Alyson Grant: You didn't notice he was taking pictures? I kinda down played it here and used it to kill time. I wonder how they're gonna deal with it in the real season 3.
undiscovered91: Thanks for the kudos on my lyrics. It means a lot.
Duddley111: Thanks. This isn't really soon, but better late than never huh? I have much more in store for later on.
burninsecretskept: Thanks. I am trying to write it, but I don't have much inspiration for the middle section
Funkyicecube: Here's the update :)
Catch1star: I'm excited to see where this takes me.
Over the next few days, Jude was left to stew much more than normal. She formulated stories about what was happening with Tommy and what Darius would think to do about the picture situation. After playing phone tag with him all week, Jude finally got a hold of Mason.
"Mason!" Jude whined into the phone, "I don't know what I'm doing anymore! I'm just sitting here in the house waiting for Darius to tell me what to do."
"Let Darius handle it. He knows what he's doing. If you have a scandal, you have a scandal. Lots of celebrities get over scandals."
"I just wish I had someone here to support me."
"Well I'm there in spirit."
"Thanks. I just wish there was more I could do to fix this."
"You're just going to have to deal with the consequences that come up. Listen, I have sound check in an hour. I'll call you before the show tomorrow."
"Okay." She hung up the phone and went to get the mail. There were a couple magazines, bills and another Tommy note. Even when he was gone, he wasn't.
"Stay calm. Remember, Darius knows what he's doing."
Jude set it with the other note. How did Tommy always write like he spoke?
So Jude waited. It seemed like a long time, but it was only about a month before Sadie called from G Major again.
"Hey Jude, it sounds like Darius has got a plan. Come down here."
"Yeah. Sure. I'll see you in a few."
"So D, whats the plan?"
"You're getting a cut in pay, and eventually that'll make up the difference. There isn't a way to fix this without you getting some publicity, unless we pay him off. Unless you have any bright ideas.
"You know what you're doing."
"Great. We'll make sure you get some money off your album, but we'll keep more than contracted. I'll pay for some of it out of other company funds."
"Well thanks."
"In the mean time, I want you to keep a low profile. You got it?"
"Low profile... got it."
"You sure?"
"Yeah."
"Start writing. I'll get you with some writers and producers."
"Great. When should I come by?"
"Monday. 9 am sharp. Be ready."
"Okay."
"Look, I know its hard," Kwest told her, "I miss him too."
Jude had been moping around for the entire week since her return to G Major. She was starting to work on the next album. Darius decided to wait on her Sophomore album tour for a while.
"Do you know anything?" Jude asked him.
"I do, but I can't tell you."
"Why?"
"Its for your own good, supposedly. I dunno. Lets get to work."
"Fine. God, I hate being out of the loop!" She started to write out lyrics.
So out of the loop
Don't know a thing
So out of the loop
Don't know what to do
Everyone knows
Where you are
They're keeping it from me
Why?
I wanna know
So out of the loop
Know what they know
What shouldn't I know?
A secret from me
Do you think I'm Naiive?
Who Are you protecting?
This isn't protecting me.
No, its not protecting me
Its hurting me
So out of the loop
Its hurting me
She handed it to Kwest, "What do you think?"
"Get a good hook in there and thats gonna be one heck of a song," he replied.
"Thanks."
She got another note from Tommy about a week later:
"I wish I could tell you."
