A/N: So, It's been more than a year since I started this story and I am soooo unbelievably sorry about that. I've had some things going on and I just simply forgot about this story at the time I was writing it. Forgive me, and I hope that you continue reading the series. I promise I won't take long to finish it.
Can I Have This Dance
Part 3 of 3 in the Birthday Series
Shot 2 of 3
Day before Jude's 18th Birthday 10:00 PM at G-Major
Jude's Birthday 2:00 PM in the studio
Day after Jude's party 2:00 PM
After Jude's Party 1:00 AM
Jude's Birthday 7:45 PM before the party
Tommy stood there just observing Jude. She was grimacing as Portia applied her make-up and her hair. Jude was still angry with her and she had been for the past year. She blushed when she noticed him staring. Portia finally finished but, didn't apply any lip-gloss. "You. Out. Now." She said pointing at Tommy and he groaned.
Jude jumped out of the chair and ran over to him, kissing him passionately before he left. "I may not get to do that until later on tonight." She said smiling at him and he smirked.
"I'm escorting you. I'm kissing you in public so don't put too much lip-gloss on." He whispered to her and she smiled and blushed.
"You haven't seen my dress for a reason Quincy so don't have your jaw on the floor when I come out of this room and please don't get into any fights." She whispered to him where Portia couldn't hear and he smiled at her.
"I won't. I promise and you know I can't break a promise to you." He said loud enough for Portia to hear and he kissed her goodbye before leaving the room.
"Jude, come on we've got ten minutes." Portia said and Jude sat back down in the chair so Portia could do her lips.
Once Portia finished Jude went to the closet and slipped her dress on just as Sadie came in the room. "You look great little sister." She said bringing Jude her shoes. "I found some that weren't to high for you." She said and Jude let out a sigh of relief.
"Okay, it's almost time." Jude said and slipped her necklace off and slipped her ring on her finger.
Jude was ecstatic now that she could wear her ring in public without anyone saying a thing. She was prepared for the paparazzi. Hell, she was prepared for everything so long as she could have Tommy as her husband. She'd been waiting two years for this. She'd endure it all.
"So, that ring is huge." Sadie commented and Jude smiled.
"I know. But, I love it." Jude said and she looked behind her to Portia. Jude knew it must have been hard, having to watch her ex-husband with his new girlfriend.
"Okay I think I'm ready." Jude said leaving her room. She looked right in front of her and Tommy's breath hitched in his throat as she walked out.
"You look amazing big eyes." He whispered, kissing her on the cheek.
Day Before Jude's Birthday 6:00 PM at Tommy's Apartment
Jude walked in the apartment and Tommy was cooking dinner. She'd never smelled something this good before, and she immediately knew something was up. He only cooked when he wanted something or wanted to get out of something. "Hey babe, it smells good." She said playing along but, when she walked in the kitchen and he had a solemn look on his face.
"We have a problem." He said putting down the spoon he was stirring the sauce with. Jude's face twitched and he handed her a wine glass filled with wine before he continued his story. "When I was married to Portia, I made a few mistakes. One of which cost someone their life. She was a backup singer and I fell in love with her. I was going to run away and leave everything behind and Darius made me an offer I couldn't refuse once he found out so I ended things with her. I chose fame and money over love and the night I ended it all she grabbed the keys to my car and took off." He said and he wiped a tear from his eye. He took a second before he continued. "She died that night. She lost control of my car and she didn't suffer from what I was told." He finished.
"Why are you telling me this babe?" She asked him.
"Her brother is here in town. He wants me to suffer for what happened to Angie. He thinks that it's my fault. He blames me for it but, he doesn't know what happened." Tommy explained and it all made sense to Jude. It all made perfect sense to her. His strange attitude today, it was all clear to her now.
"Is he coming after you?" She asked him and he nodded no.
"He's after you Jude." Tommy told her and her eyes grew wide. Tommy cut the stove off and sat down on a stool next to her. "He wants me to suffer like he did. He's got his sights on you. He's been watching us over the last week. So, you and I are going to have to be extra careful about where we go and what we do because Hunter's going to be there." He said to her and she felt a stray tear leave her eye. "I swear to you with my life I'll protect you Jude. There isn't anything else I'd rather do. I couldn't and I won't let him hurt you." He said and she smiled.
