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Chapter 19

Portia was busy chatting away and fitting Jude into the dress she was supposed to wear to a performance next weekend. She suddenly noticed Jude wasn't paying attention. She looked like she was a million miles away.

Jude was standing in front of the mirror and vaguely aware of the fact Portia was still talking to her. She snapped out of it when she heard Tommy's name.

"Ok. What did Tommy do this time?" Portia sighed.

" I don't know what you mean?" Jude shrugged.

Portia had noticed Tommy was in a weird mood too, plus his appearance was a cause for concern. But, Sadie was surprisingly in good spirits. " Oh please don't let it be what I'm thinking." Portia thought.

"You and Tommy seem to be in the same depressed mood." Portia pointed out. She saw the way Jude bit her lip at the mention of Tommy. " I know about you and Tommy, Jude." She sighed.

Jude wasn't too surprised. Sadie and Portia were best friends. Of course she told Portia about Tommy cheating on her with Jude. She looked at Portia, trying to figure out what she should say. Jude knew what she was thinking. Portia had been cheated on by Tommy too. She was probably on Sadie's side. " There is no me and Tommy. Not anymore." Jude said not looking at Portia.

" Is he the reason you haven't been coming to the studio?" Portia asked.

"Perhaps." Jude said looking away.

"So you haven't seen Tommy?" Portia said raising her eyebrows.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Jude asked a bit intrigued.

"You'll see." Portia said under her breath. "So what happened with you and Tommy?" Portia sighed.

"Tommy was cheating on me." She said slowly.

Portia gave her a confused face. " You don't sound too convinced. Are you sure? Maybe it's a misunderstanding."

"I found another girls panties in his house!" Jude said in a firm tone.

Portia was seriously puzzled. Tommy looked like he really loved Jude. She glanced at Jude's hand and smiled. She was still wearing the ring Tommy gave her. Well, the ring Portia figured Tommy had given Jude. "There has to be an explanation for the underwear." Portia told her through the refection in the mirror.

Jude turned around and looked at her like she had two heads. " Come on Portia. You know Tommy. He cheating on me shouldn't come as a surprise."

"Correction I knew Tommy. But he's not like that anymore." Portia said giving Jude an encouraging smile.

"Maybe I deserve this Portia. I helped Tommy cheat on my sister. He wanted to break up with her and I wouldn't let him. This is all my fault."

"No it's not Jude. Tommy… I think he really loves you. The way he looks at you. I remember Sadie saying she wished Tommy looked at her like that." Portia smiled. " Tommy was cheating on Sadie with you long before you two hooked up. You were the only girl on his mind."

Jude shook her head. " Sadie warned me. She told me Tommy would cheat on me too. I really trusted him Portia. I'm so stupid." Jude said turning her back to Portia.

"If any other girl would tell me Tom Quincy was cheating on her, I would help her plot out her revenge. But Jude…" Portia said turning Jude back around to face her. " You're the girl. You're the girl that changed Tommy."

"But I didn't! He cheated on my sister and me!"

"You said he wanted to break up with Sadie to be with you. He's not the same ass I once knew." Portia smiled.

Jude looked lost in thought. " That still doesn't explain the panties at his house."

"You think Tom would be stupid enough to leave another girl's panties just laying around for you to find?" Portia said placing her hands on her hips.

" It happened with my panties, when Sadie found them. But, well I was still there when she did. And when I went to his house it was right after work. Hopefully the girl wasn't still there. If there was a girl. I guess you could be right." Jude said biting her bottom lip. " I don't know Portia."

"Go talk to him. Poor guys' birthday is in two days and he's totally depressed." Portia said looking at Jude. " Besides, Tommy wouldn't be all depressed if he didn't care about you."

"He did send me flowers to my house. But, maybe he just did it because he feels guilty."

Portia threw her hands in the air. " You're impossible Jude! Go talk to Quincy. I have some business to attend to." Portia said walking off.

Portia walked to Sadie's desk. She looked pretty happy, despite the fact her sister was visibly suffering. "Hey. Sadie."

Sadie looked up and smiled at Portia. " I was wondering if we could go have lunch today. You know since you couldn't the other day. Because of your errand." Portia smiled.

Sadie just nodded her head.

"Your sister looks pretty down. Something happen at home?" Portia asked.

"I don't know. You know Jude. She always has a crap attitude." Sadie rolled her eyes.

"I think Tommy looked a little depressed too. Did something with Jude and Tommy?"

"I think Jude said something about Tom cheating on her. Serves them right. They don't deserve to be happy." Sadie said with a sneer.

