When we were young – chapter fourteen
Jude walked through the bright glass doors of his family home, his earphones pumping music straight to his brain, his face hosting the biggest possible smile; nothing made Jude Baker happier than a run in the morning. As he walked into the house he looked down at his watch and just from the time he knew exactly what was happening at his home: His mum would have just gotten in the shower in the bathroom that connected to their bedroom, their father would be shaving and taking up the occupancy of the main bathroom, his twin brother Davis would have just gotten out of the shower and gotten changed soon heading to the kitchen to make himself breakfast. It was like an itinerary, always on time, like a sundial, the great thing about it was that if he ever forgot his watch he would still know the exact time by determining what part of the daily schedule was being hashed out.
"Earth to Jude" Davis yelled over to his brother who looked at him with this confused stare as he pulled his earphones out "I asked if it was a good run" he said as he looked down at the table to make sure that he was pouring his orange juice into his cup and not onto his toast
"Yeah it was pretty good. Hey about last night" Jude said crossing the bench and sitting up on it, looking at the time again because if his mum could see him he would have received a massive lecture about how you shouldn't park your ass where food is prepared
"You didn't have to do that Jude" Davis said looking to his brother taking a sip of his juice "I can fight my own battles and personally I really don't care what that stupid Marcus guy thinks about me"
"Hey I came out like a minute before you and because of that it's my job to protect wimpy boy's ass" he said with a laugh
"Wimpy boy? I'm tough as nails "Davis returned as Jude winked at him and jumped off the bench, heading towards the living room
"You can keep telling yourself that baby brother" he exaggerated the word baby as a way of mockery, it was always the thing between them, mentioning age as though it was seniority as though you reaped more benefits if you took your breath first. It wasn't usually taken so seriously, usually just a tool used to make a joke on the others behalf and while Davis assumed that being the minute younger would sound a lot better when they were older and he wanted to tease his big brother for being just that his old big brother at the moment it sucked because well he was the youngest. Jude went to lean down and pick up the remote, turning his back to his brother instantly regretting the decision when he felt a thwack to the back of his head. He turned around abruptly and looked to his brother in shock "Did you just throw an orange at me?" instead of responding to his brother's question he pelted another orange towards him, Jude made a break for the kitchen to tackle his brother or give him a wedgie he would decide that on impact but as his brother picked up another orange he realised that he wasn't going to make it so he did all that he could to stop it, picking up something that made his brother take in a very large breath that sounded startled
"That's right" Jude said with a laugh as he held in his right hand his mums favourite vase, the one she had bragged and bragged about every time it came up in conversation, hammering into the boys at a very young age that they were not to touch it because it was irreplaceable and had great meaning for her
"Put it down Jude" Davis looked on wide eyed slowly losing the colour in his cheeks
"Relax I'm not going to break it, I'll put it down when you put the orange down" he said with a sly smile as he watched his brother put the orange down slowly as though it was a real life hostage situation "See now I can put it down" he said moving to put it down but he hadn't realised that his hands were shaking, it must have been like an automatic response and as he went to put it back down upon the table, slightly misjudging the edge of the table the vase began to stumble as he stepped away from it and the rest turned into a slow motion pace. Davis was standing on looking shocked and absolutely horrified as Jude jumped towards it trying his best to catch it. And catch it he did, he thought he had hit the jackpot that his luck had just turned when his fingers fumbled leaving them watching as the vase hit the floor and smashed.
