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A few hours later Alexz was awoken by the high pitch ringing of Tommy's cell phone. She slid out of Tim's arms carefully and made her way to his pants on the floor. She retrieved the phone from the back pocket of his jeans and bit her lip when she saw that Sadie was calling.
She also saw the time; seven AM; and realized Jude was going to be late for school. "TIM GET UP IT'S FREAKING SEVEN AM!"
"Come on Mom just 5 more minutes." he mumbled.
She jumped back onto the bed and thrust the phone at him. "Your girlfriend is on the phone!"
He sat up quickly and looked at the phone and then to her with confusion.
"I have to get dressed Jude has school!" She got off the bed and scrambled to the closet. "I don't even know where school is!" She mumbled to herself pulling clothes from the closet.
He rubbed his eyes and nodded. 'Guess it wasn't a dream' he thought to himself. He placed the phone to his ear. "Hello." he said in a groggy voice.
Alexz began stripping off her PJs completely forgetting she wasn't alone in the room. She stood in front of Jude's side of the closet in a tiny white tank top and white cotton panties pulling clothes from various hangers.
Tim was now wide awake as he saw her PJ pants come off and hit the ground. He did his best to look away, but damn his eyes kept coming back to the half naked girl of his dreams. He loudly cleared his throat to remind her she was not alone.
She turned to him and stifled a scream realizing that would make her presence known to Sadie. Instead she covered herself with her arms stepped into the closet and closed the sliding doors on herself.
Tim grinned and shook his head at her. "Hello!" he said again in an annoyed voice.
"Hello yourself! Did you forget to call me when you were leaving the studio? I crashed at Monique's and waited for you to call."
"Uh... yeah sorry. It was late and I didn't want to wake you." Tim lied. Why the hell did Tommy waste his time with Sadie when he was married to Jude? He must need a cover really badly Tim decided and so he did his best to keep the irritation out of his voice.
"What happened to breakfast? Where are you? Are you home? I don't understand why you won't give me your new address Tom. What if I wanted to come over for a pajama party?"
Tim winced at the idea. "Sadie look I'm already running late for work I really need to get going. I'll call you later. Ok?"
"Late for work? It's Monday you don't go in til twelve! What's going on Tommy?"
In the closet Alexz managed to throw on some jeans, a shirt and Jude's converse Chucks. She burst through the closet doors suddenly feeling sick and ran to the bathroom.
"Shit" Tim cursed under his breath. "Darius wants me in early today. I need to finish up some mixing. I'll call later ok." this time he didn't give her the opportunity to answer. He quickly pressed end on Tommy's cell and tossed the phone on the bed. Tim jumped up out of bed and followed Alexz into the bathroom.
Alexz lay on the tile floor after emptying the contents of her stomach into the toilet. "Oh god kill me!" She moaned.
Tim grabbed the glass on the counter and filled it with water. Next he opened the door of the bathroom closet and removed a wash cloth. He ran it under the cool water and kneeled beside Alexz on the floor. He handed her the water and gently wiped her hot sweaty face with the cool rag.
"Is it okay that I hate Jude right now?" Alexz asked looking up at him pathetically. "Can you write me a note? I can't go to school today."
Tim chuckled "No I don't think it's wrong to hate Jude about now. As for school, how do we know Jude even goes to school. If she was emancipated she may have got her GED." he told Alexz. "Why don't you just go back to bed? If the school calls looking for Jude then we'll know."
"That sounds wonderful. Let's just stay in bed all day!" Alexz said lifting her head from the floor.
Tim smiled down at her. "Sit up now and take a drink of water." he instructed.
"Can you throw up water?"
"Yes but it's better than throwing up when there is nothing left in your stomach to throw up. Now take small sips."
"Lots of hangovers?" She asked taking the glass from him.
"Tons." he replied with a smile.
She chuckled and sipped the water. "What'd Sadie have to say? Oh God I never came home last night!"
"Don't worry neither did she. She stayed at some girls house. Monkey or something?" he said trying to remember the name. "Anyway she wanted to know what happened to breakfast today."
"Ugh Breakfast. I'm never eating dinner again never mind breakfast."
"Yeah just wait you'll be starving later." he reached down and took the glass from Alexz and sat it on the counter. He then rose from the floor and picked her up bridal style and carried her into the bedroom.
