"What hurts?" Jude asked.
"Well now that I think of it, my right ankle does hurt a bit," Spiederman said.
"Okay well let's walk over to the couch so I can look at it," Jude said.
When she propped his leg up onto the coffee table and rolled up his pants leg.
"Holy crap, it's huge," she exclaimed.
"Crap. I probably sprained it," Spiederman said.
"You've gotta get this x-rayed. Like now," she said.
"Sure, let me just get my x-ray machine out of my pocket…" Spiederman said.
"Now's not the time. Where's Wally and Kyle?" Jude asked.
"Probably at my house. I saw them when I was on the way over here. They said they were gonna eat some pizza," he said.
"Okay good. I'll go get them and the go to the hospital," she said, grabbing her phone and dialing Wally's number.
"Yo?" Wally asked.
"That's the worse way to say hello. Ever. Anyway, I just wanted to know if you two were still at Speed's," Jude said.
"Oh I guess he made it over there. How'd everything go?" Wally asked.
"He's sitting on my couch with a sprained ankle," Jude said.
"Damn, what'd you do?" Wally asked.
"It wasn't me. It was him. He fell from my window, trying to be like Spiderman," Jude said. She paused for quite some time due to Wally's and then Kyle's extremely loud laughter.
"Okay now that you've got all that out, I'm coming to get you two. I need to take him to get an x-ray. Just to make sure it's nothing serious," Jude said.
"Sure. You can come get us now," Wally said.
"Great. I'll be there in like twenty," Jude said.
"It doesn't take twenty minutes to get here," Wally said.
"It does when I have to carry Speed on my back," Jude said, laughing.
"Good point. See you in twenty," Wally said.
"Okay, so are we ready?" Speed asked.
"Let me get some ice so you can ice it in the car and then we'll be good to go," Jude said.
She was humming her new song to herself as she walked back out to him with the bag of ice.
"I like it," he said.
"Yeah, it's good. A bit cold sometimes, but good nonetheless," she said.
"No, I meant your song. It sounds really good," he said.
"It's nothing really," she said.
"It didn't sound like nothing. I love it," Spiederman said.
"You heard it? Like the singing?" Jude asked.
"Yeah. You sing it beautifully," he said.
"You're sweet. But we have to go," Jude said, picking Spiederman up.
"Can sweet me get a kiss first?" he asked.
"Do you really have to ask?" she said, kissing him lightly on the lips. He used her shoulder for support as they walked out to her car.
"Dudes, its been longer than twenty minutes. You didn't break something of yours too, did you?" Kyle asked when she called them.
"I'm sitting outside. Speed is very hard to handle," Jude said.
"Okay, we're coming," Kyle said, hanging up.
"Can you sing it to me?" Spiederman asked.
"Sing what?" Jude asked.
"Your song," he said.
"Um, not now. I don't want them to hear it yet. I'm not quite done," she said.
"Oh. Well, okay then, I guess," Speed said.
"Maybe later," Jude said, pecking him on the lips.
"Are my eyes deceiving me? Did I just see the first kiss of Speed and Jude?" Kyle asked.
"Nope," Jude said, smiling at Spiederman.
Speed didn't understand. He thought she was denying their relationship and this upset him. He barely talked to her for the rest of the night. There was too much fluid in his ankle to tell what was really wrong so the doctors just wrapped it up, gave him some painkillers, and crutches.
"So how are you feeling?" Jude asked.
"I'm great," Spiederman said, wryly.
"No, you're not. A few hours ago you were excessively happy and now you look upset. What's wrong?" Jude asked.
"I'm fine. Can we just leave?" Speed asked.
Wally and Kyle looked at the two and shrugged their shoulders. They didn't understand what was going on between the two, nor did they want to get involved.
Jude dropped off Wally and Kyle first so she could get a chance to talk to Speed alone.
"Are you not gonna tell me what your deal is?" Jude asked.
"I have no deal," he said, getting out of the car. He grabbed his crutches out of the back seat. Jude followed him to his door.
"I'm not sure what's wrong with you but I hope it passes by tomorrow," Jude said.
She leaned in to kiss him but he turned his head so all she got was cheek, she looked up into his eyes which showed no emotion and she realized she was upset with her.
"I guess I'll see you," she said, walking back to her car. For the second time that night, she cried over Spiederman.
When she got home, she continued on her song, not stopping until she fell asleep. She was awoken by the sound of someone singing softly.
