A/N: Hey all! Glad you liked the last chapter! Who is seriously disappointed in the lack of T/J action in the premiere? Honestly! There could have been a hug or something…oh well. Here's hoping for the rest of the season! I hope you all enjoy this chapter! And as always, review! I love seeing them! Sorry for the short post...but I promise there'll be longer ones to come! Some of these chapters seem to go on forever!

Chapter 11

A couple hours later, Tommy and Jude called it quits. It was about 6:30 and Jude was already late for her party and Tommy offered to give her a ride, which Jude accepted.

"So, you gonna come in and have dinner." Jude asked on the drive over to her house.

"I said before Jude, I don't think it would be a good idea."

"Why?" Jude asked, eyeing Tommy skeptically. Tommy sighed.

"Jude…honestly?" He paused a moment to think of his words. "You're dad scares me." Jude laughed. "I'm serious! That man is clinically insane!" Tommy added, deadpanning.

"What did he do?"

"Remember that dinner before your Spring Fling that Sadie pulled me into? Yeah, you're dad spent the whole night pulling out records and asking if I'd ever seen performances that were done about 10 years before I was ever born." Tommy said, shuddering at the memory. "I had to take Sadie out to a karaoke bar to get out of there."

"Oh…So Tom Quincy scared of Stuart Harrison." Jude grinned. "It's cute." Tommy just glared. "Come on, stay and I'll protect ya." Tommy paused, stared at her an exasperated expression on his face.

"You're not going to give up are you?"

"Nope." Jude said, grinning at Tommy.

"I figured." Tommy said, with a sigh. "Fine, I'll come, but the moment your dad starts pulling out records, I'm running." Tommy said.

"Deal." Jude said, grinning, and paused a moment. "What's Darius holding over you?"

"Excuse me?"

"You said earlier that you came home from Europe early becase Darius had made his intentions clear…I'm just wondering what he's holding over you…still." Jude said, studying him. She noticed his hands gripped the wheel tighter.

"Don't get in the middle of things Jude. Trust me, it's not going to do you any good to get in the middle of it." Tommy said, effectively ending the discussion.

"OK." Jude said, still not knowing what he was so uptight about with Darius. They rode the rest of the way in silence, and when Tommy pulled up by her house and parked the Viper.

"Do I really need to go in?" Tommy asked, whining slightly. Jude smiled at him and got out of the car.

"Come on Quincy!" Jude said, laughing and running up to the house. Tommy sighed in exasperation and followed Jude rather reluctantly through the front door of the Harrison household.