Here it is. The sequel to Since You've Been Gone. I'm sorry that I took forever, but hopefully you guys will forgive me! Well I'll make this short and let you get to the story. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Instant Star or the characters.
"Sadie!" Jude says pacing in the Courtier's backyard. It had stopped raining a while ago, but it was still chilly outside. "I know what I did was wrong, but I'm sorry! What else do you want from me?"
"What else do I want?" Sadie practically shrieks into the phone. "I want to know what was going through your head when you ran out on your birthday party! I want to know what made you leave without a note or anything! You had us all worried that something had happened to you!" Sadie says and then stops to take a deep breath. "Why didn't you tell me that Tommy wanted you to come see him in Montana? I'm your sister Jude; I would've liked to have known. Don't you care? Or is everything about you right now? And nothing else matters."
"Whoa! Sadie where is this all coming from?" Jude asks surprised by her sisters outburst.
"I'm just saying Jude. This is the second time you've ran out on a party meant for you. I mean Cassie Steele was here, along with a bunch of other reporters, all of them here to get an exclusive on you birthday bash. And you know what Jude, it's kinda hard to do that with no birthday girl!"
"I'm sorry Sades, but they're just reporters. They'll write a column on me not being there and that's the end of it. Big deal! I mean I wasn't missing anything important. Just me singing a couple of songs."
"Jude." Sadie says in an annoyed voice. "That's not the point. The point is that you ran off and were impulsive…Again!"
"That's not the only thing that's got you peeved Sadie." Jude says shaking her head. "What's got you upset? Because you wouldn't be this mad over me leaving my birthday party."
"Well." Sadie says, mumbling. "Mom was here. She was going to surprise you. Thought it would be nice if the whole family got to spend your birthday together."
"The whole family?" Jude asks with a cynical voice. "When you say the whole family, you mean her and Don. You don't mean her and Dad." Jude says laughing. "Sadie, do I need to remind you that Don is not my father, and never will be. And that I'm sorry that I missed mom and wrecked your guy's plans, but I don't really care. I didn't need to be ambushed on my birthday anyways."
"Jude it wasn't going to be an ambush!" Sadie says defensively.
"Oh no? Well then what do you consider an ambush Sadie?" Jude asks. "Because I always thought an ambush was when you got cornered into something and couldn't get out of it. Which is exactly what you guys were planning to do to me." Jude yells. "You were going to all gang up on me at my birthday and there would've been nothing I could've done to stop it, not without making a scene at least."
"Jude. Mom just wants to talk to you. Is that to much to ask for?" Sadie asks. "I mean she is still your mother."
Rolling her eyes, Jude stops pacing and runs a hand through her hair. Turning around she sees Tommy coming outside to join her. With him he's carrying two cups of coffee and has a blanket under his arm. Smiling Jude turns back around and speaks a little quieter. "No it's not Sadie. And maybe when I get back we can all get together and talk, but for right now I'm in Montana and that's where I'm going to be for a while." Jude says with a note of finality in her voice. "Now will you please tell Darius I will talk to him tomorrow and that I'm really sorry if I caused any trouble." Jude asks. When she gets no response she rolls her eyes and hangs up the phone. Turning around she sees Tommy sitting at the patio table in his parents' backyard and he's looking at Jude intently. Not saying anything Jude walks over and sits down in the chair next to Tommy, letting out a long, tired sigh she leans forward and grabs the other cup of coffee, knowing that it's made exactly how she likes it.
For the longest time neither one say anything. They sit there staring up at the stars or at each other, both having so much running through their heads that the silence is peaceful, instead of awkward. Finally setting down his coffee Tommy leans forward and grabs Jude's hand and gives it a light squeeze, when she looks at him he gives her a concerned face. "Is everything ok?"
