Well at first I thought that this was going to be the last chapter, then I realized that it would be chapter thirteen. And I know that it is stupid and superstitious but I really don't want to end on that number because then this story will be doomed along with any others I decide to write to fail miserably.

So sorry for the long wait as well I feel absolutely terrible. Thank you so much for the reviews, I have almost finished typing up the last chapter as well so you hopefull shouldn't have to wait more than a couple of days for me to post it.

Here goes…

Chapter 13 – Is This How It's Meant To Be?

'Okay'

He did a double take, but he was sure she had said it. Okay. She was coming back, he had to try to suppress the excitement so as not to wake Emi up, and he had to look a big man in front of Jude.

He woke to his alarm, signaling to him that he had to be heading to the airport. He smiled at the blonde hair spread over his chest and looked into the eyes of Jude as she smiled to him. He realized that they must have fallen asleep talking because they were a tangle of limbs over the couch. His arms were wrapped tightly around her torso, pulling her body into his, she quietly laced her fingers with his. She felt so safe around him, and he felt so content just holding her in his arms. Whilst they were lying there in the silence he took a few seconds to mull over how lucky he was that he had even found her, that she was talking to him, that she was here with him now. He didn't deserve her, after all that he had done, there was no way that she should be lying there in his arms now, but she was.

He wanted to lie there forever or at least for a little bit longer, but he knew that couldn't happen, they had a plane to catch; they had to get back to Toronto as soon as possible, to her family, to their friends. He leant over her face and kissed her softly until she started to deepen it. Realizing that she was now awake he had to fight with himself to pull away. She smiled up to his face.

'I could wake up to that every morning.' She yawned, her voice heavy with sleep.

'I wouldn't mind.' He reasoned. 'But we got a plane to catch Rockstar.'

She was nervous, truth be told and, well it was going to be weird. She asked Tommy if it would at least be okay for her to go and see Rob just so she could say goodbye. He had been reluctant but he realized that if he wanted to stay on Jude's good side he would have to let her say goodbye to her ex-boyfriend. He knew that if she said goodbye it would mean that she was really coming home with him, really.

Jude picked up Emi, whose eyes were still extremely heavy with sleep and carried her carefully and gently to the car, Tommy smiled at the sight before eagerly following and letting Jude direct him to where she had been staying.

'Babe, where you been?' Rob questioned worried and angry.

'I'm going home.' She blurted out quickly. When he looked at her confused, she added more. 'Back to Canada.' She motioned to Tommy in the car.

'I was going to ask you to marry me you know?' he asked sadly. She stood there, to stunned to process anything, she couldn't believe it, he wanted to marry her, her. Only the person he knew wasn't her. 'Um…the offer still stands if you…' he trailed off.

She smiled sadly and he knew he was about to get his heart broken. 'I'm sorry.' She started. 'I have to go back, I don't belong here, I don't belong with you.' She sighed sadly. 'I have to leave.'

She turned quickly and walked to the car without turning to look back, not wanting to see the hurt look on his face, not wanting to be responsible. She told Tommy everything that Rob had said and if it was possible he looked even more stunned than she had. He wanted to make some remark about her loving him, but she needed him to be there for her now, and he was going to be, he loved her. Eventually he couldn't keep quiet any longer.

'You really loved him then?' he asked afraid of what he might hear.'

'I told him that I did.' She sighed. 'But after I thought about it I realized that there was always something else. We just weren't right for each other, and seeing you again made me realize I couldn't pretend to be what I wasn't.'

'Why?'

'You know exactly why?'

'Yeah' he smiled. She saw the grin and leaned over to kiss him on the cheek, he smiled and turned his head at the last minute capturing her lips before quickly refocusing on the road. The rest of the drive was in silence but they could feel the mutual love radiating from the vehicle.

Emi felt a bit uncomfortable sat in the back of the car but she didn't really understand what was going on, so she closed her eyes and went back to sleep. When she woke on the plane she could tell that Jude was so very obviously nervous and when Tommy left to go to the bathroom she decided to try and comfort her. She climbed from her seat in between the two and clambered haphazardly into her lap wrapping her arms around her. At first Jude was taken aback but she quickly hugged the child back feeling oddly more relaxed. Quickly they fell asleep. When Tommy came back he didn't have the heart to wake them so he stuck his headphones in his ears and watched a movie. When the seatbelt sign pinged on he gently shook them awake and told them to buckle up. Emi had always been scared of landing in a plane and she grabbed and squeezed Jude's hand in comfort, Jude truthfully wasn't the best person to look for to comfort, she was deathly scared herself. Tommy squeezed her shoulder and a couple of hours later they found themselves seated in a cab.

Emi returned to sleep quickly and Tommy looked at her once again with pride, she was so beautiful. He then draped his arms over Jude's shoulders, trying to offer her some semblance of comfort. She leant into his chest and looked up at him a smile playing across her lips. He could tell what she was thinking; three years he hadn't given a damn about her and now he really wanted to be with her, she was shocked at the sudden change. He leant in and kissed her, taking away all of her reservations and asking her the unanswered question; are they together? As the pulled away she smiled and her smile was infectious, he couldn't help but smile back. 'Yeah we are.'

The rest of the drive wasn't particularly exciting; it was executed in complete silence bar the slight snore from Emi. It was spent with Tommy occasionally squeezing on her hand, or kissing her cheek. He was so loving, she had never realized just how caring he was before, in fact it was hard to believe he was the same guy that she fell for almost three years ago.

Her heart was racing and she really needed Tommy to calm her down as the pulled up in front of the Harrison household…