A Month Later…………
Jude sits in her room with her guitar in her hand, strumming the chords to her new song. This was the third one she had written today. Tommy, who had just gotten out of the shower, walks into her room and smiles. They had stopped knocking on each other's doors a long time ago. Ever since the night that Tommy found out he was actually a father they had become even closer.
"Hey girl. What song number is this?" He asks. "Three." She replies as she strums a few more chords angrily. "Not liking the music?" Tommy asks. "Nope." Jude says. "Can I hear the lyrics?" He asks. "No, I want it to be a surprise." Jude says. "You want your song to be a surprise for me?" Tommy asks. "Yes." Jude says. "I can think of a better surprise." Tommy says as he touches the hem of her shirt.
Jude laughs and puts her guitar on the floor. "Are you ever going to stop?" Jude asks with a big grin. "Stop? I haven't even started yet Harrison." Tommy says with a big smirk. Jude shakes her head and smiles, rolling her eyes. "What am I going to do with you, Quincy?" She asks. "I know a few things you can do to me." He replies, scooting closer to her.
Jude laughs. "I should have known you were going to say something like that." She responds. Tommy nods his head and stands up. "Where are you going?" Jude asks him. "I have to talk to Spiederman about something." He replies. "Vincent Spiederman? As in my ex-boyfriend? As in the guy you can't be in the same room with for ten minutes without rolling your eyes at least 15 times?" Jude asks, curious. "Yeah that's the same Speed I'm talking about." Tommy says as he walks towards the door.
"What do you have to talk to him about?" Jude asks. "Nothing." Tommy says wearing one of his sneaky grins. Jude gives him a weird look and bites her bottom lip, thinking about what Tommy could possibly have to say to Speed. She shakes her head as Tommy closes her door and gets back to working on her song. She hadn't writing much down before she heard a loud 'boom' noise and felt the bus stop, the brakes squeaking.
She puts down her journal and pencil and walks out into the hallway, walking towards the front of the bus. "That didn't sound so good." Speed says to the driver. The driver just grunts and opens the door to the bus. They all look through the windshield and see smoke coming from under the hood. "Dude, that can't be good." Wally says. Kyle, Speed and Tommy all roll their eyes at him.
They wait a few minutes while the driver of the bus checks under the hood. When he finally returns to the bus he has a frown on his face. "I'm sorry kids but I don't think you are going to be able to make it to your concert tonight." The driver says as walks back up to the front. He pulls out a toolbox and makes his way back to the door.
"Wait, what's wrong with this bus, Mr. Driver-dude." Speed asks. "The name's Tod and there are a lot of things wrong with this bus which is why I say you probably won't make it to your concert tonight…and possibly tomorrow." Tod says to Speed. "Aren't you supposed to check these things before you go on long trips?" Tommy asks. "Supposed to? Yes. Did I? No." Tod says before stepping off of the bus. Tommy sighs and shakes his head as he takes a seat on the couch.
"Dude, what driver doesn't check the engine of his car…or truck?" Speed asks. "Tod." Everyone answers. They all sigh as they sit down. "You should call Darius and tell him that you all have to cancel." Tommy says to Jude, who was sitting next to him. "Why don't you call him?" Wally asks.
"My phone is broke…literally." Tommy mumbles the last word. Jude smiles and laughs lightly. "Dude his phone has been broken for like a month now." Speed says. "Well I didn't know. No one tells me anything." Wally says. They all laugh at him.
"I guess I'll go make that call now." Jude says as she stands up, sighing. Tommy watches her as she walks out of the room. His eyes look her up and down, mesmerized by her hips. Wally, Kyle and Speed watch Tommy watching Jude and smirk. They all look at each other and smirk.
"You know I don't think producers are supposed to look at their clients like that." Kyle says, still smirking. Tommy turns his head to look at Kyle. "What are you talking about?" Tommy asks. "I'm talking about the way you were look at Jude…or should I say 'x-raying' her." Kyle says. Tommy smiles and shakes his head.
