I really thought this was going to be a bigger hit than it is. I mean I got a lot for One More Chance, but apparently this isn't as good? I don't know...thanx for the people who review and actually like my story! Here's chapter 3..leave splendid reviews and spread the word of my story (winks)

Chapter 3: So Not In Love

Tommy sat in the rocking chair watching Stephanie sleep. He rested his head back as he closed his eyes and remembered everything. He didn't know how long he had with Stephanie, and he hated the feeling of it. Then his thoughts drifted to Jude. Why was Dr. Turner calling her? Maybe it was just a check-up. Maybe he was just overreacting. Overreacting always lead to more and more fighting. Now Stephanie was suffering too.

Jude stepped in and kissed Tommy lightly on the cheek. Tommy looked up and smiled. "Hey, girl," he whispered softly. She smiled at him and he walked out with her. "Are you okay?" he asked in sincere concern.

"Of course," she whispered back. Jude kissed him gently on the lips and took him to the bedroom. She tried to fall asleep but she couldn't. The event that happened two years ago was still in her head. She hated this day! She hated everything about it! Jude couldn't stop thinking about it. Why did she have to suffer? Ever since that day, Tommy had hated her. He never actually said it, but he could see it in his eyes. He blamed her for everything. He blamed her for losing their baby. Jude turned around and she found herself facing Tommy. She closed her eyes and finally drifted off into a nightmare.

Jude was watching something on the T.V. when Dr. Turner walked in. "Ms. Harrison?" she asked as she closed the door behind her.

"Yes, doctor, am I ok?" Jude asked her a little frighten.

"You'll be just fine," Dr. Turner said with a smile.

Jude let out a sigh of relief and rubbed her stomach. "And how's my little one," she smiled.

Dr. Turner's smile quickly faded. "I'm sorry."

"What do you mean 'sorry'?"

"You were suffering internal bleeding in your womb, Ms. Harrison. The baby is…gone."

"G-gone?" Jude choked out. "No, no you're lying. How?"

"In lack of better words, it drowned. There was just too much blood."

"No! This can't be!" Jude sobbed as tears came down her cheeks. "God why? Why did it have to be me?"

Dr. Turner shook her head. "I am very sorry."

"Get out!" she yelled and Dr. Turner turned and left the room.

Jude touched her stomach again as more tears poured out of her blue orbs. "Oh, god, why me? No, no, no, no!"

"No, no!" Jude screamed as she hit her pillow. Tommy was awoken by her screaming and saw Jude crying her sleep. She was hitting her pillow violently. "No!" she screamed again.

"Jude," Tommy shook her and made her sit up. She opened her eyes and was breathing rapidly. "Jude, baby, calm down."

She started to cry again and she buried her face in Tommy's chest. He was surprised at first, but then slowly circled his arms around her frail body. Tommy kissed her hair and whispered soothing words in her ear. He liked this. On the rare times they weren't fighting, Jude was having another one of her dreams. But he liked it, because it was a time for them to act like they were in love. He could comfort her and hold her like he use to.

Jude was reading her favorite book, Twilight, when the phone rang. She picked it up from the side table and answered it. "Hello, Quincy residence," she greeted.

"Hey, it's Kwest," Kwest said happily.

"Oh, hi! How are you?" she said.

"Good. Tommy told me you had another dream last night," he said quietly.

"He what? Why did he tell you that? That's none of your business." She replied bitterly.

"I know it's not. He just came out and told me. We were working on his new song Learning to Fall, and I saw something was bothering him. He told me that you had another dream about…about…"

"My miscarriage? I didn't have a dream; it was a nightmare!" she shouted through the phone.

Kwest winced on the other end. "I'm sorry Jude. I shouldn't have brought it up."

"No," Jude sighed, "It's not your fault. It's Tommy's fault; as always. Um, are we still on for Sunday?"

Kwest smiled, "Wild horses couldn't keep me away."

"Good, because I need to get out of this house. I need a break from all this fighting."

"I'll see you then. Bye."

"Bye Jude."

Jude waited until she heard the click on the other end before she hung up. She sighed and went back to reading her book. She did miss being in the studio. She missed walking up and going straight to the studio. But with all the stupid things that happened in the past two years. She couldn't do it anymore. She had no more music. Sometimes Jude envied Tommy. He could keep going with his music with no problem. She wished it was that easy for her. She couldn't concentrate on her book. Too many thoughts were running through her mind. She looked at the clock on the wall. It was almost 3 and she had to pick up Stephanie from school.

Jude put away her book, got her jacket, keys, and went into the elevator. The next floor down, 3 other people came into the elevator. "Hey," a platinum blonde said, "aren't you Jude Quincy?"

