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Cardigan Weather – Chapter Two
Jude avoided Spiederman like the plague, which wasn't an easy task. She had four classes with him, homeroom, and his girlfriend was her biggest fan. Yep, he was constantly around her.
She couldn't believe he would even have the audacity to do what he did. He hadn't said two words to her that didn't have anything to do with that morning's altercation, and then he kisses her.
Out of the blue.
And he had a girlfriend. Who, by the way doesn't know about what happened. Jude preferred to keep it between the two of them. Thankfully everyone had left the classroom already.
What Jude didn't get was what he meant by "I need to cross this off of my list."
There was no way he could have gone his whole life without kissing anyone. It wasn't possible.
Jude did it, but she never really had a proper boyfriend. And then, Vincent, her ex-best friend from almost 8 years ago, steals her first kiss. First kiss. And she'd never get it back.
Good thing it wasn't a bad one.
"Is there any reason why you've been spacing out lately?" Tommy asked. Jude was in the studio, trying to come up with this 'hit song' with her producer, and she could barely concentrate. All she could think about was Vin, and the way his lips felt when they made contact with hers.
"School, stress," Jude said.
"There's a guy. There's always a guy," Tommy said. Jude sighed and told Tommy the whole story, from start to finish.
"Well how does everything make you feel?" Tommy asked as he started to play some notes on the piano. He knew from experience that getting someone to write down their feelings always made for a good song.
"I'm completely unconnected, constantly rejected, like everything I've ever loved is coming down. I'm drowning in emotion in the middle of the ocean, never knowing when it's over and I'm going down. That's how I feel," Jude sang along.
"Good, that's a start. Let's build from there," Tommy said. Finally, Jude was getting over her block.
It'd gotten late so Tommy sent Jude home. She was in her room working on her new song while the trees rustled in the wind. There was a thunderstorm going on in the background and it was a pretty terrifying experience for Jude. Every time the lightening flashed, Jude could swear she saw someone sitting on the tree outside of her window.
Come to think of it…
"Oh my God, what the hell are you doing out here?" Jude hissed. She opened her window to find Vincent hanging onto the tree for dear life.
"Can I come in, please?" he asked. Jude helped him climb through her window and shut it.
"Thanks," he said, shivering. He was dripping water everywhere!
"Go, stand in the bath or something. I'm gonna find you some dry clothes," she said. She walked out of her room and went into her parent's room.
Jude, we left some money for take out, Sadie had a competition and we went to watch her win. Don't wait up for us, sweetie. The money's in the drawer.
Love, Mom and Dad
Jude sighed. Of course her parents were gone. What else is new?
She grabbed some pajamas from her father's drawer and handed them to Speed.
"Th-th-thanks," he said, still shaking.
"How long were you out there?" Jude asked.
"About thirty minutes. I'd been throwing things at your window but you didn't hear, I guess," he said after he changed. It was a cold and rainy night, not the kind of night to spend trying to get into someone's house, no matter how sorry you were.
"Why'd you come?" Jude asked. She turned on her electric blanket and wrapped Speed in it. It looked like his fingers were turning blue, and she wasn't an expert, but she knew that wasn't a good thing.
"My parents kicked me out, and I really wanted to talk to someone," Speed said.
"So you came to me? You didn't even remember who I was, and you wanted to talk to me?" Jude was bewildered.
"I remembered you, I just didn't think it could be you. I thought you were just some other Jude Harrison," Speed said.
"That doesn't explain anything," Jude said.
"I trust you, okay. And I wanted to apologize. For kissing you," he said.
"You're lucky your girlfriend didn't see it," she said.
"Eh, we're through. She's just not right for me. I thought maybe she was, but she couldn't be more wrong," Speed said.
"So you just broke up with her, because you didn't feel like she was 'right'?" Jude asked.
"I broke up with her to be with you," Speed said. Jude immediately jumped into his arms and kissed him passionately, and they lived happily ever after.
Pfft, as if. Life's not a fairy tale.
"You egocentric jerk, only thinking about yourself. What, did you think I would just say 'oh okay, Vinnie, of course I'll be with you, I love you!" Jude asked.
"No, I just thought we'd be able to talk about things," he started.
"Talk? You wanna talk? You've got a lot to learn about conversational skills Mr., because they are lacking. You don't just show up at someone's house who you haven't talked to in years and just confess your love for her. Especially when you barely even know her anymore, and another thing," she ranted.
He stopped listening somewhere around 'conversational skills.' He knew she was yelling and he wanted her to stop, so he did the only thing that seemed to work. He kissed her.
It worked.