"OH MY GOD" Davis yelled running over from the kitchen and standing on the opposite side of Jude as they both looked down not so secretly crapping their pants "Look what you have done now Jude" Davis said as he looked down at the broken shards that lay on the floor
"ME?" he asked turning to his brother in shock "This isn't my fault, it's yours"
"How is this my fault? You are the one who DROPPED the Vase" he retaliated
"You knew that I went for a run and that my hands would be all sweaty and yet you threw oranges at me"
"Did an orange hit the vase?" Davis said looking to his brother "Ah no-no" he quipped in full seriousness
"What are you boys doing?" a voice said from behind him that caused both of the boys to jump around in a circle and scream like little girls "Why are there oranges on the floor?" their mother asked as they both tried their best to cover the crime scene that they had created
"Sorry ma, that was Davis" Jude said as Davis turned to him and slapped him
"Ah yeah sorry" Davis responded gulping, knowing full well that he had a horrible poker face, he just hoped that she misinterpreted it as in response to the astray oranges
"You boys are just as boisterous as you were when you were five" she laughed "Okay I've got to head into work now, just pick up the oranges before you leave" she let out another laugh as she watched her boys "Aren't you going to give me a hug?"
"Ah yeah, right" Jude said with a nervous laugh as he looked to his brother indicating that he was going to go and hug his mum meaning that he was in charge of covering the remains. He walked over to his mum who smiled in confusion as she looked at the pose that Davis was pulling as he stood near the dining room table, not leaving it until his brother Jude made it the whole way back to where he stood.
"Ah okay, Love you boys" she said as she blew a kiss and turned to head out the door mumbling "Even if you are psychotic" They waited until their mum was well and truly out of the house before turning to each other
"WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?" Jude practically screamed at his brother who in a different set of circumstances might have used a 'well you're the oldest' line, instead he put both of his hands on his brother and shook him
"PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER MAN" Jude looked at his brother absolutely stupefied as he paced a few steps for added dramatics, there was no denying that his mother was Brooke Davis "I have a plan"
"And what would that be dorkus?" Jude was growing more and more anxious as minutes ticked by, it would only be moments before his father bounded up the hallway for his usual morning powwow with the boys
"Okay so we hide all the evidence of this happening in our room, under the bed in the darkest corner while we are at school. We know that mum and dad are too scared to look down there, you"
"Me?" Jude asked pointing to himself
"Yes you my friend will rush home from school this afternoon, you will not pass go, you will not collect two hundred dollars and you will start attempting to put the pieces back together again somehow" Jude was pretty impressed with his brothers monopoly reference before noticing his brothers lack of activity within the plan
"And while I'm working in the sweat shop you will be doing what?"
"I will be at the store buying super glue" he said in a matter of fact tone
"Wait, wait, wait. Why do I have to be the one that sticks it all back together again?"
"In case you have forgotten" he said before lifting his arm and indicating to the cast that still sat on his arm only now it was significantly vandalised
"You could still do it while I went to pick up superglue, dude let's not forget who failed art in elementary school."
"When did I say it was okay for you to question the plan? Huh? I suppose we can just forget the plan, I can stop trying to help you and you can tell mum why her VERY expensive vase is in a hundred little pieces" he joked seriousness as he turned away as though he was a gang leader asking for one of his men to perform a hit
"Davis wait!" he said it louder than expected, questioning inside how it had all gotten so serious in the last well five minutes "It is a great plan, I'll stick to the plan"
"Good then" he said smiling over his shoulder "You clean that up and we will reconvene after school"
"One problem" his brother added "How are we going to get dad out of the house without him noticing?"
"I can deal with that" Davis responded as he continued to walk up the hall, Jude gulped as he heard the bathroom door open and his father's voice "PAPA" Davis greeted
"God he is good" Jude mumbled as he sprung into action and began to frantically find every single piece of broken vase.
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Jude walked through the school on the path filled with at least one hundred of his peers yet he managed to tune them all out, in his mind he sat wondering and stressing about the vase that he had broken that very morning. This voice boomed from behind him and he was instantly drawn out of his little haze, the voice held so much franticness and worry that Jude felt instantly as though he needed to turn around. He turned to face the blonde idiot with a black eye known as Marcus, for a moment he had managed to forget about him and now another thing was added to his pile of worries: should he tell Sawyer? And if so what should he tell her?
By the look on Marcus' face Jude assumed that he had been calling out to him for a while, it wouldn't have surprised Jude if Marcus thought that he was purposely trying to avoid him not that Jude really cared.
