Title: Someone Like You
AN: Hello ladies! I know I say it everytime, but thanks so much for all the great reviews, and the faves and story alerts. It makes me feel really good to know that you all are enjoying this story! I had fun writing this chapter :D Hopefully you all will have fun reading it. Enjoy!!!
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Julie had a headache. And the loud noise of the campus food court at lunchtime wasn't helping the pain in her head. Her headache was due mostly to the tension caused by the pain in her ass…a.k.a. Tim Riggins.
It had all started yesterday afternoon when Tim had called her after returning from his away game. The Longhorns had defeated their opponent, and Tim and some buddies were going out to Harper's to celebrate.
He had asked Julie to come, saying that he had missed her and wanted to see her. As much as Julie had wanted to go, she knew that she needed to stay in and finish her paper. Regrettably, she had told him that she couldn't make it, and that she would see him on Monday. Julie had been able to hear the disappointment in his voice as he'd told her that he understood.
After attempting to work on her paper for a few hours, Julie had finally given up. She couldn't stay focused, and it was useless to try when all she could think about was seeing Tim. Julie had quickly gotten dressed and headed down to Harper's, looking forward to surprising him.
The surprise had been on her though, when she had entered Harper's to find Tim sitting at a booth with a girl on each side. Julie stood there staring for a few seconds and watched as the girls flirted and laughed with him. Without saying a word, Julie had turned and made her way out of the bar and back to her dorm room where she had spent the rest of the night going back and forth between feeling hurt and feeling angry.
Yeah, so technically they weren't dating or a couple – hell, Julie didn't know what they were – but after the few earth-shattering kisses they had shared, she sure as hell felt like she had a right to be upset.
This is probably a sign – a sign that I need to forget Tim and the outrageous idea to get involved with him, Julie thinks to herself, trying to focus her attention on Tyra and Liza's conversation around her at the lunch table.
As she looks around the crowded food court, she sees the door open on the far end, and in walks Mr. Tim Riggins himself.
Julie watches his eyes scanning the crowd as if he's looking for someone. Julie continues to watch until finally his gaze meets hers, a slow, sexy grin instantly coming over his beautiful face.
Damn, that grin should be illegal, Julie thinks as she turns her attention back to her friends, not acknowledging him at all.
As Tim makes his way toward her table, Julie can feel his eyes on her, but she stubbornly refuses to look his way.
"Hello ladies." Tim says with a smile, taking the empty seat beside Julie. "Taylor." He says softly, looking directly at her.
"Hey Tim." Liza and Tyra both say, giving Julie a funny look as she ignores Tim completely.
Julie hadn't said anything to either of them about the incident at Harper's. She was content to wallow in her own self pity for the time being.
"I think I'm gonna head back to the dorm for a while. My head's killing me." Julie says quickly, giving her friends a small smile before grabbing her things and leaving the table before they can even say goodbye.
Julie slips out of the food court, heading down one of the long hallways in the building that is a little less crowded, hoping to sneak out the back so that she won't run into Tim.
As she turns a corner, she runs smack into a hard wall of muscle…muscle that she had been fantasizing about for the past several days. Damn. He must have snuck out the other door to cut her off, she thinks with a frown.
"Hey Taylor." He says in that deep, sexy voice that right now she hated, his hands settling on her shoulders to keep her from falling.
"Tim." She says shortly, giving him a fake smile as she takes a step back.
"Is there a reason you're looking at me like you want to punch me right now?" He asks with a quick laugh.
"Oh I don't know why I'd be upset with you…" Julie says dramatically, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Okay…" Tim says slowly, running his fingers through his thick hair. "Well, I obviously need to apologize for something, but I'm not really sure what I did." He says giving her a smirk.
"Don't bother." Julie says with a snort. "It's not like you have to answer to me or anything. Now if you'll excuse me." She says quickly. Then like the mature woman she is, she sidesteps around him and all but runs down the hall.
"Big dumb jock." She mutters to herself as she picks up her pace.
"That's not very nice, Taylor." She hears, turning to find Tim walking backwards beside her, his eyes filled with amusement at her obvious anger.
"Leave me alone." She says quickly.
"I can't." He says with a grin.
"You're crazy." She says with a snort.
"Probably." He says with a smirk, gently grabbing her arm to stop her. "Crazy about you." He says crowding her back against the wall.
"Does that line actually work on women?" Julie asks quickly. "Maybe it worked for you and your little female friends at Harper's last night, but not me." She says heatedly, trying to keep the hurt out of her voice.
