Chapter 5

Tommy gave the secretary the message and left.

It was 1:00 in the afternoon and Jude came in for work.

She went to the front desk and asked if she had any messages.

The secretary gave her the message Tommy wrote, not saying who it was from.

Jude went to her office and read the note. She knew who wrote the note right off the bat, by the handwriting. She read it anyways.

Jude,

Please meet me at the little café on the corner of 4th and Main as soon as you can, so we could talk. You don't have to considering what's happened. But please, come because I think we really need to talk. I am so sorry. Please.

-Tommy

Jude read the note over and over to make sure it sounded sincere.

Jude ran out of her office and over to 4th and Main to meet Tommy.

Tommy saw Jude come in the café. He really didn't think she would show up with all that he put her through.

She saw him at the other end of the café, went over and sat down.

"Hello Jude. Thank you for meeting me here" Tommy greeted her as sincere as he could make it sound.

"Well I wanted to let you have one chance to explain yourself so, I came" She said that with a half smile.

"I don't want to hear your sorry's Tommy. Just tell me why you left." She told him.

"I wasn't ready for a child Jude. I figure that you weren't ready either. I was scared Jude. I was scared that you would be angry with me for being the one who got you pregnant. I hated myself for doing what I did. I acted just like my father. He wasn't around when I was a kid and I hated him for that. I don't want to be like him but, I already am starting to be. I beat myself up everyday when I left you Jude. Now that you told me that Cecelia is our daughter, I can't believe that I didn't see that she looks so much like you. You, the one I care so much about. I don't know why I did that to you Jude"

Tommy confessed, while actually crying. (THE Tom Quincy actually crying! I know weird.)

Jude was crying as well.

"Yeah Tommy, how could you do that to me, to Cecelia?" Jude said, crying.

"I don't know, Jude, I don't know" Tommy said, tears coming down his face.

Jude could tell that he was really sorry by the tone in his voice and that he was crying. He never cried.

"Look Tommy, I'm not going to say that all is forgiven but, I am willing to give you a chance for a while to get back on my good graces. I also want to get to know my daughter. I want her to like me" Jude was smiling a little bit.

"I don't think that will be a problem" Tommy said smiling a little too.

"Why would that be?" Jude asked.

"Well when I told her that you are her mother, she got so excited she said and I quote, 'Oh my G-d! THE Jude Harrison is my mom! I have to tell Amelia'. She was so thrilled that you are her mom, she ran out of the house so fast" Tommy was actually laughing.

"Really?" Jude was laughing as well.

Tommy stopped laughing a little. "Yeah, you're her idol Jude. She looks up to you so much. She wants to be exactly like you. She has all of your cds, possibly all of them three times"

"I really am sorry Jude"

"I know you are. Please can we go? I want to get to know my daughter better"

"Of course. I have to go to work anyway so you can get to know her while I'm at work"

With that said, they both left, on their way to see their daughter.

A/N: well so is it good, bad, in between? Tell me please, REVIEW!