Disclaimer: I don't own Instant Star.

Dedication: I dedicate this to my hero J-Cast who need to watch seasons 2-4 of Instant Star before I kill her.

Set after Unsweet Sixteen. Jude and Shay's breakup was cleaner and Jude wasn't so much in love with Shay. Jude and Tommy's kiss in the alley still took place along with their conversation afterwards. And while it takes place in season one there are still elements of seasons 2 and 3 added.

1: The Morning After

"When people spend so much time together, things happen."

-Shay, Unsweet Sixteen

Things would be awkward, Jude thought. She wasn't sure how to just waltz in and pretend that that kiss with Tommy hadn't happened.

It was almost as if she had gone straight from being in love with Shay to being in love with Tommy. Which, of course, was the case.

Since that kiss with Tommy she hadn't been able to keep him off of her mind. Shouldn't she still be hung over Shay? But no, she didn't even care about him. But she couldn't help but think of something that Shay had said. And she couldn't help but think that he was totally correct, when people spend so much time together things do happen.

She had heard what Tommy said to Kwest just hours before her party. Tommy liked her, she was the only chick that blew his mind. But he thought she was too young, and that was the only problem.

She sighed, "I guess it's time to get up and face the music," she mumbled.

Her mind wandered some more as she slowly climbed out of her bed and into the shower. She didn't even entirely remember taking off her clothes before getting in, though she was sure she did.

She reminisced in an old memory of Tommy.

It was a few hours after her gig at the Vinyl Palace, just after she'd said she quit, that she couldn't deal with it. She'd been sitting on the porch of her house when his Viper had pulled into the driveway. During their conversation he had said that she was the real thing, even better than the real thing. After knowing her for such a short amount of time why would he have said that? Was it that spark of early chemistry? He'd wanted to keep working with her even after she'd just kissed him.

So what was so different about this kiss then? Was it because they'd fallen so much deeper? Deep down in her heart she'd always known she didn't belong with Shay, he was just a distraction for Tommy.

In the beginning Tommy and Jude had barely known each other and it was easier to get past that kiss, Jude thought. They'd both agreed that it was a mistake and never should have happened.

But now? Neither of them wanted that, at least that's what Jude thought. They'd spent so much time together, especially in the studio, where they had gotten to know each other better. And she was sure Tommy felt the same way she did.

All that time together had made them fall deeper, she realized as she turned the water off and grabbed her towel.

Forgetting that kiss was close to impossible for her. She'd rather give up her music than pretend Tommy's kiss didn't matter to her. It did matter, to both of them. That much was obvious.

She'd just have to convince Tommy that it was possible for them to have a relationship, Jude thought. And she'd do it the way she new best, a song. She quickly put on some makeup and left the house without a word to anyone else in the house.

I have the next part mostly typed up but I want to fix it. It'll be up soon. Review.