Chapter 6: When It Rains It Pours.

Jude and Tommy walked into G-major as soon as they had walked in she'd seen the entire staff sitting around a table listening to Darius.

"Uh, hey no one told me there was a meeting this morning." Jude said as she walked over to the couch and made herself a seat next to Tommy. "Jude. There you are." "Yeah D, I'm here." She said looking at him then to Tommy with a "What the hell is going on?" look on her face.

"Well now that you're here. Tonight there is a promotional party for Jude's new album. " "There's wha?" Jude asked. "But Darius the album isn't finished yet." "I know but we've got to get people pumped for it when it comes out."

"Oh...ok." Jude looked once again at Tommy puzzled as ever but she noticed Tommy then got up and walked into his office with a frustrated look on his face. "T. Where are you going?" Darius shouted. "To my office Darius." he replied.

Tommy couldn't stand what he was hiding from anymore. He had to tell Jude and he had to do it now. Jude followed Tommy into his office. "Look Jude we've got to talk." he said softly sighing he didn't want this to be the deal breaker. Something he knew he needed to do before they could even discuss a possible relationship. He knew that this may complicate things but he knew if he didn't tell her he may just lose her forever. "Jude there are some things you don't know about me. Things that I don't know if I'm ready to tell you." He said in an almost frightened tone of voice.

She went into his office to talk but she didn't know it was to have a serious discussion about his past.

"Tommy, look whatever it is come on and tell me. I can handle it." Jude replied. She wondered what it is; He'd been hiding from for so long.

Tommy looked at Jude as he brought her into his office. "Harrison are you sure you want to hear about my past?" He was unsure of telling her because it was something he still was dealing with until this very day.

"Yes Tommy. I'm sure." She could see the fear in Tommy's eyes. This fear was something she'd never seen from Tommy. He'd always hid his emotions from her. She didn't know the degree of the pain Tommy had inside of him.

Tommy Sat down next to Jude took her hands into his. "Jude, look not everything in my life was always perfect." He wasn't even sure on how to start this. "It was actually the opposite of perfect." He began to swallow hard. He hadn't even really started telling her about what caused this pain that was consuming him.

"Tommy...tell me...please." She pleaded looking into his eyes.

"I have a brother named Darren and a sister named Katie." Tommy said looking at her. "Darren's 20 years old, and Katie's 19. This is what really happened with me growing up." He was really working up the courage to tell her.

"Tommy..." She sat there looking at him. "Come on."

"Ok, here it goes." He swallowed hard as he began to tell her about his childhood… "You know it sometimes amazes me sometimes that my brother, sister and I lived through our lives, especially with the life we had. Looking at me people would think we all had an amazing childhood, they don't know how wrong they are." He looked at her then away for a minute then back to Jude.

"Go on." Jude said softly.

"Our childhood was anything but glamourous. When my parents were still married they constantly fought, and my dad would get drunk. He was different when he was drunk, he would get...mean, and violent." Tommy sat there looking at Jude worried about her reaction. He didn't know if she could handle the truth.

"Oh Tommy." Jude sat there looking at him squeezing his hand gently as he told her.

"I'm not finished... He paused briefly."I'll never forget the night i first saw him hit my mother, I was hiding near the doorway, and Darren was behind me. Katie too. He turned on us too, he beat us. Finally one night I stepped in when he had broken a picture frame, my father had picked up a shard of glass and started walking toward Darren and Katie, yelling at them for playing ball in the house, he kept swinging the shard of glass around. Yelling. I finally stepped in when I got to close. People wonder where I got that scar on my forehead. There's your answer. The glass cut me." He swallowed again nervously at the reaction.

"My mother finally divorced him; we started putting our lives back together again, piece by piece. And just when it seemed like our lives were back where they should be, I got expelled from school and joined Boyz Attack! Leaving Darren, my mother and Katie alone. My Dad still visited us, but it wasn't the same. There's a reason why us Quincy's don't talk about our family and our fathers the reason why." Tommy looked at Jude awaiting some type of reaction.

"Oh...My...God Tommy. I'm so sorry. I had no idea." Jude looked at him worried about what he was thinking about as he told her the story of his life.

