Hello again! I know I have like two other fics out there, but this is something a little different from the other two. It's an AU and there are a few things you need to know. Jude is now 19 years old and is going to college. She never competed in Instant Star, but she does know Tommy. Also, Tommy was never in Boyz Attack, but he is making his way through the music business. I'm not going to say how they know each other yet because that's all apart of the plot, so you'll just have to read and see. The beginning is a little slow, forgive me. But I promise, it will pick up. Please give it a chance and I hope you all like it! Comments are love.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Instant Star. Unfortunately.

ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE

Chapter 1

"Finding A Roommate"

"So you're leaving?" Jude asked as she stood in her kitchen. "Thanks for giving me all this notice, dad." She replied as she rolled her eyes.

"Honey, you're getting ready to start college now. It's not that big of a deal."

"I was planning on commuting, dad. It's the whole cutting costs concept. But I guess you wouldn't know anything about that."

"Jude, again, it's not that big of a deal. Just apply for a dorm room."

"The dead-line's passed already! I can't apply anymore."

"So look for an apartment off-campus. It's about time you started living on your own, anyway. Look honey, I gotta go. I'm late enough as it is." Jude rolled her eyes again as she watched her dad leave for work. Typical. He was so irresponsible sometimes and as she watched him walk down the driveway to his car, she wondered how he managed to keep his marriage together for as long as he did.

She was getting ready to walk out the door to start looking for apartment fliers on campus when her cell rang. "Hey Sades. How's New York?"

"The best! Oh I love it here and I'm getting ready to start my new fashion-design internship this fall."

She smiled and felt very proud of her sister. She had been working all of her life to become a fashion designer and it looked like it was finally going to happen for her. "That's great Sadie. I'm so excited for you!"

"Thanks, I'm pretty excited myself. Anyway, the reason I was calling was to check up on you and see how all the prep stuff was coming for school."

Jude groaned and leaned back against the counter. "Don't ask."

"Hon, what's wrong?"

"Dad."

"What did he do this time?"

"Stranded me with no place to go. He's moving and the deadline to apply for a dorm-room has come and gone. So now I have to find a place off campus within the time span of a week. How great is that?"

"I swear I could kill dad. You know something… you could always transfer to NYU. I've got extra space. I know for a fact that they're still accepting applicants who are going to be living off-campus."

"Don't tempt me, Sades."

"Come on. You know you want to. Your grades are beyond good enough, so there's no doubt in my mind you'd get accepted."

"I'll think about it. Look, I have to run. I need to see if there's going to be some sort of miracle for me. Hopefully there's still somebody looking for a roommate."

"Oh! Maybe you'll luck out and get a hottie."

"Only you would think something like that."

"What? It could happen."

"Not in this life, Sadie."

She heard her sister sigh and instantly regretted saying that. "Jude, you've got to let that go."

"Sadie—"

"You can't keep doing this."

"It's not like I haven't had boyfriends Sadie! So quit nagging!"

"You've had boyfriends, yeah. And they've all lasted like a nanosecond."

"I'm not listening to this. I'll talk to you later."

"Jude—" she hung up the phone before she heard another word that Sadie had to say. She loved her sister to death, but honestly, she couldn't stand the constant nagging for her to find somebody to sweep her off her feet. She wasn't ready for a relationship and didn't know if she'd ever be ready for another one.

Jude sighed and grabbed her purse and car keys; she supposed she better go see if anybody needed a rommie.

Fifteen minutes later, she was at York University looking at all the fliers that were hanging on bulletin boards. She was in luck! Yes! There were plenty of people still looking for roommates. She grabbed as many phone numbers as she could and started looking. She called the first number, which belonged to an Amber Benson. The place sounded promising and it was pretty close to campus. Jude was startled when she heard the person on the other end of the phone pick up. "This had better be important."

Jude's eyes widened and suddenly felt intimidated. "Is this Amber Benson?"

"Yeah, what's it to ya?"

Jude gulped. Maybe she should rethink this one. "I, uh, saw your flier. It said you were looking for a roommate?"

"No such luck. Sorry," and she heard the dial tone. It was just as well. That girl did not sound like somebody that was very friendly; she actually felt a wave of relief wash over her and she quickly threw that information away. Moving on to the next one, she saw that some guy named Matt Pearson was looking for another roommate. She called and he agreed to have her come see the house, so he gave her directions and she was on her way, feeling hope that maybe she would have a place to live after all.

When she got there, her hope died instantly. The place was a wreck and Mr. Matt Pearson was just a little too friendly. She'd have to constantly make sure her bedroom door was locked to keep this guy tamed. And she had a feeling that he probably would have managed to sneak his way in there anyway.

Jude met with two other people that day and was let down again. Her frustration was rising and she couldn't help but feel like maybe this was all a bad sign. Why was it so hard to find a roommate?

She decided she would take a break and start looking again tomorrow; tomorrow came and went and her hope was waning. Classes started in five days and she had no place to live. Panic began to well inside of her as the week progressed and she still had no luck, so she thought she would go back to the university to see if there were any fliers she missed.

She looked all over the place and found nothing. Fighting the urge to cry, Jude slapped a column that was full of fliers for different activities and clubs and leaned forward, cursing. "It figures. Just my luck. Two days until classes and no place to live," she mumbled.

"I'm looking for a roommate." She froze. She'd know that voice anywhere. Jude turned around and saw a beautiful man with brown hair and piercing blue eyes smiling at her. She, however, did not return the smile. She was staring at the bane of her existence… Tom Quincy. And there wasn't a chance in hell she was going to live with him.