Over the next few weeks came what everyone had been dreading, but no one wanted to discuss. Mood Swings. Big ones.
One minute she's sweet as can be, and the next, she's ripping someones head off over something. It seemed she saved most of it for Tom, but everyone got a little taste.
They had gone to Sadie and Kwest' place for dinner, and were talking about the shower Sadie was throwing for her in a couple of days, and everyone was getting along nicely, when Tommy got a call that he was needed at the studio for one of his artists, and he got up to leave. Jude followed him to the front hall "So do you have any idea when you'll be home this time?" She asked, with a raised brow.
Tommy sighed "I'm not sure, but I won't be to late." He said, hoping she wouldn't be mad at him when he got home.
Jude rolled her eyes "This time, just try not to wake me up if I'm asleep, I have enough trouble getting to sleep without that."
Tommy nodded "Yeah alright, again, sorry about that before, I didn't know you were asleep."
Jude scoffed "Oh yeah, and that makes everything ok, right?" Tommy sighed again, it seemed as though he'd been doing a lot of that lately "No you're right, it doesn't make it alright, I'm just trying to let you know, I'm sorry."
Jude rolled her eyes again "Yeah ok whatever, I'll see you at home I guess." She said, and he leaned over to kiss her cheek "I Love you Girl." He said with a small smile. Jude looked at the floor, then glanced through her lashes up at him "Love you too." Then he was gone, and she felt stupid.
She walked into the kitchen, a few minutes later, where Sadie was and asked about Kwest, Sadie said he was on the phone and dinner was almost ready. Jude nodded "Alright." She sighed "I think I'm going crazy Sades."
Sadie frowned at her "Why do you think you're going crazy?" Jude shrugged as she sat down on the stool at the island "I hear myself saying these insane things, but I can't stop my mouth from saying them, even though I know it's stupid. Like just now, I tried to pick a fight with him over he accidently waking me up the other night, when it was really my fault, I fell asleep with the light on and he thought I was awake when he saw it and didn't worry about being quite."
Sadie chuckled after Jude was done with her tale "Jude, it's normal, Tom knows that to, you're emotions are all over the place right now. We were all expecting this to happen, since your emotions are an unstable thing on a good day." She said with a smirk. Jude chuckled and smiled "Shut-up." She shook her head "So I'm not an awful person for acting this way?"
Sadie shook her head "Of course not, but if it would make you feel better, you could always call and talk to him." She said with a raise of her brows. Jude nodded and stood "Yeah, I think I'll go call him now." She said as she went out to get her phone out of her bag, hitting speed dial one as she went into the guest room.
Tommy answered on the second ring "Hey, is everything alright?" he asked upon answering, talking over the voices in the background, before walking into his office.
Jude sat down on the chair by the window and sighed "No, I'm sorry. I know I acted like a crazy person when you left, and I've been doing that a lot here recently, and I'm sorry, sometimes I don't even realize I'm doing it, but other times I know and I can't seem to help myself."
There was a moment of silence, then Jude heard a chuckle "Jude it's alright, I understand. Sadie told me to expect it, and it's ok if you get mad at me over the little things, or nothing at all, it's nothing I can't handle."
Jude smiled "Really? You're not mad at me for acting insane lately?" Tommy chuckled again "Girl you've been crazy since the day I met you, but that's one of the many things I love about you, so no, I'm not mad."
Jude sighed "Good, and I'll try to not bite your head off over stupid things anymore, and I'm sorry I tried to make you feel bad, when it was my fault about getting woke up the other night for leaving the light on."
"Don't worry about it Jude, everything is fine." He said "I have to go, but I'll see you later alright?"
Jude smiled slightly "Yeah, See ya." She hung up the phone and sighed before going back out to the dinning room for dinner. Sadie smiled at her "Everything ok now?" Jude nodded "Yeah, it's all fine, now let's eat, I'm starving."
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That night after Tommy got home, he and Jude had a fight over her hair brush "Well Jude I don't use your brush, I don't know where you put it." He said, trying to stay calm.
Jude threw her hands up "Augghhh fine, just stand there and don't even help me look for it." She said, walking back into the bathroom, leaving him standing in the bedroom, praying for strength to make it through the rest of this pregnancy.
The Next Morning
They had a Doctors appointment today, and Jude had been acting nervous all morning "What's wrong Jude?" Tommy asked as they walked into the Doctors office. Jude shrugged "I don't know, I just feel nervous about this appointment for some reason."
Tommy wrapped an arm around her and gave her a reassuring hug "I'm sure everything is going to be fine, just like it always is."
Jude smiled at him, trying to shake the nervous feeling as they walked into Dr. Lougos office.
Thirty-Five Minutes Later
"Wait, I don't understand." Jude said, getting nervous again.
Dr. Lougo pointed to the screen "See this bump here? It looks like a hernia, but it's really where the babies intestines haven't moved to where they should be yet. Have you been having a lot of mood swings lately?"
Jude and Tommy both nodded, and Dr. Lougo looked back to the screen, before addressing them "This will cause your hormones to overbalance and that will cause sudden mood swings, they can be quite sever."
Tommy frowned "But what does this all mean exactly?"
Dr. Lougo shrugged "Right now there's not a lot of cause to worry, I'm going to have you come in, in a week, and we'll see where we are then. By then everything could be fine, but if this doesn't clear up over the next couple of weeks, it could mean surgery."
