Starting birth control for the 1st time.

I lost my virginity on june 5th 2017. Ever since i had sex about 6 or 7 more times with no condom & i wasn't on birth control. I was freaking out this whole month thinking i was pregnant but thankfully i got my period yesterday. After i lost my virginity, about a week later i told my mom about it and she offered birth control and i was very happy cause that's basically why i told her. We have a gynecologist and she said we could go to him soon. We never did. My best friend went to planned parent hood in February & got birth control pills. She never took them though, and about a month or two ago she had asked me to throw them out for her so her mother wouldn't see them so i took them but never threw them out... 2 sets of pills were in there and one says it  expires may 18 and the other says october 18. What i want to know is, am i good to take the ones that expire in october??? I need to know asap so i could start this sunday!