This kissed lasted longer than the first but it still ended the same. With a hard slap.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Jude," Speed said, rubbing his cheek. Just like that, he walked out of Jude's house, leaving her with many unanswered questions.
"How the hell does he know where I live?" she wondered out loud.
Speed didn't know why he kept kissing her. He just knew it seemed like the right thing to do at the times, and he was always one to follow his gut.
He really wanted to get to know her again, find out why he never received any of her letters, what happened during those years, when did she start singing.
And he wanted to tell her everything that had gone on his life.
"She probably hates me," Speed said, laughing to himself. He got out of his car and climbed into Kyle's window. He hadn't been lying, his parents did kick him out. But it wasn't anything serious. They probably just wanted to spend the night alone (eek) and sent him to Kyle's house.
"Uh, Andrew's has been IMing you all night," Kyle said.
"About what?" Speed asked.
"Something about what did you do to her, she's been going insane all night because of it," Kyle said.
"Insane, huh?" Speed said. He hadn't talked to Jamie in years, but when Jude came back, he knew that Jamie would understand what he was going through. Jamie more than anyone.
"What is he talking about?" Kyle asked.
"I showed up at Jude's. Hence the old man pajamas. And I kissed her. Again," Speed said.
"Whoa, you kissed new girl, Instant Star girl? Again?" Kyle asked.
"Yeah, I kissed her, uh a week ago," Speed said.
"I thought she bugged you? And wait, you were still with Eden a week ago," Kyle said.
"Yeah, I know. And she does bug me. A lot. She's very temperamental," Speed said.
"She must bug you. You're using SAT words for her," Kyle said.
"See. Ugh. I'm gonna go to sleep. I need to think," Speed said. He knew Kyle wasn't dumb. Kyle knew Speed liked Jude, and he knew there was more to the story that he wasn't telling.
Jude on the other hand, was pissed off; she told Jamie the whole story. Well, after she managed to come up with something more intelligent to say than "he, hate, ugh!"
"You can't let anyone know," Jamie said.
"Why not? He cheated on his girlfriend and then broke up with her," Jude said.
"Eden already hates you because you won Instant Star, you're the singer in the band, a lot of the guys think you're hott, including Speed, and you're "taking things" from her. Apparently they're things that she's worked hard for, for the past few years, and you're just being handed them," Jamie said.
"If she hates me, why is she always trying to hang out with me?" Jude asked.
"Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer? Just watch out for Eden. If she finds out you had anything to do with Speed breaking up with her, she will murder you," Jamie said.
"But I didn't do anything," Jude said.
"She won't see it that way," Jamie said. Jude's stomach grumbled.
"Hang on Jamie, I need to order some food, I'm starved," Jude said. She put him on hold and ordered herself some takeout.
"Alright, so then what am I to do about Speed then? I'm pretty sure he's winning right now," Jude said.
"Why don't you hear him out?" Jamie asked.
"I've heard him out. He wants to date me, and the only thing I know about him is the things I knew before I moved. I know less about him now than I did before," Jude said.
"So you want to sit down and talk with him?" Jamie asked.
"Not really. Like, I just wanna get to know him again. Not sit and talk about life. Like how me and you, we talk everyday. I know you. I'm pretty sure you know me," Jude said.
"So you wanna be friends again?" Jamie asked.
"Yeah," she decided.
"I'll tell him to call you, so you two can talk things over," Jamie said.
"No, don't do that. Don't help him out. He needs to figure these things out on his own," Jude said.
"Jude, you've been away for a long time. Speed's not that smart. Especially when it comes to girls. Why do you think he keeps kissing you, and making situations awkward?" Jamie asked.
He was right, Speed did make situations awkward. A few days ago, Eden told Jude to sit at their table with them, and Speed made sure he sat next to Jude. She did all she could to ignore him, but he would ask the most random questions, almost all about her love life.
"Ugh, fine. I'll strike up a conversation with him tomorrow then," Jude said.
"Good. So, is there anything else you wanna tell me? I'm getting pretty tired," Jamie said.
"Uh, is it bad that I liked the kiss?" Jude asked.
"Did you feel anything? Any kind of spark?" She wasn't sure. She definitely felt something, but she didn't know what she should've been feeling.
"I don't know," she whispered.
"Well, figure it out then. I'll talk to you in the morning, Jude. Goodnight," he said, hanging up the phone. Jude sighed. Boys.
Speed couldn't sleep. He couldn't get the feeling he felt when their lips touched out of his mind. He knew she felt it too, but she was too afraid to admit it. 'Girls,' he muttered.
Alright, end of chapter 2.
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