Here is the new chapter. Thanks to all of you who have been reading and commenting. I love hearing what you girls think of the story. For those of you that are worried about Tommy and Jude don't worry things will get better I promise. Now on to the story.

Chapter 4

Jude was sitting in front of G Major waiting for Dean to pick her up for their date and thinking about the day before. She and Tommy had spent a little more than an hour on the phone going over her new song when suddenly he had ended the conversation. Things had been going so well. When she had closed her eyes it had almost felt like he was there in the room with her. They had been gong over a particular tricky section of the chorus when his voice level dropped to a whisper and his friendly tone turned icy. He had promised her he would work on the song, quickly ending the conversation with the same advice he had given her before. "Call back Jude, Please!" And then he was gone leaving her with a dial tone in her ear. She didn't know what to think of this side of Tommy. Sure there were things she didn't know about him but none of those things seemed like they could play into what was going on now. At least she didn't think they would. Of course she had no idea what to think about the whole thing. She scolded herself for trying to find something to blame Tommy's departure and his current strange behavior on. She shook herself out of deep thought when she heard a beep and looked up to see Dean sitting in his little blue viper waving at her. Great, she thought to herself, can this guy do anything that won't remind me of Tommy. And then she was off trying to forget about the Tommy through the phone lines and focus on the Tom in front of her.

"You look amazing" Tom Dean said and he opened the passenger's door for her.

"Thanks, I know you said to dress comfortably, so I figured the more comfortable the better." She was wearing her favorite pair of Jeans and an old vintage bowling shirt she had found at a thrift store. She wasn't quite sure how "Amazing" she looked, but she enjoyed that Dean thought she looked good in even the most relaxed and comfortable of clothes.

"So you know how you call me Dean instead of Tom?"

"Yeah. I'm sorry if that bugs you it's just I have this friend that is named Tommy and well we have a complicated…" He put his hand up to stop her and she was glad he had done so before she had gone too far into describing what was going on with her and Tommy.

"Actually, I kind of like that you call me Dean" He said while flashing her his prize winning smile. "But I figured if you got to have a nickname for me I should get to have one for you. But I don't really have one ready off the top of my head so you are going to have to deal with me until we can find one that fits okay?" She laughed enjoying the playfulness of his request. He had pulled out of G Major and was heading for a surprise location.

"Okey Dokey Dean!" She said enthusiastically, poking his elbow and smiling enjoying the easiness of being with him.

"Great! Now tell me do you like heights Blondie?"

Two hours later Jude was standing on top of a large crane bound to Dean by a double harness. Jude looked down to the ground 250 feet below her. She tightened her grip around Dean and in return he reassuringly tightened his grasp on her. She was sure they looked comical clinging to each other for dear life. Dean was at least five inches taller than her 5'6 stature. They were both wearing bright orange helmets to complement the neon green jump suits they had donned at the bottom of the crane. She should have known better when he had asked her if she liked heights. Never in her wildest dreams would she have guessed he was taking her some place like this, but she should have known better. She had to give him points for being creative though, she had never been bungee jumping on a first date that was for sure. She looked up into Dean's eyes while the safety guy explained to them the final details of their jump. She really wanted to punch him for getting her into a situation like this, but his big brown eyes were so comforting and his embrace was keeping her from shaking too much. She made a mental note to hit him when they were on stable ground again.

"Are you ready?" He asked her leaning in towards her ear. "I'm not going to jump until you tell me you are ready okay?" She couldn't help but love him for being so calm with her. He rubbed her back as she nodded her head and they began to inch off the platform. Seconds later they were speeding towards the ground. Jude closed her eyes and opened them quickly when a picture of Tommy came to her. Of all the things to think of at this moment in time she had to think of Tommy. She felt the bungee cord pull and they were flying up towards the sky. She began to giggle as they descended again. When they finally reached a static position hanging below the platform, the crane began to haul them back to the top.

"Wings" Dean said into her ear. "That's your new nickname Wings"

"I love it! Thank you so much Dean that was… that was scary and amazing and terrifying and great. You're great! Thank you." With only a few more feet to go before they reached the platform again he leaned down and caught her mouth in a kiss. She responded letting some of the adrenaline in her body go into the kiss. When they reached the platform and were finally released from their harnesses she blushed unsure of what to say to him. She didn't want to give him the wrong impression. Whatever this was they were going to have to take things super sonic slow while she figured out what was going on with Tommy. They made their way down to his car and they laughed as they relived the moment they had just shared with each other.

"So why did you pick bungee jumping?" She asked.

"I thought you would look cute upside down Wings and boy was I right!" She laughed and punched him lightly on the air.

"Actually I had read somewhere that having a near death experience with someone created a bond between the people that shared it. I like you Jude, I wanted to have a bond with you and bungee jumping seemed like the best way to achieve that near death experience." She laughed letting it all sink in. Dean reached for her hand and she easily gave it up to him. They sat in his car for awhile talking and watching others take the same jump they had just experienced. Jude had nearly forgotten about everything else in the world when her phone rang. She reacted quickly rummaging through her purse and throwing the phone up towards her ear

"Tommy?"

"I'm going to pretend I didn't just hear that. It's D, I need to talk to you ASAP you got it Jude. Don't even brush your teeth before you come over. I will see you in twenty minutes." As Jude opened her mouth to respond to Darius' demands she heard the phone go dead.

"I need to get to G Major fast!" She said as she slid back into her seat and watched the world fly by her, wondering what she possibly could have done to make Darius so snappy with her. She figured it couldn't, but somewhere in the back of her head she hoped it had something to do with Tommy.