"What's up with you and Speed?"
"Nothing. What are you talking about? I don't know what you're talking about. I do not like Speed. We're just really, really good friends. Why do you think always have to think Tommy? God. Can't you just drive?" Jude asked, more than flustered. She leaned against the car door rubbing her forehead.
"Hey now? I am not just your chauffeur," Tommy muttered. "I didn't say anything was going on with you and Speed. It just looked like you guys were about to have it out."
"Why didn't you think something would be going on with me and Speed?" Jude asked, whipping her head towards him. "Just because Jamie's apparently an asshole, along with every other guy in my life basically, doesn't mean Speed's like that too."
"Okay…" Tommy replied rolling his eyes. "I just wanted to know why you didn't offer him a ride too or something."
"Because this is a two-seater Tom…" Jude grumbled, sliding down in her seat, and propping her head on her hand.
"Then why didn't you turn me down like I thought you would and continue walking with him then?" he asked, looking at her questioningly while they sat at the red light. Jude shrugged and began to chip the nail polish off her hand.
"Because."
"We both know that "because" is a real answer," Tommy grinned, accelerating once the light turned green. "You do like him don't you?"
"No…" Jude scoffed.
"Girl, I know you." Tommy chuckled, earning an evil glare from Jude. "You running from him or what?"
She ignored Tommy's question, and began to daze off into her thoughts. Her heart raced at the notion of liking Speed. How can I like a guy I have made fun of all these years? she pondered. She tried to analyze her feelings and justify them with thoughts of friendship, but she couldn't deny that Speed was growing on her even more than she could of ever possibly imagined. He brings out her clever side, he makes her laugh, and every time he looks at her with that brazen flirtatiousness that his eyes seem to flash directly into her heart, she secretly feels flood gates on the inside. He knows how to charm her and when to be audacious, or when to be coy-playing the role of innocence like a little boy just discovering the rush of adventure. Yes, she can't deny it-he is her banana split after a week on the zone, and he brings out her playful side like no one else-she was falling for him hard, and yet she was ashamed and embarrassed by the very notion of it all. It's Speed-he's like so not my type, but I am seriously crushing on him, Jude admitted to herself. The song Temporary Insanity kept playing over and over in her head-yes she was absolutely positive that she had to be living in some type of alternate universe.