Sorry, guys... Please don't hate me for this! I should have a few more chapters up tonight... maybe. Lemme know whatcha think. Lata!!!
- Chapter 9 -
About an hour and a half after Jude left Tommy at the stage to work on perfecting the sound set up for her show, she was finally leaving the East wedding chapel of the Bellagio. Without her receipt (as Tommy had left it in his room in his jacket pocket), it took a little longer than expected to get their pictures and DVD of the ceremony. Oddly enough, the attendant at the counter didn't recognize her and was a little skeptical that Tom "Little Tommy Q" Quincy would marry someone... well to put it nicely, someone like her. Jude was obviously annoyed, but when the hotel manager caught wind of the situation, everything was soon resolved and the rude clerk was definitely singing a different tune The whole ordeal thoroughly surprised Jude, although it was nice to not be immediately recognized, the clerk simply took it too far. Jude, not being the most timid girl in the world, knew a few choice words, but by the time the manager was done with the attendant, she now knew many new ones.
Glad to be finally heading back to her hotel suite (and hopefully back to Tommy), Jude stood in the elevator rather impatiently tapping her foot, watching the flashing numbers slowly approaching her floor. As the doors finally opened, she practically raced towards the end of the hall where her suite was located. As she fumbled with her card key, she heard a door behind her open. She slightly turned to see an older gentleman with a sweet face smiling at her. She simply smiled back. At first she thought he had recognized her, but then she wondered why a man of at least sixty would recognize her, he obviously couldn't have been a fan of her music. As she turned back to her door to fumble with the card again (she was really starting to hate these things!), the older gentleman spoke in a soft, but raspy voice "Congratulations! I hope you enjoy the rest of your honeymoon." Smiling, she turned back to the man. "Thanks!" was all she said, but the tone of her voice told the man how truly happy she really was. As she eventually got her card to work, she was about to walk into her suite when he bid her farewell. "Have a great evening, but please, try to keep it down this time." He just chuckled while her face turned bright red with a shocked expression on it. He laughed softly to himself as he turned and continued on down the hall towards the elevators.
After the shock of realizing that the only reason the man knew she was a newlywed was because of how loud her and Tommy were the night before she was very thankful for the age of the gentleman, there was no way he would've recognized her. Once the shock wore off, she simply giggled as she walked into her luxurious, surprised as to how loud they had actually been. She set the bag containing the pictures and DVD on the dining room table, then turned towards her bedroom as she was hoping to sneak in a nice bubble bath before Tommy was finished downstairs. As she opened the door to her bedroom she was shocked and appalled by what she saw. On her bed sat a half-naked brunette who was filing her nails. The brunette obviously hadn't notice Jude enter because she whined rather loudly "Hurry up... I'm getting really lonely out here AND the champagne's flat!!!" "Oh no, she did not just say that... This is SO not happening" Jude thought to herself. As the brunette continued to file her nails, still oblivious to her presence in the room, Jude loudly cleared her throat. "Oh Shit!" was all the brunette could muster. "Oh shit is right..." Jude almost shouted. "Where is Tommy?!" The brunette just stared at her. As Jude took a step towards her, she repeated her previous question, much louder this time though. Sheepishly the brunette simply replied "Tommy... is that his name? He's in the bathroom... ummm.. freshening up." "OUT!!!" Jude shrieked. "But?.." the brunette began, but Jude cut her off. "I don't care, get your clothes and get the hell out of my suite before I not only call security, but the police also! Now, I do not want to have to repeat myself again...GET OUT!!!" She shouted at the top of her lungs. Fearing for her life, the brunette quickly grabbed her clothes from the floor and ran out of the suite as fast as she could in her trampy stilettos. Once she was finally out of the suite, Jude collapsed on the couch in the corner of her bedroom, her tears no long able to be contained. Her body wracked with sobs as she gasped for air. Jude was sobbing so intensely that she didn't even hear the door open and close behind her. "Oh god... What have I done?! Oh, how could I be so stupid?! How could I seriously believe that he honestly loved me?!" She whispered to herself as she continued to cry on the arm of the sofa.