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Song used: Maybe-Kelly Clarkson-My December

Chapter 12: Crossing the Line

"Not good." Jude said into her bathroom mirror. She was two weeks late for her period, and she had a good feeling that she was pregnant. She just didn't know how to tell Tommy yet.

She tried to remember the last time they had sex, and she did. Two weeks ago, and they didn't use protection. Jude stopped walking down the hall when she noticed an old beat up Chevy in her driveway, and she knew it was Jamie's car.

'How long has he been there?' She asked herself walking down the stairs. She didn't really think about it to much. She surely wasn't going to walk out there and start talking to him. After what he pulled two weeks ago, and now it was getting to where he would call her drunk every night. She wasn't going to insinuate anything with him because she didn't want him to think anything of it.

She went into the kitchen and tried to cook dinner and it didn't work in her favor. After about thirty minutes she gave up an threw it in the trash. She out the skillet and the baking pan in the sink and washed it off and put it back up.

She was walking back out into the living room and she noticed Jamie's car was still there but, she could tell that he wasn't in it. She was actually scared now. She grabbed her phone and she tried to call Tommy.

"Hello?" Tommy asked.

"It's me."

"What's wrong?" He asked her. He knew something was he just couldn't figure out what.

"Jamie's car has been parked in the driveway for half an hour and now he's not in it. I am totally and completely not going out there."

"All right. Hold on a minute." He put the phone down and he was talking to someone but, Jude couldn't tell who it was. "I'm on my way home." He said and he hung the phone up.

Jude felt a little at ease knowing that Tommy was on his way home. She was still a little tense though because of Jamie. They had been best friends for almost sixteen years and he had never been like this before. She didn't know what came over him but, she had a feeling that something wasn't good.

She decided to go upstairs, and she went into the small recording studio that she and Tommy had set up. She knew it wasn't as good as the one's at the new studio but, it was close enough. Jude sat down at the soundboard and popped a CD into the mixer and set the recorder to a few minute delay. She went into the booth and put the headphones on and started to sing.

I'm strong
But I break
I'm stubborn
And I make plenty of mistakes
Yeah I'm hard
And life with me is never easy
To figure out, to love
I'm jaded but oh so lovely
All you have to do is hold me
And you'll know and you'll see just how sweet it can be
If you'll trust me, love me, let me
Maybe, maybe

Someday
When we're at the same place
When we're on the same road
When it's okay to hold my hand
Without feeling lost
Without all the excuses
When it's just because you love me, you let me, you need me
Then maybe, maybe
All you have to do is hold me
And you'll know and you'll see just how sweet it can be
If you'll trust me, love me, let me
Maybe, maybe

I'm confusing as hell
I'm north and south
And I'll probably never have it all figured out
But what I know is I wasn't meant to walk this world without you
And I promise I'll try
Yeah I'm gonna try to give you every little part of me
Every single detail you missed with your eyes
Then maybe
Maybe, yeah maybe

One day
We'll meet again and you'll need me, you'll see me completely
Every little bit
Oh yeah maybe you'll love me, you'll love me then

I don't want to be tough
And I don't want to be proud
I don't need to be fixed and I certainly don't need to be found
I'm not lost
I need to be loved
I just need to be loved
I just want to be loved by you and I won't stop 'cause I believe
That maybe, yeah maybe
Maybe, yeah maybe

I should know better than to touch the fire twice
But I'm thinking maybe, yeah maybe you might

Maybe, love maybe

She finished the song and she pressed stop on the recorder and she left the booth. When she got out she heard the front door open. She felt herself jump just a little bit at the sound but, she didn't know why because she locked the door and bolted it shut.

Jude was still somehow at east even though she was sure of her actions. She left the studio and walked down the hallway and into her and Tommy's room. She looked around and she didn't remember shutting the blinds. She felt someone's hands fly over her eyes, and she gasped a little at their actions.

"Who is it?" She asked slightly defensive.

"You'll see." She heard him say to her. She knew it was Tommy but, she was going to play along.

"What's going on?" She asked him. She was still a little freaked for some odd reason.

"It's a surprise." He whispered in her ear playfully.

Tommy led her to their bed and she sat down. Tommy went over to the dresser and pulled out a small velvet box, and he walked over and sat down by Jude. He handed her the box and she took it in her hands.

"Open your eyes." He said to her and she did. He opened the box for her and it was a heart-shaped locket. She opened it and on the right was a picture of her and Tommy from when they got married and on the left had an engraving that read 'I held you in my arms last night, always and forever.'

"Tommy, it's beautiful." She gasped when she looked at the locket.

"So, I know we're supposed to wait until a year but, it's been six months so I figured that we could celebrate."

"We can. Oh yeah, I was trying to surprise you but, it didn't work."

"What were you trying to do?" He asked her in a concerned voice.

"I tried to make dinner."

"How bad?"

"Horrid, I just threw it away and washed what I used."

"I see."

"Hey now,just because your a culinary mastermind you can't hate on me."

"I wasn't hating on you I sawer it but, it is a little funny."

"That hurts Quincy."She said playfully hitting him.

"I'm telling the truth."

"I know so I'll let you slide."

"Thank you since it's our anniversary."

"I know that. Did you see Jamie's car?"

"Yea but, I didn't see him. I looked in the back to see if he was sleeping in it and he wasn't. If he hasn't left by dark I'm going to go and see what's up."

"Thanks." She said hugging him. "For everything."

"Your welcome."

Jude finally let go of Tommy and they went downstairs and Tommy went into the kitchen and he grabbed the Chinese take out that he got on the way home and he took it into the living room.

"You brought dinner." Jude said excitedly. "I want a favor."

"What would that be." He said to her getting everything out of the bag.

"To finish Alias season 4 and season 5 ." She said to him hopefully.

"All right." Tommy gave in. He was actually starting to like the show. He didn't know why though. He decided that he would deal with it because Jude loved it.

Jude put in the last disc of season four and came back over and sat down on the couch beside Tommy. She laid her head on Tommy's chest and she watched the show unfold. She looked up at him and she smiled and he smiled back at her.