Okay here we go ….the song I choose for the duet is one of my favorites it's called "Stop Draggin' My Heart" By Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty, I had a lot of trouble trying to think of a duet that suited both Tommy and Jude's style. I don't really think Jude' voice and Stevie Nicks is alike, But I just think the song suits them, Jude and Tommy are totally those two people who takes 2 steps forward than 5 back. Hehhe Besidees,Jude would never sing some pop song and Tommy wouldn't go for something totally hard rock. I figured this was a nice compromise, and the beat to the song is real good, you know this aint no sappy love song hehe
I totally recommend downloading it (legally of course haha ;-) )just so you can get the feel of the song.
Thanks for the fabulous feedback :)
Four hours later
Jude shook herself loose when the director called 'Cut!' She walked off the set and sat down in the nearest chair. It had taken them forever to get the first 20 or so seconds of the video down pat. Between going back and forth of taping Jude and Tommy's first scene a million times, it was now closing in on 3 and she hadn't even started shooting with Tommy yet. She just wanted to begin it already, she hated waiting in anticipation. When she heard someone call break for a late lunch, she groaned. Was there a conspiracy out there to drive her crazy?
An hour later, Tommy, Jude, and crew walked back onto the set. If Tommy had his way, he would have just filmed through the night, not breaking once. If the first scene was any clue on how long this would take, Tommy knew they'd be shooting for at least a week. He saw Jude sit down in the makeup chair as someone touched her up. She looked pretty calm, he thought enviously. He was a mess of nerves, though. He wanted to start already. EJ then came over and dragged him to the hair stylist who toyed with his hair for another 20 minutes.
Tommy couldn't have been more far off of how he perceived Jude. She was just as edgy as he was. She was nervous last night, but when she woke up this morning the anxiety was replaced with enthusiasm and eagerness. Yet now it returned again and Jude didn't welcome it. She sat as patiently as possible as the makeup artist dabbed on more gloss. She knew that the next few scenes would be filmed out of sequence and that they planned on taping the kiss after the next two scenes. 'The kiss,' she mused. They had calculated whether they should do it or not. Georgia was cautious and said they could find a way to work around it. But Jude refused. She wanted to prove she could handle it like an adult, and calmly told Georgia that the video needed the kiss. Tommy had sat silently through the whole thing and only offered his opinion when asked. She was kind of disappointed that he hadn't been the one to insist there be a kiss, after all he was the one who insisted they do the video. He was becoming frustrating. He wouldn't make any obvious moves on her, but every so often he'd look at her a certain way, say something, or touch her in a distinct way that drove her up the wall. She knew she loved Chris, but her mind always seemed to drift back to Tommy Quincy.
"You're all done." The makeup guy said.
"They want you on set, Jude." An intern came running towards her, before she had a chance to leave the seat.
"Okay I'm coming." She sighed as she followed him to the set.
Tommy and Jude waited on the bar set restlessly, for the director to call for action again.
They had shot a few scenes where they were in the same room together, but none where they had actually interacted. Jude wasn't sure how long they've been filming, but she estimated about an hour and a half.
In reality though, they only did about 15 seconds of film. They both knew what was next, though. The kiss. The thought of it sent both of their emotions into a whirlwind. Tommy paced the set, while Jude nervously played with a nearby prop. Not being able to take the silence anymore, Tommy spoke first.
"Jude," He began as he stopped pacing for a minute. "Ah, never mind." He shook his ahead and resumed his movement.
"No, what Tommy?" She asked curiously.
Tommy puffed out a little. "Are you sure you're okay with this?"
"I told you all that I was. I wouldn't have agreed to it if I wasn't It's just a kiss, right?"
"Yeah, whatever, Jude." Tommy scoffed at her show of indifference. "I'm just letting you know once they call action and the film starts to roll, I'm not holding back, you hear me? I've been trying to respect your relationship with Chris, trying to play by the rules but as soon as we're taping I'm throwing all that out the window got it?" He proclaimed passionately.
Jude just nodded dumbly, not knowing how to respond. As if on cue, the director yelled that they were ready to roll again. There wasn't time to respond back to what Tommy just said so she just took her place and waited for the music to start.
Tommy was angry. He didn't know exactly why, but he was. Here he was all bent out of shape about this kiss, yet Jude seemed to be perfectly fine with it. It unnerved him a little, that Jude was acting as the mature adult and he wasn't. He took a deep breathe and began as their song began to play.
