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Chapter 33

When Jude finally calmed down, Tommy left her to go talk to Portia. He wanted to question her about the suit. To make sure Portia wasn't trying to sabotage Jude's birthday. He had a lot riding on this day.

"Portia, what happened with my suit?"

"I don't know. I put the order in for forty regular, but they delivered the wrong size."

He could tell she was telling the truth. "Jude is freaking out thinking the whole party is going to be ruined because one thing went wrong. Do you have anything else I can wear?"

"Sorry, I didn't get extra for this one."

Tommy just waved it off. "I'm sure I have something at home that will work."

"I'm really sorry, Tommy. I want this to be a good night for Jude, too. She deserves it."

"Yeah she does."

His mind drifted off to a couple of weeks before when Sadie decided not to move to New York.

"Guess what!" Jude skipped into his office.

"You're in a good mood. What?" He couldn't help but smile because she was smiling.

"Sadie is staying. Darius offered her a raise, and she couldn't bare to really leave Kwest."

"That's great, girl. I'm sure she didn't want to leave you either. Or your dad."

"Speaking of my dad, he is leaving today for two weeks. You want to come over tonight?"

"Sure. After our session I have to work with Karma then I'm free."

"Great!"

He was looking forward to a nice quiet evening with his girl. His session with Karma had given him a headache.

"Jude, what's going on?" She was on the steps when he got there and looked uncomfortable.

"Sadie had the same idea that I did. She and Kwest were making out on the couch when I got here. Damn that couch has seen a lot of action."

Tommy knew he shouldn't laugh, but he couldn't help it. "I hope they had their clothes on."

"It's not funny, Tommy."

"It actually is. I guess you and I are the only ones who haven't been walked in on." The thought made him shudder. "Okay maybe it's not funny."

"See I told you. Anyway Sadie is cooking now. So I decided to sit out here and wait on you. What's in the bag?"

He'd completely forgotten about his bag. "I thought I'd bring some things over here in case I stayed over."

"Oh really." Jude said with a questioning smirk. He wished he could read her mind.

"With your dad out of town, and Sadie staying at Kwest's all the time, I figured you might get lonely. Plus I hate you staying by yourself."

"Aww that was sweet."

They ate dinner with Sadie and Kwest. It was nice and quiet. After dinner, he and Jude went to her room. Jude had refused to curl up on the couch. And Tommy didn't really blame her.

"What are you thinking about?" He asked when he noticed she was staring at her closet door.

"A lot of things. I saw Jamie Saturday when I got home from the concert. He questioned my idea of a concert in a mall in Patsy's name."

"Jude what you did Saturday was great. All the money that went to that shelter is what mattered not what you did to make the money."

"I know. I just miss him, and it makes me angry that the only time he speaks to me is to make me feel horrible about myself."

"Misery loves company, babe."

They had both almost drifted asleep when they started hearing noises from down the hall. "Oh now this is going too far." Jude huffed.

"Grab and overnight bag. We're going to my place." He wanted to laugh at the situation, but was too uncomfortable to.

Jude left a note on the table and they were gone. The whole ride to his house was in silence. Tommy didn't want to upset Jude by laughing like he really wanted to.

"She had to just go and ruin me being happy that she's staying." Jude huffed once they were in his apartment.

"You're still happy she's staying. I just think Kwest is happier." He couldn't help but joke.

Tommy, not funny! Why couldn't they have gone to his place then?"

"Different scenery?" He was completely lost on what to tell her. "I don't know Jude. Look on the bright side, we didn't have to stay there."

"Thank goodness for that. So, I had an interesting meeting with D today." She said sitting down on the couch and pulling her legs under her.

"Really? What about?"

"My birthday. He wanted to know what kind of party I wanted. He said I've worked hard this year and deserve to have a blow out for my eighteenth."

"That's true. So what did you tell him?"

"I told him I wanted a 30's era type party. It should be fun."

"I'm sure D and Portia will have fun with that." He responded sitting beside her.

"I think we all will, but I have a question for you."

"What would that be?"

"Would you escort me to my party?"

"Are you sure?"

"I think it's the perfect place for us to go completely public. I'll be eighteen. Nobody can say we are doing anything wrong."

He thought for a minute, and knew she was right. "I would love to escort you to your party." He thought she deserved one night where everything was right.

"Thank you." She said as she moved to sit in his lap.

"It's my pleasure." He said barely above a whisper before their lips met in a gentle kiss.

Yet again he had to do his best to keep his mind clear. It was hard, but some how he pulled away. She looked confused.

"What?" She asked.

"It's late. Why don't you get changed for bed? I'm going to take a quick shower." He didn't wait for her response before heading up to the shower.

When he walked into his bedroom she was sound asleep. He couldn't wait until the world knew they were together and happy. She deserved all the happiness in the world.

"You and Jude have been doing that a lot lately." Portia's voice broke through his thoughts.

"What?"

"Zoning off."

"Oh. I was just thinking about how much Jude deserves this night."

"Then you better get going so you can find something to wear."

"Yes Ma'am."

Jude decided not to think about her bad feeling. All she wanted to do was dance with Tommy. It didn't matter if he was in a suit or jeans and his leather jacket.

She was dancing around in the lobby. Portia suggested she get used to the shoes she was wearing to the party. She turned and lost her balance. Next thing she knew she was staring up at a stronger. "Whoa."

"Hi" He said.

"Hey you always come out of nowhere like that?" He looked nice enough.

"It's kind of my game."

"Your game. Who do you play for?"

"Let's just say I'm a free agent."

Jude was completely lost. "I'm officially lost in my own sports metaphor. I'm Jude." She held her hand out introducing herself.

"I'm Hunter."

"You here to see Darius?" She noticed a strange gleam in his eye.

"Actually I am looking for an old buddy of mine, Tommy Quincy."

"How do you know Tommy?" That bad feeling was coming up again, but she just pushed it down.

"Spent many nights on the tour bus together. But we kind of lost touch."

Tommy never really talked about his friends for his boy band days. He was probably harmless. "Well, there's a party tonight he'll be at. It's my birthday."

"That would be great."

"I'll make sure your name is on the guest list. After all any friend of Tommy's." She kept ignoring the nagging feeling in the back of her mind. This night was about her and Tommy. The more the merrier.

There you go. The party is getting closer and Jude is still having a bad feeling. Will this be the night of her dreams or her nightmares?

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