A/N: Teehee, hey guys, I'm feeling kind of generous and wanted to update again lol. Just to point out, this story is considerably shorter than the last and I'm sad to say that I've already finished it (about 18 chapters) But I am telling you all now this is not the last we'll be seeing of the Harrison-Quincy family haha. so...PLEASE R&R and maybe i'll update for a third time haha
Jess walked into the studio where she was going to meet with Ethan. He was sitting in front of a soundboard mixing a song. She saw how much focus he was putting into the song and every once in a while she'd see him hit rewind and press another button, and then he'd grin and nod along with the music. She slowly walked up next to him and placed her hands over his eyes. He tensed up and then quickly turned around, and immediately smiled when he came face to face with Jess.
"Hey you made it," he said quietly.
"Yeah, so what are you mixing?" Jess asked taking residence in one of the other swivel chairs.
"Just a demo my band had recorded," Ethan said pressing pause and save on the sound board.
"You're in a band?" Jess said, slightly impressed.
"Surprising, Harrison?" Ethan said.
"Not really, just, I didn't know you were in a band," Jess remarked.
"Well, now you do. We can stay here and do whatever, or we can go to the coffee shop across the street and get some coffee, my treat," Ethan offered.
"Well, how can I refuse free caffeine?" Jess said sarcastically as the two got up and walked out of the studio.
Just as Jess and Ethan were walking out of the main building, Jess recognized the blue viper in the parking lot.
"Hey, that's my dad's car…" Jess said as Ethan looked and they both quickly looked away as soon as they saw Jude and Tommy, both making out in the car.
"Whoa, now….yeah-"
"Um, that is….yeah, Ethan you won't be completely pissed if I take a rain check on today?" Jess asked.
"No, not at all, I'll see you later," Ethan said giving an awkward wave and going in the opposite direction of the car.
Jess turned around, and kept her head down as she walked over to viper, turning her back towards it and then knocking on the window on Jude's side.
Jude and Tommy immediately pulled away, feeling very embarrassed and Jude started to turn bright red. Jude slowly rolled down her window and Jess kept her back towards them and then said, in a very uncomfortable tone "Not that it's any of my business, but do you two mind explaining you started making out in the school parking lot?" Jude took this as her cue to leave.
"I'll see you later, Quincy," Jude said getting out of the car and following her daughter to their car. Tommy watched her walk away and exhaled very deeply.
The whole ride home was very silent and awkward, both Harrisons wanting to say something but then decided to just shut up.
"I, um, I'm not too sure what to say," Jude said when they got to the drive way of their home.
"Don't worry about it Mom. You two just got caught up in the moment?" Jess asked.
"More or less, let's just say a lot of the truth had been uncovered today and, yeah," Jude said nodding her head up and down and then getting out of the car, her daughter following suit.
"Does this mean you and Dad are back together?" Jess asked.
Jude froze at the question, she and Tommy hadn't even discussed what was going to happen, so she had no idea what to tell her daughter.
"I'm getting too used to this whole honesty thing, and I'm not too sure sweetie," Jude said as they both just kept it at that and walked into their home.
"I'm going to my room," Jess said while closing the door behind her. Seeing her mom and dad like that was just insane. She had never seen anything like that before, she's their daughter and had felt the passion all the way from the building. It was hitting her like a ton of bricks on her back that her parents were still in love, despite what they said to each other.
Jude paced the kitchen with the new house phone in hand, the antennae resting on her chin, debating whether she should call Tommy or not. Unbeknownst to Jude, Tommy was doing the same thing with his cell phone in his kitchen.
Jude was faster and dialed his number and the phone didn't even reach the first beep before she heard Tommy on the other side.
"Jude?" Tommy said into the phone.
"Hey Quincy," Jude said with a grin.
"How are you?" Tommy asked.
"Is the honesty pact still on?" Jude asked.
"Yeah," Tommy said simply.
"I'm fuzzy," Jude said honestly with a laugh that Tommy could only find adorable, "and about today Tommy…"
Tommy interrupted her. "Yeah?"
"It was great, but, it's been too long," Jude said.
"As in?" Tommy asked.
"I need to think about this, how this could change everything. I mean, we JUST started settling everything and then the next thing we both know, our daughter catches us making out in the school parking lot," Jude explained.
"I agree with you Jude, we should definitely slow everything down," Tommy said.
"Ok. So. We're just friends, then," Jude said into the phone.
"Just friends," Tommy said.
"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow when you pick up Jess," Jude added.
"Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow," Tommy said.
They both hung up the phone, confused and dumbfounded at how calm, rational, and non impulsive their decision was. Jude stared at the phone as if it were some brand new breed of electronic device from the future. She set it down and then walked to her room where she had collapsed right on her bed. Jude couldn't help but be smiling as she was lying on her bed. Things were going so, insane in her life. Jude couldn't describe anything but as insane, unpredictable, definitely not what she had in mind.
Tommy was inside his studio sitting at the piano trying to describe the hundreds of thousands of emotions taking the left up room inside his heart. Tommy felt like he was 26 all over again. That was the year he and Jude had been the happiest, the year he had proposed to Jude.
:flash back to Jude's celebration party where she had been nominated for 3 grammies:
"Congratulations Jude!" Darius beamed bringing Jude into a huge hug.
"Thanks D! Could you let go, I can't breathe," Jude squeaked and Darius let her go with a big grin on his face.
"You've made everyone proud. What can I say girl, you've made it to the top," Darius said.
"Thanks D." Jude said with a smile that was equally as big.
Jude performed her grammy nominated song, and Tommy was in his usual stature in the back of the room, a big smile, his eyes on her the whole night through. The two hadn't ever been so close. Without Tommy, Jude would have never gone back into the spot light of music, she would have just stayed behind closed doors, afraid of who was coming from behind. When she had finished performing and mingling with everyone, Tommy pulled her away and they both snuck to the alleyway. Tommy kissed Jude with so much love she never wanted to part, but she knew they had to.
"What's up Quincy?" Jude asked with a smile on her face. He loved her smile, her eyes, the way her faded red brown bangs fell over her eyes when they weren't combed to the right.
"We've been together for about a year and a half now, and there's something I want to ask you," Tommy said, holding her hands in his.
He was speaking in a soft tone Jude hadn't ever heard before, all she could say about it, was that she was in love with this soft tone that just made Tommy even more lovable to her.
Tommy got down on one knee, and held out the opened black velvet engagement ring box towards Jude.
"Will you be the one I wake up to every morning Jude? Will you make me the happiest man in the world, will you be my wife...will you marry me Jude Harrison?" Tommy asked, his eyes filled with anticipation as Jude's grin just grew into the biggest and most broad smile he had ever seen on her. Jude got down to his level on her knees and kissed him with just as much passion.
"Is that a yes?" Tommy asked sheepishly.
"That's an "I'd be crazy if I said no,'" Jude said. Tommy took her lips in with his and held her close to him.
"I love you so much," Tommy whispered in her ear.
"I love you too," Jude said, they kissed again.
Tommy took her left hand and placed the ring on her ring finger. The ring was a simple gold band with three small diamonds, two white on the sides and one pink diamond in the middle. Engraved on the inside, read 'Jude and Tommy forever..."
:end of flashback:
