Hi--nothing new to report, just wanted to thank you again for all of your feedback! I'm really happy you like it so far and I'm hoping you like this next addition. I think you might--it's more Tommy and Jude fun. Enjoy and let me know what you think!

Jude awoke with a startle, confused at her surroundings. She heard Kristen snoring and looked at Kat sleeping next to her. Her mind grew clearer as she saw the snow rapidly falling outside the window. She stretched and got up, heading upstairs. After a quick shower and change, she went back down to see everyone else awake.

"Good morning," her mom said, as Jude entered the kitchen.

"Morning. Coffee?" Jude asked looking around.

"Here--I mixed boiling water with coffee grinds, I'm not sure how it turned out," she said, handing Jude a cup of something murky.

Jude just looked at it as Jamie came over.

"Morning. I barely remember seeing you last night—where were you?" he asked.

Jude flashed back to the night before and Drew. "Oh, nowhere really. I was tired, so I passed out pretty early."

"Ah, the blizzard effect. It knocked us all out early. Mental note--Ask Kwest," Jamie said watching Jude sip the coffee and make a face. "That bad?"

Jude nodded and said, "Worse than the cake we made for Kat's birthday," to which Jamie reenacted his vomiting.

"So, what's on the agenda today?" she asked him as they walked towards Kat who was seated on the couch. As they sat down, Jude caught Drew's eye and gave him a small smile, which he returned and continued talking to Sadie and Kristen.

"What am I, your entertainment director?" he responded, not noticing her gesture to Drew.

"Someone has to be," she responded with a smirk. Just then, Tommy came around the couch.

"You're replacing me?" he asked feigning hurt.

She smiled. He always knew what to say to make her forget why she had been annoyed with him.

"No, I need you both. I require a lot of entertaining."

"Don't you have a song to work on?" Jamie suggested.

"Yeah, but I'm not feeling inspired…"

They all thought for a moment.

"How about cards? We can all play Go Fish," Kat volunteered.

"Or games? Don't you have any board games?" Tommy asked as Jude's eyes widened at the idea.

"Games! That's great! We have a whole stash in the basement. Monopoly, Connect Four, Scrabble..." Jude recounted as she stood up walking towards the basement door. She stopped and looked behind her.

"Isn't one of you coming with me? I can't carry them all by myself."

"You have that many?" Tommy asked with a snicker.

"Well," she said walking back towards him, "it's dark down there so I'll need one hand for the flashlight and two hands to hold the boxes of games," she said, then leaned down and whispered to him, "That equals 3, in case you were having some trouble." He felt himself tense at her breath in his ear but rolled his eyes as she stood back up so she wouldn't notice. She then said at full volume, "Three hands, which equates to two people. So who's with me?"

They all sat looking at each other.

"Jamie?"

"Not me, basements and my allergies don't mix," Jamie said quickly.

"Kat?" she asked.

"Umm…Jude, don't you remember the last time you and I ventured into the basement together?"

Jude flashed back to years ago and watching Kat run upstairs after seeing a mouse, which was actually a prank Jude had played on Sadie earlier but had forgotten to put away.

"Well, then I guess that just leaves you as the chosen one," she said looking at Tommy.

"I, uh…I…"

"Oh, cut it. I know you don't have an excuse. Come on," she said grabbing a flashlight and heading towards the basement.

He reluctantly got up and followed her. She slowly walked down the stairs, holding the flashlight in front of her. Getting to the bottom, Tommy said, "So—good night last night?"

Jude stopped walking and turned towards him, shining the flashlight directly into his eyes.

"Now, why would you ask that? We were actually getting along and you had to go and ruin it."

He put his hand up to block the light exclaiming, "Sorry, I take it back!" She grumbled and turned back around, continuing walking.

As they approached the closet, he quietly added, "Sure looked like your boyfriend Drew had a good night."

"Quincy! Enough!"

"Okay--sorry," he said chuckling at her freak out. "Just wanted to make sure you're okay."

"I'm fine, thank you. I had a fine night," she said, pushing the flashlight into his chest to take. "Oww…" he muttered.

"That's for being nosy," she said, opening the closet door. They stepped inside the large closet as Jude grabbed a step stool.

"It's not nosy, it's concern," he said, watching her slide the step stool over to the shelves.

"Well thank you for your concern, but again, none is necessary. Especially in this situation."

"Why in this situation?"

"Because—there's nothing going on with me and Drew so there's no need for concern," Jude said questioning her answer as it left her mouth. She did like Drew but technically, there was nothing going on…not yet, at least. "Now, can we drop it?"

He nodded as she climbed the step stool. "Consider it dropped."

She found the stash of games on the top shelf. She grabbed a few and stacked them in her arms. She saw one box further over but couldn't tell what it was.

"Hey, can you shine the flashlight over here? I can't see if I want that game." He obeyed and moved over, revealing Battleship.

"Ooo..Battleship, gotta grab that one," she said reaching on her toes.

Suddenly, she felt herself lose balance. She went to step back on the stool but her shoe skidded on the edge and she tumbled forward. She tried to grab the shelf for support but missed it as the boxes all hit the floor. She let out a small cry and closed her eyes, expecting to hit the ground.

Out of nowhere, she felt Tommy's arms around her waist. She caught her breath and opened her eyes, startled at how close they were. Their faces were inches apart as he held her tightly. The flashlight rolled towards the entrance of the closet as they stared at each other speechless. She gazed into his eyes and felt her stomach churn in knots. He felt her arms around his neck as he took in the lavender scent from her hair. He couldn't remember what they were doing or how they got so close. They were magnetic, as they slowly started to lean in closer when a bright light hit them, causing them instantly to flinch and pull away.

"Whoops…sorry, didn't mean to intrude," Sadie's voice came from outside the closet.