I need you, I need you, I need you
Tell me
Are you and me still together
Tell me
You think we could last forever
Tell me
Why
She looked towards the singing and saw Spiederman sitting on her bed.
"Hey," Jude said.
"I'm sorry. About earlier. I thought you were denying that we were together. But Wally and Kyle talked some sense into me," Spiederman said.
"I'm sorry too, I was just joking. So are we cool?" Jude asked.
"As an ice cube. I added a bit to your song," Spiederman said.
"I heard. I love it," she said kissing him.
"I think you need some sleep. You look tired," he said.
"I've gone two and a half days without sleep before. I think I can handle a few more hours," she said, kissing him again.
"Well it is only three-ish. Your mom let me in. I'm pretty tired," he said.
"In the morning? How'd you get over here?" she asked.
"My mom. She talked your mom into letting me in and talking to you," he said.
"Do they know you're staying over?" she asked.
"Probably not," he said, laughing.
"Right now, I could care less," she said, kissing him once again. She reached over to turn off the lamp and went back to sleep in Spiederman's arms.
"Does mom know he stayed the night?" Jude heard Sadie ask in the morning.
"Yes. He had no way of getting home," Jude said.
"Is she aware of the fact that he slept in your bed?" Sadie asked.
"I haven't quite figured out how to carry him downstairs, seeing he has a twisted ankle," Jude said.
"That's stupid. Jamie had to sleep on the couch and he was actually your boyfriend," Sadie said.
"Maybe that's why. Jude's not my girlfriend so they had no reason to believe we were gonna do anything wrong," Speed said. He squeezed Jude's hand to let her know he was kidding.
"This is so unfair," Sadie said and walked away.
Jude looked at her clock and saw that it was 7:30.
"I'm gonna go shower. We gotta be at the studio soon," Jude said.
"Cool. Um, I guess I'll shower after you," Spiederman said.
"No, go in the main bathroom to shower. I'll go in my mom's room. Did you bring your clothes?" she asked.
"In my guitar case. Under my guitar," he said.
"Okay, come on, let me help you," Jude said. She helped him get up and passed him his crutches. He hobbled over to the bathroom and sat on the toilet. Jude went back into her room and got his clothes from out of his guitar case and handed it to him.
"Are you okay from here?" Jude asked.
"Dude, if you want to see me naked, just ask," Spiederman said.
"Nice try. But that's gonna be a no. Don't take too long. I'm gonna go for a breakfast run before I leave so if you're not out is there anything special you want?" Jude asked.
"Just get something you know I'd like," Spiederman said.
"Okay. I'm going to shower now," she said.
"Wait, come here," he said, pulling her inside and closing the door.
"Yeah?" she asked.
He pulled her down onto his lap so that she was straddling his waist.
"You're really taking advantage of this cripple thing, aren't you," she whispered.
"Of course," he said, kissing her gently on the lips.
"Okay, if I stay in here, I might not leave," she said.
"And that's a problem because?" he asked.
"We start recording today, Vin," she said.
"Yeah. Oh well. I'll see you in a bit," he said.
When Jude got out of the shower, she walked into her room and saw a half naked Speed getting dressed.
"Whoa," she said. Although she had seen him in just his boxers before, she never really looked at him. She had been so preoccupied with thoughts of Jamie to even begin to look at Speed like that.
"Yeah I know. I often wonder how I can look this hott," he said.
"Less talk and more dress," Jude said. She grabbed some clothes and got dressed inside of her closet.
"Okay, let me check your ankle," Jude said after they were dressed. She took unwrapped the Ace-Wrap and saw that it wasn't as swollen anymore. It was a little bigger than it was supposed to be but nothing that looked serious.
"Can you walk on it?" Jude asked.
"I can't put all my weight on it but I think I can walk on it somewhat," Speed said.
"Oh cool. So we can still have SME," Jude said.
"Haha yeah. Are we gonna go get them? Wally called me and asked me to call you to ask. They don't know I'm over here," Speed said.
"Good job at that. But yeah, we can go get them. I think I need to pick up Jamie too," Jude said.
"Cool, let's go then," Speed said. He grabbed his crutches and went downstairs as best as he could.
After twenty minutes, Jude's car was full. Jamie was a little less than thrilled when he heard of Jude's new love interest.
"I just can't believe it. Wally? Why Wally?" Jamie asked.
"You of all people should know to not believe everything you hear," Jude said.
"But its true, right?" Jamie asked.
"How's your ankle?" Kyle asked, changing the subject.
