Chapter 9- Part 3
Kwest walked over to the reception desk and kissed Sadie on the cheek after coming out of Georgia's office.
"Did I miss Jude?" She pointed at studio A and he looked at her in confusion.
"Tommy dragged her in there, and they started yelling at each other."
"So where are they now?" The phone had started ringing after they had gone in to the studio, so Sadie wasn't exactly sure what had happened. All she knew is they hadn't come back out. She really hoped neither of them was dead.
"All I know is they couldn't have sneaked by me" They both stood around for a few minutes, waiting, but they still didn't see anything. The newly signed band Red Haired Stepchild came in heading towards studio A.
"Um guys you do not want to go in there."
"But we have a session in 5 minutes with Kwest."
"Just hold on they're um fixing some problems with one of the mikes." 15 minutes went by without any signs of life coming from the studio.
"Please Sadie I'll owe you one." Kwest begged Sadie to go in and find out what the hold up was.
"You owe me dinner tonight."
"Anything. We're already 20 minutes into studio time."
"Alright." She muttered as she entered the studio, looking through the glass for her sister and Tommy. As she entered the sound booth she winced. She did not need to see this. Jude was still her baby sister! It was obvious why she hadn't been able to see them from reception. Tommy had Jude pinned against the wall , one leg was wrapped around his waist and the other was twined around his leg, her bare foot pressed against the back of his calf. His hands were holding her up underneath her skirt. Her hands were tangled in his hair and her head was thrown back. He was kissing a path from her neck and had started towards the front of her low cut bodice.
"Guys!" Sadie said a little too loudly, as she turned her head away. They froze and looked at her in shock. Jude's face turned bright red. She unwrapped her legs from around his waist and Tommy let her slide down. "We need the studio back. You've got 5 minutes." Sadie rushed out of the studio, trying to get the images out of her head.
Tommy put his hands against the wall on either side of Jude and leaned his forehead to hers as they tried to slow their breathing. He looked into her eyes and started to lean down for a kiss, but she ducked under his arm and put space between them.
"Jude I... Look I'm sorry. I did this all wrong." He said as he straightened to look at her. She grabbed her sandals and started to put them on, preparing to say what she had to. After all these months she had hoped he would not have this effect on her, but she'd been lying to herself. She loved him and had since she was 15. That didn't just go away, at least not for her.
"I can't do this with you anymore Tommy. It hurts too much." She looked so sad when she said that, he felt a pang in his heart. "You'll always be important to me, but 'us', it doesn't work. We don't want the same things."
"What do you want?" Everything. She couldn't say it as she backed towards the door.
"I'm sorry." She whispered as she hurried away leaving a frustrated Tommy ready to tear his hair out. He had been waiting for her to come back for 3 friggin months and all he could do when he saw her was yell and basically call her a slut to her face, then practically attack her. Only Jude could make him this crazy, because she was the only one he had ever loved this much.
Jude walked past Sadie and Kwest without saying anything. She grabbed all her things and headed out into the cool Toronto Spring.
Sadie sat down next to Kwest at the soundboard looking traumatized. "You owe me more than dinner for that." She told him about what she had seen.
"How did they stay away from each other all this time? They were so intense it was scary." Kwest looked at Sadie with uncertainty. They both knew the answer to her question. Tommy had used Sadie as a substitute for Jude. He had kept away from Jude by putting Sadie between them. Kwest couldn't say anything, because a part of him was afraid Sadie still cared about her ex. Sadie gave a small laugh and touched his cheek gently. "He is such an ass." She smiled at Kwest. "I'm so lucky you forgave me." He smiled back caught in her beautiful eyes and leaned in for a kiss.
"Hey that position you described sounds kinda interesting., minus the clothes." Sadie channeled Jude and hit him hard.
"Perv."
