As Tommy drove home, he was contemplating what to say to Jude. It needed to be short but sweet, truthful but not so truthful that she got freaked out, and he needed to say what he wanted to say without her leaving or tuning him out. He finally decided to just wing it. It had worked in the past. As he was driving home, he started thinking about Hope. How she had looked like him, how she had sounded and acted like him. She was definatly his. Not that he was doubting it, but she reminded Tommy of himself so much. As he finally pulled into his driveway, he looked around and saw that all the lights were off. He rushed in, thinking that Jude and Hope had left. As he walked around the house, he saw that no one was there, no one besides Shelbi. She sauntered over to him and whispered seductivly,"She's not here, I called you so that I could have you all to myself." Tommy gulped and tried to resist. She could sense his resistance, so she started kissing him. Unlike last time, he realized what was going on, and he stopped himself before anything could happen. She looked at him and asked him one question,"Do you love Jude more than me?" Tommy looked her in the eye also and spoke quietly, one simple word,"Yes."
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As Jude was walking up to the counter, Jude could see Hope crying in her chair. She couldn't help but feel sad for her, she knew how Hope felt, she had felt it too. That day that Sadie had told her. Jude walked up to the counter,"Hi, I was wondering, do you have any available seats for the next flight to Toronto, Canada?" Jude said with a tinge of sadness in her voice. The person (I forgot what to call them!) quickly typed something in the computer and turned to Jude smiling. "I sure do!" she said happily. Jude smiled back and gave them one thousand dollars in cash and grabbed the tickets.
Jude walked up to Hope and saw that Hope's eyes were blood red from crying. Jude pulled Hope close and held her. "Hope, we need to go now, our flight is in two hours, and you know how hard it is to get past security," Jude said truthfully, looking Hope in the eye. Hope started crying and refused to leave her seat. Jude finally managed to pull Hope out of her chair after 20 minutes of coaxing and about three thousand dollars qorth in toys. They walked up to the escalator and waited in line. As they were about to go up, Jude turned around for some reason, she could feel someone watching her. As she turned around, she saw a familiar face. As Jude and Hope got to the top, Jude pulled Hope back down the escalator and into their arms.
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After Tommy had told Shelbi that, she looked at him with sad eyes. She knew he would never love her, so she did the next best thing, she pulled him out the door and into her car. She drove without speaking or talking to Tommy. They had been driving for about 30 minutes, when she stopped the car. Shelbi muttered a few meaningful words, he could hear the hurt in his voice as she said it,"If you love Jude so much, go after her." Tommy just looked at Shelbi with a mix of emotions and thoughts. he was wondering what had happened. Why was she being so nice? As Tommy was conteplating, Shelbi got the wrong idea, she thought that he was wondering if he should stay or go. She smiled a little, thinking he would stay. She just sat there surprised as he got out of the car. She looked at him a little hurt, but then drove off mad. She might have been out of his life for now, but it wasn't going to be the last he's seen of her. She smiled smugly as she thought of that, and went home.