Disclaimer: I do not own 21 Jump Street or its characters. They belong to Stephen J. Cannell and Patrick Hasburgh. I'm just borrowing them.

Chapter 14

Tom arrived at the hotel, but decided to walk the beach a bit to get his thoughts together. He walked a little less than a mile when he saw her sitting on top of a blanket in the sand while a different blanket was wrapped around her. She was watching the ocean move as the sprinkles that resembled diamonds and gold danced across the beautiful blue body of water. He stood next to her, but she didn't move. "This seat taken?" He politely asked.

"Yes," She answered without diverting her eyes from the water. Tom sat down anyway. "I told you..." Judy snapped, but stopped herself when she saw it was Tom. "Hanson, how'd" She asked as her face lit up. "My mom"

"I would never give up my informant." He replied playfully. "You okay?" He frowned in concern as he looked at her.

"(Sigh) Yeah," She answered as she turned her attention back to the ocean. "I just needed to get away for a bit. I was feeling overwhelmed and as much as I wanted to see you. I just didn't have it in me."

"I was worried about you." He gently tucked her hair behind her ear. "I was afraid something happened to you. I called everyone you know looking for you." He softly confessed as she turned back to him.

"I'm sorry. I didn't feel like talking to anyone until this morning." She briefly looked down at her lap before looking back at the water. "I was going to call you, but then I didn't think that it was such a good idea."

"Why not?" He frowned.

"Because, I wouldn't get any clarity." She admitted. "I can't trust myself around you, Tom."

He turned to watch the water move. "You're gonna have to explain that one to me, Judy because I honestly don't understand." He wasn't sure if he should be offended or flattered.

"When we worked together, I'd watch you walk across the room and it was all that I could do not to jump you." They laughed as she swiveled her body a bit, so she could see him a little better. "It was easier when we were together, because eventually we could release. But, after we broke up it just built up, and then seeing you with Amy and then Jackie….That was hard."

"I know it was, and I'm sorry for that." He wrapped his arm around her. "I had the same problem, Jude." He shook his head. "I had a hard time being close to you without being able to hold you or kiss you or make love to you when I wanted to. I couldn't help watching you work or walk around the Chapel or flirting with you. It was frustrating not being able to do anything about it….Trying to explain to Amy or Jackie that I only looked at you like that, because I was trying to stay in character for a case we were working." They both laughed.

"Tom!" She giggled.

"It's true. The hardest part was seeing you with other guys." He moved his arm away and raised his eyebrows while looking in her direction as if it was shocking.

"Why do you think I tried to keep them from you?" She smiled slyly.

"The same reason I didn't want to talk to you about Amy or Jackie when you'd ask." He smiled as he nudged her with his shoulder as he continued to watch the water move.

"Fair enough…" She nodded. "But, then you come back and I was so mad at you for leaving, I didn't want to speak to you. I just wanted to know why you did what you did. Once I got my answers, I figured I wouldn't want to see you again." Judy stared out at the water as she thought. "But, then you come near me and I melt. When you're around me, it's like I'm drawn into you like a moth to a flame. It's not really a sexual thing, it's more of a…" She picked up some sand and watched it flow through her fingers.

"Like we were made to be together." Tom agreed. "Jude, I feel it too."

"I know you do. It's there when our eyes meet, or when you touch me."

"Or when I'm just near you"

"Yeah, but our timing is always off." Judy hunched over in disappointment. "This time it was Booker, and then tomorrow you're going to work for Jump Street."

"Our timing was never off…..I used to think that too until today. But, now I just think we were both afraid of what could be." Tom frowned. "Wait…Who said I was going to take Fuller up on his offer?"

"You've been talking to my mother." Judy stated as she got up and readjusted the blanket around her. "I know you Tom and you're going to take Fuller up on his offer." She dusted the sand off of her.

"Yes, but you have to admit your mother has a point." Hanson got up and grabbed the blanket she was sitting on. "No, you don't know that I'm going to take him up on it….I don't even know if I'm going to take it." He stopped her. "Jude, is this what all of this is about?" She burrowed her brows as she dropped her head. "Jude….talk to me."

"I just don't understand why you would even consider taking him up on the one thing that's kept us apart all of this time after everything that you've done to get me back." She confessed in frustration. "I'm so lost right now. I don't know what to do. I am so in love with you, but I can't be with you like I originally thought because it's going to be the same as before."

"I am telling you, that I haven't decided." He took her hand in his. "Judy, I promise you. I would never do anything to keep us apart again." Tom dropped the blanket he was holding and cupped her face. "I love you, baby. You are my heart and I'm not going anywhere."

She searched his eyes and all she saw was the truth in them. "Then why are you even considering it?"

He opened up the blanket that was wrapped around her and rewrapped it around both of them while holding her around her waist. "I told Fuller that I would take the job if he could meet my conditions."

"What conditions?" She was confused and a little irritated that she might have gone through all of ups and downs of this weekend for no reason.

Tom put his forehead against hers and exhaled. "Can I just ask you to trust me on this for now?"

"Normally, I would say yes." She admitted. "But, nothing about this weekend has been normal. So, I'm going to say no. I want to know." She pulled her forehead away from his. "Now, Hanson." She demanded. "I can't go through being in love with you and then not being able to be with you again."

