First off, I shouldn't be writing this I should be working on lost and found. But I'm not. Sorry guys I will get out a chapter of L&F as soon as I can and I find my inspiration. So pretty much everyone is upset with how the series ended, me as well. Point one being, when the hell did Jude decided she was a rock star? Because is it just me, or did she strive to not have a rock star mentality like the entire show? And Tommy just lets her walk away, and when did she get the real engagement ring? We didn't see that. Anyway thats just a few things I'm still pissed about, but finally I think I am ready to write my own ending.
This is going to kinda be a song fic to Brad Paisleys " Is It Raining at Your House" Please download the song or go to youtube and type it in, you can hear it before you read the story, its a great song. You will all like it.
So enjoy this story, please give me some reviews, and this will be a few shot thing!
Thanks to all my readers out there, I love you guys, and I love hearing what you think!
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The only thing he could do that day was stand there. It was as if his feet, and his heart, were filled with lead that anchored him to the ground right there in her driveway. There was commotion all around but he noticed nothing but the skinny blond walking down the sidewalk. She walked like she was determined, like she was confirmed in her ideas, and that nothing...was going to hold her to this place.
Inside his head the noise began to fade, and all that existed was her. The sound of the car door opening resonated loudly, interrupting his thoughts. She glanced up at him and for a moment he was unable to read the look on her face. Was it pity? Was is a look to encourage him for the emotional trouble he would face in the coming months? No. Her look said "I'll see you soon" as if she knew the future. Her look was not one of goodbye, it was a look that would hold him over in his dreams until he could see her again.
He flinched when the car door closed and suddenly his head registered the sound of the screaming that had never truly silenced to begin with. It rushed back into his senses as she rode further and further away from him.
Is it rainin' at your house like it's rainin' at mine
He rode his bike home, the cool air hitting his face and blowing back his unmade hair. He watched as the closer he got, the more the sky darkened and threatened to spill out its contents at any moment. A few seconds later, he felt the first one on his cheek, and another there by his lips. Before he could help it the rain began to fall in cool sheets against his skin.
He pulled his bike into the detached garage beside his home. He took his time as he walked from the garage to the front door as he felt the rain come down. It was all he could help to do but to look up to the sky and wonder.
Do you miss me like I miss you, is it cloudy all the time
Jude opened her umbrella as she got out of the limo and started to walk hurriedly across the tarmac at the airport. The sound of the rain resonated off the metal shell of the near by buildings and Jude smiled. As much as she tried, the memories she wanted to hide began to fill her head. One of the first mornings that she had ever woken up in Tom Quincy's arms, she was greeted with the sound of rain on the metal roof at her farm house. She sighed as she climbed the stairs to the jet, as she remembered the way it felt for him to hold her so close as his chest rose and fell against her back. His rhythmic breathing gently rocked her back to sleep with the sound of the rain in her head. Before she reached the top of the stairs she dropped her umbrella to the side, letting the rain splash on her face, and for a moment it was all she could help to do, but to look up at the sky and wonder.
Tom finally made it inside his home and peeled the wet clothes from his cold body. The rain had chilled him to the bone, and he was in desperate need of a hot shower. He let the water sooth his body and his emotions, the ones he was trying so hard to stay in control of. Once he dried off he knew it was time for some dinner. It was either force himself to eat, or watch as his body would began to waste away with time. He was already half way though preparing his meal when a light in the corner of his eye caught his attention. When he realized what way laying there with an envelope, he swore he felt the rain hit his cheeks again, but this time it was his tears.
She tried her hardest to relax as the flight crew prepared to take off. She watched them intently as it helped to take her mind off of the deeper matters at hand. She was just about to close her eyes when she jumped at the vibration that began in the pocket of her jeans. Waves of fear and guilt crashed over her as her body suddenly became cool and adrenaline rushed through her veins. She knew she needed to reach for her phone.
Do you tremble when the phone rings?
She felt the vibrating stop as she finally found the courage to flip it open and see the name of the caller. She hadn't thought that he would get to her letter so soon, or that he would have the guts enough to call her and confront her.
And you think I'm on the line
Sadie.
Relief washed over her as she pressed the buttons needed to return her call. She was distant on the phone and Sadie didn't ask any questions. As soon as the call began it was over and Jude was again left alone with her thoughts and the memories she didn't want to face. If she was having this much trouble and she hadn't even left the airport yet, she dreaded the days that were to come. She stood and changed seats from the aisle to the inside by the window. Jude rest her head there where she could look out at the rain pouring down.
