A/n: Well, this is also a very dramatic chapter. With a little bit of some fillers...sorry. But for the main part it is a very important chapter. enjoy. and review. and thanks for all of you who reviewed.
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Chapter 10- You love her
Jude woke up the next morning and hopped out of bed. She put on her jeans, boots, and a green T-shirt. She made sure she looked okay, and then exited the house, papers in hand. She walked to the studio and was surprised at the many faces staring at her.
"Hey" Darius greeted. "How's he doin'?"
"Tommy...He's...gonna be okay" Jude said, she wasn't sure if that was a lie or not. But she wanted to believe it was the truth.
"So why are you here?"
"Oh you know, check up on things..."Jude realized that Darius wasn't buying her lie. "Tommy said I could use the studio..."
"Go on. Need any help, you know who to ask."
"Thanks D"
Jude smiled and rushed to her recording room. She looked at all the buttons and tried to figure out which would be the ones to use. She remembered which buttons Tommy usually pressed, so she did the same, and down came the mic. She squealed in her own excitement and turned on the mic, entering the room beyond the glass. She pulled out her guitar and played some notes to make sure it was tuned, and then she quickly ran back out and pushed "record", then ran back in. She played the notes on her guitar that she had practiced the night before, and sang with all her heart. Today was special. She was doing this for Tommy and Tommy alone.
After about an hour of recording and singing, she put aside her guitar and pulled out the CD. She slipped it into a CD player and was happy with what she heard. Okay, so she did it the cheap way. It was live and all, not the same way Tommy did it. But she only knew the basic buttons and its not like she really cared. Now it was off to the computers to make the CD cover.
She stuck a previously taken picture of her and Tommy on the cover, and under it she typed "Songs from The Heart, all about TQ". The picture was taken last year on her 16th birthday, before all the chaos. She was behind him on his back, her arms wrapped around his neck. She could still hear their laughter of the day when the picture was taken. Satisfied with how the cover looked, she hit "print". She grabbed an empty CD case and put that on the front, and put the CD inside it. Tommy would be so happy. She tucked it away and went home.
At the hospital---
Sadie walked in the front doors of the hospital. The receptionist was on the phone, not paying attention. Sadie stood patiently behind the counter. The receptionist never hung up.
"Excuse me..." Sadie said "I need to see someone." The receptionist looked up and put down the phone.
"who do you need?"
"Tom Quincy..."
"He just woke up from unconciousness this morning. The doctors requested that he get undisturbed rest."
" I need to see him..."
"Are you his sister?"
"...y..yea" Sadie lied. She wasn't sure whether or not that would help but she tried. The receptionist picked up the phone and called somebody, saying "We have Tom Quincy's sister down here, she says she'd like a word with him" After a few seconds, the receptionist hung up.
"Go on up" She said "Room 210A"
"Thanks" Sadie smiled and headed for the elevators. She walked down the hall and saw Tommy inside the glass room, solitary, and sleeping. She tapped on the window a few times. Tommy woke up. He saw Sadie standing outside the room, and weakly motioned for her to step in. She did.
"Hey.." Tommy said. "What are you doing here?"
"Hey, I uh..Just wanted to see how you were."
"Thanks..."
"I can't believe this..." Sadie remarked. She looked at Tommy's wound and walked closer to him. This is also another reason why Tommy fell out of love with Sadie. She acted more like his mother than his girlfriend. He was just happy that she was the one to break up with him. He hated breaking hearts; even though he technically did, just didn't have to see the full impact if it would have been him breaking up with her.
"I can't either. I keep thinking, if only I wasn't such a jerk to people..."
"No...That Jimmy kid, you did nothing to him. He's messed up."
"Not just him...I don't think it was him. They arrested him, but this guy that shot me...he was...different"
"Tommy now you're being delirious."
"No, Sadie. He was older. He was probably 20 years older than me...I don't understand it though...who was it?"
"Tommy it was Jimmy. They arrested him and everything. You just passed out, That's all"
"Sadie, I was sitting in a whole pool of my own damn blood for 20 minutes before I passed out. I know what I saw"
"Tom I don't think.."
"You weren't even there. You didn't even know until you read it in the tabloids. You're not Jude" Tommy blurted out. He instantly regretted what he just said.
Sadie was hurt. She knew all of what he said was true but the thought of what actually happened totally flew over her head. She thought it was just like one of those movies, where the main character gets shot and theres nothing there, he just blacks out and that's the end of it. She lost the reality of everything. Still, she was quick to defend herself.
"You're right, I'm not Jude. I don't follow you around EVERYWHERE I GO. I don't sit there calling you and begging you for advice or help. Because Tommy, unlike Jude, I have independance."
"Independance? You call traipsing around town with me, screaming at me for neglecting you, you call that independance! And you're the one who broke up with me"
"Yea. Because you love HER."
"And what if I do!" Tommy said. He was sick of her always pulling this on him. He was ready to give in. Here he was, with greater issues than who he truly loves, so why is he arguing about it? It had to come out now.
