Title: Someone Like You
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There was an air of excitement in the car as Julie and her friends made their way to the party out on the lake.
Liza was excited to be going to her first college party and hopefully meet some cute football players.
Landry was excited to get to the party where there would be some testosterone – the poor guy had been stuck with the girls all day.
And Tyra, well Tyra was just Tyra – always looking forward to a good party.
Julie was pretty excited too. The Longhorns had pulled off a win over the Wyoming Cowboys earlier in the day. The game had been a good one, with the Longhorns easily taking the win.
Tim had gotten to play most of the game, and from what Julie could tell, he had done great. Her eyes had pretty much stayed glued to the #33 the entire game.
She couldn't help but feel proud of him as she had watched him make play after play.
Her dad had been proud of him too. He had called Julie after the game to ask how she'd liked it and to tell her to tell Tim congratulations.
And she would definitely tell him, already envisioning his cheeks blushing slightly and that little half smile on his lips. The one sure way to embarrass Tim was to give him a little bit of praise.
She was looking forward to seeing him, and also having a few drinks and just letting loose and enjoying herself.
"Do I look better with my hair pulled up or down?" Liza asks, leaning over the front seat of Landry's car to try and look in the mirror.
"Liza, seriously. It's just a party." Tyra says turning to the backseat to give Julie an exasperated look.
Julie gives Tyra a smile. Liza had worked her way into their little group, and Julie was glad that everyone got along so well.
While Tyra liked to complain that Liza talked too much, Julie knew that she truly liked the girl.
"Tyra, we don't all have great boyfriends like you, you know." Liza says. "Tonight could be the night I find the guy of my dreams. Or at least somebody to mess around with."
The girls all laugh as Landry just shakes his head from his spot in the driver's seat.
"I've gotta find more male friends at UT." He mumbles under his breath, causing them to laugh even louder.
The group finally arrives at the party, following Tim's directions. From the many vehicles parked around the large lake house, the party didn't seem to be as secretive as Tim had said.
The four of them make their way into the house and through the crowds of people. They stop along the way for a few drinks – some sort of fruit punch concoction that tastes more like liquor than punch.
After getting drinks, they make their way out the back door and onto a large patio with a beautiful view of the lake.
Tiki torches lined the back yard, bathing the area in light, and loud rock music was blaring from a speaker system.
A huge pool, complete with a waterfall was the centerpiece of the patio. Several people had decided to take advantage of the large pool, some clad in only their underwear from the looks of it.
"This is what I'm talking about." Landry says, eyeing several girls in bikinis sitting on the side of the pool.
Tyra smacks him in the back of the head. "Watch it buddy."
Julie snickers as her eyes search the crowd, looking for a certain somebody.
She finally spots Tim on the other side of the patio, a girl on each arm.
Of course he would be surrounded by females. And not just any females – busty, gorgeous females. Julie was hoping that maybe Tim had grown out of his rumored man-whore reputation from high school. Guess not, she thinks.
He looked good. Real good. He was wearing a snug white t-shirt, with a Longhorns symbol on the front and a pair of jeans with holes in some interesting places. The white shirt showed off his tan, and his hair actually looked like it had been combed in the past twenty-four hours.
And he was smiling. That sexy Tim Riggins smile that made the ladies go crazy. Julie wasn't sure if the smile was from the big win or the bevy of girls surrounding him, or a combination of both.
"There's Tim." Landry says, pointing across the pool.
"Yummy." Liza says quietly, nudging Julie as they make their way around the pool and toward Tim and his entourage of females.
"Hey…Lando." Tim says loudly as he sees Landry approaching, the others following.
Julie watches as Tim disengages himself from the girls easily, standing to give Landry some kind of macho handshake that she would never understand. She glances back at the forgotten females, and almost laughs at the disappointed looks on their faces.
"You ladies are all looking especially hot tonight." Tim says with a grin, his gaze flitting over Tyra and Liza, and coming to rest on Julie.
"Cut the crap, Tim." Tyra says quickly, taking Landry's hand.
Tim shakes his head, still grinning. "Just trying to be nice, Collette."
"Awesome game today Riggs. You played great. That hit you laid on #76 in the third quarter was just awesome." Landry says in an excited voice.
"Thanks man. It felt good to get a win."
