Jude woke up lying next to Tommy. The night before was all a blur, she only remembered the thousands of camera bulbs going off in her eyes. Everybody had taken the news well but Jude didn't see her dad there. She hoped that her mom had told him about her and Tommy because she didn't want to have him blow up.

She just laid there in bed starring at some random thing on TV when her cell went off. She picked up not even checking who it was and answered.

"Hello?"

"What are you thinking?"

"Dad?"

"Jude he's too old for you."

"Dad please."

"No Jude I knew was going to happen, he's gonna hurt you."

"No he's not dad, not stop. I can handle things, plus where were you last night?"

"I had to work."

"See I knew Yvette was gonna become more important. I mean last night was a huge event and you weren't there. That hurts."

"Sweetie I'm so sorry but I couldn't get away from work. I tried so hard to get there. But that isn't the major issue right now, the major issue is that you and Tommy are together. I mean he's too old for you."

"Mom's okay with it. Its not anything's happening, for once I'm happy and you want to take it away."

"I'm just trying to look out for you."

"Yeah well I can handle my own love life, worry about yours." Jude slammed the phone shut and threw it on the floor. Tommy was awake and just pulled her back down.

"It's okay." He ran his hand through her hair. He hugged her close as she cried. He should've known that something like this was going to happen, he should've protected her. She wasn't used to being in the public eye and he felt that he had to protect her from it. The media can be pretty cruel sometimes and they don't care if they hurt your feelings; their out to get paid and if that means writing absolute lies then they'll do it.

He waited till she was sleeping before getting up and walking into the kitchen. He heard the doorbell and slowly opened the door. He sighed when he saw Jude's Dad and Yvette standing there. "Here we go." He thought to himself as he showed them in.

"I'll go get Jude." He walked back into his bedroom. He gently shook her awake and she slowly got up. "Jude your dad's in the living room."

"I don't want to talk to him."

"I'll be right by your side, I promise." He grabbed her hand and led her out in the living room in front of the firing squad. "Let the war begin." He whispered into her ear.

"What are you doing here?"

"I came to talk to you. Do you live here?"

"Yep."

"Since when?"

"Since mom and Sadie moved to L.A. and she said I could stay with Tommy."

"Why didn't anybody ask me?" Jude looked from her dad to Yvette.

"I'll give you one guess." Tommy had to stifle a laugh. He knew that this was the time to be the serious uncaring Tommy. He just smirked and sat back against the couch.

"You can't live with Tommy."

"You can't tell me what to do."

"Yes I can, I'm still your father."

"The minute you left to be with her was the minute I lost my father. I don't have to listen to you. You also have one room to talk."

"Jude he's too old for you." Tommy took offense to that. He wasn't that much older then her.

"I'm not that much older."

"Stay out this."

"Don't talk to him like that, you have no right to come into his home and talk to him like that."

"Jude honey just listen to your father."

"Who are to tell me what to do? You aren't my mother!" She ran out of the room leaving only Tommy. Mr. Harrison turned and glared at Tommy.

"Don't look at me. I didn't do anything, you did. I mean I would never hurt her. So you can take the blame, I think you should leave."

"Not until my daughter is with me."

"Well now that's not gonna happen. Mrs. Harrison said that she can stay with me and she'll choose where she stays. Now if you don't mind I have to fix what you destroyed." He left the room to find Jude. She was sitting on the bed crying she looked up when he came in and it broke his heart seeing her like this.

"He's gone, don't worry."

"Why does it feel that everybody's against us?"

"Their not used to the idea of you and me. They'll come around but all that matters is that we love each other."

"Yeah." She turned towards him and kissed him. It was different from all the other times it was filled with passion. Jude knew that tonight was the night, the other nights they just fell asleep and nothing happened. She wanted to be with Tommy and shut the rest of the world out.

She pulled Tommy back onto the bed. He realized what was happening and took the lead. He had been thinking about this for so long, this is what they needed. This was gonna bring them closer together. He pulled off her shirt and kissed her entire body sending shivers up her spine.

Tommy was careful not to hurt her and soon they were having sex in his bed after months of wanting to. They fell back onto the Jude cuddled up against him. Jude soon fell asleep and Tommy just looked at her. She looked like a fallen angel, the only thing standing between them now was themselves. Maybe it would last this time but for how long?