'Uh oh,' Jude thought. "Um, no ma'am, I'm not," Jude replied. Who was she kidding? Everyone knew who she was. She was famous for three years, and now that her husband was famous, she really couldn't hide.

"Yes you are," a black-haired woman said next to Jude. "Well, now it's back to Jude Harrison, right?"

"What?" Jude asked incredulously.

"Oh c'mon," said Blondie, "Everyone knows about that girl he was with at that club."

"Listen, you don't…" Jude tried to defend. But the raven head girl interrupted.

"I know this might a little rude," she paused, "But is he still single?"

That did it. "Look lady, you stay away from my husband. If I even see you look at him the wrong way, I will drag you out of your apartment by your hair and beat you senseless. And your friend over here will suffer the consequences too." Jude threatened.

The girl was backed all the way in the corner. The elevator reached the ground floor. Jude smiled and left the elevator. She went into her blue Lotus that she got from Tommy on her 19th birthday. Once Jude got to the school she saw a bunch of reporters surrounding something. She got out of the car and the principal, Dr. Klaine, came up to her. "Mrs. Quincy, you better get in there. They are trying to interview your daughter." She informed her.

"What?" Jude shouted as she ran into the mob of mumbling and flashing lights. She finally made it through and she was in the middle with Stephanie. Soon the reporters bombarded her with questions.

"Jude, are you and Tommy really over?"

"How did you feel when you found out he was cheating on you?"

"Who is going to have custody over Stephanie?"

"Are you cheating on him too?"

"Okay, all of you, shut up!" she screamed. They all stopped talking at once and she continued. "He didn't cheat on me. It was an old friend, and they wanted to talk privately. Nothing happened. And Tommy and I aren't getting a divorced." She picked up Stephanie and forced a smile. "We have a very happy and healthy marriage."

She walked back to her car and stopped to turn around. "By the way, next time you attack my daughter, I'll attack you." Satisfied, she and Stephanie went into the care and she drove off.

Meanwhile, Tommy was watching everything on the T.V. in the lobby. He turned it off and threw the remote in the seat next to him. "Good liar," he mumbled. Their relationship was for from healthy. They both knew it; Stephanie knew it; Sadie and Kwest knew it. But everyone else, including Darius, believed their happy faces and smiles. Tommy and Jude lied through their teeth often. No one needed to know how unhappy they really were. But Tommy knew it was just going to get worse. Sadie tried to encourage him to go to marriage counseling with Jude, but his disagreed that it will help anything. They were already in too deep.

Tommy hid his face in his hands and let out a frustrated sigh. "Tommy," Kwest called from Studio 1. Tommy turned around to see his best friend. "D want you to finish the song today. We better get to work," he informed Tommy.

"I don't think I can, man," Tommy sighed as he stood up, walking towards the studio. He ran a hand through his hair and picked up his guitar. He only had the first verse and the chorus. But he loved being in the studio. Music was the only way he could escape everything. He could get away from reality, even just for a while.

Jude sat Stephanie on her rocking chair. "Are you okay, sweetie?" Jude asked smoothing Stephanie's long, brown hair. Stephanie just simply nodded. She looked scared. "I'm so sorry honey. That wasn't right of them." Jude grabbed Bengal (Stephanie's stuffed tiger) from the bed and gave it to her. She hugged Bengal tight to her. "I promise they won't do it again. Tomorrow when you go to school…"

"No!" Stephanie shouted.

Jude was taken aback. "Steph, I promise you, the paparazzi won't get to you."

"It's not just them. The kids at school are mean to me too. They all say that I'm weird because my family is weird."

"Aww, sweetie, don't listen to them. They're just being ridiculous. I bet their family is just as weird." Jude smiled but stopped when she saw that her daughter wasn't.

"I don't want to go back to school. Please mom, don't make me go back." Stephanie lunged herself at Jude crying. Jude patted her back trying to hold back her own tears.

Around 9:00, Tommy finally came back home. Jude was sitting on the couch reading her book again. Tommy went up to her and tapped her on the shoulder. Jude jumped a little and heard Tommy chuckling. He gave her a peck on the lips and went to get his dinner, which was usually in the microwave. Once he got his plate warmed up, he came back to the couch and sat next to Jude. It was pretty silent for a while until Tommy put down his plate. "I saw the news today," he said quietly.

Jude sighed but still kept her eyes on the book. "Did you now?" she said.

"Yeah," Tommy said simply, "You're a good liar."

Jude finally closed her book and looked at him. "I learned from the best." Tommy sighed and put his head down. Jude put her book on the side table. "Tommy, the press is getting ridiculous. Stephanie doesn't even want to go back to school."

"We can keep the press away from her."

"It's not just the press Tommy. The kids at school are talking about her. You should've seen her face today. She was so scared."

"What are we supposed to do?"

