"Why can't we do this every day?" Tommy asks as he and Jude lay in bed a few hours later, staring at the ceiling. Jude glances over at him. That had been the first time he had spoken within the last thirty minutes. For some reason he was lost in thought. "Because you can't get paid to have sex." She answers. Tommy gives her a look. She rolls her eyes. "You can't legally get paid to have sex." She says. Tommy laughs.

"I know, but life would be so much better if you could just lay in bed all day and get paid each time you had sex." Tommy says. Jude smiles at him. "But if people could got paid for having sex and cuddling up to their boyfriends and girlfriends there wouldn't be a single poor person in the world. Plus everyone would be really tired." Jude says, with a smile.

"I would be happy with being tired if I got paid for having sex." Tommy says. Jude laughs and turns her head to look at him. "You of all people would say that." She says. Tommy just smiles at her and brushes a loose strand of hair out of her face. "You're pretty." He says. Jude smiles at him.

"If someone would have told me that there would be a day where Tom Quincy would tell me I was pretty and actually meant it I would have told them to go to an AA program." She says. Tommy laughs. He brushes Jude's cheek with his thumb and smiles into her eyes.

"I probably would have told them the same thing, but that's the great thing about you. You bring out the best in people." Tommy says. Jude smiles widely. "Wow, having sex really makes you a nice person." She says. Tommy laughs lightly. "It's not just the sex. Although if you would have started having sex with me a year ago I'm pretty sure we would have spent a lot less time arguing in the studio." He says. Jude laughs and nods her head.

"It's not just the sex?" She asks, just realizing what Tommy had said. He smiles in the corners of his mouth and shakes his head a little. "It's a whole lot of things." He answers. "Please enlighten me because you are actually being open with your emotions. I want to take advantage of this very rare moment." She says. Tommy smiles and laughs a little.

"It's everything about you." Tommy says. Jude pauses for a moment then looks him deep in the eyes. "Quincy, tell me what you are thinking…or what you are trying to say." She says. Tommy looks her deep in the eyes also. He seemed to be thinking of the right words to say. He begins to rub Jude's cheek again.

"What I'm trying to say is…I think…I…don't know." He says, removing his thumb from Jude's cheek. "Well that lasted a whole minute and a half." She mumbles. Tommy shakes his head and turns to lie on his back. He looks up at the ceiling, places his hands on the back of his head.

"Why do you always do that, Quincy?" Jude asks, turning on her back also. "Do what?" Tommy asks. She sighs. "That. It takes you forever to open up, then you spill a little tiny bit of your emotions then you close up again and get silent and distant." Jude says. Tommy stays quiet, silently agreeing.

"You're a girl." He says after a few minutes. Jude turns her head and gives him a weird look. "What?" She asks. "You're a girl." Tommy repeats again. "I'm serious, Tommy, no more drinking for you. Alcohol has you acting different even when you're sober." She says. Tommy laughs lightly.

"What I mean is…you're a girl so it's easier for you to spill out your emotions. Not to mention, you're a very sensitive person so you're emotions come flying out even when you don't want them to." Tommy says. "You have a point." She says. "A lot of things hurt me, Jude. But instead of talking about them I just keep them inside and don't voice them." He says.

"That's not healthy." Jude says. Tommy nods his head. "I know, but I still do it anyway. And the very few moments when I actually do open up to you are weird for me. I've always thought that guys aren't supposed to show their emotions…especially with girls." Tommy says.

"Yeah, they should just punch and throw things. That's a more manly way of showing emotions." Jude says sarcastically. Tommy laughs. "That's what I was taught and that's what I've always thought." Tommy says. Jude turns on her side and faces him.

"Well those moments shouldn't be weird. That should be special." She says. Tommy turns his head towards her. "What were you going to say?" She asks. He looks into her eyes again and swallows. He feels his heartbeat quicken.

"I--" He begins, only to get cut off by the ringing of Jude's phone. He closes his eyes and sighs as Jude reaches for it. She sighs when she reads the caller ID. "Saidie." Jude says. She puts the phone on silent then throws it on the floor. Tommy opens his eyes and smirks at her.

