3 months later

Sadie watched as Tommy run around the studio going over last minute details before Jude was to get there, with a smile on her face.

She watched him cross the lobby looking for her, then laughed at the look on his face when he spotted her "Sadie, are you sure everything is perfect for tonight? What's so funny?" He asked when he noticed her laughter.

Sadie shook her head "I was just wondering where the cool calm Tom Quincy was today."

Tommy rolled his eyes "I left him at home, now about tonight, everything good?"

Sadie chuckled again "Yes Tommy, I checked and double checked, then I triple checked to be sure."

Tommy sighed "Good, good" He said, trying to look more calm than he actually was "It is her twenty-first birthday after all, everything needs to be perfect."

Sadie rolled her eyes this time "Right, because it being her birthday is what has you all flustered today."

Tommy glared at her "First of all, I don't get 'flustered' and two, as far as everyone is concerned, it's all because it's her birthday, got it?"

Sadie gave him a mock salute "Yes sir, got it."

Tommy sighed "I'm going to my office for awhile, when Jude gets here, can you tell her that's where I am?"

Sadie nodded "Will do."

Tommy smiled and walked off, and Sadie chuckled again, the man was a mess and it was only eleven in the morning.

that night

Jude was meeting Tommy at the hotel where the party was being held, and couldn't wait to get there.

When she got there she looked around the room thinking about how beautiful it looked, when she spotted Sadie, and walked over to her, "Hey Sadie, have you seen Tommy yet?"

Sadie smiled "Hey sis, yeah he's around here somewhere." Sadie smirked "I'm sure he'll turn up sometime."

Jude frowned slightly, not understanding the look on Sadie's face, but just shrugged "Alright, I haven't talked to him since this afternoon, I was hoping to see him when I got here."

Sadie smiled "Well I'm sure you'll be seeing him before to long."

Jude raised a brow, Sadie was acting weird "Alright, well I see Jamie over there, I'm going to go say hello to him, I'll see you later."

Jamie turns away from the person he was talking to and spots Jude walking towards him, and he smiled at her "Hey birthday girl."

Jude smiled "Hey, have you talked to Sadie tonight?"

Jamie nodded "Yeah, for a minute when I first got here, why?"

Jude shrugged "I don't know, she just seems to be acting weird."

With a chuckled Jamie smirked "Weird for Sadie, or for normal people?"

Jude laughed "Weird for Sadie, every time I bring up Tommy's name, she starts acting all secretive

Jude watched as it looked like Jamie tried not to smile "well you know Sadie."

Jude frowned slightly "what does that mean?"

Suddenly looking at something over her shoulder, Jamie shrugged "Uh I um...see someone I need to talk to, I'll see you later alright?" Jude nodded and Jamie smiled "Happy birthday Jude." Then he walked away, leaving her standing in the middle of the room alone.

Then she heard Tommy's voice and turned around, and saw him on the stage, and wondered what he was doing, he hadn't said anything about singing.

Tommy saw her and smiled "Hey everybody, that you all for coming out tonight." He walked over to the middle of the stage and placed the mic in the stand "Happy birthday Jude." He said and everyone clapped "I know you're probably wondering what I'm doing up here, but for your birthday, I wrote you a song." He looked out over the crowd of people "She's very hard to keep something like that from, always wanting to know what I'm writing." Everyone chuckled and Tommy looked back to Jude "I hope you like this, mostly because I didn't get you anything else."

Everyone laughed and Tommy picked up his guitar that was resting on it's stand at the side of the stage, and grabs a stool and plus it over to sit on "This is for you girl, happy birthday.

Jude smiles and watches, wide eyed as he strums his guitar.

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(this is just to feel that way by taylor hicks)

I feel you letting go
Holding on, caught in between
Could you risk the pain
Take the chance your heart might bleed
Just to feel that way

Can't keep running in circles
I'm standing right here
Could you rewrite the story
But trade all the tears
Oh it's not too late to feel that way

Take a walk on the wire
I won't let you go
We'll follow the streetlights
Down this jagged road
We'll break it all open
Finding our way
We might end up broken and wounded
But baby it's worth it
for even one day
Just to feel that way

Let this moment unravel
and we'll be alright
The world might be gone tomorrow
But we're here tonight
Oh it's not too late just to feel that way
Let's walk on the wire
I won't let you go
We'll follow the streetlights
Down this jagged road
We'll break it all open
Finding our way
We might end up broken and wounded
But baby it's worth it
For even one day

Just to fall apart
I don't care
I'm not going anywhere
Without you being here by my side
Yeah I just don't feel right
We'll follow the streetlights

Let's walk on the wire
I won't let you go
We'll follow the streetlights
Down this jagged road
We'll break it all open
Finding our way
We might end up broken and wounded
But baby it's worth it
For even one day
For even one day
Just to feel that way
Just to feel that way

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When the song was over everyone clapped, as Tommy made his way down to Jude, who was standing at the front of the stage "So, did you like it?"

Jude shook her head, and he frowned "I loved it, it was perfect." She said, making him smile "Well, I'm glad, also, I have someone who wants to tell you happy birthday."

Jude raised her eye brows "Who?" Tommy pointed behind her, and when she turned, there stood Maggie.

Jude smiled and hugged the older women "You came, I'm so glad you could get here."

Maggie smiled "Well, you know a girl only turns twenty-one once, I didn't want to miss this night. Julia's with Sadie somewhere."

Jude smiled and looked at Tommy "That's great, it's been a pretty good night so far."

Tommy smiled "And I'm sure it'll get even better."

Jude laughed "That'll be a switch, there was my sixteenth, the whole Shay and you thing, then my seventeenth, fighting with you, but I guess that one didn't turn out to bad, but then my eighteenth, that one was just bad all around, then my nineteenth, when Sadie and Kwest were fighting and when I stepped in to try to calm then down, I tripped on my dress and fell into the cake and sprained my ankle.

And then number twenty, when my mom showed up" Jude shuddered "That was bad also."

Tommy wrapped an arm around her "So this one has to be better than that one." He looked away, and Jude thought she heard him mumble "god help if it's not." He looked back at her and smiled "I need to go and talk to Kwest about something, I'll see you later thought alright?"

Jude nodded and he leaned in and kissed her, then turned and walked away.

When he was gone, Jude turned to Maggie "Did you hear the song he sang me?"

Maggie smiled and nodded "Yeah, it was really good."

Jude nodded "Yeah, he's so sweet sometimes."

Maggie shrugged and chuckled "Well that's Tom-Tom for you, always trying to impress the ladies."

Jude laughed "I know, it just makes me wonder what he's going to do next."