Sorry for the short wait, but I had a minor case of writer's block. Again I do not own instant star or the song there's us but I hope you all like it. On to the story
Chapter 2
You have 17 missed calls.
Tommy sighed as he looked up from his phone.
"Tommy?" Came a small voice from the doorway.
"Maddy, what are you doing up?"
"Thirsty.." She walked over to him
"Alright..let's go get some milk."
Tommy walk the little girl to the kitchen and sat with her as she drank her milk. He then took her back to her room, she had just fallen asleep when Tommy heard a familar tune coming from his room.
"Kwest.." he whispered closing the door to Maddy's room.
"Kwest? Hey what's up?"
"Finally picking up, I see? I have left too many messages T."
"Kwest, man come on, it hasn't been like that."
"Really?"
"...Did you talk to Darius? You know explain everything?" He stated eager to change the subject.
"Yeah, he wanted to hear it from you, but he said you still have a job at Gmajor, but there will be consequences for just walking out like that..."
Tommy had the distinct feeling that Kwest was holding something back.
"Kwest, what is it?"
"uh...T. when are you planning on coming back?" Totally ignoring the question.
"Just as soon as everything is in order..." Tommy was distracted by the picture sitting on his nightstand.
"Hey Kwest how is...how's Jude?"
"Truthfully...I don't know, she hasn't been back to the studio since you left, I asked Sadie, but she just gave me a pained look. If I had to guess, I would think that she is crushed."
Tommy closed his eyes. That is not what he wanted, when he left he tried to be as harsh as possible so insteading of hurting, she would hate him.
Flashback
"I thought you weren't coming...are you gonna sit?"
"I have to leave...I'm sorry...I don't think I'll be coming back."
"Just sit...talk to me."
"I got a flight to catch..." The look on her face was of pure disgust. "...bye."
"Wha...so you're not coming back...Tom..Tommy...Tommy..Tommy..Tommy..Tommy..TOMMY..Tomm..." She pounded on the car door as he sped off. He could see her in his rear-view mirror as he drove. She looked as if she was going to breakdown in the middle of the street.
"It is for the best, Jude, really it is.." He mumbled under his breath "You will get over it." Oh how wrong he had been.
"Tom...Tommy are you still there...Look check your messages man, Sadie said she left you a ton of them...I have to go, but call me soon, ok?"
"Sure Kwest.."
"Oh..and Tommy?"
"Yeah.."
"Darius also said that you may have your job back...but you have to talk to the artists to make sure they still want you to produce them...Now I am sure all of them would love to have you back...but Tom...you should definitely check."
"Kwest?"
"Just call Jude."
Tommy had just processed that thought when he heard the click on the other end.
Tommy turned on the radio before laying down.
"Alright, now I know most of you are about to go to dreamland, but before you do, here is the newest hit "There's us" from Canada's first instant star, Jude Harrison, and remember you are listening to the only station that gives you Latest and Greatest, that's KRSQ 101.9 FM.
There's me, looking down at my shoes
The one smiling like the sun, that's you.
He listened carefully to the lyrics.
There's us going on about a band
Working out how we'd play our hand
Tommy didn't need the radio to remind him of Jude's voice. It had been three months, but Tommy still remembered every note she sang.
Some words are best unsaid
Some love is not really love at all
Keep everything I shared with you
There's us
Tommy got the feeling that the song was about them, Jude and himself. Most of her songs seemed to show some connection to them.
Freeze-Frame
I am not about to cry
It's too late for us to change why try.
He could feel her pain radiating through the speakers. Tommy closed his eyes and tried to drown out her voice but it was no use, he was drowning in memories.
Somewhere between then and now I looked away
When you said we'll never change
But if you think but might've been
You'll loose today and we've got songs to play.
He looked over at the picture on his nightstand again, he didn't even have to look at it to know what it was of...Jude had just finished her bootleg recording of "Not Standing Around" in her new studio apartment and Mason snagged a picture of him and Jude eating red licorice and laughing.
There's us...There's us
Tommy was brought back to reality as Jude's voice drifted through the radio and the song came to an end. Tommy turned the photo over and shut off the radio before rolling over and falling asleep.