"Dude, when are you finally going to make the move on her?" Speed asks. "Make a move…I'm not. Jude and I are just friends. Nothing more." Tommy says. "Why do you care anyways? Aren't you supposed to be acting like a jealous ex-boyfriend?" Tommy adds.
"I got over the whole jealous thing a month ago. Besides Jude and I are like Bart and Lisa Simpson." Speed says. They all give him a weird look. "It's a long story. Just forget it. Back to the subject…I have watched you two flirt and smile at each other during this whole tour. Not to mention you two have spent so many nights in your rooms alone with each I lost count." Speed says.
"He does have a point there." Kyle says. "Like I said, we are good friends." Tommy says. He wasn't about to admit his true feelings to a bunch of teenage kids who still thought watching cartoons was supposed to be a typical thing to do on every Saturday morning.
"Whatever. You both are in denial." Speed says. "Since when did you become an expert on this?" Tommy asks. "I'm not an expert. I just know that Jude likes you. And you have to like Jude because it is hard not to." Speed says. Tommy nods his head, agreeing to his last statement. It was hard not to like a girl like Jude.
"Well we are just friends and nothing more." Tommy says. Speed, Wally and Kyle shake their heads. "Denial, denial, denial." Wally says, shaking his head. "I'm not in denial." Tommy says. "Okay so you admit that you have feelings for Jude?" Speed asks. "No." Tommy replies. "Then you are in denial." Kyle says.
"Remember when I said I like you more than the others?" Tommy asks Kyle. "Yeah…" Kyle says. "I take it back." Tommy says. They others laugh. "I'm just speaking the truth. You have a thing for Jude." Kyle says. "No, I don't." Tommy argues. "Okay well then have you ever thought about her in like a sex kind of way?" Speed asks.
"I'm not going to answer that question." Tommy says. Speed, Kyle and Wally all look at each and nod their heads. "That's a yes." They all say at the same time. Tommy rolls his eyes and sighs. "If you keep this attitude up you two are never going to get together." Wally says.
"Shut up, I don't have a thing for her." Tommy says. "Getting a tad bit defensive, aren't we?" Speed asks. Tommy sighs again and begins to rub his temples. This was the exact reason why he couldn't stay in a room with them for more than ten minutes. He then remembers that he had to talk to them about something. He is about to say something when he sees Jude reappear.
"Hey, so what are you all talking about?" Jude asks as she sits down on the couch next to Tommy. "We were just talking about how Tommy is in –" Wally stops when he gets hit by a pillow that Tommy through. Jude gives Tommy a weird, questioningly look. Speed and Kyle just look at each other and start to laugh.
"What was he about to say?" Jude asks. "Nothing." Tommy says, giving her a smile. Speed rolls his eyes and throws his hands up in the air. "You see this is exactly what we mean, dude." Speed says. "What are you talking about?" Jude asks. "Nothing. Do you want to go in your room to finish your song?" He asks as he stands us.
"Sure." Jude says, standing up next to him. "Of course she'll go in a room alone with you, dude." Speed says in a sarcastic voice. "To work on your 'music'." Wally adds, smiling. "You see that is why Kyle is his favorite." Jude says. "Not anymore…he disclaimed me earlier." Kyle says as he looks at Tommy.
"I take it back now." Tommy says before shaking his head at Speed and Wally. "Let's go, Quincy." Jude says as she grabs his hand and leads him towards her room. Speed, Wally and Kyle look at each other and smile, nodding their heads. "I think there is something going on, they just aren't telling us." Kyle says.
"No, dude. I sleep next to her…I can hear everything that goes on in her room and there has been no moaning or screaming or anything like that." Speed says. "Well then they are both in denial." Wally says. "Duh." Kyle and Speed say at the same time.
Tommy and Jude walk into Jude's room and close the door. They both walk towards her bed, Jude sitting down and Tommy lying down. Jude looks at him and smiles as he grabs her journal and begins to read her lyrics. He squints his eyes a few times, having trouble reading her handwriting.