"Okay." She said and he leaned in to kiss her on the lips softly at first but soon the kiss turned to a need and she pulled him closer, knotting her fingers in his hair.
Tommy's lips left hers as he kissed his way down her neck, nipping and sucking on it leaving a mark. Tommy kissed the exposed skin that wasn't covered by her shirt before he kissed his way back up and lifted her up on the counter top. Jude opened her legs so he could come closer and she unbuttoned his jeans, and slid them down along with his boxers. Tommy played with the hem of her shirt and she broke the kiss so he could lift her shirt off of her.
Jude's moans got louder as Tommy removed her bra, and pinched her nipples, making them hard as rocks. He flicked one and then the other causing Jude to moan. Tommy reached up her skirt, and slid her panties down before lifting a leg around his waist and placing himself at her entrance.
As Tommy thrusted into her, there was a knock at the door. "Ignore it. They'll go away." He whispered to her and the knocking kept on. Tommy groaned and pulled out of her and walked carefully to the door and looked in the peek hole and he cursed himself. "It's your parents. Grab your clothes and get in the shower and I'll hold them off." He whispered and she grabbed her underwear and her shirt and ran into the bathroom. Tommy slid on his pants while the persistent knocking kept on. "Forgive me for this." He said out loud and opened the door, and Hunter was on the other side. He barged right in decking Tommy in the face. It didn't take him long to respond by knocking Hunter into a wall. "As far as introduction's go, that was weak."
"You know me, I always go for the climax." Hunter said and decked Tommy in the eye, leaving a cut just below it and it was enough for Tommy to loose his balance and loosen his grip on him. Hunter heard a door open in the back of the apartment and his eyes cut towards the hallway where he spotted Jude coming out of the bathroom. Tommy cut his eyes to see what had taken Hunter's eye.
"Jude, get out of here now." He yelled and she took off running out the front door.
Hunter tried to take off after her but he wasn't fast enough. Tommy yanked his arm back and pushed him up against the wall. "You know me well enough to know when I tell you something you listen to me. It's saved your sorry ass a few times. So, leave Jude and alone and I won't kill you." Tommy said through gritted teeth, and he kneed him in the gut causing Hunter to fall over, curling into the ball on the ground. "Get the hell out of my house." He said and Hunter grabbed a hold of the wall to balance himself.
"This isn't over Quincy. You'll pay for this and so will she." He threatened before running out of the apartment and looking around for any trace of Jude. Out of the corner of his eye he looked down the stairs and saw Jude. She was exiting the stairwell on the bottom floor. He ran to the elevator and found himself in the lobby. He smirked at how easy it was to get her alone.
He walked up behind her not making a sound and slipped his arm around her waist. "Move and you're dead." He whispered and Jude felt her heart drop.
Day before Jude's 18th Birthday 10:00 am at G-Major
"Well it took you long enough to get here." Spiederman cooed at Jude as she ran in the door and directly into Darius' office. Jude quickly sat down with Spiederman and the rest of the band followed behind her.
"Most of you don't know this so I'm going to be the one to say it. I'm retiring at the end of this year. That means that I'm releasing G-Major to someone that I believe will lead this company to great success. I have chosen that person. But, before I let the cat out of the bag as to who else will own G-Major I'm holding a press conference that will showcase all the new talent here and we are also going to be public about everything that's been going on here at the office." Darius said and Jude shot Tommy a look. "Many of you may know this information already and some of you don't and it's going to be better to hear it now than later. Tom and Jude have been dating the past year and they will be getting married sometime in the near future." Darius announced and Jude's face turned a bright cherry red. "The press conference will be at one o'clock today everyone but Tom and Jude may leave my office." Darius ordered and everyone filed out of the office.
"Why did you do that. I could have at least warned her this was coming." Tommy said shooting up out of his chair with anger in his voice.
"I had my reason now hear me out. The two of you are going public today at the conference. You will arrive together; you will be very open with your relationship. That's why I told everyone because it will give them time to deal. Jude, I need to speak with T alone please." He asked and Jude gave him a sympathetic look and left the office.
Once she left the looked over the railing and Wally, Kyle and Spied were standing there with Jamie and Kat. "Okay, I know you're all mad so let me explain myself." She pleaded with them and they nodded. "You know that Shay cheated on me, well that day something happened and Tommy and I started dating and we have been ever since. I've been engaged since last year and he's taken care of me, and he's treated me better than ever so please, please don't be mad at him." Jude explained to her friends, adding a plea to the ending.
