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Chapter 3

Jude had waited while the phone rang and found herself utterly confused when there was no answer on Tommy's phone and she was sent to his voice mail. Jamie had said Tommy needed to talk to her desperately, so where was he? The recorded message ended and was followed with a beep.

"Tommy? This is Jude. Jamie said you needed to talk to me, but now you aren't answering your phone. I, I don't know what is going on but I am here if you need me, well once I get a new phone because mine… well anyways I… I miss you Tommy and I need you in my life even if you are being Mr. Mysterious right now and I am rambling so call me back, okay?" She felt like an idiot as she hung up the phone but the damage was done now. If Tommy really wanted her back in his life he was going to have to deal with the fact that she had had feelings for him, and she wasn't exactly sure how she felt about him now. She walked over to Jamie's house and left his phone in the mail box. Facing him right now would not be a good move she told herself as she climbed the stairs and flopped down on her bed. Maybe if she went to sleep everything would work its self out. But as she dozed off to sleep she knew this was just the beginning.

Two days and a new cell phone later Jude was still waiting for Tommy to call her back. She had done everything she could think of to keep her mind off of him and everything that had happened to far. She even went into the studio to work with Qwest for a few hours but she had spent the whole time thinking about Tommy.

"Do you think he is ever coming back?" She had asked Qwest as inconspicuously as she could possibly manage. His answer had not been reassuring at all and she wondered if she was fooling herself thinking that Tommy would actual care enough about her and his former life to drop what ever he had been doing for the past three months and come back like nothing had ever happened. She had left the studio feeling more confused and depressed then when she had gone in. Now she was sitting on one of the many dusty couches in her studio space listening to Speed and the boys mess around with their guitars. She could feel her entire body react as her phone rang on the table next to her. She lunged for it, ignoring the boys laughing at her quirky reaction. "Hello?" She said hopefully as she walked out into the hallway.

"Jude is that you this is Tom" She could feel her heart beating a million miles a minute but she could tell something wasn't right. His voice sounded different, she didn't even recognize it.

"Tommy?"

"Tom Dean. The guy from your video. Sorry is this a bad time?"

"Ohhhhhhh" She said apologetically feeling just a little foolish that for a minute she had thought he was Tommy. "Dean, how have you been? Did you sleep for days after our twenty six hours of shooting?"

"Yeah I slept quite a bit and I thought about you quite a bit. So when do you have time to get together?" She was amazed at how smooth he was.

"Umm, well things are a little crazy right now but I could probably make some time around seven tomorrow."

"Sounds great, listen wear something comfortable and expect to be surprised." The call waiting on Jude's phone beeped.

"Great Dean, listen I have another call coming in but why don't you pick me up in front of G Major? I'll see you tomorrow at seven." She sighed as she hung up and hit a few buttons to accept the incoming call.

"Jude?" Her heart skipped a beat and she felt herself slide down the nearest wall.

"Tommy! I have been waiting for you to call. Is everything okay? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, but thanks for worrying about me. I just needed to hear your voice again."

"Tommy what is going on?" She expected to press him about the issue until he told her.

"Jude I can't talk about it, there are things going on that are beyond my control right now but I promise I am going to try to stay in touch as much as I can." Jude's mind was racing.

"Tommy are you in jail?" She asked him hesitantly. It seemed like a crazy idea but he did have a temper and the way he was talking. Her thoughts were interrupted by his burst of laughter.

"No it's nothing like that. I just I can't really explain right now. I promise some day I will tell you what is going on girl but for now you are just going to have to be contented with talking about you okay?"

"Okay." She answered unsure of what else she could say. "So how are those new songs coming along?" "Horrible! I have writers block. Me of all people. I mean I have an intro and a hook but the course is just not coming to me, no matter what I do."

"Okay, well tell me what you have so far and we can work through it." Jude sighed with relief as she realized if anyone could cure her of her writers block it was Tommy. She was a little unsure of what he had gotten himself into but if she wanted Tommy she was just going to have to deal with the lack of information and a connection through telephone signals.

"Right, do you have a pen handy?" She asked as she relaxed and began to relay the beginnings of the song she had been working on to Tommy.