---Cherry Red---Chapter Nine---
John and Jude were sitting in Darius' office again the next morning. Jude let go of John's hand so he can sign the contract. Jude then signed it as the witness. Darius smiled and signed on behalf of G-Major. "Welcome to the team John." John smiled and shook hands with Darius and then turned to Jude, he picked her up around the waist and spun her around. "Thank you so much!" Jude smiled, "No, this was all you." John shrugged and put her back down on the ground.
They exited the office and then second they were in the privacy of the studio John pulled her into a bruising kiss. Jude smiled but pulled away, "I need to go John, write some new stuff and I'll talk to you a little later." Jude quickly kissed his cheek and grabbed her pocketbook and walked out of G-Major. She got into her Mustang and went home, her actual home, not the rehearsal space. This was something she needed Sadie for.
Jude walked into the house and called out for Sadie, "Sades, I need help." Sadie came down the stairs with a curling iron hanging from her hair. "What's up Jude, got another hot date with John?" Jude looked at her, "How'd you find out?" Sadie rolled her eyes, "First of all, I'm your sister so you should have talked to me already. I loved Paul too. Second, he's the new artist of G-Major and I'm the receptionist, I usually know things before you do…" Sadie decided to leave out the fact that Tommy came to talk to her about it.
Jude rolled her eyes, "Whatever, anyway I don't have a date with John, I actually have a date with Tommy. A real date so I need your help."
Sadie smiled at her sister, "Alright, let me just finish my hair and I'll help you out." Jude smiled and walked into the kitchen for some coffee while Sadie finished up her hair.
Jude sipped the last of her coffee and was about to get a muffin when Sadie appeared. "Finally." Jude said as she put the muffin back on the plate. Sadie smiled and flipped her hair, "Perfection takes time. Speaking of time, what time is Tommy gonna pick you up?"
Jude shrugged, "I think he said seven, but he's gonna pick me up at the rehearsal space." Sadie nodded, and smiled. "Well let's go upstairs, I'm a bridesmaid in my friend Angela's wedding and it's a summer wedding. You can wear my dress, she just sent it over. It's beautiful." Jude smiled and nodded, following Sadie up the stairs and into her room. Jude looked to Sadie's closet and saw a dress bag hanging from the top of the door. Sadie walked over and unzipped it. Jude smiled, it was perfect.
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The skirt ended right about her knees and it was black; it was a soft, silk like material. The shirt dipped a little in the center, making a very slight v-neck. The material of the shirt was a pale yellow color and bunched up to make a stripe like effect. Then there was a black jacket to match the skirt, it was three quarter sleeves with a wrap around breast and a big bow on the side to tie it together. Jude smiled and twirled around in Sadie's full length mirror. She loved the way it fit. Jude smiled and smoothed out the imaginary wrinkles in it. She turned to Sadie, "I love it." Sadie smiled, "Good, I liked it too. I thanked god that Angela wasn't one of those brides who picks out horrible dresses for the bridal party to make her seem more beautiful." Jude laughed and looked at the clock. "I have an hour and a half." She told Sadie.
"Alright, so hang the dress up and get in the shower. I'll do your hair and make up when you get out." Jude nodded and took off the dress, putting it back in the dress bag and hanging it on the door. She slipped on her robe and grabbed a towel and went to take her shower.
Sadie walked down the stairs and picked up the muffin that Jude was going to eat before. She wrapped it in a little towel and walked up the stairs with it. She set it on the vanity and started pulling out the make up that she knew Jude would like and heated up the curling iron and straightening iron. She then relaxed on the bed and pulled out a magazine, thinking about what the night held in store for her baby sister.
Jude exited the bathroom when she finished her shower and walked into Sadie's room. Sadie smiled at her and handed her the muffin. "In case you don't like the food at the restaurant, eat this." Jude smiled and took a bite out of the chocolate chocolate chip muffin and moaned, "You made these? They're so good." Sadie smiled, "I can cook and bake, but can't sing; you can sing, but can't cook or bake. We level each other out." Jude smiled at Sadie and nodded.
