Something To Believe In
Part 2 of 3 in Birthday Series
Shot 3 of 3
A/N: Work and school have been so crazy, so I had to deal with them and I've also been in a writers block so forgive me for the long wait.
Jude's Party 9:00 pm
Jude and Tommy had both made their rounds, and Jude was anxious for the party to be over. "Hey, we could make a break." He whispered into her ear and she smiled at him. He grabbed her hand and they discretely made an exit. They went up to the balcony and he pulled her body close to his, and he kissed her hard on the lips Jude pulled away for a second and unclasped her necklace and slid her ring on her finger. "I hate hiding." He said to her and she smiled and he swooped in for another kiss.
They both heard the thunder rolling in the distance, Jude and Tommy both smiled at one another. Her arms flew around his neck and his hands rested on the small of her back. Jude smiled into the kiss as she felt the rain fall on them, soaking them both. "We need to go in." She whispered to him. They both reluctantly pulled away and he led her back inside.
They parted their ways and right when Jude got back into the party, she was greeted by Darius. "Jude, I want you to sing." He said and she was stunned.
"Sing what?" She asked him. She was unsure of what exactly she was supposed to sing. But, she was sure this wasn't going to be pretty.
"A new song, I don't care which one but, do a new one. You have thirty minutes until you go on." Darius said and he walked away, meeting his sister.
"Shit." Jude said under her breath. She looked around the room, and she saw him. She ran across the room to meet Tommy. "Hey, Tom. We need to talk." She said and he followed her to the hallway.
"What's going on?" He asked her.
"Darius wants me to perform. And, I have thirty minutes to find a song, and get SME calmed down enough to perform." She said to him and she started pacing.
"All right, we will find a song, and I will play it on the piano." He said placing his hands on her shoulders to calm down. He pulled her close to him, and he kissed her softly on the lips, then on the tip of her nose, and then he placed soft kisses on her eyes lids, and he pulled her into a hug. "It will all be fine." He whispered to her. She let a smile creep onto her face.
"That will work. Just meet me on the stage, in a few minutes." She said and she walked in the direction of the bathroom. Before she went inside she turned to see Tommy, still standing in the hallway before he returned to the party.
Jude paced in the restroom, for at least five minutes before she decided on what song to sing. When she thought of the song, she left the room and she walked up the back way, to the stage, Tommy meeting her in the wing. "Did you find a song?" He asked her and she nodded.
"Love Story." She said smiling to him. He walked onto the stage, and she waited for a second to join him.
"Every one, performing for us tonight Jude Harrison."
Jude's Birthday (At Jude's house, 5:45 pm)
"Damn, I really don't want a party." She said to herself. She was rummaging through her closet, looking for a dress.
"Hey, little sister. Whatcha doing?" Sadie asked, coming inside and sitting on her bed.
"Trying to find an acceptable dress to wear tonight."
"Well then, we aren't going to find it in there. Come with me." Sadie said, jumping up off of the bed, and grabbing Jude's arm, leading her to her room. "I think this will be much better." Sadie said pulling out a stunning turquoise dress from her closet.
"But, we aren't the same size."
"No, but I bought this for prom last year but it was too small. I couldn't return it, so I kept it in case I lost some weight but, you would look so much better in this than I ever did." Sadie said to her, and Jude smiled.
"This is gorgeous." Jude said holding the dress up to herself, and looking in the mirror.
"So, what about that new necklace you're wearing, let's see it." Sadie said and Jude hung the dress on the closet door and pulled it out. "Oh my god, you're getting married?" She squealed.
"Yes, and please, please keep it to yourself. I don't want anyone finding out about this." Jude said in an urgent tone.
"Oh, don't worry everything will be fine." Sadie said. "So, how did he do it?"
"Well, this morning he picked me up for school and we were in front of Starbucks, and he asked me. He said he just couldn't wait for tonight, and he stuttered, Sadie, I swear he was so nervous." Jude said to her, and Sadie smiled.
"I'm so happy for you. But, we are keeping this locked up tight, no one knows. Right?" Sadie asked her.
"No one except Portia." Jude said and Sadie got a concerned look on her face.
"Portia, as in Tommy's ex wife?" Sadie asked.
"Sadie, she isn't telling. She's known since last week, and she's not up to anything." Jude said and Sadie still had that look on her face.
"All right, I will give her a break."
"Good, now go out somewhere while mom and dad are out." Jude said, with a huge grin on her face.
"Why?"
"Tommy will be downstairs oh say, about now. I want to spend some time alone with him, just us not anyone else."
"Fine, I will leave." Sadie said she and Jude went back into Jude's room so she could hang up her dress, and as Jude shut her closet the doorbell rang. Sadie ran out of the room before Jude did and beat her down the stairs. "Hey, Tommy." Sadie said and Jude ran down the stairs and pushed her out the door.
"Bye, Sadie." Jude said, pulling Tommy in and shutting the door, locking it.
"Hey you." He said taking her in his arms, and carrying her upstairs.
After Jude's party- 12:05 AM
Jude and Tommy were walking down the shoreline of the beach in front of the hotel where Jude's party had been held. Jude had the train of her dress in her hand, and her heels in the other, and she had Tommy's jacket around her shoulders.
"Hey, I love you." He whispered in her ear, and he kissed her on the cheek.
"I love you too. Thank you for playing for me tonight." She said back to him. Jude looked up and she saw lightening lighting up the sky, and she heard thunder rolling in the distance.
"Should we head back?" He asked her, and she nodded her head no.
"I like it out here. It feels so nice." She said to him, and she rested her head on his shoulder.