Tommy and Jude mouthed the words to the song they knew by heart as they went towards each other. The music pulsated through the studio.
"Baby you could never look me in the eye; yeah you buckle with the weight of the world. Stop dragging my, stop dragging my, stop dragging my heart around." They both sang to each other as Jude was in Tommy's arm. Tommy leaned in and not being able to stand it any longer, pulled her mouth to his slowly. Jude's arms unconsciously went around his neck and she lengthened the kiss, not ever wanting it to stop.
"Okay, Cut!" The director yelled from his seat.
Jude and Tommy ignored him completely as the continued, there was no stopping now. As soon as their lips had made contact, the furthest thing from their mind was the end. The whole crew stood there and gaped as the two continued, ignorant to everyone around, not being able to tell them again to quit.
Jude reveled in the kiss, meeting Tommy's passion. She never wanted to forget what it was like being in his arms.
Tommy never wanted to stop; he never wanted to let her go. At that moment he didn't care about anything, about the people around them, about their history, about her boyfriend-
When that last thought came into mind, Tommy hastily pulled away from Jude. She tilted a little, trying to regain balance and looked at Tommy in a daze."Damnit." He swore vehemently. He never took his eyes off Jude as he tried to regain his breathe.
Jude just stared back at him. She didn't know how to act, what to say, she was baffled. Not knowing what else to do, she looked at Georgia desperately. "I need 5 minutes." Jude then hurried off the set.
Tommy cursed again as Georgia walked towards him. "Wow." Was all she could muster. She had felt the heat radiating off them when they were kissing, and it was surprise Jude needed to get out of here. "Take a break, Quincy, you need it."
Tommy nodded as he walked off the place. Georgia then silently added. 'and maybe a cold shower.'
Jude gulped the fresh air when she opened the door to outside. She inclined against Tommy's Viper as she braced herself. Her fingertips went to her still tingling lips. She had never been kissed like that before. 'No,' she silently corrected herself. 'Once before, but by the same person.' She recalled, thinking of her sweet 16. Tommy had this way of making her feel, a way that nobody else did. She thought it was because he was her biggest crush, but it wasn't that. It wasn't kid feelings anymore, and it wasn't the same feelings as she had for Chris. Her feelings for him paled in comparison to hers for Tommy. When Tommy kissed her like that, her mind went blank and all she could do was feel, not think. She wanted Tommy more than anything, but could she trust him?
"Ughh!" She screamed as she kicked Tommy's tire. She was so frustrated.
"Hey. Watch it" Tommy called out as he came from inside.
Jude whirled around and found herself face to face with the man in her thoughts. "Tommy!" She exclaimed, caught off guard a little. "I, ah, was just-"
"Taking a beating to my car?" He asked, quirking his eyebrow.
Jude twirled her hands nervously. "Yeah, I guess. Um, about that kiss," She began hesitantly.
Tommy sighed as he leaned against the car next to her. "What about it, Jude? You gonna tell me to forget that one too, that it was all business?"
"No." She answered truthfully. There was no way even she could push it out of her mind. "I have all these thoughts, these feelings rolling around. I'm just confused, okay?"
"About what Jude? About us?" He asked hopefully. If she was confused, it was a good thing, right?
"No, yes, I don't know! All I know is I can't process when you kiss me, when you're near me. I won't lie and say I felt nothing just before, I need to be truthful with you, with myself."
"Jude," He began cautiously. "What are you getting at?"
Jude exhaled noisily, this is it. "I'm getting at-"
"Jude." Mr. Harrison interrupted, hesitantly walking up to her and Tommy, sensing a moment.
"Dad, what are you doing here?" She asked, mildly stunned by her father's appearance.
"Remember we had dinner plans at 4?" He reminded her.
Jude muttered silently, she totally forgot. Her dad had been away on business or something for a few days, and he wanted to talk to her about something. "What time is it now?"
"5:15."
"Sorry, can we reschedule? I'm kind of tied up here, shooting ran late." She explained as Tommy just stood there, expectantly.
"It's important Jude." He stressed. "Really important."
"I know, but Georgia will kill me if I leave." She didn't feel that bad about breaking a dinner date with her dad. "Can you just tell me now? I have a few minutes before I have to go back in." She asked, somewhat distracted. Her mind was full with Tommy right this second, there wasn't much room for anything else.