"I don't know, but we have to think of something. Do you see what you do?"

Tommy shot his head up and glared at Jude. "Excuse me?"

"This is all your fault. If you hadn't gotten drunk and took that Sylvia girl to the back room, none of this would be happening."

"Jude, don't start."

"I didn't Tommy, you did!" she yelled and got up from her seat on the couch. She made her way to the bedroom and Tommy followed her. He slammed the door once he was inside with Jude.

"Jude, you're overreacting."

"Overreacting? Tommy, you didn't see her face! That's my daughter they had backed up to a corner because of your stupid actions!"

"Get a grip Jude; she's not even your daughter!"

As soon as those words left Tommy's lips he regretted them. Jude stood there shock and tears were in her eyes.

"Jude I…"

She put her hand up to stop him. "Don't bother Tommy." She went into their walk-in closet and got a suitcase. She started to gather clothes from the closet and her drawers.

"What are you doing?" he asked, almost afraid of the answer.

"What does it look like I'm doing?" Jude asked as she put her shirts in the suitcase. "I'm leaving. I can't deal with you right now." She finished packing her bags and put on her shoes. She grabbed her suitcase and walked out with Tommy on her heel.

"So, that's it?" he asked as she grabbed her keys and jacket.

"And what else are you expecting Tommy?" she snapped as she kept her emotions from showing. Jude went to go towards the door when Tommy grabbed her arm. She turned around, and Tommy noticed, that her face was so emotionless. But her eyes were full of pain and hurt. Why did he always have to hurt her? For once in his life, why didn't he just think?

"What am I supposed to tell Stephanie?" Tommy asked, letting go of her arm slowly.

"Tell her the truth, Tom. Tell her you hurt me; tell her that I'm leaving because of you. Then…tell her I love her." Jude said finally letting the tears fall freely. Tommy put his hand up to wipe the tears away but she swiped it away. "Don't touch me!" she hissed. He backed up a step and closed his eyes in shame. Seconds later he heard a door slam, and he opened his eyes to find himself alone in their living room. 'Good going Quincy. You really know how to screw things up,' he mentally scolded himself.

Three days passed and Tommy was beaming miserable. Stephanie would hardly even talk to him, and the studio wasn't his escape anymore. Jude was staying with Sadie, and hadn't called him at all. He was afraid he really messed up this time. He thought it was all over. He couldn't take staying in the penthouse anymore. He told Stephanie's home tutor, Mr. Douglas that he was going out for a while. Since he had the day off from the studio, he decided to go down to the docks and his head.

Once Tommy finally made it, he saw a skinny blonde sitting at the edge with her feet dangling over. She was singing and she had the voice of a goddess.

Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window
Dreaming of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray

Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I'd pray
I could break away

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky.
Make a wish, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won't forget all the ones that I love.
I'll take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away

Tommy walked up behind this enchanting woman. "Hey Jude," he weakly laughed. Jude turned her head rather slowly and made eye contact with him.

"Tommy," she whispered. "What are you doing here?"

He smiled and sat down next to her. "It's where I come to clear my head," he replied.

"Me too."

There was silence for a while until Tommy finally spoke. "Jude, I really am sorry. Sometimes I forget to think and say things I don't really mean."

"You sounded pretty convincing to me," Jude said as she kept looking out on the river.

"What do you want me to do Jude?"

Jude finally looked up at him and told him, "Look me in the eye, and say that you love me."

Tommy's face became serious as he laced their fingers together. His sky-blue eyes met her blue-grey ones. He held an intense but passionate gaze, and for a minute, Jude forgot how to breathe. Before Tommy even said anything, she saw how much love he held for her. For some reason, it scared her, and it took all of her courage-which wasn't much-not to look away. It was also confusing her. If Tommy loved her as much as it seemed, then what was wrong with them? She knew she loved Tommy as much. Why were they having trouble?

"I love you, Jude Quincy," he breathed as Jude sucked in a breath. She smiled and kissed him fully on the lips. "Are you ready to come back home? Your daughter misses you." Jude smiled slightly again and nodded.

Sneak Peek-Chapter 4:

He hesitantly let go of her hand and caressed her cheek lovingly. She closed her eyes for a split second. Then she remembered how wrong this was. She suddenly felt uncomfortable. Her eyes snapped open and she backed away. He cocked an eyebrow at her.

"Jude?" he said confused.

"I-I can't do this," she said walking backwards. "I have to go home." She ran to her car and sat in the driver's seat. She pulled away and went on the road.

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She screamed and almost hit them until she noticed it was Tommy. "Tommy! You scared the crap out of me!" He smirked and stumbled over to Jude. He was drunk? That meant he left Stephanie alone. "You left Stephanie alone to get drunk?" she asked angrily. "Something could've happened to our daughter!"