Tommy woke up, eyes squinting against the sun streaming through the window. He wasn't sure where he was for a moment, eyes widening when he caught the familiar site of Jude's curtains. Feeling a weight on his chest, he looked down, realizing that Jude was half on top of him, still asleep. He tightened his arms around her, kissing the top of her head. If this is a dream, please God, don't let it ever end.
Jude felt Tommy shifting underneath her, and prayed that when she opened her eyes he would still be there, that it wasn't just a dream. She opened one eye slowly, and then the other, getting a close up view of Tommy's tattoo on his finger. So it did happen, Jude thought, why am I so nervous?
She carefully tucked the sheet around her, turning her head up. Tommy was watching her, smiling softly, looking like he was still half dreaming himself.
"Hey girl." He said quietly, pulling her up so that they were face to face.
"Hi. I guess you didn't expect to spend the night …" Jude replied, laughing to herself.
"Nope, but I can't say I minded be held captive in your bed, Harrison." He joked, winking at her.
"Captive? If I remember correctly, you were the one who carried me up here at some point …" Her face blushed at the thought of what had begun down in the living room.
"I got the feeling …. I don't know …"He said, his face suddenly serious.
"Feeling about what? Us?"
"No, I … this is going to sound creepy, but I got the feeling someone was watching us last night downstairs. It was totally weird."
Jude shivered at the thought, her incident with Megan not that far back in her past.
"Hey, babe, it was probably nothing, don't worry about it. And besides, you've got me here, I'm not going to let anything happen to you."
"Promise?" She asked softly, still nervous that somehow things were going to get screwed up again between them.
"Promise. Forever." Tommy replied, kissing her cheek.
"You have to work today?"
"Later. Right now, I just wanted to stay in bed with my girl for another few hours. Work for you?" Tommy said, winking.
"Only if you break out your Little Tommy Q. parachute pants!" Jude replied, doing a dance move from the Pick Up the Pieces video.
"Sorry, gave all my parachute pants away, you know, to charity."
"Oh, well, I guess I'll just have to deal with you wearing nothing then …"
Jude shrieked as Tommy flipped her over, tickling her even though he knew she hated that. He put his hands on either side of her and waited for her to catch her breath.
"Guess who's held captive now …" He whispered.