A/N: I just want to thank you guys for all the patience and all the love I got. I would also like to thank all the people who have talked to me about being my beta but I have one now. Who I would like to give a shout out to:
TheLiesWeTellForLove is my new Beta and I adore her. She helped me out a lot on this chapter so we really hope you like it. Also you will notice that some of the stuff in this chapter is from the show, so don't sue me because I'm saying now that I don't own anything. We really hope you like it and please REVIEW because that will keep us going.
So I made you wait long enough so here goes nothing:
XXXXXxxxxxxxXXXXXXXxxxxxxxxXXXXXXXxxxxxxxx
Chapter 20: Not a Wussy
Tommy's P.O.V:
Silent. It is so quiet in the car right now. We dropped Kwest off about 2 hours ago and all he could was laugh and shake his head as he walked away to Sadie's car. What a great help he was. Jude has given me the directions on where to go but that is about it. I think she is still embarrassed. I laughed out loud. I still cannot believe how red she turned. Tomato anyone? I laughed again.
"What's so funny?" Jude asked interrupting my train of thought.
"Nothing" I said turning my head to look at her for a second. She was giving me a funny look that told me she did not believe me. "Really, it's nothing" I reassured her, looking back at the road. Her tomato face popped back in my mind. I snickered.
"If you say so," She said still not believing me. "Turn at the next right, It's like a little dirt path." I followed her directions. We spent about 2 minutes on the path before we came upon a small house. It was nice. I turned off the car and got out. Jude followed. As soon as I got out the car, I immediately noticed the horses. They were beautiful and I could not wait to get out there and ride. I went to the back of the truck and grabbed most of the bags, leaving Jude with the last one in the back, and then we headed to the door. Jude unlocked it and pushed it open.
"I love this place." Jude said walking in with me close behind. I closed the front door as Jude opened the second door. "It must seem kind of dorky to you, huh?" She said now standing in the living room after putting the bags down. I closed the second door.
"No it's cool." I said. I put down the bags near where Jude put hers and took a good look around. It was bright and seemed very family oriented and quiet. Maybe this was not a bad idea after all.
"I know"
"It reminds me of my grandfather's place. I used to love it there." I said thinking about the lake I would swim in when I was younger and the horses my grandfather used to love, maybe even more than we did. The good days. I kept scanning until my eyes landed on the mantle where I saw dozens of awards and pictures. I walked over to get a better look. "Is this you and Sadie?"
"Yeah" Jude walked over to me. "That's actually us doing a show for our parents. I'd sing and Sadie would dance."
"You guys have to get a bigger mantle or Sadie's got to stop winning stuff." I said chuckling.
"Yeah, that's never going to happen. She has this addiction to winning." Jude said.
"Let me guess, you were always the outcast of the family and your parents never looked at you the way they looked at her. Am I right?" I said being a smartass.
"No, my dad was fine but my mother didn't approve of my dream. But why the sudden interest in my life?" She asked. I could feel her watching me as I continued to look at the pictures and I could hear the smile on her face.
"Who said I was… I'm thh…" I probably looked like an idiot.
"No one." She said raising her eyebrow at me as I walked past her. "Well I could show you around real quick and then we could head to the market to get some things." I nodded as she led the way around the house. She showed me the whole downstairs before taking me upstairs and showing me the room, I was staying in.
"And this is your room" Jude said opening the door for me. It was nice. The room was bright and open. The walls were a shade darker then baby blue but still had a nice feel to it. It wasn't huge but it was roomy.
"This is great," I said.
"Yeah, this is Sadie's room"
"I'm surprised it's not pink," I said laughing to myself.
"It was going to be pink once upon a time but my father is an accountant and he would offer some of his clients a chance to spend the weekend here. So when Sadie suggested her room be pink, my father said no. So they soon came to this color." Jude finished by gesturing around the room. I put my bags down.
"Remind me to thank him." I said
"Yeah" She said uncomfortably. There was a pause. "So we need to be heading to the grocery store."
