"Jude! We're going to be late!" Tommy glanced at his watch for the fifth time since he started waiting in the living room for his wife.
"I'll be right here!" She yelled back room their bedroom.
"That's what you said ten minutes ago." He grumbled to himself just as she came stumbling into the living room, forcing her foot into a heel while hopping on her other foot.
Finally with both shoes on, she scampered over to the coffee table and picked up her purse before running over to the front door, smiling innocently at Tommy before giving him a peck on the cheek.
"Yeah, yeah, let's go." He playfully smacked her butt as she walked out the door, causing her to jump and yelp in surprise.
"You play dirty, Quincy." She turned around and stuck her tongue out at him, moving as fast as she could in her heels to the elevator of the complex. Quickly getting inside she pressed the ground floor button then started quickly stabbing the button to close the doors, realizing what she was doing, he yelled out at her, locking the door as quickly as he could before running towards the closing doors. Sticking a hand between them just as they were about to shut, they slowly retracted back open to reveal Jude looking very much like the cat that ate the canary.
"Nice try." He raised an eyebrow to her while the doors closed behind him. Slowly taking steps forward until he was inches away from her, his laid his hands flat against the cool metal of the elevator, trapping Jude against the wall.
His lips found hers, and as the elevator descended to their destination, the kiss grew in intensity. Finally breaking away, oxygen rushed back into their lungs and Tommy looked at her, a silly expression on his face,
"You are so much…fun."
"Fun?" She questioned, with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm lucky I got 'fun' out. You do that to me a lot."
"Mmhmmm, flattery will get you nowhere with me, Quincy."
He leaned in close to her, his lips barely brushing along the outer shell of her ear, "you sure?" His whispers sent chills down her spine. His words were followed by a playful nip on her earlobe.
She laughed and swatted him away repeating her earlier words, "nowhere."
"Can't blame me for trying though."
The elevator came to a halt at the ground floor and the doors parted. Leaving the confines of the space hand in hand, they ventured out to their car ready to begin their day.
The ride was silent for the most part. Tommy reached over and held her hand in his. They were the picture perfect newlyweds. They couldn't keep their hands off of one another, and the display was borderline nauseating for some such as Patsy who made the inevitable retching noises as she turned to Jamie who ha permanently found himself at her side.
Glancing over to her at a red light, he couldn't help but smile.
"You know…" he started, contemplating if he should admit this or not.
"Hmm?" She turned to face him, the smile that hadn't left her face in days still present.
Shaking his head, he changed his mind, "No, never mind." He decided against his confession, as he squeezed her hand in reassurance.
"Tommy, tell me, please?" the smile fell off her face as concern took over. "Is everything okay? What's wrong?"
"Nothing, honestly. I was just going to say how happy I am that things…you know, didn't work out at the cabin." He raised an eyebrow and her face fell even more.
"Oh." She freed her hand from his grasp and folded her hands neatly in her lap.
"Jude, girl. That came out wrong." The light had changed seconds ago and an impatient driver behind them laid on their horn. He pulled his attention away from her and focused on maneuvering down the streets of downtown Toronto.
"No. Don't apologize. It was silly of me to do that. I knew you didn't want kids right away."
"Girl, that's not it at all. Bur your career. The album is almost done and then you're going to go on that promotional tour they've been working on. Late nights, bad food, and no sleep. That's no way to be pregnant."
She remained silent, quietly thanking the traffic gods as they pulled into the G-Major parking lot. As soon as the car pulled into it's usual spot and came to a stop, Jude unbuckled her seatbelt and hopped out of the car, shutting the door behind her wordlessly. Tommy watched as her form retreated through the double doors of the building. A sigh of regret escaped his lips and he shook his head mentally berating himself for his selfish actions. She wanted nothing more to be a young mom, but right now as her manager he just didn't see how it could work, being a singer and mother at the same time.
Following his wife's suit, he slowly made his way into the studio after her.