"What?" She asks. "You throw things too." Tommy says. Jude smiles a little. "I also scream, cry and kick things…all at the same time." She says. Tommy's smirk gets even wider. "Yeah, you're kinda bipolar." He says. Jude hits him on the chest and begins to laugh. Tommy laughs and grabs her hand.

"That's okay…crazy girls are a turn on." He says. Jude laughs. "Really?" She asks. "Yeah, why do you think I dated Saidie?" He asks. Jude's jaw drops as she hits him again. Tommy laughs. "I'm kidding." He says. "You better be." Jude says. Tommy smiles. "Now see that's a turn on." He says.

"What is?" Jude asks. "Bossiness." He says. Jude smiles at him. "I'm not bossy." She says. Tommy rolls his eyes. "You're the definition of bossy, Harrison." He says. Jude laughs. "I think you have a thing for all bossy girls." Jude says. Tommy smiles. "Of course I do. Why do you think I have a thing for you?" He asks with smirk before reaching over and tickling Jude.

She immediately begins to swirm and giggle. "Stop, Tommy." She manages to get out in between giggles. Tommy just laughs. "Not until you admit you are bossy." He says as he sits up a little, tickling her at a better angle. Jude's giggling gets even louder. Tommy's smile widens as he tickles her faster.

"Tommy stop!" Jude giggles. Tommy laughs and shakes his head. "Not until you say it." He says. Jude continues to giggle as she tries to swirm free of his grip. "I'm…NOT…bossy." She says. Tommy laughs. "That's just more tickling for you, girl." He says before tickling her ever faster. Jude laughs and swirms even more, loosing her balance. She makes them fall on to the floor.

"Are you going to say it now?" Tommy asks, now on top of her. Jude, giggling hysterically, just nods her head. "I'm…bossy." She says in between giggles. Tommy smiles and stops tickling her. Jude laughs for a few more seconds before stopping to catch her breath. She smiles up at him.

"I only said that to get you to stop. I'm not bossy." She says. Tommy laughs and shakes his head. "Yes, you are." He says as he stands up. He stretches out his hand, helping Jude up. "You're right, I am bossy. But I consider that one of my best qualities." She says. Tommy smiles at her as she gets back into her bed.

"It is. It's one of your sexy qualities." He says. Jude laughs and rolls her eyes. "See I told you, you have a thing for bossy girls." She says. Tommy shrugs. "No, I just have a thing for you." He says before leaning down and kissing her.

"Tommy I need to talk to you about some--" Kyle stops when he sees their current position. Tommy gets off of Jude and sits up and looks at Kyle. "You of all people should know to knock before you come into this room, man." Tommy says. "I'm sorry but I wanted to show you something." Kyle says.

"So you interrupt my making out with Jude to tell me that you have something to show me." Tommy says. Kyle hits him. "Dude, I'm serious." He says. Tommy sighs and turns his head towards Jude. "I'll be right back." He says. Jude smiles and nods her head. Tommy smirks at her.

"We'll continue what we started when I get back." He whispers in her ear before getting up and walking out of the room with Kyle. Jude smiles to herself and lies back down on the bed.

In Kyle's Room……..

"Okay, now that you ruined me and Jude's moment, what do you want?" Tommy asks as he leans against the wall. Kyle hands him the notebook that he took from Jude's room a few hours earlier. "Man, you dragged me in here to show me a song you wrote?" Tommy says as he looks at the notebook. Kyle shakes his head.

"You wrote it." Kyle responds. "This isn't my handwriting." Tommy says. "I copied it over because your handwriting was too hard to read." Kyle says. "So you bought me in here to read my own song…" Tommy says. Kyle sighs. "You know I see why you and Jude are a perfect couple. You're both smartasses." He says. Tommy grins.

"I'm going to take that as a compliment." He says. "Fine, just read the song. It's important." Kyle says. "Okay, okay." Tommy says. He gets quiet as he reads his song. Kyle stares at him intently. When Tommy is finish he quietly throws the notebook down on the bed and looks at the floor.