"You walk really fast" he laughed as he looked at Jude soon realising that it wasn't a laughing matter and his face turned all serious
"What do you want Marcus?" Jude said as he rolled his eyes but it was a credit to him, Jude never left Marcus' gaze, he never backed off or focused elsewhere, if he was talking to someone, if he liked them or not, he would hold their eye contact until that conversation was over.
"I think I need to talk to you about last night" he nervously smiled
"What are you looking for another black eye?" Jude asked in a serious tone, anyone that knew Jude knew that it was his bluffing voice, that if he could produce that tone he was nowhere near angry enough to actually follow through
"I think I just need to clear something up, I didn't mean anything of my comments last night. You know what it's like, trying to impress the guys. I would have said anything"
"Funny how you were the one talking out of your ass" Jude said with this dead pan look, no one could tease his baby brother other than him, that was his job. You could gain the right by either being in their very small family or if you felt like family because you had been around for so long but even then there were limits and if anyone breached those limits they would have to face him and he took it all very seriously
"I guess that I'm not going to be able to change your mind about me, I swear I'm a nice guy once you get to know me"
"And your point is?"
"I know that you think I'm a complete and total jerk but please don't tell Sawyer. I really like her and I know that she takes your opinion very seriously, that you only invited me last night because she wanted you to give her your opinion on me. Just please don't tell her"
"Look buddy, I don't care if you are the biggest jerk in the world, that's your business, but you stay away from my brother" he started to turn but then turned back to face him "Oh and by the way. She is special, she deserves to be treated like a goddess and if you hurt Sawyer Scott I swear to god that I won't be the only guy in town who will be beating on you but I will be the guy serving the first punch. Got that?"
Marcus gulped "aha" he nodded
"Good" he said with a sigh "You stay out of my way and I stay out of yours" he walked off and found himself going from an aggravated look to a smiling happy face "Hey good looking what's cooking?"
"That is so clichéd" she said wrapping her arms around him as he pressed his lips onto hers, it was getting more and more passionate when she finally decided to push him off at an arm's length he was giving her this look that she was finding so hard to deny, he had this loving smirk on his face, his eye brow was perched, his cheeks had reddish tinges on them and his lips looked almost glossy like from her light pink lip gloss that must have rubbed off with all that kissing "I'm sorry but your good looks aren't going to do it this time" she said with a laugh "Eventually a girl has to ask what gives?"
"My god you sound like my brother" he laughed, he was smiling now, she had been doing this his whole life, making him smile like crazy but now it all felt so different to him and he couldn't say that he minded
"Do you kiss your brother?" she asked with a quirked eye brow
"Eww that's gross. Come on out with it girly" he said trying to get the thought of him kissing Davis out of his mind
"We need to go on a first date, soon, really soon. Jude Baker I just can't take this anymore, If I don't date you then I think I'll just die, I'll just die" she added dramatics as he laughed at her
"See that's the thing Lydi, I don't think we can date now that you have likened yourself to my brother" she sighed a breath of relief when the dialog got a little less serious
"How about tonight? Does that work for you?" she asked very eagerly
"Definitely" he said smiling and then pulling her close to him again "only if I'm not dead by then"
"What?" she asked looking up at him curiously
"Don't you worry your pretty little head" he said kissing the top of her head as he threw a hand over her shoulder as they started walking.
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"Super grip, super sticky, extreme stick. Where the hell is the just plain old simple super glue?" he mumbled to himself beginning to stress out and get frustrated, deciding that he didn't have the right expertise for this very delicate decision, he searched high and low for any employee of any kind to help him with this important decision when someone came up behind him and poked him on either side of his stomach and for the second time that day he screamed like a little girl
"Wow, you know how to make a girl feel special" she said with a laugh as her blonde curls bounced with every Sawyer laugh
"You scared the crap out of me" he said putting a hand up to his heart
"Well I guess that we are lucky that we are in a store that also sells pants" she said reaching behind him and pulling a pair of tan pants with a smile
"Ha-ha Sawyer you are soooo funny" he said with the sort of mockery you played with your siblings
"I know I am, but that's not why I'm here. There is something that I need to run by you" she said with a smile and a bounce as she put her hands together behind her back
"I have a feeling that this isn't going to be good" Davis said trying to hide the start of a smile
"Well you know how you came to butch up your bedroom with my cool as rocking tunes and I informed you that I was officially your wing man?"