Tommy looked at Jude, then the Doctor "What does that mean for the baby? What kind of surgery are we talking about here?"
"An emergency C-Section, the babies lungs are formed well enough, but it would be a risk since you are still so early. We want to try to avoid this, but if this doesn't correct itself over the next couple of weeks, that might be our only option." He sighed "I'm sorry I can't tell you more, but at this point, it's really just a waiting game."
Jude nodded "Alright, is there anything I should do, anything I should eat or not eat, or anything like that?"
Dr. Lougo shook his head "The only thing for you to do really, is just take it easy, rest as much as you can, keep your feet, and don't life anything over eight pounds."
He handed Jude a slip of paper "Jude give this to the receptionist and she'll make out a slip for your next appointment."
Tommy shook his hand before he walked out "Is there anything I can do for her? Anything at all?"
Dr Lougo felt sorry for the young man "Jude try to keep her off her feet as much as you can, and keep her as comfortable as you can."
Tommy nodded and walked out.
After getting a new appointment slip, they headed for the car "Do you want to go back to the studio, or just head home?" Tommy asked. Jude sighed "Let's just go home."
Tommy nodded and they pulled out of the parking lot in silence.
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The next morning Tommy woke Jude up telling her breakfast was on the stove for her "I'm going to get ready to meet up with Kwest."
Jude sat up and nodded "Yeah ok, I need to get ready to go also, Sadie will probably be here before to long. I'll call you when it's over so you can pick me up alright?"
Tommy nodded as he put on his shoes "Yeah." He stood up and looked at her "You don't have to do this today if you don't want to."
Jude shook her head "I want to, me and Sadie talked about it lastnight when I called her, I told her I think it'll be good, help get my mind off of things for a little while."
Tommy leaned down and kissed the top of her head "Alright, I'll see you later, take it easy today ok?" Jude smiled and nodded "Yes sir."
After he walked out, Jude got up and padded barefoot downstairs to get her breakfast, then headed back upstairs to get ready to go.
Later
Jude and Sadie were sitting in Sadies kitchen talking, everyone else had left, and they were snacking on some of the left over food as they waited for Tommy to get there, and looking at baby clothes.
Sadie held up a little pink and yellow dress and smiled "You got a lot of cute things today, is there anything else you need to get?"
Jude shook her head "I don't think so, Tommy and I got a lot of things already, we're going to start putting stuff together tonight, he's excited about getting her room done." She said with a smile.
Sadie smiled also and got up to refill their drinks "I love that he's so excited about everything with the baby, it's so cute."
Jude laughed as Tommy walked into the room "Hey, what so funny?" He asked as he kissed Judes forehead. Sadie smiled at him "Nothing, just sister stuff." Tommy nodded "Alright" He looked at Jude "You ready to go, or are we staying?"
Jude shook her head "Nope, I'm ready." She walked over to Sadie and hugged her "Thanks Sades, today was great, just what I needed." Sadie hugged her back "No problem little sister." She smiled at Tommy "See you later guys."
Later That Night
Jude and Tommy were in the baby's room putting the new things together. Jude was working on the baby swing and mobile, as Tommy muttered as he worked on the changing table.
Jude looked over at him and chuckled at the look on his face "Is everything ok babe?" She asked, and he shook his head and held up a small piece of wood "I can't find where this goes."
Jude reached for the instructions "Here, let me see." She looked it over, then looked at what he held "Maybe it goes there." She said pointing to another piece laying off to the side."
Tommy picked it up and tried putting the pieces together along with what he already had done. A minute later he sighed and put it down "That's not working. I'm going to go get a drink, do you want anything?" He ask, standing up.
Jude shook her head and watched him leave, trying not to laugh.
About an hour later, Jude had the bouncer seat, and car seat put together, as Tommy still worked on the table.
"Something has to be missing here, this can't be right." He said, running his hand through his hair.
Jude nodded "That's what I thought, so when you went to get a drink I checked over the pieces, and it shows that they're all there. It's just really freaking hard." She said, earning a laugh from him "Yes it is, I think we should wait until tomorrow or wait a few years and let the baby do it herself." He said and Jude chuckled.
"Let's go to bed." She said and he nodded "Yes, I'm tired and I don't want to look at this thing anymore tonight." Jude smiled and held out a hand for him to help her off the floor.
Then they walked to their room to get ready for bed.
Jude was sitting on the side of the bed, as Tommy pulled back the blankets on his side "Tom?" He stopped and looked at her "Yeah?" Jude smiled "Could you get me some water from the kitchen?" Tommy nodded and smiled slightly "Yes, I'll be right back." Jude smiled again "Thank you, you're the best husband." Tommy nodded, looking serious "Yes I know." Jude laughed "And modest to."
Tommy laughed as he walked out of the room.
He opened the refrigerator and got out a bottle of water. When he closed the door, he saw the slip of paper, telling them when the next doctors appointment was, and he sighed.
It hit him all over again what the doctor told them the day before, and he ran a hand over his face as he thought about what could happen to his daughter.
He'd never met her, but he loved that little girl more than he thought he could, and he didn't want to lose her before he even had her.
He took a deep breath and let it out slowly, before heading back up the stairs.