Title: Someone Like You
AN: I finally got a chance to revise and post this chapter. Work's been extremely busy this week since I'm playing catch up from my week off. Hopefully it was worth the wait for you ladies :D Thanks so, so much for the great feedback on the last chapter. It really makes my day! I hope you all enjoy this chapter just as much - let me know. So, enjoy!!!
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"Shut up!" Tyra yells, her fork paused half way to her mouth. "Tim kissed you?"
"Jesus Tyra, why don't you just call CNN?" Julie says dryly. "Then you can issue a press release and save everyone that just heard you in this restaurant from having to spread the word one person at a time."
Julie and Liza had met Tyra for lunch on Sunday, at Applebee's of course. Liza had been telling Tyra about the kiss that she and Josh had shared, when she had let it slip that Julie had gotten a kiss of her own from a certain sexy fullback.
"Tim kissed you? Tim Riggins?" Tyra hisses, trying to be quieter.
Julie rolls her eyes. "Yes Tyra. Tim Riggins."
"Don't you think it's great though? I mean, Tim is hot!" Liza says fanning herself dramatically. "You're not jealous are you Tyra? Julie told me that you and Tim used to be an item back in high school."
Tyra snorts. "Hell no…Actually, I guess I should have seen this coming."
"Why's that?" Julie asks quickly.
"Y'all have gotten close all of a sudden. And I've caught him watching you several times, I just didn't expect it." Tyra says giving Julie a look. "You like him."
"Yeah." Julie says slowly, biting her bottom lip. "I'm crazy aren't I? I mean, it's Tim Riggins!"
"You say that like it's a bad thing." Liza says with a grin.
Julie sighs. "You don't know about Tim's reputation Liza. He used to have a different girl each week. He was notorious for his sexual escapades."
"I can't believe I'm about to defend Tim Riggins, but he has changed Jules." Tyra says slowly. "He's not as wild as he once was. And he proved with Lyla that he can be committed to a relationship if he actually gives a damn."
"So, I should just go with it and see what happens?" Julie asks hesitantly.
"I guess. Tim Riggins and Julie Taylor?" Tyra smiles, shaking her head like she can't believe it's true. "So, what about this kiss?"
Julie grins. "That would be the make-your-knees-weak kiss we shared last night."
"Well, I think it's about damn time. There's so much sexual tension between you two that it's hard to be in the same room with you both sometimes." Liza says with a chuckle. "Not that I mind being in the same room with Tim…"
"Are you forgetting about a certain curly-haired running back?" Julie asks.
"Josh is cute, don't get me wrong. But Tim is hot. And hey, it doesn't hurt to look Julie." Liza says with a laugh.
"I'll drink to that." Tyra says with a laugh, clinking her glass of tea against Liza's.
Julie shakes her head, grinning as she feels her cell phone vibrating in her purse. She pulls it out and recognizes Tim's cell phone number as the incoming call.
"Oh shit." Julie says quietly. "It's Tim." She says dramatically, looking up at her friends.
"Well…answer it." Tyra says simply.
"What do you think he wants?" Julie mutters, staring back down at the phone.
"Knowing Tim, probably to get in your pants." Tyra says sarcastically, causing Liza to giggle. "Answer it Jules."
Julie takes a deep breath and opens her phone, placing it up to her ear. "Hello?"
"Taylor." Tim drawls slowly.
"Tim." Julie says, a small smile on her lips.
"What are yah doin'?"
"I'm having lunch with Liza and Tyra." Julie says quickly. "Uh, how 'bout you?"
"Not much." He says quietly. "You busy later?"
Julie grins, glancing up to find Liza and Tyra leaning toward her trying to listen in. "No, I don't have any plans. You need help with some school work again?"
Julie smiles as she hears Tim chuckle on the other end. "Nah…thought you might wanna grab a bite to eat later."
"That sounds good." Julie says quickly, giving her friends a thumbs up.
"Sweet." Tim says. Julie swears she can hear the smile in his voice. "Pick you up around seven."
"Okay." She says with a smile. "I'll see you then."
"Bye Taylor." He says, a hint of laughter in his voice.
"Bye." Julie says quickly, hanging up the phone to find her friends staring at her with big grins on their faces.
"Well?" They both ask.
"I've got a date…with Tim Riggins." Julie says, giggling like a little girl.
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Julie was a ball of nerves by the time Tim's truck wheeled into the parking lot of a small, hole-in-wall diner located on the outskirts of Austin later that night. Tim slowed the machine to a crawl, pulling into a space close to the front door and then cutting the engine.
"This is it." He says casually, turning to look at Julie's reaction to his dining choice. "Greasy, but good." Tim murmurs softly, causing Julie to laugh quietly.