"I'm definitely not going to like this" he said with a smirk he could tell that she was tuning him out, not bothering to take in his comments, one thing that you needed to know about Sawyer Scott, the one thing that he definitely would write in her handbook, once she started telling a story, no matter what the distraction she would be finishing that story and that was her prerogative
"Well as your Wing man I have performed my magic and applied my wing manial duties and you my friend have a girl who now in her pretty little hand has your digits, aha I know I'm great"
"Please tell me that you are kidding?" he asked putting his head in his hands
"Don't question it my love just go with it" she said with a smile "Now do you have anything else that you need to ask me?" she asked looking around
"Yeah I actually do. Do you happen to know anything about superglue?"
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"What the hell took you so long?" Jude asked as he stood at their bedroom door, Davis had to try and conceal the laugh that had bubbled up in his throat because of the similarities he saw between his brother and his mum
"I've been buying superglue" he said answering him matter of factly
"We don't have all week Davis, mum will be home in a couple of hours and it is very important that we have this vase fixed and on the table by the time that she gets home, got that?"
"You say 'got that' too much" he stated as he looked at his brother
"Either hand me the superglue or get a very hard kick to the family jewels my friend" he said as his brother quickly passed him the bag from the store, Davis knowing full well that Jude Baker was not bluffing. "Keep an eye on the door"
Davis sat on the floor outside of their bedroom creating what could be likened to a human shield with his own body, he assumed that he had been sitting there for about an hour and while his stomach rumbled he knew that the second he went to go and get food his father would pop out from god knows where and catch Jude in the act. From where Davis sat in the hallway he would frequently hear his brother curse, swear and all around build up his frustration levels, in any other situation Davis would have laughed and teased him but he knew that if he did this at that moment he knew that Jude wouldn't hesitate to take him down with him. After at least another half an hour and a significant decrease in the amount of yelling coming from their bedroom Davis decided that it was time to check in on his brother, he stood up and opened the door, revealing his brother sitting on the bedroom floor, looking down at the almost fully completed vase with a massive smile on his face
"HAHA" he was way too joyful "Look at this baby boy, look at what I have done. I'm like a regular Dicaprio"
"I think you mean Da Vinci" Davis corrected with a smug smile as he walked over and sat on the bottom bunk bed admiring his brother's work
"Both" he had to hand it to Jude, he was fast paced "I've got Dicaprio looks and Da Vinci's artistic abilities." Jude watched him and his facial expression "You know what, just shut up tool bag"
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Okay it was officially go time, the vase was fixed, it wasn't perfect in fact it was far from perfect but after hours and hours of attempting they decided that they really only were going to be living in the house for like three years if they played their cards right and they figured that for the next three years they could run interference that would result in their mother never getting close enough to the vase to see the cracks and the dry bumps of superglue. By the time they finished up their mother and father were both home and laughing in the kitchen
"Okay you keep the vase behind his back, I'm going to run some interference" Jude said watching as his brother very carefully picked up the Vase, somehow he had managed to also get ready for his date "Let's do this" Jude said giving his brother a nod before they both stepped into the hallway
"Deep breaths"
"Let's just get on with it" Jude said walking ahead of Davis up the hallway and to where his parents sat "MUM, DAD when did you get home?" the over exaggeration sparked curiosity in his parents, it was working Davis had managed to sneak past
"So what have you done?" his dad asked sitting next to his laughing mother
"What?" Jude did his best fake laugh "Can't a boy be happy to see his parents after a hard day at the office?"