She sat herself down at the vanity and let Sadie work her magic with her now wet hair.
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Sadie twirled her hair up behind her head and stuck a few pale yellow flowers in it. Sadie just happened to have a lot of accessories for hair and stuff. Sadie blew out her bangs and then straightened them so they had that glossy look to them.
Jude smiled at her reflection once Sadie was done. Sadie spun the chair so Jude could face her. She then grabbed the eye liner and instructed Jude to closer her eyes. Jude closer her eyes and softly took the last bite of her muffin. Sadie laughed and wiped the crumbs from her sister's mouth. Jude smiled and tried to contain her laugher as Sadie applied the eye liner. She then took some yellow colored eye shadow and then some shimmer over that. The yellow really made her blue eyes stand out. Sadie then put some foundation on her face and then a very light, natural colored, blush on her cheeks. Jude smiled and thanked Sadie. "Ah, ah, ah, not so fast. Pucker up missy." Jude laughed and dramatically pursed he lips so Sadie could apply some nude lip stick and then a lighter colored gloss over it. Jude smiled and took the lips stuff and put it in her pocketbook; a black clutch Sadie had let her borrow. Jude threw in some money, her phone, the lip stick and lip gloss, and she turned to Sadie. "I need anything else?" She asked doing a quick turn. Sadie smiled, "One more thing." She took some brown mascara out of her jeans pocket and put some one Jude quickly. She then threw it in her bag and smiled. "Well little sister, I think you're ready."
Jude smiled, thanked Sadie and was about to walk out the door when the suddenly turned around. She grabbed a small notepad and a pencil and told Sadie with a smile, "You never know when inspiration will come." Sadie laughed and pushed her sister out of the house. Jude got into her car and started over to the rehearsal space. Jude opened to door to just find Matt, John, Reid, Brooke, and Sasha all sitting on the couch. "Where's everyone else?" she asked. John shrugged, "We sent them out."
Jude looked confused, "Why?" John shrugged. "I figured you wouldn't want everyone here when you go on your big date…" Matt answered. Jude laughed, "Why not have everyone; you three are enough to scare him away." Reid laughed, "You don't have to go on this date if you don't want to. I will be perfectly content to take you out Cherry." Reid said with a laugh. He leaned in to kiss her cheek but Jude pulled away, "Don't; touching the make-up is a big no-no." She said. Reid laughed but backed away anyway.
Jude sat down between Matt and John, John wrapped and arm over her shoulders, "You look beautiful Cherry Red." Jude smiled. "Thanks John." They heard the roaring of an engine come to a stop so Jude looked out the window and saw Tommy getting out of his viper. He was in black dress pants, a white button up shirt with the top few buttons undone and a white beater under it. He pulled his sunglasses off his nose and hooked them in his shirt. Jude smiled and started toward the door. "I'm gonna go meet him. Bye guys."
"Bye!" they all chorused.
"Be back by 11!" Matt yelled, his older brother instincts coming into play.
"Use protection!" Brooke yelled after her, shooting a look of dominance toward Matt and sticking out her tongue. Matt looked horror stricken, "You don't think she'd sleep with him do you?"
John looked content with himself and confidante that she is his and will always be his, "No, she wouldn't. It's just a date." Matt seemed satisfied with the answer so he turned back to the tee vee. "Well then let's play, I will so kick your ass in Madden." John laughed and picked up a controller.
Jude was walking down the stairs when she was greeted by her prince. Tommy stopped at the bottom of the stairwell when he heard her coming down and his jaw was now on the floor. "Jude, you look…amazing." He breathed. Jude smiled and did a little pose, "Thanks, you looked pretty amazing yourself there Quincy." Jude walked down the remainder of the stairs. Tommy leaned in and kissed her softly. Jude smiled, "So, where are we going?"
