sorry it's taken me so long to post! i've been kinda busy. i'm doing this summer goal thing. anyway. i'll tell you about it later if you want to know. haha. but it kills me not to break this post up. i would normally leave it as a cliffhanger. i'm sure you could figure out where. but i just couldn't do that to you. (: so enjoy, the last part to episode 501: From This Moment. (:

Tommy and Jamie sat on Jamie's couch laughing and eating chips. "Dude, and then she was like, 'Sometimes you're so twenty-four!'" said Tommy rehashing old Jude stories. "Can you believe her? Trying to steal my freaking phrases."

Jamie laughed, "Well that's nothing, when we were 12, she used to think that hamburgers were made out of ham! We had to tell her that it was beef!" Jamie said through fits of laughter.

Tommy cracked up, "Ha. That definitely trumps any of my Jude stories!" he said. "Man, you're Nana makes the yummiest sandwiches." said Tommy.

Jamie laughed, "Did you just say 'yummiest'?" he asked.

Tommy thought back on what he had just said, "I think I did. It's so good that it sent me back to a childhood state." he said taking another bite of his sandwich. As soon as he finished swallowing, his phone rang. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. Jude's face was lighting up the screen, "Well speak of the devil." he said.

Jamie laughed, "Make sure you remind her that hamburger's aren't pork!" he said.

Tommy laughed and walked out of the room. He flipped open his phone, "Jude, I'm so glad you called. We need to talk," he said. "Jude, what's wrong?" he asked noticing that she was crying. He heard her say something about Megan and Hunter, and his body went rigid. No wonder she was crying. "Megan and Hunter are there?" he asked, but she had already been talking over him. 'I'm sorry,' she said. "Jude it's okay. Tell me what's going on." But then she started talking over him again and it all made sense.

She wasn't alone. And whoever she was with didn't know that she was on the phone. Tommy quietly listened to everything she had to say, and when he heard Hunter yell at her he hung up the phone. He started to walk out, and then realized that she didn't want that. Otherwise she would've asked him to come. He sighed, he didn't want her to be there alone. But was it really a good idea to go to her?

He walked out, and Jamie grinned at him. "Did you clear everything up for her?" he asked with a smile on his face.

Tommy stared at him with a stony face, but didn't say anything. 'Should I call the cops, or go over there? Cops... me?' he thought.

"Oh no.." said Jamie sitting up straight, "What's wrong."

"I have to go," he said making up his mind on impulse.

Jamie rolled his eyes, "Here we go again."

"It's not like that this time!" he said angrily. He didn't want to have this argument with Jamie now. Time was running out.

"Well, what is it like then?" Jamie asked.

"She's in trouble okay?" he conceded. It was better to tell Jamie then try to lie about it.

"Well, let's go!" Jamie said as he stood up.

Tommy put up his hand. "No, I have to go. Hunter's down there." he said.

Jamie just looked at him.

Maybe Jamie could help. "Call 911," Said Tommy. And with that he left.

Jamie ran to the phone and called 911, "Hello? My friend's being held hostage."

Megan walked over to Jude, "You will, or you'll regret it," she said.

Jude gasped and nodded, "Okay." she said as a tear rolled down her cheek. This time, it wasn't fake. "Okay, I'll write it." she said again.

Megan gave a nod to Hunter and he let go of Jude and put away the gun. "Let's start," she said with a smile. It was as though Jude's outburst had never happened. Jude was starting to understand more and more why Megan ended up at St. Mark's.

Tommy waited until he heard Jamie on the phone before walking out of the house. He wasn't armed, but he wanted to go and help Jude, except he didn't know how. He pulled out his phone and called Jamie, "Did you call them?" he asked.

"Yeah, they'll be there in a few minutes. They said that their sirens won't be on when they get near the house," he told him. "They also said that you shouldn't go down there."

"But I have to!" said Tommy. "I have to make sure nothing happens to Jude."

"But—" Jamie silenced himself. Everyone seemed to be battling with what to do. "Well, just call them, maybe to let them know you're down there?" It was more of a question than a plain suggestion. Jamie didn't know what to do either.

Tommy nodded, "Alright." He hung up and called the cops, "Hi, my friend just called about my girlfriend being held hostage in her basement. I'm going down there to make sure everything is okay. One of the people holding her hostage is trying to get revenge against me." he explained.

The line was quiet for a while. After a few moments a woman spoke, "Alright. It's not the best idea, but maybe you can calm things down until we get there. Keep your phone on so we know what's going on." she said.

