Chapter 6: Where are you at?

Tim sat outside the door of his sisters' room. He still hadn't quite figured out what to do with a lot of the information that had been thrown at him that morning. Where was he going to live? Could he live with someone that he hadn't seen in 9 years?

"Penny for your thoughts Timmy" said Kae wheeling herself out of her hospital room as best she could

"How did you get out here?" he asked starring at her.

"I can still move around a bit you know. So what's up?" asked Kae

"There's so much going on right now. You're back here now and I want to connect with you. We need a place to live. I think I'm in love with a girl. My brother and I have been fighting. Man it's just too much" said Tim

"Chill big brother, I mean we can only deal with one thing at a time. Right now, you focus on me too much. I'm stuck here for at least another few days. If people bring me a newspaper or the real estate ads I can look for stuff too instead of just sitting here doing nothing. If you're too afraid of moving in with me that's fine I can look for something smaller and we can just get to know each other some other way. I have to be okay with that. I haven't been here in 9 years I can't expect you to just want me back here" at that point Kae wasn't really sure how much sense she was making.

"Kae, of course I want to get to know you again. It's just been a lot of things going on in such a short amount of time. I want to figure things out and as you know we've never had a lot of people to rely on and my best friend moved away four years ago so other than Billy I haven't had a lot of people to talk to. I don't know this whole emotion thing I don't do well with so it's hard to even make sense of anything right now. I'm angry with myself that it took this long to find you or that it took someone finding you in a car accident for us to get together again."

"Tim, I'm not sure how many times I'm going to say this to you and Billy but I don't blame either of you. I know that when Walt left things had to be done and at the time that was what was best for us three. The way I look at it now, we have a chance to change things and start over again." Said Kae

Tim looked at his sister and wondered h0w she could be so wise at 17. When he had been that age all he had cared about was sex, girls, and football. His sister seemed so wise and he felt like a dumbass that he couldn't even make any sense of things. He wanted things to be perfect. He also wanted to make sure that his relationship with Julie was safe and that they could make a go of things now that they both seemed to be on the same page.

"I'm sorry you feel so overwhelmed Timmy. That's not why I came back here you know. I just wanted to see what you and Billy's lives were like and where I could have maybe fit into if there was a chance. I never meant to cause all this trouble for any of you" said Kae

Tim reached over to his sisters' free shoulder and gave it a squeeze. He was amazed at how unselfish she was. Tim knew that Kae wasn't causing trouble, he just didn't have a clue how he could handle everything. "Kae, I don't blame you. I'm so glad that you did find us and that we can build a relationship again. We'll have to take things one at a time I guess. How about I leave you be for a while and I'll go and take a look at houses with Billy if he has some free time "said Tim.

"Alright Timmy, go ahead I'll see you later. We'll work things out I'm sure" said Kae

Tim got up from the chair and headed towards the door, he stopped right at the doorway. "Kae, where is your trailer at?" asked Tim

"Its 5 minutes outside of Midland about 2 blocks from the Applebee's on the main road. Why do you ask?" said Kae

"No reason I was just curious" said Tim

Tim left his sister and headed towards Riggins Rigs to see if his brother was at work. When he stopped in front of the garage, he saw Julie's car parked there as well. He got out and walked towards the office door.

"Anyone in here?" he yelled.

"We're all in the break room Tim" he heard Billy yell. Tim walked into the direction of the break room which was located in the back of the shop. When he got there he saw Mindy, Julie, and Billy sitting around the table.

"What are you guys all doing here?" he asked looking at all of them.

"We are trying to figure out what to do with Kae once she gets out of the hospital" said Billy

"What exactly do you mean, do with Kae, she's not an object you can toss around. I want to help her find somewhere to live that will be suitable for her even if it means that I won't live with her. I just think we can at least help her out a little" said Tim

"We were not treating her like an object Tim. We just want to make sure that we find something suitable for her that will be okay for her and work for the rest of us" said Billy

"Have you found anything around Dillon where she could live?" asked Tim, he pulled out a chair and sat down with everyone else.

"we have found a few places but most of them have stairs which would not help her right now" said Billy

"Is the Saracen house still for sale?" asked Tim. He had heard through the grapevines that Matt was selling the house and making a permanent move to Dallas with his grandmother.

"How do you know the Saracen house is up for sale?" asked Julie

"A lot of people have been talking about it. I've heard that Matt got a job in Dallas as a graphic designer and he wanted his grandma to be close to him so he's moving her there as well." Said Tim

Julie was surprised with Tim's' comment; she hadn't heard from Matt in a while but never figured that he would make such a decision and never talk to her about it.

"What would you want with the Saracen house?" asked Billy

"First I would have to find the ad or the agent selling it to find out its price and ask Kae if she would want to see it and maybe I could do a bit of renovating for her" said Tim

"That could work, it's not too big for one person but two could still live there if they wanted" said Billy.

Tim turned towards Julie knowing that talking about an Ex or even a house she had visited often was bound to have an effect on her.

"Would that upset you if my sister bought Matt's old house? More importantly if I ever moved there with her would you come over?" asked Tim

"It would take me a while to get used to it but I mean if it's a place that you could afford and you could live in. I would have to be okay with it. It would just be different then seeing Matt and his grandma there. I could learn to adjust" said Julie

Tim was proud of Julie. He also could not believe how much maturity all of the women around him were showing. Sometimes he was starting to feel as if he was in the twilight zone.

"Would you come see the house with me then? I'd love to check it out and see what it looks like and if my sister would like it" said Tim

"You go ahead Tim, I got a call from the hospital and I have a short evening shift tonight but I'll come with you next time" said Julie

Tim could almost hear the uncertainty in Julie voice; he could only imagine how awkward it would be for her to listen to him talk about her ex boyfriend's house. He really wasn't sure how to handle her feelings.

Julie couldn't tell Tim that she didn't want him to buy Matt's grandmothers house. After all he seemed to think it would be a good idea for his sister to have her live there. She just didn't know if she could ever stand to be in that house again. If she was going to have a relationship with Tim she wasn't sure where they could go if they would be together because her father certainly would not let her date Tim Riggins under his roof and she wouldn't be able to handle going to Matt's old house if he chose to live with his sister.

They both thought they would need time to figure out what to do next if they wanted to be with each other.

Tim let Julie go home to get ready for her shift at the hospital. He stayed behind with Billy to figure things out.

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