"People always admit their true feelings when they are drunk." Kyle says. Tommy remains quiet. "Dude, you should be happy. That answered you're doubts. You do love her." Kyle says. Tommy shakes his head and looks up. "I can't love her." Tommy says quietly. "What? What do you mean you can't love her? Did you not just read those lyrics?" Kyle asks.

"I know what the lyrics say but I'm saying I can't love her." Tommy says. "What are you talking about?" Kyle asks. "Nothing…I don't know. I'm just…" Tommy stops in midsentence. "Confused." Kyle finishes for him. Tommy nods his head. "You know I almost told her I loved her earlier." He says.

"What happened?" Kyle asks. "Her phone rang…and I lost my nerve." Tommy replies. "Well if you almost told her earlier then you do love her. Why did you say you don't love her?" Kyle asks. "I didn't say I didn't love her…I said I can't love her." Tommy says. Kyle gives him a confused look. "Dude, what's the difference?" He asks.

"There's a difference." Tommy says quietly. "Care to elaborate?" Kyle asks. Tommy shakes his head and stands up. "You wouldn't understand." He mumbles as he walks out of the room. Kyle sighs. "Yeah, that was worth rewriting lyrics for three hours." He says.

In Jude's Room………..

Tommy walks into Jude's room and closes the door. Jude jumps on him, making him stumble back onto the bed. Tommy starts to laugh. "Girl what are you doing?" He asks. Jude just giggles and smiles. "Nothing." She says. "Someone's ready to continue what we started earlier." Tommy says with a smirk as he moves his hands up to her waist. Jude just smiles.

"You've really corrupted me, Quincy." She says before leaning down and kissing him lightly on the lips. Tommy chuckles when they break away. "I did not. You just…are finally acting on the impulses you have had ever since we met." Tommy says. Jude laughs. "So you think. I wasn't having these thoughts until one certain night." She says. Tommy smiles.

"Girl I'm not buying that. I seen the way you looked at me that one day at G Major when I only had on a wife beater. The look you gave me was clearly not a PG-13 look. It was an meet-me-in-the-closest-closet look." Tommy says. Jude giggles. She remembers what she was really thinking that day when he came to work wearing that. He was right, but she was going to admit that to him.

"You are too full of yourself." She says. Tommy smiles at her. "Don't I have a good reason to be?" He asks. Jude rolls her eyes and smiles. "If it will help your already huge ego, yes." She says. Tommy laughs. "Thank-you for making my ego bigger." He says. "Yeah, I'm sure I'm going to regret it later, though." Jude responds. Tommy laughs and gets a tighter grip on Jude's waist.

"So, here we are. In a room…with the door closed. What to do." Tommy says with a smirk. Jude giggles. "Do you have any suggestions?" Jude asks. Tommy looks up at her and smiles before reaching over and grabbing his last condom. "Oh, I have a few." He says. "But Tommy it's wrong to have sex with your underage clients." Jude says sarcastically.

"Yeah, but for some reason it feels right whenever we are having sex." He says with a smirk. Jude smirks and is about to get off of him. Tommy grabs her waist and keeps her on top of him. "You're not going anywhere." He says. "But…" Jude says. Tommy shakes his head. "You're going to be on top this time." He says. Jude laughs.

"Why do I have to be on top?" She asks. "Well why do I always have to be on top?" Tommy answers her question with another question. "Because that's the way God made it?" Jude says. Tommy laughs. "Aren't you just a little curious about what it's like to be in control of the situation?" Tommy asks. Jude looks down at him and smiles.

"Exactly." Tommy says. "Okay, fine." Jude says. Tommy smiles at her before opening the condom wrapper. "You still corrupted me." Jude mumbles. Tommy just smiles at her….

Later…..

