A/N Hey yall... I wrote this in class today... hope yall dont find it TOO boring cuz its mostly dialogue. but theres some symbolism for later chapters here and no mention of Jimmy in here...so yea... well I hope you like. This may or may not be my longest chapter so far, I can't tell. when I wrote it in the notebook it was long...but now that I typed it it's not so long. Thanks for the reviews
Disclaimer: I DO own the songs but not the show or characters..except Jimmy. Of course we already know that don't we?
Chapter 8- Reality Check
Jude slipped out of her bed in a tank shirt and shorts. Her room was completely dark; it was only 4:45 AM. Jude's feet were cold as they touched the wood floor. She knew her room so well that she didn't need to worry about tripping over anything. She shut her door all the way. She slept with it slightly open to let the cold air from the hallway in. She now turned on the light and reached for her guitar, strumming the notes and singing as quietly as possible.
"My Mind fades to black
I'm sitting here as if you left me
But you're there
And I'm not
You must hate me now
I'm never there for you
You're always there for me
Put behind all the mistakes
I guess I'll wait for you to wake
alone in fear you're heart is near break" Jude sang. She wrote this song last night when she got home from the hospital. She hadn't told Sadie what happened yet. She knew what would happen if Sadie knew. Sadie would get all worried and run to the hospital crying for Tommy just as Jude had. But then, Tommy would take her back. It sounded selfish but Jude didn't want them back together. It was chaotic
The time was now 5:30 AM. Jude wasn't going to school today; she wanted to go spend time with Tommy. It was friday anyway. The only bad part was that Kwest had to work today, leaving Jude to take a cab.
Jude's bedroom door opened, and her mother's head popped in.
"Why are you awake? I was just going to wake you up for school." Victoria stated.
"I couldn't sleep. Anyways, I'm not going today I need to go see Tommy"
"The studio again? He needs to stop taking you out of school for those recordings." Victoria said. At that, she rolled her eyes and left the room. She was still oblivious to the fact that Jude was not going to the studio, but to the hospital.
Jude had taken a shower, dried her hair, applied makeup, got dressed, and ate breakfast to kill time. it worked, the time was 6:40 AM. Visiting hours didn't start until 10. She picked up her guitar and played every song she made and a few she didn't make, bringing the time to 7:02. She threw her head on the pillow and screamed, trying not to be too impatient, but failing miserably.
Now she pulled out the GameCube. She stuck "Resident Evil" in and pressed the power button. She and Spiederman played this game together because she often got scared, but it was the only game she could play without being bored out of her mind. It worked. It was 9:15 AM. She turned off the game and fixed her hair which was matted down from the couch. "Good enough" She said to herself. She called a cab and about 10 minutes later it pulled up to her driveway. She arrived at 9:42, which was good enough for her. She went alone in the elevator up to Tommy's room. She took a deep breath and walked in.
A cool breeze swept her face from the fan that was in the room. Tommy was sound asleep, his hair gently blowing with the breeze of the fan. He was wearing one of those aweful hospital gowns. He was hooked up to an oxygen tank, an IV, and a blood pump. Jude suddenly freaked. The only thing he was hooked up to yesterday was the IV. She ran out the door and up the hall, and sure enough, her worst fear came true. He was in the "critical condition" section. She was assuming he wasn't THAT bad, because he wasn't in one of those isolated rooms behind the glass; however some people in this section were. She tried to calm herself down and walked back into his room. He was awake now.
"Shouldn't you be at school?" He asked, his voice still as brittle as yesterday.
"Today it's all about you, Quincy" Jude replied. She wasn't as jittery as she was yesterday, but her voice was still shaking a little. Tommy grinned.
"Thanks" He said. She walked over and sat next to the bed, this time in a chair. Her hands were fiddling with eachother in her lap.
"How do you feel?" She asked, her eyes fell on his wound and she quickly turned to look at her shoes.
"Can we not talk about that? It's all I been hearing." Tommy asked.
Of course that's all you've been lately, you only got shot! Jude thought sarcastically in her head. "Uh, okay...um..." She couldn't think of anything to talk about, which was weird because she always had things to talk about with Tommy.
"How's the studio?" Tommy picked a topic for her.
"I don't know, I haven't been back."
"How's Sadie?"
"Oh you know, the usual. She's been dwelling in her room some more and eating more but she's still skinny as ever"
"Ouch" Tommy laughed a little, trying not to irritate the wound.
"Yea, I wrote some new songs. I'm gonna record them myself tomorrow."
"Think you can handle the equipment?"
"I'll manage"
"Bring me the songs when you got a demo, I wanna hear them"
"Actually, I've got about 6 songs already. I figure if I just add 5 more or so I could make a CD."
"Now I'm jealous. You don't need me anymore" Tommy joked.
All this time, Jude had forgotten she was in a hospital. Of course, it all snapped back to reality as a doctor came in the room.
"How are you feeling?" The doctor asked. He pulled out a shot, and the needle was sharp. Jude was frightened. She didn't want to watch but she couldn't bring herself to close her eyes. The doctor injected Tommy right where the bullet hit him. Jude watched, feeling helpless, as Tommy gritted his teeth in pain. The doctor re-bandaged the wound and went on his way.
"Ow..."Jude squinted her eyes. Tommy rested his head on the pillow again and sighed.
"They give me one of those 3 times a day. And they say I might be in here up to 2 months."
"NO! And why are you in critical care!"
"I lost alot of blood..and they said..." Tommy saw that Jude was getting squeamish "...I'd be okay" he lied.
"Good" Jude sighed and loosened up. She stood up and hugged him, careful not to touch his wound even though she was on the other side of him. She noticed she could see the TV well from here, so she climbed up on the bed with him and used his shoulder as a pillow. Before she knew it, she had fallen asleep on his shoulder. He lay awake noticing her steady breathing and the way she snuggled her head into him when she got uncomfortable. He thought about how much longer he would be in this hospital, and how horrible it's going to be. A single tear ran down his face, but he shook it off and refused to cry. He was Tom Quincy, and Tom Quincy doesn't cry! It was 12:30 now, and his next shot was in 3 and a half hours so he couldn't go to sleep or else they would catch Jude and throw her out. But his medicine was strong and taking over him, and soon Tommy fell asleep too, happy that Jude was by his side.
A/N: Woohoo chapter 8 complete. Review please! every review counts for me! and my sister is kinda beating me at that so I feel all unloved sniffle Oh well she deserves it anyways
