When Sadie threw open the doors to G-major and stormed in, people knew something was wrong. She held the papers tightly under her arm and she carried her clutch in one hand, and cell in the other. Nobody dared to say anything to her as she clacked and slapped up the stairs, her sling backs echoing through the building. She approached his office door and didn't stop to knock; she just barged in and threw the papers down on the desk.
"What the hell Sadie?" he snapped at her as he jerked off his headphones.
"You cheating son of a bitch, how could you? With my own sister, I should have known better!!"
"What are you talking about?" he said as he stood up and pushed his chair backwards.
"The proof is all there! Look at it!" she screamed at him. He picked up the folded papers off his desk and opened them up.
"Tabloids? You're not only reading them, but you believe them?" he asked incredulously.
"How could I not! Everywhere I fucking look today I see Jude. She's on the cover of all of them, screaming about how she loves you! And from the limo I rented no less."
"Oh Bullshit Sadie! 'may be linked to brother-in-law/producer' is not her saying she loved me!"
"Might as well be!" she spat at him, throwing her clutch at his head, but missing.
"Sadie so help me god, I'm going to smack you. You are getting up set at nothing." He said in a freakishly calm voice.
"How can I not believe it when every paper is saying the same thing!" she yelled.
"So you mean to tell me, that every paper has the exact same headline?" he asked her.
"Not word for word of course but it's the same principal."
Tommy walked closer to her and grabbed her tightly by the wrist and started to pull her. He dragged her ass down the stairs and out the doors of G-major to the news stand that was around the corner. When they got there, they both just stood there in silence, gazing at the articles of paper in front of them. Finally Tommy spoke, "Mason, Darius, Speid, Me, and 'mystery man,'" he said giving Sadie an emotionless look.
"Don't talk to me," was all he said as he started to walk away.
"But Tom, I'm sorry! I just saw them and it made me so angry, and I didn't mean to imply they were all about you-"
"But you did Sadie!! You did mean to!" He said as he kept walking.
"I'm your wife Tom," Sadie said to him. He stopped and turned around to look at her.
"That's right, you are, I'm just sad to see you don't know how to act like one. Jude's my artist Sadie, I'm her producer, but first, she's my friend. I have known her longer then you… you shouldn't try to fuck with that relationship, whether you like it or not" Tom walked inside G-major, leaving Sadie standing there, on the street.

Tom crept quietly into her apartment and shut the door behind him. He slipped off his shoes, threw the tabloids on the coffee table and tiptoed into Jude's room quietly. He set the Starbucks he had brought her on the nightstand, and slightly pulled back the covers that were over her head. Her golden hair was stuck to her face lightly where she had been laying on it. Her makeup was somewhat smeared on her face and under her eyes, but she slept with a sweet look of satisfaction. He smiled lovingly at her, his eyes radiating with happiness as he gazed upon her sleeping form. He wanted to touch her, but was almost afraid to with how fragile she looked just then laying in the bed. He gently walked around to the other side of the bed and slid in as softly as he could. His arm found its way around her body, cradling her. Eventually she sensed the presence of another person in her sleep and began to cuddle up against him. Tom had no intention of going to sleep, as he twirled her hair between his fingers and studied the texture of her soft skin. But eventually her deep breathing passed onto him and he found himself dozing off.
He woke an hour or two later to the sound of the shower running and Jude's voice echoing against the tile. He got up and wondered into the bathroom, shedding his clothes.
"How you gonna say you're never gonna leave me lonely?"
He heard the words and just leaned against the wall and just listened, comprehending the words as she sang them.
"How you gonna say you're never gonna walk away?
Knowing that you'd break me if you ever say goodbye"
He closed his eyes and rested his head against the wall, enjoying her voice, but feeling her pain.
"So you keep on telling me that everything will be alright,
And it's a beautiful lie."
Tommy felt the tears start to form in his eyes, he didn't lie to her, at least he felt like he wasn't. Everything was going to be ok between them, it wasn't a lie. He was going to make sure that in some way or another everyone would be happy with the outcome. He opened the shower door and snuck in there with her. She turned around, and gave him a sympathetic look when she saw his red, teared up eyes.
She wrapped her arms around him and held him close. She knew that this was hard for him just like it as hard for her. Tom had emotions to, he had a heart, and he knew that every time he walked out that door he hurt Jude. That killed him inside, the thought of him making her cry, keeping her up at night, causing her heartache. He buried his head in her neck, smelling her freshly washed hair. She just wrapped her arms around him tighter and held him, trying to make his pain go away, and not caring in the slightest about herself. Tom let go of her and kissed her on the forehead.
"I'm so sorry Jude, I'm so sorry…" he whispered over and over to her as he cupped her beautiful face in his hands.
"It's ok baby, you know how I get sometimes…I love you"
"I love you too"

