"Speed, can you be a normal person for once?" Jude asked. She had endured almost a whole hour of being poked by Spiederman. She knew sitting in front of him would have its downfalls.
"I've thought about that, but then I decided that being like you was a lot more fun," Spiederman said.
"You're such an asshole," she hissed. Although she was mad, she didn't want the whole class hear the possible break up of SME and Jude. Not that they'd mind. Most of them hated her anyway.
"Dude, sorry. I was joking. Gosh, why do you girls have to be so emotional," Speed said and stopped poking her.
Jude turned back around and slumped into her chair.
"Why do I have to be so emotional?" she thought. She brushed those thoughts aside and managed to survive the rest of the day.
Jude was in her basement, working on a song. It sounded pretty good, except she couldn't make her verses flow into her chorus. And she didn't want to change any of it.
"Here, try this," Spiederman said, grabbing his guitar. She listened as he played the same notes as she did, and then added a few notes to put the two parts together.
"Thanks," Jude said, smiling at him.
"Look, I'm sorry. For earlier. It's just my short attention span. And you, just sitting there. I just don't like you getting all mad, you know?" he said.
"Yeah. I know," Jude said, smiling at him.
"Here, I made you this," Spiederman said, getting something out of his pocket wrapped in tissue.
"You made me something? Is it boogers? Cause that would cause me to kick your ass. Again," Jude said.
"It's not boogers. I hope," Spiederman said smirking.
Jude unraveled it and saw it was an air freshener with a picture of him on it. It was her favorite picture of him.
"I got it so you wouldn't miss me or anything on your car trips, without me," Speed said.
"This is amazing. You're so sweet Speed," Jude said hugging him.
"I think," he started to say when the Mind Explosion of Spiederman's Mind Explosion came in.
"Dudes, you've got to see this. It's the funniest thing," Wally said.
"We're not interrupting anything, are we?" Kyle asked.
"We were kinda," Speed said.
"Not doing anything," Jude said.
"Okay good," Kyle said while putting a tape into the VCR.
"After Jude heard about her recent nomination, she immediately jumped into the arms of Wally. We've also got a picture of the two, in uh, close contact. You've heard it here first on CRTV," Julie Joan, the host of the gossip show said.
"What?" Speed asked. He seemed upset by this. More upset than Jude.
"That's crazy. You were the closest one to me. And that other night was when Jamie broke up with me and you were wiping my tears away," Jude said.
"Yeah. It's stupid though. Anything they can do for a story," Wally said.
"Yeah. So uh Speed, do you wanna finish?" Jude asked.
"Finish what? It's beyond help. Besides, I've got a date with a chimichanga," Speed said leaving.
"What's his problem?" Jude asked.
"I think that's for Speed to tell you," Kyle said, getting up.
"Later, girlfriend," Wally said laughing.
Jude just sat there trying to take in all that happened. She realized that Speed was upset at something and went looking for him.
She got in her car and put the air freshener up on her rearview window. She drove first to Wally's, then Kyle's, and then his. The smarter thing would've been to go the other way but they lived closer to her than he did.
"Speed!" Jude yelled. No one was answering the doorbell and he wasn't answering his phone. She was about to walk away when she heard a window opening.
"Can I help you?" Spiederman asked.
"Can I talk to my Spiederman?" Jude asked.
Spiederman's eyes lit up to the way she called him hers. It was what he had wanted to hear for a long time. He rushed downstairs to open the door for Jude. He let her inside.
"What's wrong with you?" Jude asked.
"What do you mean?" Spiederman asked. He thought she was coming over to finally admit that there was chemistry building between them.
"You've been acting weird. Like today, what's with the whole getting up and leaving thing?" Jude asked.
"I'm getting sick of this. Why is it that you can't admit what's going on? You're so confident any other time but when it's just me and you, you're just, you're a giant chicken," Spiederman said.
"Giant chicken? Why can't you be serious for once Vincent?" Jude asked.
"Dreaded first name usage much? Are you gonna attempt to kick my ass again, Harrison?" Spiederman asked.
"You know what? I came here to figure out what's wrong with you and all you can do is just be an incredible jackass," Jude said.
"Well if I'm so much of a jackass, how about you leave?" Spiederman asked.
"Fine," Jude said and stormed out of the house. She ran to her car and got inside. Speed was looking out the window and watched as Jude leaned her head on the steering wheel and cried to herself.
Speed cursed to himself and picked up his phone.
"I think this is the end of SME and Jude," he said to Wally.
Speed was lying on the couch when his doorbell rang.
"Speed open up," he heard Kyle say.
Spiederman walked over to the door and opened it for Wally and Kyle. His friends glared at him as they came inside.
"You better apologize," Wally said, handing Spiederman his phone.
"I want to. I really want to. But it's so hard," Spiederman said.
"How hard is it? You need to tell her how you feel," Kyle said.
"I tried. I really did. But everytime I try it seems like I keep getting interrupted. Phone calls, detention, you guys. I just never get a break. We never get alone time, you know?" Spiederman said.
"Well you had your time today. How is it she ended up leaving in tears?" Wally asked.
"Well when she got here she's like she wants to see her Spiederman so I thought she was willing to talk about the feelings I know she's been feeling. But then she asked me what's been wrong with me and I asked her why is she so confident other times but when it comes to talking to me about us, she becomes a giant chicken," Spiederman said.
"You called her a giant chicken?" Kyle asked.