"And what are you? The happiness police?" Portia said. She was getting a little angry.

"No. I don't care about Jude and Tommy. They were eventually going to be over. Tommy cheats on all his girlfriends." Sadie said with a smug grin.

Portia raised her eyebrows at her. "Sadie you didn't have anything to do with this did you?" It was something Portia was suspecting since her talk with Jude.

Sadie rolled her eyes at her and sighed. "Portia ? I'm a little tired of taking about Jude and Tommy. So I think I'll be going to lunch alone." She got up and started to walk away from Portia.

" You did it. I can't believe you could do that. You actually managed to pull them apart." Portia said shocked.

"It wasn't hard. With Tom's history, Jude was just expecting this to happen." Sadie said with a smirk.

"Sadie. This is your sister we're talking about." Portia crossed her arms across her chest.

"I did her a favor! Tommy was going to cheat on her sooner or later."

"You don't know that." Portia shook her head.

"Actually I do! Tommy will never change!" She hissed.

"Look, I know you hate Tommy. But, how could you do that to your sister?"

"She hurt me first and didn't care she was hurting me. She was sneaking around with my boyfriend behind my back." Sadie was about to walk out but she turned to look at Portia. "Oh. And if you go and tell Jude that it was me. Good luck. She's not going to believe you over her own sister." She grinned and walked out of G-Major.

Jude made her way to the studio. Tommy wasn't there but Kwest was. " Hey Kwest. Have you seen Tommy?"

"Yeah. He went to his office. He'll be back in a minute."

Just then Tommy walked in. He looked up and saw Jude standing there. He expected her to yell at him or storm off, but she just stood there looking at him.

Jude was slightly taken aback by his appearance. He didn't look well. She had never seen Tommy Quincy so, unkempt. Yes. That was the right word. "I guess this is what Portia was talking about." Jude thought.

"Kwest. Can you give us a minute?" Jude asked in a calm tone. One that even surprised her. Maybe it was because of the way Tommy looked. Why couldn't she ever stay mad at this man?

Kwest nodded his head and walked out. He had a feeling he wouldn't want to be there anyway.

Tommy looked at Jude a moment, not knowing what to say. He had given her the space she had asked for, so she could think. He did send her a dozen roses to her house and he hoped that didn't violate her terms. Tommy missed Jude so much. It hurt to know she had lost trust in him.

"I don't know what to say Tommy. I still love you. Nothing you do will change that." She spoke carefully and softly. Tommy looked up at her. She felt her heart jump to her throat. She missed him. She loved him so much, it pained her to look at him. "But what happened was…"

"Jude. I didn't cheat on you. I'll swear on anything you want." Tommy begged.

"What about what I found at your house?" Jude said crossing her arms across her chest.

He shook his head. " I still don't know, Jude." Tommy sighed.

Jude nodded her head. " Well, I guess that takes us right back to the beginning." She didn't know what to do. Jude remembered the scene at his house, it broke her heart still now. Those damn panties! He still had no explanation for them.

"The lady that cleans my house had been there that morning. I asked her. She said she didn't see anything near the couch or on the floor."

"So what are you saying? Someone put them there on purpose?" As she said it she realized what she was saying. The look in Tommy's eyes told her he had been thinking the same thing. She hadn't thought of that possibility before. No. Who would go to that much trouble to break them up? That's when she realized who might be that irrational.

"Someone is trying to keep us apart." Tommy said abruptly.

Jude bit her bottom lip.

"Jude. You know who would do something like this." Tommy said raising his eyebrows.

Jude shook her head. "No. Tommy. She wouldn't do that."

"If you think that, you don't know your sister!"

"Sadie wouldn't hurt me like that Tommy!" Jude wasn't angry at Tommy. She really didn't want to think Sadie was capable of hurting her like that.

"She still has the keys to my house." Tommy pointed out.

Jude shook her head. Tommy walked up to her and grabbed her by the arms. Jude felt her breathing become more rapid. " Jude. I love you. I could never cheat on you. You have to know that."

"I'm still confused Tommy." She said truthfully.

"When I was with Sadie I wasn't happy. I didn't want to be with her anymore. Every time she kissed me, I felt like I was cheating on you."

Jude looked up at him. "You swear you don't know where the underwear came from."

"I swear Jude. I could never, would never cheat on you."

Jude let out a heavy sigh and stepped away from Tommy. "Ok. Let's say it was Sadie that planned all this out. Why would she go to so much trouble?"

"Because she's Sadie." Came a voice from the door way. There stood Portia. She came into the room and stood in front of Jude. " It was Sadie. She basically flaunted the fact that she was able to get her revenge on both of you." Tommy and Jude exchanged side glances.