The diner was old, Julie could tell that from looking at the outside. But Tim had promised that they had the best burgers around. One of his teammates had introduced him to the place, and Tim swore that there wasn't a better burger joint in Austin.
"You starting to feel a little scared about saying that you could eat more than me?" Tim jokes as he opens his door, climbing out of the truck.
Julie laughs as she opens her door. "Not hardly Riggins." She says, sliding down out of the truck.
Tim chuckles as he walks up beside her, placing his large hand at the small of her back, sending tingles down her spine as the two head toward the door.
He slides his hand around to her waist as he opens the door, ushering her inside. He walks beside her, leading them to an empty booth.
Julie slides into the well worn leather seat of a booth near the back of the diner. As she looks around she notices that only a few people were there, giving them a sense of privacy.
"Hope you like it." Tim says as he slides into the seat across from her. "Not very many girls I know would care to go to a place like this." He says, giving Julie a thoughtful look.
"I love it. And I'm not most girls." Julie says with a small smile.
"I damn well know that Taylor." He says with a smirk, causing her to blush as the waitress steps up to the booth.
Julie glances up at the elderly lady, trying to stop the blush she feels from Tim's words. Though elderly, the lady had a distinct air of spunk. Her white hair was pulled into a tight bun and her eyes sparkled with humor and wisdom. Julie liked her immediately.
"I haven't seen you and your Longhorn buddies in a few weeks 33." The lady says with a Texas drawl.
"Been busy winning ball games." Tim says smugly.
"Y'all have been kickin' ass and takin' names so far." The waitress says with a nod and a grin.
"Miss me?" Tim asks with a devilish grin. It was apparent that the two had met a few times and that they had a playful relationship, despite the fact that the woman was old enough to be his grandmother. Tim always did have a way with the ladies.
"Not a damn bit." She says quickly, grinning as she turns toward Julie. "You found a girl to put up with your cockiness?" She asks, giving Julie a wink.
Tim smirks, trying not to laugh.
"I'm assuming you want a burger." The waitress says quickly, turning to Julie as Tim nods his head. "Hmm…and honey, I bet you want a salad?" the lady says, eyeing Julie's slender build.
"Nope. I'll have what he's having." Julie says with a smile, waving off the offered menus.
"Well hot damn." The old lady says, cackling to herself as she heads back toward the kitchen.
After their food had been ordered, the two of them sat in silence for a moment before Tim finally speaks.
"So, did you get any sleep last night?" Tim asks with a smirk.
"Huh?" Julie says. How could he possibly know that she had been up all night replaying that kiss, Julie thinks to herself. Had he done the same thing?
"Sleep." Tim says with a chuckle, seeing the confused look on her face. "Did Liza keep you up all night talking about Curly?"
"Oh." Julie says with a laugh, shaking her head. "Uh, yeah. She was pretty much on cloud nine – talking nonstop."
Tim grins. "He was pretty much the same way."
"Well, I bet I had it worse. You've been around Liza – you know she's a motor mouth."
"He's the same way. I don't know if that relationship's gonna work. They can't be quiet long enough to listen to one another, much less get around to any of the good stuff." Tim says with a smirk.
Julie laughs, finally starting to feel relaxed. This was still the same Tim. Yes, he had kissed her senseless last night, but this was still the same Tim that she had laughed and joked with the past few weeks.
"Well, Tyra got to hear an earful about it today too, so I got somewhat of a break." She says with a smile.
Tim nods. "Did uh, you do any kissin' and tellin' yourself?" He asks with a grin.
"Liza guessed." Julie says simply.
"Guessed? How'd she guess?"
"Something about 'flushed cheeks and a goofy grin' I think were her words." Julie says with a small smile, shrugging her shoulders.
Tim chuckles, secretly enjoying the fact that the kiss had gotten to Julie too – to the point that Liza had been able to tell that something had happened between them.
"It was bad…she started in chattering about Josh kissing her at our door as soon as I walked in, but stopped midsentence and squealed loud enough to wake all the girls on the hall." Julie says shaking her head. "She then proceeded to drill me with a million questions."
Tim grins, leaning his elbows on the table. "Well, Curly apologized about a million times for 'interrupting our moment'."
"Our moment? Is that what he said?" Julie laughs loudly.
"Yep." Tim nods, chuckling along with her, as the waitress walks up with their food.
Before anything more could be said, the waitress arrives with two large plates, each rounded over with fries, and huge half-pound burgers.
Julie's eyes grew wide with surprise as the plate of greasy food was set before her. "You have no idea how long it's been since I had a burger this big." She says, her mouth watering in anticipation.
