." Julie said taking a deep breath. How is she supposed to tell him something like this? This is something that'll change both their lives forever... That's not something to be taken lightly.

"Like what?" He asked. 'Is she about to break up with me? It would explain why she's been ignoring me.' He thought.

"What is your opinion on kids?" Julie asked. She looked back over to the locker room, just in time to see her dad walk out and lock up, before making his way over to them. "Because... I, um, I have this babysitting job this weekend and I'm allowed to bring someone over." Julie lied, well not completely, she did have to babysit this weekend, and she was allowed to invite Tim. She just couldn't tell him, not now... Not with her dad on his way over.

"Is this your way of asking me to help you babysit?" Tim asked with a smirk as he throw an arm over her shoulder and pulled Julie closer to him.

"Well, he's about seven, so I thought maybe, you could teach him a little something about football, so yes... This is my way of asking you to help me babysit." Julie said. "But I should warn you, there's also a six-month-old girl involved."

"I'll come... It actually sounds like fun." Tim said with a smile as he kissed the top of Julie's head. He was glad she seemed a bit more normal, she had him worried for a second there.

"Really?" Julie asked surprised. She wouldn't have thought that Tim would find the idea babysitting fun.

"Yeah."

"Hey, I invited Tim over for dinner. I hope that's okay." Eric said once he finally made his way over to them.

"Yeah that's fine." Julie said, even though she was a bit upset. Normally Julie would love to have Tim over for dinner, but today was not one of days. She didn't think she could last a whole dinner before blurting out the news.

"Do you want to ride with me or Tim?" Eric asked, although, he wasn't sure why, of course Julie would want to ride home with her boyfriend.

"I'll go with you." Julie said looking at her dad. Both Tim and Eric looked at her, confused. Well, this might be an interesting dinner.

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I know it's not much different then the original, but I mainly just focused on making it more detailed and obviously with the big change of Tim and Julie actually being together, rather then them just having a one night stand. As always please review and tell me your thoughts... Do you like the new addition to the story? Or were you a fan of the old drunken hookup idea? How does this chapter differ in comparison to the old story? Let me know and don't forget to follow and favorite! :)