Tommy smiled, "Thanks." he said. He put the phone in the pocket of his jacket and walked into the Harrison household. He wasn't that surprised when the side door had been left open, Hunter wasn't a mastermind. He quietly opened the door to the basement and walked down.

Jude was sitting on the couch with a pen in her hand scribbling something down and Megan was pacing back and forth. Hunter was walking back and forth along the far wall.

Tommy continued to walk down the stairs. One of the ones he stepped on made a creaking sound and Hunter twirled around instantly as Jude looked up. At first she smiled, but then she got a pained expression on her face. She shook her head, "No," she said quietly to herself.

"Ah, Tommy." said Hunter. When he said that Megan looked up, "I was wondering how long it'd take you to show up." he said.

"Hi Hunter," said Tommy as he made it onto the landing, "Thought you'd still be locked up."

Hunter smiled and walked towards Tommy, "Yeah.. I pleaded insanity for a lesser sentence." he said.

Tommy smiled, "I bet it wasn't too hard to convince the judge that you were, eh?" he asked with a smile.

Hunter gave him a dirty look, but before he could say anything Jude stood up and cut in, "Tommy, what are you doing here?" she asked giving him a look that told him not to mention about the call.

Tommy understood, "I, uh... I just wanted to talk to you about last night." he said.

Megan rolled her eyes, "Okay, that's nice and all, but Jude and I are trying to work on an album. So you need to go." she said.

"He can't leave now," said Hunter. "I mean, the party's just getting started. Right, Tommy?" he asked.

Tommy smiled, "Yeah..." he said. "And I brought Hunter a party favor," He balled his hand into a fist and swung it at Hunter connecting it with his left eye. Hunter went stumbling back from the force and landed on the ground with a loud thud.

Hunter regained himself quickly and got up and stormed over to Tommy and faked like he was going to punch him in the face, but instead punched him in the stomach.

Tommy instantly doubled over in pain. "STOP IT!" screamed Jude. Tommy was too angry to pay attention; he quickly recovered and punched Hunter in the jaw. There was a loud cracking sound, and Hunter spit up a tooth along with a lot of blood out onto the basement floor.

Hunter looked up at Tommy angrily, "I can finish this," he said reaching for his gun.

"NO!" screamed Jude as she ran and stood in front of Tommy. The gun was now pointed at Jude.

"Jude, move," said Tommy. "If he wants to shoot me, let him."

"No!" she said as tears started to pour down her face. "I can't. He wanted me. As revenge, remember?"

Hunter rolled his eyes, "You two make me sick. If you really want to be together why don't I just kill you both?" he suggested.

"No," said Megan. Everyone turned and looked at her. It was the first time that she had spoken in a while. Everyone had forgotten that she was even there. "You can't kill Jude, we need to finish the album." she said.

Jude rolled her eyes, "You have to kill me before you kill Tommy." she said to Hunter.

Hunter sighed and rolled his eyes, "Oh my god," he said angrily. This whole 'kill me, no, kill me' thing was getting really old. He walked over and pushed Jude out of the way, cocked the gun, and grabbed Tommy and pointed it at his head.

"BANG!"

"NOOOO!" screamed Jude. She fell to the floor crying.

She knew she was alright, but was Tommy? Her mind kept replaying the sound of the gun and the way that Tommy and Hunter both fell to the ground. She was too afraid to look up and see what she knew she would find. She heard more people, but it was probably just the neighbors coming to see what the noise was about. She just lay there crying and saying his name.

She didn't know how much time had passed. Whether it be minutes or hours. But somebody was shaking her.

"Tommy!" Jude said through sobs. Jude finally had the nerve to look up, but when she saw the pool of blood and a body laying there, she couldn't look at it long enough to figure out who it was. Another sob tore through her chest.

"Jude, are you okay?" asked a distant voice. She ignored it. She wanted nothing more than to know where Tommy was. She was fine, it was obvious. "Jude are you hurt?" said the voice.

"No, but Tommy..." she said still crying. "What about Tommy?"

"Let me go!" said Megan, "Let me go! I didn't even get to record a song!" she screamed.

Jude looked over at Megan and saw her with her hands behind her back, and police putting handcuffs on her. Jude sniffed and looked around, the person talking to her was a cop.

"Tommy's fine ma'am," said the officer. "Look."

Jude turned and looked at Tommy who was getting up off the floor. His shirt was a bit dirty with a bit of blood spatters here and there, but he seemed to be fine. He was shaking a little, but he managed to give Jude a meek smile before turning to talk to another officer.

Jude looked back at the officer, "But the gunshot... Hunter..." she stammered.

