"Oh, if there is a god, please let me close my eyes and open them to find myself in another dimension right now…" I thought to myself as I heard Jamie stuttering in the room behind me. "uhhh ummmmm…." He tried but then croaked as if his voice quit working all together. "Nice save, Andrews." I thought sardonically as I felt movement under my feet.
"I always liked this side of you best, Harrison. You're certainly presenting me with an interesting presentation. Need a little help, maybe?" Tommy said as he coughed to keep himself from laughing. I could just imagine him looking around at the other guys with a quirked eyebrow, inquiring without speaking just what was going on in here. Oh, if only he knew!
"Kiss my ass, Quincy. You certainly have the perfect opportunity." I said sarcastically as Spied choked in the other room and Chad and Wally, once again, dissolved into spasmodic fits of laughter. Jamie just moaned as if in agony.
"This can't possibly get any worse." I heard him grumble as I felt Tommy climb up onto the chair beneath my legs.
"Such a morsel of temptation, Jude. I think Spied was right. You should have worn a skirt." Tommy said on a laugh as I felt my body temperature raise at least ten degrees from both anger and humiliation.
"Mind telling me what happened before the skirt comment so that I might be able to, I don't know, find a way to get you guys out of this mess maybe." Tommy said lightly. I was really starting to like this position suddenly, especially once I figured out that Tommy's chest was at the same level as my toes. I kicked out but he must have seen what was coming because he grabbed my foot and tickled the bottom of my heel. I screeched as I almost fell head first out the other side of the window, grabbing onto the sill where my stomach was being smashed against the wood. That's what I get for walking around the studio barefoot.
"That wasn't very nice, Jude. Just trying to be a little helpful here." Tommy complained as Jamie kept moaning in the background. I can't help it. I just plain felt sorry for him. I mean, if I had lying on Darius's desk what Jamie had lying on Darius's desk, then I think I'd be just a little sick myself. Wouldn't you?
"I left some lyrics in Darius's office Tommy. And you know what inspiration is like when it hits you? You just have to go with the flow." I said nonchalantly as I shrugged my shoulders helplessly. I was very very glad Tommy couldn't see my face because I am such a bad liar. Tommy hruumphed as he leaned back against the door and grabbed my foot again.
"You are so going to have to do better than that, Harrison. Guys, you plan on helping her out here?" Tommy asked innocently as he skimmed his fingers delicately down the bottom of my foot. Oh, no! He wouldn't!
"Come on, Tommy!" I whined as the boys shuffled in the background. Spied coughed loudly.
"Really, Andrews, do you thinks it's actually going to hurt for one more person to know?" Spied asked as he snickered at the growing glare that Jamie was suddenly throwing his way. Tommy tightened his hold on my foot and I screamed as he began to increase the pressure of his fingers.
"Alright!" Jamie yelled. "Just leave her alone, Quincy! I'm in a little teeny tiny bind, and she's just helping me out, that's all." Jamie said as I imagined him shrugging at everyone in the room. I giggled suddenly as I recalled what his little teeny tiny bind really was. Oh, Boy. Even stuck in a window, I was enjoying this way way too much.
"A little bind, huh?" Tommy asked with a quirked brow.
"Okay, okay…a big bind alright. Can't you please just turn your back and pretend you didn't see us here." Jamie pleaded.
"What kind of bind?" Tommy asked persistently. I couldn't stand it any more.
"Oh for God's sake, Tommy! Jamie and Patsy got their groove on in the studio, it ended up on tape, and now it's lying on Darius's desk. Happy?" I proclaimed as I shook my foot to dislodge it from his hold. Tommy almost fell off the chair and the room grew really quiet. But that was before Tommy had a chance to process what I had just announced. Suddenly, he guffawed while gasping as if his breaths weren't coming close enough together.
"Jamie, my man. You have been holding out on us. I swear I haven't heard anything so funny in years." Tommy said as he laughed hysterically. I could just imagine tears of humor running down Tommy's cheeks as Jamie shot daggers at him with his eyes.