"It's looking better," Speed said.
"What happened?" Jamie asked. The guys filled Jamie in on Spied's ankle situation while Jude called Tommy.
"We're almost there," Jude told him.
"I'm at your house with Sadie. We're talking," Tommy said.
"Call it what you wanna call it," Jude said, laughing.
"Very funny. But yes, so I'll be there soon though. Tell the guys to set up their stuff. Most of the guitars should be tuned already," Tommy said.
"Sweet. I'll see you," Jude said, hanging up.
"Where's you and cripple going?" Jamie asked when they got to G-Major.
"To work on this song I've been writing since last night," Jude said.
"Yeah. You guys will hear it later. After we've worked out the bugs," Speed said.
"How did you hear it?" Wally asked.
"During his Spiderman stunt, I was singing what I had already," Jude said.
"Haha, well have fun kiddies," Kyle said.
"Okay so you learned all the notes. You're seriously amazing," Jude said.
"They don't call me Spiederman for nothing," Speed said.
"Um, actually they do," Jude said, laughing.
They did the songs a few times to figure out where to put what parts at.
Are you and me still together
Tell me
You think we could last forever
Tell me
Why
Hey
Listen to what we're not saying
Let's play
A different game than what we're playing
Try
To look at me and really see my heart
Do you expect me to believe I'm gonna let us fall apart
It's not supposed to feel this way
I need you I need you
More and more each day
It's not supposed to hurt this way
I need you I need you I need you
Tell me
"Amazing. Papa likes," Speed said, leaning in to kiss Jude.
"It's time to start recording, Papa," Tommy said, standing in the doorway.
"Oh, yeah, Tommy, um Speed's been helping me with this new song," Jude said.
"Uh yeah. It's called Tell Me," Spiederman said.
"Why," Jude said.
"Why," Spiederman said.
"I heard. When'd you write it?" Tommy asked.
"Last night," Jude said.
"Oh. Is that when you two finally admitted that there was something brewing between you two?" Tommy asked.
"Yup. Right, Yoko?" Spiederman asked.
"Haha, even he knows," Tommy said.
"Don't call me that," Jude said.
"Yoko was a very important member of society," Spiderman said.
"Stop it!" Jude yelled and walked away.
"I think you pissed her off," Tommy said.
"I'll be back," Spied said, grabbing his crutches.
"Do I wanna know?" Tommy asked referring to the crutches.
"No," Spiederman said.
"Twenty minutes," Tommy yelled after him.
After Speed and Jude made up, they were ready to start recording. By the end of the day, they had a total of three tracks finished.
"Is that Why song ready for recording?" Tommy asked.
"Um maybe tomorrow?" Jude asked.
"We're not recording tomorrow. Monday, maybe? And don't forget, the awards are on Wednesday," Tommy said.
"Sure. Thanks Tommy. I missed working with you," Jude said, hugging him.
"It's a good thing I'm not the jump to conclusions type," Spiederman said.
"Yes you are," Jude said.
"My point exactly," Spiederman said, walking away.
"Vin!" Jude yelled.
"What was that all about?" Spiederman asked.
"Nothing, I was thanking him for helping me get back into the studio. We can't keep on doing this," Jude said.
"Doing what?" Spiederman asked.
"Everytime we get mad at one another, we just leave. Things can't just work that way," Jude said.
"I think we should work that way. Because usually when I first get mad, you don't want to hear the first thing that comes to my mind," Spiederman said.
"But I don't want to have to chase after you every time something goes wrong," Jude said.
"I have to chase after you too! This is a two way thing!" Spiederman said.
"And this! Every five minutes we're arguing. We've been together for less than a day and we've gotten into over four fights. I cried twice over you," Jude said.
"And you think I just sat there? I just watched you cry and silently laughed to myself?" Spiederman yelled.
"You're yelling at me. I hate when you yell at me," Jude said, tears forming in her eyes.
"Don't cry Jude," Spiederman said, hugging her.
"I just can't deal with the fighting every five minutes. And the yelling. Its just too much stress," Jude said, now crying. She and Spiederman sat on the floor. She rested her head on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry Jude. I just think we need to express ourselves better. Because when we just keep our feelings inside like this, we tend to have shouting matches. And the last thing I want to do is make you cry," Spiederman said.
"I've never seen you so serious before," Jude said.
"I've never been this serious before," Spiederman whispered.
Jude grabbed her boyfriend's chin and pulled him close.
"Good," Jude said, kissing him.