1. Missing Scene (1/2)

missing scene: your time is gonna come

author's note: why did tommy go from being so harsh with jude to understanding in at the end of the episode? here is my take on what might have happened…

author's note 2: here is a slight re-write of this chapter, which i feel tightens up the ending a lot more.

kwest first met tommy when he still had cornrows and wore shinny parachute pants. as a roadie for boyz attack, he had learned to admire tommy's musical skills at a sound checks where he insisted that the band stayed until the sound was prefect. and it was on the same tours that kwest also garnered a healthy respect for tommy's ability to attract women. even after tommy had transformed himself from boy-band singer to producer, the ability make women swoon had remained. and while tommy didn't take advantage of the fact the way that he used to, that didn't mean that he had turned into a monk.

which was why kwest was pretty shocked to hear jude asking, "why wouldn't you sleep with me?"

the good thing about having known tommy for some many years is that kwest had perfected the art of just ignoring an awkward moment and just carrying on. and this didn't even rank as the most personal moment of tommy's that he had walked into. so half and hour later when tommy slammed himself into the seat beside him, kwest just leaned back in his chair and asked, "want to hear the recordings that sme made this morning?"

rubbing his temples tommy absented-mindedly grabbed for a piece of red liquorice, "yeah, let's hear it." for the rest of the afternoon they worked through the song, adjusting the tempo and mix, noticeably leaving the vocals out.

it was getting late when kwest pushed himself away from the board and turned to tommy, "how about calling it a night? not a whole lot of left to do and we need jude's input anyways."

it took a moment for kwest's comments to register with tommy, eventually he muttered, "i think i am going to keep working…see you tomorrow."

even if kwest hadn't heard what he had today it would have known that something was up. deciding to bite the bullet, he spoke casually as getting ready to go, "listen man, i'm not going to be telling anyone about what i heard today, but i guarantee that jude will tell sadie. for my own sanity and for that of everyone else we work with i recommend that you get whatever is going on between the two of you sorted out."

tommy paused and leaned back in his chair, "it may not be that easy, jude offered sex last night and i said no. which is not really my style."

kwest laughed, "no it is really not. but neither is jude the seduction sort."

"she did have a run in with cassandra yesterday."

"that is enough to shake any woman up. but you aren't telling me that it made you question what you've got with jude?"

"hell no. but she reminded jude how i haven't been known for my monogamy." tommy gave kwest a sidelong glance, after all no one knew his past with women better then him, "jude wanted a list."

kwest winced, "and you gave it to her?"

"what else was i supposed to do? and i never thought she would go all bad porno movie on me."

"now there is an image." kwest shook his head, "and yeah, three years ago, i would have said that it was a bad idea. but she is not fifteen anymore."

"trust me, i saw her in lingerie, i know." tommy got up and headed towards the kitchen. grabbing beers from the fridge he popped them open and passed one to kwest.