Hello everyone! I am so sorry about the five month wait! I am done with school forever now and have one big test left to take in exactly one month from Tuesday, so it will probably be after that when the next chapter is posted...I need to cram...lol. Just a heads up. Hope you like this chapter, as always feedback is much appreciated!

Heads Will Roll belongs to Marion Raven and Let's Dance belongs to Vanessa Hudgens. I don't own them.

There Is A Story To Tell And I Am Going To Tell It

Jude's phone rang and she looked at Tom apologetically and said "One second."

She answered it and heard Georgia shouting angrily "Don't you even think about it, you are not going to ruin…"

Click.

Jude hung up the phone. Georgia was going to be livid, Jude knew, but at that moment she didn't care. All that mattered was telling him what was going on.

"What was that about?" Tom asked

"Nothing, it's no big deal." Jude told him, looking down and then started to speak again when the bell rang. She looked up at him and sighed "I have to go."

She noticed he looked confused as she got up and walked away. .She turned to him and said "Don't worry; it will all make sense soon."

Tom watched her walk away as the flood of students came out the doors. He stood up and walked into the building, trying to figure out what just happened while Jude walked to her car, her story running through her mind. When she got home she pulled out her laptop and started to write.

Tom was sitting in his office, looking over the rest of the portfolios. He started with Jude's since he was only half done with it. Impressed with the variety that she could write, he started reading them closer. When he got to the break up song, Heads Will Roll, he laughed, making a mental note. Remember not to piss her off. He continued working on grading, moving from one to the next until quite a few hours had passed. He decided to finish the rest at home and gathered up the rest of his belongings and headed for home.

Jude closed her laptop and set it down on the couch next to her. Deciding to take a shower, Jude walked into the bathroom and took off her necklace.

"You guys don't get to see this." She told the camera and put it on the vanity. She started the water and grabbed a towel from the closet and got undressed as the water warmed. The warm beads felt amazing as they hit her skin and she immediately relaxed. As she washed her hair her thoughts started to wander to Tom. She tried to shake them, but had no success. When she was finished she wrapped herself in the towel and went to her room to get dressed. She pulled on a white spaghetti strap tank top and blue pajama shorts then walked to the bathroom and quickly ran her towel over her hair and replaced the necklace to it's resting spot on her neck. Then she went to the living room and found the book she was reading and went outside, sitting down on the front step, deciding to read in the last bit of sunlight for the day.

Tom was sitting at his kitchen counter on one of the bar stools, attempting to finish grading the portfolios, but his thoughts kept wandering. Come on, you need to get this girl out of your head. Off limits, without a doubt. No matter how he tried it didn't work. He sighed and to no one in particular said "I'm going for a walk."

He went and changed out of his teaching clothes and into a pair of jeans and a black T-shirt then walked out the door, headed to nowhere in particular. He walked for a few blocks then rounded a corner, intending to make one big circle that would lead back to his house. Hoping the whole while to clear his head, distract himself, anything. He was almost successful, thinking about his upcoming lecture on the Classical and Romantic periods. Almost being the key word. Just as he was distracted enough he saw a girl sitting on her front steps, leaning against the cast iron handrail.

You don't even know if it's her. Tom told himself, you are too far away and her back is to you.

Jude looked up from her book quickly, feeling someone walking up behind her. She glanced over her shoulder and saw someone walking in her direction a few houses away. Jude's mind started to race and she felt a little self-conscious considering what she was wearing.

You can't even see who it is for sure, just calm down. She told herself and then turned back to her book. She was able to read a few more pages before she couldn't fight the urge to watch him walk up. She noticed that he had slowed his pace as he got closer to her, almost as if he was debating something. When he reached her house Jude smiled and said hi.

He smiled "Hey."

"How are you doing?" Tom asked trying not to notice what she was wearing and the fact that she still looked beautiful with damp shower hair.

"Good. Thanks again for earlier." Jude answered, fiddling with her necklace.

"No problem." Tom replied

"Sorry about not making it to the study group. Something came up and I couldn't get away."

"It's all good. We got it done." Jude answered with a small smile.

Tom nodded and said "Yeah. By the way loved the breakup song. It was very interesting."

Jude smiled to herself and nodded "Yeah."

Tom laughed "I can relate to that feeling."

Jude stood up and brushed the dirt from her backside and asked "Did you want to come in?"