"Why do you always get quiet afterwards?" Jude asks. Tommy chuckles with his eyes closed. "I don't know. I just get lost in thought." He says. "About what?" Jude asks. Tommy smirks. "The events that took place a few minuets ago." He says. Jude smiles. "So should I take that as a compliment?" She asks. "Oh yeah." Tommy replies. Jude smiles contently to herself and gets quiet. Tommy runs his fingers through her hair as he gets lost deep in thought. It gets quiet for a few moments, both lost in thoughts. Their silence gets interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Come in." Jude mumbles. Kyle opens the door and enters, holding the notebook with Tommy's song in it. "Jude, Speed says we should practice for your concert in a couple hours." Kyle says. Jude sighs. She had just gotten comfortable. "Tell him I'll be out there in a few minutes." She says. Kyle smirks.

"Few as in three?" He asks. "Yes." Jude says, trying to make him leave. "Okay. Oh, and Tommy, here is your notebook." He says as he tosses it on the bed. "Thanks." Tommy mumbles as Kyle leaves the room, closing the door. "Isn't that my notebook?" Jude asks as she sits up and looks at the notebook.

"Yeah." Tommy replies. "Why did Kyle say it was yours?" Jude asks. Tommy shrugs. "I wrote a song in it." He says. Jude smiles at him. "You did? Can I read it?" She asks. Tommy shakes his head and takes the notebook from her hands. "It's not that good. I'll probably just throw it away." He says.

"Tommy you have helped me write half of all my songs. I don't think it's possible for you to write as bad song." She says, trying to get the notebook again. Tommy shakes his head and throws the notebook on the floor. "There's a first time for everything." He says. Jude gives him a weird look, not believing what he just said. She could tell he was hiding something, as usual.

"Okay…" She says as she stands up. "Are you going to listen to me and SME rehearse?" She asks. Tommy nods his head. He then looks at the notebook on the floor. "I'll be out there in a couple minutes." He says, still eyeing the notebook on the ground. Jude looks at him then looks at the notebook, then back to him.

"Alright." She says before shaking her head and leaving the room. Tommy remains sitting on the bed for a few seconds before finally getting up and retrieving the notebook. He opens it up to the pages of his song and re-reads it, feeling all the emotions he felt when he wrote it. In the back of his mind he knew that even though he was drunk he still knew what he was writing. And he knew that deep down inside he really did love this girl. He didn't just love her…he was in love with her.

When he finishes reading his song he drops the notebook and rubs his chin. He was twisted. One side of him knew he was in love with Jude and he needed to tell her. The other side of him was telling himself that he couldn't be in love with her. If he was then why did he hurt her so much and so often? For the moment, that side was winning. The guilty side of him.

Over the past three years he had hurt this girl deeply over and over. And she still let him back into her life; into her heart. How, he did not know. He had trouble letting people back into his life when they hurt him once, and here he was contemplating on whether or not he loved a girl that he had hurt over and over. Wasn't that a little hypocritical of him?

He shakes his head. If he showed Jude that song she would get what he was saying in no time. But that would mean that he would have to watch his every move closely. It would mean that he could no longer make careless mistakes that could make her cry. It would mean that he had to stop being completely selfish at times and actually open up to her. It would mean so many things that he didn't know if he was prepared for.

He was so confused that his head started to hurt. He put his head in his hands and rocked back and forth, trying to think of what he should do. If he shows Jude the song and she gets the point, he can never take it back; not that he ever would, but still. He hears a knock on the door and looks up.

"Are you okay?" Kyle asks. Tommy nods. "Yeah, I was just thinking." He says. "About the song?" Kyle asks, stepping inside the room. "Yeah, it's complicated." Tommy says. Kyle shakes his head. "I don't see how it can be complicated, dude." Kyle says. Tommy shakes his head. "I mean, you show her the song, tell her you love her, you both be happy and have sex with each other even more than what you already do…if that's possible." Kyle says. Tommy laughs lightly.

"There's more depth to it." Tommy responds. "Like what?" Kyle asks. Tommy is about to answer when Speed appears in the doorway. "Dude, we sent you to go get him to help us with the song, not start a conversation. Wait, you guys are actually having a conversation. How come we never talk, dude?" Speed asks. Tommy smirks.

