I don't like this Chapter. At all. But I'm putting it up because I hate leaving anything unfinished.
1Jude wasn't too happy. He could tell that just by the way that she plopped into the chair adjacent to him. He'd never admit it, but he though that she was cute when she was mad. And even cuter when something was bothering her. He liked her happy, too, of course, but he loved being able to give her advice. He loved being the one that she could come to. And since that trust had been shattered almost completely last year, he was immeasurably satisfied that he could be her mentor again. But of course, he didn't only want to be her mentor… he banished the thought from his head.
She needs you to be her friend right now. Friend.
He decided that he had tried to give her the advice to stay away from speiderman romantically before—now it was time to be understanding. If she wanted to date the guy, fine. No skin off his back. No problems. Because he was completely over her. Wasn't he?
"Where are you going to find more chemistry like that? Vin Speidermans don't exactly grow on trees," he said.
He could have laughed at the scandalized face Jude made at his contradiction, but he decided that it was best not to. Come on, Tommy, pull it together. Time to be her older brother now.
"What, before chemistry is bad, and now chemistry is good?" He smiled to himself. He had to say that even though they weren't dating, and he sincerely doubted they ever would be, she truly remembered every thing he said. She took his advice before any one else's. And that made him feel damn proud. But… that wasn't changing the fact that he wanted more. Stop, Quincy. You have a girlfriend. Girlfriend. Tommy knew that this could potentially hurt both of them, and he wasn't trying to hurt any one. He wasn't trying to break up any one's family. But he was treading in dangerously deep water. And he needed to stop.
"No, but when sparks fly… It can be good for the work…" He was trying to think of an example to prove this. He of course had one at once… the two of them last year. But that wasn't a good thing to bring up right now. So, instead, he circled his hand around, pointing it at the two of them, hoping she'd get the drift without him having to actually say it. "Know what I mean?"
"Yeah, Yeah…" But he doubted she did. He doubted she had even picked up on it.
"It's just that Speid… When I'm with him… My thoughts just go different. I feel like we could jam forever."
He released a breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding. He remembered when it was him that she thought of like that—all dreamy eyed and thoughtful, and with that smile, that smile that reached her eyes.
"Well, you should feel that way about someone you work so closely with. Can't tell you what to do about it though… I don't really know myself."
Don't you see what I'm saying? Don't you?
Apparantly she didn't. But he didn't want her to right now, couldn't want her to. She had a new guy now, and it was time to be happy for her. It was time to accept the fact that Jude Harrison had finally gotten over him.
That's going to be all for this fic. There's no where I can think to go right now. And yes, I know that's an angsty ending. I'm an angsty person.
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