"Huh? What are you talkin' about?" He asks, genuinely looking confused.
Julie huffs. "I decided to come down to Harper's last night. I couldn't concentrate on my paper, and thought 'what the hell'. Imagine my surprise when I showed up to find not one, but two girls hanging all over you."
"You're mad about that?" Tim asks with a smirk.
The smirk on his face makes Julie want to scream. It obviously wasn't that a big a deal to Tim. Well, she could feel the same.
"You know what? It doesn't matter." Julie says in a rush. "We shared a few kisses – big deal. They didn't mean anything."
"The hell they didn't." Tim says heatedly, the sexy smirk quickly disappearing as his hands tighten on her shoulders.
"It was just a few kisses." Julie says stubbornly, placing her hands on his chest to push him away.
"Yeah, and King Kong was just a monkey." He says sarcastically, stepping even closer to her. "Maybe I need to refresh your memory." He says quietly before bringing his lips down on hers roughly.
Julie didn't know if it was pent up anger, or not having seen him in a few days, or a combination of both – but Tim's mouth crashing down on hers starts the hottest experience that she has ever experienced in her short adult life.
From beneath his t-shirt, his hard muscles warm her hands, and instead of dropping them to her sides like she knows she should, she slides her hands up his chest and wraps her arms around his neck. She hears him groan deep in his throat as he pulls her against his chest, kissing the hell out of her.
The heat of the kiss stuns her, stealing her breath and turning her body to jelly. She hears herself moan as she clings to him, following his lead by opening her mouth and allowing him inside.
Julie drops her purse to the floor, running her fingers through the sides of his hair. Heat radiates from his chest, warming her breasts, tightening her stomach, making her weak. As he slides his hands beneath the bottom edge of her shirt and runs his fingers over her bare skin, she lets her fingers do some exploring of their own, running over his chest and back.
Julie presses her legs together, trying to stop the need she feels. She tries to remind herself that they are standing in the middle of a hallway and that she can't strip him down and run her mouth all over his gorgeous body, no matter how damn bad she wants to.
Julie moans as Tim shoves a knee between hers, his hands sliding farther under her shirt, his large hands stopping just short of brushing her breasts.
"Damn Jules…" He says raggedly, trailing hot kisses down the side of her throat.
Julie didn't think she'd ever felt this hot before. She knew she had never felt this hungry, this needy before. Never ever, she thinks to herself, rocking against him.
"Fuck." He groans, his hands moving to her bottom as he shoves his body against hers, pushing her against the wall. His lungs rise and fall rapidly as he leans his forehead against hers. "We gotta stop." He rasps.
"Stop?" She says, confused. She didn't want to stop.
Tim breathes deeply, looking in her eyes as his fingers trail over her tight stomach, his thumb brushing the underside of her breast sending tingles throughout her body. "Tell me we can't do this here. Shit, we can't do this here."
Julie didn't know if she wanted to laugh or cry at his words, instantly missing his mouth on hers. The sound of voices approaching instantly alarms them both. Tim quickly takes a step back as Julie quickly grabs her purse from the floor, pulling at her clothing as she tries to look presentable.
Just in time, as three college administrators turn the corner and walk past them. Tim smiles at the men, patiently waiting for them to make their way down the hall and away from him and Julie.
"Well…" Julie says shakily. "That was close."
Tim stands there with his arms crossed over his chest, shaking his head slightly. "That was fucking crazy."
Julie smirks. "You did say I drive you crazy."
Tim laughs shortly, taking a step toward her and running his finger down the side of her face.
"Those girls didn't mean anything, Jules." He says sincerely. "Nothing happened with them. Girls throw themselves at all the players. It don't mean anything."
Julie nods. "I guess I overreacted too. I mean, we're not together or anything." She says purposely, hoping to get a reaction from him.
"Like hell." He says quickly. "We were all but having sex up against this wall, and you're gonna say we're not together?"
"So…we are together?" Julie asks sweetly, giving him a small grin.
"From what just happened, I'd say hell yes we're together." He says confidently. "Of course, I am just a big dumb jock." He says with a smirk, laughter in his eyes.
"I didn't mean that. I'm sorry I called you a dumb jock." Julie says with a small smile.
"I don't know…you really hurt my feelings with that statement, Jules." He says, trying to sound serious. "You may have to make it up to me."
Julie laughs as she rolls her eyes playfully. "I wonder how I'll have to do that."
"You're a smart girl." Tim says as he pulls her into his arms. "You'll figure it out."
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Tim was trying his best to stay focused on the game film playing on his TV, but his thoughts kept wandering to Julie and the hot kiss they had shared earlier in the day.
