Chapter 2

2 months later…

Jude pushed past all of the people in the crowded club and made her way to the back where she hoped she would find Tommy and let out a sigh of relief when she saw him laughing and drinking with some of his friends. "Hey Tom" she said as she approached him.

Tommy turned his attention away from his friends and looked at Jude. "Oh uh hey…Julie, right?" he asked.

Jude gave him a strange look and shook her head. "No, it's Jude" she told him.

"Eh, close enough" he laughed. "So what's up? You back for seconds? Because there's a room in the back" he said, causing all of his friends to burst into a fit of laughter.

Jude looked at all of the men incredulously and then back at Tommy. "Can I talk to you alone?" she asked.

Tommy leaned back against the bar and crossed his arms over his chest, looking her up and down. "I'm sure that whatever it is you have to say, you can say it to me here"

Jude sighed and closed her eyes. "Please?" she said, almost in a whisper.

Tommy rolled his eyes at her and laughed. "Look sweetheart, if you want to hook up again, just say so, but if not…" he said putting his hand in the air and waving her off.

Jude looked at him incredulously. "What the hell Tom Quincy? What happened to that amazing guy who took me to the roof of his apartment and poured his heart out to me?" she demanded.

All at once, Tommy and all of his friends burst out into a fit of laughter.

"You actually bought that garbage?" Kwest asked her, holding on to his stomach.

Jude frowned at Kwest and then looked back at Tommy questioningly. " Oh, I get it" she said in realization. "That was just an act to get in my pants" she paused. "You played me."

Tommy just shrugged his shoulders and ran his tongue along the inside of his bottom lip. "Don't hate the player, hate the game, baby" he said cockily.

Jude shook her head. "I can't believe you Tom. After all of those things you told me, after what…what we did, you turn out to be an ass. Nice. Real nice" she said as she turned on her heels to walk away. "Oh and by the way" she said, turning back around to face him. "You're going to be a father!" she yelled before turning around and walking out of the club.

The group of laughing men suddenly stopped laughing and all of their eyes shot to Tommy, who was sitting there in shock with his mouth agape. Tommy snapped out of his daze and chased after her. "Jude, wait!" he yelled as he grabbed onto her arm to stop her from going.

Jude turned to face him with tears in her eyes. "You're such a bastard Tom Quincy!" she yelled as she pushed him away from her before turning back around and walking away again.

Tommy groaned and chased after her, eventually exiting the club. "Jude, please stop!" he called out, causing her to stop in her tracks. He breathed a sigh of relief and jogged up to where she was standing on the sidewalk. He just stood there looking at her in silence because he really had no idea what to say. "A-are you sure it's mine?" he finally asked.

Jude scoffed and rolled her eyes at him. "Yes Tom. I'm sure"

Tommy sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "Okay…okay" he began to pace. "We can fix this"

"We?" she scoffed as she crossed her arms over her chest and watched him pace. "There is no 'we' Tom."

Tommy stopped his pacing and looked at her. "Well 'we' made a mistake and now 'we' are going to have to pay for it" he said bitterly.

Jude narrowed her eyes at him. "I cannot believe you just said that!" she yelled.

"Well it's true! I can't have a kid with you. I don't even know you" he yelled back.

Jude held back the tears that threatened to fall and shook her head at him. "Well you don't have to worry about any of this Tom. I can do this by myself with no help from you, you insensitive bastard!" she pushed past him and began walking down the sidewalk again.

"Jude!" Tommy yelled as he ran after her again. "I'm sorry, okay?" he said as he stepped in front of her so she would stop. "I'm sorry" he said again.

"Sorry for being an ass or sorry that you knocked me up?" she asked bitterly.

"Look" he sighed. "I'll do anything you want, alright? You can have as much money as you want or whatever. Just…just don't let it get out that this kid is mine. I can't have people knowing that" he said.

Jude looked at him incredulously. "Oh don't you worry TQ. I won't ruin your precious reputation" she said bitterly, turning away from him.

"Thank you" he let out a sigh of relief. "But I'm serious Jude. I'll do anything you want. Just tell me, and I'll do it."

"Well there is one thing you could do" she said softly, still not looking at him.

"Just say the word, and it's done"

Jude turned to face him again and looked him in the eyes. "You could come to my doctor's appointment with me tomorrow" she said.

Tommy opened his mouth to say something but closed it because he didn't know what to say. "Uh…are you sure you want me there?" he asked her.

"You are the father…and I haven't told anyone yet. So I can't ask my sister and I really don't want to go alone" she said softly.

"Okay" Tommy sighed. "Where and when?" he asked.

Jude took his hand and pulled a pen out of her pocket and wrote the address to the doctor's office on his hand. "There and 11"

"In the morning!?" he asked incredulously.

"Yes, in the morning" she rolled her eyes at him.

"Okay. 11 it is then" he said.

"Good….I guess I'll see you then" she said as she walked back down the sidewalk. This time though, he didn't stop her.

-XxX-

The next morning Tommy pulled into the parking lot of the doctor's office wearing a baseball cap with a hood over it and huge, dark sunglasses. He couldn't chance being seen by someone he knew.

"You're fifteen minutes late" Jude told him when she saw him walk in, in his ridiculous clothing.

"Yeah, sorry" he said softly as he sat down in the chair next to her. "So you haven't gone in yet huh?" he asked.

"Obviously not" Jude rolled her eyes and continued to flip through the magazine that she was looking at.

Tommy groaned and sat slouched in his seat. "I hate doctors' offices" he said to no one in particular.

"Why?" Jude asked as she glanced over at him from her magazine.

"Uh.. let's just say I've had some bad experiences in them" he said, not wanting to offer too much of his personal life to this woman.

"Okay" Jude said simply, noticing that he obviously didn't want to talk to her about it.

Finally, a nurse came out and called Jude's name, breaking the awkward silence that hovered over her and Tom.

Jude stood up and turned to Tommy when he didn't. "Well aren't you coming?" she asked him.

"Oh…you want me to come in with you?" he asked her.

Jude nodded her head and bent down, taking his hand in hers. "Come on" she said as she pulled him up with her and lead him to the examination room with her.

-XxX-

"Wow, that was so…so real" Tommy said, smiling down at Jude as they stood by their cars outside the doctors office.

"Yeah" Jude said simply as she smiled up at him with her hands shoved deep into her pockets.

Tommy found himself getting lost in her eyes as she smiled down at her and cleared his throat. "I should uh…I should get going" he said as he looked away from her.

"Yeah" Jude said, looking away from him too. "Umm…do you maybe want to grab some dinner tonight or something?" she asked him.

"Uh" he scratched the back of his head. "You know, I can't. I'm going out tonight" he told her.

"Oh" Jude said with disappointment evident in her voice. "I just thought that…"

"You thought what, Jude? That just because you're having my baby that we'd be together or something?" he asked her.

"Well no. I just thought that maybe we would get to know each other and then see where it takes us" she said softly.

"Well I'm sorry, but you thought wrong" he told her. "I don't do relationships Jude. I never have" he lied. "And I never will" he said. 'Not again' he thought to himself.

Jude fought the urge to cry and nodded her head. "Okay, whatever Tom. I'll see you around I guess" she said as she turned to her car and unlocked the door.

Tommy sighed and put his hand on her shoulder and she turned around to face him again. "I'll call you in a couple of days, okay?" he offered.

"Do what you want" Jude said angrily, turning back around, getting in her car, and driving away from him.