Author's Note: Alright, I know I said I had this all outlined-and I do-but the story as a whole won't be as long as I would like it to be. It would only be pretty long is I dragged it out-which I don't think would be appreciated. Hahah. Anyways, so this story will only be a few chapters but I hope you think it's a good few chapters.

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Blueberry Blue

Jude walked back into her apartment and sighed, dropping her stuff on the floor. Tommy came into view and smiled at her, "How'd it go?"

Jude shrugged, "Alright I guess. He found some of Paul's old stuff." Jude placed the picture of her and Reid at the lake on one of the bedside tables in their bedroom. Tommy looked at it and bit his lip. He didn't know what to think about it, Jude wanted a picture of her and another guy happy, sitting next to where they slept every night, but he was just a friend, right?

Tommy shook these thoughts away and turned back to Jude, "So you're alright?" Jude nodded, "Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"

Tommy shrugged, "I don't know. Anything could've happened." Jude laughed, "Yeah, but nothing did happen so you're all good."

Tommy smiled and pulled her close, kissing and nibbling on her neck. Jude smiled and kissed him but then pushed him away. "I'm tired, I think I'm gonna go to bed."

Tommy sighed but nodded and let her go. Sometimes he felt like he was second best to her, he just didn't know what her number one was; or who.

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Jude woke up and turned to Tommy; she smiled and kissed him softly. Tommy stirred and slowly opened his eyes. He looked at Jude and smiled, "Good morning beautiful."

Jude smiled "Good morning hottie of mine." Tommy chuckled and leaned in to kiss her. Jude smiled but pulled away, "Let me brush my teeth." Tommy nodded and watched her slip out of bed and skip into the bathroom; he looked at the clock and scrunched his eye brows. It was seven in the morning.

'Jude's never up this early, at least not without an alarm clock; and she's never happy about it.' Tommy thought. Jude trotted back into the bedroom and started to pull out some clothes. Tommy sighed and went into the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face. He started the shower and peeked out into the bedroom again. Jude was pulling on some jeans. "Are you going to take a shower?" Jude shook her head, "No, I took a shower last night before I fell asleep. I'm going to head over to the studio. I need to talk to John."

Tommy smirked, "Well you could take a shower with me if you wanted to. The offer's always there, especially for you." Jude smiled and walked over to kiss him softly on the lips.

Tommy smiled and held her close, hoping she'd take him up on his offer. Ever since Reid's death she's been absent. Their life before it they were perfect, and they would always be perfect-but now. Not so much.

Jude gently pushed Tommy away, "I need to get going."

Tommy sighed, "Jude, when are you going to be with me again?"

Jude froze. She had bent over to pick up her bag so she could leave but that hit her hard. "You're telling me, that after everything that's been going on lately, you are pushing me to sleep with you?!"

Tommy's eyes shot open, "No! Jude! God, no. All I meant was just how absent you've been lately! It's like you don't want to be with me half the time!! Why don't you just end it?!"

Jude dropped her head and let a few tears slide down her cheeks, she did nothing to hold them back. She nodded her head, letting his last remark hang in the air. She picked up her bag and silently left the room, and the apartment. She drove to G-Major, the tears still falling from her eyes but no sobs were coming through her mouth.

Jude made it to the studio and walked into Studio C. She saw John looking at a long piece of paper, his eyebrows knotted together in deep thought. Jude cleared her throat and wiped away the tears, hoping John wouldn't notice.

John heard her and smiled slightly, but Jude knew he was forcing it-like he knew she had been crying. "Jude, what's wrong? What happened?"

He immediately stood and walked to her side. He wrapped her arms around her and Jude let herself be engulfed in his arms. After a few minutes of comforting silence Jude pulled away. She looked into John's brown eyes and thought about just how different he and Tommy were. They were both completely different but they both made her feel the same. Tommy and John both hurt her terribly but she still stood by their side when they were ready for her.

