A/n: Hello, and welcome. First off, I'd like to say, if you didn't read "As Days Go By" Then you really won't understand this story that much... So I suggest you read that one first. To all of you who DID read that story, welcome back and once again thank you for stickin by me! Umm...this story is set 3 years in the future. Jude is 20, Tommy is 26. Continue reading to figure other stuff out.

Disclaimer: Dont own I.S. and never will. But I do own the songs. Remember that wink

Chapter 1- Not the end of me.

"Happy Birthday, babe" Tommy said, wiping the blond hair from judes face. It was 8:32 AM. Jude lifted her eyes open to see Tommy laying next to her. Today was Jude's 20th birthday. She smiled and wiggled closer to him, placing her head on his chest.
"Thanks" She said. "But let me sleep a little longer"
"How come? You don't want to see what I got you?" Tommy asked. Jude's eyes shot open. Tommy knew that would wake her up. "Too bad, you're not getting it till later, when the party starts. "
"I get a party?"
"Of course"
"Wow, I still feel like I'm 19"

"You'll fit into your age soon"

"Hope so. Do I smell brownies!" Jude asked, sniffing the air. She got out of bed and walked into the kitchen. "I do!"

Tommy watched as she pulled out a napkin and placed a brownie on it.

"You baked for me..aww" Jude said.

"Yea, yea. Don't get used to it." Tommy laughed.

"This is nice" Jude said. She looked at him, then took a bite. "Oh my god Tommy these are awesome!"
"It's just from a box...add milk...place in oven."
"So? Thank youuu..." Jude placed an arm around his neck as she kept eating her brownie. Tommy walked over and grabbed one himself. He had to admit, they were pretty good.

Jude finished her brownie and went to her bedroom, flopping herself on the bed.

"Hey! Don't go back to sleep!" Tommy called.

"ugh! Tommy! I'm tired! And it's my birthday!"

"10 minutes!"

"20"
"10"
"30"

"15"

"An hour"
"That's not negotiating" Tommy said

"I know, that's getting my way" Jude giggled and pulled the blanket up to her shoulder.

Ever since Jude came to live with Tommy 3 years ago, everything pieced together for her. There was way less drama in her life. Her music was coming along great, and she had a tour this summer. She gets to go to the states, Japan, and Europe. SME was no longer her band, they quit because Spiederman was angry that Jude and Tommy were together. Kat, Jude, and Jamie were still friends, tight as ever. Kat and Jamie had been dating for 4 months now, happily. Jude went out with them alot when she wasn't in the studio, or when Tommy had planned something for her. Just because Jude lived with Tommy, not much had changed. Alot of people thought that Jude might as well marry Tommy young, because it wasn't going to be any different than now, but they didn't know the half of it. Jude and Tommy didn't even sleep in the same bed, unless they'd fallen asleep watching tv; she had the spare room in the back of the apartment. Jude wanted to keep it as normal as possible, almost like she didn't live there at all. She told him she wanted to have a normal relationship just like they would have had if she was living back with her mom and Sadie, and he totally understood. He wasn't exactly HAPPY with this, but he accepted it. Jude hadn't spoken to Jimmy at all either, she blocked him out of her life completely. He'd call a few days, but Tommy would answer and then hang up on him. Derek was still in prison.

Jude woke up at 10:15 AM. She knew Tommy would let her sleep. She got out of bed and tried to find Tommy, but he was nowhere. She walked into his room, and she found him asleep on his own bed. She pounced on top of him.

"You were trying to get ME to stay awake but you're sleeping!" She yelled

"well what else was I supposed to do?" He said. Jude took that under account and got off of him, laying down next to him and staring.

"What?" He asked.

"What'd ya get me?" She asked.

"My god, can't you wait?"
"C'mon Tommy! I'm dying here!" She was silenced by a kiss.

"Fine, I'll wait." She kissed him again.
"Alright you better get ready" He said after a few minutes. "we have to be at the studio at noon"

"why so early?"

"So we can record and finish the song by 3"
"What's at 3?"
"Meet and Greet at the record shop till 5"

"And what's at 5?"
"Home for a nap, then up and leave by 7"
"What's at 7?"
"Party time"

"Yay!"

