The greatest challenge in life is to find someone who knows all your flaws, differences, and mistakes, and yet still sees the best in you.

"Then I guess we're done Jude" Tommy said from his seat on the jail cell cot. Jude was stunned, how could he just say it, just like that, the words that would end them? "Why is it always so easy for you to throw us away?"

Tommy got up and walked over to the bars that separated them, and reached out a hand to lightly brush his thumb over her cheek as his fingers brushed through her hair. He pulled her forward slightly, and they both rested their heads against the bar between them. Jude closed her eyes for a second before Tommy pulled back and shrugged as he dropped his hand "Because I'm not good enough for you." He said as he sat back down.

Jude sighed as she took a half step back from the bars "I am so sick of hearing that from you, why is it so hard for you to understand that I love you?" Tommy turned his eyes to her and rolled them "You love your pretty packaged Little Tommy Q, Tom Dutios wouldn't make it past your front door." Jude nodded "You know what? You're right, he wouldn't." Tommy raised his brows, surprised to hear her admit it so easily. Jude raised her hands, motioning to him sitting there "Because this guy, he's a jerk." She furrowed her brow as she cocked her head to the side "Do you not even realize that this isn't who you even are anymore? I've known you for years now, and this guy is just now making an appearance." She shrugged "Do you think that that might have something to do with where you are, not who you are?"

She moved closer to the bars again "You are a good person, you are an amazing producer, you are my best friend," Tommy looked up at her then and she smiled slightly "And you are the love of my life." She shrugged again "I don't care what anyone here thinks of you, if they don't love you, they don't really know you then." She reached up and wrapped her hands around the bars in front of her "I know you, the real you, the one that no one else sees, I see you. Don't try to push me away now."

Jude dropper her hands and took a step back "I'm going to go home, I'll leave you to stay and figure out what your long term plans are with your mother, and when you realize that I'm not going to give up on you, that I love you, the real you, you can find me in the studio."

She gave him one last parting smile before turning to walk away. Tommy pulled himself from the stupor he was in and knew that he had to stop her "Jude, wait!" he said as he jumped up from the cot and reached for the bars. Jude stopped and turned back to him, her brows raised. Tommy reached a hand out to her, and she took it. He looked at her in silence for a minute "I love you." He said and she smiled slightly.

As Tommy let go of her hand he nodded his head slightly "I'll see you soon." Jude nodded and this time when she turned and walked away, he didn't stop her. Because he knew that when she walked away, she wasn't walking away from them, and she wasn't letting him walk away either. Instead she was going home to wait for Tommy Q to come back. To wait while he put Tom Dutios to rest once and for all.

So it's been awhile since I posted anything for IS, and I hope you guys liked it. Thanks for reading :o)