Seeing Double
Across the Universe
Chapter 1
A/N: Please note that Max and Kurt Cobain are from different eras so I'm moving Kurt's age back so he's roughly around Max's age. Sorry is everything isn't accurate!!
"Jude!" Max cried and ran to him. He enveloped him in a hug for a short moment.
"Max! How the hell are ya?" Jude shouted.
"Good, good. How ya been treating my 'lil sis?"
"Why don't you ask her yourself?" Jude stopped grinning.
His buddy froze and pulled at his shirt.
"Yeah… it's over." Jude looked down. A moment of silence.
"'Kay well whatever. I haven't spoken to either of you since Sadie and Jojo's number one. How long ago was that anyways?" They started walking from the bus station-from where Jude came off-and to Max's cab.
"Can't believe how cold it's got. In Liverpool it's worse. I haven't seen Sadie or Jojo since what… April?" Jude climbed in the passenger seat and threw his shoulder bag down by his feet.
"Whoa. I never realized it was that long ago. What is it-September now? Where'd you leave Lucy? Out of curiosity only."
"I asked if she wanted to come back for the '70s… It's gonna be a whole new world; new people, places, you know. I wanted to take her but she refused to come; she thought I was pulling something weird." Jude shrugged.
"Liverpool, huh? That doesn't sound like Lucy. You guys have only been living-living together for like four months! She'll come back, you'll apologize and things will be normal. It always happens with Lucy. I know who she is." Max looked over at Jude.
Jude turned away and looked down. "Could you please start the car?" He whispered.
"What in God's name…"
"Start the car, Max." He said louder with a chuckle.
"Oh right. I'm telling ya now, Judey, it's got a bit of a kick to it." Max frowned, shoved the key, and spun it. Nothing.
"What's the kick? Nothing's even starting." Jude looked up at Max. The dire parking lot was emptying and the station's streetlights were starting to flicker on.
"Shit. Not again. They won't supply us with new cabs. Well I guess you could've figured that one out. Jesus, this is a pain in the ass." He tried it again.
"Are all cabs like this?"
"Mostly, yeah. Some people got fired for not showing up on time so business is running really slow lately. Dammit." Max cursed again.
"Here, let me have a go at it." Jude pulled the key out."
"It's useless; I hate to tell you this but we might be here all night." Max laughed lightly and watched as Jude slowly stuck the key in upside down and turned.
"You're right: these things are cheap. Your boss couldn't even find cabs with good enough security!" The engine grumbled to life after the third twist.
"Yes! Looks like we're getting home tonight! If I can find a gas station in the next two minutes." Max pulled in reverse and sped out from the lot, shooting gravel bits behind him.
"So, how was the good life anyways?" He asked Jude.
"Oh, it was great. But then some things were happening about in the city; me mum was having some troubles so we had no place to go. Lucy met some people that we started bunking with and then… well it just went so fast. When we moved in with some friends, that's when all the-uh-drama happened." Jude fumbled with his pack.
Max turned his eyes from the road to Jude.
"Oh yeah? How long ago was this?" He finally said.
"'Bout a month ago. Then I got sick of it and asked her if she wanted to come back to America. I knew I wanted to. If I can't see me mum in Liverpool, what's the point of being there?" He chuckled softly.
Max stopped switching his eyes back and forth-the road and Jude-and looked straight ahead. Neither spoke.
"But that's not important. Right? What about you? Where're you living now? I mean, Sadie and Jojo are probably so famous that they're across the world right now, huh?" They both laughed.
"Not quite. Across the hallway more like it. They didn't wanna go anywhere outside the city. Unlike them, but I think something's up. Prudence is staying with me and my bud Krist." Max stole a look from Jude.
"Krist, huh? When did you get your own place?" Jude already knew the answer to this one.
"Uhh… Well the thing is, Pru and Rita moved in with Krist and I somehow met him-through Jojo or something. That's when Sadie kicked me out and she moved into the same building as Krist. That's when I moved in. Smaller apartments." Max shrugged a couple times.
Jude smiled and looked ahead.
It was silent for a minute until the old cab grumbled, roared, and then jerked to a stop.
"Dammit!" Max slammed his palm into the steering wheel.
"Now what?" Jude set his pack by his foot again.
"We walk to a gas station and see if we can get some juice. I swear there's a leak in this thing. I just loaded up yesterday. Jesus, it's just a piece of shit anyways." Max undid his belt, opened the car door, then noticed Jude wasn't moving.
"What?" He asked.
"Do you have anything in the back?" Jude looked up.
"Are you kidding me? I barely have any cash on me. Can you take it?"
Jude smiled. Same old, same old.
"Yeah… how much longer do we have to go anyways?"
"I'd say… one more town and then we'd be parked in front of the old-school New York apartment."
"Alright. Well let's go." They both climbed out and started the long journey to a station.
A/N: Sorry for such a slow beginning. R+R!