"Who else has known?" Kat asked her eyes flashing from Jamie to Jude and back again.
"Sadie and then Portia found out and she told my parents and Darius." Jude said quietly. "Look, Tommy and I couldn't fight what was going on between us. It just happened and I didn't want to lose working with him. So I decided we shouldn't say anything until I turned 18. I couldn't lose him as my producer." Jude said.
"You were always so independent. When did you decide you were dependant on him?" Jamie asked.
That hurt Jude more than she cared to admit. It almost knocked the wind out of her because Jamie was right. When Jude won Instant Star she didn't need anyone and now she needed him like oxygen. But she loved him, she loved him with all of her heart and she knew she would make it without him she just didn't want to.
"I don't need him, I want him with me Jamie. I'm making a conscious adult decision to be in this relationship. He proposed to me last year and we were together a year before that. I love him with every fiber in my being and I'm sorry that you don't like him Jamie but he's my home. He holds my heart." She whispered quietly walking out of the conference room.
Jude's birthday 8:00 am, rehearsal space
Jude struggled against her restraints. She tried to scream but the gag on her mouth kind of made that impossible. She never should have left when Tommy told her to last night. All it caused was this and this was the last thing that she wanted to have happen.
Jude dozed off for a second but the sliding of the door scared the shit out of her and jolted her awake. Her eyes quickly adjusted through the thin blindfold to see if she could make out who was there and it was useless.
"Glad you came." Hunter said moving aside so Tommy could see Jude.
"Let her go. This is between me and you not her." Tommy calmly said.
"Oh no, this has everything to do with her." Hunter said as Tommy grabbed the mic stand and knocked him in the head with it and ran to Jude to untie her he only managed to undo her hands before he felt himself being tackled to the ground. He felt a swift knee to his gut before he heard Jude yell out his name. She'd managed to free herself.
"Don't hurt him, please." She begged untying her feet and running and trying to pull Hunter off of Tommy without any success.
"Jude get out of here now." He yelled as he knocked Hunter off of him causing Jude to fall on her back. As she scrambled to get up Hunter grabbed her ankle slamming her head on the ground. He yanked her up to her feet and pulled a knife, holding the blade to her throat.
"Don't hurt her." Tommy yelled causing him to press the blade more on her neck. "I love her." He pleaded falling on his knees knowing if he tried to stop Hunter he'd hurt Jude.
"Now you get to know how I felt when I lost Angie. You may as well have been driving the car." Hunter spat as he went to move the knife across her throat.
"No, I'm pregnant." Jude yelled causing Tommy's eyes to widen and Hunter to stop. "You can't kill an innocent child. No matter how much you want Tommy to suffer you can't kill a child you're a better person than that." Jude pleaded causing him to throw her on the ground and Tommy swiftly holding out his leg to trip him up before taking the mic stand and knocking him directly over the head with it before calling 911.
As they waiting for the police to arrive Jude did anything but look Tommy directly in the eye. She knew he would hate her for this; for lying to him for not taking her pills like she should have for everything. She knew he'd run; she just knew it.
Once the police got there they took statements and loaded Hunter into an ambulance. They tried to get Jude to go to the hospital to get her head examined. She kept telling them she was fine but she could barely hold balance because she was so dizzy.
"You're going to the hospital. You're pregnant." Tommy barked at her and she finally gave in. She hung her head low and got into the ambulance without Tommy who promised he'd meet her at the hospital. She couldn't imagine what was going through his head right now. She didn't want to know, well she did but she wasn't going to push him.
The ride didn't take that long and Tommy was waiting for her in the ambulance bay which shocked her. He was silent and stayed in the room while they examined her head, telling her that she had a slight concussion. Her neck was fine which was a relief but Jude was still worried.
"All right Ms. Harrison, I'm going to draw some blood. Can you tell me how long ago your last menstrual period was?" The doctor asked and Jude looked at the floor before she answered.
"Two months ago." She whispered.
"All right, I want you to lie back as soon as the nurse draws this blood I'm going to give you an ultrasound." She said before leaving the room to update Jude's file and order the blood work and ultrasound.
"So, when were you going to tell me?" Tommy asked.