Jude shot up and ran to her room. She shut her door and opened her closet.She pulled out a pair of her usual jeans and a red and black striped tank shirt. She brushed her hair, which had grown out long in the past 3 years. It was almost all the way down her back. She then put her hair up in a ponytale and headed back to Tommy's room.

She walked in uninvited, and he was still putting on and buttoning his shirt. She smiled at the look of him, though she'd seen him without his shirt on many times before. He laughed at her face. She looked like one of those pre-teen girls who had just seen one of the backstreet boys without their shirt on. He finished buttoning his shirt and walked past her into the kitchen.

"Tommy, I been thinking" She said, following him in the kitchen.

"Hm?"
"what if I didn't go on the tour this summer?"
"WHAT! Why would you do that?"

"I just wanna stay home.."
"But we've already put the tickets on sale...people are buying them like crazy"
"Well..."
"Jude...Why would you want to stay home?"
"I can't write anymore...my mind goes blank everytime I take out a piece of paper"
"you can TRY"

"I have tried. When was the last time I wrote a good song"
"Last week"
"Yea, I wrote that song with you"
"Well we work well together"
"Yea, but...remember when I wrote my songs alone..and used your help every so often"
"Jude, these are your songs. I helped with the music, you made the lyrics. I told you to write what you feel, and you do it."
"but it's not working for me anymore..."
"Well we can worry about that later...what does that have to do with the tour? You're songs for the tour have already been layed out."

"Yeah I know.."
"So the tours still on?"
"..."
"Jude...!"
"Yea, yea Tommy, the Tour is still on" Jude sighed and opened the fridge, grabbing a bottle of water.

He put his arm around her neck and pulled her toward him, kissing her cheek.
"Thanks.." Jude said
"For what?"
"For making me remember what my stregnth to move on is"
"Oh, I'm not..."
"Haha, I know you're not! Those brownies were!" Jude joked.

"Oh, that's not even funny"

"Yeah, it really is" Jude grabbed another brownie and munched at it. Finally Tommy and Jude were ready to leave, and they exited together for the studio. Jude drove, she got her license when she was 18. Her father had bought her a Lexus as a birthday present and she absolutely loved it, so Tommy and Jude would argue over who's car they would take because Jude liked to drive, and Tommy wasn't going to let her touch his new car after she crashed up the viper on accident. That was their biggest argument of their relationship, and she had cried a long time. She didn't mean to wreck his car, she had her license and everything. Eventually he forgave her and he bought a 1996 Pontiac Firebird Formula. The exterior was bright silver metallic. The interior was white graphite cloth. The whole thing was $20,000, on sale, actually.
They arrived at the studio and met up with Darius. They told him their plans and Darius approved, so Jude and Tommy grabbed their recording studio and got to work.
"Sing with everything" Tommy advised.

"Crawling at the chance

To fly away again" Jude sang.
"This isn't your best.." Tommy interrupted. Jude tried again. "Nope, Jude put yourself into the song"
"Well Tommy, what do you want me to do? I'm trying"

"You're not feeling the song"
"Exactly. This isn't what I feel"
"You wrote it"

"Was I drunk or something? Because these lyrics...aren't me"

Tommy sighed and motioned for her to step out of the studio. She did.

"Want to write a new song?"
"Sounds good to me"
"We're gonna be way behind schedule"
"or we could use this song and disappoint everybody"
Tommy took out a pen and paper and handed it to Jude. "Write"
"Writing" Jude thought for a few moments as Tommy fidgeted with the recording equipment.

Judged by all you don't know

Lost between truth and lies

Capture the heart under your skin

This is how the fable ties

crying and shedding

walking and realizing

im done with all your patronizing

simply holding the key to truth

which lies within you..

"That's all I got" Jude said

"Lets try it."
Jude walked into the studio, and sang whatever first came to mind. She came off on a rocky start, but in the end it turned out really good. She and Tommy worked on the music to it, and then re-recorded it.

