Author's note: OMG GUYS IT'S BEEN FOREVER! But have no fear, another chapter is here! LOL! I'm so sorry I haven't updated. I've had so much happening…you wouldn't believe the drama! Great in fan fics, not so much in real life. But anyway, here's another dchapter. Enjoy!

Chapter 12 Will you…Marry me?

"W-W-What?" Jude asked, taken aback by the statement. Had he actually said what she thought he had said?

"Marry me!" Tommy repeated. Yup, he'd said it alright.

"Tommy I don't know… I'm only seventeen…" Jude couldn't believe what she'd just said, she'd been longing for Tommy since before she hit age sixteen, and…

"You'll be eighteen in a couple of weeks…and I'll wait!"

"We haven't even… Well, you know…" Jude said, her cheeks reddening.

Tommy laughed, sitting up, and pulling Jude into his arms. "That doesn't matter. It's not about that… In fact, you're the only girl where… Where it hasn't been about that. I love you Jude! And nothing, absolutely nothing," he stressed, "can change that."

"Then… Yes." Jude said after a momentary pause.

"Yes?"

"YES! I'd love to be your wife Tom quincy!" He smiled, brushing his lips against hers.

"Lips of an angel," he remarked tightening his grip around her, and kissing her more intensely. Jude quickly matched his intencity, but soon pulled away.

"Come on," she said with a smile. "Let's get you out of here." Jude pushed herself off the bed, and Tommy watched his new Fiancé walk out the hospital room door. Fiance, he definitely liked the sound of that. It had a nice ring to it. He couldn't believe that merely a week ago he was in Montana, surely earning Jude's resentment, and now they were getting married. Tommy felt so much different, even than when he and Portia were married. He had never loved someone so much, and frankly it scared the hell out of him. The infamous 'little Tommy Q' in love. But it was worth it. Jude was worth it. The thought of one day being married to Jude was enough to put a permanent smile on his face. He sighed contentedly, but felt surprisingly empty without Jude in his arms. He had missed her so much! He wondered how he survived those months in Montana without his girl there.
When Jude reentered the room, she had a nurse with her.

"Mr. Quincy," she said, "we've contacted the police, standard procedure when someone comes in with a gunshot wound. Being as they already know of the events in question, you are free to go. I just need you to sign these release papers, and we'll call you within the next week to schedule an appointment for the removal of your stitches." Tommy took the papers, signing them with his good hand, and he and Jude left the hospital.

"You know what this means?" Jude said with a mischievous smile.

:"Do I want to?" Tommy retorted.

"I GET TO DRIVE!" Jude yelled, racing toward Tommy's car. Tommy let out a groan, as he climbed in the passenger side, and they headed home. Both of them were perhaps happier than they'd ever been, but Don remained an ever-present thought, looming in the back of the happy couple's minds.

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Much love Annie