"Fine." He resigned. "But can we do this alone?" He gestured to Tommy.
"Whatever you have to say, Tommy can hear. I don't care."
Stuart signed. He really wanted to gently break it to her daughter with just the two of them, but he couldn't wait any longer. Sadie already knew, so he had to tell Jude. "Yvette and I got married." He announced as he watched Jude's face scrunch up in horror.
"What?" Jude whispered.
"I didn't want to tell you like this, but I figured if I didn't do it now I'd never do it. Honey, I didn't want to hurt you…" He trailed off.
"You what!" She exclaimed ignoring his words. "You married her? How could you do that? How could you marry her without telling me first!"
"I don't need your permission, Jude. I'm a grown man." He softly said.
"Some grown man you are! You cheated on your wife, you ruined your family, and then you married that- that home wrecker before you gave a chance for the ink to dry on your divorce papers! That doesn't sound real mature, dad." She said the paternal word with a sneer.
"Jude, I don't care how mad you are at me, you will not talk to me like that. I'm still your father." Stuart replied, angry.
"Maybe, but not a very good one. Good fathers don't do this to their daughters. They don't take vows with another woman behind their daughters back. You use to be one of the good guys, what happened?" She asked with tears in her eyes.
He looked at her, hurt. "Jude, you don't understand what's between me and Yvette, you never have. I didn't marry her to hurt you, I married her because I love her."
Jude let the drops come down when she heard him say he loved Yvette. She scoffed as she turned a little from her father. She saw Tommy and had forgotten that he was there.
Tommy took one look at Jude with tears coming slowly down her face and figured he needed to take control of the situation. "Listen, Mr. Harrison. I think Jude's just shocked by this unexpected announcement. She just needs time to digest this." Tommy said reasonably as he put an arm around Jude. She buried her head in his chest, forgetting that moments before they were in a tense situation.
This infuriated Stuart. "Don't tell me what my daughter needs, okay? I think I know."
Tommy stepped in front of Jude protectively. "Back off, all right?" He said a little forcefully. "You're only going to make matters worse if you continue to lay this on her. She'll call you when she's ready to talk." Tommy told him, leaving no room for argument.
"Fine." Stuart said wearily, giving up. "Just call me when you're ready, Jude."
Jude laughed at that. She'd never be ready to talk him.
When Mr Harrison walked off, Tommy turned to Jude and took her face in his hand. "You okay?"
"No." She replied honestly. "Can you believe him? He's been divorced for barely a month and he already got remarried."
"What hurts more Jude, him getting married, or him doing it without including you?" Tommy asked, but he already knew the answer.
"Him getting married without me." She admitted softly. Of course it hurt that he got married to begin with, but it stung more that he didn't even bother to tell her beforehand.
Tommy nodded understandingly. "Come on, I'll drive you home."
"What? No, Tommy I can't leave we still have to finish shooting-"
"You're in no shape to shoot, girl. Besides Jean Paul will have a fit if he sees you've ruined your makeup." Tommy joked, hoping to make her laugh and was rewarded with a slight gigle.
"Well when you're right, you're right, Quincy." She gave him a watery smile. "About before Tommy…" She began, sighing.
"Hey," He said as he wiped away one of her tears. "We'll finish it later, okay?" Jude nodded gratefully. "I'll go run in now, grab my keys, and let Georgia know." He said as he hurried back into the building.
Jude supported her weight on the Viper and thought how lucky she was to have Tommy Quincy, even as a friend.
The next day- 10 AM
Jude sat in Tommy's car already dressed for the video. When they had left yesterday, neither of them took off their outfits so they decided to save time and wear them to the studio. She hadn't expected Tommy to pick her up again today, but when she saw him outside sitting in his car, she felt pleasantly surprised. He had leaned over and opened the door for her and soundlessly drove to the video shoot. They hadn't exchanged words since he dropped her off yesterday. As soon as she got home, she called Sadie on her cell and told her about the marriage. When Sadie just said she knew already, Jude angrily hung up on her. It felt like she was always the last to be informed. She then talked to her Mom about it who appeared to be okay by the news. But once Victoria Harrison thought Jude had left the room, she started to cry. This broke Jude's heart and furthered her anger towards her father. She shook her head and exhaled. She didn't' want to think of him.
