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Song Used: When You Say Nothing At All-Allison Krauss

Chapter 14: It Doesn't Matter What They Say

When Tommy and I pulled away, the press was still snapping pictures of us. I knew this was going to be all over the news and the papers and I didn't care. Time stood still when I kissed Tommy, and I knew that this was going to be a long night.

"Jude, do you mind telling me what the hell is going on here?" My dad said.

"I told you a couple of months ago, me and Tommy are dating, and I am sick of not showing how I feel. Tommy and I are never alone, someone is always barging in on us and you never leave me alone, you call me non-stop when I am at work. The press follows us both so much that me and Tommy come in here when G-Major is closed and work until four or five in the morning so we can finish my album." I said to him.

"Jude," I didn't let him finish speaking.

"Dad don't, I understand that you don't like Tommy and if I weren't eighteen I would understand you acting this way towards his. But, I am eighteen and I am legal now. I have to have room to breath and be with the man that I love." I said.

"I'm sorry, I don't like him honey but, how can you truly know that you love him?"

"You really want to know, I think of him all the time. When he kisses me it feels like time stands still and we are the only ones in the world. When he shows that he cares, when he calls me just to say that he loves me, when he shows up on my doorstep just to talk, when he would risk his life to save me, and so much more." I said.

"I see. Look, I will leave you alone but, Jude he is too old for you."

"Dad, don't pull that crap with me. Yes, he is twenty-five but, he was twenty-three when he and Sadie were together."

"and, He cheated on your sister with a random model."

"No he didn't, the model was Kwest's cousin, Tommy has known her for a long time, about as long as he as known Kwest."

"Jude, that still doesn't mean anything. He is a player."

"Then why have I been dating him for three months, and he has done nothing to prove me wrong. Dad, we haven't even had a fight since we have been home."

"Jude"

"No, I don't want to hear anymore excuses. I am with Tommy, and there is nothing you can do to stop me." I said. I walked over to where Tommy was and I interlocked my hand with his.

"Jude"

"Hey Darius," I said to him.

"What did you dad want?"

"Nothing, he was trying to convince me to break-up with Tommy." I said.

"Did he convince you?" Tommy asked me.

"Couldn't even shake me, he was trying everything in the book, but nothing seemed to cross my mind." I said.

"So you and T are solid aren't you?"

"Yeah, we are." I said. I looked right in Tommy's eye when I said that. I smiled and he smiled back.

"I gotta go, and talk to Liam." Darius said.

"Liam's back?" I asked.

"Apparently," He said walking off in Liam's direction.

"So, your dad tried didn't he?"

"He tried and he failed"

"I'm glad. I don't know what I would do without you." Tommy said. He bent down and lightly kissed my lips.

"Oh yeah, I'm staying with you for a while. I have had enough of my dad and his b/s."

"Okay, do you have any clothes?"

"Yeah, I left some last time I was at your place."

"Oh did you now?"

"Yes, I did." We stared at each other for what felt like forever, until Kwest came over the sound system.

"Alright, ladies and gentlemen now I give you the woman of the hour, Ms. Jude Harrison performing the newest single off of her album, here she is singing 'When You Say nothing at All'.

I walked up to the stage and picked up my guitar and I started strumming the beginning chords.

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word you can light up the dark
Try as I may I could never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all

All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd
Old Mr. Webster could never define
What's being said between your heart and mine

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all

I finished singing the song and I put my guitar on the stand on stage and I walked down the steps to Tommy. I jumped into his arms and I hugged him. He whispered something in my ear but, I wasn't sure what.

"I didn't hear what you said." I said to him still wrapped in his embrace.

"Will you marry me?" He whispered a little louder in my ear.

I raised my head back and looked into his eyes. I just stared at him like I didn't understand what he said. I had a smile on my face and I knew my eyes were glistening but, my mind was going crazy. It was like I didn't understand what he said.

He put me down, and he just looked at me. He got down on one knee and pulled a black velvet box out of his jacket pocket. He just looked at me for a long minute before he opened his mouth to speak.

"Jude, I know this must come as a shock to you but, I love you with every part of my mind, body and soul. You're the reason that I get up in the morning. I sometimes wonder why someone like you would love a man like me, and I actually can't think of one reason. But, I do know this; I would give anything in the world to wake up next to you in the morning. So will you marry me?"

"Yes" I managed to say. I was in a state of shock. He opened the box and the ring was gorgeous. It was a thick platinum band with a single huge diamond in the middle. He took the ring out of the box and slid it onto my finger. It fit perfectly.

I smiled at him and I pulled him close to me and I kissed him hard. I heard camera's going off and I could see the flashes even with my eyes closed. Everything was falling into place, and I felt like the luckiest girl in the world. I knew everything was going to be alright.

When we pulled apart, I smiled and I blushed just a little bit. I just looked at him smiling from ear to ear.

"Congratulations Jude," I heard a British voice come from behind me.

"Thanks Liam." I said. I turned towards him and I shook his hand.

"You back for good?" Tommy asked.

"Well it's nice to see you to Tommy, and I'm going to stick around for a little while." He said.

"It's good to have you back." I said.

"It's good to be back." He said. He walked off and left me and Tommy alone.

"Tommy, how long do we have to stay here?" I asked him.

"I think that it would be safe to leave now. Since the press is occupied."

"Good, I'm tired and I want to get out of here." I said.

A couple of seconds after I said that Tommy disappeared and I didn't know where he went. A minute later there was a text message on my cell, it was from Tommy. It said to meet him in the back alley and to hurry. I walked out back and there was Tommy, he was sitting in the viper. He got out and opened my door for me, he went back around and cranked the car again, and we left.