"So what do you think?" Jude asks after a painful two minutes of his silent reading. She was dying to know what he thought of her new song. Tommy, who had the journal positioned on his stomach and one hand behind his head, starts to smirk as he puts down the journal so he can see her face.
"I'm thinking, girl." He says. "Well stop thinking. You know how I get whenever you are reading a new song of mine." She pouts. Tommy chuckles and puts the journal back up, ignoring what Jude had said. "Tommy!" Jude says. Tommy chuckles again and puts down the journal once again. "You already know I'm going to say I like them. If I didn't like them I would have said so by now." He replies with a reassuring smile.
"Well you could have signaled to me that you liked them or something." Jude says. Tommy laughs and hands her her journal. "I hate to tell you this Harrison, but your handwriting isn't the greatest." Tommy says. Jude smiles and hits him with her journal. "I know, okay. I was just scribbling stuff down." She defends herself.
"So then you scribble a lot huh?" Tommy asks in a smart eleck tone. Jude laughs and hits him with the journal again. "You are a smart ass, Quincy." She says. "I know. But that's why you love me, girl." Tommy says. "No, I just love you because of your cars." Jude says. Tommy chuckles.
"I knew it had to be that. You always ask me for a ride." Tommy says. "I love all your cars but I miss the Viper." Jude says. "I miss it too. It has been a long time since I drove it…I might have to start driving it again when we get back home." He says. "Fine by me. Of course you know I will still be asking for rides." She responds. Tommy rolls his eyes.
Jude smiles and lies down next to him, putting her head on his stomach. Tommy smiles softly and puts his hand on her head, running his fingers through her hair. They don't talk for a while just listening to each other breathing, until they hear a wrench and parts being taken off. After thirty minutes of listening to the work that was being done on the bus Tommy sighs and rises up, making Jude rise also.
"If I hear that wrench one more time I swear I'm going to take it from him and hit him repeatedly." Jude says. Tommy laughs and puts his hands on his shoulders. "And I'm the one who needs to take the anger management classes?" Tommy asks in a smart eleck tone. "Look at what happened to your phone. That's besides the point…you mean to tell me that that wrench isn't driving you insane?" Jude asks.
"I was just focusing on the pretty girl that was on my stomach." Tommy replies. "As sweet and true as that may be, I know that wrench noise was getting on your nerves." Jude says. "Yeah it was." Tommy says. Jude nods her head and stands up and walks towards the door. Tommy stands up and follows her outside the room. When they enter the front of the bus they see Speed pulling his hair, Kyle hitting the ground hard with his drumsticks and Wally sitting in the chair hitting himself on the head with his fist.
"The noise is driving you all crazy also?" Jude asks. "What was your first clue?" Wally asks sarcastically. Jude laughs. They get quiet and hear the wrench noise again. Suddenly Speed jumps up. Everyone looks at him.
"Okay, Tommy you are strong here's what we're going to do. We're going to go out there and you are going to put him in some sort of arm lock and I'm going to take the wrench and hit him in his head over and over." Speed says. Tommy laughs and looks at Jude.
"See I'm not the only one who wants to hit Tod in the head with that wrench." Tommy says. Jude just shakes her head and rolls her eyes. "No we just have to find something to distract us from that noise." She says. "Like what?" Kyle asks. "Like…food." Jude says. "Newsflash, lead singer, there is no food." Speed says. Jude looks around and sees all the empty bags of potato chips. She sighs and starts to think of something else.
Tommy looks out the front window and faintly sees a gas station sign. "We could walk to that gas station and get some snacks." Tommy says as he continues to look out the window. Jude follows where his eyes were and shakes her head.
"What?" Tommy says, looking at Jude who was shaking her head. "Tommy that gas station is like a mile away." Jude complains. "Point being?" Tommy asks. "Yeah, dude. It wouldn't hurt you to do some exercise." Speed adds. "We all know you can stand to loose a couple pounds." Wally says. Jude's jaw drops as she hits him hard on the chest. Speed and Kyle start to laugh, giving Wally a high-five.
