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Chapter 2: Boyfriend???
Tommy needed to get some air. He headed out the back door of G Major and ended up in an alley. Tommy felt as if he couldn't quite think straight. What was going on in his head? He had just met this girl and he had barely spoken to her. Why was she having this effect on him? Her voice, her eyes, her very existence was making it hard to concentrate on anything else at this point. Tommy told himself to snap out of it, she was only seventeen and this could not be happening.
While Tommy was outside thinking, Jude was talking to Sadie. She told her about what happened with Tommy earlier with the verbal bashing, the coffee, the apologies, the song, and then Tommy's sudden exit. Jude was very confused at this point, "Maybe he is still upset with me. I apologized and so did he, but I guess he didn't get over it as fast as I thought he had."
Sadie tried not to laugh. She could just imagine Tommy with his pants soaking wet with coffee. "Wow, Jude, you really know how to make a lasting impression on a guy. What are you going to do next, dump ice down his pants?"
"Ha, ha. Very funny Sadie. I am trying to be serious here. If I am going to have to record with him, I don't want things to be weird between us." Jude couldn't help but think that something must be wrong. Tommy had been gone a long time.
Sadie stared at the blank look on Jude's face. She knew that look and figured that Jude must have been in deep thought. "Jude, if you want to know where he is, why don't you go find him and see what is going on." As much as she didn't want to admit it, Sadie was right. Jude needed to go find Tommy and try to fix this.
Jude asked around and finally found out that Tommy had went out the back door. Jude opened the door to find Tommy sitting on the steps with his head in his hands. She thought that maybe his head was hurting. "Got a headache?" she asked.
At the sound of her voice, Tommy head shot up, " No…I…uh…it….umm." Great he thought, now I can't even put together a coherent sentence.
Jude asked, "Are you okay? I thought you might still be upset about what happened earlier."
Tommy tried to think of something to say. He had to come up with something, he didn't want to her know what he was really thinking. So he said the only thing he could come up with, "No, I just had to get some air, I'm claustrophobic."
Jude looked at Tommy kind of strangely and opened her mouth to say something when she heard someone call her name. Before she could turn around to see who it was, she was picked up off the ground and thrown over someone's shoulder.
Jude knew that only one person would do that to her. It had to be Spied, her lead guitarist and best friend. Jude could see her other bandmates, Wally and Kyle, coming up behind her. She couldn't believe what odd timing this guys have. Jude thought that she saw something in Tommy's eyes when he told her he was claustrophobic, she wanted to find out if there was more to his story but now she wouldn't get the chance.
"Spied, you're such a jerk. Put me down!" screamed Jude. "Oh Jude, you know you love me." With that remark, Spied carried Jude into G Major, while Wally and Kyle followed close behind.
Tommy was left wondering what was going on. He thought that maybe Spied could be Jude's boyfriend. He thought he sensed some kind of weird vibe between them. He didn't know Jude very well and he certainly did not know whether she had a boyfriend or not. It really wasn't any of his business and he knew that he shouldn't really care either. But he did and that was the problem.
Meanwhile, back inside G Major, Spied had carried Jude all the way into the lobby before he put her down. Then he asked her, "Jude, since when do you hang out in the back alley?" To that Wally added, "With Lil' Tommy Q?"
"The master of the perfect do," chimed in Kyle, while he was doing some weird karate moves to try to put emphasis on the word master.
Jude just rolled her eyes. She stood there looking at her back up band, Spiederman Mind Explosion, wondering why they have to be so stupid sometimes. "Guys, you know that I am doing a duet with him. I am going to have to actually speak to him. What's the big deal?"
Spied tried to pick his words carefully, "It's not a big deal. I mean it's just Tommy Quincy, he doesn't seem like the type you normally hang out with."
Jude laughed, "Wow, Spied, you almost sound like you're jealous." Kyle nudged Wally and said in a low voice, "She has no idea." Spied shot Kyle an evil look, "Let's just drop it. Alright?"
Jude was glad to end the conversation, she headed back to the alley to see if Tommy was ready to record but he was no where to be found.
Tommy left G major without saying a word to anyone. He thought that maybe a drive would clear his head. He had to get Jude off of his mind.
