Author's Note: Okay, so this is a 'what happens after the series finale' fic. Everything in the show happened and this picks up four years later. Jude is still in London and she's seeing a guy named Rob. Darius sends Tommy to London with the band he's producing. Anyway tell me what you think! : )
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Chapter One - Four Years Later
"London?" Tommy asked hoping he'd heard wrong.
"Yes. That's where 1-2-3 ROCKET want to record so that's where you're going." Darius stated as he flipped through a handful of files.
"You could send the new producer, what's his name." Tommy was reaching and he knew it but now was the worst time possible for him to be sent to London. Jude was in London and according to every tabloid magazine he'd seen in the last week she was engaged to someone named Rob. Whoever Rob was. Except Tommy knew exactly who Rob was; he was the son of one of the richest men in England and he had been Jude's boyfriend for about a year now.
"Lionel isn't their producer, T. You are."
"That's besides the point-"
"I've seen the tabloids too, Quincy. Don't be so quick to believe the gossip. And even if it is true, it's been four years. Haven't you moved on yet?"
"Yes, but-"
"Then there's no problem. London's a big city maybe you won't even see her." Tommy sighed in defeat.
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Jude sat in her boyfriend of one year's penthouse suite in the most expensive hotel in central London. She was on the couch with her feet propped up on the coffee table and flipping through a tabloid magazine she'd stopped to pick up on the walk over to see him on her way to the studio. She didn't usually pay attention to the tabloids but the entire cover of this one was taken up with a picture of her and Rob with the word 'ENGAGED?' across the bottom and an entire side of the street-side magazine/paper kiosk had been covered with copies of it.
As she read through the article Rob came out of the kitchen holding a bottle of water and Jude smiled at him. "Hey, guess what?"
"What?" he asked as he plopped down beside her on the couch.
"We're engaged!" She laughed and showed him the cover of the magazine.
"Bollocks, I wonder who spilled." He looked annoyed and not at all like he was joking.
"Sorry, what?" Jude looked at him confusedly.
"Someone in the office must have leaked the info. I bet it was the new intern I thought she was a little sketchy."
"Info?" As if he hadn't heard her Rob continued on about how he didn't like the new intern girl.
"Rob, what info?" Jude asked a little more forcefully.
"Oh, ah, I was talking to Stan in the office about wanting to propose and-" Jude could not wipe the surprise off her face.
"But we've only been together for a year and-" She was panicking and she was afraid to think why.
"Jude, I love you." He interrupted her and took her hands. "I want to be with you for the rest of my life."
"I-I..." she took a deep breath to try to calm herself. "I don't know. It's so fast. I just... I have to think about this. I'm sorry." Just as Rob was about to say something Jude's phone rang and said 'Burmansy Records!' over and over.
"Jude-"
"I'm sorry I have to get this."
"Hello?... Yeah sorry I know I'm late... I got sidetracked... I'll be right there. Bye." she got up off the couch. "I have to go. I was supposed to be at the studio to pick out my outfit and go over the set list for the concert tomorrow. Then I've got to get ready for Anna Gabs' CD release party. But I'll call you tonight. Or maybe in the morning if it's late when I get home?" She gave him a quick kiss and rushed out the door.
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She arrived at the studio at 3:30 and had spent an hour with Dania, the company's stylist and label owner's wife, picking out her outfit for the concert when Anna showed up. She came into the huge 'closet' and dropped down into one of the bean bag chairs in the middle of the room with a big smile on her face.
"Anna!"
"Hey, Dania," she replied and then exclaimed "That's gorgeous!" as Jude came out of the dressing room in a silky red floor length dress with a low V-neck. The dress was held up by two thick braids of black silk that tied up around her neck.
"It's one of the outfit choices for your CD release party." Jude said and put one hand on her hip and one hand in the air, striking a pose.
"What do you think?" Dania asked.
"I love it. You have to wear it." Anna said standing up.
"Fantastic." Dania said.
"Choice made." Jude started to untie the back of the dress.
"Your turn, Anna darling." Dania smiled and pointed to the rack of choices for Anna as Jude quickly went into the dressing room to change back into her jeans and t-shirt.
The three girls looked through Anna's choices for another hour, finally picked one out and then headed upstairs to get some coffee. When the coffee was poured and they were sitting around the table in the small kitchen off the main area of the studio their topic of conversation came around to the engagement rumor.
"Is it true then?" Dania asked excitedly.
"It wasn't until this afternoon." Jude replied without a smile.
"What do you mean?" Anna asked curiously as she moved another outfit to the 'no' end of the rack.
"Well, someone in his office heard him telling Stan he was going to propose and they leaked it to the tabloids. So at that time we weren't engaged and I had no idea about any of it. But I saw a magazine with a big picture of us on the cover and when I told him about it a few hours ago he said he was going to propose and then he sort of did."
"You don't seem all that happy about it." Anna stated.
"I freaked, then Dania called and I practically ran out of there. I should be happy but I'm so confused I don't know what to do."
"Do you love him?" Dania asked gently.
"Yes. I don't know."
"You don't know?" Dania and Anna asked at the same time.
"Maybe?"
"It's just that when he asked me all I could think of was-" Jude stopped mid-sentence and stared through the glass door separating the small kitchen from the main area. There he was, walking with three guys she didn't recognize and Simon, the owner of Burmansy Records. "Tommy?"