"I actually need to get going. Sorry, I've got a lot of work to do." Tom told her. Well, I have to finish grading portfolios...Yeah right. You're just trying to get away from her and her short shorts.

"It's ok. I'll see you later." Jude waved and watched him walk away.

She went into her office the next morning and set her notes on her desk. She sat down pulled some papers from her inbox and started to looking them over. Suddenly her door slammed open and in walked a very angry Georgia.

"What the hell was that yesterday?" Georgia scolded and without giving Jude a chance to answer continued "You are lucky I don't just fire you right on the spot. I knew you didn't have what it takes to do undercover, but I let you and this is how you thank me, by trying to blow it."

Jude stood up "Georgia, I'm…"

Jude could see the rest of the office starting to peek in the windows and through the open door. "I don't want an apology. I want to know what the hell you were thinking and one reason you should get to continue this. This is just a game to you isn't it?"

"No." Jude said quietly

"Well, then…"

Jude squared her shoulders and pulled herself up to her full five foot four inches and said "There is a story to be told and I am going to tell it."

"You better and it better be good." Georgia told her sternly in a tone saying that if she didn't deliver she would be lucky to have a job.

"It will be." Jude assured her and Georgia quickly walked out. Jude closed the door behind her and sat down in her chair and rested her head on her desk. She inhaled deeply and held it before slowly exhaling. She sat up and ran her fingers through her hair, took another breath and picked up her bag and left the office. The cubicle dwelling people of the office peeked at her as she walked out, almost all of them ending conversations as she passed by. Jude pretended not to notice and held her head high as she entered the elevator.

The elevator stopped a few floors down and two women, a blonde and a brunette, and a man stepped in. Jude smiled in response to the man's greeting, but was too lost in her thoughts to pay any other attention. One floor down the man and one of the women got off, leaving Jude and the dark haired woman.

"We really need to stop meeting like this." The dark haired woman said.

Jude turned to face the voice "Rachel."

Rachel gave her a disparaging smile and Jude looked away.

"I thought you finished your internship already." Rachel said to her as the elevator slowed. Jude shrugged and Rachel continued "At least you changed your clothes this time, right?"

"My personal life is none of your business." Jude said and walked out the open doors.

Jude walked straight into her kitchen when she got home and started to boil some water for tea. She slid her laptop out of it's case and went to the living room to sit on the couch. As it booted up she turned on the radio using the remote and returned it to it's resting place on the end table. The melody of John Mellencamp's Troubled Land came through the speakers making Jude think Well, that fits...sort of. She read over the partial story written and continued. This gonna be a shock to Georgia's system. It's going to be good, maybe not what she expects, but it is going to be good. The tea kettle whistled and Jude went and made her tea. When she came back, Jude worked for a while longer, until she was satisfied. She slipped her laptop back into it's case and then there was a knock on the door.

Jude pulled the door opened and saw Sadie.

"Hi." Sadie said

"Hey, what's up?"

"Do you have time to talk for a sec?"

Jude nodded "Do you wanna come in?"

Sadie smiled and Jude stepped aside.

"Do you want some Youthberry and Wild Orangeblossom tea? I just made some."

"Sure." Sadie answered and followed Jude into the kitchen.

"So, what's up?" Jude asked as she poured a cup and handed it to her.

"I just wanted to apologize for what happened at school. It wasn't cool and it shouldn't have happened."

"Thanks."

Sadie nodded and Jude asked "So which song are you singing for the show?"

"Let's Dance."

"I really like that one, how's practice going?"

"Good, It's going good."

They talked for a few more minutes and then Sadie said that she had to go. Jude walked her to the door and Sadie told her "Hey, there's this party tomorrow night if you're interested. It's on the other side of town at The Core."

"Cool." Jude answered and Sadie walked away.

A few minutes later Jude's cell phone rang. I am so not answering that. Most likely it is someone from work and I don't want to deal with it. She looked at the caller ID and saw it wasn't work and decided to answer it.

"Hello."

"Hi, Jude."

"Hey Spied, what's up?"

"You heard about the party tomorrow night right?"

"Yeah I did. Are you going?"

"Well, that's why I called. I was wondering if you wanted to go with me."

"Oh, ok. Sure, sounds like fun."

"Cool, I'll pick you up around 8." He said and then hung up.

Jude smiled to herself and then took a sip of her tea.

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you think!

xoxo