A/n: well ya'll, thanks for reviewing! I was writing today like crazy, trying to get this done. I have so much homework lately and I donno if I'll be able to write chapter 4 tomorrow, but I'll sure as heck try! Hope you enjoy this chappy
Chapter 3- Past Appearances
"Jude wake up!" Sadie said, shaking Jude's shoulders. Jude groaned and turned over. Tommy stood leaning on the doorway.
"Told you she wouldn't listen to you" He smirked and took a sip of his coffee.
"JUDE!" Sadie jumped on top of her sister and shook her.
"SADIE GET OFF OF ME!" Jude began punching, unaware of what she was doing. That was the power of a half asleep Harrison.
"Ow! Jude!" Sadie got off the bed and pulled away the blanket. Jude scrunched up like a worm and shivered. Tommy was still sipping his coffee in the doorway, snickering at this mild argument. Jude jumped off the bed and took back the blanket.
"SADIE YOU'RE SUCH A PEST!"
"Are you going shopping with me or not?"
"IT'S FRICKIN 8:00 IN THE MORNING! YOU COULDN'T HAVE WAITED LIKE, 4 HOURS!"
"The mall gets busy around noon, you know that"
"Well what if I like crowds! Huh!"
"Do you not want some nice new clothes for your trip? By the time you get there, everything good will be gone"
Jude stood there, trying to think of a comeback. Tommy was trying not to burst into hysterical laughter.
"Yea, well..." was all Jude could say. Sadie opened Jude's closet and pulled out some clothes, throwing them on her bed.
"Get dressed" She ordered. Jude sighed in defeat and watched Sadie push Tommy out in the hall and close the door.
Jude scratched at her temples and looked at herself in the mirror. Her hair was frizzed up on one side, and flat on the other. She brushed it out evenly, and stared at the outfit that Sadie layed out for her. God this is aweful...I can't believe I actually own this junk! Jude thought. She tossed them in a corner of the closet and pulled out a black shirt with mesh sleeves, a jean skirt, and her belt-buckle-boots. She put on her makeup very slowly, just to annoy Sadie on time's matter. Finally, she gave up and walked outside, purse in hand.
"We're taking my car" Jude announced.
"Fine, save's my car from being stolen." said Sadie. Jude walked over to the counter and poured some coffee in a to-go cup. She leaned on the counter top staring from Sadie to Tommy.
3...2...1 Jude counted down in her head.
"Okay let's go" Sadie said, right on cue.
"Ding" Jude chimed.
"Huh?"
"Nothing. Bye Tommy. Leave the door locked if you're going to sleep all day"
"Yes mom"
"Darn right, Quincy!" Jude raised her finger in the air as she walked behind Sadie for the door. Tommy laughed and shook his head.
"They're crazy" He said to himself. He rubbed the back of his neck, then walked into the bedroom to take advantage of his sleeping time.
Sadie pulled Jude recklessly out of different stores. She had forced Jude to buy some skirts, but Sadie payed so Jude didn't care. Jude payed for her new shoes (black slip-ons that tied around her ankles), and some new converse since her old ones were ripped and frayed. Sadie bought her some pink shirts and high heels.
"Oh look Jude!" She cried. She pulled up a black, long-sleeved shirt that draped off the shoulders. It had lace that tied up to the chest. Jude had to admit, Sadie did well. "Try it on!"
"I donno..." Jude tried to sound like she didn't need it.
"Come on, it SO fits you"
"Alright..." Jude took the shirt and walked into the fitting room. After a few minutes of waiting, Sadie knocked on the fitting room door.
"Jude, what are you doing? It takes you this long to try on a shirt!"
"Yeah, I'm deciding whether or not I want it"
"I'm paying Jude, stick it on the counter, lets GO"
"Fine fine, but I want you to see it on me first" Jude walked out of the dressing room. Sadie's eyes widened.
"Nooooo no no no no" Sadie said. "You're not buying that"
"I personally like it"
"Well you personally can pay for it then"
"I think I will" Jude pulled out her credit card and scanned it. Sadie rolled her eyes.
"You're just jealous" Jude said
"I know" Sadie laughed. Jude finally payed for her shirt and together they walked out.
"You hungry?" Sadie questioned.
"Starving"
They decided on pizza, like they always did. They would argue about which place to go to, and then they'd end up picking pizza because they didn't trust Chinese food, and the burgers there were way overcooked. Jude ordered plain cheese pizza, which Sadie decided on supreme. They got their pizza and sat down. Jude then stood up, and disappeared into the crowd. A few moments later, she came back with 2 iced coffee's in her hand.
"You're on a major caffeine buzz" Sadie inquired
"Yep" Jude hopped into her seat and bit off the tip of her pizza slice. She instantly threw the pizza down and wiped the remnance from her tongue with a napkin. "EW!"
"What's wrong with it?"
Jude handed Sadie her pizza, and she took a bite. Sadie also spit it out.
"That cheese is like, a hundred years old!" Jude said
"We should complain!"
"Naw, we shoulda known. Let's go home"
"We haven't even begun shopping yet!"
"Sadie, we already carried 6 bags out to the car, 3 of which were for you. We are as of now carrying 8 bags, 2 of which are for you. I think I have enough clothes for a thousand tours."