They were finished with the recording studio for the day, and then it was off to the record shop for the meet and greet. There were tons of fans standing at the door, all screaming and clapping when Jude entered. Tommy led her to a desk in the back and pulled out the chair for her. He helped manage the crowd, allowing one person at a time to go up. Jude signed a bunch of copies of her new CD, "I'm Not Alone". Fans had asked her personal questions, and Jude had tried to avoid the REALLY personal ones. She had fans of all ages there, between the ages of infantry and 40. Jude was surprised and how many people liked her music.

"Happy birthday Jude, ...and Jude?" One kid asked. She was about 9 years old.

"Yep?"
"Tommy is your boyfriend, right?"
"heh, yea, that's him"
"and you're happy?"
"Very happy"
"Will I ever find someone as good as Tommy"
"Of course you will, kid."

"Thanks, Jude"
"No problem"

Jude especially liked that little girl. She was so outgoing. alot of the little kids were shy to talk to her, and got her autograph, then left with their parents. Finally the place began to die down, and Jude announced that she had to leave.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDE HARRISON!" The crowd shouted. She smiled and thanked them all, then she waved goodbye as she and Tommy left the record shop.
"FINALLY! I get to sleep!" Jude said as she sat in the drivers seat of the car.
"For like, one hour"
"Hey, better than nothing. I'm really liking today"
"Thats good."

"And I'm going to like the party even better!"

Jude woke Tommy up at 6:03 PM. She ended up not getting her nap because she was eager for her party to start. Tommy woke up and changed into the outfit he bought especially for Jude's party; a maroon suit with a black shirt under it. Jude dressed up in the dress that Kat bought her. It was a dark blue cocktail dress, that had ribbons falling from the bottom of it that curled up. The top of it had a diamond pendant right in the center of the upper rim. Her hair was put up into a high ponytail, curled to match her dress. She had 2 single curls flowing from her temples to her chin. Tommy thought she looked amazing.

"Shall we?" He asked. He held out his arm and Jude gladly took it, allowing him to drive to Sadie's house. Sadie moved out of the Harrison house about a year after Jude did, but she lived alone. Her house was pretty large with a marble floor, the perfect party house. Jude walked in front of Tommy so she was the first one in, and the whole crowd yelled "Happy Birthday!" and came up to hug her. Sadie and Kwest had gotten together about a year ago, but Kwest didn't live with Sadie. So of course, Kwest was at the party as well. Kat and Jamie and everyone from the studio was there, including some aquaintances that Jude had only met once. Sadie was the one to invite them.
Of course, Sadie had a bar. Jude, Jamie, and Kat were angry that they couldn't drink and everyone else could. Tommy taunted her with a daquiri in his hand. This was his third drink of the hour.
"Cool it Tommy, don't get too drunk" Jude said
"I won't babe." Tommy kissed Jude and walked off with Kwest, they had shotglasses ready.

"Wow, they're having fun" Kat said
"Well so are we" Jude pointed out
"Yea but..." They looked over at the people who were drinking, and Jude wasn't sure if she had seen correctly. Kwest and flipped Sadie entirely, shaking her. Sadie laughed uncontrollably.

"Yep, their pretty drunk" Jamie said. Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

"Hey Jude...C'mere" Tommy requested. Jude followed him to another room.

"I wanna give you your present now"
"Really? What is it!" Jude was anxious to find out. Tommy pulled out a red silk box from his suit. It had a ribbon on it. Jude untied the ribbon and inside was a sterling silver chain. On it, was a bunch of diamonds in the shape of a flower.

"Is this real?" Jude asked. She was dazed.
"Of course. Do you like it?"
"I love it!" Jude allowed Tommy to place it around her neck. She turned to kiss him passionately.

Suddenly there was a ring at the doorbell. Jude went out of the room to answer it since she knew nobody else would. Tommy followed behind. Jude opened the door. Her eyes shot open. There, in the doorway, was the one person she least wanted to see on this day.
"Happy birthday Jude..."
"Jimmy!"

Just then, Tommy got infuriated. His face was red. Jude was utterly frightened. Tommy pushed Jimmy out in the hall and placed his hand around Jimmy's neck.

"TOMMY!"

A/n So do yall like it? Review please! I'll post more ASAP but pleaaaaaaase review