A/N I'm changing a few things from the show around to suit this better, like how and when Megan 'kidnaps' Jude, and I really hope you guys enjoy this story! And thank you of course to all of my lovely readers/reviewers who just helped me kill the writer's block daemon!

Chapter One

It's been over a month and a half now since she'd returned from New Brunswick with a newly broken heart once more. The source of her pain is of course none other than Tom Quincy. Who else? Every time she thinks things will be different he proves her wrong and damages her more. Yet she can't stop herself from loving him with every fiber of her being, even though she knows the out come of starting something with the notorious playboy. Even her sister was among his fame induced conquests of all people!

In the past month and a half she'd attempted to work on her album, producing it herself in his absence was well as judging for the current season of instant star, to her dismay of course. Her album hits the stores and dies almost instantly after the insane all nighters she forces her engineer Kwest to pull with her adding a million odd things to her songs that just make the music, crowded. That's the best way to describe the musical mess she's produced, sadly attaching his name to it as well.

Also in the time since she returned from New Brunswick newly single she'd developed a friendship with Megan, but something about the girl doesn't sit right with the others in her life; especially with Speid. He tries to get Sadie to listen to him about it to no avail, so when the doors of G-Major bust open and the king of attitude returns Speid and Karma both take it upon themselves to find a way into his good graces, though it's almost immediately destroyed by the fact Darius drops the bomb on him about the theme song to their reality show that he's stuck producing after the disaster of Jude's album release.

Speid sits nervously in the sound studio with his wife whispering to her his fears over Jude's current friendship with the little emo chick as they wait for squinty to arrive. Out of the corner of his eyes he sees Tom enter the studio his lips curled into an aggravated expression, his face mostly obscured by a black hoodie and what he can see of his face, it looks as if he hasn't shaved since Jude came back.

"Let's get this over with. Cheesy theme song, take one." Tom rolls his eyes lowering his head as it throbs with the skull shattering hang over currently doing a number on him. He watches the newly wed couple with a complete lack of interest in this entire thing, but after Jude's album he doesn't have a choice. It's either this or no job at all, and this is the only shot he has to be near her, D's put her on serious probation but he wasn't willing to let his best artist go because she fouled up her first produced album. After all he was half responsible for its failure.

"Yo producer man! Are you paying any attention over there?" Speid arches a brow yelling to get Tommy's attention seeing as they'd finished the song a good five minutes ago and he hadn't even moved. Even his obnoxious cries didn't gain a response from the corpse on the other side of the glass. He looks at his wife and motions for her to wait there as he walks out of the booth into the studio where Tommy sits, glad it's only Tommy at the moment, and the camera crew had taken a five minute break. He taps him on the shoulder before stepping out of reach quickly to avoid being hit. "Hey, you okay dude?"

"Like you give a damn, let's just call it a day. I'm out of here." Tom knows it risks his job but he can't do this right now. He starts for the door only to have Speid grab his arm, which even he has to admit took a lot of courage for the kid to do.

"You may not like me Quincy, but we have one thing in common a certain red head gone blonde? Man you're a mess, like worse than her. What happened?"

"I screwed up again, bad this time. Man I pushed her away when I needed her most… what the hell is wrong with me!?" He groans collapsing onto the couch leaning forward and holding his head in his hands. He knows how desperate he sounds actually confiding in this kid, but what else is he to do? Kwest is way too wrapped up on Sadie and Darius would go through the roof he knew the story.

"So apologize, it's worked every other time you've broke her heart. Hey don't get mad at me! You know it's the truth." He huffs crossing his arms over his chest defiantly as Tommy looks up glaring from beneath his hood. He can't help but feel bad for the guy as even that doesn't last long before his face falls and he looks like he's lost his soul. He'd seen Jude bummed out and broken over their problems before, but this? Tommy looked a million times worse than she ever had. After all she always had him, Kyle, Wally, Jamie, Sadie, and even Kwest. Tom didn't seem to have anyone right now. "You really love her don't you?"

"You, have no idea…" But he didn't get the chance to go into it any further before Darius came bursting through the door letting it slam against the wall in his wake.

