Setting: Jude has left for her nightclub tour that Tommy arranged with Georgia and EJ. Tommy and Sadie are vacationing in Italy. Mrs. Harrison is home alone with both of her daughters gone for the summer. Mr. Harrison is moving on with Yvette. Shay and Darius are on Shay's European Tour. Jamie stayed home for the summer working on promoting the band and Kat is completing her design internship
Chapter 1:
Tommy is sitting on the balcony of the Italian villa that he and Sadie have been staying at for the summer watching the waves crash against the rocks and lost in thought.
S: Tommy, what do you . . . Tommy! Tommy, are you listening to me?
T: Huh? Oh, sorry I was just thinking…
S: Yeah, I bet it was about a certain red-haired relative of mine. Sadie mumbled to herself.
T: What did you say Sadie?
S: Oh never mind, it wasn't important.
T: OK, I think I will take a walk on the beach, wanna join me?
S: No thanks, go ahead. I think I will jump in the shower and check my messages.
T: OK, be back soon.
Tommy headed down to the beach, wondering to himself, what is wrong with me? I am here in one of the most beautiful places on earth, with a beautiful girl, what can possibly be better? Well maybe there would be one thing that could make this the perfect vacation . . . stop it! Pull it together Quincy. You choose this, you walked away from Jude and left her to go on tour while you vacation in Italy with Sadie. This is what you wanted. Wasn't it?
As Tommy walked back to the Villa, he promised himself that he was going to stop looking back and start paying attention to what he had here. Enjoy these last few weeks in Italy, spend some quality time getting to know Sadie better. She really is a great person, maybe a little selfish, but beautiful and fun to be with. Maybe he would suggest they go out tonight, somewhere romantic for dinner, a long walk through the town and some shopping. Yeah that would definitely put her in a great mood, nothing got Sadie excited like shopping. Thinking to himself, Tommy planned out his afternoon; run out and pick up some roses for Sadie, call for reservations at that quiet little restaurant up the coast. . . As Tommy opened the door to the Villa, he heard Sadie talking to someone in the bedroom. He didn't hear anyone else's voice - she was probably on the phone returning a call. "I think I will just go and see if I can convince her to stay in for the afternoon and rest up for our special night." As he reached the door to the bedroom, he was brought to a halting stop when he heard Sadie say:
S: Jude, calm down I know you are tired and things aren't going like you thought they would, but you can't quit now. You have 3 more weeks to go on your tour, I know they will get better, just relax.
There was a pause, while Jude said something back to Sadie.
S: Listen Jude, I know I am the last one that you want advice from, but everything will work out, just don't make any snap decisions. You have a night off tonight, stay in or better yet, go out, have a good time and enjoy yourself. Tomorrow will be better.
S: Yeah, you too. Goodbye Jude, I love you. Call me tomorrow.
Sadie closed her phone and headed towards the bathroom. Tommy heard the water begin to run in the shower but he still had not moved from his spot outside the bedroom door. His heart was beating so fast and he was having trouble catching his breath, it was like someone just punched him in the stomach. Why would Jude want to quit her tour, was she OK, did someone hurt her, he had to know what was going on and NOW. Without thinking he punched Jude's cell phone number and walked out to the balcony. On the fourth ring, a familiar voice came on the phone:
J: Hello.
T: Jude, what's going on? Why do you wanna quit the tour?
J: Tommy, I don't want to do this now. I just can't go into it with you. Please don't call me again.
And with that she disconnected the call. She sounded so tired and depressed, what happened to the smiling, happy Jude that he knew. Whatever it was, he had to know what was going on.
He walked back to the bedroom where Sadie was singing a Boyz Attack song ridiculously loud and out of tune, not that Tommy even noticed. He was focused on one thing and one thing only, or more accurately, one person. He had to get to Jude and stop her from making the biggest mistake of her life. She just can't quit a tour it would ruin her career. He had to get to her and make her listen. Suddenly without even thinking, Tommy was throwing clothes in his bag and hurriedly scribbling a note "Sadie – Had to go, call you later. T".
Before he knew it, Tommy was sitting in the airport terminal waiting for his flight to be called and praying that he wasn't too late to stop Jude from doing anything she would regret.