"Do you think I need to loose weight?" Jude asks as she turns to Tommy. "I never said anything." Tommy says with a smile as he puts his hands up. "So does that mean you agree with Wally?" Jude asks. "No that means that I think you are fine…every curve, every angle and every --" He stops when he remembers that Speed, Wally and Kyle were in the room. He turns to look at them, noticing they had big smirks on their faces.
Speed shakes his head as he puts on his leather coat. Kyle and Wally put on their coats also and walk off the bus. "Smooth, Quincy." Jude says. "Hey I was trying to give you a compliment, girl." Tommy says. Jude grins. "That was a compliment and thank you." She says.
"Anytime." Tommy says as he grabs their coats. Once they put their coats on they walk outside and see Kyle, Wally and Speed talking to Tod.
"So where are you going again?" Tod asks. "To the gas station." Speed answers. "That's 'bout a mile and a half." Tod says, continuing to work under the hood. "We know. We need to get some exercise." Kyle says. "Some more than others." Wally says, looking at Jude. Jude hits him hard on the head as Speed and Kyle laugh again.
"You ever fix a car before?" Tod asks Tommy, coming up from the hood. "Me? I know a little about fixing cars…why?" Tommy asks. "I could use a hand." Tod says. "I'm really not that good." Tommy says. Speed walks over to Tommy and pulls him aside.
"Dude if you help him fix the car then we can get out of here and to our next concert." Speed says. "I'm really not that good. Besides, I have a white shirt on." Tommy says. "What are you…a girl?" Speed asks. "I wouldn't talk." Tommy says. "Whatever. Anyways, you said you have fixed some cars before." Speed says.
"Cars, not buses." Tommy says. "It's the same thing, dude. Just help him fix the stupid bus and we will be back soon with the snacks, okay?" Speed says. "Fine." Tommy says. They walk back towards the group.
"So are you going to help me?" Tod asks. "I'll try." Tommy says. Jude looks at him and smiles. Tommy nods his head then looks at Tod and under the hood. He sighs and scratches his forehead.
"Have fun, dude!" Speed says as they begin to walk towards the gas station. Tommy looks under the hood and sighs again. Tod smiles at him and hands him another wrench. Tommy takes it and looks at the parts that were in front of him. He listens as Tod tells him what to do.
An hour and a half later, Jude and SME return from the gas station, laughing and smiling. Tod and Tommy were so caught up in fixing the engine that they didn't even hear them walk up. "How's it going?" Speed asks, making both of them jump. Tommy hits his head on the hood. Kyle and Wally start to laugh. Tommy groans and rises up from under the hood, holding the top of his head.
Jude looks at him and bites her bottom lip. She saw that he had taken off his jacket; his used to be clean white shirt was now stained with black oil. He had oil smudged on his face and forehead and forearms. She also noticed that he was sweating a little. His once perfect hair was now messy. It was still spiked like he usually had it, but there was less gel. For some reason she found him more attractive dirty then his naturally clean self.
"Why are you staring at me like that, Harrison?" Tommy asks, breathing heavily. "No reason." She says with a smile. Speed, Wally and Kyle look at each other and smirk before rolling their eyes and getting on the bus. Jude looks at them then looks back at Tommy, accidentally letting him see her looking him up and down. Tommy smirks but keeps his comment to himself.
"I'll just be on the bus." Jude says as she walks away, still looking at him. "Okay." Tommy replies before going back under the hood. Jude smiles as she steps into the bus. She sees Speed and Wally already stuffing their mouths with potato chips. Jude smiles and shakes her head as she watches them inhale the food.
She grabs a bag of pretzels and sits down on the couch and slowly begins to eat them. They all get quiet, partly because they were eating and partly because they were too busy trying to get warm again. They hear the annoying sound of the wrench again. This time was worse…there were two wrenches. After five minutes of listening to the wrenching noise Speed stands up.
