The Prodigal Son

A/N: This is my first attempt at Instant Star Fanfiction. Please, please, please respond and let me know what you think or even just let me know you're reading.

Set: Story starts 3 months after the events of The Season 2 Finale.
Summary: It has been a long hard summer for Jude; she has only just come to terms with Tommy's abrupt departure and three-month absence. Her life finally seems to be getting back on track with exciting new developments in her career not to mention a hot new member of the G Major family. Then Tommy returns as suddenly as he left and Jude's world is once again turned upside down.
Rating: I've rated the story T to be on the safe side but it's probably more of a K.

Prologue:

I'll be the first to (bravely) admit that I've been a little crazy this summer. I could lie to myself and say that it's just growing pains and that I've been stretching a little, trying new things, pushing the envelope and all that but then I could actually be honest and admit that Tommy's leaving has simply messed with my head.

It hurts like hell whenever I think about it. I thought I had a pretty good idea of where our relationship stood. He'd once pleaded with me to truly see him and believe in him and I'd done it with all my heart and then... he left. Sadie once said to Jamie not to get between Tommy and me because we choose each other every time, how wrong was she? Tommy left me in the street screaming at him to come back and drove away.

I was concerned at first; I left hundreds of messages on his cell phone as vivid images of him lying dead in some ditch somewhere played through my mind. Somewhere along the way, the images changed as anger set in. At one point, I may have even imagined him lying dead in a ditch at my own hand (Ok, maybe more then once...). There was a stage when I called his cell phone just to hear his voice on the answering machine, then two months after he left I removed his number from my cell phone address book. It was a pointless gesture really, considering I knew the number off by heart.

The thing that surprised me the most was the fact that Tommy never told anyone why he was leaving. In fact, I was the only person he actually said good-bye too. Darius was so angry when he worked out Tommy was not planning to come back. I had been so upset the day he had Tommy's office packed up. He talked about turning it into a studio but it is just sat empty these last couple of months.

Come on Jude. Forget about Tommy, people might actually think your world revolved around him...

I changed my look a month after my record went number one. I died my hair black much to Sadie's horror (you wouldn't believe the amount of insults she's managed to come up with) and started wearing darker make-up (no black lipstick or anything like that - though I can tell Patsy would love to do my make-up for me sometime - just darker eyeliner and stuff like that). My clothes are darker too, mostly black and red. Jamie told me I was going Goth but I just rolled my eyes.

My music has changed too. I don't really know how to describe it. Perhaps some of the youthful optimisms gone but it's all heavier and sometimes even a little scarier but it's emotion that's straight from the heart and no ones minding. Early responses from the fans have been extremely positive. When Tommy left, I was sure my music had gone with him but it didn't. Our music died but I discovered a new level of music that was just mine.

Patsy and Spiederman Mind Explosion have been working on their debut albums and G-Major is all abuzz with the excitement of it. Spied and I have managed to remain good friends since our break-up (As he said, we're more Bart and Lisa Simpson then Romeo and Juliet) and he's been a great support with my music. He's the guy I go to when I need advice on a particular chord progression or just a straight up opinion regarding my lyrics. I dread the though of SME going on tour without me, I dread the thought of me going on tour without SME. We haven't found a replacement band but with no solid tour dates set at this point I'm not worried.

Sadie... she and Kwest are adorable. They are like the perfect couple, the only inspiration this broken heart has to show that relationships actually sometimes work and don't end with one person tearing the others heart out…