Is it rainin, at your house, like its raining at mine?
Tommy stared down at her engagement ring as a smile played on is face. He had distinctly told her to keep it so that she always had something that represented their love. She had simply smiled and told him thank you and she left with it still on her hand. He thought back to the day when he had gone to the store to pick it out after purposing on the spot without anything to give her. He had begged and pleaded for her to come, terrified of picking out something she didn't absolutely love. She just kissed him, and laughed, while pushing him out the door. Oh how he had fretted and paced and worried at the store only to pick out a ring that made her cry instantly. He thought about how the first thing she did was throw her arms around his neck and inhale his scent deeply. He wondered when she had brought it here, but was please he didn't find her house key as well. The thunder boomed loudly shaking him from his thoughts and back to the letter he was holding in his hand.
Does it thunder and lightnin' even when the sunshines
Tommy,
I didn't feel as if I could keep this. It's not that I don't want to...I do. But it is also something that I could cling to while I am trying to get things straightened out in my head. I have loved you Tommy Quincy ever since I first laid eyes on you when I was 15. Look at how times flies. Never did I think that we would be in this position, and that I would love you so dearly.
Thank you for respecting my wishes, when for so long I didn't respect yours.
This isn't goodbye Tom. You and I both know I can only go so long without you. Bare with me if you can, but if you can't I don't blame you. If you don't want to, well I won't blame you either. I look forward to the day when I can come back and stand in this house with you, and be the woman that I should be. With the self confidence to know that she found herself on her own, without a crutch.
All my love, I'll see you soon
Jude
Is it raining, at your house, like it's raining at mine
Tommy stood there reading her letter over and over again. What did these words means and why did she do this now when she was already gone? He wanted her to be able to find who she was and become the woman she was meant to become, but shouldn't the man you love be there to experience that growth with you? To help shape you, and guide you in the right direction? How was she able to just get up and go to a place so far away with people so different? They couldn't possible care for her, how could they know what is best for her if they don't know her or understand her?
Is it rainin' at your place just like it is over here
Jude drifted off to sleep as the plane finally started to roll onto the runway. This was it, there was no turning back now. She felt as if she were already gone and that she left familiar a long time ago. She didn't rest peacefully as she slept her emotions filling her head. She dreamed of Tom and all the things they hadn't got to do together, that they might never do together. She saw the life she could have had pass before her eyes. Jude felt the tears escape from her eyes as she reached out to touch the soft champagne colored satin of her wedding dress, with the burgundy bow already tied around the waist. Next she was digging her toes into the sand as Tom walked toward her with a glass of white wine and a plate of fruit. She smiled to her self as his hair blew in the wind, his cotton pants barely hanging onto his waist.
If it is, then sweetheart just like me I know your scared
She was still asleep but awake enough to know she was softly crying. Next thing you know, the small boy with chestnut colored hair, and Tommy's eyes is being carried on his fathers back. He reaches out his hands to Jude, but doesn't say anything.
Tom walked through his kitchen with the letter and the ring in his hand, running his other hand though his hair, not caring if he messed it up. He picked up his phone and contemplated what he was about to do. He figured she wouldn't answer, he was almost sure of it. But when he heard her voice, as if she was grasping to her life though that phone, he knew it was meant to be.
I just called you, to console you like any old friend would do
"How do you always know?" she asked as she sobbed into the phone.
"Oh baby..." he said as he put his head into his hands at the sound of her crying.
"What did I do Tom? I'm sorry...I'm sorry" She said as she tried to wipe her tears from her face.
He started to cry when he heard her just repeating that again and again trying to console herself.
"Jude, baby, it will be ok-"
"NO! You don't understand Tommy!" she said raising her voice and cutting him off.
" I dream about you Tommy, I dream about out life together and what we could have had! I see my wedding dress...and you" she stopped as she choked back a sob, " I see you with our son baby...our son."
Tommy didn't know what to say to her to make her feel any better, she had made this decision on her own, without him. Should he keep on respecting this decision that she made? Or just do what in his heart he knew he should do?
Is it rainin at your house, and by the way I still love you
"Jude, I love you..." he encouraged her.
" I can't do this..." was the last thing he heard her say before she hung up.
