Title: Someone Like You

AN: Hello ladies! I returned from my trip yesterday (and yes, I had a fabulous time - didn't drink too much and I didn't get too sunburned either!) , and must say that I was so happy to read all the great reviews from you all. I'm ecstatic that you all are enjoying this story so much. Here's the next chapter...please let me know your thoughts on this one. I think most of you will enjoy it :D

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The Longhorns had defeated the Kansas Jayhawks earlier in the day for their second win of the year. Tim had played most of the game, and the coaches were giving him a lot of positive feedback about his performance.

Billy had called to congratulate him, and even Coach Taylor had put in a call to tell him that he played a hell of a game. Yeah, Tim was definitely in high spirits and feeling pretty damn good.

Instead of heading to one of the several 'victory parties', Tim had opted to come to Harper's to hang out with Tyra, Landry, Liza, Josh, and Julie of course.

Josh had brought up the idea Friday during lunch, looking for any excuse to spend some time with Liza. And of course all the girls jumped at the idea to go out for some dancing.

As Tim sat at a table drinking his beer and watching Julie moving out on the dance floor, he was thinking that this had definitely been a good idea.

She looked good. Real good in pair of snug jeans and a silky red top. But more than the clothing was the body under the clothing, and how it was moving in damn near exotic movements.

"Julie's got some serious moves goin' on out there." Josh says loudly to be heard over the music, giving Tim a grin.

Tim throws Josh a look before returning his gaze back to Julie.

"Julie's a dancer." Landry says from his spot at the table. "A pretty good one from the looks of it. Even though that little grinding move she does looks more like something you'd see at The Landing Strip than dancing."

Tim couldn't disagree with that. He had seen his share of stripteases, and some of Julie's moves were enough to make his pants fit just a little too tight.

He glances over at Josh and Landry to find them both looking at him with grins on their faces.

"You enjoying yourself Riggins?" Josh asks with a laugh.

Tim shrugs, a smirk on his lips as he takes another drink of his beer.

"Don't deny it man. You are loving this triple date we got goin' on here." Josh says.

"Curly, this ain't no date." Tim says as he shakes his head. "It's a group outing."

"How so?" Josh says quickly. "I'm here with Liza, Landry's here with Tyra, and you've got Julie."

Tim shakes his head yet again. "You didn't ask Liza out. I didn't ask Taylor out. I guess you could say Lando and Collette are on a date since he asked her out, but that's it."

"Actually…" Landry says. "I didn't really ask Tyra. She pretty much just told me we were coming. That's how it usually goes."

Tim and Josh can't help but laugh at Landry's statement about Tyra. It was true that Tyra was the one in charge of that relationship, but Landry didn't seem to mind.

"What's so funny?" Tyra asks as she and the other girls take their seats around the table, finally deciding to take a break from dancing.

Tim smiles at Julie as she takes the seat next to him, her thigh brushing up against his.

"Nothing honey." Landry says resting his arm on the back of Tyra's seat, giving her a smile.

"Uh-huh." Tyra says quickly. "I somehow don't believe that."

"Just talkin' guy stuff." Landry says simply.

"So y'all were talkin' about sex huh?" Tyra says with a grin, causing the others to laugh.

"We do think of other things you know." Josh laughs.

"Only one percent of the time. Right Tim?" Julie asks, grinning at Tim. "The other ninety-nine percent's all sex – or so Tim says."

Tim smirks at Julie, not confirming or denying her statement. It seemed like lately Julie Taylor had taken up one hundred percent of his thoughts.

Ever since the incident at the fraternity party, Tim's thoughts had been consumed with Julie.

When he had seen the other guy's hands on her, against her will no less, he had saw red. That should have been enough to tell him that he had real feelings for the girl.

But the icing on the cake had been when she had looked up at him with tears in her eyes. Seeing Julie crying had about killed him, and he knew then that it was pretty useless to keep trying to deny that he had it bad for Julie Taylor.

Holding her in his arms had felt good. No, better than good – it was fucking fantastic. And he had to have more.

But Julie Taylor wasn't some rally girl or easy lay that he could screw around with and have a good time. She was a friend – which in his mind meant that he was going to have to take things slowly.

Hell, he wasn't even sure Julie had any feelings for him other than friendship. He had an inkling that she did, that she wasn't as immune to him as she liked to appear. But regardless, he was going to take his time – move slowly as to not screw it all up.

"Oh, I love this song!" Liza says loudly, shaking Tim out of his thoughts.

"You wanna dance?" Josh asks, looking toward Liza as a slow song starts to play.

"I'd love to." Liza says with a huge grin on her face.

