Chapter 1: Girls and Boys
Jude sighed as she looked out the window of her tour bus. It was her first tour and she was heading out on her own. Not even Tommy had agreed to come with her; he was in Italy with her sister. She just has to have everything she wants, she thought. I bet she doesn't even like Tommy. I bet she's just trying to get him so she can prove I can't have him or something like that. She couldn't believe this- her first tour and the only people who were there for her were Georgia, E.J., her backup band, and the band she was opening for, some say the biggest thing in rock since Green Day came out with Dookie back in '94, The Viewpoint. She looked over across from her as Alexa Morrelles, the band's lead singer, was having her makeup done. She seemed to have the same style as Jude, so her makeup was essentially dark eyeliner, blue or green eyeshadow, and not mutch else. Not that you could notice, Jude thought. She sighed again as she watched the makeup artist walk away as a hair stylist take her place. She dissapeared for a minute and then reapearred approaching Jude.
When she had finally finished, Alexa was still sitting there, eating a pack of Doritos. At least she actually eats, unlike someone I can think of. Jude remembered the weird looks Eden had given her when she'd seen her eating before she went on and laughed. "What's so funny?" Asked Alexa, who was moving over to sit next to me.
"Nothing, just remembering something."
"Oh.", she said, smiling.
"Man, it's nice to be away from the boys for once.", she said.
"Ugh. Tell me about it. Especially after what happened last year."
"What happened last year?"
"I was on my first tour, opening for an all boy band. We were about 3 weeks into the tour, and I had to work with the other band's drummer when he started flirting with me."
"No way!" Jude's eyes widened.
"Yeah, and the worst part was that that was when my boyfriend visiting me on my tour. He walked in to tell me something and saw him kissing me."
"You must have been in trouble after that."
"Yeah, it took me a month to get him to trust me again, only to find out that he was dating his opening act the whole time!"
Jude scoffed. "I know how that feels."
"Yeah." There was silence. "Want one?" She asked, handing Jude the bag of Doritos.
"Thanks." She said, taking the bag.
"So, the magazines were wrong." Said Alexa.
"Huh?"
"You're not over Shay, are you?"
"Of course I am." Jude looked offended.
"Then why are you talking about him like that?" She asked, giving her a confused look.
"Who says I was talking about Shay?" Alexa's jaw dropped.
"That happened with someone else?"
"No! no, just forget I said anything." She said, trying to bury the topic before she had to tell Alexa about Tommy.
"No way! You can't change the subject on me I told you my story now you have to tell me yours!"
"No way!"
"Please?" Alexa's dark brown eyes widened.
"Promise you won't tell anyone?" She asked.
"Of course! Why would I have any reason to do that? Until now, I never even told anyone my story. Why do you think you never saw that in a newspaper?" Jude had to agree. She had never seen that in any tabloid, and she knew from experience that that was something that had front page written all over it.
"Fine." She told Alexa everything: about the party, about the kiss, about having to admit it never happened, and, finally, about Tommy leaving with her sister. When she was done, Alexa was speechless.
"Wow. Dump him."
"Excuse me? We were never dating!"
"It doesn't matter. He's your producer."
"So?"
"So, ask for a new one. He thinks that even thought he's not dating you, he still think he'll get to work with you. If you prove him wrong, he'll go crazy."
"You really think so?" Alexa put a hand on Jude's shoulder. "Jude, I know so." She heard someone calling her to sound check. "Gotta go. Think about it." She walked away. Hmm. "Dump him." She thought about it through the show and for the rest of the night until coming to a decision.
Oooooooooh cliffhanger(sort of). What was Jude's decision? R&R to find out!