"We never talk because you say dude after every other word…and I don't like you." He says. "That hurts, dude." Speed says. Kyle laughs. "The truth always does." He says before pushing Speed out of the room. Tommy laughs a little and shakes his head before standing up and walking into the front of the bus.

When he gets to the front of the bus he sees Jude sitting on the couch with her guitar in her hand. Tommy walks over and sits on the opposite end of the couch, not looking at her. Jude gives him a weird look, but shrugs it off and looks at Speed, Wally and Kyle. Speed picks up his guitar and begins to play the chords to the new song. Jude joins in but stops after a few more chords.

"See, I don't like that. It should be a C chord instead." She says. "Dude, it sounds fine." Speed says. "No, it doesn't." She says. "Tommy, that's why we sent Kyle to go get you. Does it sound better with an E minor chord or a C chord?" Speed asks. Tommy looks up, realizing that they were talking to him.

"Oh, uh…I don't know. Play it twice using both chords and see which one sounds better." He says. "You weren't even paying attention to us, were you?" Wally asks. "Not really." Tommy replies. They all shake their heads before playing the first part of the song again. When they get done they look at Tommy again. They could tell he wasn't paying attention, again.

"Well I think it sounds better with the C chord." Jude says. "I second that." Kyle says. "Shut up. Stick to drums." Speed says. Wally laughs. "Shut up, Wally. You stick to playing the bass right. You were off the whole time you were playing." Kyle says. "I was not." Wally argues. "You kinda were." Jude says. "No, I wasn't." Wally defends himself. "Tommy, was Wally off when we were playing?" Speed asks.

Tommy is just staring at the floor. Jude scoots over and puts her hand on Tommy's shoulder. He flinches a little and jerks his head up at Jude. "Huh?" He asks. "Are you okay?" Jude asks. Tommy nods his head. "I'm fine. What was the question?" He asks. "Forget it. They just wanted you to settle an argument." Jude says, still worried about Tommy.

"Oh." Tommy says. He scoots away from Jude. Jude tries her hardest not to get mad. Kyle notices this as Speed and Wally go back to arguing. "Anyways, let's play the rest of the song." Jude says. "Good idea." Kyle says. They all begin to play again, leaving Tommy alone to his thoughts again.

Thirty minutes later, after they had all agreed that the song was good, Kyle taps Tommy on the shoulder. Tommy looks up. "What?" Tommy asks. "Come talk to me in the back room." Kyle says. "Okay, you know if you guys keep having these private conversations I'm going to start thinking that this bus is no longer completely hetero." Speed says.

"Ahem. You do know that my new best friend Mason is gay, right?" Jude says. "Yeah, so?" Speed asks. "So gay jokes aren't allowed." Jude replies. "Fine." Wally and Speed say as Tommy and Kyle walk to the back. They enter Tommy's room, closing the door. Tommy turns to Kyle, who had taken a seat on Tommy's bed.

"Sure, just make yourself at home." Tommy mumbles sarcastically. "Dude, are you bipolar?" Kyle asks. Tommy looks at him. "What?" He asks. "Are you bipolar, because you have been acting really weird." Kyle says. Tommy shakes his head. "I told you, I'm just thinking about a lot of stuff." Tommy says.

"I know. You're thinking about that stupid song." Kyle says. Tommy looks at him. "Not that it's stupid, I mean…" Kyle trails off. "I know what you mean. You don't get it." Tommy says. "Well explain it to me." Kyle says. Tommy sighs and begins to walk back and forth across the room as he starts to explain what was going on in his head.

"I'm confused out of my mind." Tommy begins. Kyle smirks. "Well that's obvious." He responds. "Shut up. You don't get it. To you that song is declaring my love to Jude. Yes, it says I love her but if I showed that to her she would be really happy." Tommy says. "You're right…that would be terrible." Kyle says sarcastically. Tommy throws his brush at him.

"This isn't funny, man. If I tell her that I love her and she gets really happy that means that I have to make sure I do absolutely everything in my power to keep her happy and to not mess up." Tommy says. "Aren't you doing that now?" Kyle says. "Yes, but expectations change after you tell someone you love them." Tommy says. Kyle shakes his head. "No they don't." Kyle says. Tommy looks at him.

