That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you, please, don't go

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Riggins walked over to his truck and jumped up on the hood, reaching down a hand to me to help me up, too. I sat next to him and we sat silently for a minute. He looked over at me and grinned, like he had a secret I wasn't privy to. I could help but smile back.

"What?," I asked, referring to his secretive stare.

"I'm going to admit something to you right now, and you have to promise not to punch me," he said, still smiling.

"I can't make those kinds of promises, Tim," I said jokingly. He shrugged his shoulders and told me anyway.

"I had the hugest crush on you in high school." I'm sure my eyes widened to like ten times their normal size. No fricken' way.

"You did not."

"I did. Totally hand a thing for the coach's daughter." I laughed.

"You're lying," I said, a half smile on my face, still not believing a word he said.

"Scouts honor," he said, holding up two fingers. "Why's it so hard to believe, Jules? I mean, just look at you." I felt the blush rise to my cheeks and turned my head so he couldn't see.

"I liked you, too," I whispered, not daring to look at him, and wondering what the hell I thought I was doing.

"I'm sorry, what was that?," he asked, even though he heard every word I said.

"Are you really going to make me repeat myself?," I asked, finally turning to look at him, my cheeks a million different shades of pink.

"You don't have to say that just to make me feel less stupid," he said, smiling at my obvious discomfort.

"Have you looked in the mirror lately, Tim Riggins? You're all sex appeal and muscle. Not to mention you have a soft side that not many people have seen and it's very attractive." Ugh! Shut up Julie!

"Sex appeal, huh?," he asked jokingly. I rolled my eyes, knowing I'd definitely stepped in the 'things a technically married woman shouldn't say' category, but I was still enjoying the familiar banter.

"That was all you heard out of that, huh?," I said shaking my head. "You haven't changed a bit, Tim Riggins"

"Still full of sex appeal?" Tim laughed.

I shoved him playfully and he rolled off the side of the truck, right as my phone began to ring. I stuck my tongue out at Tim as I answered the phone without looking at who was on the other end. Big mistake.

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Julie Taylor had a crush on me in high school. Holy hell. That information reeked havoc on my imagination. If only I had made a move. Things could've turned out a whole lot different for all of us.

Her face fell when she answered the phone, and I couldn't help but wonder why. Her eyes flitted to me briefly, and she covered her other ear and slid off the truck, walking a few feet away for privacy. The gentlemanly thing to do would be to focus my attention somewhere else, but the Riggins in me decided to listen in anyway.

"Sign the papers, Matt," she said angrily. "I signed mine before I left, and my lawyer is waiting for yours." Silence. "This is your own fault. I know you didn't think I'd just let you get away with it!" Silence, as she paced back and forth, seemingly forgetting I was there at all. "Why should I have told you? Did you tell me when you were sneaking around with whats her name?" Silence. "What difference would it make? The end results the same. I'm done." Silence.

Her eyes are sad as she listens to what he's saying. Not sure if it's my imagination or not, but I could swear I heard the faint sound of Saracens voice begging Julie to reconsider whatever decision she had made. She flicked a tear off of her face as her eyes found mine. Guess she remembered I was there after all. She sighed.

"Matt. Sign the papers," she said still looking at me. "Goodbye." She hung up her phone and I walked over to her and did the only thing I could think of, even though I had no clue what was going on. I opened my arms to her, and she clung to me as she cried.

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"I found out about her a little over a month ago," I told him after I completely humiliated myself by crying all over his shirt, and babbling about all the events that led up to the moment. "He'd been a little distant, so I started doing the snoopy wife things. Went over the bank account information, trolled his face book and phone. The evidence was all there, in black and white, and I had been so stupid to believe that we were happy."

Tims arm was still around my shoulder, holding me tight to him as I rambled on and he listened attentively. We had settled back on the hood of his car, and people passed us randomly on their ways to their cars, but his eyes were settled firmly on mine. I found comfort in that more then anything else.

"I filed for divorce without ever really confronting him about her. I got the papers, and I signed them before I left, and then left them on the kitchen table. Pretty cowardly of me, huh?" Tim shook his head.

"The cowardly thing to do would have been to let him cheat on you and do nothing," he answered, giving my shoulders a gentle squeeze.

"I just don't understand, Tim. I was the dutiful wife. I quit working at the firm, I devoted all my time and energy into helping him get the gallery running, and instead of being where he said he would be, he was tramping it up with some gallery slut, and I'm left looking like a fool for thinking we were happy."