John hooked a finger under her chin and smiled. "You want I should kick some ass?"

Jude chuckled and looked away, biting her lip. She finally turned back to John but saw Tommy. She smiled, but then John's face passed through. She continued to smile; she didn't want to think about the facts but she had too.

She was being selfish. John wanted to be with her and she wanted to be with Tommy, but she didn't want to lose John. Just the thought of anyone else having him made her skin crawl. She knew she'd been neglecting Tommy recently and she just played it off as dealing with Reid's death but the truth was, she was confused.

She felt like Juliet. John was her Romeo; and Tommy was her Paris. Romeo was banished and left Juliet, just like John had left Jude when he got put away. Jude never thought she'd move on from him. In the play, was Paris such a bad guy? He just loved Juliet with all his heart and died because of it. If Juliet hadn't of been so headstrong about Romeo she could've been happy with Paris. She never gave him the chance.

Jude gave Tommy a chance. Many chances. That was the difference between her and the young, dead, heroine.

John gently lowered his head to meet hers. And that's when Jude knew she needed to decide. Does Juliet want her Romeo back? Or can she live without him?

Before she had a chance to decide John pulled away and rubbed a hand over his eyes and face, frustrated. "Why?!"

Jude jumped and looked at him, "Why what?"

John turned around and kicked a chair, not hard, but hard enough to startle Jude. "Why am I so drawn to you? All this time, wasted. When I got put away, I expected to forget you and move on, but no! You still hold me in your hands, like putty."

Jude looked offended, "What?!"

John looked up, "I'm not kidding. I am actually quite serious. You can do anything you want with me, it's disgusting."

Jude definitely looked offended now, "Excuse me? You make it seem like I lead you on and then shoot you down!! Like I put on some fake exterior just to hurt you!"

John instantly regretted what he said, he looked sorrowful and walked over to Jude and took her hands in his. "No, no Cherry, no. That's not what I meant; what I meant was me scolding myself, not you. I'm sorry, it came out wrong. I don't think any less of you than I did all those years ago, when I was able to hold you in my arms and appreciate you."

Jude lowered her head and let a few tears fall. "I just came to talk. Can we just forget whatever baggage we have and be there for each other?"

John nodded and wrapped his arms around her; Jude was comforted and felt safe. They walked over to one of the seats and John lowered them into it, pulling Jude effortlessly into his lap and against his chest.

Jude briefly closed her eyes and just thought.

John rocked back and forth slowly, "So tell me what happened…" He murmured.

Jude took a deep breath and closed her eyes tighter, "Juliet needs to pick between Romeo and Paris and she's confused."

John stopped rocking and looked down at her, "What?"

Jude shook her head, "Nothing. I've been kind of distant from Tommy and he's feeling lost. He asked why I didn't just end things and I couldn't give him a reason; but then again, I wouldn't be able to give a reason to not end things either."

John knit his eyebrows together, "So, Tommy's giving you crap. You can't decide between him and…me? And you don't know why you're with him but you don't know why you can't leave him either."

Jude nodded. "It makes no sense."

John sighed and started rocking back and forth again, Jude snuggled closer. "It sounds to me like love, Cherry. I know you love me, but I know you love him too. That's the issue here."

Jude sighed and stood; she got up to brush herself off and then grabbed her bag.

John stood and looked at her, "Are you sure this is what you want?"

Jude shook her head, "Juliet needs to give Paris another chance-a chance to exceed Romeo."

John smiled, knowing he was the Romeo, "So you're going to talk to Tommy?"

Jude shook her head, "Sadie."

John nodded and kissed her cheek, "Call me later; I want to make sure you're okay."

Jude nodded and walked out. John looked over at the legal document that he has yet to show to Jude. He shook his head and ran a hand through his hair, once again frustrated with what he was hiding from her.

"Reid, what did you get yourself into?" He asked the ceiling.

Looking out the window, he realized that at that moment…

…it started to rain.