"I can't take this, dude. It was bad with one wrench but with two…I can't do it." Speed says. "I know. I'm going to tell Tommy to come inside." Jude says, standing up. She can tell Kyle is about to say something so she hits him in the head. Speed and Wally laugh as Kyle grabs the side of his head.
"I didn't even say anything." Kyle says. "Yeah but you were about to." Jude says as she smiles towards the door of the bus. She stops and reaches into one of the bags, pulling out something before finally exiting the bus. Speed and Wally laugh again, looking at Kyle, who was still holding his head. He throws a pillow at the two of them shutting them up.
Jude steps off the bus and walks towards the front, where Tod and Tommy were still working under the hood. She walks up to Tommy and puts her hands over his eyes.
"You know there is something sexy about seeing guys sweating and oily." Jude whispers into his ear. Tommy smirks and begins to think bad thoughts. He accidentally wrenches off the wrong part. Tod grunts when he sees this and shakes his head. Tommy sighs and comes up from under the hood.
Jude giggles. "I'm sorry. I needed to get your attention." She says. "Well you defiantly got it, Harrison. What can I help you with?" Tommy asks, smirking. She grabs his hand and leads him away from Tod. "Listening to one wrench was torture, now that you are helping Tod, using another wrench, it is a living hell." Jude says.
Tommy chuckles. "I was just about to tell him I was done anyways." Tommy says with a smile. "Thank god." Jude says. "What do you have behind your back?" Tommy asks. Jude smiles and pulls out the bag that was behind her back. Tommy grins widely as he looks at the bag of Twizzlelrs Jude had bought. Jude laughs at his reaction.
"Jude you are my savior." Tommy says as he takes the bag away from her and begins to open it. Jude laughs as she watches him open the bag in two seconds and bite one. He looks up and offers her one. Jude smiles and declines. Tommy shrugs and picks up another one.
"Tommy can you do me a favor?" Tod asks as he comes up from under the hood. Tommy turns around and looks at him. "Sure." Tommy answers. "We'll you get on the bus and try to start the engine?" Tod asks him. "Yeah." Tommy replies. Jude walks with him back on the bus, still mesmerized by how good he looked.
When they get on the bus they see that Speed and Wally are having a spray cheese fight. Tommy looks at Kyle, who was just sitting in the chair smiling at his two friends who were running around with the cans of cheese. Kyle meets Tommy eyes and just shrugs.
"You see that is why I like you out of all three of them. You show a little maturity." Tommy says. Kyle laughs and turns his attention back to Wally and Speed. Tommy sits down in the driver's seat and Jude squats down next to him and watches as he tries to start to the bus. Tommy sighs after turning the key in the ignition five more times.
Tod comes from under the hood and raises his hand, telling him to stop trying. Tommy nods and sighs again. Jude puts her hand on his upper thigh, her fingertips on the inside of her legs. Tommy looks down at her hand then swallows hard and looks at her. Jude looks at him then looks at where her hand was. She smiles and blushes, pulling her hand away.
"So um…it looks like we aren't going to your concert tonight." Tommy says after he clears his throat. "Yeah…I guess." Jude says. Tommy looks at his shirt and sighs. "You are just now noticing your shirt?" Jude asks him. "Yeah." Tommy replies. "You have more like it, Quincy." Jude says. Tommy laughs. "I know but I liked this shirt." He replies.
"Oh well." Jude says. "I'm going to take a shower." Tommy says as he stands up. "That's too bad. The whole oily look was working for you." Jude says. Tommy smiles at her. "You think?" Tommy asks. "Yeah." Jude answers. Tommy smiles at her as he walks towards the bathroom, avoiding Speed and Wally, who were still chasing each other.
Jude looks at them and smiles. She takes a seat next to Kyle and watches them as the continue to chase each other with the spray cheese. After ten minutes of watching them run around Jude sighs. "Aren't you two dizzy yet?" She asks. They both stop running and look at her. Speed turns his head to Wally and smiles. Wally smiles back at him and turn towards Jude. Jude recognizes the look that they were giving her.
