Author's Note: I'm so glad people are reading this and enjoying it. Please, I would love to hear your thoughts and inputs. I just started a new job that will be long hours so please bear with me. I plan on writing and posting as much as I can, I know how frustrating it is waiting. Sorry this is short and sweet, going out of town tomorrow and I'm exhausted but wanted to get something to you.

9:30 had one tired adult, one exhausted teenager and two confused children finding their way into G-Major the next morning. Walking in Tommy had Braden's hand in his left, with Noah on his right hip. He definitely did not look like his bad boy persona at the moment. And truthfully, at that moment, he could have cared less.

"T!" Tommy heard as he felt Braden jumped he reassured him before going towards Darius' office.

"So these are the kids huh?"

Tommy just nodded as he was ushered into his boss' office.

Darius leaned down in front of Braden "Hi I'm D. What's your name?"

Looking up at Tommy nervously, he turned back to the big man in front of him before whispering his name.

"Braden huh? That's got to be one of the coolest names ever!" Darius bragged earning a small smile from the boy. "I'm sure your bored, come on in with Tommy my daughter's here and she brought her toys" Perking at that thought Braden's hesitations left him at the door.

Walking in Tommy noticed Maya, Darius' own four year old, along with his lawyer and Maya's child protective service case worker, another older lady he recognized to be Maya's nanny and another adult he did not recognize. Looking at Darius confused he let go of Braden's hand as he tried tugging Tommy towards Maya and her toys. Seeing the two small children playing together Darius turned his attention towards Tommy.

"I can see that you care, but I'm going to need the whole story. You and Jude and Braden will be interviewed separately once the police get here."

"What's going to happen to them? Where are they going to go?" Tommy asked, already knowing he wasn't going to like the answer.

"Foster care probably." Seeing Tommy's face, Darius continued "I know it's rough but until the police are able to track down another relative, they'll probably go into the system. Hopefully I can pull some strings to keep them together." Both men frowned at the thought of having to separate the two brothers.

Hearing a knock at his office door, Darius gestured the gentleman in while calling for Jude as well. Once everyone was in the now cramped office introductions were made. "T you remember Ms. Carol" Tommy smiled politely taking the older lady's hand, "Ms. Carol this is Jude, our artist, Jude this is Maya's nanny. She's going to be with Braden while he tells his side of the story, since you guys can't be with him." D explained.

"This is Grace, she's from cps, and hopefully she can find us some other options for the boys. This is Alisa Jenson she's a child psychologist" pointing to the young brunette in the corner playing with Maya and Braden already. "Jude, Tommy, you remember Mr. Jenks" Darius gestured to the lawyer slash private investigator Darius kept on retainer "and last but not least this is officer Wilkinson" smiling at his old friend "and his partner Office Lee" Darius smiled as the young woman walked into the room.

"I've already retold the gist of what you guys told me so everyone is caught up in this room, not one word to anybody" Darius threatened.

"Now, Jude you're going to go with me" Officer Wilkinson smiled "Tommy with officer Lee and Grace and Ms. Carol will be going with Braden and Dr. Jenson into another room. We will be asking your versions of what happened and then we will go from there."

Darius opened the door ushering all the adults out into separate conference rooms before grabbing his own daughter out of his office. Leaving Braden with the three adults, Darius knew he could trust Ms. Carol would keep them from upsetting the toddler too much. Before leading his daughter into her favorite place at G-Major, the closet with her aunt Portia.

In Conference Room 1:

Officer Wilkinson took a deep breath "Now Jude, I know things were confusing last night and that your young, but I need you to tell me what happened ok?" Clicking on the recorder, he turned to give his full attention not expecting the angry blonde.

"Yeah, well I need you to stop patronizing me like I'm five. That'd be great."

Hiding the smirk, John thought Darius was right about her, she's got fire. Quickly apologizing he gestured for Jude to tell what had happened.

"It was late, I was exhausted Tommy-"

"As in Tommy Quincy?"

"Yes" Jude gritted "my producer drove us through the drive through to get pizza. Neither one of us had eaten since lunch earlier yesterday."

