Julie walked the school corridors. She hated to admit it. But she had enjoyed her first day at school, for once she wasn't't whispered at. When things had spiraled out of control, the students at her old school had taken to gossiping about her. But in Dillion she was just one of the crowd and she loved it.
She was waiting outside the school gym for her father to emerge so she could get a lift home. Her thoughts drifted back to the previous night.
When she had found out that Tim was on the football team she had suddenly felt claustrophobic. It was if her past mistakes were catching up with her. She had walked into a lounge full of footballers. Realizing that the football mad world her parents lived in would follow their family everywhere; she had decided to leave the house to breath in her own space. Knowing her mother would only let her leave the house to go to the library. She had lied to Tami. The whole time she was in the lounge she had felt his magnificent eyes fixed on the back of her head. When her eyes meet his as she opened the door, she had felt alive, that had scared her more than anything.
She had walked to her safe place. She sat lay spiralled out with her eyes closed in the middle of the football pitch. All the good memories absorbing her conscious. The times when she was a toddler and had come to the football field with father, her playing at his feet while he coached. Every so often he would bend down to place a kiss on her head. When she was 8 years old and she had sat in the bleachers reading her book in the warm sun, her father and her would walk home after practise, him talking about his team and her giggling about her book. When she was 14 and had been dating James, one of her dad's players. She had been super smitten with him. They would make eyes at each other across the pitch. She remembered being so nervous and exciting just being near him.
Julie tried to push James from her mind. It hurt too much to think of him.
Julie had decided to give Dillon a chance, she loved her parents and even after everything she wanted to make them happy. She may never be the good girl, sweet, innocent Julie ever again. But she decided she wouldn't't be the angry spiteful Julie either.
"You waiting for me sugar?" a husky teasing voice interrupted Julie's thoughts.
She looked up to see Riggins exciting the locker rooms with his eyes locked on her.
She smirked as she swung her backpack in front of her.
"At bit full of yourself I see" she said while throwing him a cocky smile.
"Nah, I just thought you had come back for seconds" he winked at her while he threw his duffel bag into the back of his truck.
She looked up alarmed. Her wide shocked eyes meet his. "TIM! Shh quite…!".
He stopped and leaned against his driver's door. He raised his eyebrows at her. "Oh good, so your not going to pretend like it never happened" he said while crossing his arms.
Julie stared at him before looking down. "No, it's just I don't want everyone to know. I'm knew here and I was angry that night and I did things, I don't want it to define me"
Tim looked at her surprised by her honesty. "If you don't want to be defined as the best hook up I ever had then that is fine. But to be honest you are already being defined in this school as being fucking hot! And that is not just by me".
She looked up, her eyes dancing with lust and laughter. "The best huh?" she said teasing him.
He smirked at her; if she wanted to play he could play. He started walking towards her, whilst lowering his voice to a husky tone "shall I start quoting what you said that night? Oh Tim your amazing, oh it feels brilliant, omg your so…" he was cut of by the coach voice filling the parking lot.
"Jules, you ready?" Eric called out.
Julie looked towards her father who was standing near the car impatiently. She turned back to Tim who was only a few short inches away from her. She leaned towards Tim; she licked her lips and began whispering in his ear.
"You have no idea who you're playing with" she stepped back and picked up her bag.
"See I think I do Julie Taylor, and I think I like it," he said while throwing her one last smirk before turning away and jumping into his truck.
Julie stood there watching him, taken aback by his words. She heard her father yell out again. She turned, jogging toward the car.
"Sorry dad" she said whilst slipping into the passenger seat.
Eric looked at Julie before starting the car. "I thought you said no more football players" his voice expressing both annoyance and concern.
Julie ran her hand through her long blond curls and looked out the window at the cornfields whizzing by. "I know, and I won't, never again, I promise."