"Oh ok." We started out the room when a thought passed through my mind. "And when do I get to see your room?" I asked with a devious smile. She stopped and turned. Her movements were so fast it took me completely off guard. She was inches from my face. I looked at her lips and licked mine before I could think about it. I looked back up to her eyes. They were so deep; it felt like they were looking right through me.
"Tommy?" Jude said snapping me out of my thoughts. She was smirking at me. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah. I'm fine," I said nonchalantly.
"Ok… and as for your question…" She leaned in some more and I actually held my breath. "Maybe I'll show you around my room later on tonight." She said smiling at me and walking out of the room. I just stood there wide-eyed and dazed. I heard her laugh from the steps.
"Are you coming Quincy?" Jude called. So maybe coming here with Jude was a bad idea but I was starting to love it more and more. Maybe she and I should take a trip down memory lane if you catch my drift.
XXXXXXxxxxxxxXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxxXXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxxxXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxxx
I guess Jude didn't catch my drift. It is 10:00 in the morning and, my trip to Jude's room last night never happened. When we returned from the store, our night was spent getting settled and a frozen pizza. I'm in the kitchen making coffee trying to figure some things out in my mind. A part of me was happy that nothing happened last night but the other part of me (a.k.a the little man below my waist) was highly disappointed. In all my life, I have had many one-night stands and never really remembered them. The game plan was always go to a club, find a girl, and drink a little at the club (so I would be able to drive us to my place), drink some more when we get to my place until we were totally trashed. But it was different with Jude. I can remember most of our night together and that is saying something. I know Jude and I drunk a lot that night. I went searching for something that would get Eden off my mind. And my cabinets are always full of liquor. So I was smashed to the extreme, so my memory should not have been that good but I can still play some parts back in my mind. I didn't want to tell Jude that I remembered it because not only would it make it awkward but she will also believe that I took advantage of her, which wasn't the case. So I decide to play the dumb rule.
I even begin to feel the feelings that ran through me as I replay those moments, when were in my room. Oh, shit. Little Tommy is having too much fun thinking about that. Think of something else. Darius, Portia, Trash. Ok, it went down a little but Jude kept popping back in my head. Eden, Eden, Eden. I looked down. It was gone, I let out a sigh. What am I going to do about this? My liking my artist can only bring trouble. Example: Eden. But Jude is nothing like Eden. A voice in my head said.
"I know" I said speaking out loud.
"Talking to yourself Quincy?" I jumped a little. I turned to see Jude in a robe, sitting on the counter, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
"Good morning to you too Harrison." I said rolling my eyes and turning back to look at the coffee that was now done. When did it stop?
"You know talking to yourself is the first sign that you're going crazy." I heard her jump off the counter and open the cabinet to get what I guessed to be strawberry pop tarts. When I turned back around with her coffee and mine, she was back on the counter eating the pop tart.
"I wasn't talking to myself, I was thinking out loud" I handed her the coffee.
"Thanks" She said taking a sip of her coffee. "If you say so"
"So what are we doing today?" I asked. She looked confused.
"Ummm….I was going to stay here and write some songs. Remember, this is your vacation. So you can do whatever you want."
"Come on Harrison. That's boring. We can write songs together but let's go out and explore. Let's take the horses for a ride" I said not really wanting to leave her alone.
"If you want me to go then ok. Oh, I know the perfect place we could go. I'll go get dressed." She said walking out the room. Today is going to be a good day.
XXXXXXxxxxxxxXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxxXXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxxxXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxxx
Jude's P.O.V:
Today is not going to be a good day. Even though what Tommy has planned is better than sitting in the house being bored, I don't think I can trust myself alone with Tommy. I don't know what got into me when he asked if he could see my room (In a very suggestive way might I add) but the words just came out. I know I should have said 'never' or 'when hell freezes over' but flirtatious Jude reared her ugly head. Ok, so maybe I do like flirting with Tommy and the teasing is just too easy. After I said goodnight last night, the look on his face was priceless. No Jude, stay focused. Brandon. You just talked to him on the phone after you got out of the shower. I put on my fake sick voice and he ate it up. At this point, I feel so guilty because Brandon, my boyfriend, was so worried that he is now willing to go through the wrath of Sadie to see me. Yet I'm at the farm house, not sick at all and to top it all off I'm flirting with Tommy A.K.A my producer, A.K.A the guy that my boyfriend doesn't like, A.K.A the guy I slept with on one drunken night. I am such a bad girlfriend. We were supposed to be starting over and look at me. I'm going to call him right now and tell him everything. I grabbed my phone.