"Dad said to tell you congratulations and good game." Julie says, watching the color appear in his cheeks. She knew him so well.
Tim gives her a little half smile. "Tell Coach I said thanks."
Julie nods. "I will."
"You didn't tell us it was going to be a pool party." Liza says, finally finding her voice.
Tim glances toward the pool, shrugging his shoulders. "Didn't know it was." He turns back with a mischievous smirk, glancing at Julie. "Y'all can strip down to your underwear, or even your birthday suits if you wanna swim though."
Julie rolls her eyes, trying to keep her own cheeks from blushing at his words and the look he was giving her.
"Don't be shy Taylor." He says playfully, taking a quick step back as Julie reaches out to try and punch him in the arm.
"Riggs, help me out here."
Julie turns to see a curly-haired guy trying to carry a tray full of drinks in one hand and six-pack of beer in the other.
"Easy Curly." Tim says, grabbing the beers from his buddy and throwing his arm across his shoulders. "Curly, let me introduce you to some friends of mine. This is Landry, Tyra, Liza, and Taylor there on the end."
"It's Julie." Julie says quickly. "Tim is the only one who calls me Taylor."
Josh laughs. "Yeah, he's big on the nicknames. Please call me Josh. I have to put up with Curly from the guys on the team."
"Another drink?" Tim asks, passing everyone another drink from Josh's tray.
He pauses in front of Julie, biting the inside of his jaw and tilting his head. "I don't know Taylor. Two drinks might be too much for little ole you."
"Shut up Tim." Julie says quickly, grabbing the drink from him as he starts laughing.
The group settles down on some patio furniture surrounding the pool, drinking, laughing, and carrying on about the game.
Tim introduces them to several guys on the team, way too many for Julie to remember on a good day, much less when she already had a buzz going on from the punch.
Julie had somehow ended up sitting beside Tim on the chaise lounge. His muscled thigh was pressed against hers, and their arms touched every time he took a drink of his beer.
She felt like electricity was coursing through her everywhere that his body was touching hers. It was more than a little distracting, and Julie found it hard to keep up with the group's conversation.
Julie found herself staring at his hand wrapped around his bottle of beer. He had nice hands. Large, tan, with long, lean fingers. She could see a few calluses, and knew that his hands would feel rough against her skin.
Shit. Where had that thought come from? One, she did not need to be sitting there admiring Tim Riggins' hands. And two, she sure as hell didn't need to be imagining them anywhere on her.
"I'm gonna go get another drink." Julie mumbles, standing quickly and walking away from the group, needing a minute to get her hormones in check.
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"Hey Riggs, I think we're about to head out." Landry says much later in the evening, Tyra by his side.
"Alright." Tim says, standing from his spot beside the pool. "Liza and Taylor ridin' back with y'all?"
"Well, Liza says she's getting a ride back with Josh." Tyra says, pointing toward the two of them sitting down on the pier.
Tim turns toward where Tyra's pointing, surprised to see his roommate and Liza looking pretty cozy with one another.
"You go Curly." Tim mutters, grinning as he turns back around.
"And Julie's not ready to go yet, even though she's about three sheets to the wind." Tyra says, shaking her head.
"You think you could give her a ride back to her room whenever you leave?" Landry asks. "That way we can go ahead and leave."
"No worries." Tim says. "I'll make sure little Taylor gets home safe and sound."
"Thanks man." Landry says.
"Take it easy you two." Tim says. "Don't do anything I wouldn't do." Tim says with a smirk, slapping Landry on the back as the pair turns to leave.
Tim takes a drink of his beer and glances at his watch. It was already well after midnight. He probably needed to be heading out pretty soon himself.
He looks over at Julie, standing with a group of people around the hot tub, her body swaying back and forth to the loud music coming from the speakers.
Tim could tell just from watching her that she was wasted. She was laughing loudly and her cheeks were flushed. And she was doing more stumbling than dancing.
But Tim thought that she looked damn good. He had been thinking that since he had first laid eyes on her tonight.
With all the other hot girls at the party, many of them throwing themselves at him, he only had eyes for her.
Her dark jeans fit her like a second skin. Her purple, skimpy tank top left little to the imagination, giving him a delightful view of her cleavage and curves.
And all that long, blonde hair. There was something about it that had him itching to run his fingers through it. He wanted to know if it would feel like silk, because that's what it looked like.