Tommy drove with one hand on the wheel and instinctively moved his other hand to Jude's knee and squeezed a little in understanding when he heard her sigh. He didn't need to look at her to know she was thinking about yesterday and her father.
Jude look down to where Tommy's hand laid, surprised that he knew that she needed him. He managed to offer understanding, compassion, and support with a simple gesture. She slowly placed her hand over his as he drove to the building.
Jude and Tommy walked into the building and immediately saw Georgia in a frantic conversation with the director.
"Wonder what that's about." Jude commented absently.
Tommy shrugged as he followed Jude to the chair where the hair and makeup artist was waiting for them. As she sat down in the chair, he took her appearance in. He immediately noticed that her eyes were slightly puffy.
"You sure you're okay?" Tommy questioned, concerned. "You know we can always just tell Georgia you need the day off for personal reasons."
"I'm fine, really." She looked up at him as the hairdresser applied hot rollers to her mane. "Besides we did the kiss already, that was the most nerve-wracking part. From here on it's smooth sailing." She smiled at him looking straight ahead then. Tommy gave her a doubtful look but sat down in the chair next to her as the other stylist went to work on his hair.
When Jean Paul caught sight of Jude, he immediately rushed over. "Oh, Jude!" He exclaimed, but it came out more 'Jhhhdd!". "Look at those eyes." He tsked loudly, referring to the redness. "We cannot have that, can we? No, I'll fix you up real nice. I'll work my magic. You'll be marvelous." He smiled a big toothy grin as he turned to the dresser and whipped out all kinds of beauty utensils. Jude just rolled her eyes at him.
Jude heard Tommy chuckle. "Think something's funny, Quincy?" She looked at him out the corner of her eye.
"Who me? Not at all." He said, trying to stifle a laugh, but failed.
"Oh Jean Paul?" Jude looked at him smiling sweetly. He stopped sifting through his tools when he heard his name and turned to face her. "I know Tommy before rejected any makeup of any sorts, but he was just telling me how much he admired your work. He said you did such a good job of making me look oh so natural, that he wouldn't mind a little foundation, perhaps even blush too." She giggled as Tommy sent her a deadly look.
"Oh reallly?" He drawled out, his eyes perking up. "I could do wonders to that face, Mr. Quincy." He started to advance on Tommy with a bottle of cover up in one hand and a compact of blush in the other.
"Oh, no you don't." Tommy stated as he scurried out of the chair. Jude started laughing so hard, tears were rolling down her face. She never thought she'd live to see the day that Tommy Quincy ran from a small, middle aged European man. "Jude, tell him you were kidding. Get him away from me." He begged desperately. No matter how long he'd been performing he'd always refused makeup. He didn't care if a lot of guys did it, he'd never be one of them.
"I can't" She sobbed between hysterics. She held her stomach as the laughter continued. Tommy grabbed a hold of her chair and spun her around.
"You think this is funny?"
"Yes!" She squealed as she saw Jean Paul sulk a little when he realized Tommy wouldn't let him anywhere near his face with a makeup sponge.
"You'll pay for that girl." He tried to muster up a menacing look, but seeing her laugh so hard made it impossible. He was glad she had her mind off of her day. He broke out in a grin and joined in.
"Tommy. Jude." Georgia's somewhat annoyed voice broke through the laughter. They both stopped what they were doing and looked up at her.
"What's up Georgia?" Tommy questioned, turning towards her.
"Good news and Bad news." Georgia began.
"Start with the good." Jude ordered.
"Seems there was some glitch in the film yesterday and we lost some of the shots, but not all."
"And the bad news?" Tommy piped in.
"We have to reshoot the kiss." Georgia looked at Jude sympathetically. "Sorry guys, we'll shoot it first though, okay?" She patted Jude on the shoulder reassuringly as she went off somewhere.
Jude groaned. That sure sobered up the moment.
Tommy heard her. "Hey is kissing me that bad?"
"Yes, but not in the way you probably think. It drives me crazy." She admitted truthfully.
Instead of hammering her with questions about what she just said, he simply shook his head. He didn't want to concern her with the topic of them when her mind was still so full from her dad. "I'll play it straight this time, okay? Just business." He reassured her as he sat back in the chair and let the stylist finish his hair.
Jude just looked forward and nodded as Jean Paul started to apply makeup.