"Jude, are you ready?" Tommy asked knocking on my door. I sighed. Maybe that's a sign that I'm not suppose to tell him. Keep telling yourself that, if it makes you feel better.
"Yeah I'll meet you down by the horses" I grabbed my hoodie and put my shoes on. I slipped my cell phone in my bag with my journal. When I got down stairs, I locked up and met Tommy who had the guitar on his back and had already gotten the horses saddled up.
"Ok, so this is Bubbles" I said patting the beautiful tan horse with blondish hair on the head. "And that one is Becky" I said walking over to the other beautiful horse but this one was a dark brown with long black hair.
"Bubbles and Becky?" Tommy asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Sadie" I said laughing. He nodded his head in understanding. He handed me a helmet and put his on. We were just going along talking and joking. It wasn't long before we reached the open field.
"It's Beautiful" Tommy said. It was a huge field with grass all over and lots of trees. There weren't many flowers but the ones that were there were very pretty. "Let's tie the horses to a tree over there." I nodded and followed him to the spot. We soon hopped down and tied them up. We walked to a tree not too far from the horses and took a seat. Tommy opened the guitar case and pulled it out. He adjusted the chords a little before he looked back up at me.
"A song is a story. So what's our story about?" Tommy asked me. I thought about this for a moment.
"Ok….It's about…this girl and she really likes this guy but it's not just any guy, he's, like, the guy of her dreams" I said
"Ok…setting: a train. Girl meets guy." He said looking down at the guitar.
"Ok" I said not really knowing where he was taking this.
"Attraction" He looked me dead in the eyes. "Obvious" I think I blushed a little. He played a few strings and then looked up to the heavens as he was thinking.
(A/N: Tommy singing is in Bold and Jude is in Italic)
"I know what I feel
And you feel it too."
"I dream of the first kiss
And who'll make the first move"
He sped up the guitar playing a little.
"Who's gonna put their heart on the line?"
"It could be me
It could be you"
"Tonight" I didn't realize I was leaning in the whole time we were singing. We were smiling at each other because we both knew this was going to be a great song. We just sat there starring at each other.
"I'm not here for your entertainment"
"You don't really want to mess with me tonight…" To say the least. That scared the shit out of both of us and we jumped apart. I mouthed a 'sorry' as I pulled my cell out my pocket and flipped it open.
"Yes Kat" I said not even needing to look at the caller I.D since it is her ring tone.
"Jude I have been calling you for the last twenty minutes and it kept going to voice mail until now. Where are you?" She asked
"I'm at the field with Tommy working on music. You know out here sometimes you don't get service but can I help you with something?" I asked.
"We're at the house" She said.
"Ok good to know, bye" I said about to hung up.
"No Jude, wait. We need you to let us in." She said.
"Wait. I made you a copy of the key so you could get in when you guys got there and for when we wanted to come up here without Sadie's permission!" I said annoyed
"Hey don't yell at me I gave them to Jamie and now he can't find them." She said. I could hear Jamie in the background telling her not to blame him either.
"Ok. We'll be there in a minute." I said closing my phone. I turned to Tommy. "I'm sorry that we have to leave so soon but they are locked out" I said.
"It's ok. We can continue this later." He said putting away the guitar. He seemed kind of mad but he didn't say anything. "Let's go" He got up and held out his hand for me to take it. I smiled at him as he pulled me up and we headed back to the horses. We untied them, put the helmets back on, and got back on.
"Hey let's make a bet" Tommy said
"What?"
"If I make it back to the house before you then you cook dinner tonight" He said smiling
"And when I win?" His smile got even bigger.