Jude buried her head in her hands and then looked at Portia, shaking her head. "Portia are you sure?!" Jude said looking at her intently.

Portia just nodded her head.

So it was true. How could Sadie do this? Was she really that obsessed with getting even with her? "Sadie is insane. She watched how devastated I was thinking Tommy was cheating on me. And what did Sadie do? She watched me cry. Probably laughing at how stupid I was. God! What is wrong with her?! " Jude took a deep breath. She needed to calm down.

"I'm going to kill her!" Tommy said enraged. He started to charge out of the room but Jude stopped him.

"No! Wait!" Jude said. She was madder than she had ever been. " Killing her isn't going to help."

"I bet it will help a little." Tommy said under his breath.

Jude turned to look at Portia. "Thank you Portia. For telling us about Sadie. " Jude said hugging her.

"Sadie was going too far with all of this. She didn't care that she was hurting you. I warned her about revenge. It makes you do things you didn't think you were capable of. I would still watch out for her though." Portia warned.

"Yeah. I know." Jude sighed.

Portia looked at Jude and Tommy for a minute. She knew they needed time alone, so she smiled at Jude and left.

Jude looked at Tommy. " I'm sorry I didn't believe you." She said sadly.

"I deserved it. All the things I've done in the past. Why would you believe me?" Tommy went up to Jude and stood in front of her. " Jude. I want you to know that I wasn't going to give up until you believed me. Even if I had to send you flowers and cards everyday until you believed me." He said tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear.

"That's kind of stalkerish of you ,Quincy." She smiled and leaned up to kiss him softly on the lips. Jude broke the kiss and looked up at Tommy.

"Your sister is demented." Tommy said resting his forehead against hers.

"What's this?" Came a voice from the doorway.

Jude pulled away from Tommy and saw her sister standing there glaring at them.

Jude looked up at Tommy and put one arm around his waist. " Tommy and I are back together." Jude grinned.

Sadie cocked one of her eyebrows at her. " Really? I guess love is blind… and stupid apparently. He cheats on you and you go running back to him? You must really be desperate little sister."

"He didn't cheat on me. And you know it Sadie!" Jude said angrily.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Sadie scoffed.

"You went to Tommy's house and planted the panties there for me to find."

"You are really delusional. Why would I go to all that trouble, when Tommy is going to cheat on you eventually." Sadie said smugly.

"I would never to that to Jude. You're just bitter." Tommy sneered.

It was apparent Sadie wasn't going to confess anything. The important thing was that Tommy and Jude were together again.

"You don't have to confess Sadie. I know it was you. Portia told me. I can't believe you hate me this much!"

Sadie rolled her eyes at her. " And you believed Portia? Haven't you thought that maybe she's just trying to get on your good side? Put you against your own sister." Sadie tried to make herself cry.

Jude couldn't believe Sadie was trying to guilt Jude into believing her. "Oh my God! Drop the act Sadie! I'm not believing you anymore."

Sadie sighed and wiped away the solitary tear that she had managed to cry. "Fine. Believe what you want. I hope you two are very happy together." She said the last part with a gag and left.

"You know we still haven't gotten rid of her." Tommy said kissing Jude on top of the head.

"I know." Jude sighed. She turned around and looked at Tommy. "Let's not think of her. Your birthday is in two days. What do you want?"

Tommy smiled down at her. " Us getting back together is enough present for me." He said kissing her.

When they pulled away Jude smiled at him. " Aww. Quincy that was kind of corny." She laughed when Tommy frowned. " But I love when you're corny." She said grabbing the sides of his face and pulling him back down to meet her lips.

Sadie stormed back to her desk. How did Jude do it? She always got what she wanted. "Everything always works out for perfect little Jude!" Sadie thought hatefully. She knew the best thing was to just forget about Tommy and Jude. Sadie was leaving for New York in a week. But no. She had to deliver one final blow. If she can't pull them apart at least she can do something to upset them. Just then the phone rang. " Good afternoon G-Major." The call was for Portia , something about Tommy's birthday party. Sadie rolled her eyes. Then, suddenly she got an idea. " Tommy's party." She said to herself with a grin.

A/N: Sadie is planning something against Jude and Tommy, before leaving for New York. Her last plot against Tommy and Jude. But don't fret, Jommy knows Sadie won't let her grudge go that easily. But will they be prepared for what Sadie will do? Plus don't forget Tommy has a surprise for Jude on his birthday and well, Jude has a surprise too. Hahaha. Review please.