The final chapter. The end. This is it. All or nothing. I'm feeling a bit sad. I will try to make this the best chapter yet!
Jude was in a deep slumber. She got in late the night before, Kwest and Tommy kept her at the studio to finish Soft Spoken and then they treated her with a cupcake.
"I don't wanna wake her," Speed said.
"But you have to, if we're gonna get her out of here in time," Wally said.
"Morning starshine, the earth says hello," Speed said, tapping Jude. She turned over and smiled.
"Oh, you're not Johnny Depp," she said, frowning.
"Hey!" Speed exclaimed.
"You're even better," she said, kissing him on the cheek.
"Well, guess what we have," Speed said, sitting up.
"What?" Jude asked.
"J-shaped pancakes straight from your mom!" Kyle said, walking in with the plate of pancakes. Victoria followed in along with Sadie and Stuart.
"Mom, dad, Sadie!" Jude exclaimed.
"Happy birthday Jude!" everyone exclaimed.
"Awh, thanks guys," Jude said smiling. It was nice that they were all there for her, but she wanted to just be with Speed all day.
After Jude was done eating, the room cleared out.
"We're gonna let Speed spend some time with you," Kyle said, laughing.
"Thank you Vin. I know you had something to do with this," Jude said.
"I did. It was either have you go over there in the morning or have them come over," Speed said.
"Well thank you. Now what are we doing today?" Jude asked. Speed faked a sad face. Well he was sad, but inside he was bursting. It was so hard to keep this a secret from Jude.
"What's wrong?" Jude asked. She fell for it.
"I have to go back to the studio. Something went wrong and they only have your vocals for Soft Spoken," Speed said.
"Can't you do it tomorrow?" Jude asked.
"I would if I could babe. Kwest doesn't even have time. He's got other stuff to do today and this is making him fall behind," Speed said.
"But its my birthday," Jude said, tears filling her eyes. She wasn't making this easy for him.
"Look, Tommy and Wally are gonna be with you all day. I told them to do whatever you want," Speed said.
"But I want to spend my day with you," Jude said.
"Babe, look, this shouldn't take all day. I'll be back with you as soon as I can, I promise," Speed said.
"This is worse than last year's birthday," Jude said.
"Don't say that Jude. I won't be gone all day. And we have the whole day tomorrow ahead of us," Speed said.
"But I wanted to spend today with you," Jude said.
"I'm sorry okay! What do you want me to do? Not record this song? Because right now its just another Jude Harrison single," Speed said. He immediately knew he said the wrong thing.
"No I didn't mean it like that," Speed said.
"No I know what you meant. I'm gonna go shower," Jude said. Speed sighed. He didn't think it would be this hard.
"What's wrong with her?" Kyle asked.
"She's upset," Speed said.
"Well let her know that she's gonna be having the best day ever," Kyle said.
"How can I tell her that without telling her that I'm lying about recording today?" Speed asked.
"I don't know. But figure out something, soon," Kyle said.
"I'll be right back," Speed said, walking into the bathroom.
"Jude, I'm sorry I can't spend your birthday with you. If there was a way I could be with you all day, I would. Trust me, I would. I love you," Speed said.
"I love you too. So you should know how much this sucks," Jude said.
"Look, when I'm done tonight, I'll spend as much time as I can before someone calls us in to work. Which should be a while because I told them that I was spending at least one day with you," Speed said.
"Alright. This still sucks, but I can live with it," Jude said.
"Good. Now hurry up, Tommy's gonna be here any minute," Speed said.
When Jude got out of the shower, Tommy, Speed, and Kyle were sitting on her bed.
"And here she is!" Tommy said, hugging her.
"Hey, she's in a towel!" Speed exclaimed.
"Oh, right. Well I'll let you change," Tommy said, leaving. Kyle sat around and realized that Jude was about to change.
"Oh, right. See ya later," Kyle said, running out.
"When are you leaving?" Jude asked.
"Right after you leave," Speed said.
"Why can't I come with you?" Jude asked.
"Kwest specifically said 'no Jude,'. I get distracted when you're around," Speed said.
"Fine," Jude said.
She got dressed and left without a fuss.
"Operation Happy Birthday Jude is now ready to commence," Speed said to Wally.
"What?" Wally asked.
"Begin. Its time to start it," Speed said, laughing. As soon as they were sure Tommy, Jude, and Kyle were gone for good, they began moving the furniture.
"Okay, everyone, you know what your jobs are right?" Speed asked.
"Yep," Jude's parents and Sadie said.