"I'm going to talk to Fuller tomorrow and tell him that I will take the job if" He bit his lip in hesitation as he gazed in her eyes. "If we could both work at Jump Street."

Judy smiled with hope in her eyes. "While we're dating?"

Tom gave way to a slight grin as he inched out of the blanket. "Yes" He wrapped her back up in the blanket and picked up the other one and he began to walk toward the hotel.

Judy didn't move, she watched him walk away until he realized she wasn't next to him. "What aren't you telling me?"

"Nothing, come on it's a little chilly." He held out his hand for her to hold. "Come on, baby."

"I'm fine." She resisted. She knew there was something he wasn't telling her. "Tell me Hanson!"

"What else do you want me to tell you?" He shrugged. "You know everything."

"I know you, and you're holding out on me." She walked over to him. "We didn't we just meet…you know?" She asked as she pointed at him and then herself.

"I know," He opened up her blanket and closed around both of them again. "It's just that…" As he leaned in to kiss her she grinned and pulled her head back, but he smiled. He followed her lead until he finally brushed his lips with hers and kissed her a couple of times getting her to give in to a long slow kiss that made both of them want more. "Did you get the same room we had last time?"

"Maybe" She answered flirtatiously.

He smiled big as he whispered in her ear. "Show me."

"Nah, you have to find it." She took off running to the room as he chased her.

She made it to the beautiful dimly lit room first and was unlocking it before he got there. He barely made it around the corner as she got the door opened. Judy tried to close it, but he pushed on it moving her out of the way. She smiled big and bolted to the other sided of the room as he panted and locked the door behind him. "You're gonna pay for that Judith." He playfully warned stripping down with every step he took toward her.

"Bring it….Thomas" She challenged him as she stripped down matching him item for item, until he rushed over to her and grabbed her as she giggled. Their eyes met and he passionately kissed her making her want him even more. He laid her down and rained long slow kisses on what felt like every inch of her body. He lingered in some places longer than others pleasing her until she was sure she couldn't take it anymore. But, she's no quitter, so she hung in there. He found his way back to her mouth and made love to her like it was the last time he'd ever see her. He was insatiable. He treated every moan as if her body was begging for more. He used the sound of her calling his name as motivation for him to find another way to make every nerve ending in her body stand on end. She was so thankful Tom was consistent.

Afterwards..

"Baby?" Judy asked as she sat on the bed with her t-shirt and panties on lazily running her fingers through Tom's hair.

"Yes?" Tom asked as he laid his head in her lap trying not to go to sleep. He had on his jeans and t-shirt.

"What happens if Fuller tells you that we have to decide?" She was curious, because she really loved working with Hanson and she didn't want to tell him that she was starting to look forward to it since he told her that it was only if they could still be a couple.

"Then I choose us…..every time. Baby, I told you. I'm done with that. It's about us from here on out." I'll go work on the Task Force if I have to. All that matters is us."

"Okay" She sounded like she was lost in thought.

Hanson looked up at her. "Judith Marie Hoffs if you are doing what I think you're doing….cut it out." He demanded as he shook his head.

"What?" She shrugged. "What do you think I'm doing?"

"You're starting to get scared." He scowled. "Don't do that." He popped up off of the bed a grabbed the phone.

"Hanson, where are you going?" She asked in shock.

"To the bathroom to talk to Fuller, I'll have your answer and then the only thing that you will have to face is yourself and how much you want this….No excuses…remember?" He asked as Fuller answered and he closed the door.

Judy sat in the bed thinking about what her mother said about her fear of failing and her phobia about taking risks. Even though, she takes them everyday in her job. Why was she so afraid to take them with her heart? Hanson never ended things with her. She's the one who always hurts him. He had always let her decide. But, how long will he stay in a relationship with someone who keeps doubting him and pushing him away when all he wants to do is make her happy. He's such an amazing man and he loves her like no one else has and no one else will. She decided to let go. This is the moment that she is going to trust him. This is the man that she wants to marry and start a family with and last night was the first time that she was able to admit it with a doubt in her mind, and this is the moment that she realized that she's spent last night and today looking for reasons to doubt that he was the one. Maybe her mom was right. She deserves to be happy and so does Tom and all they have to do is continue to love each other. Judy sat back and smiled big as she thought to herself….'done!'

Tom came out of the restroom after his talk with Fuller and set the phone back on table. He didn't say a word. Judy's first reaction was worry, but she remembered that Tom had a back up plan and he was going to be with her no matter what. "You ready to start heading back home?"

"It's still early." Judy looked at Tom like he was crazy. "What did Fuller say?"

"We need to start heading back." Tom repeated as he walked his hands across the bed to kiss her. "We have to work in the morning."

Judy squealed and hugged Tom's neck in excitement. "We can work together?"

"Yes" Tom laughed. "We sign some paper saying that we are in a relationship and we're covered."

"I love you." Judy raked her fingers through the back of his hair. "I'm glad you came back."

"Me too." He said as she kissed him slowly and deliberately. "I love you too." He confessed as he kissed her again.

"Round 2?" She whispered as she nibbled on his ear before disappearing.

"Round 2, then we have to…." He smiled.