"Nice to be such a source of arousing entertainment for you, Quincy." Jamie stated sarcastically as the rest of the guys started laughing along with Tommy. I squirmed uncomfortably in the window as they enjoyed the entertainment down below.
"Huh, guys. Do you think someone could give me a hand sometime in the next millennium? The longer I lay up here like this, the smaller my chances of having children are becoming!" I yelled in aggravation. The laughing died down but never fully stopped as Tommy pulled himself upright, used one of his hands to push on the soles of my feet, and the other to help shove me upward while I lifted the glass pane enough I could squeeze the rest of the way through. Damn Tommy! He shifted suddenly as I lifted one of my legs onto the sill to shove me through on my rear.
"Hey, I did say you posed way too much temptation, Jude." Tommy said on a laugh as I heard him step away from the chair. Oh, he was so dead! I fumed as I pulled my second leg up and managed to, somehow, squeeze one leg through and then the other before turning and dropping feet first to the floor. Hmmm, I was starting to feel like Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible. Although, our situation could probably best be framed in the American Pie category in the Hall of Shame. Boy! Geez, could Darius's office get any messier? It took me a full minute to find where Darius had placed the videos stacked under all the paperwork splayed on his desk. And yes, I mean videos. Which means I had no idea how to tell which one could possibly have, you know, on it. A knock on the door reminded me the guys were still outside so I walked over and unlocked the lock so that they could push the door open before stepping back and holding out my hands helplessly. Boy it sure had gotten quiet out there, I thought to myself as the door swung open not to reveal the jovial faces of SME, Tommy, or the down-trodden expression of Jamie Andrews. Nope, no such luck for little ol' me. Instead I came face to face with Liam, Darius's hound dog.
"Looking for this, Ms. Harrison?" He asked politely as he glanced behind him at the now sober group of the men of G Major entertainment. Spied was still trying to keep from laughing, Tommy was leaning casually against the couch with an amused glint in his eyes, and Wally and Chad were trying to keep a very distressed Jamie from falling face first onto the floor. I bit my lower lip as Liam turned back towards me.
"I just finished telling Mr. Andrews over there that I highly enjoyed the new promotional idea he came up with for Darius's latest project. Highly revealing if I must say so myself. Spectacular special effects. Wonderful sound quality. Didn't realize that many noises existed." Liam said as Jamie groaned despairingly. I tried my damndest to keep my face as straight as possible.
"Must be all those amazing qualities that makes him such a wonderful talent agent." I said cheerfully as I smiled lopsidedly at Liam.
"Goes to show, he likes to keep the clients happy." I added quickly. Spied just lost it, all together lost it on that last note and literally fell to the floor in one rolling heap of laughter. Tommy snickered and threw me a glance that said, "Watch your step, Jude." Liam quirked a brow but didn't say anything as he glanced back at Jamie.
"Considering the ramifications This would have on the company's publicity, I never saw this tape. Do you understand me Mr. Andrews? Consider this strike two and a half." Liam said as he dropped the video gingerly into my hands before walking away stoically as Jamie sagged in relief. I glanced at the tape tentatively before turning around, placing the other tapes back on Darius's desk, and locking Darius's door back with a resounding 'click.' "Hmmmmmm…" I said thoughtfully as I walked stealthily across the room.
"I'm guessing Liam knows you a lot better than he had ever hoped to before." I said as a laugh finally escaped my lips. And, once started, there just was no stopping.
"Please tell me you intend to allow us to watch a preview. I can bring popcorn." Spied said hopefully. Ohhh, I so just got sick to my stomach. Jamie snatched the video out of my hands, glared at Spied, and turned on his heels. I glanced at Tommy who was still smirking at the whole situation.
"So, tell me guys, have you ever starred in your own at-home projects or has geeky Jamie Andrews one upped you all." I said on a laugh. Glancing mischievously at Tommy (I owed him a pay back), I pinched his butt while brushing past him in order to head back to Studio 1 to finish my song for the big L.A. trip. Oh, I would so be laughing for days. Looking back over my shoulder, I yelled to Tommy as I wagged my brows,
"You're a veritable bounty of temptation, Quincy. I just couldn't help myself."
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