a/n: This chap is ALOT of dialogue so just be ready. And thanks to all of you who were my very first reviews of this story. Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. :)
Chapter 2- second chance?
"TOMMY!" Jude cried. She ran up behind him and tried to pull Tommy off of Jimmy, but Tommy pushed her away, knocking her to the floor. There was a crowd of people watching worriedly in the doorway. Sadie and Kwest jumped out and tried calming Tommy down. Jimmy stood there, grinning.
"Tommy I didn't come here to..."
"SHUT UP!" Tommy said "I DONT EVER WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN. YOU AND YOUR PSYCHO FATHER CAN GO TO HELL!"
"Tommy! Please!" Sadie screamed. Kwest was pulling Tommy off. He succeeded, but not before Tommy had the chance to give Jimmy a black eye and a bleeding lip. Jude got up off the floor and Kat walked her to the bathroom to wipe off the blood from Jude's scraped elbow. Tommy walked inside and slammed his fist on the counter.
"Give this to Jude, will you?" Jimmy asked, handing an envelope to Sadie. Sadie nodded, and watched as Jimmy went on his way. The envelope was crimson, and Jude's name was written in silver on the front. The back was sealed with a red ribbon. Sadie wanted to know what was inside, but she knew she couldn't.
"Alright..I think I'm gonna go home..." Jude said to Sadie. Jude's eyes were glittering with unshed tears, and she rubbed the place on her elbow where the fresh band-aid was. Sadie nodded and hugged her sister.
"Happy birthday.." Sadie said.
"Thanks"
"Oh, Jimmy asked me to give you this" Sadie whispered so that Tommy wouldn't hear. She slipped the envelope into Jude's hand.
"Come on Tommy" Jude ordered. "And I don't care how much you don't want me to, I'm driving home. You're too drunk."
Tommy raise a finger to argue but Sadie hushed him. "You will do as she says, Quincy" Sadie said. Tommy lowered his finger and followed Jude out of the door.
"She can come by tomorrow to get all of your presents...thanks for coming" Sadie announced to the rest of the crowd. They left the presents on the dining room table and left Sadie's home.
"Tommy I can't believe you" Jude said.
"I'm sorry" Was all he had to say.
"I mean, You pushed me down...and I was bleeding. Not much, but granted, you're supposed to protect me not hurt me"
"And what about that...that...THING"
"You could have left him to me. I didn't want to see him either."
"Are you forgetting that his father shot me?"
"Are you forgetting how much I care about you?"
Tommy was silent the whole way home and so was Jude. Tommy lazily fell onto his bed and fell asleep. Jude tore of the necklace he gave her and set it on the counter in the kitchen. She then walked to her room.
The letter was beautiful on the outside, and she could only imagine what was on the inside. She untied the ribbon and opened the envelope. The paper was white.
Jude,
Happy 20th Birthday. It's been 3 years since the incident and my father is not getting out of prison for a while. I know you have a boyfriend, and I have no desire to puncture a whole in your happiness. However I do miss you, Jude. And I do want to speak with you sometime when Tom isn't around. Please consider this. I hope you have a happy birthday, and use your present wisely.
-Jimmy.
Jude looked inside the envelope, and the "present" he was talking about was a check for $200. She ripped it up and threw it in the trash, along with the letter. There was no way she was going to go "hang out" with Jimmy. Even if Jimmy was innocent, he was still the one who stalked her in high school.
Jude changed into her pajama's and ripped a brushed through her hair. She didn't bother to take off the make up. She layed on her bed staring at the ceiling, replaying today. She was really angry at Tommy for doing that. She could have handled it herself. It was nice having Tommy around but sometimes he just got too out of hand.
Slowly but surely, she fell into a slumber.
When Jude woke up the next morning, she didn't smell the coffee that Tommy usually made. She got up and walked out to the kitchen in her pajama's . Her necklace was gone, and there was a note in it's place.
Sorry bout last night, Jude... I shouldn't have done that. The clasp to your necklace was broken so I went to go repair it. I'll be back later. We need groceries, could you do that?
-Tommy
Jude read. She threw the note away. She wasn't going to forgive him so easily. She grabbed some money he left on the counter and walked out the door to the grocery store.
She walked into the vegetable section and grabbed what they needed.
"Jude!" Somebody called. She looked over and saw Jimmy walking toward her.
Crap she thought to herself. She tried to find a way out of this, but found none. Before she could notice, he was only 3 feet away from her.
"Uh...Hi, Jimmy"
"How are you?"
"I'm okay.."
"Did you get your present?"
"Um, Yea I did.."