"Earlier? What time would you say and yesterday as in March 7 2009?"

"Yes" Jude sighed, frustrated about getting interrupted yet again, "and earlier like 1 and when we left G-Major it was probably 11:30ish. After throwing the pizza box in the trash, cause Tommy goes mental if anything greasy gets close to his interior, I heard someone crying really softly. At first I thought I was imagining it, but I followed the sound and found Noah, the baby, sitting on the cold ground in nothing but a dirty diaper. He was filthy and grimy from head to toe. Then I hear Tommy grunt, Braden kicked him" Jude smirked at the thought "and that's how we found out the boys' name's and kinda age."

"Kinda age? Ms. Harrison please explain."

"Well, Brady is around two. He's definitely close to their age, but we both know there's honestly no way of knowing for sure unless you find their parents or a birth certificate or something." Jude yawned, still tired from the night before.

"Uh-huh please continue" Officer Wilkinson stated as he continued taking notes.

"Well it was late and we couldn't leave the boys, especially not with it being cold out and who knows how long they had eaten. So we took Braden and got him pizza and then went to the store and got both boys clothes and stuff and food for Noah."

"How did the boys ride to the store?"

"Well, Braden was buckled in the middle and I sat in the backseat with Noah in my lap and a seatbelt across both of us." Jude explained, "We went to Wal-Mart which was on the other end of the strip we were at. After that we bought both of them car seats."

"Mmm-hmmm"

"After that we went to Tommy's where we gave the boys' a bath, fed Noah and fell asleep. Here we are now!" Jude smiled.

"You stayed at your producer's house, where you are underage with two boys that could be considered kidnapped?"

"It wasn't like that! Tommy and I are just friends, he's engaged! His fiancé was there, and we couldn't leave them."

"Why didn't you call the cops?"

"I-I-I don't know. I wasn't thinking, all I could think about was getting them home and to a safe place."

"That's not a good enough answer, we're done here." Officer Wilkinson stated, frustrated with the turn of events. It would take a miracle to help Darius keep Tommy and Jude out of jail.

Meanwhile in conference room 2:

"Please state your name"

"Thomas Quincy"

"And where were you on the night of March 7, 2009?"

"Here at G-Major with Jude Harrison, my artist."

"Artist?" Tommy glared at the bronze goddess standing in front of him in the police uniform.

"Yes my music artist, I'm her producer."

"And tell me Tommy just how much older are you than Ms. Harrison?"

Tommy gritted his teeth not liking where this conversation was going at all "7 years."

"And tell me Tommy, what were you doing at G-Major so late with your underage artist?"

"We were working on her music. Ask anyone I'm a perfectionist. The only reason why we went home the time we did is because she couldn't stop yawning through takes, and I refused to waste space. So then was going to take her home."

"Why?"

"Because her car was in the mechanics. It was late, her sister was told that I was driving her home, and her dad is out of town on business. Her mom is gone." Tommy stated covering all the basics.

"But you didn't drive Ms. Harrison home did you?"

"As planned we stopped and got pizza, it was late and we were both hungry. After, Jude volunteered to get out and she threw away the trash. As she started to get into the car, she heard something, following her we found a dirty baby. It was too cold to leave him outside by his self; Jude picked him up and wrapped the jacket she had on around him. I felt something kick me, and found a dirty boy that looked like the baby Jude had. That was Braden, and he told us his mom left him there and would be back soon but that was a long time ago. He couldn't remember when he had last eaten. We bought him pizza, and went to the store and got both boys clothes and stuff to give them baths and got Noah food."

"And then?" Officer Lee prompted

"Then, we went to my place, gave them baths, fed Noah and put them to bed. Jude stayed the night in the guest bedroom with the boys." Tommy said already annoyed with this conversation.

"So you not only took two children, without consulting anybody but you also took your underage protégé home." Officer Lee stated.

Tommy rolled his eyes, "yes along with my fiancé" he bit out sarcastically before saying they were done and getting up to find Darius. This was a joke!