"This is better than walking." She said with a giggle. "Did Sadie have anything else to say?"
"Nothing any good." he said as he laid Alexz down on the bed. He removed each of her chucks and covered her up. "Apparently I don't have to work until noon today." he added.
Her arms grabbed for him weakly and pulled him down to the bed. "We're both deathly sick. We ate bad fish. We can't leave this bed."
Tim smiled widely at her then kissed her on the forehead before rolling off of her and back onto his own side of the bed. He sat up and grabbed Tommy's cell and dialed Sadie. "Be quiet ok? He whispered to Alexz as the phone began to ring.
Alexz nodded and pressed her face into the soft pillow.
"Hey baby change your mind about breakfast?" Sadie greeted.
"Sadie. I'm so sorry about earlier. I know I made no sense. I'm just so sick." he groaned into the phone.
Alexz closed her eyes and listened to Tim's voice as he spoke.
"Sick? What's wrong Tommy?" Sadie asked.
"I don't know. Maybe the flu?" he replied pathetically. He then held the phone away from him a bit and made vomiting noises." Oh God." he said into the phone.
Alexz smiled her eyes still closed. Tim certainly was an amazing actor.
"Ugh Tommy you sound terrible!" Sadie said with disgust.
"But Sadie I don't want to let you down again. So I'll meet you for breakfast soon ok?" he told her as he faked another wave of sickness.
He covered the receiver with his hand and tried to fight back his laughter.
Alexz felt her stomach tumble again her eyes shooting open. She jumped up out of bed and ran out of the room again.
Tim watched her with concern and new it was time to wrap up his dramatics.
"N- no Tommy that's ok. You just rest. Do you want me to call in to G-major for you?"
"Oh Sadie would you?" he asked sounding truly grateful.
The clinking of the toilet lid and heaving could be heard from the bathroom.
"Tommy are you still there?" Sadie asked when she heard the noises coming from the bathroom.
"Yea I'm here. Oh I'm gonna be sick. I gotta go Sadie." he abruptly ended the call and headed toward the bathroom once again.
Alexz flushed the toilet and sat down on the floor her back against the tub. Tim sat down next to her and wrapped his arm around her.
"Well I'm yours all day Spence."
"Poor you. I really hope this morning sickness thing doesn't last all morning. I might as well sleep in the bathroom."
Tim gave her a sympathetic look. he kissed her cheek then rose from the floor. He leaned over the large two person Jacuzzi tub and turned on the water.
"Are you going to drown me and put me out of my misery?" She asked hopefully.
"Nope 'fraid not." he said as he reached for the lavender scented bath oil on the side of the tub. "You are going to soak in here and relax, while I make breakfast; just incase you want it later."
"You cook Rozon? I was kind of under the impression that a bachelor like you ate potato chips and canned raviolis."
"Well I do most of the time. But I think I can manage some omelets... just this once."
"Egg white omelets?" She said with a small smile knowing he would probably lecture her on the importance of nutrients.
"Only if you promise to take an extra vitamin. You do that and I'll even let you have some decaf."
"So now I know what would be if you weren't an actor!" She replied tilting her head.
"What's that?" he asked curiously.
"An overprotective husband."
Tim chuckled. "Maybe I can do both someday." he said as he winked at her.
"How about I take two extra vitamins and you go to Coffee Bean and get me an iced mocha?
Tim headed toward the bathroom door. "Strip Spencer." he stepped out of the room and called over his shoulder. "And no! Decaf only!"
Alexz pouted and rose from the floor. She unzipped her jeans and pulled her t-shirt and tank top over her head. She shimmied out of her underwear and got into the tub.
Alexz finished soaking and dried off with a fluffy towel. She slipped Jude's robe on and tied it around her waist. She opened the door to the bathroom and as soon as she stepped out into the hall she was greeted with the smell of bacon and eggs. Thankfully her stomach didn't protest the smell and she continued walking towards the kitchen.
A plate of food, glass of orange juice and cup of coffee sat on the table next to a fork, knife and spoon. Alexz smiled and made her way to the table. She looked at the perfectly made egg white omelet and bacon and sighed. The only guy that ever cooked for her was her father and since moving into her own place no one cooked for her.
