Hope everyone is having a happy holiday. I decided I would go ahead and post the next chapter. Enjoy!

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Chapter 22

They went back to his place and ate their dinner. Everything went back to the way it was before he ran off the road. Of course Jude wasn't complaining. She was just happy he wasn't running away from her. She felt like they had been through way too much over the last two years to throw it away now.

"You're quiet over there." Tommy commented as they sat in the living room eating.

"Just thinking."

"About?"

"You, us, and everything we've been through. I was so scared today that you were going to walk away from this."

Tommy nodded and moved closer to her. "Girl, I've invested to much of me into us to walk away. You know me, the real me. Portia or Angie never knew about my childhood. Hell, Angie never even knew my real name."

"Really?" Jude was shocked by that. "Do you ever wonder what life would have been like if we didn't get together?"

"Oh god, you would have dated Jamie."

"Yeah, that would have lasted a total of a minute. I could never have those feelings for him. What about you? Would you have dated Sadie?"

"Maybe, but we wouldn't have been right. It would have been because she was your sister."

"That's just wrong. I probably would have dated Spied just because you weren't available."

"I'm glad that's not how it all turned out because there's no where I'd rather be than right here with you." Tommy said putting his food on the coffee table and turning to her.

"Me, too." She said before he kissed her lightly.

"I'll be right back." He said before heading upstairs.

Jude turned on the TV and flipped through channels. She decided she better check in with Sadie. Voicemail was great; she didn't have to listen to any of her questions. "Hey Sades, I'm at Tommy's. Probably not coming home. Just letting you know so you don't worry."

Tommy still hadn't come back down yet so she decided to clean up. She put all the empty boxes in the trash and the rest in the fridge. It was pretty bare. Tommy didn't grocery shop much. He had a thing about grocery stores and fan girls.

"Jude, babe, could you come here?" Tommy yelled from the top of the stairs.

When she reached the top of the stars, he was standing there in pajama pants and a wifebeater. "You called?" She said joking.

He took her hand and led her to his bedroom. Her breath caught in her throat. He had candles lit around the room. It was perfect.

He turned her to face him. "I love you more than anyone in my life. You and music are my life."

She cupped his face. "I love you, too." She said and raised up to meet him in a kiss.

He bent his head and took her mouth, kissing her with a slow, inviting passion that took Jude's breath away. She felt herself sinking into quicksand. Her lips parted beneath his gently persuasive mouth.

Tommy made a soft, hoarse sound that told Jude of his desire and set her senses vibrating. Deep inside her something clicked, and she knew this was it. She leaned into him and kissed him back with growing eagerness.

He groaned softly, deeply. His hand tightened tenderly on the nape of her neck. Then ran both hands down her back over her ass before raising her up so her legs wrapped around his waist. He carried her over and gently put her on his bed.

Jude felt the need to feel his skin against hers. She pulled her shirt over her head as he was crawling up her body. She looked into his eyes and saw pure love and desire. He reached behind her unhooking her bra, and threw it on top of her shirt. He couldn't help but admire her before kissing her chest. Taking one breast in his hand while his mouth took care of the other one. She tasted so sweet to him as always. He just wanted to take his time with her. He kissed up to her ear as she moaned his name.

"I want to make love to you tonight." He said in a husky voice before looking into her eyes.

Jude smiled softly. She could feel the hardness of his body pressed into her, and she knew he was fully aroused. She touched the side of his face before meeting his lips in a bruising kiss.

Their lips met and tongues dueled. Jude ran her hands up the back of his wifebeater. He pulled away long enough to discard it. Jude ran her hands down his chest, slightly grazing skin with her nails. She reached into his pants feeling his erection, running her hand down his shaft making him even harder.

"Jude." He moaned into her skin. He loved the feeling of her hands on him. He needed more of her. Unbuttoning her jeans, he pulled them and her panties off in one swift motion, and getting rid of his own too. He moved back up her body, both completely naked. "You are so beautiful." He said running his hand over her stomach.

A desperate hunger gripped Jude. She dug her nails into Tommy's back. She kissed him frantically, her lips moving feverishly over his mouth, his throat, and his chest. Jude clung to him when his hand went to the damp, hot place between her thighs. He ran one finger into her folds causing her to arch up towards his hand. He eased his finger back out of her snug passage and used her own moisture to lubricate her small, swelling bud. He repeated easing his finger into her and then teasing the small nubbin of female flesh.

"Oh god, Tommy." She felt like she was on fire and never wanted to stop.

He moved down her body until he was lying between her thighs. He cupped her butt and tasted the essence of her making Jude cry out again. Her fingers clenched in his hair.

His warm tongue felt amazing sliding in and out of her slowly. He worked around, up and down. He held her open as he picked up his pace. Her head crashed back onto the pillow as her orgasm took her over.

Tommy kissed up her body letting recover. Jude didn't want her heart rate to steady, she wanted more. She pulled his face to her and met his lips. She drank him in as her hands went back to his erection. Her callused hands wrapped around him making him ache with his own need. "Oh god, Jude." He moaned burying his face in her shoulder.

"I need you, Tommy." She said desperately.

Tommy reached into the nightstand, and pulled out a little foil package. He looked into her eyes making sure there were no doubts. All he saw was passion. He quickly rolled on the condom, and her legs parted to cradle him between her thighs.

He began to ease himself into her, letting her get used to the feel of him. She felt him open her, stretching her, making a place for himself in the very heart of her. Her body clenched in reaction. Tommy forced himself slowly past her barrier. Jude felt him climb higher and higher with in her until she was full.

"We fit perfect." Tommy said in to ear. She felt amazing wrapped around him. It had been so long, and his control was slipping fast. He kissed her deeply and started a slow rhythm.