"It wasn't you, Jules," he said to me reassuringly. "Couldn't have been. You're smart, and you're sweet. And you're so beautiful that it's sometimes mesmerizing. He was an idiot, and that's all there is to it.." I looked up at him, grateful for his words, and feeling a million times better then I had in a long time.

"Thanks, Tim," I said, smiling softly at him. He brought his free hand around and gently thumbed away my last tears.

"So what are you going to do now?," he asked. Maybe I was seeing things, but I'm pretty sure he was looking at my lips like he wanted to taste them. Wishful thinking, maybe? Hell, I don't know, because I was too busy looking at him to even think straight.

"I was thinking I could maybe stay in Dillon for awhile. I have some savings in a separate account. I can find myself a place, start over." Tim smiled at me.

"I think that sounds like an amazing idea," he said. "Have you told your parent's yet?" I shook my head.

"As far as they know, Matt is still the perfect husband."

"You gotta tell them."

"I just don't want to be a disappointment to them. Mom and Dad have the perfect marriage."

"Nothing's perfect in life, Jules. They'll understand." We sat in silence for a minute.

"Thank you," I whispered over to Tim.

"For what?"

"For listening to me babble on and on, and for making me feel better."

"Anytime Jules. I'd do anything for you." I have got to say, at that moment, I believed him.

I sighed as he dipped his head a little lower, so that our foreheads were touching. I closed my eyes and took a deep intake of breath. He was going to kiss me. I could feel it. But I didn't move. I should've. But I didn't, because I wanted him to kiss me more then I wanted my next breath. I didn't give myself time to think about what that could mean, I just closed my eyes and waited.

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I don't know what had come over me, but I was going to do it. I was going to kiss Julie Taylor. We were so close together, and my thought process became a jumble of hormones and dark hair and sad eyes. Maybe I just wanted to make her feel good again. Obviously Saracen hadn't been doing that for her in a long time. Which was a damn shame, really, because someone should be loving that body every day for the rest of forever.

It started out as a little kiss, meant to be reassuring, on the side of her mouth, but not exactly on her lips. I heard her gasp slightly, but she made no effort to move, giving me all the permission I needed.

I moved my mouth over, and planted a gentle kiss on her lips. She returned it, pursing her lips slightly, a soft sigh escaping from her perfect mouth. I knew it was wrong. I'm sure she did, too. But neither of us seemed to care as the kiss deepened. The hand that had been resting in her lap went to the side of my face, and then into my hair, as the kiss took on a life of its own.

Our mouths were crashing together hungrily, and I have to admit that I forgot where I was, that I was even awake, as I slid off the truck and positioned myself in between her legs, our lips never separating.

"Riggins!," Coach's voice yelled, shattering the perfect moment we had been having. "If you don't get your hands off my married daughter, I swear boy, I'll show you how an old man can still get down."

I hung my head, not daring to look into the shocked face of Julie Taylor, or the disappointed faces of her parents.

"Tim…," I heard Julie whisper, which had me reluctantly looking up into her face, into her eyes that were still moist with emotion, and her lips that had been thoroughly ravaged by me. They were now a little red and puffy, making me want to kiss them all the more.

I turned toward Eric and Tammy.

"Guess the bbq's off Sunday?," I asked sarcastically, not sure what else to say. Coach walked up to me, wagging his finger in my face like he used to when I was in high school.

"I thought better of you, Son. I can't believe you would take advantage of a married woman like that…"

"Dad…," Julie tried to interrupt as she hopped off the truck and stood in front of him. He gently pushed her to the side, where Tammy swooped her up in her arms.

"You stay away from my daughter, Riggins," Eric yelled at me as I climbed in the truck.

"Tim, don't go," Julie said, as she wiggled out of Tammy's arms and walked up to the side of the truck. I looked between the two of them. "Let me go with you."

"Another time, Jules," I called as I started the truck.

"Dad…," Julie screamed again, trying and failing to get his attention. Hell, at least she was trying. I smiled at Julie briefly before pulling out of the driveway. I touched my mouth, the sensation of Julies lips still tingling there, and even after everything that had happened with Coach, damned if I didn't smile anyway.

Authors Note: Hope you enjoyed it. I didn't let Julie cheat on Matt. Not really anyway. She filed for divorce, so it's acceptable… I think.. Lol… Don't forget to review and tell me what you think! Thanks for reading, ya'll. ;)