"My bank said you haven't cashed it yet"
"You should...void that"
"Why?"
"I threw it away"
"Why would you do that?"
"Well for one, I didn't want your money. And 2, you shouldnt have come"
"Yeah, I figured that out after your boyfriend threw me against the wall"
"Yeah..." There was a long silence. Jude was about to say, "I should go" but was interrupted.
"I am sorry though..." Jimmy said. "about everything"
"Yeah well you should have thought about that before you got all obsessive over me"
"I know... And maybe one day Tommy will stop hating me"
"I don't think that will ever happen"
"Well, will you stop hating me?"
"I dont...hate you"
"No? So then we can hang out again?"
"Uh, I don't think s--"
"Please Jude, give me a second chance, I'll be better!"
"Jimmy...I can't"
"Please Jude"
"Jimmy, I said no!" Jude walked away and entered the check out line. Jimmy stared at her in disbelief for a moment, but then walked out the door of the grocery store.
When Jude got back home, Tommy was there. He opened the door for her and helped her with the groceries. She hadn't said a word to him.
"I uh, fixed you're necklace" He said
"Thanks" Jude continued putting away the groceries. Tommy took it out and held it up to her. She took it and put it in her jacket pocket.
"Jude, I said sorry!" He said.
"Yea well, getting drunk at my party, starting a fight, that wasn't exactly how I hoped my 20th birthday would be"
"And what about Sadie and Kwest, Darius, Portia, all of them? They were drunk!"
"They didn't try to beat up somebody" Jude said accusingly.
"Whatever. I'm goin' out" Tommy took his coat from the rack and left the house. Jude stood at the counter staring at her shoes. A few moments later Tommy walked back in the room.
"Thought you were leaving..." She said
"I changed my mind"
"Of course"
Tommy said no more and walked to his room. Jude walked to the bathroom and turned on the water. She let her hair down and stepped in the shower. The water felt like ice chips falling down her shoulders. She needed this right now. She wiped her eyes and hung her head, letting the water flow down her hair and neck.
She finished her shower and god out, wrapping the towel around her hair. Then she went to her room and layed on her bed. She pulled out her song notebook and began reviewing songs, scratching out unwanted lines and adding better ones. Then there was a knock at her door. Tommy came in without Jude's "ok". She looked up at him for a moment and then back down at her notebook.
"How long are you going to be mad at me?" He questioned.
"Don't know"
"Jude, come on"
"Nope" Jude brought her pen to her lips. Tommy sat on the bed and put a hand on her back. She brushed it off.
"Oh by the way, I saw Jimmy again today. At the grocery store" Jude pointed out.
"What!" Tommy yelled "What did he want?"
"To hang out..."
"Oh great, you're going to get killed this time. Mark my words."
"Um, I don't remember being the one who got shot"
"It was because of you"
"Yep well, I told him I wouldn't hang out with him anyways"
"Good"
"But I could have if I wanted to."
"You wouldn't"
"And why not?"
"He's psycho"
"You have a point." Jude laughed a little, then realized that she was giving in and stopped.
"Jude, quit. I know you're not that mad at me"
"Yea well I know you didn't mean that little sorry you pulled"
"I'm sorry! What will it take to show you that I really am?"
"I don't know Tommy. But I know that if you ever come face to face with Jimmy again you'll pull the same stunt."
"Jude I was drunk"
"Well then you shouldn't be drunk now should you?" Jude pointed to her elbow. He had forgotten all about pushing her.
Tommy had nothing else to say. He couldn't think of anything. He layed down on her bed beside her, watching her write.
"That line is better than what you had" He said.
"I know. That's why I put it there"
"When are you going to make the music for it?"
"When I fix the broken string on my guitar"
"Hey, You know what would be really awesome?" Tommy said. He placed his hands behind his head, now staring at her ceiling.
"hm?"
"When we go on that tour, and you make it even bigger than you are now... and you get a Grammy"
"Yea? You really think I could?'
"I know you could"
Jude smiled. She closed her notebook and looked at Tommy. He looked back at her in a 'are-done-with-being-mad' way. She rested her head on his stomach.
"A grammy..." She thought out loud. "Me?"
"And people all over the world would be voting for you"
"The grammy would probably go to Kelly Clarkson or something."
"You got them beat."
"Well to YOU. But, to the majority of the world. And speaking of that, aren't the Grammy's in the states?"
"Yep"
"So...I do the tour and then go back to the states for the Grammy's?"
"Yep"
"Heh, like that will happen. It's supposed to be a great honor just to be nominated"
"I think you could do it."
"I donno..."
