You Belong with Me

You're on the phone with your girlfriend, She's upset
She's going off about something that you said
She doesn't get your humour like I do

He was on the phone with her. Lyla. Julie Taylor stood in the parking lot, waiting for her dad to come out of the locker room, watching Tim Riggins argue on his cell phone. Loudly. She knew it was Lyla.

Tim was the new assistant coach at East Dillon. Her dad had brought him in after getting sacked for J.D. McCoy's quarterback coach. She saw as Tim sunk back against the wall, looking simply exhausted over his on-and-off lover. She felt for him. Even in his new role, Julie could see Tim wanted to keep up tough guy appearances.

I'm in the room, it's a typical Tuesday night
I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like
And she'll never know your story like I do

Julie sat at her desk, trying to finish her calculus homework, as her Dad and Tim watched tape in the living room. She could just barely see them, if she leaned back in her chair just right. Both men had yellow legal pads perched on their knees. Tim was chewing on the end of his pen.

It made Julie think back to the short time Tim had lived with the Taylors. What a different side of the star fullback she had come to know. He put up that tough exterior to his fellow players, the rally girls, and even Billy, but she got to see Tim play peek-a-boo with Gracie. And have manly talks with Coach over the grill. And stand up for her any time she needed his help. Julie knew he didn't show that side of him to Lyla.

But she wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming bout the day when you'll wake up and find
That what you're lookin for has been here the whole time
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why can't you see?
You belong with me
You belong with me

Standing with her mom on the bleachers for homecoming was something Julie had been looking forward to all month. The Panther Boosters normally saw Tami's attendance at a rival football game as a large conflict of interest. Or more often than not, mutiny. But the two teams were playing each other for East Dillon's homecoming game, and Julie was thrilled to be standing next to her mom and Gracie.

Of course she was more excited about what was happening down on the field, or specifically who was down there. Dressed in a warmup jacket, with headset half off his head, Tim was yelling at his offensive line. Waving his arms towards the end zone – which earlier they seemed to forget which one was theirs – he seems to be trying to psych them up. He sent his kids off onto the field and turns around, smiling up at the bleachers. At…Lyla. Oh.

Julie hopes, both for a win for the team, and for a time when Tim sees her for something besides Coach's daughter.

Obviously, I do not own FNL's wonderful characters (if only this were true…), nor do I own Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me.

What do you think? I only made it about halfway through the song before I got stuck for ideas, so if this sets any plot tidbits in your head for the rest of the song, please let me know! I don't feel this story is done, and really want inspiration to finish it!

AND I haven't seen any of season 4 yet, so if you are lucky enough (read: not as ridiculously cheap as I am), please don't spoil it for me!