She couldn't believe the pleasure that ran through her body when the pain subsided. She ran her fingers through his hair. Her hips began to meet his with every thrust. Her moans were muffled by his kisses.

The feeling of her under him and her hands roaming his back was a feeling he never wanted to go away. Her moans and sighs were driving him closer to the edge. He lost all rhythm feeling her tighten around him.

"Oh Tommy." Jude sighed clinging to him.

Tommy reached between their bodies. "Come with me, Jude." He said pressing her sensitive nub.

Jude screamed out and that it's self sent Tommy over as they climaxed together.

Tommy rested his forehead on her shoulder. "Are you okay?" He asked. He could feel her nod not finding her voice. He pulled out and rolled over onto his back.

Jude laid there trying to catch her breath for a few seconds. "Wow. Why haven't we been doing that the whole time?"

"Because your dad would have sent me to jail." He said with a chuckle rolling over on his side to face her.

"Oh you would have gotten conjugal visits." He just gave her a disbelieving look. "You would have looked hot in an orange jump suit."

"Jude!"

"What? I'm kidding Tommy. But that was amazing. I love you so much." She couldn't help but cuddle into him. Sure she was young, but this was where she wanted to be for the rest of her life.

"You're amazing. And I love you, too." He said kissing her forehead before getting up and walking across the room towards the bathroom.

Jude couldn't help but smirk watching him. He was not shy one bit, and she was holding the sheet to her bare chest. It was unbelievable he was hers. She stared at the ceiling completely in another world. She didn't even see him walk back to the bed blowing out the candles.

"Hey, where are you?" He asked crawling back into bed.

"Here. Where else would I be?" She asked placing her head on his chest.

"I think I will sleep better tonight than I have in a long time." He said wrapping his arm around her pulling her closer to him.

"Me too." She said before they both drifted off to sleep.

Jude woke up the next morning before Tommy. She was a bit sore, but it wasn't that bad. She'd loved every bit of it. She thought back on a time when she thought this would never happen because she didn't know if she'd ever see him again.

She couldn't believe he left like that. No explanation, nothing. Her heart was breaking. She kept calling his cell, but he wouldn't pick up. Where could he be going that he didn't know when he'd be back? None of this made sense to her.

Crawling into bed that night she couldn't stop crying. The day had started great. Her song was at number three, Darius fixed her mustang up for her, and she and Tommy were happy. Now she was going to bed heart broken because Tommy bailed. All she wanted to do was talk to him.

"Jude, is everything okay?" Sadie asked coming in her room.

"I'm fine." She said not turning around to face her.

"You're not fine. I can hear you crying from my room. Did you have a fight with Tommy?"

"Tommy left tonight. He said he didn't know when he'd be back. Didn't tell me where he was going or anything."

"Oh Sweetie, I'm sure he'll call you and tell you what is going on. Maybe it was business." Sadie said hugging her.

The next night at her album release party she was a mess.

"You want a bottle of water, or some gum?" Sadie asked her. Sadie had been with her most of the day. They had talked to Kwest, and he didn't know Tommy had left town.

Jude shook her head. "I can't go out there. I don't have it."

"You're nervous. You never get nervous, Jude. Look, Tommy will be back. He cares way too much to stay gone."

"Let me have a moment with her." Liam said walking in.

"I'll be back, Jude. Okay."

"Right you've got fifteen minutes to turn that frown upside down."

"I'm sorry, I can't." She was useless with out Tommy.

"Yes you can. This is your record release party. And I say what I will about you, but you always manage to perform."

"Do you know what happened yesterday with Tommy?"

"I'm going to say this gently and slowly. You are at work right now."

"I can't work without my producer."

"Well that is obvious, but Tommy, he chose to leave." Liam grabbed her arm. "Now look at me. You have 13.5 minutes to find me a rock star smile." He said and left.

Jude decided if Tommy could just up and leave like he did, so could she. She went out the back alley to her car. She didn't want to perform and celebrate when her heart was so broken. She jumping her car and just started driving. While driving she decided to go where Mason was.

"What are you doing here?" Mason asked when she walked into the bar he was playing.

"I came to tell you… Uh… to break a leg."

"Did you also forget about your album release party about a hundred miles away?"

"What are the symptoms to a nervous breakdown? Because Tommy's disappeared and I don't know what to do."

Just then he was announced on the stage. "We'll talk, okay. As soon as I'm off the stage."

"Okay."

"Did you call your family?"

"Yes always." She lied.

"Okay."

"Good luck." She said watching him go to the stage.

She called Sadie and told her where she was. Then she tried Tommy again, but still only got his voicemail. "You've reached me. Leave a message."

"Message 112. Me again…"

Just then a guy walked up to her. "It is you. Jude, Jude Harrison."

Jude flipped her phone shut.

"I know you probably hate this, but can I get our picture?"

"Yeah, sure."

The rest of the night was a complete haze. The guy kept buying her drinks. She just wanted to forget the pain Tommy had caused. When she woke up the next morning, she couldn't even remember how she got to Mason's room.

Waking up being skin to skin with Tommy was so much better than that hang over she had back then.

"Morning." Tommy mumbled.

"Morning." Jude replied looking up at him. "How'd you sleep?"

"Like a completely satisfied man." He said running his hand up her bare back.

Jude buried her face in his chest and giggled.

"Oh no. No reason to be shy now." Tommy said playfully.

She rolled away from him, taking the sheet with her. "I gotta go to the bathroom."

"Okay." He said smirking.

She wrapped the sheet around her. "What?" She asked.

"Nothing. It's just you have such a beautiful body. Why cover it up."

"Because we have to get ready for work." She said before she bent down to kiss him quickly. "I'm going to jump in the shower."

"Okay. I'll make coffee." Tommy said getting up and grabbing his pajama pants. It was time for them to go back to the real world.

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