"Shit." He mumbles to himself. I'm sounding like a damn romantic or something, he thinks as he shakes his head.
Don't even go there Riggins, he thinks to himself as he slowly makes his way toward her to carry her home.
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"That was the funnest party ever. Didn't you think so? I mean, there was a pool and punch and people." Julie rambles, giggling loudly.
Tim couldn't help but grin as he shook his head. Julie was shit-faced. There was no other way to put it.
He had managed to get her from the party to his truck without any problems, but she had talked nonstop on the ride back to her dorm, and giggled like crazy.
He walked around the truck and opened her door, reaching in to help her out, knowing that she wasn't very steady on her feet.
"Whoa…" Julie says loudly as he helps her out, laughing as she looks up at him, meeting his gaze.
Tim smiles at her. "Let's get you inside Taylor."
He places his arm around her waist, resting his hand on her hip as they make their way inside and over to the elevator.
"You don't wanna take the steps? They're probably faster. And better for you too. You know that it's important to stay in good shape Tim." Julie slurs, leaning into him as the doors to the elevator close.
Tim grins, squeezing her hip. "Don't think I can handle the stairs tonight."
"Yeah. Yeah." Julie nods. "You probably don't need the stairs anyways. I mean, you're Tim Riggins. You've got like the body of a god or something. All the girls love your body." She says dramatically, waving her hands around.
Tim tries to hold back a laugh. Julie was going to be so embarrassed if she remembered any of this tomorrow.
"You love my body Taylor?" He asks with a smirk, helping her off the elevator and moving slowly toward her room.
"Well, duh! What kind of question is that. I said all the girls love it, and I'm a girl."
Tim chuckles as he opens her door and helps her inside, sitting her down on her bed.
Julie quickly falls back, her head landing on her pillow. Tim slides her legs up on the bed, bending down to slip off her strappy sandals.
"I am a girl. No, a woman. I'm a woman. Did you know that? That's what I am. Yep, that's what I am." Julie rambles, her eyes closed.
Tim sits down beside her on the bed, placing an arm on each side of her body, bringing his face closer to hers.
"Yeah, I've noticed." Tim says quietly, a smirk on his lips.
Julie opens her eyes, staring up at him, smiling up at him.
She looked like the sweetest thing he'd ever seen with her hair spread out beneath her on the pillow. Her cheeks were flushed, her eyes were drowsy, and her pink lips were looking down right sinful.
Tim wanted to kiss her like he'd never wanted anything in his life. She wouldn't fight him – he knew that. But she would regret it in the morning, when she woke up and wasn't drunk off her ass.
Deciding to be noble for the first damn time in his life, Tim starts to sit up, but is stopped by Julie quickly sliding her hands behind his neck and pulling his face down to hers.
Before he can stop it, Julie is pressing her lips against his, her hands tangling in his hair to pull him closer.
She tastes like fruit punch and vodka, with a hint of Julie sweetness thrown in there, Tim thinks as he lightly brushes his lips against hers, pulling back to look down at her.
The kiss was short. Basically just a brushing of her lips against his, no tongues or licking or anything that would usually make a kiss hot.
But hot it was. Definitely one of the most memorable he had ever had, all because of the girl looking up at him with heavy-lidded eyes and a sweet smile.
"I think I'm gonna be sick." Julie mumbles, closing her eyes.
Tim grins. Well, that's the first time a girl's said that after a kiss from me, he thinks. Leave it to Julie though – he never knew what to expect with her.
"You'll be okay. Just get some sleep." He says, reaching out to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear.
He rubs the strand between his fingers, quickly finding that it does indeed feel like silk.
Tim stands up, rubbing his palms on the front of his jeans to keep from reaching out for her.
He grabs a blanket from the end of the bed and lays it over her before walking into the small dorm bathroom.
He opens the cabinet over the sink, finding a bottle of Tylenol among all the girly items and taking it out.
He fills the small cup sitting beside the sink with water and makes his way back to Julie's bed, placing the medicine and water on her bedside table. He knew that she would be needing them in a few hours.
He glances down at her, seeing that she's already asleep, her long lashes resting against her cheeks.
Tim leans down and drops a kiss on her forehead, keeping his lips there longer than he probably should.
"Sweet dreams Jules." He whispers before making his way out of the room, locking the door behind him.