Jude felt her heartbeat quicken and she couldn't tear her gaze away from Tommy' s eyes. She felt Braden squeeze her hand and she forced herself to look away and look up at him. He pointed to Darius' office and said something about thathe wouldn't be long and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. As he walked away he briefly gave Tommy the "if you hurt her I'll kill you" look. So Jude was left all alone in the lobby with Tommy.

All Tommy could think at this point was the unnerving chance that Braden and Jude were together. It made hisblood run cold that he possibly lost her to some other guy. And it wouldn't even of hit as hard, if it weren't Braden he might of lost her too. Tommy had been confiding in him, other than Kwest about his growing feelings for Jude and for him to go behind his back was unthinkable.

Jude cautiously brushed past Tommy into the lounge for some much needed coffee. She ignored the fact that he had followed her in there and poured her a mug full of extra strong coffee undoubtedly made by Tommy. She turned around to grab a bagel when Tommy lightly grabbed her arm to stop her.

"Jude" he whispered so faintly that she wasn't even sure if she heard right. She refused to look up at him and focused on the steam her coffee was producing.

"Yeah" she stated rather than asked with out a drop of emotion in her voice. She wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of her giving in and acting like nothing happened so they could go back to the normal relationship they had. If normal was even the correct word to use to describe what Jude and Tommy had.

"What is going on between you and Braden?" Tom asked with out any hesitation in his voice.

Jude was so taken aback by his question that she looked up at him and saw how bloods shot his eyes were. There was something else in the way he was looking at her. Like the answer to this question meant everything to him. And that pushed Jude over the edge.

"What! My god Quincy, your just…ugh! Your unbelievable!" Jude pushed passed him and walked into Studio 1. She felt him walk into the room behind her and close the door.

"So your… not with him?" Tommy asked with a little too much enthusiasm in his voice. Jude continued to keep her back turned towards him and he heard her exhale deeply.

"NO! Is that all you care about!" she screamed while she turned around to face him.

"Damn don't yell. I have a serious headache if you know what I mean." Tommy stated hoping Jude would get the hint since she had been in the same state only 2 days ago.

"Can't we just talk about this with out you going thermo-nuclear on me." He added with a little more anger then he wanted too. But jeez she could be so hard headed. Not that he could talk either.

"You know what Tommy were not having this conversation right now. Your obviously too hung over and I'm too pissed. I have a new song and I want to record it. If after were adult enough to handle a civil conversation then we'll talk. But right now you're my producer and I'm your artist. Do you think you can handle that?"

Tommy couldn't believe this was the same girl from last night, hell two minutes ago. The girl last night would have torn him apart with everything she had. But the girl standing in front of him with her arms crossed was actually acting like an adult. Which was a lot more than he could say for himself.

"Yeah, I can do that." Tom said while raking a hand through his dishelved hair.

"Good. Let's get this over with." Jude said while picking up her guitar and going into the recording booth. She knew that she needed to get out so many feelings out of her system before she crashed. And the song she worked on tirelessly did just that. Tom counted her in and she began to sing with more emotion than she thought was possible.

Everyday I sit here waiting
Everyday just seems so long
And now I've had enough of all the hating
Do we even care, it's so unfair
Any day it'll all be over
Everyday there's nothing new
And now I just try to find some hope
To try and hold onto
But it starts again
It'll never end

When Jude sang the next part she looked at Tommy directly in the eyes. She wanted him to feel what she was feeling and now how much he had hurt her with everything he did. She never tore her eyes from him and he couldn't seem to look away. It was almost poetic justice in the fact that the one that looked the most hurt was Tommy. He felt itin his being what he had done and it wasn't like before anymore, he had messed up more than anyone possibly could and he was the cause of her pain. And he wanted more than anything to take it away.

I'm heavily broken
And I don't know what to do
Can't you see that I'm choking
And I can't even move
When there's nothing left to say
What can you do
I'm heavily broken
And there's nothing I can do

Almost giving up on trying
Almost heading for a fall
And now my mind is screaming out
I've gotta keep on fighting
But then again
It doesn't end

Feels like I'm drowning
I'm screaming for air
Louder I'm crying
And you don't even care

I'm heavily broken
And I don't know what to do
Can't you see that I'm choking
And I can't even move
(What can I do)
When there's nothing left to say
What can you do
I'm heavily broken

It was deathly quiet when Jude finished and all she could her was her breathing and it unnerved her the way Tommy continued to look at her and the look was almost pitying or him just realizing that he had so much power over her than even he thought. Tommy was the first to tear his gaze and he acted like he was writing something down.