On instinct Jude opens her mouth to say it's nothing, but pausing she looks at Tommy and sees that he truly cares and is worried. Looking down at the ground Jude musters up the courage to be completely honest. "My mom came back." Jude says looking up to see Tommy's mouth fall open in surprise. "Yeah I know." Jude says sharing his surprise and shock. "And she wants to be this one big happy family. Her, Sadie, me, and Don!" Jude says closing her eyes. "She just wants me to forget. Forget that she abandoned me. That she ran out on her family to marry Don and go travel Europe for a year." Jude says standing up to pace, and blinking back tears. "I mean does she expect me to forgive her for trying to sell my home? Does she think that it's ok to do that? Because it's not! It's wrong and it's…it's…" Jude says turning back to Tommy, seeing the sad look on his face, Jude can't hold it in anymore and she starts to cry. Feeling Tommy wrapping his arms around her Jude just closes her eyes and lets the tears fall. Because as much as she liked to admit that what her mother does doesn't bother her, deep down it really does.
Holding Jude in his arms Tommy just rests her head on his shoulder. Lowering them both back into his seat Tommy cradles Jude in his lap and lightly rubs her back. Silently swearing in his head at how careless and heartless Victoria Harrison can be. His parents weren't perfect, but at least they didn't ignore him. If anything they wanted to keep him close. Rubbing Jude's back Tommy whispers in her ear. "It's ok Jude. You're right. It's wrong and it's not fair." And that's how they sat for about half an hour.
Clearing her throat Jude blinks a couple of times. Lifting her head she looks up to see that Tommy has his eyes closed and is just rubbing her back. Sighing Jude just rests her head back down on Tommy's shoulder. "Thank you." Jude says quietly, her throat feels so raw from crying that she can't really talk. "I didn't mean to go all emotional on you." Jude says hoping to bypass any awkwardness. Tommy had never been real good with dealing with girls crying or girls that are very emotional.
Running his hands lightly through her hair one last time Tommy leans back to look down at Jude. "It's fine girl. It's the least I could do." Tommy says smiling and planting a light kiss on Jude's forehead. "I'm grateful I'm not the cause of those tears." Tommy says kissing Jude's left eyes, tasting salt from her tears. "I just wish I could take away all of your pain." He says quietly before lightly kissing her other eye. Looking to see Jude's smile, Tommy is happy that she isn't as upset. Leaning down this time he kisses her on the lips, but still just a light and as sweet as the last three kisses have been. Feeling Jude shiver a little he feels her pull away to grab the blanket from the table. "Are you cold?" Tommy asks feeling her forehead. Pulling his hand back her frowns at how hot she feels.
"I'm freezing" Jude says wrapping herself in Tommy's blanket and standing up. "Can we maybe go back inside where it's warm?" Jude asks turning around to go inside, but is stopped by Tommy grabbing her arm.
"Jude, wait." Tommy says pulling her closer to him. "You feel really hot, I think you might be sick." Tommy says frowning.
"Tommy I'm fine. Just a little chilled from out in the rain before." Jude says following him inside.
"Here stay down here, I'm going to go get the thermometer to take your temperature."
Rolling her eyes Jude lays down on Tommy's couch and pulls the blanket tighter, but no matter what she does, her teeth still want to chatter together and she feels like she's freezing. Sitting back up Jude looks around to see if Tommy's coming back. When she doesn't see him she gets impatient, Jude decides to go look for him. Standing up Jude slowly walks towards the staircase where Tommy had disappeared to. Looking up Jude gets really dizzy and sees the staircase is swaying back and forth. Taking a couple of steps Jude feels like the room is getting darker and the next thing she knows everything is black.
Slowly creeping out of the bathroom upstairs Tommy quietly walks past his parents bedroom. He doesn't want to be making noise and waking them up. Getting to the top of the stair case, Tommy hears a noise and turns to see that nothing is there. Shrugging his shoulders Tommy quietly starts to go down the stairs. Seeing something at the bottom of the staircase, Tommy's heart jumps to his throat when he sees the blonde hair under the blanket. Rushing down the stairs Tommy picks Jude up and puts her in his lap. Shaking her to wake up, Tommy cries out in worry when she doesn't react. "Jude! Jude wake up!"
Hey everyone!!!!! I'm so so so sorry that I have taken so long to start this sequel. I have been home sick this last week and I haven't been able to write. But last night I sat down at the computer and I didn't get up until I had something typed. So here is the end result. Hopefully you guys enjoy!! Can't wait to read what you all think