Chapter 17

You Are The Light To My Soul

Disclaimer: Whatever….The title belongs to Lifehouse's "Everything"

TISSUE WARNING! The first paragraph has me crying already…

In the smallest bit of words, my children are everything to me. With out them, after the "accident" I would have given up…and I wanted to…Jude was my everything…And now she's gone…And Jen and Tom don't exactly make up for what I lost…Sure, they're the epitome of Jude and I, but they don't come close to her…Every year, on this day, and 2 days after today, I go to see her. And each year, another little piece of me falls away. Because she's not here…There are so many things I wanted to share with her…

I wanted to share their first steps with her…I wanted to share their first day of school…I wanted to have her here when they got their first cars, although they won't get them for another year or so.

But most of all, I wanted to share my entire life with her…

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Flashback

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Jude and Tommy sat at home, laying in bed talking about the next few weeks to come.

"So the doctor said you'd probably deliver some time this week, which means that you should probably have your bag packed."

"Quincy, my bag has been packed for weeks….I was packed the night before I went on bed rest…And I'm glad it'll finally be over…"

"Soon enough, girl…soon enough…" She looked at him, and he pulled his arm away from her.

"Hey!"

"Hold on…I have something for you…"

"You've been doing nothing but pampering me since I started bed rest."

"And I've enjoyed every minute of it!" He pulled a box out of the night stand drawer, and sat back on the bed.

"If you want it to be the last gift I give you, then fine, but know that I'm doing it because I love you…"

He handed her the small box, and she opened it. She gasped when she saw it.

She took the 5 Karat diamond necklace out, and he helped her put it on, smiling.

"Tom…oh my god! How….I…"

"Let's just say that it cost more than my Viper….which I sold…"

She looked at him in awe. "Tommy! You sold your viper!"

"Jude, my Viper is a two seater, and we're having twins. The other day, when I was 'working' I traded in the Viper for bigger, SAFER car.

"Tom?"

"Okay, if you wanna go see it, then lets go…"

He walked around to the other side of the bed, and picked her up. He carried her down the stairs, and outside. He set her on the porch swing, as she looked at the car in the driveway. It was a metallic stripped Mazda cx7. "Tommy…"

"Hey, it's not exactly my viper, but it works…The guy who saw me tried to sell me an RX9 at first…I declined…but the car was beautiful…"

"But Tom…your viper? You would've married that car if it was legal…"

"I'll live…and he told me that he'd hold it for a few months in case I changed my mind…"

"Then you're going to take that back…"

"Jude, no…"

"Tommy, it's a great car, but your viper…seriously, you couldn't part with the cobra instead?"

"I don't really care about to Cobra…"

"Or what about the Hummer H2? You don't drive that one much anymore…"

"Jude…"

"Tommy….I don't want you to give up your viper…We have enough money between the two of us to run our own car shop…now go and get your viper back!"

"Okay, fine…I'll do it tomorrow at work…happy?"

"Yea---OW!"

He came back from standing at the sill of the porch, and offered his hand for her to squeeze.

"Did they just start?"

She nodded as it first contraction passed.

"Come on…We're going to the hospital."

He went to pick her up, when she stopped him.

"Tommy?"

"Yeah?"

"I think my water just broke…"…

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Tommy stood in the delivery room with Jude, who had just given birth to the twins.

"Mr. and Mrs. Quincy…your daughter…"

A nurse layed her in Jude's arms. "Do you have any names?"

"Yeah…Jennifer Catherine Quincy."

The nurse nodded, before walking away, as another approached with Tom.

"Your son." Tommy smiled as he took her.

"Tommy Quincy…Boy bander turned faithful husband and father…"

Jude and Tommy looked up at the door to see Darius and Georgia standing at the door.

"Hey!"

Darius and Georgia walked in the room, and gave the two a hug, and then Jude handed Jen to Georgia, and Tommy handed Tom to Jude, and sat down next to her.

"You look just like your mother…with your father's hair…and eyes…"

"Somehow, I get the feeling that she'll have his way of loving too…"

"Falls easy, but fights hard to let anyone in!" The four laughed as Sadie and Kwest came to the door.

"Hey…what's so funny?"

"We're just picking on Tommy…"

Sadie and Kwest walked in the room and she set a bag on the side of the bed.

"Your bag, my sister…"

"You forgot your bag?"


"We were in such a rush to leave, that we didn't have time to grab it…but get this…that Mazda CX7 out there, is Tom's new car….He traded in his Viper…"

"WHAT?"

"Dude, you've had that car for years…You would've married it if it was legal!"

"That's what I said…"

"Calm down….I called the guy who owns the car dealership I sold it to, and I'm supposed to go in tomorrow morning to get it…"

"I can't believe you were going to part with your Viper…"

"I did…temporarily…"

"And you're going to get it back…That's funny…Can't even handle 48 hours without it…"

"Hey, I was willing to never drive that car again for these 2…"

"Yeah, speaking of them, what are their names?"

"The one Georgia is holding is Jennifer Catherine Quincy…"

"And this one…is his father's son….Thomas Johnathan Quincy Jr."

"You, Tom Quincy, actually agreed to that?"


"Why is that so hard to believe!"

"Maybe because you hated your name for the longest time…."

"Correction, I hated being called Little Tommy Q….I never had an issue with my name…I like my name, thank-you very much…"

Tommy smiled, taking his son from Jude.

"Okay, hate to break up the party here, but we need to take these two…" Jude's doctor walked in with a nurse, and took each of the twins.

"Oh, and before I go,…Mr. Quincy?"

"Yes, James?"

"How's your weight gain?"

"Great….Back to my normal, healthy weight…"

"Good…keep it that way…."

"Told you, I don't plan on going back to the place where I was a month ago…"

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Flashback Ends

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Okay, I quit saying certain days were the happiest days of my life…so I had more than one…my wedding day…the day I found out about my kids…The day that they were born…Even with how scared I was in the beginning, I got over it…

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Flashback

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Later That Night

Tommy and Jude were alone in her room with the twins. He had Jen, and Jude had TJ (I'm going to stick to calling him that….it's easier.)

"So…you still scared?"

"To death….but I have you here with me…So I don't have to be…"

She smiled, and he leaned down and kissed her. "Okay, give me Jen, and you have your son…"

They switched, and then Jude looked up at Tommy again.

Okay, so I just have one more question for you…"

"Okay, what?"

"Do you still regret it?"

"I never did, girl….I never did…."

He smiled and and she looked in his eyes, knowing he was telling the truth…

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Flashback

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So I felt that chapter summed up it's own ending, and didn't need one from Tommy…god, I can't believe the story is almost over…expect the ending to be done by tomorrow or the next day…and The Accident will be up either tonight or tomorrow, depending on whether I decide to put more up today…"