"I would run, Jude." Kyle whispers. "Way ahead of you." Jude says as she jumps up and runs towards the driver's part of the bus. Speed and Wally run after her, spraying the cheese. After chasing Jude around for ten minutes they manage to get spray cheese in her hair and on her chest. She stops when she gets cornered at the end of the hallway.
"Speed, you have gotten me already." Jude says as she puts her hands up in front of her. "She's right. Now it's time to get Kyle." Wally says with a smile. Speed and Wally smile at each other before giving each other a high-five. They walk towards the front of the bus and start to mess with Kyle. Jude shakes her head and starts to remove the smudged cheese that was on her chest.
She then runs her fingers through her hair and feels the sticky cheese. She sighs and makes her way into the bathroom. As she gets into the bathroom she sees that Tommy is still in the shower. 'I'll only be a few seconds.' Jude thinks as she looks into the mirror at her hair. She starts to remove some of it out when she hears the shower stop. She looks to her left and watches as Tommy steps out of the shower. He jumps a little when he sees Jude, then smiles and reaches for his towel.
"Ever heard of privacy, Harrison?" Tommy asks as he wraps a towel around his waist. He reaches for another one and starts to dry himself off. Jude just points to her chest and hair. Tommy laughs as he looks at the victim of spray cheese. "You should of known they were going to try and get you." He says as he dries off his chest.
Jude tries her hardest not to look at him drying off. Tommy sees this and smiles to himself. "Yeah, I know." Jude says as she returns her attention the mirror. Tommy smiles and hands her a wash cloth. "Thank you." Jude says as she takes it from him and begins to run water from the faucet, getting the cloth wet.
Tommy finishes drying off and looks at Jude, who was still trying to get the cheese out of her hair. He slowly removes the towel that was around his waist and puts on his boxers, followed by his jeans. As he is zipping and buttoning up his jeans Jude turns her head the left again and looks at him.
"Don't worry I didn't see anything." Jude says with a smile. "It wouldn't be anything you haven't seen before." Tommy says with a smirk. Jude smiles and goes back to trying to get the cheese out of her hair. Tommy takes the towel to his hair and starts to dry it. When he gets down he throws the towel on the ground and walks in behind Jude, putting his hands on her waist and looking into the mirror.
"You know you are just going to have to take a shower, girl." Tommy says, looking into the mirror. Jude looks at him through the mirror. "I know." She sighs. He chuckles. "If it makes you feel any better, you still look pretty even with cheese in your hair." Tommy says. Jude rolls her eyes and laughs.
"It's a compliment so I'll take it." Jude says. "Does that mean I get a brownie point?" Tommy asks. Jude smiles at him. "Yeah. You are at 6 now." Jude says. Tommy smiles at her. "Fine by me." He says. Jude smiles at him; both still looking at each other through the mirror.
"So you have a thing for guys who get all sweaty and dirty?" Tommy asks with a smirk. Jude laughs. "Every girl has a thing for sweaty and dirty guys. Any guy who gets all sweaty because he has been fixing something or working out is attractive to all girls." Jude replies. "Hmm I'll have to keep that in mind." Tommy says with a smile.
"You should because I really thought you looked sexy earlier." Jude says. Tommy smiles into the mirror. "Oh really?" Tommy asks. "Yeah, I was going to say something but the guys were there." She says. "So in other words, I made you hot?" Tommy whispers into her ear.
Jude grins and turns her head a little so that his lips were right by her ear. "You only know the half of it." Jude whispers back. Tommy smiles widely. "Can I get details on how hot I made you?" Tommy asks. "Maybe, if you tell me what you need to talk to SME about." Jude says. Tommy pulls away from her ear and sighs.
"Harrison, I was trying to flirt with you and you have to go and ruin it by bringing up SME." Tommy says. Jude laughs. "I'm sorry." She says. She begins to try and get more of the cheese of her chest. Tommy puts his hands on the hem of her shirt and slowly begins to pull it up.