They showered and got out, Jude felt better after, her hangover only slightly bad. She wrapped herself up in her chenille rob ran her hand over and over its silkiness. She went out and sat down next to Tom who was reading the paper on the sofa. He closed the paper and put it down, turning towards her.
"Something's come up, it isn't a big deal and there is no freaking out allowed ok?
"Um, ok" she said as she looked at him worriedly. He picked up the paper and handed it to her cover side down. She slowly flipped it over and placed in on her lap. He noticed her expression change from good to bad, as she slightly ran her finger over the picture of her self hanging out the top of the limo. She stared at for a moment longer before she covered her face with her hands.
"Baby, it's ok, no freaking remember…" he said as he rubbed her back.
"I know" she said through her hands, "Please say this is the only one?" She looked at him and her face fell further, "There's more? How many more?"
"Almost every paper in town has you on the front. But, there is a but, the good thing is almost every one says you are talking about someone different, only about 2 or 3 have me on it…the rest is made up."
"Why did you let me act like Tommy? God why did I let my self act like that, I'm so so stupid…I should have known somebody would see me!"
"Baby don't say that…" he said as he wrapped his arms around her. She let the paper fall to the floor and she cuddled up against him.
"Has Sadie seen this?" she asked as she fiddled with a button on his shirt.
"She's the one that told me," he said.
"How did that go over?"
"She threw her purse at me, but then I caught her in a lie, so we're even." Jude sat up and placed a hand on his chest, "Threw her purse at you?" she asked.
"She missed," he said with a smile. He leaned in and kissed her gently. Her lips parted to accept his sweetly, as she felt that the back of his neck was still lightly wet from their shower.
"D will take care of this ok?" She just nodded her head.
"Look I know this is tough for you, and you don't need anymore stress on your plate right now baby, but I'm here for you. And together we are so strong."
"What about Sadie, she thinks something now doesn't she?"
"It doesn't matter what Sadie thinks, she's leaving again soon anyways. I set her straight though Jude, she is not going to come between us. You know I can't deny the relationship I have with her, but when it comes to you and me, baby it's just you and me. She is not in our relationship, and she doesn't control it either. You and I control it…ok?" she nodded and he tilted her head up to look at him.

"I know that I put myself in the wrong situation when I married Sadie, she wasn't the one I should have been marrying that day. It should have been you. You know that and I know that…and I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart. That doesn't change the fact that I do care about Sadie, and I don't like to tell you that, I know it hurts you and you don't understand, but Sadie is good to me and to screw over someone who is good to you, and never hurt you, is not the right thing to do. When the time is right, some sort of action will be taken ok?" Tom sighed and rubbed his hand through his hair…
"I just don't want to hurt anyone Jude; I don't want to be the cause of anyone's pain. I know right now with you I can make it better…but if I leave Sadie I can't fix that, I can't make her accept it and feel the same way."
"Tom, I understand." He thought he heard her say she understood but he wasn't sure.
"What?" he asked. She giggled quietly, "I said I understand, Sadie is my sister and I don't want to see her hurt. I am wonderful for right now and in the near future, as long as I have you, sitting right here beside me, I'm perfect"