"This is why I've never been able to let anyone in Jude. You've got to understand me when i say this. I Love you, girl. I pushed you away because I was afraid I was going to hurt you. I couldn't deal with it if I hurt you the same way that my dad hurt my family. "Tear started to make their way down Tommy's cheek. He knew that this girl was the only one that got him. He was also terrified of losing her too because of what he'd just told her.

"Tommy, you're nothing like him. You're kind, and gentle, Sweet, generous, an amazing person, and incredible producer." Jude said softly as place a hand upon his cheek and looked deeply into his eyes.

"Jude there are things about me that I still haven't told you. Remember the guy who showed up for your birthday and you saw me talking to him?" He sighed everything was just coming out like verbal diarrhea

"Yeah, Hunter." "Well...he came back to get revenge...for me getting his sister killed. He wants to hurt the person I love the most." He looked down tears still streaming down his cheeks. He wiped the tears from his eyes and swallowed hard again.

"That's you Jude. That's why when you sang "Love to Burn" to me I said you were drunk and Embarrassing yourself. I didn't mean it girl. I'm sorry. "Tommy broke down in tears ashamed of hiding this from her. How could she possibly love him when all he did was keep secrets and hurt her? He fell to his knees in front of her placing his arms on her lap and head on her lap. "I'm so, so, so, so sorry Jude." he repeated over and over because of how guilty he was feeling.

"Shhh, Tommy. It's ok. I promise." She said running her fingers through his hair trying to comfort him.

He kept his head and arms on her lap as tears continue to flow down his cheeks. Jude had never seen Tommy like this for once in his life he showed some emotion and was vulnerable with her.

She knew he was human after all. Tommy looked up at Jude for a brief moment. "Girl, I don't know what i would do without you." He looked into her eyes moving up to eye level and lightly kissed her. "Mmmmmmmm." escaped his lips softly. "I love you girl." He finally was able to let himself be vulnerable with her. Usually it was the other way around. Jude was the one who was always vulnerable with him, trusting Tommy not to break her heart but he always managed to do it even when it was unintentionally doing it.

"You know Tommy, I'm always here. I love you too. So much. "She replied placing her hands on his cheeks cupping them and smiling deeply looking into his eyes.

"Jude, how about I take you out tonight?" he asked looking at her.

"Tommy, we can't we've got the party." "Yeah I forgot about that." he replied.

"Okay, well lets get recording that new song girl," Tommy said. Kissing her lightly, as she walked out and into the both. Jude set the headphones on her head, grabbing her guitar she began to play, as Tommy began to record.

"Okay girl, take one, That's how you know It's Love,"

If you get out in the drivin' rain
Stand in the eye of a hurricane
And never think twice
If you turn your back on selfishness
And your thoughts are for someone else
'Cause they've changed your life

That's how you know it's love
That's how you know it's meant to be
When the span of forever just never seems long enough
That's how you know it's love

When your heart insists that you give it all
When you no longer feel the fall
And you just let go
When the past is finally dead and gone
Fate leads you somewhere to the one
That has your soul

That's how you know it's love
That's how you know it's meant to be
When the span of forever just never seems long enough
That's how you know it's love

No part of you questions
No part of you doubts
You're only sure this is what love's about
And nothing and no one
Can stand in your way
Or keep you from saying what your heart is dying to say

That's how you know it's love
That's how you know it's meant to be
When the span of forever just never seems long enough
That's how you know it's love.

Jude finished the song, Tommy was awestruck. "Girl that was astounding, wow. It was great!," Tommy said. "Not even another take girl, Now come in here and listen to yourself".

Jude smiled, and pulled her Headphones, and guitar off, then bounding into the next room, happy at the chance to sit with Tommy.

"Let's produce this girl,"

"Okay lets," She smiled.

Before they knew it, they'd worked the song into perfection, Tommy sealed it recorded. Just as Darius walked into Studio A and looked at Tommy and Jude. "Tommy, Jude don't forget there's the party at the bar tonight."

"We got it D." Tommy replied looking at Jude then to Darius. She looked at Tommy as he looked into her eyes "I'll see you later Quincy." "See you later girl, I love you." Tommy kissed her deeply, then let her go. "Love you too Quincy," Jude departed, so she could get ready to go out later…..