"That was us," he said. "Your friend Jamie called the cops, and Tommy had his phone on with us the whole time he was down here, so we'd know what was going on, and when a good time to come in would be." he said.

Jude sat in a crumpled heap and wiped the tears from her eyes. This was all too confusing for her, to understand. She slowly turned her head and realized that the body she saw earlier was Hunter, laying on the floor in his own blood.

"You shot him?" she asked still completely out of it. Her tears had stopped, she was starting to calm down, but nothing made any sense.

"Yes, he was about to kill Mr. Quincy, so we had no choice," said the officer.

Jude looked up and watched the police escort Megan out of the basement. She looked over at Tommy who was shaking hands with another officer and thanking her. He walked over to Jude, "Hey," he said meekly.

Jude smiled, "Hi," she said looking up at him. A 'hi' was all she could seem to manage. But it didn't do her enough satisfaction.

"I'll leave you two alone," said the officer walking to talk to the other officer.

Tommy leaned down and touched Jude on the cheek, "You okay?" he asked her.

Jude looked up at him. She smiled faintly taking in his features and his smells. Aside from the fact that his shirt had spatters of blood on it, he was perfect. He was smiling warily at her, and something inside her snapped; she was crying all over again.

Tommy leaned down and wrapped his arms around her. She instantly clung to him, wrapping her arms around him wherever she could. She had one around his neck, and the other his back. It was good enough for her, as long as she could hold him.

"Jude," he whispered. "Everything is okay. You're fine, now" he told her kissing her hair.

"Tommy. You almost..." she couldn't finish the sentence. She didn't want to relive that again.

She could feel him smiling in her hair, "Not even close, Jude. The cops were here the whole time; I was never in any danger." He assured her.

Jude pulled away to look at his face. She was completely speechless. All of this was too much for her to handle.

Tommy smiled and touched her cheek as the officer came back over. "Uh, we're going to have to ask you guys to leave." he said. "We need to collect evidence, and we're going to be contacting you later for a confession from you for the charges against Megan." he said to Jude.

Jude nodded and looked at Tommy who was smiling at her. He pulled away and helped her up. "Let's get outta here?" he asked.

Jude would give everything to be as far away from here as possible. "The rehearsal space?" she asked.

Tommy grinned, "Sounds like a plan."

Together they walked out of the basement and out of Jude's house.

They walked outside to find a worried Jamie pacing back and forth. He heard the door close and looked up and grinned, "Jude!" he said he ran up and hugged her, "You're okay!" he said happily squeezing her hard.

"Uh.. Yeah.. But.. I won't be...if you don't let me go..." she said.

Jamie loosened his grip, and smiled, "Sorry. I just got so worried." he said.

"Well I'm fine, thanks to you and Tommy," she said with a smile. Now that she was out of the basement she was starting to feel a lot better. She was still shaken, but it wasn't too bad. She'd be over it once she and Tommy were alone, she was sure.

"That's great," he said.

"Well, we're gonna go to the rehearsal space and start the creative process," said Tommy. "Thanks Jamie, catchya later?" he asked.

Jamie nodded. He held out his hand, and Tommy grabbed it. They proceeded to do a fancy handshake. Jude just sat back and watched.

"Bye, Jude. Tommy." he said as he went back into his house.

Jude looked at Tommy who was grinning, "You and Jamie? Friends?" she asked him with a smile, "Never thought that would happen."

Tommy smiled, "Yeah, me either... But... you should always expect the unexpected." he said.

~~~~~~~AT THE REHEARSAL SPACE~~~~~~~

Jude Narration: It's nice to know that those who care about you, are always going to be there for you.

Jude sat on the bed strumming on the bed and humming, while Tommy laid on her back next to her staring at the ceiling...

Jude stopped playing for a moment and looked over at Tommy. "Why'd you stop?" he asked as he sat up.

"To say thanks," she said looking down at him.

He smiled, "Jude, I'm always going to be here for you." he said playing with a piece of his hair. He went in for a kiss, but remembered all the stuff that had gone down earlier. He pulled away, making a pained face and kissed her on the cheek. "I love you," he whispered in her ear.

Jude smiled at him, her heart was racing. "You're impossible Quincy," she said leaning her forehead against his and taking in his scent. Silently, she wished that he had kissed her.

Tommy smiled and put his hand on the side of her face, "I know," he said.

"But I love you too," she said smiling.

He pulled away and kissed her on the forehead, before laying back down next to her.

She smiled and continued to play.

And it's even nicer to know that they love you know matter what.