Sadie could say no more. She knew everything he said was the truth. About her, about Jude, about everything. She grabbed her bag, blurted out a "get well soon" and walked out. Tommy sighed, finally letting the pain take over him, and he drifted back off into sleep, only to be awakened by the doctors giving him yet another shot of morphine. His wound was beginning to heal up, he could feel it through the stitches and staples. He suddenly remembered the day it happened.
"Ok, sounds good. Let's try with another key, maybe that will give it the..." Tommy was speaking with another artist he was producing.
"Tommy Q, heh?" A voice said from behind. Tommy turned to see a person standing behind him, then he walked away.
"Hold on a second." Tommy said to the artist, then followed the person. He was led to a deserted room on the other side of the studio.
"Hello?" Tommy asked "Did you need a contract or somethin'?"
"Nope" Tommy turned around and couldn't remember anything else but maniac laughing and a crimson fluid carpeting him and the floor. Sharp pain overcame his shoulder, so he gripped it.
"TOM!" Darius screamed. He found Tommy on the floor, and looked around trying to find a person. He couldn't find anyone. He fell to his knees and began tending to Tommy's wound. He did this by pulling off his tie and wrapping it tightly around his shoulder, supressing the blood flow. "Tom it's gonna be okay. Tom can you hear me? TOM! TOM!" And at that, Tommy passed out. When he woke up, he was in the hospital.
Tommy shook these memories aside. He thought of them every day and how he wished they would go away. He was wondering where Jude was now, why she hadn't come to visit him again. He missed her. She was the only thing giving him stregnth to keep fighting. Now he felt weak, and lonely. And now he needed her here for yet another reason. He was going to tell her how he truly felt.
Sadie slammed the front door as she walked in the house. Jude stepped downstairs to see her sister sobbing at the doorway. She ran downstairs and wrapped an arm around her.
"Sadie...hey, what's wrong?"
"He...just"
"Tommy? What happened?"
"Go to him." Sadie said.
"What? Sadie its almost 7:30!"
"GO TO HIM JUDE! TRUST ME" Sadie yelled, then ran upstairs. Jude stood there at the doorway, trying to process what had happened. Her first thought was that Tommy flatlined again. That was her biggest fear. Her second thought was that Sadie had begged for him back and he said no, again. That seemed more likely. Well, at least she hoped it was more likely. Both of them seemed like possibilities. Jude just didn't want to believe the first one.
"Well I guess I should go before it gets any later" Jude thought out loud. She grabbed her house keys and picked up her cell phone. She dialed the numbers for a cab and waited patiently outside, shivering in the cold.
The cab pulled up, and Jude got inside. It was the same driver as the last 2 times she had gone. He was an older man. Kind of big around the waist, and he had a mustache. She found him a mysterious man, he didn't say much. It was almost as if he was the only cab driver in town; and Jude was the only passenger. There was an air about this guy that she didn't like.
"You been goin' to the hospital alot" The driver said.
"YEa..."
"any reason why?"
"Yep"
"Are you going to tell me?"
"Should I?"
"Well I was only wondering"
"A friend. That's all. He's..." Jude couldn't finish her sentence.
"He's a he. I see. I bet you have feelings for him."
"Hey! I never said..."
"I can hear it in your voice."
"What?"
"The way you talk about him."
"I don't talk about..."
"The little that you've said to me about him. The way you shiver when I bring up his being in the hospital."
"You don't know..."
"And I'll bet you he cares about you too."
"Of course but..."
"Hehehe, I'm only jokin'. Come come, get out now, we're here."
Jude was so freaked out by the cab driver that she didn't even pay attention to where she was. She payed him and eagerly stepped out of the cab, walking up to the hospital. The receptionist now knew Jude, and silently motioned her "ok" to go visit him. Jude smiled in a "thank you" and stepped inside the elevator. There was a doctor in there.
"What floor?" He asked.
"2"
"That's the critical care floor, where I'm headed."
"Yeah..."
"Who are you going to visit?"
"Tom Quincy" She stated.
"Oh, so am I. I'm afraid you'll have to wait outside while I give him his daily shot."
"Yeah, I understand."
Jude followed the doctor up to Tommy's room, and waited outside for the doctor to finish. As the doctor stepped out of the room, he held the door open for Jude to enter. Tommy was laying there, staring at her in awe.
"Hey" He greeted.
"Hey, how are you feeling?"
"Not important."
"Of course it's important!..."
"You know how I feel"
"Right...So...why was sadie freaking out?"
"Oh...she told you..."
"Nope, she just blurted out 'Go to tommy, go to tommy' and ran upstairs. I was like...ok..."
"Hey jude..."
"Yep?"
"...we need to talk"
A/N. Well! Did you like? also be aware that I wrote this during 2 parts to my day. One- early in the morning when I had just woken up. I was very tired and very unaware of what I was writing. second- when I was about to go to bed. Also very tired, and only a little more aware of what I was typing. The end of my story is nearing, and I do believe there will be a sequel. REVIEW PLEASE!
