Where The Next Road Goes
Chapter 14: The Embassy Suites Hotel, 15th Floor
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Now, it's time to meet Speed's mommy...
Chapter 14: The Embassy Suites Hotel, 15th Floor.
"Mom..." Speed wailed, quickly jumping off the stage.
"Vincent Walter Speiderman! What on earth are you doing up there?" Mary Speiderman exploded.
"I... uh..." Speed stuttered.
"You "can explain"! Not likely!"
"What are you even doing here?" he weakly asked.
"I came to Quebec on business. Naturally, I chose to stay here. Figured I'd spend some quality time with my only son! Needless to say, this is not exactly what I had in mind..."
"It was just... a joke..." Speed said weakly.
"Everything is "just a joke" to you! When are you going to grow up! There's more to life than just a good time! Take something seriously! Anything!"
"I do take some things seriously. My music..."
"Please! That's not a real career and you know it! You need something more stable in your life. And right now, I'm not in the mood to even discuss that! Not after seeing you, tonight!"
A few feet away, Jude started giggling uncontrollably.
"And what is the matter with you!" Speed's mother angrily demanded.
"Hi, Mama Speed!"
"Jude Harrison! Have you been drinking!"
"Course I have! This glass of water right here!
"That's not what I meant and you know it! Don't get smart with me, young lady! Just look at you! Drunk! And watching strippers! What would your mother say?"
"Probably... be real jealous!" Jude thought. Mrs. Harrison had gone a little wild since her divorce. But she wisely kept this fact from Mary Speiderman.
"Did you put him up to this!" Speed's mother yelled at her.
"Noooo..."
"Mom..." Speed interrupted.
"Jude had nothing to do with it! It was all my idea!"
"But she didn't stop you! You always would do anything for that girl..."
"Mom..." Speed pleaded, desperately trying to cut her off before she took that any further.
Not that Jude would have noticed. The full effects of all the rum she had drunk were kicking in and she started to sway.
"Oh..." she cried out, as she fell over. Speed caught her before she hit the ground.
"Enough!" Mrs. Speiderman announced.
"Young lady, you need to get to bed! Now! Speed, let's take her upstairs..."
He firmly grabbed onto Jude and steered her towards the elevators.
"You were really sexy tonight..." she whispered to him.
"Thanks"
"And those girls... are really sexy too! But so am I! Don't you think so?"
"Yes..."
"I am!" Jude yelled. "So sexy!"
To Speed's horror, she began singing
"I'm bringing sexy back..."
"Those other girls- don't know how to act!"
"I'm gonna make up..."
"For the things they lack!"
"Just turn around..."
"And I'll pick up the slack!"
"Dirty babe!"
People turned to stare at them. Speed could hear them whispering.
"Isn't that- Jude Harrison..."
"Jude!" Speed said, more sharply than he had ever had.
"Shut up!"
Her blue eyes widened as she stared pitifully at Speed.
"You yelled at me..."
"Sorry, babe. But my mom's here... Plus, everyone can hear you."
Jude nodded, finally understanding.
"Anyway, here's the elevator..."
They rode in silence up to the fifteenth floor.
"Which room?" Mrs. Speiderman demanded.
"1501"
They marched over and Speed knocked on the door. Inside, Tommy had just stepped out of the shower, having spent the past three hours fully engrossed in the "Degrassi" marathon.
"Jude must have forgotten her key."
"Coming, sweetheart!"
Quickly knotting a small towel around his waist, he went to open the door.
On the other side, Mrs. Speiderman asked her son.
"Are you sure we have the right room?"
"Positive..." Speed mumbled, terrified of what his mother was about to see.
His worst fears were realized when Tommy opened the door, half-naked, with drops of water still clinging to his firmly muscled body.
Mrs. Speiderman's face turned bright red. But it was unclear whether it was due to anger- or embarrassment.
"Uh, Mom? You remember Tommy Quincy? Our producer?"
"Yes" Speed's mother replied coldly.
"Tommy!" Jude cried out happily, throwing herself against him.
"Jude?" Tommy said, surprised.
"Yes. She's drunk!" Mrs. Speiderman confirmed.
"Hi, baby!" Jude cried out, running her hands over his bare chest.
"You feel so good... So sexy... I'm sexy..."
"Jude..." Tommy mumbled.
"Put her to bed!" Speed's mother ordered.
"Sounds good to me!" Tommy thought wickedly, but just said.
"Yes"
"Then I suggest you go back to your own room! What are you doing here, half-naked anyway?"
"Er... mom? This is Tommy's room... He and Jude are..."
"No!" Mrs. Speiderman protested instantly. " He's old enough to be her... her..."
"Her producer!" she finally finished.
"Mom? I don't think this is the time or place..." Speed began.
"It certainly isn't!"
"You just take good care of her!" she ordered Tommy.
"Absolutely!"
"Yes, ma'am." Tom told her, using his most serious face.
"Goodnight"
"Goodnight." Speed repeated, as his mother remained silent.
"Nice knowing you, dead man!" Jude screamed at them as her room door slammed shut.
While Tommy took his drunk girlfriend to bed, Speed and his mother entered his own suite. She strode directly into the living room, where Kyle and Wally sat with sodas and bags of chips, still watching the "Degrassi" marathon.
They took one look at Mrs. Speiderman and instantly jumped up.
"Hi..." Kyle said nervously.
"We're really tired! We're going right to sleep!"
"Yes. You do that!" Speed's mother said frostily.
"Go ahead... Desert me in my hour of need!" Speed thought miserably, as his friends hurried out of sight. But it didn't matter. They couldn't help him now.
"How the hell am I going to get out of this..."