"After the party tonight. I just found out. I thought because of the stress of graduation coming up and my new album coming out plus our relationship finally coming out that I was late because of stress. Then I got the "flu" and it really knocked the wind out of me and after that I was fine and ten when I looked at my calendar I realized and I just took the test the day before yesterday Tommy. I was going to tell you I just didn't know how. I know we don't want kids right now but here we are." Jude said a tear falling down her cheek. "And before you get mad at me for not taking my pill like I should you should also remember that we never, ever use condoms." Jude added and retracted from his touch.
"I'm sorry. I just didn't expect this right now. I just thought we were getting married today. I never thought that we were going to have a baby too. I love you so much it's just a lot to take in." He whispered placing a kiss to her temple. "I want all of you, with me forever big eyes this doesn't change that, I just needed time to process it." He added causing her to grab his hand.
"I didn't want to tell you that way but I had no choice. He was going to kill me and I didn't want you to find out from some autopsy report that I was pregnant. I knew he wouldn't kill a child even if I hadn't been pregnant I still would've said it." She said causing him to crack a smile.
There was a knock on the door and the nurse came in to draw blood. Tommy held onto Jude's hand the entire time. The when it came time for the ultrasound Jude almost had an anxiety attack. She was so nervous. She couldn't understand how she was this nervous.
The doctor pointed out the gestational sac and that the little seed inside was the baby, and that Jude was at 8 weeks. She gave Jude some prenatal vitamin samples and set her up with an OB/GYN and discharged her telling her to take it easy because f the concussion. As they left the hospital the press surrounded them. Tommy ushered Jude into Darius's SUV and they took off heading towards G-Major.
Day before Jude's birthday, 12:50 pm, G-Major
Jude was pacing out in the alley behind G-Major. She was nervous to say the least. She didn't know what to expect from all of this. She felt her stomach starting to turn and she felt like she was going to heave at any moment. She felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her waist causing her to smile.
"You ready Harrison?" He asked her.
"Always." She replied taking her necklace off and putting her ring around her finger.
The pair made their way inside G-Major and Tommy held her close, squeezing her hand the entire time. He placed a small kiss to her temple as they made their way inside. Photographers were snapping pictures left and right of the pair and they made their way to the area where the conference was to be held and stood behind Darius as he corralled everyone.
"I'm going to start this press conference off by saying that I will be retiring in December. I will still own G-Major Recording but I will be passing the job of President of Operations over to my head producer Tom Quincy. As most of you know Tom and I have worked together for a number of years and I trust that his vision will lead this company into a new direction. I've asked Sadie Harrison to step in as Vice-President of Operations. These changes will take place effective January 1st. Tom and Sadie have complete creative control; I'll simply be a silent partner. Now, a few words from Tom Quincy." Darius said causing shocks and gasps throughout the room.
Tommy quickly took a seat and started going through mental notes as to what he was going to say. "Most of you know me as Little Tommy Q from BoyzAttack and most of you still think of me as the immature and irresponsible 18 year old that was in that band. I'm not the same person anymore and I'm thankful that Darius is putting his trust in my hands with his company. I have many changes that I'd like to implement and new artists I would like to sign and I would also like to announce my engagement and impending marriage." He said causing hands to start flying, and questions going unanswered. "Jude Harrison and I have been together for the last two years, and engaged for the last year. We are getting married within the next month and we are very happy together." He finished and pulled Jude close to him to pose for a few pictures.
The next move was all on her as she pulled him in for a searing kiss, she playfully bit his bottom lip and he wrapped an arm around her waist before they pulled apart gasping for air. "Thank you all for coming, the conference is now over." Sadie said as Tommy led Jude to his office.
"I know I wasn't supposed to kiss you but I couldn't help it." She said giving him her big puppy dog eyes to get out of a fight.
"I know I'm irresistible." He said causing her to punch him in the shoulder. "I love you." He whispered pulling her towards him. "I love you so much. I don't know what I would do without you in my life. I hope you know that." His said causing her to reach up and put his face between her hands.
"I love you too, and I'm not going anywhere. You're stuck with me Quincy." She said causing him to kiss her again. She quickly pulled away causing him to grunt. "You know once we get started someone is going to knock on the door and interrupt us." She said causing him to silently agree with her. "So where are we going after my birthday?" She asked trying to get their honeymoon location out of him.
"Nope, not saying a word but you should go home and pack a bag because you're staying with me tonight." He said and she whispered she loved him again and kissed him goodbye before going home to pack a bag.