"And just what do you think your doing?" Jude asks. "Helping you get the cheese off of your chest." He says. Jude sees what he means and raises her arms up so that he can raise her shirt off of her completely. He walks over to the shower and turns it on for her then walks over to the door. Jude speaks when she sees his hand on the doorknob.
"Where are you going?" Jude asks. "Unlike you, I like to give people privacy when they are in the bathroom." Tommy says with a smirk as he leaves the room. He steps into the front of the bus and sees Wally and Speed chasing Kyle with the can of spray cheese.
"If one string of cheese gets on my hair, clothes or body I swear SME is going to be one member short." Tommy says as he looks at them running around. Speed and Wally stop to look at him. "You got it, dude." Speed says. They all look at each other and begin to chase each other again. Tommy rolls his eyes and goes into his bed room. He pulls out a notebook of his own and starts to write down lyrics.
After fifteen minutes he hears the shower stop and knows that Jude is out. He continues to write for another ten minutes but stops when he hears Jude talking to Speed and Wally and Kyle.
"Where's Tommy?" She asks. "I don't know. He's in his room." Wally answers. "Is he asleep?" She asks. "I don't know. He's been quiet though." Kyle responds. "Did we get anything to drink?" Jude asks, searching through the bags.
"No, I knew there was something I was forgetting." Speed says. "So we have all this stuff to eat and nothing to wash it down with?" Jude asks. "It seems like it." Wally says. "Speed will walk back up to the gas station and get me something to drink?" Jude asks.
"No." Speed replies. Tommy hears Wally and Kyle laugh. "Please?" Jude asks again. "No way, dude. It's cold out there." Speed says. "I know. That's why I want you to go." Jude says. "Too bad." Speed replies. "But I need something to drink…and I want a slice of pizza." Jude says.
"Am I your servant?" Speed asks her. Jude sighs, obviously giving up. Tommy shakes his head and stands up. He grabs his jacket and heads opens his window and climbs out. He carefully makes his way to the other side of the bus; the side away from the busy Interstate. He walks by Tod and nods his head.
"Where are you going?" Tod asks. "To the gas station." Tommy replies. "You are going to have to go a bit further. That gas station closes at 6 and it's he glances at his watch 5:50 right now." Tod says. Tommy sighs and looks ahead of him. "How far away is the gas station ahead of that?" he asks.
"About half a mile." Tod says. "Fine, I'll just go to that one." Tommy says as he starts to walk off towards the gas station. "You do know it's only 36 degrees out here right?" Tod asks him. "Yeah, I know but I have to go get something for someone." Tommy says.
"Must be someone special if you are going to walk in almost freezing weather for her." Tod says before he goes back under the hood. "Yeah she is pretty special. That girl better be happy I love her." Tommy mumbles as he continues to walk in the cold. Forty-five minuets later, when he finally reaches the gas station, he steps into the Phillips 66 station shivering.
He blows hot air into his hands and rubs them together to try to get some feeling back into them. He walks down the isle and grabs a box of honey buns and a box of rice krispy treats. He goes to the back refrigerators and pulls out two bottle waters, an orange soda, and a Coke. By now his hands were full. He walks towards the register and eyes the case of pizza.
He sets the items down on the counter and feels the warmness coming from the case of pizza. "Anything else?" The guy at the counter asks. "Yeah, four slices of that pizza please." Tommy says. The guy nods and takes out four slices and puts them in separate boxes.
"You are lucky." The guy says to Tommy. "Why?" Tommy asks. "This just got done. It's going to be pretty hot for a while." The guy responds. "Good because I have a forty-five minute walk to do." Tommy mumbles. The guy nods his head and punches buttons on the register.
"Anything else?" He asks. Tommy looks at a stand that was on the counter. He sees a bunch of rings. One particular ring caught his eyes. It had gold edging and in the middle it said 'Rockstar.' He smiles as he picks it up. "Just this." Tommy says. The guy nods his head and rings it up. Tommy pays the guys and heads back into the cold weather.
