a/n have you noticed that ever since chapter 8 my chapters have all focused ALOT on time? is that annoying to you guys? Cuz I can stop..if you want...OH and I have decided how im going to end this, ANNNNND i've decided that i AM going to make a sequel! But, let's finish this story first, eh? About 2 chaps left..Enjoy, and thank you for reviewing!
Disclaimer : forgot it in the last chap, you know what I dont own
Chapter 12- and now it's official.
Jude sat on her bed, staring at the ceiling. Was Tommy going to ask to be her boyfriend tomorrow? He said he wanted to talk about it... which didn't always mean something was going to happen. Jude wished inside something would happen, but she put down the facts the Tommy was Tommy, and he's done this before. However, he's never done this lying in a hospital bed before. Jude just didn't know what to believe.
The clock struck 3:00Am. Jude tossed in her bed, trying to get comfortable. Her stomach was doing cartwheels. Today was the first day in a long time that Jude would actually see Tommy standing up, free of the ugly wires, hospital equipment, and free from the morphine. Jude laughed at that last thought. She closed her eyes and tried to will herself to go to sleep, but her body refused to listen. She was nervous, happy, anxious, so many different things that she couldn't describe. Almost like a little kid trying to sleep on Christmas Eve, near impossible. 4:00 AM was nearing. Jude hit a pillow on her head, screaming at her body "Go to sleeep!"
By the time the sun had come up, Jude had only been sleeping for 30 minutes. She pushed her head under a pillow to try to go back to sleep, and then remembered what today was. "Tommy!" She said to herself. She jumped out of bed and grabbed some clothes. She looked at the clock. He was going to be out at noon, and right now it was 6:52. She did it again! Eagerness takes over her and so she wakes up extra early for nothing. Oh well, at this rate she'll never go back to sleep. She decided to take a nice half-hour shower. (a/n: hey that rhymed!)
Jude turned off the nozzel to the shower. She stepped out of the tub, and missed the carpeting. Her foot slid on the slippery floor and she fell backwards into the tub. Her arm hit the water spout, putting a bruise into the side of her arm. Luckily for her, that was all the damage done.
"Jude! Are you okay?" Sadie called from outside the bathroom door.
"ow..." Jude mumbled "Uh..Yea sadie, i'm fine."
"You sure?"
"Am I dead?"
Jude heard Sadie scoff and walk back into her room. Lucky..at least she can sleep. Jude thought.
Jude dressed herself in a dark blue shirt with a pocket that had a skull on it to the left side. She had black capris that tied at the bottom, and she topped it all off with the boots that she found herself wearing alot lately. Whatever, they looked good. She walked into her room, dumping her pajama's into a corner of the floor. She then took up a sheet of paper and a pencil.
Did you really just tell me
everything you should have held in
vulnerability
and knowing what you're missing
yet grabbing for it anyway
I know how I feel
I know what I want
Do you know what you feel?
Do you know what you want?
I may be second choice
but this will be the choice
that you would have made first
if you weren't so naive
But now we're together
growing stronger
fighting obstacles
and climbing moutains
if they are in our way
and did you hear me
I told you how I felt
I said I loved you and I meant it
but did you mean it too?
did you mean it too?
You're trying to remember
your fears you kept inside
they're gone now
you're confident
we're ready to fly on
but now we're together
growing stronger
fighting obstacles
and climbing mountains
if they are in our way
and did you hear me
I told you how I felt
I said I loved you and I meant it
but did you mean it too?
Jude folded the paper up and stuffed it in a binder. She would work on it later. 7:46. She cursed herself in her head for waking up so early.
"OH FORGET IT!" she yelled to herself. She grabbed her coat and stalked out the door. She called the cab company, and once again the exact same man picked her up.
"it's awefully early, miss"
"Yeah I know. Shouldn't you be sleeping?"
"I work from 6 AM to 4 PM. sunday through thursday"
"oh I see"
"So Tommy is gettin out today huh?"
"Yep" Jude smiled.
"He yer boyfriend?"
"Oh...I uh...No..."
"but you want him to be"
"well..."
"Heh, young love." The cabdriver cackled. He turned a corner and turned into the hospital.
"Thanks yet again" Jude payed the man
"Oh, by the way, ma' name's Derek"
Jude smiled and shook his hand 'Well, nice to finally know, Derek"
"In you go" Derek motioned for Jude to go in the hospital. Jude laughed and walked inside, turning to wave at Derek.
Jude snuck upstairs to Tommy's room and watched him sleeping behind the glass. All the doctors were in the lobby having breakfast now. She stepped inside his room and shut the door. She tip-toed over to the bed and layed down with him. He rolled over and put his arm around her waist. She was positive that he thought she was a pillow though, because not once did he open his eyes. She smiled sweetly at him and layed there, rubbing her fingers through his fine hair. After a while, she found herself humming a tune to her new song. This accidently woke Tommy up. He was startled and jumped to the side a little bit, but once realized it was Jude, relaxed and moved closer.
"I'm sorry..." Jude was embarrassed.
"I'm glad you're here"
"Can't we leave earlier? Why noon? What's the difference between now and noon?"
"um..about 4 and a half hours."
"Oh stop." Jude had resumed playing with his hair. He loved it when she did that.
"Hey Tommy.."
"hm?" Tommy found himself dozing off as she stroked his hair.
"um...we are going to...talk...right?"
"Yea...we really need to. It would be quite a cliffhanger if we didn't" Tommy's eyes were still closed.
"Yep, it would be"
"Well if you think the way I'm thinking..."
"..?"
"I don't even think we need to discuss it. I want to be with you Jude. I don't care anymore what's in my way. I could have died not ever having a chance with you."
"Tommy I..."
"You have to choose Jude, cause I'll still be okay if you...don't want to"
"So you're actually saying that we could be a couple? Like, I could call you my..."
"Your boyfriend, yeah"
"Woah, am I really hearing Tom Quincy, or are you just a dream?"
"nope, I'm totally real."
"You've put alot of thought on this haven't you?"
"Every second I been here"
Jude stopped playing with Tommy's hair and wrapped her arms around his neck, resting her chin on top of his head.
"So...You're my boyfriend.."
"Thats a yes?"
"Tom Quincy...Little Tommy Q. my BOYFRIEND"
"Jude.."
"Yea Tommy, that's a yea!"
Tommy smiled kissed the arm that was closest from around his neck. She giggled and let him get up so that they were eye level. He leaned in and kissed her lips lightly. She pulled away and placed her head on his shoulder.
"Wait till you're not in the wires...they gross me out"
"Sorry"
"I'm gonna take a little nap..."
"Go ahead"
"And when I wake up, am I still gonna be on your shoulder"
"Of course" He placed his arm around her and stroked her arm like a cat. She fell asleep to this feeling, and Tommy couldn't sleep at all. You've got her, Quincy Tommy thought to himself. Please don't screw it up.
After what felt like another half hour, Tommy shook Jude awake. She groaned.
"No, god please let me sleep" She begged
"I'm not god, but it's 11:30" Tommy said Her eyes shot open.
"Really!"
She got up off the bed began grabbing things around the room that belonged to Tommy. She found his comb in the bathroom, along with some clothes, toothbrush, deodorant, etc. Jude left out a collection of clothes for him to change into when he left.
"Jude you can calm down" Tommy said in between laughs. She looked like a maid who had forgotten to do her chores.
"I want you OUT of here, Tommy"
"Heh, now I'm prepared."
"Right. Now you're prepared"
A few moments later the doctor walked into the room. He looked at Jude in a funny way, and then turned to Tommy. "We need you to fill these out, papers on your release"
"Right" Tommy took the clipboard and signed his signature to every place instructed. Jude saw him wince when he saw the hospital bill. That was never a good sign. Tommy finished up the last of the papers.
"Thank you." The doctor turned to Jude "We'll need you to step out while we help him out of bed, and you know..the needles"
Jude understood and ran outside the room. The doctor pulled the curtain over the window. A few moments later, a fully clothed tommy stepped outside the room, smiling at Jude. Jude had never been so happy to see Tommy, standing, before her eyes. She grinned widely and wrapped her arms around his neck, trying to hold back her tears of Joy. Tommy pulled her left arm off, and Jude quickly remembered that his wound was still there.
"sorry"
"Don't be"
"Well, Mr. Quincy, You're free to go"
"Great...let me just call my cab"
A few minutes wait, and the cab was already outside the building. Tommy opened the door for Jude to let her in, but she wouldn't get in.
"Nope, you first"
"Why?"
"Because it's your day"
"I'm loving this already" Tommy stepped inside and Jude got in on the other side.
"Hey Derek. This is Tommy"
"I've heard alot about you" Derek greeted.
"You have?" Tommy smirked and looked at Jude
"Derek I barely talk about him!"
"Oh yep, right right"
"...o-k-a-y..."
"Wait a minute..." Tommy suddenly tensed.
"Tommy what's wrong?"
"STOP THE CAB!"
"Why!" Jude questioned
"That's the guy. YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SHOT ME!" Tommy yelled. His face had gotten red in fury. Jude was suddenly overcome by fear. The cab driver laughed. Jude remembered that laugh...it was the laugh in her dream! Derek swirved around a corner, and Jude dialed 911 on her cell phone. Since she couldn't talk, she had to play smart instead, so that Derek wouldn't see that she was on the phone with the police.
"You better hope the POLICE don't catch you!" Jude yelled. Tommy quickly caught on to the game.
"Shet Up!" Derek yelled, speeding up by the minute.
"Why are we headed for HYABIN AVENUE?" Tommy said loudly. Jude placed her head down in her lap so she could hear what the police were saying. She sensed they got the messege and hung up the phone.
"WOULD YOU SHUT UP!" Derek yelled. Tommy and Jude silenced, and Tommy grabbed Jude's hand to reassure her that they were going to be okay. Jude found herself in tears, but wiped them away. Now is NOT THE TIME to cry! She yelled at herself.
Derek came to a stop behind a dumpster on Hyabin Avenue. He pulled out a knife and opened Jude's side door. He pulled her out of the car and placed the knife up to her neck.
"OUT OF THE CAR QUINCY"
Tommy did as was instructed. His eyes fell upon Judes, which were swelled with falling tears.
"All this time... My boy. My poor baby boy. His first love, a rock star girl. He finally gets his chance, but his chance was taken away by YOU!" Derek spat at Tommy.
"I don't know who your boy is but I didn't..."
"JAMES!" Derek said "JAMES, MY SON!"
"Jimmy!" Jude said. Suddenly Dereks grip around her throat tightened and she hushed herself.
"You stay quiet."
"If my son can't have Jude Harrison, then Little Tommy Q isn't going to either" Derek smirked. Jude felt the knife about to puncture her flesh, and she could feel her hands shaking uncontrollably.
Just then, sirens were heard in the distance. It was 4 of them, and they pulled up behind Derek's vehicle. The 8 officers ran out of their cars with guns in their hands.
"Release the girl!" One of them yelled.
Derek did as told, and threw Jude to the floor. She scrambled to get to her feet and ran to Tommy. The police approached Derek carefully and handcuffed him, taking him into the police car. Jude sighed in relief that they actually survived this incident.
After many questions from the police, two of the officers gave Tommy and Jude a ride over to Tommy's apartment. Jude opened the door for Tommy and carried his bags, putting them on his bed in his room. She came back out to see Tommy sitting on the couch, his head bent back with his eyes closed. His arms were sprawled across the top of the couch, and Jude could tell he was enjoying being in his own home again. She walked over to him and sat next to him. He opened his eyes and looked at her. She was not smiling.
"Tommy...he's the one that shot you? Not Jimmy?"
"No...Jimmy actually was there waiting for you"
"Oh...Wow..."
"Yeah... Who knew Jimmy's father was just as screwed up as he was?"
"Really..."
Jude rested her head on his shoulder. She suddenly got an idea.
"Heyyy"
"What?"
She leaned in and kissed him. He was happy with this and kissed her back.
"I can get used to this" Jude said, and resumed kissing him.
"But you know..." Tommy said in between kisses.
"What?"
"You're mom was notified about this afternoon..."
"WHAT?"
