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"How small?"

"Well as it turns out… very…" Jude said walking into the room. "Hi," Jude said to the people in the room; mostly Darius, and Liam.

"Tom, can I talk to you for a minute?" Darius asked.

"Uh… sure…" Tommy trailed off.

Jude shot Tommy a look as if to say 'what the heck is going on!" Tommy just shrugged his shoulders, and followed Darius out into the hallway.

"Anna- Rita is your kid?" Darius asked right off- the- bat.

"Yeah, she is my daughter"

"And Jude's her mother?"

"Yeah"

"How are you guys doing these days?"

"Still kicking"

Darius paused for a moment processing what he just heard. "Whoa! Did 'Lil Tommy Q. just say 'still kicking'?"

"Does it sound like I just did?"

"Yeah, so how old is Anna- Rita?"

"Fifteen, she'll be sixteen soon"

"She looks younger," Darius noted.

"She's had some heath issues," Tommy said trying to stay calm. He didn't mention the fact that Anna- Rita, his baby girl had almost died several times.

"Do you have any other kids?"

"A son named Max"

"How old is he?"

"Fifteen; same as Ari"

"So, what brings you to D- Sues?" Darius questioned.

"Anna- Rita. What's with the name anyways?" Tommy remarked.

"I own the place now, Georgia doesn't anymore."

"So, you changed it to fit your name?"

"Yeah"

"How come I didn't hear about the name change?"

"It's a private company, Tom. Besides, I wanted a fresh new start, a new name and face for the company"

"I see."

"Back to you; your kids play guitar, right?"

"No, Ari plays drums," Tommy corrected Darius.

"A Quincy kid doesn't play guitar?" Darius asked curiously.

"No!" Tommy shouted just a little too loudly.

Quincy Residence: Tommy and Jude's Bedroom: 11:30 PM:

Tommy walked into his bedroom to find Jude getting ready for bed. She already had her pajamas on, and was putting her hair down.

"Hey," Tommy said softly, and giving Jude a kiss on the lips.

"Hey," she replied in the same tone that he had, and gave him a much more passionate kiss back

"What did Darius want?" Jude asked. Her husband and Darius had spent a rather long time talking earlier that day. Everyone in Darius' office had watched them intensely through a window.

"Nothing much; he really wanted to know about Ari," Tommy said pulling of his t- shirt.

"And us?" Jude question, taking a seat on their king- sized bed.

"We're not the scandal we would have been anymore, girl," Tommy said putting on a clean plain- white t- shirt, and flannel bottoms.

"I know…" Jude agreed. "It's just that…" she trailed off.

"The fact that we're together still feels awkward when we're talking about G- Major. D- Sues, whatever?" Tommy finished Jude's thought.

"Yeah,"

"We waited to be legal, girl. We waited two years to get together, three to get married, and four before we had kids"

"I know Tommy, but the thought kinda creeps me out," Jude admitted.

"It'll be all right," Tommy assured Jude, as he took a seat next to her, and wrapped his arm around her waist. His hand just barely touched her stomach.

"I don't want Ari, or Max for that matter to be pulled into this mess,"

"You can't hold on to them forever Jude. I mean, our parents had to give us to the industry, didn't they?"

"It's different," Jude tried to reason, as her and Tommy made their way under the covers of their bed.

"How?"

"For one thing Ari…" Jude began to explain when there was a rapid knock on their bedroom door…

Max rushed into their bedroom.

"Mom! Dad!" Max shouted. "Ari is having a hard time breathing again!"

With that said Tommy and Jude were up and out of their bed in ten seconds flat; they had obviously done this drill before…

"Max, get the peak flow meter!" Jude ordered, "Tommy?"

"I'll get the inhaler and nebulizer incase she needs it?"

"Thank you," Jude said with a sigh of relief. Tommy and Jude glanced at each- other, and she went to check on Ari.

Jude rushed to find her daughter on her double bed curled in fatal position.

"Mommy?" she asked.

"Shhh…" Jude said calmly. Max appeared in the room moment later. Ari sat up on her bed, as Max handed her the peak flow meter, and Ari obediently put the mouth- piece into her mouth. Ari inhaled a breath, and released it fast, as Jude recorded the results.

Tommy then appeared in the room. "How is it?" Tommy asked referring to the Peak Flow Meter.

"It's a little low, but I don't think we'll need the nebulizer, I think the inhaler should work just fine," Jude diagnosed.

Ari had spent more time at the hospital than most people her age, or most people for that matter. Only some of it had been asthma related; Ari had had other problems too. In result Tommy, Jude, and Max had accumulate many "hospital hours", and all knew how to help our Ari.

Ari had taken her inhaler, and everyone had seemed to have calmed down.

"I hate always being sick!" A very frustrated Ari exclaimed.

"It'll be fine," Tommy assured her.

"No, I won't Dad! I know what you said earlier to Mr. Mills!"

"About your heath issues?"

"Duh!" Ari exclaimed throwing up her arms.

"Hey!" Max said. "I'm glad that you're okay. What would I do with- out my favorite sister?"

"I'm your only sister!" Ari remarked sarcastically.

"Whatever!" Max said as he began to tickle his sister lightly, being careful not to make her short of breath.

Jude and Tommy's Room: 12: 45 AM:

"Tommy, what are we going to do?" Jude asked lying down on her back.

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