Getting Noticed
Summary: Julie falls for Tim Riggins. The question is can she get him to fall for her? Tim/Julie
Disclaimer: Friday Night Lights is not mine. I wish!
Chapter 2: The Game Plan
The next morning Julie decided that Tim Riggins was worth breaking her 'never to do again list.' So she had devised a game plan to get him to notice her at school. She had dressed a little more revealing and wore a push up bra. She spent ten minutes longer on her hair and makeup that morning.
When Julie was ready to out the door she was stopped by her father.
"You're not going to school half dressed." Coach told her.
"I'm dressed," She shrugged. She was wearing a tank top and a short skirt, but everything was covered. She didn't understand why her father was so upset.
"I don't think so. Go back to your room and change." He said more forcefully and pointed to her room.
"Julie, honey you can't go to school like that. What will people think?" Her mom came up from behind her father. She didn't think her outfit was that bad, but she turned around and went back to her room.
"This better?" She emerged from her room two minutes later. Her tank top and skirt were replaced with a plain t-shirt and blue jeans.
"Much," her father stated.
"That's because I look like I'm dressed in a potato sack." She groaned to her father and headed towards the door.
"There is nothing wrong with a potato sack." He yelled after her.
When Julie got to school she tried to keep her mind on positive thoughts. She may not be dressed sexy enough to get Tim's attention, but at least her hair looked nice. She had barrowed her mother curling iron and had soft curls framing her face.
Smash and Tim's voices boomed from down the hallway. Julie had just gotten to her locker and noticed Tim, Smash, and Matt coming down the hallway towards her. Here is her chance to get his attention she thought. Right before Tim passed her, she purposely dropped one of her books right in front of him. In her mind she saw him picking it up and then telling her how beautiful she was. Instead of picking her book up Tim sidestepped around the book and kept going down the hall. Julie frowned when he didn't even look at her. She then realized getting noticed by Tim Riggins may be harder than she first thought. She stood there with her book on the floor for a few minutes trying to reevaluating her game plan.
"You dropped your book." Landry came up from beside her and picked up her book.
"Thanks," She gave him a weak smile. She wished so much that it was Tim handing her the book.
"Have you seen Tyra?" He asked hopefully.
"No, but I'll tell her your looking for her." She shook her head and Landry frowned. She wondered if something was going on between those two, but she had her hands full with Tim Riggins.
"Okay, thanks." He said and walked off.
"Bye, Jules." Her parents yelled back to her as they walked out the door. They were going out to dinner and leaving her to baby sit Gracie. She wasn't real enthusiastic about baby sitting, but it wasn't like she had anything better to do. Like go out on a date with Tim Riggins, she wished! Anyway her parents needed a night out.
"Big sister is in charge now. You can call up all your baby friends and have a party." Julie told Gracie, who was sitting on a high chair next to the couch. Gracie just gave her a blank stare.
"Yeah, I'm not really in the mood to party either." She stated and picked Gracie out of the high chair. She sat down on the couch with Gracie on her knee. She flipped through the channels until she finally settled for the Lifetime channel.
A half an hour later Gracie was starting to close her eyes. Julie got up from the couch and put Gracie in her crib.
"Good night," She whispered to Gracie. It was still hard for her to believe she had a sister. She had been the only child for so long. When she sat back down on the couch the door bell rang. She figured it was Buddy Garrity wanting to talk with her father, so she didn't rush to the door.
When she opened the door she was shocked to see Tim Riggins standing on her front porch.
"Is coach here?" He questioned and looked behind her.
"No, my parents went out to dinner." She said and kept her eyes on him. She blinked a few times to make sure her mind wasn't playing tricks on her.
"You can come in." She offered deciding this was her chance to get Tim to notice her.
"Okay," He shrugged and seemed unsure.
"If you could let coach know…" He started to tell Julie once they were in the living room. Gracie's cries interrupted Tim.
"Hold on that's Gracie." She told him and went to Gracie. Julie deicide if Tim left while she was checking up on Gracie, Gracie would never hear the end of it when she grew up. Julie picked Gracie up from the crib and cradled her until the crying stopped.
"She's cute," a voice came from behind Julie. She turned around to see Tim staring at her and Gracie. She could feel her cheeks starting to turn red.
"Do you want to hold her?" She asked him.
"I really don't have much baby experience." He stated shaking his head.
"That's okay neither do I. Just make sure to support her head." Julie handed Gracie over to Tim. She got so close to him that she could smell his after shave. She couldn't believe how much her luck had turned around since the morning. In school Tim wouldn't even look at her and now she was smelling his after shave while he was in her house.
"I think she's asleep." Tim whispered after a couple of minutes. Julie smiled at Gracie's sleeping face. Tim gently handed Gracie back to her and she set Gracie back into the crib.
"Do you want to watch TV?" She smiled at him hopefully.
"Sure," He grinned at her.
Julie was hoping they would watch some romantic movie together, but instead Tim changed the channel to a football game. She decided the whole night wasn't a total waste though because she got to sit next to him on the couch.
After the football game was over Julie walked Tim to the door.
"Can you tell coach I stopped by?" He asked her before he walked out the door.
"Okay," She nodded. Just then he leaned over and she swore he was going to kiss her, but instead he pulled back. She was so close!
"See you at school." He smiled before he left.
"Bye," She waved to him before he got into his truck. He waved back and she took it as a good sign. Finally he had taken notice of her.
AN: Thank you WhoJackman, gizmossidekick, and swayxxlove for reviewing the first chapter.