Jude was eating her club sandwich while Tommy was eating the cut up pieces of his steak. The two ate in a comfortable silence, not sure what to say after the encounter in the car.

"So um, what do we call ourselves now?" Jude asked wiping the corner of her mouth with her napkin.

"Not sure, but I do want to at least be friends. If not for us, than for Jess's sake," Tommy said taking a sip from his water.

"I agree, so, let's try and catch up, I took the afternoon off," Jude said sitting back in her chair. "You first,".

"Well, I pretty much just drove myself into music and work after you left. I didn't talk to anyone really, just write, produce, eat and sleep. That's it. And then the whole custody thing. But about four or five years later, I got back into dating...

:flash back:

Tommy was at a club with Jay and Kwest, when an Italian young woman walked past Tommy and took a seat a few seats away from him. Kwest and Jay noticed this, and pushed Tommy towards her, accidentally making him bump into her.

"I'm sorry, it's kind of crowded in here and I accidentally bumped you, sorry," Tommy said about to turn around until she grabbed his arm.

"Don't go, I just got here and I just moved here. You're that Tom Quincy guy right?" she assumed with not a sign of being a fan or anything written on her face.

"Yeah, I am. If I may, may I ask your name?" Tommy asked.

"Deanna, it's a pleasure," she said shaking his hand.

:end of flashback:

After that, we started seeing each other for about a year. But just a little afterwards, we both mutually agreed that the feelings that we felt before, just weren't there anymore. After that I spent another year or two doing my solo career before I retired, and I started dating again, but nothing ever stayed. And I just grew back into producing again. But always in the back of my mind, I wondered how you and Jess were, I wanted to see you both, and I finally worked up the nerve to send you those papers," Tommy said.

"I'm glad you've moved on, it sounds to me like you're happy," Jude remarked with a content smile.

'I'm happier now that you've let me get close to our daughter," Tommy said.

"Well for me, things weren't always so lucky. Jamie moved with me here to the states and helped me get back on my feet after having Jess for a year. Afterwards, I played some night shows here and there, just to fulfill that little need to perform, but other than that I didn't really need to work since I had so much extra cash from my five albums, which I am STILL receiving checks for to this day, which surprises me. So while raising Jess, I started taking some online courses and I managed to become a teacher. I've dated here and there but nothing ever clicked either, plus I've spent so much time taking care of Jess I haven't had the time to date," Jude said.

"When's the last date you've been on?" Tommy asked.

"What?" Jude said surprised.

"When was the last time you went on a date?" Tommy asked.

"Why?" Jude said.

"Just wondering,"

"I'll tell you when we're not in public and maybe when it's more of your business," Jude said with a smile and laugh.

God had Tommy missed her. Her laugh was the same, just as her smile was. The same smile that showed more happiness without it even being full. Jude couldn't help but miss Tommy, he was her first and only, she missed his eyes, every time she saw Jess's eyes she thought of him, but it wasn't the same as seeing the real thing.

"Since we're having a bullshit free conversation, I've missed you," Jude said quietly, with a small grin.

"I'd be breaking our rule if I didn't agree," Tommy said leaning in the table.

Jude and Tommy searched each other's eyes for a moment, and they felt their emotions slowly start leaking out of the champagne bottles they had locked them up for so long. They both leaned back and away from each other, and for the first time in about two hours, an awkward silence took residence in the air.

"Check please," Tommy said with a raised arm breathlessly.

Jude just looked at him and rested her head back in her hand as she looked out the window of the restaurant and at each passing car. Tommy watched her, memorizing her stature almost as if he were a photographer waiting to make this image into his classic masterpiece.

"Um, ready to go?" Tommy asked, Jude nodded and grabbed her purse.

The two walked out in silence, and entered his car in silence. They had been driving for about ten minutes when Jude decided to break the silence.

"Things won't ever go back to just friends will they?" She said.

Tommy kept silent before finally answering, "After being with someone, for that long and that close. I'd have to say it's pretty much impossible,"

Jude bit her lip and continued to look out the window. How was it possible that Tommy made her feel like she was 19 all over again? He still managed to make her feel young and naïve in his presence, when in reality she was the mother of his child and wise beyond her years. Tommy pulled into the school parking lot, school had already ended and it was just her car in the parking lot. Jude stared at her car, and the handle that only needed a light pull to release her from the shelter of the blue striped viper. Jude looked at Tommy, and he looked back at her.

Tommy groaned in his throat and couldn't take it anymore, "Forget this," he said and he pulled Jude to him and kissed her with so much pent up passion. Jude could feel a sob of happiness inside of her and just kept deepening the kiss. The two couldn't pull apart, they were too afraid of never feeling this again if they had. But Jude couldn't do this, she needed to think rationally.

"Tommy, Tommy. Let's think about this for a second," Jude said backing away from him for a second. Tommy's eyes showed he was racking his brain for an explanation, just as Jude's were. But they couldn't find anything stopping them.

"Oh to hell with it," Jude said as she pulled him back towards her and they began to kiss all over again.