"Well, why don't we make it a million?"
"Because my poor credit card is screaming at me, saying that when it dies it's going to haunt me"
"yea right" Sadie grabbed some bags and her purse and followed Jude out of the mall.
On the way home, Sadie turned on the radio and began singing along with it. Jude turned it off.
"Don't ever sing again" Jude suggested.
"Jerk" Sadie joked.
Back at the apartment--
Sadie and Jude weren't home yet. Tommy had the house to himself. He liked it when he had the house, because it gave him a chance to cool off and relax. When Jude was there it was like he was always worrying, or wanting to protect her, but he didn't know what from. Suddenly, he remembered why he felt this way. He walked into the bathroom, shirtless. He examined himself in the mirror, placing a hand on his collar bone right where the bullet hit him from 3 years ago. The scar buldged out a little, and he rubbed his fingers over it's rough surface.
"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's eyes squinted in emotional pain from the memory of that day. He would never truly be okay. He didn't even realize that something was going to go wrong, which is what scared him the most. Even when Jimmy had threatened him that day, he blindly put it aside. He was afraid that he would make that mistake again, and cost him his life. Or even worse--Jude's life. He wouldn't be able to bear that. He valued Jude more than he did himself, which was definitely a first. Nobody had ever made him feel the way he did with Jude. And he despised the fact that he could have almost lost it. That's why he can't rest that much around her, even at home. He's afraid that something, sometime, will happen. Especially now that Jimmy is trying to work his way back into her life.
He pulled on a white undershirt and a black button down shirt. He took one last check in the mirror to make sure he looked presentable, and then went out the door.
Back in the car---
"Sadie, slow down" Jude begged. "You're going to crash"
"Jude, do you NOT want to get back home soon?"
"I don't think we'll be getting home at all----SADIE!" Jude looked over and a speeding car was headed right for her side of the car.
"CRAP!" Sadie pulled the gear and pressed her foot on the gas a little harder. The car was now feet within Jude's vision. All of this was happening so fast that Jude couldn't even keep track of what Sadie was doing. Jude shut her eyes tight and awaited for the big crash.
A few moments later, Jude heard Sadie hyperventilating. The car was stopped. Jude opened her eyes and looked over at Sadie.
"We...we're alive?" Jude said. She checked her arms and legs for cuts.
"Yeah, barely. Good thing my car was faster than that one. Stupid drunk idiot. We could've gotten in an accident!"
"Sadie let me drive" Jude unbuckled her seat belt and exited her side of the car. Sadie began to object but decided it was probably best. Jude got in the drivers seat and took the wheel.
A few moment's later they were in front of the apartment. Tommy's car wasn't in the driveway.
"Wonder where he went..." Sadie thought out loud.
"Yeah, so do I" Jude tried to call his cell.
"Hey, It's Tommy, leave a messege" Then the beep.
"Tommy call me back!" Jude ordered, then she hung up. She sighed and watched her own breath in the cold night air. Sadie was already walking up to the door. Jude followed quickly behind. She unlocked the door and walked inside, turning on the light.
"No note or anything" Sadie pointed out
"He should be home soon..." Jude hoped.
"Yeah...he'll be home soon." Sadie plopped herself on the sofa and found the remote control. "How do you work this thing?" The TV was not visible anywhere and Sadie wasn't sure what buttons to press. Jude walked over and took the remote. She pushed a button and a flat screen ascended from the table -looking thing before them. Sadie giggled and fidgeted with the other buttons for surround sound, widescreen, etc. She found a channel that she liked and set the remote down. Jude went to the kitchen to make something for dinner.
Back with Tommy---
Tommy was in the car now, driving down the road. He knew where he was going, but he couldn't find it. The buildings were all small and worn down. This building should have been tall and outstanding. He drove down the road for a while longer. There! he thought in his head. He turned into the parking lot. There were hardly any parking spaces but he eventually found one. He focused on the tall brown building in front of him. He stood outside the door, took a deep breath, and then walked inside.
"Do you have an appoitment?" The lady at the desk asked.
"Uh..no" He retorted. The lady pressed a button and paged somebody. A few minutes later an older man was standing before Tommy, shaking his hand.
"Come with me" Tommy followed this man into a room in the back. "Have a seat"
Tommy sat in a gaudy lavender chair. The room was freezing, and Tommy instantly tensed.
"What can I do for you?"
"I'd like to file for a restraining order..."
"So you need a court date?"
"Yeah...I need a court date"
"Well you've come to the right lawyer"
"I suppose..."
"Do you know the name of the person you're filing against?"
"James Haliwell"
"Oh dear..." The lawyers eyebrows furrowed.
"What?" Tommy asked.
"James is still giving trouble.."
"what's that mean?"
"He's got a restraining order against him already. I am not obliged to tell you whom is restraining him, but I can tell you that it is also the reason that James' father was in prison the first time."
"So this has happened before?"
"You're Thomas Quincy...aren't you?"
"That's me...how did you know?"
"It was in the news. Derek Haliwell's second time in prison. He murdered another man just a few years before."
A/n: Well, I donno what kind of crappy ending that was, but it's an ending. Hope ya'll liked it... And I literally came up with this idea like...5 minutes ago. Thanks for reviewing, review again! be my friend! lol