"Just try"
"Try...like this? I can't even write anymore"
Tommy flipped through Jude's song book.
"You're doing pretty well to me"
Jude smiled and took her book back. She closed it and stuffed it under her matress like she usually did.
"So what did you seriously say to Jimmy?" Tommy asked.
"I seriously told him No. I didn't wanna hang out with him. Like you said, he's a psycho" Jude explained.
"What's that?" Tommy pulled out pieces of a ripped red envelope and pulled out a ribbon.
"Oh, Jimmy gave that to me for my birthday...but I didn't want it"
"So you're seriously not talking to him anymore?"
"You don't believe me?"
"No, I believe you. It's just..weird that he's back after all this time."
"It hasn't been that long."
"He's still obsessed over you"
"No he isn't!"
"Yes, he is"
"How do YOU know?"
"Um..following you everywhere. SOMEHOW he knew where your birthday party was."
Jude hadn't even considered that. How DID he know? She thought to herself. Her smile quickly faded.
"Oh my god...he's still obsessing over me..." She realized.
"Believe me now?"
"I guess"
"Maybe we should call the cops?"
"It's too soon. Let's see if he comes around any time soon, then we'll talk"
"If you say so, he gets on my nerves"
"Just the thought of him gets on your nerves"
"Well I have good reason to"
"...I think I'm gonna go to bed now"
"Alright. Night girl" Tommy leaned in to give Jude a goodnight kiss, but she turned away.
"Ah ah ah," She said teasingly, "Who said I forgave you yet?"
"I did" He said, only a few inches away from her face. He leaned in and she gave in, letting him hypnotize her in kisses. She brought his hands down to her lower back and brung her own to the back of his neck. She tickled his neck and he smiled and grabbed the back of her knee. She was always ticklish there. She broke away from the kiss and laughed histerically. He wouldn't stop. She was trying not to kick but she did and she kicked him right in the chin. She instantly stopped laughing.
"ooooh Tommy are you okay I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" She cried.
"Owwww" He groaned, rubbing his chin "What'd ya do that for?"
"I didn't mean to!"
"Heh, I know" Tommy gave her one last kiss and walked to the doorway. "want the light off?"
"uh, naw, I'll watch tv a while"
"You lied to me" He said playing around.
"Hey well, I have to find an excuse to get rid of you some how. Or else you'd be on me every two seconds"
"Goodnight Jude" He closed the door behind him. Jude laughed and turned on MTV, snarling at the fact that Jessica Simpson was on yet again. A few minutes later Tommy walked back in the room.
"What do you want, Quincy!" She asked
"Don't forget about tomorrow.."
"Tomorrow? What's tomorrow?"
"You HAVE forgotten"
"What's tomorrow?" She asked again
"You're going with Sadie to buy new clothes..."
"Already? But, I thought that we were doing that before I went on tour"
"Incase you haven't realized.." Tommy pointed to Jude's calendar, and lifted up one of the flaps revealing next month. "We leave for the tour in 4 weeks"
"I didn't even notice!"
"Yea well... Get up early"
"And what about YOUR clothes shopping?"
"I'm goin' with Kwest a few days before the tour."
"How come you get to go late?"
"Because I'm a guy, you're a girl"
"So?"
"Girl...guy. I pick up a few pair of pants and shirts and socks...and other things. You have to literally LOOK at what you buy. Even you're underwear. What is that?"
"Well would you buy boxers that had little hearts all over it?"
"n...no..." Tommy said. Jude had realized that this conversation had suddenly got really weird, and by the way Tommy said no she suspected he really DID have boxers with hearts on them. She laughed at that image in her head.
"And you can't HONESTLY say that all those awesome, designer, $50 shirts, $90 pants, and $200 shoes were all picked out by grabbing and going"
"Fine whatever you win. Just get up early."
"You might wanna come with." Jude suggested. Tommy considered this, and the image of him walking around with 2 girls in the mall, carrying all of their things while they tried on clothes and put them back anyway, didn't sound like something he'd want to do.
"I'm good" He said
"Fine then"
"night"
"Night, for REAL this time"
"Yea yea" Jude closed her eyes and fell asleep, waiting in anticipation to get tomorrow over with...
A/n: Welll...yes, no? My sister told me that the first chapter was too sappy...so I tried not to. But I cant help it, I'm in LOVE with Tommy/Jude fluff! Isn't it adorable? I'll try to stop... sigh That is, unless, you WANT more fluff..hehe that can be arranged. and sorry for all of you people, I ain't puttin any lemons in this story. I'm keepin it T. REVIEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW