A/N: Alright guys, here's chapter 5. I think this was one of those chapters I really got into, you kind of see a side of the Harrison-Quincy family that I haven't really shown before. I hope you all enjoy it, and also, this gives you all a better idea of who Tanner is, I tried to make him as Tommy-like as I could, because as some of you have already guessed, Tanner and Jess are supposed to be kind of like this generation's Tommy and Jude (hey i even got the letter right! lol)


Once the read through finished, Jess went outside and was sitting on the bench for a moment, drinking her coke and staring out at the Toronto sunset. She was lost in her thoughts, she couldn't ever be more confused. She was hurt and in pain because of Ethan, yet she was feeling emotions she had never felt before every time Tanner was within just a few feet of her, and then there was the confusion from whether or not she should actually pursue a career in music. Jess settled into the bench, her neck bent back as she allowed the hood of her sweater to support her head, when she had heard footsteps and she quickly looked.

"Jess, please, listen to me," Ethan said with more edge to his voice than before.

Jess just glared at him, her blood was starting boil just at the sight of him. That cavern in her heart that was once filled with happiness and love for him, was now just filled with pain and anger. She couldn't stand the sight of him. Unbeknownst to the both of them, Tanner was in the alley that led to the front of the building, he heard voices and walked towards the sound. He stopped as soon as he saw Jess and the other guy. He quickly made a mental note that this must have been her ex boyfriend, the jackass who had the nerve to actually cheat on her.

Fuckin idiot...who honestly cheats on a girl like that, she's better than more than half of the women out there...what a jack ass

"I don't want to hear a damn thing you have to say," Jess said grabbing her stuff about to walk away.

"Stop Jess! Please, I love you! You know I do! I know you love me, too, it was one mistake," Ethan was trying to plea with her, but Jess didn't care anymore, she hated him for what he did.

"Ethan, we aren't working anyways. Why extend this if we're just going to hurt each other. Honestly, I'm almost thankful that you did that. Now I have a real reason to end things with you," Jess said, she was being cold, and hurtful, but she had no choice, it was nothing compared to what he was making her go through.

"What do you mean? You were going to break up with me all along?" Ethan yelled, now anger coursing through his own blood.

"Ethan! Was it really that hard to realize? We both want different things! You want to settle down and have a family! I want to go out there, party a little bit with friends, have some fun, start a career, and then I'll decide when I'm ready to start my own family. I'm sorry Ethan, I'm not ready to do the latter just yet, I'm not even 21 yet and neither are you, and you already want to start planning our retirement. I can't do that just yet. I have another 10 years to think about all that," Jess explained, tears of sorrow threatening to fall.

"So that's it? We're done?" Ethan asked, anger and rage taking over him.

"We were done once you fucked that chick at the party you got wasted at," Jess said pushing open the glass doors and going inside. Leaving Ethan outside in the cool Toronto air to get a grip on the situation.

Tanner appeared from the alley and just walked the same way Tommy had when Jude walked away from Shay towards Ethan with a light smirk on his face.

"Who are you?" Ethan asked, he quickly straightened himself to get a better look at him.

"Just call me a friend of Jess's," Tanner said cooly with a slight tilt of his head at the word friend.

"You stay away from her," Ethan said, trying to make a point that he wasn't going to lose Jess.

"I think she made it clear already that she's done with you. And it's a little hard to stay away from her when I'm going to be filming with her for the next year at the least," Tanner added, his eyes narrowing on Ethan. Compared to Tanner, Ethan was only slightly taller, but looked weaker when Tanner was by him.

"What ever, you don't know a thing about her," Ethan said, trying to clear the thoughts from his head.

"I know a lot more than you think. And I know what you did to her. If you don't want to end up with some sort of injury when you go back to Manhattan, I suggest you stay away from Jess," Tanner said, not in a threatening way, but in a way to definitely get his point across.

"That a threat pretty boy?" Ethan asked, bunching up the top of his shirt, in a way that meant he was ready to strike at any moment.

"Could be, take it any way you want. But I suggest-" Tanner removed Ethan's hand from his shirt. "you never touch me again,"

"Me and Jess are meant to be together, everyone knows that, so why don't you just back off?" Ethan said in a menacing tone.

"Because she obviously said you weren't. She obviously doesn't want to be with you. Now why don't you get that through your head?" Tanner said turning around and walking inside, only to find Jess standing there, obviously she had heard everything.

Tanner just gave her a simple nod and walked back inside the building. Jess stared at Ethan for a moment, her eyes telling Ethan that Tanner was right. They were done, the last two years were fun, but now it was time to say goodbye and close that chapter of their lives. Ethan gave her a weak smile, and turned to walk away. Jess let a tear slip down her eyes, and then quickly wiped it away, and went back to the read through to get her stuff.

Tanner was standing next to the door waiting for her, he had her stuff in his hands, Jess reached for them but he teased her and lifted them above her head.

"Tanner, I'm really not in the mood," Jess said giving up way too soon. Tanner gave her a look and then kept the bag raised above her head, but brought his head to her level, tilting it a little.

"He's a jerk, jack ass, and not worthy of your tears or thoughts. Just remember all that, ok?" Tanner said in a sincere tone that had even surprised himself. Jess nodded and then gave her the messenger bag and a small smile.

Tommy was standing off to the side with Jude behind him resting her chin on his shoulder. Tommy grunted and Jude just chuckled at him.

"I don't like this Jude," Tommy said plainly, just watching the two.

"I know you don't honey, but you were the same way with Ethan and you ended up liking him. And I thought you liked Tanner," Jude said with a smile.

"I liked him when he was playing my character for the movie, for that he was perfect, for my daughter I'm not so sure," Tommy said with a hint of the protective father figure sewn in his voice.

"Relax baby, remember she just got her heart broken and she's not going to jump into anything too soon," Jude reminded him, rubbing his arms again. She knew it made him forget his thoughts.

"I know, but the first time you got your heart broken, I shattered it," Tommy stated.

"And I healed and we moved on, and now look at us. Tommy, get over yourself and live and let live. Jess can handle this, I taught her how to not make my mistakes despite her being my twin, and thinking the same way I do. She'll be ok," Jude said kissing him on the cheek while Jess walked towards her parents.

"Ready to go sweetie?" Tommy asked, trying to hide his obvious father shelter mode he was in.

"Yeah, let's go, I'm tired," Jess said, she locked eyes with Tanner for a moment and then followed her parents and walked out of the studio building.

Once Jess got into the limo, her phone had automatically started to ring, she looked at the number and noticed it was Tanner's.

"Hello?" Jess said in a slightly perplexed tone.

"Hey, it's Tanner, I was wondering if you still were coming to dinner with all of us tonight?" Tanner said as Rebecca, Jason (the actor who got Kwest), and Chris (Jamie's role) just looked at him with an amused look.

"Um, I'm not too sure if I'm up to it," Jess said, in a slightly defeated tone.

"Please? I know today was a rough day, but I'm sure tonight will take your mind off it," Tanner said while the others just started to stifle their laughter.

"I'll give you a call later letting you know if I will or not," Jess said and hung up the phone.

Chris was the first one to start looking at him as if he were crazy.

"What?" Tanner asked, acting as if he didn't know.

"Stop being oblivious, we all know you're falling for her," Jason said with finality.

"Strangely enough, it sounds to me as if this script is actually coming to life," Rebecca said sarcastically.

"That's because it is life, Jude and Tommy's life, not mine," Tanner said taking some more sips from his water bottle.

"Oh please, you like her, admit it. She's a pretty girl if you ask me, but I never knew you liked girls like her," Chris stated.

"I don't like her like that. She's going through a tough time right now and I'm just trying to be a good friend," Tanner said.

"Yeah, a good friend who can get in her pants," Chris said sarcastically as Tanner just gave him a look.

"I don't even like her like that. Guys, c'mon, she just found out her ex was cheating on her, I'm not the type to go and get her when she's vulnerable," Tanner added.

"Oh, so then you do want to get her when the time is right?" Rebecca rebutted.

"No, but I'm just not that type of guy," Tanner said putting his earbuds in. He was trying to get a feel for Tommy's character, so he had a couple songs on his ipod that Tommy had recorded.

He was currently listening to the first song of his first solo album. It was "Love of My Life" (Carlos Santana), he couldn't help but enjoy the the guitar and the soothing vocals. He could understand why Tommy had chosen this song as the first single. As soon as he had hit the second verse, Tanner saw the scene of Tommy and Jude's kiss in the alley play before his eyes. Once they had reached the hotel, Tanner went straight into his room to get ready for the dinner that night. He had really hoped he'd see Jess there.

Jess was lying down on the couch reading a book when Jude walked by and smacked her head gently with a rolled up magazine. Jess jumped from her position and glared at Jude as she rubbed her head.

"Don't look at me like that," Jude said unrolling the magazine and starting to read it. Jude and Jess just laughed at the irony of the situation and Jude was the first to talk.

"So, you are going to that dinner tonight, right?" Jude said flipping through the magazine.

"I don't know, I just ended things with Ethan today. He actually had the nerve to show up here," Jess said, which had perked Jude's interest. Jude closed the magazine and looked at her daughter with sparked curiosity.

"Please do tell all the details, I gave you life I should know details," Jude said in a sarcastic tone as Jess just laughed at her mom.

"Well, Ethan wanted me to hear him out, but I told him that he didn't need to explain. And then he was trying to get to me with the sweet 'I love you''s and what not, but I just told him that honestly, I was a little glad he had cheated on me. It gave me a real reason to break up with him," Jess said as Jude interrupted right here.

"You were going to break up with him?" Jude asked in astonishment.

"Mom, things weren't working between me and him, we were both on different pages and wanted different things. Why work that out when we'd both be hurting each other in the end?" Jess explained and Jude just nodded. "So I walked away, but get this, Tanner appeared,"

"Tanner, eh?" Jude said, this not shocking her.

"Yeah, and he wasn't threatening Ethan or anything, but he was acting like, like I was his special something to protect, you know what I mean? His gestures were much too calm to be those of a brother or boyfriend or even just friend for that matter. It was something I had never seen before. And I think Dad's actually right about him. I think, Tanner might actually like me, in the way Dad thinks he does," Jess revealed.

"Your Dad is worried about that honey. He just doesn't want you to get hurt," Jude said.

"It's too late for that, Ethan hurt me. He hurt me in the worst way possible. But what has Tanner done? Tanner hasn't done anything, if anything, he's helping me get over Ethan," Jess added.

"Honey, you can't possibly be over Ethan that fast, you just broke up with him today," Jude said trying to be rational.

"I know but Mom, with Tanner around, I'm starting to think that maybe I didn't love Ethan as much as I thought," Jess admitted, looking down at her hands and then back to her mother. Jude had a small grin on her face and then said something.

"So you do like Tanner then?" Jude said slyly.

"Mom, he actually gets me. It's weird, he knows things about me that I don't even know. It's the most confusing thing ever, but I keep finding myself wanting to get to know him more. He's so, I don't know, I can't compare him to Ethan because they are just too different. Ethan was a lot more unstable, but Tanner. I can see he's got his own thoughts that he wants to take care of, he's more understanding and he knows exactly what I want to hear and what I need to hear before I tell him a thing," Jess explained.

"All I'm going to say honey, is remember all the things I told you. Tanner seems like a good guy to me, but your Dad isn't so sure, just be careful," Jude said kissing her daughter on her forehead and getting up. "Oh, you never did answer my question,"

"What?"

"Are you going out to dinner or what?"

Jess nodded the answer to her mom as she decided she'd go and take a nice relaxing bath to help clear her thoughts. While Jess was in the bath room, the doorbell rang and Tommy answered it. Tommy took one look at the boy standing at his door and was just about to slam the door in his face until Jude caught the door before Tommy had the chance.

"Ethan, is there something you need?" Jude asked a little coldly, given Ethan the answer that they both knew what he did.

"Hello Jude and Tom, is Jess around?" Ethan asked trying to be polite.

"That's Mr. and Mrs. Quincy to you," Tommy said harshly.

"She's not available right now," Jude said, her deep cloudy blue eyes becoming icy every moment longer that Ethan was within her eye sight.

"I'm sorry, I guess I'll come back another time," Ethan said ready to turn around but Tommy had one last thing to say.

"I don't think she'll be available for a while Ethan," Tommy said, his point clearly being made. Ethan just nodded and waved goodbye as he walked away.

Jude closed the door and locked it as she walked into the kitchen and started to pour herself some milk. Tommy sat down at the table and just sighed.

"That boy had some nerve coming here like that," Tommy said rubbing his forehead.

"I know, Jess told me he talked to her today. They had quite the break up. Not to mention, Tanner was there," Jude said handing him a glass of milk also as she sat down next to him.

"Tanner? Why was he there, he has nothing to do with this," Jude once again laughed at his reaction.

"He was telling Ethan in the way you told Shay, to stay away from Jess and us. Ironic isn't it? That Tanner happened to have gotten his point across while being able to control himself," Jude said lightly pushing Tommy.

"Don't remind me. I see him Jude. I can see what he's thinking and what he's feeling. It's the same thing I felt with you. He's going to try his hardest to not hurt her, but in the end he just might. I'll give him credit that so far he's being the responsible guy. But it's only been two days since they met, who knows what could happen within the next year," Tommy said taking a sip of his milk.

Just then Jess came out in a pair of nice tight fit jeans, a black Bebe tank top, black flip flops, and her hair dry and a little wavy down, with a natural tone of make up on. Tommy and Jude looked at her for a moment as she walked towards them.

"I'm going out to dinner tonight, do you guys mind if I take the rental?" Jess asked, Jude nodded ok and Jess kissed her mom and dad on the cheek. "I'll be home by 1 at the latest,"

And she grabbed her purse and walked out the door.

Jess was around the corner from the restaurant when she decided she'd give Tanner a little heads up.

"Hello?"

"I've decided to come after all," Jess said, a little optimism in her voice.

"Great, what time do you think you'll be here?" Tanner asked.

"Turn around," Jess said. Tanner turned around and saw her walk up to him. His breath was lost when his eyes found her sight. She was dressed casually, but she looked amazing in his mind. He thought about all the different things they could do together, but he quickly brushed them from his mind when he remembered she was still heartbroken.

"My lady," Tanner said charmingly holding out his arm for Jess to take. Jess just smiled and fake curtsied and took his arm in hers as they entered the restaurant.

The restaurant was filled with crew and cast members from the movie, but there was a table in a corner with Kwest, Jamie, SME, and the actors that played them. Tanner led her over there and Kwest and Jamie both looked at Jess as if to expect Jude and Tommy, but Jess's eyes told them it was just her tonight. They both looked at Tanner suspiciously, Jamie didn't see anything, but Kwest was just like Tommy, and saw the same thing Tommy did.

"So, Jess, have you decided what you are going to order?" Tanner asked.

"Mmm, I think I'll go with a small pepperoni pizza," Jess said scrunching her nose up a little as she took a sip of her water.

"I'll have the same," Tanner said as the waiter took their order.

Everyone else ordered, and they enjoyed getting to know one another. Jess and Rebecca were laughing hysterically at the jokes Jason, Chris and Spiederman were making, Tanner was smiling and chuckling from here and there. Kwest was focused on Tanner, he wanted to make sure he wasn't trying to pull anything with Jess, his god daughter.

The night came to an end, and Kwest was actually delighted with the way Tanner had treated Jess. Tanner treated the way he'd treat a queen, the same way Tommy had treated Jude before any drama had started. Once Jess said good night to everyone, and everyone had started to leave, Jamie came and stood next to Kwest with his hands in his pockets.

"It's like watching Jude and Tommy all over again isn't it?" Jamie asked watching the two say good night, and then Jess drive off.

"Yep, I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad thing though," Kwest said as the two walked away and got into their separate limos to take them to their homes.