She had been so hot and sweet that he felt dizzy just remembering her in his arms, plastered against his body. She had been taut and trembling with desire, and her response had knocked him so crazy that he still hadn't recovered. For a moment he had been blind with lust, just wanting to be inside her. If those men hadn't startled them, he might have tried to take her right there in the damn hallway, or at least looked for a nearby closet.
Tim couldn't ever remember being so wild for a girl that nothing else mattered, but Julie had reduced him to that level with only a kiss. Just a kiss, sweet and spicy at the same time, so hot that it felt like it had literally seared him. Her tongue curling against his, the press of her body, so eager – yeah, she wanted him as fiercely as he wanted her.
Getting sex had always been easy for Tim, but nothing in his considerable experience had prepared him for this…fever. He didn't know what had caused the fever, but they couldn't look at one another without feeling its heat. And when they touched it was like a damn inferno.
She was damn cute when she was mad too, Tim thinks, laughing quietly to himself. All the better to kiss that anger right out of her.
Tim grabs his phone off the table as he hears it ring, hoping its Julie. He looks at the caller ID, seeing that its Jason instead.
"Would have been my second choice." Tim mutters to himself, grinning as he flips open the phone.
"Six." Tim drawls.
"Hey Timmy." Jason says quickly. "How are yah man?"
Tim leans back on the couch. "I'm good man. Real good. You?"
"Couldn't be better." Jason responds.
"How's the family?" Tim asks, referring to Erin and Noah.
"They're good. Noah's growing like a weed, but everyone's good." Jason says, the smile evident in his voice.
"That's good Six."
"I was calling to congratulate you on that game you played Saturday." Jason says. "You keep playing that well Riggins, and you'll be a first round NFL draft pick come senior year."
Tim grins. "Well…we'll see." He says slowly. "You still planning on bein' my agent?"
"Not sure if you can afford me, Timmy." Jason says laughing.
"Probably not." Tim says, laughing too.
The two of them talk for several minutes – football, family, and more football. That topic never seemed to get old between them.
"You guys have a by week this weekend right?" Jason asks.
"Yeah. No game this weekend." Tim says. "Probably head home this weekend. Go see Billy and Mindy, and the baby."
Jason laughs. "Ty ain't a baby no more, Tim. He's almost two years old."
Tim smiles thinking of his nephew. "Yeah. He's big too. A fullback in the makin'."
Jason laughs. "So, how is everyone there. I know last time I talked to you, you said you had been hanging out with some folks from Dillon. How's everybody doing?"
Tim smiles, knowing that he's gonna receive some ribbing from what he's about to say. "Everybody's good. Tyra and Landry are still true lovin'. And I guess I'm dating Julie Taylor." He says casually.
"Come again?" Jason says after a few seconds. "Did you say you're dating Julie Taylor? Coach Taylor's Julie Taylor?"
"That would be the one." Tim says slowly, a grin on his face.
Jason laughs loudly. "Wow. How did that happen? I mean, Julie Taylor…"
"I honestly don't know." Tim says, shaking his head. "I almost ran over her…and weeks later here we are."
"Not trying to sound all fatherly or anything Riggins, but you know Julie Taylor's not just some girl to screw around with right?"
"I know, Six." Tim says as he runs his hand through his hair. "It's not like that."
"You don't want to have sex with her?" Jason asks sarcastically.
Tim smirks. "Well of course I do, but it's different. I don't know, maybe it's where we started out as friends. Or maybe it's just because it's Taylor, but it's different with her."
Jason is quiet for several seconds before he speaks. "Wow. I think my little boy may actually be growing up." Jason says, laughter in his voice.
"Funny, Six." Tim says with a smile.
"Just messin' with you, Timmy. You sound happy, so I'm happy for yah. You'll have to keep me updated on this latest development."
"Will do." Tim drawls.
"Well, I better get off here. It's past Noah's bedtime, and he's waitin' for daddy to come tuck him in." Jason says.
"Alright. Take it easy man."
"You too. Bye Riggins."
"Bye." Tim says quietly, smiling as he closes his phone.
As Tim leans back on couch and makes himself comfortable, he can't help but think of Jason's words about him sounding happy.
He was happy. He had Julie Taylor - who kissed him like she needed to be a part of him, who looked at him like she actually gave a damn about him, who he couldn't get out of his thoughts.
Tim smirks. Who wouldn't be happy with that?
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AN: I rewrote and tweaked this chapter several times, so I'm interested to see what you ladies think of the final result...