"Baby?" Landry asks Tyra, holding out his hand. Tyra takes his hand with a smile and the two of them follow Liza and Josh toward the dance floor.

Tim glances at Julie, noticing her eyes following the others toward the dance floor.

He wasn't much of a dancer, but he wasn't stupid either. He wasn't gonna pass up an excuse to have Julie in his arms.

"Wanna dance Taylor?" He asks quietly.

Julie turns, arching an eyebrow at him. "With you?"

Tim smirks. She was such a smartass. "Yeah."

"I didn't know you danced Tim."

Tim stands slowly, holding out his hand. "Didn't say I was good at it." He smirks.

"Well, with an offer like that, how can I refuse." Julie laughs lightly, placing her hand his.

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He's really not so bad, Julie thinks to herself minutes later as she and Tim sway back and forth slowly.

Or maybe her body was just experiencing an overload of sensations and wasn't able to properly tell if Tim was a good dancer or not.

She didn't care as long as he kept his arms wrapped around her, his long fingers trailing back and forth over the small of her back.

They had started the dance with a little space between their bodies, but whether intentionally or not, they were now chest to chest, thigh to thigh. And the feel of Tim's hard body pressed against hers was more than enough to make breathing more than a little hard for Julie.

With her head resting on his chest, she could hear the beating of his heart, and was damn glad to see that it was beating slightly quicker than normal – a sure sign that he was effected by the dance the same as she.

Julie was worried that things were going to be awkward between the two of them after her crying stint the other night. Luckily, things were pretty much the same – except for the fact that after having Tim's arms around her, she was a goner.

She liked Tim Riggins. She had gone all through high school and witnessed tons of females fall prey to that sexy smirk and swagger, and had always managed to protect herself. Now, far away from Dillon, she had somehow managed to fall for him.

She wasn't exactly sure how it happened. Their budding friendship, mostly consisting of smartass banter and Tim playing the role of white knight, had somehow become extremely important to her. So important that she found herself seeking him out on campus and looking more and more forward to spending time with him.

She was attracted to him physically – who wouldn't be? The man was like sex personified. But it was more than that. He made her laugh, and he always managed to make her feel special without really trying.

Like right now, standing in the circle of his arms for the second time in the past few days, she was feeling pretty damn special.

They fit together perfectly, and Julie couldn't help but wonder if Tim was thinking the same thing.

Probably not. He's probably thinking of getting another beer or today's big game, she thinks with a chuckle.

"Something funny?" Tim mumbles, feeling her laughter against his chest.

Julie leans back to meet his gaze, keeping her arms around his neck. "Nope."

Tim smirks. "Just laughin' for no reason Taylor?"

"Yep." She grins as she rests her head back on his chest, smiling as he tightens his arms around her.

"Crazy girl." He mutters quietly, causing her to laugh quietly again.

Yeah, crazy's probably right, Julie thinks to herself. Crazy to be falling for Tim Riggins.

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"That was so much fun!" Liza laughs. "I almost died of laughter when Landry started doing the robot."

Josh laughs loudly. "The look on Tyra's face was priceless!"

Julie giggles, remembering the look on Tyra's face – part disbelief, part embarrassment – at Landry's lack of dancing ability.

"It was pretty funny." She says, glancing over at Tim to find him laughing as the four of them climb out of Josh's small car.

Josh had offered to give Julie and Liza a ride back to their dorm after leaving Harper's. Tim wasn't surprised – the boy was obviously crazy about Liza, and was looking for any excuse to spend more time with her.

Tim wasn't complaining though. He was looking for pretty much any excuse to spend more time with Julie too.

He falls in step beside Julie as they make their way up the sidewalk toward the dorms, Liza and Josh still talking animatedly in front of them as they too make their way toward the dorm.

"Hey Curly." Tim says as they reach the steps leading up to the dorm building. "You wanna go ahead and walk Liza up. I've gotta talk to Taylor about something."

Josh grins. "Sure man. Come on Liza."

"Bye Tim." Liza says quickly, throwing Julie a huge smile before she disappears into the building with Josh.

Tim turns toward Julie to find her smiling up at him. The two stand that way for several seconds, just looking at one another silently.

"Well?" Julie says with a small laugh.

Tim grins. "Well what?"

"You said you need to talk to me about something."

"Oh that." He smirks, ducking his head slightly. "I just said that to give Curly and Liza some privacy. Curly's too shy to kiss her in front of us."

Julie chuckles and shakes her head. "So, you lied to give your buddy some room to make his move huh?"

"Pretty much." Tim says with a smirk, rocking back on his heels.

"You do realize what you've done right?" Julie asks, tilting her head to the side.

