Hey Everybody!!! I am working hard on the next chapter of You're Still the One, but I had a little inspiration on something else. This is a bit from personal experience. I am rating this M because the topic can get pretty dark.

Stepping off the plane from Rome was surreal. She hadn't been in Toronto since she left for London. That was nearly three years ago. To her it seemed like a lifetime ago. Her life didn't go in the direction she'd dreamed of. It was like when she left Tommy, her life decided to spiral out of control. First the record label in London wasn't anything like she pictured. All they wanted to do was turn her into a pop star like Britney Spears, not a rock star. She didn't think anything was wrong with Britney Spears, it just wasn't her style. That created a lot of friction at the studio.

When she'd been there a month, Sadie called to tell her Victoria was sick and wanted to see her girls. Even though she'd abandoned her at seventeen, she was still her mother. Jude couldn't say no. It ended up being Cancer. Jude took a leave of absence from the label to help take care of her. She thought about all the time her mother took care of her as a child, and couldn't walk away from her. The London label dropped her not too long after she moved to Rome. Jude actually felt relieved to not have a label tying her down. Her mom was more important. Thanks to Tommy she owned her own music, so royalty checks still came every month.

Now a week after her mom's funeral, she was back in Toronto. Sadie and Stuart convinced her, the best way to grieve was to be with family. She agreed because even though she'd gotten close to Don, he was in no shape to help her cope. So here she was back home. The flight was long and all she wanted to do was sleep for a year.

Walking into the airport, she spotted a man holding a sign that read 'Harrison.' "I'm Jude Harrison." She said to him.

"Mr. Mills sent me to pick you up."

"Let's get my luggage then." She should've known Darius would ambush her as soon as she got home.

"Miss Harrison, is there anywhere you'd like me to take you?" The driver asked loading her bags in the car.

"Please call me Jude. And might as well go to G Major first."

"Okay, Jude."

She couldn't help but replay her last memories of G Major in her mind. It was when she and Tommy were working on her remix album. They had just gotten back together. She'd felt so happy and safe with him. She was having trouble remembering why she let that go.

Darius saw her coming from the security cameras. She didn't look like the same girl he remembered. She looked older and not in a good way. He'd heard from Sadie that their mother's illness had hit Jude hard. Now he could tell be just looking at her. She looked like she hadn't slept in ages.

"Jude, come on in."

"Darius, that was nice of you to send a car for me."

"I wanted you to know G Major is here for you. If there is anything you need just let me know." He walked around in front of his desk.

"Thanks, D, it means a lot."

"The driver is yours for the rest of the day."

She was shocked that he never mentioned business. Maybe he had a heart after all. She stopped by Sadie's office for a few minutes before the driver took her to her new house. She'd purchased it in a nice quiet neighborhood. She'd been through too much to move back in with her dad. She needed her own space. It was a nice two bedroom with a huge back yard. She had a nice spacious kitchen. Over the last few years she'd learned to cook. With Don out of town so much, it was up to her to cook dinner for her mom. She was twenty-one, and she felt like she was forty. It still felt like she was in a dream, and she was ready to wake up.

The first night she didn't know what to do with herself. For so long she'd had someone to take care of, now she was all alone. The silence allowed her to think too much. She missed her mom like crazy. She opened a bottle of wine hoping the alcohol would shut the voices up.

Please Review and let me know what you think. These chapters will be shorter than my main story. Like I said this is a personal topic for me. I will have updates every week hopefully.