Chapter 20
The bus was now on the road to the next destination. The guys were all out on the couches and chairs doing their own thing while Jude was in her room.
"Speed, I am lonely." Jude whined as she peeked out of her room.
"Come out here then." Speed replied as he sat there playing his video game.
"No, I want you to come here. In here, all alone." Jude whined. When Speed looked at her, she gave him her saddest look.
"Sometime I wonder about you." Speed replied as he made his way to Jude.
Once Jude shut the door, she kissed Speed. Wally quickly hooked his laptop up to the printer and printed the card and folded it and put it in the envelope. All of a sudden, Mason's phone rang.
"Mason, this is Sadie. We have a major problem." Sadie said over the phone as soon as Mason accepted the call.
"What is a matter Sadie?" Mason asked.
"Kwest talked with Tommy today. He is back in town, well was. He will be at the hotel tonight around 10 to see Jude. We have got to make sure that he doesn't get to her." Sadie replied.
"Ok, we will come up with a plan; I will call you in the morning with the update. Thanks Sades." Mason said then he hung up.
"Ok, what is the problem? Tommy?" Kyle asked.
"Major Tommy problem. He is back and on his way to see Jude. He will be at the hotel around 10." Mason said.
"Lenny, what time will we be at the hotel?" Wally yelled.
"We can be there by 7:30 earliest if you guys don't have to make any unnecessary stops." Lenny shouted back.
"Ok, no stops, straight to the hotel." Wally replied. "Mason, plan?"
"I am working on it. Do you have internet right now?" Mason asked.
"Yea, here." Wally said as he handed his laptop over.
"Ok, I got it. We are going to get the point across to Tommy that Jude is with Speed. This hotel looks like the perfect one. I was looking under specials and they have this thing called a 'relaxing bubble bath.' We order Jude one, have Speed go look for her at 8, when she will be there. Knowing him, he won't be able to resist Jude in that giant bathtub, big enough for two." Mason explained.
"And?" Kyle asked.
"Well, Speed will join her and we then go into the bedroom and 'decorate' it. We get a couple outfits and throw their clothes all over. We then leave, giving them roughly two to two and a half hours. We play dumb to Tommy. Speed is out and Jude is relaxing in her room. We give him the extra key and go in behind him. Get it?" Mason said.
"Yup! Can you imagine the expression on his face when he finds them?" Wally laughed.
"Totally, good plan Mason. Let's just pray it works and we don't see too much." Kyle added.
That night, they got to the hotel around 7:30. Jude ran ahead to the rooms leaving Speed with her stuff. She laid the envelope on Speed's pillow and then hid so he wouldn't see her when he opened it.
Speed walked in to find the envelope addressed to him. He opened it and pulled out a card. The front was a collage of them and had tabloid headlines say "Jude and Speed hit it off again." He looked at it twice with a huge smile on his face. He then opened it to see a picture of Jude standing there with her arms spread out as far as she could and then read, "I love you this much Vinnie! Your one and only, Jude." He then looked at the back to see the collage continued.
"Do you like?" Jude asked as she jumped on the bed beside him.
"I don't like it." Speed said. He saw Jude's face grow sad. "I love it."
"Really?" Jude asked now with a smile coming back.
"You bet, come here." Speed replied as he pulled Jude on his lap and kissed her.
"Sorry to interrupt, but Speed, we need you for a few." Wally said as he walked in the room.
"Ok, I will be back." Speed said as he got up and gave Jude a quick kiss.
Jude was sitting on the bed watching TV when she heard a knock at the door. She opened it to see two men there.
"You Jude Harrison?" One guy asked.
"Yes, can I help you?" Jude replied.
"We are here to set up your relaxing bubble bath. It said this is a present from Sadie and Kwest. Here is the card. Excuse us." The other guy said.
Jude read the card. It said: Jude, thought you could use some 'you' time and relax. We got you this bubble bath thing. It sounds cool and we are totally jealous. Love you, Kwest and Sadie (mostly Sadie he he). Jude thought, typical Sadie.
"So, did you like your card from Red?" Wally asked.
"Yea, it was awesome. She is something special." Speed replied.
"Glad to hear that, she was so excited about it. She really loves you." Kyle said.
"I know I love her too." Speed replied now a little embarrassed.
"Why don't you go find her?" Mason said.
"I think I will. Later." Speed said as he left.
"Red, where are you?" Speed yelled.
"Bathtub." Jude replied.
"What you doing in here?" Speed asked as he walked in.
"Relaxing, present from Sadie and Kwest." Jude replied.
"Ok, I will let you relax then." Speed said as he started to leave.
"Wait, there is room for two. I bet you could relax too?" Jude said with a slight grin on her face.
"Are you sure? This is your alone time and I don't think Sadie planned for me to join you." Speed replied.
"I don't care what Sadie meant. I want my Vinnie to join me." Jude said with her sad face.
"Well, make room, and don't call me Vinnie again." Speed replied.
Everything was going as planned. At 10:20, Tommy arrived.
"Quincy, what the hell are you doing here?" Wally asked when he 'accidentally' bumped into Tommy in the hall.
"I came to see how things were and see Jude." Tommy replied as he noticed Kyle and Mason just randomly appeared.
"Cool, things are great." Kyle said.
"Where is Jude?" Tommy asked.
"She wanted some relaxing time. Haven't seen her since 8. She is in her room. Want us to let you in and surprise her?" Wally asked.
"I guess, so where is Spiederman?" Tommy replied.
"Don't know, haven't seen him for a while, probably out shopping for pranks. He ran out already." Kyle said.
"Ok." Tommy said as he rolled his eyes and followed the guys.
Wally opened the door and they walked in. The turned on the hall light and Tommy picked up a pair of boxers.
"Whose are these?" Tommy demanded.
"Speed's I think, Jude wears them to bed occasionally. I managed to get mine back." Kyle said.
They kept walking, Tommy noticed the card. He stopped and looked at it. He wanted to rip it up so bad, but he couldn't. Mason dimmed the main lights just enough for them to see. Tommy looked over at the bed to see Speed sitting half up with Jude curled up against him with her head resting on his chest and covers just coming up under her arms. Speed had his arms wrapped around her and was just looking down at her. Tommy was standing where he could see Jude and Speed, but they couldn't see him.
"Sorry dudes." Kyle said as he turned around.
"Yea, mind leaving, this isn't an open party." Speed joked.
"See you in the morning." Wally said as they turned around.
As they walked out, Speed took a second look. He couldn't help but think did I just see Tommy Q. No I couldn't of, he wouldn't be here. He disappeared months ago, but oh well, I have Jude.
"Well, she looked relaxed." Kyle joked as the door shut.
"Yup, should have known." Mason added.
"That doesn't bother you one bit? According to G-Major, they hated each other." Tommy replied.
"They did but Kyle and I fixed it. We are use to finding them like that, it happens many times a week. We just are glad we don't have to break up the fights." Wally said.
"Yea, those fights were killer, Jude maybe small, but she is feisty." Kyle added.
"They were meant for each other." Mason then added.
"Whatever, I will catch up with you guys tomorrow at rehearsals, don't tell them I am here." Tommy said as he disappeared.
"Plan A went just as we wanted it to." Mason said to Kyle and Wally.