"Oh I'm glad you feel that way" Brooke said with a smirk "But my love" she said standing up from the couch "I wasn't born yesterday, Davis stop where you are" she said standing up with her husband following behind and walking up to the table, Davis and Jude hitting a whole new level of panic
"This is so silly mum, let's just all go and sit on the couch, put our feet up"
"That sounds great Jude but only after Davis tells me why he is acting so strange"
"God mum don't you know your kids at all, Davis always acts like this it is part of his charm and quite frankly you questioning his behaviour is making him very self-conscious, is that what you want?" his mum tried to hide her laughter, unsuccessfully. Jude Baker had inherited the gene of talking ones way out of an undesirable situation; unfortunately his powers had nothing on hers.
"Jude let's just tell her" Davis said watching the stand-off between his mum and brother
"Fine" Jude said stepping back and leaning against the table "But if you get me grounded I swear to go I will kill you" Davis ignored his threat and pulled the vase out from behind his back, his mother and father just looking at it
"What happened?" Brooke asked looking confused down at the vase in her sons hand
"It was Jude" Davis answered really quickly making his father laugh hysterically
"I see how it is, how quickly you threw me under the bus. He isn't innocent you know he was throwing oranges"
"What actually happened?" Julian asked stepping forwards
"I was throwing oranges, he picked the vase up as a protective shield so I surrendered and good old butter fingers dropped the vase, we are so sorry mum we know how much it means to you" he said passing the vase to his mum
"Notice the excellent super gluing" Jude added before Davis punched him in the arm
"Thankyou boys for telling me what happened and thank you for your excellent super gluing" she put her hand on Jude's face "But it doesn't matter, in fact I was going to give this vase to goodwill"
"WHAT?" Davis practically jumped at her "You always told us that you loved that vase that it was your favourite one"
"Really? I can't remember that" she said in full seriousness getting a closer look
"When we were five you said that if we broke that vase you would send us to the orphanage" Jude added as Julian continued to stand and laugh
"Oh that" Brooke said with a smile "I hated this vase it's from my mother, I just told you that because when you were five you broke everything and I just wanted a break from cleaning up the carnage"
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Lydia sat on the dining room table with her sister sitting between her legs as she attempted to braid her hair, she was willing to do anything that would pass significant time and take her mind off her impending date. Her mother was laughing at her and chatting about first dates that she had been on whilst her dad had been cranky from the moment that she had mentioned to them that she was finally going to have her first date with Jude. The doorbell rang and Lydia Bob Scott hit the panic button, she jumped off the table in a very un-ladylike manner, not that she cared when she was around her family. She went to run for the door but stopped as she reached her dad looking up to his face and smiling "How do I look daddy?"
His cranky face softened as his wife gave him the look but the look didn't do it, it was those beautiful eyes that he had known and loved since the moment she was born, so vulnerable and loving, she was his baby girl "You look gorgeous darling" he said leaning down and kissing her on the head
"I just have to get my bag, mama can you please answer that?" she asked with a begging smile that her mum couldn't refuse. Haley walked up the hallway to the front door with a smile on her face; she opened it and smiled at the nervous look that was on Jude Baker's face
"Hello Jude" she said with a smile as he stepped forwards and hugged her
"Hey Aunt Haley" he was fine with this, he had known Haley and Nathan his whole life, in fact Haley was his godmother but when it came to the idea of dating Haley and Nathan Scott's eldest daughter it was no secret that he was crapping his pants. He had seen every protective moment from the Scott boys and it scared him to think that one day he would be on the other end of that spectrum. He was fine with them as long as the prospect of him dating their daughter wasn't mentioned and when it was he would get incredibly nervous "Is, um, Lydia ready to go?"