"Well, I couldn't think of anything else to call her," Spiederman said, smirking.
"Haha, that's rich. But that's not why she cried. So what else happened?" Kyle asked.
"Well she's all Vincent why can't you be serious for once?" Spiederman said.
"Oh. Usage of the first name. She was pissed," Wally said.
"You think? Anywho, I'm like are you gonna attempt to kick my ass again and she's like why do you have to be such a jackass. And I'm like well if I'm so much of a jackass, why don't you leave? And she did. I watched her go out to her car and I saw her hunch over her steering wheel and she was shaking. Which means she was crying," Spiederman said.
"Ouch. You made her cry dude. You need to apologize. She just doesn't cry over anyone," Wally said.
"Okay. In the morning, I'll go over to her house," Spiederman said.
"Oooh, this is her calling me," Wally said.
"Answer it," Kyle said.
"I'm putting it on speaker so shh. Hey Jude," Wally sang.
"I'm not in the mood for your Beatles inspired jokes," Jude said. She sounded like she was still crying.
"Jude, are you okay? You sound like you've been crying," Wally said.
"Speed and I got into another fight. But this time was worse. He kicked me out," Jude cried.
"I'm sorry. What happened?" Wally asked.
"I don't even know. I came over to bring him up out of his funk and then he starts with the name calling. So I called him a jackass. I know I shouldn't have but – what's that?" Jude asked. Someone had knocked on Speed's door and since the phone was on speaker, Jude heard it.
"The door, someone knocked on it," Wally said, taking the phone off speaker.
"I shouldn't have called him a jackass but what he said and how he said it, it got to me. I don't know. I'm gonna go. I just needed to say that to someone," Jude said.
"Jude, don't do anything stupid. Just, sleep on it. You may feel better in the morning," Wally said.
"Thanks," Jude said, hanging up.
"Who was that?" Wally asked.
"Pizza. Sorry. They took so long that I forgot that I called," Spiederman said.
"Oh," Wally said.
"So what'd she say?" Spiederman asked.
"Nothing really. She started to but then Bob McPizzaDude knocked on the door and she realized she was just about to tell me something. So I don't know. Maybe you should go over to her," Wally said.
"Yeah. Before we start recording tomorrow. Cause nothing's more worse than us not getting along," Kyle said.
"Fine. I'll be back. And there better be some pizza left over," Spiederman said and grabbed his skateboard.
"Safety first," Wally shouted.
Jude was in her room singing. In the whole hour that she'd been home, she had written a song and come up with some of the lyrics to it. She was having a problem with its flow but this time, she was going to have to figure out how to fix it on her own. I can feel, I can feel you near me
Why
Do you always do this to me?
Why
Couldn't you just see through me?
How come
You act like this like you just don't care at all
Do you expect me to believe I was the only one who fell?
Even when you're far away
I can feel, I can feel you baby
Why?
It's not supposed to feel this way
I need you I need you
More and more each day
It's not supposed to hurt this way
I need you I need you I need you
Tell me
It was no secret about who the song was about. She didn't want to feel this way about him but she couldn't help it. She did need him. In more ways than one. And she had to tell him.
Jude ran downstairs and walked out to her car.
"Jude! Help!" she heard Spiederman yell. He was hanging off of the ledge of her window. It was obvious that he had broken something while trying to climb through her window.
"Oh my God, Spied, hang on!" Jude said, running from her car. She watched in horror as he fell two stories down.
When she found him, he was standing next to some bushes.
"Are you okay!" she exclaimed.
"Yeah. These bushes are quite the good catchers," he said. She smiled and then remembered she was still mad at him.
"Are you okay? You kinda ran out here," Spiederman said.
"I'm fine. I'm just a giant chicken," Jude said with a smile.
"Cool. I'm an incredible jackass," he said.
"I'm sorry. You're right. I need you. Without you, I'd suck," she said.
"Of course," he said, laughing.
Jude's phone rang.
"Hello, chicken-jackass international," Jude said.
"Um I'm actually looking for Jude. Tomorrow, we start recording. 11 AM, sharp," Tommy said.
"Yes sir," Jude said.
"Keep it up and I'll be a drill sergeant for real," Tommy said.
"I'm just joking, Quincy. I'll see you then," Jude said, hanging up.
"So what'd you break?" she asked while walking him over to the front door. It was obvious by Speed's limping that he hurt himself.
"Not quite sure," he said, laughing. They passed by the garbage and Jude remembered something.
"Oh crap. Wait, I have to do something," she said, turning around.
"Jude, if you're hungry, you can come over to my house. I've got pizza," Speed said as she dug around through the trash.
"I'm not looking for food Vin," Jude said.
"Okay but just so you know, garbage picking isn't one of my things I find attractive," he said.
"Found it!" Jude said, holding up the air freshener he gave to her, only hours earlier.
"You got all dirty for that?" Spiederman asked.
"It's the first gift you've ever given me," Jude said.
"You're really something special," he said.
"And that's why we're together," Jude said.
She noticed the confusion in his eyes.
"We are together, aren't we?" she asked.
He answered her, only without words. His heart felt as though it was exploding as his lips came in contact with hers.
"I prefer that to the butt kicking," Jude whispered.
"Me, I'm not so sure," Spiederman said, laughing.
The two went inside to ice whatever Speed had hurt during his Spiderman act.
(Why by Avril Lavigne)