Tim shakes his head slightly, not following Julie's train of thought.

"If he kisses her, she'll be up all night talking about it and analyzing it. And I'll give you two guesses on who'll be the lucky friend that gets to hear all about it." Julie says with a grin.

Tim smirks. "If it makes you feel any better, I'm sure I'll have to hear Josh talkin' about it too."

"Guys talk about things like that?"

"Yeah. Locker room talk." Tim says with another smirk.

"Sex yeah. But guys talk about kissing? Somehow I can't see you doin' that." Julie says playfully, raising her eyebrows at Tim.

Tim grins. "Taylor, I didn't say I did. I don't kiss and tell."

"Ah, but somehow the whole school always knew who your girl of the week was."

"Girl of the week?" Tim asks with a laugh.

"Yeah. Or girl of the day might be more like it." Julie grins. "Your reputation was legendary."

Tim grins as he looks down at the ground. He wasn't so sure he wanted Julie talking about his reputation, especially not if he was trying his damnedest to make her like him.

"But honestly, giving Josh some space with Liza is actually a pretty sweet thing to do." Julie says a few moments later.

"Sweet?" Tim asks incredulously. He didn't want her thinking he was a damn pansy on top of thinking he was a man whore.

Julie laughs at his response. "Yes Tim. Sweet. That's not a bad thing, you know?"

Tim runs his hand through his hair, giving her a smirk. "Sweet sounds too damn girly. How 'bout thoughtful or something like that. Not sweet."

Julie chuckles, as he'd intended her to. He loved her laugh, the way her eyes would light up and crinkle at the corners, her head tilting back, her pink lips parting – he couldn't resist that laugh.

To hell with taking it slow, he thinks to himself. He had to be a part of that smile, taste that laughter that was Julie Taylor.

Tim takes a step closer, cupping her cheeks with his hands and tipping her face up to his.

He pauses, watching as her eyes widen and her laughter stops as she realizes what is about to happen. He waits, giving her a chance to back away if she wants.

Instead of moving away, Julie moves closer, placing her hands on his chest.

With a huge grin, Tim ducks his head and touches his mouth to hers. He slides his lips slowly across hers, groaning quietly as she opens her mouth to allow him inside.

Sweet. Sweet was Julie Taylor, Tim thinks as he deepens the kiss, trailing one hand around to the small of her back as he pulls her closer.

Julie moves closer, running her hands over his chest. Tim feels sure that she can feel his heart pounding beneath her hand.

The small sounds coming from her throat every few seconds definitely weren't helping to slow his heart beat down. If anything, they were urging him on, causing him to want to hold her closer, kiss her deeper.

Tim would have been perfectly content to stand there kissing Julie for hours, if it had not been for Josh throwing open the dorm building doors, whistling happily to himself.

Tim breaks the kiss, pulling back from Julie but continuing to hold her in his arms. Looking down at her he sees her heavy-lidded eyes and moist lips. Damn Josh and his timing.

"Oh…" Josh says loudly, noticing the pair and quickly realizing that he just interrupted something. "So sorry you guys. Don't mind me. Forget I was ever here. I'll be waiting in the car Riggs. Take your time. Finish up." He says quickly, making his way toward his car as he gives Tim a huge grin behind Julie's back.

Tim shakes his head as he looks down at Julie. She starts to giggle and drops her forehead on his chest, as he rubs his hand up and down her back slowly.

"Finish up?" She says with a laugh.

Tim chuckles. "Well…now you and Liza both have something to talk about tonight."

Julie leans back, a grin on her face. "Yeah." She says simply.

"Do you need me to walk you up?" Tim asks.

"No. I can make it." She says quickly, taking a step back out of his arms.

Tim nods, immediately missing the feel of her. "That's good."

He grins at the disgruntled look she throws him.

"It's good because if I walked you to your room, I'd probably kiss you again and poor Curly would be down here waitin' for hours."

Julie smirks. "Hours huh?"

He shrugs. "Maybe longer." He says, giving her a sexy smirk.

Julie chuckles. "Well, I better go. Liza's probably about to explode with the need to gossip."

"Yeah." He says slowly, looking down at her.

He leans down once more and brushes his lips against hers quickly. Just a quick kiss, but something that he knew he needed.

"G'nite Jules." He whispers close to her lips before pulling back.

"Bye Tim." She says quietly with a smile on her lips, turning to make her way up the steps.

Tim watches as she opens the door and turns to look back at him, giving him a small wave and a huge grin before making her way inside.

Tim stands there for a few seconds thinking about the kiss. He kissed Julie Taylor. He made a move. And damn, but it felt good.