"Jude, I'm sorry Portia found out about us." He said to her and she closed her eyes before she spoke.
"Portia and I talked about it, and she's alright with me and you being an 'us' and she promised not to tell Darius."
"Well, I know that Portia keeps her promises. That's one thing that I'm sure of." He said to her and she stopped walking and turned to face the waves. "What's wrong?" He asked her and she smiled at him.
"I was just thinking that this time next year, I will be married happily ever after to you." She said and she stood on her tip toes and he pulled her closer to him kissing her on the lips. His arm wrapped around her waist and he let their bodies be meshed together as she playfully bit his bottom lip.
Jude's Party 9:05 PM
We
were both young when I first saw you.
I close my eyes and the
flashback starts:
I'm standing there on a balcony in summer air.
Jude smiled as she started to sing the first verse of the song, because it reminded her of her sixteenth party, and the day that they'd come home from the farm house after everything that had happened.
Little did I know And I
said,
See
the lights; see the party, the ball gowns.
See you make your way
through the crowd
and say hello;
That
you were Romeo; you were throwing pebbles,
And my daddy said,
"Stay away from Juliet."
And I was crying on the
staircase,
begging you, 'Please, don't go.'
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be
waiting; all there's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and
I'll be the princess
it's a love story - baby just say 'Yes.'
Jude's
mind flashbacked to when she would always sneak out of her house to
visit Tommy in the park gardens, and she was careful not to wake
anyone else in the house. She smiled as she remembered the first time
he said he loved her, after he brought her back home from the farm
house. So
I sneak out to the garden to see you. And I
said, Romeo save me; they're tryin' to tell me how to
feel. Oh. I got tired of waiting, And I said, He
knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said,
We keep quiet 'cause we're
dead if they knew.
So close your eyes; escape this town for a
little while.
'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter,
And
my daddy said "Stay away from Juliet,"
But you were
everything to me; I was begging you, 'Please, don't go,'
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be
waiting; all there's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and
I'll be the princess
it's a love story - baby just say
'Yes.'
This love is difficult, but it's real.
Don't be afraid;
we'll make it out of this mess.
It's a love story - baby just say
'Yes.'
Wondering if you
were ever comin' around.
My faith in you was fading
when I met
you on the outskirts of town.
"Romeo save
me - I've been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting for you but you
never come.
Is this in my head? I don't know what to think-"
"Marry
me, Juliet. You'll never have to be alone.
I love you and that's
all I really know.
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white
dress;
it's a love story - baby just say 'Yes.'
Jude
smiled as she remembered this morning, when he proposed to her in
front of Starbucks. She smiled and she finished off the song as Tommy
let the notes die down form the piano as she finished humming the
final notes. Oh,
oh.
Jude walked off of the stage and Tommy met her on the side. "That was amazing." He said to her and he swooped down and kissed her on the lips quickly before they exited the wings of the stage.
Morning after Jude's party (8:05 AM)
Tommy woke up to his phone ringing and he rolled over to answer it. "Hello?" He asked.
"Hey, its Sadie. Is Jude with you?"
"Yeah. She's asleep right now. What's going on?" He asked her, he got a worried look on his face.
"My parents are on their way over there now. I don't know what set them off but, they know everything. I'm about to be at your front door. I beat them over here but, not by long." Sadie said and she shut her phone.
Tommy shut his phone, and he dropped it on the floor. He rolled in the bed to face Jude, tapping on her shoulder to wake her up. "Jude, we need to get up right now." He said in an urgent tone. She didn't move. "Jude, your parents are on their way over here. They know everything." He said and she opened her eyes and she started moving around feeling in the bed for her underwear.
"Are you serious?" She asked him, shooting up out of the bed and grabbing his dress shirt and buttoning a few buttons.
"Yes. Sadie beat them here by a few minutes. I'm going to let her inside. Get dressed and fast." He said kissing her on the lips and he sprinted to the front door. He opened it just as Sadie went to knock, she rushed inside and he locked the door behind her. "How in the hell did this happen?" He asked her.
"I don't know. But, I have an idea, that Portia had something to do with it." She said.
"Why would Portia want to do this?" Jude asked coming into the living room dressed in one of Tommy's dress shirts and some of her blue jeans. "She was cool with everything yesterday."
"I don't know but, I heard dad on the phone with Darius and they are all on their way here. They should be here any minute now." As soon as the words left Sadie's mouth there was a knock on the door.
Tommy looked at Jude and she went to open the door. "So it's true?" Victoria asked walking inside without and invite followed by Darius and Stuart Harrison, and Victoria's new husband Don.
"Yes, we are together. We have been for a year." Jude said to them sternly.
"A year, why didn't you tell us?" Stuart asked his youngest daughter.
"Because all of you would freak, even though sixteen is the age of consent. Plus Darius would've kept me and Tommy from working together and then my music would've suffered. This was the only way that we could be sure we could still work together and be together." Jude said and Darius opened his mouth to speak but, Tommy stopped him.
"Look, I know about my past and I know that what we were doing is wrong but, I love Jude with everything that I have inside of me. And, Darius we both know that me and Jude make amazing music together and you know that it's a mistake to break up our team."
"Jude, did you cheat on Shay?" He asked her.
"I don't consider it cheating. Mainly because he cheated on me an entire month with Eden, so no I don't consider what I did cheating because if he loved me like he said he did he wouldn't have done it and if he cared like he said he did he would've told me and ended it the minute he hooked up with Eden but, he didn't. So I ended it, or at least I tried to. I left him a voicemail right before the party, he never got it or at least I don't think he did."