"Alright, now its time for us to go pick up my gift," Speed said.
"Wait, Vincent, is her car ready for me to pick up?" Stuart asked.
"It should be. You should go now, so its here when she gets here," Speed said.
"What'd you get her?" Wally asked.
"Well you know how she's been looking all over for her ring all week?" Speed asked.
"Yeah, did you take it?" Wally asked.
"And got something engraved in it," Speed said.
"Are you asking her to marry you?" Wally asked.
"No, well not now. Maybe, in a few years," Speed said, smiling slightly.
"Wow, Vin Spiederman, thinking for the future," Wally said.
"Yeah. I just, really like her. Like, love her. More than any other girl I've ever dated," Speed said.
"You really must. This is the guy who was always like, whatever will be, will be," Wally said.
Speed just smiled and started driving to the jewelry store.
"Tommy, please can I go home? I'm having a miserable time. I miss Speed," Jude complained.
"Jude you can do whatever you want, buy whatever you want, eat whatever you want. This day is about you," Tommy said.
"I want Sushi with Speed on top of the roof. I told him that that's what I wanted from him," Jude said.
"Jude, stop being so difficult. You will have fun and you will like it!" Kyle said, grabbing Jude's hand. They took her to race go-karts play arcade games, and play laser tag.
"Guys, where are you?" Speed asked at around 7. Everyone was at the apartment, waiting for Jude to arrive.
"Jude's exchanging her tickets for prizes. She had a lot of fun. We made her stop complaining about being without you," Kyle said.
"Well we need her here now. Everyone's here," Speed said, hanging up.
"Jude, Speed's home!" Kyle said.
"Really?! Let's leave now!" she exclaimed, grabbing her two stuffed moose. (Moose, mooses, moosi, meese…whatever is the plural)
"Holy sheeball is that my car?!" Jude asked when they pulled up to the apartment.
"It looks like it," Kyle said.
"Yes the shagging-wagon has gotten even cooler!" Jude said. Tommy gave her a look.
"Its just a name, I've never actually done anything in it," Jude explained.
"Whatever," Tommy said, laughing.
"I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts," Jude sang as she opened the door.
"Surprise!" Everyone yelled. Jude screamed.
"Oh my God!" she exclaimed.
"Happy birthday Jude," Darius said, walking up to her.
"Thanks D," Jude said, hugging him.
"You can finally see all movies," Kwest said, hugging her.
"Haha yeah," she said, chuckling. She was looking around for Speed.
"Jude come on, we've got you a cake," Victoria said.
"Oh alright," Jude said, walking over to the table where the cake was. On it was a picture of her and Speed, one of the first pictures they took when SME first started playing with them. It was Jude at her best: singing.
"Where's Spiederman?" Jude asked.
"He's on the roof, he said he has a surprise for you," Stuart said.
"Okay, thanks. And thanks for the car mom and dad," Jude said, hugging her parents.
She went up t the roof as fast as she could. She missed her boyfriend, and she couldn't wait to see him.
"So, you didn't wanna be with everyone else?" she asked when she walked up to him.
"No, I figured since I planned it all, I could take a little break. Set up for another surprise," Speed said.
"You planned all of this?!" Jude exclaimed.
"Yep. All for you," he said, hugging her.
"Speed, I love you," Jude said, handing him the moose.
"Awh thanks. Well this is what I've got for you," Speed said, pulling out a box.
Jude opened it and gasped. It was her ring that she had lost.
"You found it?" she asked.
"I took it," Speed said.
"What for?" she asked.
"Look inside," he said.
She looked on the inside and read the inscription.
"We'll always have FoodMart."
Jude smiled. Food mart was their place. Ever since they were younger and wanted some candy after school, they always went to food mart.
"This is perfect," Jude said.
"The perfect birthday?" Speed asked.
"Yes," Jude said.
"Wait, it gets even better," Speed said, revealing the sushi he had sitting under a dish.
"Now its perfect," she said giving her boyfriend one last hug before eating her sushi.
"Oh wait we've got to get downstairs, you have a whole party waiting for you!" Speed exclaimed, grabbing her hand and pulling her back to her party.
If this is what she could expect for just her birthday, she couldn't wait to see what else he would have in store for her.
"You're smiling," he said.
"Yep," she said.
"And that's why I love you," he said.
Mk, so the end? Lol. Eh, its open for a sequel. If I randomly think of an idea, there will be a sequel. But for now, its over. It ended on a happy note. :) (Since she's been through so much)
