i know they won't escape this season but what if they did. and they were poly about it
jade goes back to NY to sort out his financial business and get his life back in order
he hasn't seen jim and tabitha in a few months now, but he misses them like crazy, specially tabitha
he finally reaches out to ask how they're doing, tabitha says its hard dealing with the separation, etc.
the kids are specially struggling to adjust back to their normal lives, and she feels like she's losing control of the situation
jade asks if money would help. she tells him that actually, if he came for a visit it might really help ethan because he keeps asking about him and victor and everyone else from the town
jade shows up on tabitha's doorstep looking his best, and holding a bouquet of roses
jim is there when she opens the door
"i thought you said you had separated"
turns out, they didn't want to shake up the kids lives even further, so they agreed to keep living together for a couple of years until julie went off to college
apparently the separation really helped the friction between them decrease, so at least the constant arguments are no longer a problem in the household
but jim is still definitely not ready to watch someone else try to woo his ex-wife. he can't decide if it being jade makes it slightly less terrible or a million times worse
he grabs his coat off a hanger in the hallway and walks towards the door
tabitha: "where are you going?"
jim: "for a walk!"
he storms past jade, not caring that he's shoving him with his shoulder as he does so, and closes the door behind him
tabitha takes the flowers and shakes her head with a sigh. "he always does this!"
her accent comes through as she complains
jade can't stop staring at her. he missed her so much, and he realises that he never wants to be far from her again if he can help it
"i'm sorry. this was probably a terrible idea."
tabitha sighs again, but she smiles. she smiles, and it makes his heart swell three times its size
"i really missed you." he points at the roses. "just. ignore those. it just felt right, but, you know—i can be a fucking idiot sometimes, so..."
she just lets him talk. there's a fondness in her eyes.
"can you say something?"
"i... i don't know" she says with a shrug "i don't know. if you want an answer—i don't know"
"no, of course, i... i don't know what i expected. listen, i'll come back later, just text me when the kids are back from school, okay?"
tabitha nods, and he leaves. he runs into jim on his way out, who was just sitting in his car parked right around the corner. jade gets in the car
"look, i can't blame you for trying"
"she said 'i don't know'. what do you think that means?"
"i think it means that you might be in for one hell of a ride."
later, ethan is so happy to see jade, and julie pretends to be barely tolerating him but makes no efforts to leave the room
they all notice how tabitha looks happier with jade around, except for jade who has no frame of reference and assumes she must be just tolerating his presence after the confession
jade offers to take the whole family out for dinner, but julie is working hard to catch up with her studies to graduate with her friends so it's just them and ethan (because jim and tabitha promised julie that they wouldn't make her babysit ethan anymore)
the dinner —at the fanciest restaurant in town, which made jim roll his eyes but provided lots of fun and entertainment for ethan—goes surprisingly well, just like the afternoon went
jim takes ethan and leaves to refuel the car while jade takes care of the check (ethan loves it when his dad explains how cars and fuel work)
"i want this" tabitha says out of the blue while they wait for jim to come back
"what?"
"you wanted an answer. i don't want jim to move out. and i don't want you to leave either. i just want this. i want today, every day. is that crazy?"
"it's not crazy. it sounds—perfect, actually"
he sounds like he's about to tear up
they're standing next to each other outside the restaurant. they nod to each other, and her hand finds his own, and her fingers tentatively find their way to interlace with his
he actually does tear up when she does this, and starts apologising
"fuck—sorry, i..."
he needs to take deep breaths
and no, neither of them have the slightest idea of how they're going to bring this up to jim
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Tabitha: Keeps making her husbands bracelets which they lose/don't wear.
Jade: Coincidentally (not coincidentally), is a bracelet guy.
His bracelets look different than the ones Tabitha has been making, but they're similar. And somebody in the production has been keeping track of these bracelets as part of Jade's wardrobe for 3 seasons.
If they were meaningless, they could've gotten rid of them along with the rest of his entire wardrobe.
I think we'll find out these are important to Jade. I wonder if he made them, because he felt compelled to wear one the same way Tabitha felt compelled to make them.
when you found me in the woods the other day, i was rolling on the ground and screaming. you were not surprised. why? I like you a lot better when you're not yelling at me.
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When you found me in the woods the other day... I was rolling around on the ground and screaming... you were not surprised. Why?
I like you a lot better when you're not yelling at me.
Jade Herrera, Tabitha Matthews
From | 2.07 Belly of the Beast
The dynamic here is so interesting to me. Tabitha gets out of "mom" mode with her choice of language. And Jade isn't saying all this to impress her. He's genuinely excited by the concepts, and her interruption for him to get to the point seems to make him almost giddy.