"They don't." Kyle says. "Yes, they do." Tommy responds. "Dude, if the person you love loves you back then nothing changes. You both are just happy at the fact that you both love each other." Kyle says. Tommy shakes his head. "You don't get it. I don't love her." Tommy says.

Kyle is about to see something when they hear a thud on the door. Tommy looks at Kyle before walking over and opening the door. He sees Jude standing in the door way and judging from the tears in her eyes, she had heard Tommy's last sentence, incorrectly, of course.

"Jude…" Tommy says. Jude shakes her head and lets her tears fall as she storms down the hallway and into her room, slamming the door closed. Tommy looks at Kyle, asking him what to do. "Go after her." Kyle says. Tommy sighs as he makes his way down the hall. He doesn't even bother to knock on the door. He enters and sees Jude walking back and forth angrily, tears streaming down her face.

"I never asked you to love me!" She screams at him. "Jude, calm down." Tommy says. "Don't tell me to calm down, Quincy!" She yells, kicking one of her suitcases. "Jude, you didn't hear it right. We were just talking!" Tommy says. "YOU CAN TELL A SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD BOY, WHOSE LAST NAME YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW, YOUR FEELINGS BUT YOU CAN'T TELL ME!!!" She yells at the top of her lungs. Tommy could tell she was really upset.

"Jude, just listen to me. You misheard the whole conversation!" Tommy says. "THE FACT THAT YOU WERE EVEN HAVING THE CONVERSATION WITH HIM PISSES ME OFF EVEN MORE, QUINCY! I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE YOU WERE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH!" Jude screams loudly, her voice getting raspy.

Tommy touches her arm, trying to calm her down. Jude jerks away. "DON'T TOUCH ME! JUST LEAVE!" She shouts. Tommy is about to say something but Jude stops him. "Leave!" She shouts in a lower voice. Tommy sighs and turns around and walks out of the room. Speed, Wally and Kyle are all standing in the hallway.

"Woah." Speed says. Wally stays quiet and Kyle shakes his head. "That wasn't supposed to happen." He says quietly. Tommy glares at Kyle before walking into his room and slamming the door. He flops face down on his bed and punches it hard. He barely has time to recuperate before he hears a knock on the door.

"What, Kyle?" Tommy asks angrily as he flips over on his back. "Dude, what did you mean by you don't love her?" Kyle asks. "All I meant was that I didn't love her because I was in love with her. But she took it the wrong way. And now she's really hurt…really hurt. And that's exactly what I didn't want to happen." Tommy says, punching the bed again.

"Go make it right." Kyle says. "She doesn't want to see me right now." Tommy says. "She always says that and she never means it." Kyle says. "She means it this time. Trust me. You didn't see the hurt in her eyes." Tommy says. Kyle sighs. "So what happens now?" Kyle asks, just as the bus stops.

"Great." Tommy mumbles. "What?" Kyle asks. "I pissed her off before her concert. If she messes up it's going to be my fault." Tommy says. "Are you kidding me? You of all people should know that she performs great when she's mad." Kyle says. "Yeah, you got a point there." Tommy says. He sighs as he stands up and finds a shirt to put on.

Kyle and Tommy walk out of the room and into the hallway. Jude walks out of her room, streams of tears and mascara on her cheeks, just as Tommy walks by her door. She gives him a dirty look before storming off the bus. Tommy sighs and rubs his temples as he walks off of the bus.

Forty minutes later, after Tommy had hooked up all of the necessary equipment, he walks around, double checking everything. He sees Kyle walking towards him. "Here." Kyle says, handing Tommy the notebook. "You are like this little demon that keeps giving me this demonic notebook that destroys peoples lives." Tommy says. Kyle laughs.

"She has to be calm by now and we don't go on until another 22 minutes. Go make up with her." Kyle says. Tommy takes the notebook. "Thanks." He says. Kyle nods his head and heads off to find Speed and Wally. Tommy looks at Jude's dressing room and door and walks over to it. He sighs nervously before knocking quietly on her door.