Back On The Bus…………….
Jude walks down the hallway towards Tommy's room. She walks in and is surprised when she doesn't see him in his bed. She furies her eyebrows and walks out of his room. She walks over to the bathroom and opens the door but doesn't find him in their either. She walks to the front of the bus and looks at Speed, Wally and Kyle.
"What'd we do?" Kyle asks. "You said that Tommy was in his room." Jude says. "He is." Wally replies. "No, he's not." Jude says. "He walked backed there after he got out of the shower." Speed says. "Yeah, he threatened to kill one of us if we got cheese on his close or his hair." Wally says.
"Well he's not in there now." Jude says. "Maybe he's outside helping Tod again." Kyle says. "Yeah, maybe." Jude says as she sits down. They joke around for the next half hour. Speed is telling one of his stupid jokes when they hear the door to the bus open. They look at Tommy, surprised to see him.
"What?" Tommy asks as he steps onto the bus shivering. "Dude, where did you go?" Speed asks. "To the gas station." Tommy replies before he walks over to Jude and hands her the bag of food he got. Jude smiles widely.
"You went all the way to the gas station just to get me a drink and a slice of pizza?" Jude asks, still smiling. "Yeah." Tommy sighs as he sits down next to her on the couch. "You walked three miles in the cold?" Speed asks. "Four." Tommy replies as he takes off his coat.
"Four?" Jude asks. "The gas station you all went to earlier was closed so I had to walk an extra mile." He says. Jude smiles widely again and kisses his cold cheek. "You got it bad, dude." Kyle says before laughing. Kyle and Speed laugh also, agreeing.
"No, I'm just nice and thoughtful. Unlike you." He says to Speed. "Dude, what did I do?" Speed asks. "You wouldn't go and get this stuff for her. That's why I did." Tommy says. "Thank you." Jude replies with a smile. "No problem, girl." Tommy says. She picks up the bag and stands up. She grabs Tommy's hand and helps him stand up also.
"Where are you two going?" Wally asks. "Jude is going to 'thank him.'" Kyle says with a smirk on his face. Tommy sighs and shakes his head as he and Jude walk towards his room. Once they get inside Jude closes the door and hugs him. Tommy stumbles back a little and smiles.
"What was that for?" Tommy asks. "For walking out in the cold to get me what I wanted." Jude says. Tommy smiles at her. "Like I said, no problem." He replies as he sits down on his bed. He pulls the top cover off and bed and wraps himself up in it. Jude smiles as she takes out a slice of pizza. She hands Tommy a box with another slice in it.
"Thank you." He says as he reaches for it. Jude smiles and nods as she gets up on the bed, sitting close to him. "Oh, I almost forgot…I got you something else." Tommy says. He reaches down on the floor for the bag and pulls out the ring. Jude smiles when she sees it.
"Thank you." She says, smiling as she gives him a hug. "No problem. I seen it and I had to get it for you. But if it turns your finger green it's not my fault." Tommy says with a grin. Jude laughs and puts the ring on her finger.
"You have earned at least 3 brownie points just now." Jude says. Tommy smiles. "Well then the hour and a half walk was worth it." Tommy says. "Yeah, it proved you care about me a lot more than I think." Jude says before taking a bite out of her pizza. "If you only knew." Tommy mumbles as he takes a bite out of his pizza. Jude looks up at him.
"What?" She asks. "Nothing." Tommy says. She looks at him and smiles. She scoots closer to him and looks at him. They both lean forward at the same time, never taking their eyes off of each other. They were so close that Jude could smell the pizza scent on Tommy's breath. Their hearts start beating faster, wondering if and who was going to initiate the kiss this time. Right when they are about to close the little bit of space between them they hear a knock on the door...
Okay there is update number one for today. The next chapter will be out later tonight. Right now I have to get ready to help my mom barbecue. The next two chapters will have jommy cuteness but then it gets serious. Anyways…please tell me if you like it or hate it.