Chapter 1

Tim and Lyla have just saved Jason from getting the surgery. Jason drops them at Tim's house because Tim has offered to take Lyla home. As Tim is driving Lyla is staring at him and he catches her staring. Tim turns to her and says "what's goin through your head Garriety?" Lyla smiles at him and moves her head saying "you're a good friend Tim, regardless of what peoples say about you. You love Jason and he's gonna need you now more than ever" Tim smiles and continues to drive, as they pull up in front of Lyla's house and she begins to exit the truck saying "thank you Tim, for everything." She slides her way out and Tim grabs her hand saying "Lyla!" She looks at him and Tim can't seem to find the words that he is looking for or maybe he's just afraid but Lyla dares to wait for a moment to see if the response she wants will come out but unfortunately only words Tim can gather are "I still need that $20 for the booze cruise." Lyla smirks and reaches in her purse pulling out a fifty and slams it on the truck seat saying "keep the change Tim." With his hand on the steering wheel he looks out the window yelling "thanks". Lyla stomps up to her front door and she is bout to put the key in her front door when she starts to break down and cry. She slumps down on the front porch and balls up but all she can think about is how badly she wanted Tim to say he likes her. Finally Lyla is able to pull herself to go inside and she walks up to her room. As she closes her door she begins to realize that there will never be anything special with Tim Riggins regardless because he was incapable of love. Besides football, Billy, Jason, Beer, and sex there really was anything he cared about so she needed to let that go.

Tim was driving home and he kept thinking to himself one day, one day. Truth was he really loved Lyla but he knew he was not for her and she would never accept him. Tim wasn't exactly a good guy he had slept with half of Texas including a single mother recently but Lyla seemed to be the only one he couldn't get out of his head. He kept thinking in his head until he stopped the truck on his side of the road and began thinking. He ran his fingers through his hair and thought about it more and more. He couldn't help but turn the truck around and go back to Lyla's. Afraid to go to the door he walked around to the side and looked up at her window. Thinking of how he was gonna get up there he looked at the tree behind him and started to climb it. Finally he got to the top and starting to crawl out on the branch. Tim stretched his leg out reaching it for the roof he was able to land one foot on it and prayed that his other was able to get on top. Walking on the roof and overt to Lyla's window he had made it. He peered in and did not see Lyla but he heard the shower. Her window was open letting the cool breeze flow in and he was able to drop in the window. Unfortunately he made some noise squishing Lyla's teddy bears. Lyla had not come out the bathroom yet so Tim began to get nervous and he headed for the window again but then the bathroom door opened and Lyla stood with her towel wrapped around her with her hair up in the towel. She saw Tim and she screamed slightly but Tim jumped to her and placed his hand over her mouth. He pulled her close and lifted his hand as he said to her "shhh." Lyla took a deep swallow and she pushed him off:

Lyla: What are you doing here Tim?

Tim: Lyla? I! I!

Lyla: You thought you would sneak into my room …. Well I'm not gonna sleep with you Tim!

Tim: I didn't come here for that Lyla! Please!

Lyla: Then?

Tim: remember when were in freshman year when Jason had the flu and had to stay home and you and I were without him that whole week.

Lyla: what does this have to do with anything?

Tim: At first you were all okay because you thought it would be one day but then as the week went on and he didn't come we both were lonely. So we started growing closer together, eating, and walking together and even sittin by each other.

Lyla: (sat on the bed beside) Yea we became like best friends that whole week.

Tim: I think that was it.

Lyla: what was it?

Tim: When I realized I could love somebody else (looking at Lyla) for so long I looked at you as J's girl. But it doesn't mean that I never loved you Lyla.

Lyla: (grabbed his hand) Tim!

Tim: I know I'm not Jason Street but I do Lyla, I care about you.

Lyla: (hugs him tight) I care about you too.

As they hug sitting on the bed and Lyla pulls back. Tim kisses her and Lyla falls into his kiss and they begin making out. He unravels her towel and lays her to the bed and they make love. The next morning Lyla awakens to find the fifty dollars on her pillow case. Any girl would have taken this as a very bad gesture from a man but Lyla knew better and she understood that Tim was telling her that he respected her. She smiled at the money and grabbed and placed it in her dresser. As Tim drove home he was happy, he finally got to tell Lyla how he felt and that made him feel a thousand times better. Arriving home he pulled in his front lawn to see Billy sneaking home from next door he cut off his truck and looked very surprised. Stepping out his truck he continued to watch Billy try shamefully to sneak back inside. Billy had not seen him yet but Tim wanting to startle him slammed his truck door. Billy jumped and turned around looking at Tim who was looking pissed he just walked ahead of Billy and opened the door. Billy walked in behind him and said "Timmy I know what you're thinking now and it's not what you think." Tim went straight for the fridge and popped a beer open and said "so it didn't look like I just saw you sneaking out my ex-girlfriends house." Billy looked at Tim and shook his head saying "no, no, no she wasn't even your girlfriend you guys had sex once" Tim gulped down his beer and walked over to Billy and shoved it at him saying "try again" and walked to his room and slammed the door. Billy stood there with the beer in his hand and took a gulp and screamed out "two, three- I can handle that." Tim plopped down on his bed and picked up the football and tossed it in the air as he thought to himself how much his brother was an asshole. But for just a moment he was happy, as he thought about his night with Lyla, she was amazing her lips kissing him everywhere and as he ran his hands down her perfect body. Just thinking about her made him feel something; he tossed the ball in the corner and pulled out his cell phone. He began texting her: Garriety, can't stop thinking about you. Call Me! And he shut the phone but he got a message back quickly saying: If you wanna talk, see or be near me. You call me! I'M A LADY! Looking at that message, Tim smiled hard and he did the gentlemen thing and he called her.

Lyla: Hello!

Tim: Yea, I'm looking for Lady Garriety!

Lyla: This is her

Tim: So what are you up to today!

Lyla: Well first I have to actually get up

Tim: Come on Garriety, You gotta get out of bed.

Lyla: I would but some guy came over and kinda wore me out last night.

Tim: Wow I'm jealous! (Smiling big) So this guy is he taking you on a meal tonight

Lyla: He sure is, and he's not taking me to Applebee's

Tim: he's not because you know that's like Dillon's only restaurant.

Lyla: No way he's taking me out Riggins style.

Tim: Oh this guy sounds a lot like me.

Lyla: We'll see. (Hanging up)