Alexz looked around the room for Tim and spotted him fast asleep in a recliner next to the couch. She ate her breakfast quietly as not to disturb him watching him the entire time. When she was finished she put her dishes in the sink and walked over to the recliner. Not wanting to wake him she settled herself on the couch beside the chair and opened Jude's laptop.
"Sadie get away from me." he mumbled still sound asleep.
Alexz shook her head. Poor guy was having a terrible nightmare. She set the laptop down on the coffee table and scooted to the far end of the couch. She laid her head against the arm of the plush sofa so it was close to Tim's body and closed her eyes hoping for sweet dreams.
"No! I won't divorce Alexz I love her." Tim mumbled defiantly to someone in his dream.
Instead she listened to Tim battling some subconscious demons.
"Why? Why doesn't she love me? Fine no more blogs. No more Myspace. Do you love me now Alexz?" He asked in his sleep.
Upon hearing that he loved her Alexz's whole body tingled. She smiled and tried not to giggle. She sat up and looked at the sleeping man. Could she climb into his arms without waking him?
"She'll never love me." he stated sadly to some unknown person.
Alexz made a face and wanted to tell him he was wrong. She wrapped the terry cloth robe around her and climbed onto the chair with her sleeping co-star.
Tim stirred slightly and smiled. He knew Alexz was there without opening his eyes. he could smell the sweet lavender scent from the bath oil. "Hey." he said sleepily. "Did you eat?"
"Yes I did thank you everything was delicious! You alright?" She asked concerned.
"Good. Yeah. I'm fine." he said through a yawn. "You feeling better?"
"Yeah just tired. Are you sure? You were calling out in your sleep."
His eyes snapped open. he didn't remember what he was dreaming only that it was about her. "I did? What did I say?" he asked with fear.
"Well..." She said looking up at him. "First you were shouting for Sadie to get away from you and then you mentioned that you would never divorce Jude. I didn't catch the rest."
"Oh, just trying to figure out what's going on; even in my sleep I guess." He said looking away from her. "You wanna go to bed?"
"Only if someone comes with me. I found something kind of weird on Jude's laptop while you were sleeping by the way."
"Oh yeah? What was it?" he asked.
"The Quincy's have a joint checking account and in the past two months T. Quincy has authorized several balance transfers to a law firm, Walsh and Meyers. Maybe he really wasn't happy?"
Tim quirked an eyebrow at her. "That makes no sense. He was happy. I know he was!"
"How do you know?" Alexz asked with a smirk.
"Be--because. You read the email he loves her. He doesn't want a divorce. Maybe he was suing somebody over a tabloid or something."
"Wasn't there a Walsh on the G-Major payroll? That's an awful lot of money. The transfers were thousands of dollars at a time. So unless this divorce lawyer charged close to a hundred thousand dollars.. where's the money going? A tabloid? Isn't that Darius' department?"
"I don't know. But he couldn't have paid all that for a divorce that he doesn't even want." Tim sighed and leaned his head back against his chair. "So why would you pay a lawyer that kind of money? What if he was in trouble? I mean with the law over their marriage?" he asked with excitement at the prospect he maybe on to something.
"What kind of trouble with the law?" Alexz asked scooting into Tim's lap.
He wrapped his arms around her and held her close without even thinking about it.
"Maybe the marriage wasn't legal after all. Jude was only sixteen. What if her parents were fighting against it and trying to get Tommy thrown in jail for sleeping with their underage daughter?"
"Doesn't look like Jude's parents are around to care now though."
Tim groaned in frustration. "Well hell I don't know then. Maybe Tommy and Jude had sex in some public place, were caught by a group of nuns and they're suing the Quincy's for mental anguish!"
Alexz snorted. "We need to contact this Walsh person and find out if Tom is really filing for divorce. Maybe he just wants someone to think he is? None of this makes sense!"
"No it doesn't. My head hurts from trying to play detective. Come on." He said as he stood picking Alexz up with him. "We are going to bed."
"As much as I'd love to spend the rest of our weird lives in this apartment Jude and Tommy have things to do and places to be. You can't keep calling in sick and I'm going to have to go to the studio."
"Yes but not today." he replied with a smile. Tim carried Alexz into the bedroom and laid her on the king sized mattress. He hopped in the bed beside her and lay back against the pillow. "Ah much better." he said as he yawned.
"Hold me?" She asked sliding closer to him.
"Always." he said as he opened his arms to her.