"Hope you brought your appetite, honey." The waitress grins, a naughty glimmer in her eyes as she places the ticket directly in front of Tim. "Eat up girl. You need a little more meat on those bones. It gives him something to hold on to, you know what I mean?" She says slyly, giving Julie a wink as she walks away.
Tim bursts out laughing at the waitress' comments, watching Julie's face turn red as she begins to laugh too.
"Yeah Taylor. Eat up…give me something to hold on to." He says suggestively.
Julie rolls her eyes, dipping her french fry into her ketchup. "Shut up and eat Riggins." She says around her mouthful, not wanting to hear his smartass, sexual comeback.
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The dinner had gone well. Tim had been funny and flirtatious, sexy and charming. There were a few times that she had caught him staring at her with hungry eyes, but somehow Julie had managed to make it through the meal without embarrassing herself or throwing herself at him over the table.
After dinner, Tim and Julie had driven around the city for a while with Tim showing Julie some of the cool spots he had found around Austin.
The conversation had been comfortable, both laughing and joking with one another. But Julie could feel the underlying tension, and knew Tim could feel it too.
As they pull up to Julie's dorm building, Tim brings the truck to a stop and kills the engine, remaining in his seat.
Julie glances at Tim to find him turning toward her, one arm stretched out along the back of the seat, his fingers almost brushing her shoulder.
"Well, uh, I had fun." Julie says quickly, giving him a nervous smile.
Tim smirks. "Yeah."
Good God. Tim wasn't exactly a talker. What was Julie supposed to do when he was sitting there, staring at her and giving her that sexy smirk?
She shivers as Tim lifts his hand and traces the tip of his finger over her shoulder, his finger coming into contact with her skin due to the thin strap of the top.
Julie glances up at him quickly, biting her lip. She finds him still smirking at her, his eyes a combination of want and amusement.
Damn him. He knew exactly what he was doing to her, what he was making her feel.
Well, two can play this game, she thinks to herself. "Are you gonna kiss me or not Riggins?"
He chuckles, leaning in and touching his mouth to hers, his arm coming down around her shoulders to pull her flush against his chest.
"Smartass." He mutters against her lips, causing her to grin as he presses his lips harder against hers, deepening the kiss.
Julie's first thought as the kiss becomes hotter, is that of Matt Saracen. Crazy – yes. Who would be thinking of Matt when they were getting kissed by Tim Riggins?
But it wasn't in any way missing Matt. No, Julie was thinking of how in all her years of dating Matt, he had never kissed her like this. Matt's kisses were sweet and tender. Tim's kisses were hot and hungry. Those were the only words she could think of to describe the way she was feeling as Tim's lips explored her own.
She gasps as she feels his mouth leave hers, only to find her throat and trail kisses down the sensitive skin beneath her ear, making her shiver.
Sweet Jesus. The man was good. Damn good, she thinks to herself as she runs her fingers through his long hair, gently tugging his lips back to hers.
She nips at his bottom lip as she feels him chuckling at her lack of patience to have his lips back on hers. He groans in response, pulling her even closer in the small space of his truck.
"Jules." He mutters roughly, running his own fingers through her silky hair, his tongue tracing her bottom lip before deepening the kiss once again.
The kiss continues for what seems like forever, going back and forth between lazy and erotic, and frenzied and frantic. The rest of the world seemed far, far away as Julie lost herself in Tim's kiss.
Finally, Tim ends the kiss, pulling back to look down at her with his hazel eyes. He must like what he sees, she thinks as he smirks down at her, the two of them staying face to face for a moment.
Julie could feel her heart pounding, and could hear her own harsh breathing, trying her best to settle back down. "Wow." She whispers, licking her lips.
"Yeah." Tim murmurs softly, the look in his eyes causing her to go all tingly inside.
Looking up at him, Julie knew that she was in over her head. After sharing that kiss with Tim, after being bombarded with all those feelings – she knew that he could leave her breathless and wanting more.
"Well, I guess I better go." Julie says, placing her hand on the door handle but not moving away from him.
Tim nods slightly. "I'll see yah tomorrow." He says, pushing a strand of hair behind her ear gently.
"Okay." Julie says, unable to control the grin on her face.
"Okay." Tim says with a smirk, leaning down to place a brief, but hard kiss on her lips before pulling back. "G'nite Jules."
"Goodnight." She responds, opening her door and sliding out of the truck.
She quickly makes her way to the dorm building, feeling Tim's eyes on her the whole time.
Julie pauses at the door, turning to give him a small wave and a grin. He grins back before starting the truck and pulling away.
With a deep sigh, Julie makes her way toward her room. She knew she was in for a long night. Even after she gossiped with Liza, Julie knew that she wouldn't be able to sleep.
She was going to be too busy thinking about Tim…his hands, his hard body, his sexy voice. Yeah, it was gonna be a long night.