Tommy smiled and rested his forehead against hers, "That nice little Italian place down on Carvington Street, Il Terrazzo Carmine." Jude smiled, "I've always wanted to go there." Tommy smiled and kissed her, "Well, I'm glad."
Tommy took her hand as they walked toward the car. Tommy gently tugged on her hand so she fell towards him and he nuzzled her neck, "You really do look beautiful Jude." He said into her hair. Jude just smiled, blushing a little bit.
They pulled up to the restaurant and Tommy gingerly kissed her knuckles and smiled at her before getting out of the car and running to her side to open the door for her. Jude smiled as she took his hand, getting out of the Viper. They walked into the restaurant and were immediately seated. Jude smiled the whole time. They ordered and got their drinks. Tommy never once let go of her hand over the table.
Feeling flirtatious Jude slipped her bare foot out of her heel and started running it along Tommy's leg. He smiled but never lost his composure and continued on conversing with her. Jude then felt his own foot tickling her ankles. She giggled a little bit and blushed. This was turning out to be a perfect night.
Jude pushed the plate away from her when she was halfway done. "That was so good." She declared. Tommy looked at her, "You didn't even finish. And if you love it so much then that is quite odd, especially for you." Jude laughed, "Well Sadie advised me to eat a muffin before coming in case I didn't like the food, and that was a good muffin." Tommy laughed, "I thought you said you've always wanted to come here?" Jude laughed, "I did, but you never told me where we were going. Hell, I was even worried if I was over dressed or not." Tommy just continued smiling, "Well I would hope that if you didn't like the food then you would tell me and we could go somewhere else." Jude smiled, "Well, no need now. I loved the food; I just don't want to gain twenty pounds if I continue eating, which I would love to. This is amazing food." She took one last bite and smiled at Tommy. "See?" Tommy laughed and continued eating his food; he didn't have a muffin before the date.
Jude laughed and wiped some of the ice cream from their ice cream and brownie off Tommy's face. "Babe, you are one messy eater." Tommy just smirked but kept his dirty comments to himself. Tommy picked up a little brownie and ice cream onto his fork and went to feed it to Jude but he wiped it on her cheek instead, "Looks like you are too baby." Before Jude could yell at him or wipe it off Tommy leaned over the table and kissed it away. Jude smiled and looked at him; they both leaned forward at the same time and shared a sweet, loving kiss. There was nothing lustful, or demanding, or pushy about it. Jude two people who were in love, kissing. Jude smiled when they pulled away and licked her lips, she could still taste the vanilla ice cream.
Tommy and Jude were now taking a walk in the city. They just decided to walk around. Jude noticed a lot of people staring at them, probably because they were Tommy Quincy and Jude Harrison and they were both in formal wear. Tommy was holding Jude's hand as they talked about nothing in particular but yet they never seemed to have nothing to talk about. Jude started to have a weird feeling that someone was watching them…more particularly, her. She kept looking over her shoulder but saw no one.
Tommy saw Jude look over her shoulder and then walk closer to him, he wrapper his arm over her shoulders and kissed the top of her head. "Something wrong Girl?"
Jude looked up at him, "What? No, no…"
Tommy gave her a disbelieving look, "C'mon Girl. What's going on?" Jude leaned into him some more, "Nothing, I just don't want this night to end." Tommy smiled, satisfied and kissed her forehead.
Tommy looked around and realized where they were, "We can cut through this alleyway here; it will bring us right to the car. You wanna see a movie?"
Jude smiled and nodded, pulling herself closer to Tommy. Suddenly someone grabbed her shoulders and pulled her away from Tommy. She felt herself being shoved against the brick wall and the person holding her arms so she couldn't move. She heard the impact of a fist on a face and next thing she knows she was free. She looked down and even in the dark she could make out the face of her attacker. "Tommy, Tommy stop! Let him go!!"
Tommy stopped punching the man long enough to look up at Jude, "Jude, this guy was attacking you!" Jude jogged over to them and pulled Tommy off the guy. She looked down at her now ripped dress and the strap on her shirt was ripped to. "Tommy, it's…"