"Come in." He hears Jude say from the other side of the door. Tommy slowly turns the knob and enters the room. He sees Jude, fully made up and dressed for her concert, sitting on her stool looking at herself in the mirror.

"Hi." Tommy says quietly. Jude glares at him, telling him that she was still mad. "Jude, can I explain now?" Tommy asks. Jude looks at him throw the mirror. She shrugs. "I'm pretty sure I've heard it all before, Quincy. Don't waste your breath." She says. Tommy could tell that she was really hurt this time.

"You heard the conversation wrong." Tommy says. "You keep saying that. I heard you say 'I don't love her.'" Jude says. "Yeah, that's what I said." Tommy says. Jude lightly laughs angrily. "I'm happy you can be so open with your non feelings for me." She says. Tommy sighs. He could tell this wasn't going to be easy.

"You're not understanding me here, Jude." He says. "No, what I don't understand is why I actually let you back into my heart. I don't understand why I always forgive you. I don't understand why I actually slept with you. I don't understand why I always give you my heart and you give it back in pieces. But do you really want to know what I don't understand? I don't understand why you try. Why do you try to make things right when you just mess them up? Why do you try to make me happy when you just mess up my happiness? Why do you even bother saying all the things I want to hear if you don't mean them? That's what I don't understand." Jude says angrily.

Tommy just stands there and thinks about what she just said. "You're just going to stand there?" Jude asks angrily. "Just let me explain." Tommy says. Jude throws her make up on the floor. "No, Quincy! I'm not going to let you explain! Why are you wasting your time explaining why you don't love me! I don't care!" She says. "You don't get it!" Tommy yells back.

"What don't I get?!" Jude yells. "I lo--" Tommy stops. Jude looks at him, fresh tears in her eyes. "See, you can't even lie to me and tell me you love me!" She yells. "No, that's not it!" Tommy says. "Just get out!" Jude yells. Tommy doesn't even bother trying to stay. He turns around and walks towards the door. He pauses and looks at the notebook that was still in his hand. He flips it open and turns it to his song.

"Read it." He says as he tosses it on the table next to Jude. Jude doesn't say anything as Tommy leaves the room. She begins to throw stuff on the ground and at the mirror, crying as she did so. She picks up her stool and throws it at the mirror, shattering it. While she was throwing everything she hadn't heard the knock on the door. She looks to her right and sees that Kyle had just entered the room. She looks at him, tears streaming down her face. She was breathing heavily.

"That's seven years of bad luck." Kyle says, smiling politely. Jude shakes her head and wipes the tears from her cheeks. "This isn't the time for jokes, Kyle." She says as paces back and forth. "I've got a concert in 15 minutes and I'm a wreck." She says. "You and Tommy were supposed to make up. What happened?" Kyle asks. "Why don't you go ask him?" Jude asks.

"Because when I tried to he pushed me out the way and mumbled that I gave bad advice." Kyle responds. "Yeah, no kidding." Jude says. "I resent that." Kyle says. "Why did I fall for him again?" Jude asks. "Jude, you really did hear the conversation the wrong way." Kyle. Jude chuckles angrily. "And you defend him; typical." She says. "I'm not defending anyone. I'm telling the truth. You didn't hear the rest." Kyle says.

"I didn't need to! Hearing that he doesn't love me was enough!" Jude shouts, fresh tears forming. Kyle shakes his head. "Did he leave the notebook with you?" He asks. Jude gives him a crazy look. "What does that have to do with anything??" She yells. "Just read it. It'll explain why he was being so distant today. He's confused; really confused. And he just wants to do the right thing." Kyle says. "Yeah, well he's doing a great job of that." Jude says sarcastically, wiping away her tears.

"Just promise me you'll read the song." Kyle says. Jude looks up. "His song?" Jude asks. "He told you about it?" Kyle asks her. "He just said that he wrote one, but he wouldn't let me read it. He was hiding it…as usual." Jude mumbles. "Just read it." Kyle says before leaving the room. Jude wipes away the tears that were still coming down her cheeks. She picks up the notebook and begins to read it.