He hadn't got very far when his cell phone rang. It was Kwest calling to see where he was. "Tommy, where are you man? You are supposed to be recording with Jude right now." Tommy sighed, "I know, I just needed a break. Can you cover for me? I'll come in first thing tomorrow." Kwest didn't want to but of course he said that he would.
Kwest found Jude and told her to go ahead and call it a day. He told her to come in early tomorrow to start recording with Tommy again. Jude asked if Tommy was okay. Kwest told her that Tommy just needed to take care of an appointment he had forgotten about. Jude didn't question him, she just went home and decided to get some rest.
The next morning, Jude and Tommy pulled their cars into the parking lot at the same time. Tommy was hoping to have a few minutes to settle into the studio before Jude arrived. The drive he took the day before didn't help him at all. He still couldn't get Jude out of his head and now here she was standing right in front of him. He decided to put on his sunglasses to try to conceal the fact that he couldn't take his eyes off of her.
Jude walked up to Tommy and said, "Hey." Tommy immediately tensed up at the sound of her voice. He did not want to give himself away, so he just looked away and replied, "Morning." Tommy started toward the front door of the studio when Jude grabbed his arm. Her touch sent chills up Tommy's spine.
Jude's eyes were pleading, "Tommy, is everything okay………between us. I was hoping that we could move past what happened yesterday. You left so suddenly and it made me wonder if you were still upset with me." Tommy did not know how he was going to hold himself together today. Being upset with Jude was the farthest away from what he was feeling right now.
Tommy thought for a few seconds about how to respond. Tommy took a deep breath, "No, everything is fine. I just had a few things to take care of , besides, after you were swept off your feet yesterday by your boyfriend, I figured you could use a break too." Tommy waited for Jude's response.
Jude gave him a confused look and was trying to figure out who the heck Tommy was talking about. When she didn't respond, Tommy thought that meant it was true. Jude must be dating Spied. He was disappointed but tried not to let it show, "Why don't we just go inside and get to work?" Jude nodded her head and walked into the studio still trying to comprehend what Tommy had just said to her.
Jude still didn't quite understand the conversation she just had with Tommy. "What is he talking about? Boyfriend? Sweeping me off my feet?" Jude was so confused. She was following Tommy down the hallway toward the sound booth when Sadie walked by.
Sadie glanced at Jude and recognized the look on Jude's face, "Jude could I speak with you a moment?" Sadie's voice interrupted Jude's thoughts. "Okay. Uh, Tommy you go ahead and I"ll be there in a minute." Tommy simply said okay and went to find Kwest.
Sadie grabbed Jude's arm and pulled into the ladies' restroom, "Okay, spill. What is going on with you and Tommy?" Jude gave her a very honest answer, "I don't know. He mentioned something about my boyfriend sweeping me off my feet yesterday and me needing a break."
Now Sadie was confused, "Boyfriend, where did he get that? What happened after you went to talk to him in the alley?" Jude tried to think, "Well, I went to see if he was okay and he told me that he was claustrophobic and then…" That's when it finally hit Jude, she understood who Tommy thought she was dating.
Sadie was waiting for Jude to finish her sentence, "And then what?" Jude laughed, "Then Spied came up and threw me over his shoulder and carried me back inside. Oh my god! Tommy thinks that I am dating Spied. That's hilarious!" This thought literally cracked Jude up.
Back in the sound booth, Kwest was left with a very distressed Tommy. Kwest knew that something was up with him and he had seen this look before and he was hoping that the look wasn't for a certain someone. "Listen man, I told you not to go there. Now just look at yourself."
Tommy acted like he didn't know what Kwest was referring to, "What? Go where?" Kwest was getting annoyed, "You know exactly who I am talking about and that would be Jude."
Just the sound of her name made Tommy want to smile but he couldn't let Kwest know that. He just said, "Come on, I told you that I wasn't interested. I'm just having an off morning. I just need a cup of coffee." Kwest smirked, "Coffee, huh? That's how this all started. Who knew coffee had so much power?"
Tommy grinned at the thought of Jude smacking her coffee into his lap. What a way to get someone's attention, but it worked. Jude definitely had gotten his attention.
