Tommy was equally shocked. "Uh, Kat," He started, but she cut in before he could finish.

"Does Jude know you're here, has she seen you?" Kat demanded, her hands poised on her hips.

"No, not yet," He began again, but Kat walked away. "Where are you going?" He walked briskly, trying to keep pace with her.

"Going to warn Jude." She said, without looking back at him.

"Whoa, whoa wait." Tommy jogged a little, and put his hand on Kat's shoulder to stop her. "You don't need to warn Jude." He reasoned, feeling nervous.

"Like hell I don't!" She whirled around, furious. "The last thing Jude needs on her 18th birthday is you coming around ruining it. You have a lot of nerve showing up today of all days. What you think just because she's 18, she's gonna forgive and forget?

"No," He said out loud. 'Yes,' he said silently. "Listen, me and Jude have a lot of things to work out, alotta of things left unsaid. I wanna surprise her tonight at her party, okay?"

"She's happy with Christopher Line, the famous actor, you know. She may not want to hear you out. He's a good guy, real cute too." She grinned.

"Yeah, I've heard plenty about how great this Chris is, yet when Jude mentioned him, she didn't seem totally crazy about him like the rest of the free world is." Tommy huffed, insulted a little. He was getting tired of Chris and he hadn't even met the kid yet.

Kat's eyes narrowed. "I thought you said Jude doesn't know you're here?"

Tommy sighed. "She doesn't-"

"But you just said Jude didn't seem crazy about Chris, how would you know that if you haven't seen her?"

"Technically I have seen her-"

Kat folded her arms and stared at Tommy. "Which is it, either you've seen her or you hasn't, it's not a multiple choice question. A simple yes or no will do."

"Damn it, if you'd let me finish, I could explain that I saw her at G Major this morning, but I hid in Georgia's office cause I didn't want her to see me. Georgia brought her into the office anyway and Jude and her were talking about Chris and how-" Tommy stopped for a second. "Why am I explaining this to you?"

"I don't know," Kat smirked. "You tell me?"

"Listen, Kat, I know you have no reason to trust me, outside of Jude we barely know each other, but just don't tell her okay? I don't want to ruin her night."

"You've ruined her night by being her already, Tommy." Kat honestly replied. "Besides, you want me to lie to my best friend? I can't do that-"

Tommy took her shoulders with both of his hands and looked her in the eye. "Please?"

Kat sighed loudly. "Fine, but you better not break her heart, or I'll break your teeth and you won't be able to give a pretty boy smile for the rest of your life." She said as she poked him in the chest in warning. She slipped her headphones back on and continued her jog, without giving a second glance to Tommy.

Tommy exhaled. Maybe it be best if he just stayed at his apartment until tonight...

"Jamie!" Kat yelled, out of breath. She ran the whole way to Jamie's house, excited with what just happened.

"Kat, hey how was your ru-" He broke off as Kat pushed her way inside when Jamie opened the door.

"You'll never guess," She said in between breathes, "who I ran into at the park." She supported herself by putting her palms face down on her thighs as she tried to catch her breath. "Literally."

"Who, Kat?" he laughed as he guided her towards the sofa.

Kat plopped down, and looked up at Jamie. "Brace yourself."

"Okay..."

"You're never gonna believe it..."

Jamie grabbed Kat's faced lightly and said impatiently, "Whoo?"

"Little Tommy Q."

"What?" Jamie asked. "Quincy? What the hell is he doing here?" He questioned angrily.

"Apparently he came back because he needed to sort things out between him and Jude. He's crazy about her." Kat said earnestly. " I mean i yelled at him the whole entire time, but you could tell he still crazy about her."

"Who the hell does he think he is?" Jamie continued as if even if he was aware of what Kat just said, he was unfazed by it. "I should have known he'd come back. What did Jude say when she saw him?" Jamie asked eagerly.

"Uh, nothing."

"Nothing?" Jamie laughed. " Come on Kat, she must have reamed him out."

"No, she said nothing because she doesn't know." Kat said sheepishly.

"Well, why aren't we over at her house now, telling her? I saw her pull up in her new red convertible a half hour ago."

"Oh!" Kat squealed. "She got a car? She must be so excited!"

"Don't try and change the subject, Kit Kat. Why does it seem you don't want her to know Tommy's here?"

"Because I promised Tommy I wouldn't." She muttered.

"What? I didn't catch that, I could have sworn you said you promised Tommy you wouldn't tell Jude he was here." When Kat said nothing, Jamie looked at her, incredulous. "You mean you really did?"

"Yeah."

"What in heaven's name made you do that? Whatever, it doesn't matter." He said as he grabbed Kat's hand and pulled her from the couch.

"Uh, where are we going?" Kat nervously asked.

"To Jude's-we're gonna tell her."

"No!" Kat exclaimed as she ran to block the door. "You can't Jamie, I promised."

"You know I find your integrity endearing, Kat, but it's Tommy who we're talking about. Who cares if you break his promise?" Jamie questioned curiously.

"I care, okay? I think Tommy really wants to fix things between him and Jude. It's not our place to ruin that chance."

"What about Chris? Isn't he seeing Jude?"

"Yeah, but I doubt it'll matter much once she sees Tommy. He looks so gorgeous, he's all brooding and he's got a slight stubble and-" Kat stopped at the deadly look Jamie sent her, "I guess you don't really care about how hot he looks, huh?" Kat laughed.

"Not particularly. Kat, I still think we should tell her." Jamie firmly said.

"No, they need to do this on their own, okay Jamie? Jude'll be fine she's a big girl." Kat firmly answered. "And if she's not, she's got us, right?" Kat went to Jamie and hugged him.

"Right." Jamie said, but he still held his doubts.