Meanwhile……

Tommy walks over to one of the big amps and kicks it with all his might. He yells as he punches the nearby wall. He was stupid; really stupid. He should have known that Jude would have followed him and Kyle back to the room. But she still should have let him explain. This was the fourth time he had hurt her without even meaning to. If she would have just let him explain she wouldn't be crying right now.

Maybe she was reading the song right now and she had already forgiven him. How come he didn't say anything when Jude asked him all those questions?? He was shocked, but he still should have said something. He yells and punches the wall once again, then kicks the amp.

"Dude, we need those." Kyle says. Tommy glares at him before punching the amp. "Okay, well I guess that's better than kicking it." Kyle mumbles. "Do you always have to joke about everything??" Tommy yells at him. "Sorry." Kyle says. Tommy mumbles something under his breath.

"Look, Jude is reading the song." Kyle says. Tommy looks up. "She is?" He asks. "Yeah, and I think that once she reads it she is going to forget about everything and finally give you a chance to explain." Kyle says. Tommy's face lightens up. "Really?" He asks. Kyle smiles.

"See you're so much in love with her that just by hearing the littlest of good news about her makes you happy." Kyle says. "Don't make me sound like a love sick puppy." Tommy says. Kyle laughs. "Well you kinda are; both of you." Kyle says. "Shut up." Tommy replies, smiling. "Well I'm going to go find Wally and tell him to keep on time. My job here is done." Kyle says.

"Yeah, I think I'm going to go across the street and get Jude a bottle water." Tommy says. "Okay, if I'll see her I'll tell her." Kyle says. "Thanks." Tommy says as Kyle walks off. He smiles to himself.

In Jude's Dressing Room…..

Jude reads the last line of Tommy's lyrics, tears in her eyes. This really did explain everything. It explained why Tommy was so distant and why he was confused. She lets the tears fall down her cheeks. This time they weren't tears of anger or sadness; they were tears of happiness.

She stands up and looks at the little piece of glass that still remained of her mirror. She reapplies her make up and walks out of her dressing room, in search of Tommy. She sees Kyle talking to Wally and Speed. They all give her a scared look.

"Whatever it is we did, we're sorry." Speed says, getting in behind Wally and Kyle. Jude smiles and rolls her eyes. "Are you actually smiling? Who did you just kill to make you so happy?" Wally asks. "Probably Tommy." Speed says with a smirk. Kyle smirks.

"No I think Tommy is the reason why she is smiling." Kyle says, still smirking. Jude smiles widely. "Yeah, where is he?" Jude asks. "You just missed him. You could probably still catch him though. He went across the street to get you a bottle water." Kyle says.

"Across the street? Does he realize this stadium is next to the busiest intersection in all of Canada?" Jude asks. Kyle shrugs. "I don't know. He just said that he wanted to get you a bottle water." He replies. "Okay." Jude says as she jogs out of the stadium. She runs outside and looks around to see if she sees Tommy.

Tommy impatiently waits for the traffic to die down. He glances at his watch and sees that he only had 9 minutes to get Jude's water and bring it back to her before she would have to go on stage. He prayed that she wasn't mad at him anymore. He just wanted to make things right and tell Jude how he felt. Even if the guilty side of him was still winning.

Jude finally spots Tommy and yells his name. Tommy turns around. He could have sworn he heard someone scream his name. He sees a lot of people by the stadium, but he can't see Jude. He turns back around and looks at the traffic that had died down a little. 'Now's as good as time as ever.' Tommy thinks as he begins to run across the street.

He fails to see the speeding truck coming down the intersection but Jude does. She screams Tommy's name loudly. Tommy looks to his right and see the bright headlights of the truck………………………

Okay I know, waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy evil place to stop. Feel free to yell at me…for two reasons. For taking two weeks to update and for leaving that evil cliffhanger. I'm really sorry guys. I'm trying here, though. There will be updates for ALL of my fics this weekend. Okay, please tell me what you all think.