"She will be down in a second, would you like to come in?" this was kind of an odd experience for Haley too, she was so used to the Baker clan just walking into her house and joining in and often making the fun, now she was inviting one into her home. Jude reluctantly stepped into the house, if he could have sold standing outside without sounding rude he definitely would have done that instead. As he stepped into the house he noticed that the atmosphere was completely different and he found himself thanking his lucky stars that Jamie Scott wasn't in town to make things even more awkward, knowing him he would have made some joke that would have got him and Jude into massive amounts of trouble, Jamie for making the joke and Jude for being the guy taking out their daughter.
"Hey Nate" Jude said walking into the room with a smile and receiving a look that he didn't recognise at all and a very short response
"Don't worry about him, he is just freaking out cause you are taking Lydi out" Sammy said walking up to Jude and then giving him a high five "Don't worry I've got your back"
"Thanks Sam my man" Jude said with a laugh
"So where are you taking her tonight Jude?" Haley asked politely trying to make idle chit chat since her husband was well and truly not up for it
"Oh no!" he said putting his head in his hands "I knew I had forgotten to do something, I was so distracted by the vase" Haley quirked her eyebrow and tried to hide her smile "I really didn't want to stuff up this date and look at me, the date hadn't even started yet and I'm already screwing up" Nathan flinched each time Jude used the word date
"It's okay" Haley said putting a supportive hand on his shoulder "I have an idea" she said before stepping away from him and grabbing a piece of paper and writing down an address "Go here, it is really fun, Lucas and I used to go all the time when we were growing up"
"Did you date Uncle Lucas too?" Jude asked curiously, he shut up when the presence of her smell wafted into the room, he knew it too well, she looked at him and smiled at him "You look gorgeous Lydia"
"Thankyou" she said as she walked towards him
"Jude can I please talk to you for a moment" Nathan asked as Jude gulped, this is not what he needed right now, he nodded and followed Nathan out of the room as Haley and Lydia looked on cautiously "Right now I'm not your Uncle Nate right?"
"Got it" Jude said with a nervous smile
"I just want to let you know that if you hurt my girl, if you do anything wrong by her you will have to deal with me"
"Okay" he had a million other things that he could have would have said to Nathan but he figured that he would save that up for the next date
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"Are you sure you are ready for this?" Jude asked with his body pressed up against hers, she moved her hair away from her face and smiled at him
"More ready than I have felt about anything else in my life" she responded as he kissed her softly on the lips "Are you sure my mum suggested this?"
"She said she and Lucas did it all the time" he said smoothly into her ear "Come on let's do this. I'll go easy on you"
Lydia smiled up to him as she leant down; she swung her arms in the way he had shown her before, before gliding them back in a forward direction, tapping the pink fluorescent mini golf ball hard. Lydia watched on tippy-toes full of excitement as Jude looked at her laughing, she let out a massive yelp of joy when her ball missed the windmills propellers and went into the hole, the machine making the noise that indicated that she had made a hole in one. She turned with this cheeky smile towards him "So what was that you were saying about going easy on me?" she bantered
"Bring it on Lydia Scott" he responded with his massive smile practically glowing in the dim lanterns and tea lights of the outdoor mini golf, as he headed towards the next hole she grabbed his arm and dragged him back towards her, he came in and wrapped one arm protectively and romantically around her waist "Best first date ever"
"I did good?" he asked as she nodded before moving forward and planting her lips upon his, Jude thought to himself that if this was admiration for a good act that he needed to do good acts more often.
