Sorry this took a while to put up I was having terrible issues with the site but here is chapter 1 for your enjoyment. comment and feedback are always welcome.
May 2012
Tim Riggins pulled his pickup truck into the driveway of their house in Dillon, it was mostly Billy and Mindy's and his 3 year old nieces house now. He relished the thought of having to find his own place but knew it was necessary if he didn't want to play tea party at all hours of the day with his niece. He got out of his truck and headed towards the front door. He knocked before letting himself in with his keys. Once inside he could hear the television blaring from somewhere else in the house he could also hear his nieces' constant chattering coming from his brothers' bedroom. "Is anyone home "he yelled out not too sure of what the answer would be. Once he had shouted he heard little feet stomping their way to where he was standing in the living room. "Uncle Tim" Squealed Savannah as she ran into Tim's legs. He picked her up off the ground and twirled her around making her blond curls fly around her head. "Hey squirt, how's my favourite little girl? He said grinning at her "I good Uncle Tim, I miss you" she said getting a stronger grip on him. "Where are mommy and daddy?" he asked her figuring that she wasn't home alone. "Mommy in her room, daddy still at work" she said looking so proud of herself. Tim smiled at her and put her down on the floor. He turned and walked towards his brother's bedroom. He sae Mindy stretched out on the bed he looked her up and down and noticed the small but visible bump that was now her stomach. Had he really been that out of the look and not realized that she had been expecting when he had been down for spring break. "Hey there Tim" she said barely looking up from her position on the bed. "Hey Mindy how are you feeling" he asked her. "I'm okay I guess but I could surely use the help. Would you mind keeping Savannah busy for a while so I can rest? Maybe you could take her to the park or something. Some fresh air may do her some good." Said Mindy, Tim nodded "sure anything if that will help you. Just tell Billy I'm home if he gets here before I do" "thanks so much Tim, you can't imagine how this helps. Oh and before I forget, welcome home college graduate" she said to him "Thank" said Tim before turning around and walking towards the kitchen. He stood by the counter, looking around the house; he couldn't believe how much things had changed since he had graduated from high school. Now if only he could get a job and his love life back in order. "Are you ready squirt, you want Uncle Tim to take you to the park? What should we do first?" he asked handing her, her sneakers. He watched Savannah jump up and down at the thought of going to the park with her uncle Tim. "The swing Uncle Tim, you push me" he chuckled at her request and the energy she was generating. He grabbed her hand and headed to the door to take her to the park. As they got to the park, he realized that this place brought back a lot of memories that he never thought he would remember but because of Savannah it brought back a lot of memories that he had pushed back and tried to forget about. He set her down on a swing and started pushing her. Once she was fairly high she started squealing loudly. Hearing those squeals brought back a lot of memories he hadn't forgotten but the more he watched the more he saw his sister sitting o n the swings. So many things had changed in the last 8 years. He wondered what she would be like now. After about an hour at the park Tim grabbed Savannah and headed home to help with making dinner. He never would have thought that his name and making or even helping with dinner would be in the same sentence. "Go wash up squirt, I'm going to help mommy with dinner" said Tim sending his niece towards the washroom and then turning around and heading towards the kitchen. "Billy home yet" he asked Mindy "Nope, he's still stuck at the garage trying to fix this car that's been giving him trouble" she answered looking at Tim "I could take Savannah for dinner and then take her to the toy store to make up for the birthdays and Christmases' I've missed." Said Tim.... "You would really do that?" she asked looking at him funny.... "You know Tim you've changed a lot from the batty teenager that was at my wedding" said Mindy. Tim smiled; he would never have thought a Colette would say that he was a different man.
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Midland, Texas
Kae was working hard at cleaning her final tables at Applebee's before she was going to head home for the night. She had to work early the next morning at her second job; she was working at the Toys R' Us in Midland to help make ends meet She loved kids so this was a perfect fit to help her try and get further in her education because she needed all the money she could get in order to go to college.. "Hey Paul, I'm done for the night, I'll see you on Friday" she yelled back towards the kitchen before going behind the hostess counter and grabbing her purse. She opened the front door and walked towards her car, it was a fairly old car but it did the work it needed to for the time being. She pulled into the front alley of the trailer park where she lived. She pulled in front of her own and got out of her car. She knew this place wasn't going to be permanent for her but at least it felt like a home to her. She got into the door and threw her purse onto the counter and let herself fall onto her couch. As she sat down she knocked over a picture frame. She bent over and picked it up off the floor... she took a long look at it. It was an old picture frame where she stood between two boys when she was about 8; they had gone fishing and were showing off their catches. She looked at the two boys and sighed "Billy and Timmy, what I wouldn't give to know what you boys are up to now. I miss you guys so much." She said before setting the frame down again and wiping a tear from her eye.