"Then I'll cook. Is it a bet?" He asked holding his out.
"And a foot massage?" I asked smiling
Tommy made a face and then stuck out his hand. "Fine deal."
"Deal. Are you ready?" he nodded. "On the count of three go. 1……2……" I kicked the sides of my horse and she shoot off. "3!" I yelled behind me laughing.
"Oh you cheater" I heard him yell. I laughed some more, I knew I was going to win this race. I looked behind me and noticed that Tommy was on my tail, literally. I tried to make the horse go faster but soon Tommy and I were neck and neck and the house was just coming into view. I don't know how Tommy did it but his horse ran by me and he won. I pulled the ropes of my horses to slow her down next to Tommy who had completely stopped.
"Wow Harrison you cheated and you still lost." He said laughing.
"Shut up" I said reaching over and punching him in the arm, which only made him laugh harder and I soon joined in. A cough interrupted us. I looked down to see a very amused looking Kat and an annoyed looking Jamie.
"Hey guys." I said hopping off the horse with Tommy following my lead. I took off my helmet and reached in my bag and gave Kat the keys.
"Sorry to bother you guys but he lost the keys" Kat said pointing at Jamie.
"You never gave me the keys" Jamie said throwing his hands in the air.
"Yes I did." Kat snapped right back.
"It's ok. I'll just make another set before we go home." I said.
"Hi Kat….Jamie" Tommy said.
"Quincy." That's weird.
"So you guys raced back?" Kat asked.
"Yep and I won which means Jude is cooking for us tonight" Tommy said with a smug smile.
"So that means we're having Mac and cheese?" Jamie said smiling at me.
"Oh you know me so well" I said laughing. "You guys go get settled in and we will be in after we put the horses away." They nodded and left as went to out the horses back in the stable.
After we put the horses away, Tommy turned to me "If you're nice to me I might still give you a foot massage."
I smiled "Did I tell you how handsome you look today?"
"Whatever". Tommy said walking away
XXXXXXxxxxxxxXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxxXXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxxxXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxxxx
After I made everybody my delicious Mac and cheese later that night, we just sat watching "The Girls Next Door" on E! Tommy and I were sitting on the couch with my legs laid across his lap. Tommy was currently massaging my right foot. Kat and Jamie made up earlier once Kat realized she never gave Jamie the keys since they were deep in her pocketbook. It was really funny when she found them. Tommy and I recorded what we had so far and relaxed the rest of the day. Once the show went off E! News Canada came on and we really didn't pay much attention to it since Kat was talking about how great New York is. That was until Angel's name came about.
"Hi I'm Kathy Huggins and we have breaking news. Rumors say that Today R&B superstar Angel Mills and Pop singer Eden Tyler had an altercation. It is said that the two got into an argument that lead to slaps being thrown. We have tried to get in touch with the duos manager Darius Mills, who is also Angel's uncle, to get a statement but nothing has yet to be released stating whether the rumor is true or false. We will keep you updated if we hear anything." We all sat in silence for a minute.
"Tommy?"
"I don't know" He said already knowing that my question was if it was true or not he pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number and then put it on speaker. It rang three times before Angel answered.
"Hey Boo! You were suppose to call me yesterday when you guys got in but that's ok. So what's going on?" Kat, Jamie, and I all looked at Tommy waiting for his response but it never came so I spoke.
"Hey Angel" I said.
"Jude? Why are you calling me from Tommy's phone?" She asked.
"You're on speaker" I said.
"Oh. Hi Jamie and Kat if your there" She said. They said hi but said nothing else. Still looking at Tommy.
"Angel" Tommy said finally speaking. I could hear the tension in his voice.
"Oh hell, what did I do now?" I'm guessing so could Angel.
"We were sitting here peaceful watching E! News when we saw that you possibly got into a fight with Eden. So the question is did you slap Eden?" He asked glaring at the phone on the table.
"No Tommy. You know I think slapping is for wussies…" She said as Tommy sighed of relief. "So that's why I punched her" My head snapped to Tommy, his jaw was clenched and his face was turning red. This could not be good.