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"Hello?" She said not recognizing the number. She thought it maybe Sadie.
"Jude? Hey!" The voice excitedly came through the line.
Jude looked at Tommy was intently staring at her. "Chris..."
"Hey I have to tell you something, okay-"
Jude broke eye contact with Tommy as she spun around for privacy, no longer facing him "Listen, I'm in the middle of something." She whispered, not really wanting to get into it with Chris, as Tommy
"It can't wait, I gotta let you know." Chris excitedly said, as the distant sound of traffic could be heard in the background.
Jude was about to murmur something else when all of a sudden Tommy quickly spun her around, tore the phone out of her hand, and heaved it against the wall, effortlessly shattering it into pieces. Jude looked slowly from Tommy then to the floor where the remains of her cell phone laid. She looked back at him, flabbergasted.
When Jude finally realized what just happened she opened her mouth to ream Tommy out.
"Don't bother." He warned as he cut her off. He pushed her against the wall, trapping her and advanced his lips on hers.
Jude eyes grew wide as Tommy kissed her. She then closed them, gripped his shoulders and threw herself into the kiss, savoring it.
Tommy didn't know why Jude had the power to make him lose his cool so fast. Nobody effected him like that. All he knew was that when he heard it was Chris that she was talking, he bubbled with anger. He didn't know how to handle it. But he could handle this right now, he thought as his lips never left hers. But he knew if he didn't stop now, they never would. He quickly broke away, taking a step back; breathing heavy
Jude's breathe was just as labored. She looked at him dazed, completely void of lipstick, seeing some of it on Tommy. She looked at him questioningly.
"Okay. Whew." Tommy huffed as he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.. He needed to put some space between them. They needed to think for a minute. "I- um, uh" Tommy fumbled with his words. "I think we need a little distance." Jude just nodded her head numbly as Tommy took a nearby chair and placed between them, making it a barrier. "You stay there." He gestured to her side of the room. "And me, here." He said pointed to the floor that lay beneath him. The both just stood there, eyes on each other only, chests heaving as they tried to gain composure. Jude ran a hand raggedly through her hair looking away for a second, and bit her lip, trying to think. She needed to think. Think. Think. Think. But she couldn't form a coherent thought if her life depended on it, especially with Tommy looking at her like that.
Tommy stared at her intently as he came to the conclusion that he couldn't just keep kissing her like this. Everytime they did it just left them both unglued. He watched her as she unconsciously bit her lip and then turn to face him. He knew she wanted him. He also knew if he didn't touch her know he'd go crazy. "Screw it." He breathed out as he threw the chair aside and stalked to Jude. He enveloped her cheeks with his hands as Jude automatically jumped on him, wrapping her knees around his waist, bringing her face down to his. They moved a little as the heard something crunch underneath Tommy.
"My cell phone." She whispered, referring to the remnants of it on the floor. She quickly glanced at it before she returned her attention to Tommy
"Who cares? I'll buy you a new one." He said as he trailed kisses down her neck. "I'll buy you hundred." He then met her lips good, long and hard, but abruptly stopped when he heard a sound.
Still in Tommy's arms Jude turned her head towards the noise and looked to the doorway. Her face grew wide with horror when she realized who was standing there.
"Gee, don't stop on my account." Chris angrily bit out as he stood there burning holes through Tommy and Jude.
When they just continued to stand there, mouths agape, Chris went on. "Please, finish. I'll wait." He said, sarcasm dripping from his voice.
Jude then hurriedly pushed herself off Tommy, and landed lightly on the ground. She unconsciously smoothed her hair and her clothes.
When Chris saw this he opened his mouth. "Don't waste your time, Babe." He said her usual pet name with a sneer. "I think I know what you've been doing."
Jude started towards Chris, but ceased when he said that. "Chris, I, huh it's not..." She didn't know what to say. What could she say? I'm sorry? You don't understand? I need to explain? They all sounded pretty empty to her.
"You what, Jude?" He accused. "You wanna say 'it's not what it looks like'? Cause to me it looked like you were making out with your producer. Correct me if I'm wrong." When Jude said nothing, Chris gave a forced chuckle. "That's what I thought." He glared at Tommy who just stood there, face unreadable. He then looked to the floor where the remains of Jude's phone laid. He looked back at Jude. "Oh, so that's what happened when we got disconnected?" Chris could picture in his mind vividly the scene that probably transpired between the two of them. "I was outside when I called you. I thought it be nice to surprise you by coming down for a day or two. When I heard the phone go dead, I got nervous. I thought maybe something had happened. Silly me." He snidely remarked. "You look fine to me." When Jude just looked at him wounded, he carried on. "So what was this? 'When the cat's away, the mice will play?' As soon I left you decided to jump on him? Or has this- this thing," He gestured violently between the two of them. "been going on since he got back?"
"No!" Jude exclaimed walking towards him again. "No, this was the only time! I swea-" She stopped for a second, as she thought of the day Tommy came back. She looked at Chris as guilt and tears filled her eyes, but then quickly turned away.
"You lied, didn't you?" Chris said slowly realizing it all, looking appalled. "That night when he came back. When I asked you the day after your party, you said I assumed that you kissed him. You told me no." He felt the anger that he tried to keep at bay boiling up. "You made me feel like a fool for thinking you did. You lied!" He roared as he brought his fists down onto the table with force, temper flaring.
Jude jumped a little at his action. She'd never seen him this angry, ever. And it was all her fault. The tears that threatened to fall did. She needed to make him understand. "Please Chris." She went back to him, hands on his arm in desperation. "Let me explain." She knew they were over, she wasn't a fool either. Chris would never be able to get past this, neither would she. But she couldn't let it end this way. She just couldn't.
Chris shook her off roughly. "I don't want to hear it! I'm done with your lies."
Tommy had been silent and hanging in the back since Chris walked in. He knew if he interjected it would only make matters worse. But when he saw Chris's fury grow so fast, he knew he needed to step in. He pushed Jude lightly out of the way of Chris's wrath, coming face to face with him.
He surveyed him. Chris's eyes were wild and his breathing was heavy. The first impression Tommy got was that he was crazed. He swore to himself. He should have known that this kid was a loose cannon. Why'd he ever let Jude continue seeing him?
"Listen Chris. I know this looks bad, but it's my fault okay? I kissed Jude and just for the record there hasn't been anything going on between the two of us." Tommy stated evenly. He'd like nothing more than to punch Chris's face, but he knew that wouldn't help matters. He needed to be the calm one.
Chris snorted as he shoved his beat red hands in his pocket. "Like I'd believe you for a second. You've only been out for yourself since you got back. It made you mad to see her with someone else, didn't it? You couldn't handle the fact that she wasn't pining after you anymore, so you had to go screw things up." Chris threw at him, certain it was the truth. He then turned to Jude. "And you! You swore to me you were over him. That he didn't matter anymore, that you didn't care about him. Do you always kiss guys that don't matter to you, that you don't care for? They have names for girls like that Jude, and I think it applies to you in this situation." He replied, venom laced in his voice.
Tommy saw Jude's face turn white. "That's enough." Tommy cautioned him. He wouldn't stand for him saying bad things about Jude. He could care less how mad he was, there was no excuse.
"What? You don't want to hear that the girl you're in love with is a tramp? Don't worry you'll come to terms with it, I'm starting to." He answered, his words strong with bitterness.
Tommy's eyes iced over when he said that. He took a step closer to him, never taking his eyes off of Chris. "Jude, go outside." He told her, his voice coming out harsher than he intended.