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Even though it was a Saturday Jude had still gone for his run but today his smile was wider, partly because it had been a really good run but also his mind was off in the clouds of Lydia Scott and their date the night before. He walked back into his house and the clockwork continued around him, his brother standing in the kitchen eating a piece of toast, although this morning he hadn't bothered to have a shower or get out of his pyjamas "Looking good" he laughed as he watched his brother take a massive swig out of the milk bottle before putting it back in the fridge, clearly their mother was out of the house or he wouldn't have even attempted it. The knock on the door made Jude walk away from what promised to be a very intellectual conversation. He opened the door and let out a laugh "Ah the date was so good last night that you had to rush over to be with me?" he asked with a smile which she returned with a laugh
"Actually….I'm here to see him" she pointed behind her to where Davis grinned
"How does that feel Jude? Your girlfriend is here to see the real stud" he said with a wink before breaking out into laughter, despite trying his hardest not to laugh Jude turned back to Lydia
"I don't think I'm okay with my girlfriend being friends with my brother. Is there any way that I can persuade you to not be?" Jude teased
"Ah no way. Buds over studs" she said pushing past him and walking into the house
"See that Jude, its Sisters over Misters"
"You do know that you just called yourself a sister right?" he laughed as he walked side by side with Lydia to the kitchen "Step aside brother, I'm going to make a milkshake, anyone else want one?" he asked and he received a hands up from both Davis and Lydia who sat behind the bench in front of him, as he grabbed the ingredients Jude began to hum as Lydia and Davis looked at him dumbfounded between moments of going into excessive chatter about something else. Jude Baker could be described as an attention seeker, he was the star of the basketball team, he was a popular kid and usually this attention that he channelled was in good ways but he had been known to drop his pants to draw unwanted attention away from others, he got it from his mama and Brooke was actually quite proud of it. As he stood in front of his girlfriend and his twin brother getting no loving what so ever he began to sing "la la la-la la warm it up, la la la-la la the boys are coming" he started softly
"What?" Lydia said with the nervous laugh that she had gotten from her mama, he didn't answer he just continued, slowly getting louder
"My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and there like, it's better than yours"
"I don't know what's more embarrassing him singing this or him knowing all the words"
"Damn right its better than yours, I can teach you but I have to charge" he sang at the top of his lungs as he crumped in the kitchen
"I'm going to get mum to sign him to the label" Lydia joked as she and Davis lost it all in hysterical laughter, their stomachs beginning to hurt
"I can see you're on it…" he went to start the next verse when the milkshake machine came to a halt, causing him to do the same. Jude pretended that nothing had happened as he poured milkshakes into cups and then the back door opened and the pile of blonde curls walked into the room with a massive smile on her face
"I told you it brought them all to the yard" Jude said over to Davis and Lydia who responded by just laughing harder
"Please tell me that one of them is for me" Sawyer said throwing her bag down onto the floor before taking a seat next to Lydia, Jude winked at her and then went to get another cup whilst Davis went to get the cd that he had borrowed from her "So last night Lydi, I called your house to talk to you and your mum told me that you were out on a date." She watched as Lydia blushed and then let out an excited laugh "Wait please tell me that you and Jude actually got your act together and that you didn't just give up and find some other man on the street"
"Jude and I got our act together" Lydia said quietly not knowing if he could hear their conversation over his incessant humming
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! How did it go? Where did he take you?"
"It was really great, he took me mini golfing"
"Oh" Sawyer said not knowing what to make of the activity, giving Lydia the look that asked her without words if it was the worst date ever
"It was the most perfect first date ever" she gushed
"Something to tell the grandkids" Sawyer said throwing her head into the air in glee
"Who has grandkids?" Davis asked walking into the room and into their conversation
"Don't you worry that big head of yours" she laughed "What are you doing?"
"In response to your first statement, Ha-ha Sawyer very funny and to the second well Sawyer you curly haired devil I am putting on a cd because I can't take Jude's humming anymore" Lydia assumed that Jude had been pretending that he hadn't heard their conversation because he had clearly heard Davis and insisted on humming louder, plus when he turned around and they accidently caught eyes he winked at her.
"Speaking of first dates, when are you and Marcus going to paint the town red?"
"well I'm glad you asked, he called me last night after you abandoned me to go mini golfing with that and we have planned to meet up tonight" the girls both screamed in a gleeful excited way as Jude and Davis both turned to them and smiled "Hey did Jude ever tell you what he thought of Marcus?" Sawyer asked the question and Jude turned around as quick as he could to face anywhere but in her direction, he briefly turned his head to find his brother doing the exact same thing.
To be continued
*Authors Note* Please let me know what you think, I would really appreciate it