"That was great Jude." Tom said trying not to look her directly in the eyes so she couldn't see the pain behind his own.

"I'm …I'm going to get some fresh air." Jude said hurriedly while putting her guitar back into the case. She ran to the only place she knew no one would be able to find her but him. The alley. She paced back and forth until she got dizzy. She slid against the wall in frustration until she made contact with the ground.

"I screwed up." A voice said with much more pain than Jude thought he was capable of. Tommy closed the door to the studio behind him and shoved his hand in his pockets trying to find the right words to say.

"See, the one girl that I want more than anything, told me the one thing I have wanted to hear more than anything. And I screwed up the one chance I had." Tommy took a couple of steps closer to were Jude was sitting.

"And the thing is, even though I know I screwed up, I still am going to fight to get her back." He said while helping Jude to her feet.

"You always had me Tommy." She said with sadness in her voice

"You were just too caught up to see the fact that every guy I ever got involved with I was only using to distract myself from the pain of knowing the one guy I wanted didn't want me back."

"Jude I never said I didn't want you." Tommy said with his voice getting a little louder.

"Maybe you didn't Tom, but you weren't exactly saying anything to make me believe differently." Jude still had sadness in her voice but there wasn't a hint of anger or any other negativity towards Tommy.

"I know and it was stupid for me to think you would sit around and wait for me. And for you to understand that without me saying anything." He caressed her cheek only to have Jude pull away from him.

"Damn right Tommy. I've been legal for over a year and you didn't even make a move. What did you expect me to think?" She refused to cry in front of him, he wasn't worth it. But with each word it was getting harder to fight off the tears.

"Jude I'm still your producer, and I'm 26, don't you think I was just looking out for you? The press would eat you alive and say I was a pervert I couldn't put you through…"

"That's bullshit Tommy!" her anger being shown for the first time rang through out the air before she said anything else.

"And you know it." She lowered her voice. She took a step closer to Tommy and he could feel her breath on his neck.

"I'm stronger than that and you know it. You know what else, your just scared. Your scared shitless of what you feel and you don't have the nerve to do anything about it."

"That's not true Jude." He said harshly with anger in his eyes.

"Fine prove it Tom, prove it, here I am right in front of you. It's just you and me. You already know how I feel, what's stopping you now?" She had no emotion in her voice when she said this and it took all of her not to break down in front of him but she just stood there waiting to see if he would do or say anything. Or if he would run. She bit her lip to stop herself from crying and looked him straight in the eyes searching for some sign of hope.

"You know what scares me Jude? The fact that every time you're near me I can feel it without even looking to see if you walked in the door. What scares me is one day you'll realize that you are stronger than you use to be and you won't need me anymore. But what scares me beyond anything else is every time I look into your eyes or hear you sing I want to tell you how much I love you, but I'm to afraid to fuck it up."

And with that Tommy closed the space between them and wrapped his arms around her waist. Jude was to shocked to even respond and could only look into the captivating eyes that made her fall in love with him 4 years earlier.

"I love you Jude Harrison. I always have and I always will no matter how many stupid decisions you make."

"I love you too Tommy." They both smiled at each other for what seemed like the first time in months. Jude wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him slowly until Tommy crushed her body into his and slipped his tongue into her mouth. Jude moaned into his mouth and tangled her fingers into his hair. Their tongues tangoed and they kissed for what seemed like hours. Both of them had wanted this for so long and now it was finally happening. It was only to good to be true. But would this one good thing have to come to an end?

So I hope you guys liked this chapter itwas my favorite to write so far. The song is by The Veronicas, its an amazing song so if you haven't heard it you should really chech it out. Please PleaseReview it means a lot and it helps me develop my writing. Than kyou to everyone who does review you know who you are andI love everyonelast one of you! xoxo Lo