"T! As soon as the theme song is done you are on temporary hiatus. Kwest has a handle on most of the artists and until Jude is off probation you really aren't needed in the studio. Get your head out of the sand during this time because if you aren't able to give me 200 when you're back in the studio with Jude I guarantee that not only will you not have a job here I will make damn sure you can't get a job in this business anywhere in the world. Understood?" Darius waits until he sees Tom nod dumbfounded before storming out of the studio, leaving a very confused staff in his wake.

"She's at home, you know that don't you?" Speid says quietly breaking into the silence that surrounds them in Darius' absence.

"She won't talk to me. She won't even answer my calls." He shakes his head lowering it again almost to his knees.

"When has that ever stopped you? Look I hate admitting this but you're it for each other and everyone but you two seem to know it. So isn't it time you man up and fight for the girl? You tell everyone she's your girl but you keep letting her go! Right now she's there, lost, hurt, and heading down a bad road."

"What are you talking about?" His head snaps up as he narrows his crystal blue gaze at the kid, demanding to know just what he's on about.

"I just… no, we have a bad feeling about this fan she's been hanging around with. I mean sure none of us have been overly supportive of the two of you. But this is different man; none of us would go as far or feel as strong about it as this chick. She's… look she's just bad news…" His face is full of concern and even fear for his Lisa. He may not be able to stand squinty most of the time, if ever, but this was a matter of the one person they have in common. Something just didn't sit right with him about the Megan chick his Lisa is spending far too much time with.

"Speidy, phone for you," Karma peeks into the studio, not thrilled with interrupting the men as she hands the cell phone to her husband. She waits until he walks back into the sound proof booth on the other side of the glass, leaving her alone with their producer. "Did he tell you about Megan?"

"Megan? Is that the girl Jude's hanging out with now?" Tom's brows knit together in confusion as the concern now has a name.

"Yea, look I know Jude and I aren't the best of friends or anything, but even I agree with Speid on this one. There's just something… off about her… She's like obsessed, with Jude. But not just Jude, she's obsessed with you and Jude and keeping Jude from going back to you when you come home. She um, doesn't know yet that you're back." She doesn't really wait for a response, out of the corner of her eyes she sees Sadie approaching the studio and she knows better than to stick around. She doesn't even bother to excuse herself as she retreats to the other side of the glass where her husband is on the phone still.

"So just what in the hell did you do this time? I mean seriously Tom, how many more times are you going to shatter her heart?!" Sadie's hands curl angrily against her slender hips as she taps her foot impatiently in her highly expensive Italian shoes waiting to hear his response.

"It's none of your concern Sadie." He states simply, standing to his feet and staring her down as if he actually is delusional enough to believe she'll back down without hashing out the entire disaster.

"Like hell it's not! She's my baby sister, and you ripped her heart out again! Do you just like causing her pain? Do you like using her? Playing with her? She's sick now because of all this!"

"What do you mean she's sick?"

"She's been throwing up for a week straight now, running a temperature… wait… why do you even care? You broke her heart again!" If it weren't for the studio being sound proof the entire label would have heard her shouting at him now.

"I'm not good enough for her Sadie! You know it, I know it, and everyone knows it but Jude! So I let her go, she needs someone better Sades, she deserves better than me… And it kills me!" His fists clench, turning white at his sides as he tries to fight the tears burning the back of his crystalline orbs.

Gritting her teeth she raises her hand and before he has a chance to even register what's happening she slaps him hard across the face leaving her hand imprinted red and angry across his stubbled cheek. "You're the biggest idiot on the planet! I was wrong and so are you Tom. You two are meant for each other and losing you is destroying her! I can hardly bear to leave her at home to come to work; Megan's been a life saver offering to stay with her while I'm gone. I hate that my baby sister is hurting so bad I can't even trust her enough to leave her home alone because of you!"

He rubs his hand across his burning cheek as he swallows knowing full well he deserved that and much more, but his eyes widen as she mentions Megan. "She's with her? Haven't you talked to Speid?"

"Speid's just paranoid over nothing, Megan's harmless, and she's just taking your screw up worse than Jude is all and like the rest of us doesn't want you to hurt her again!"

Before Tommy can respond Speid bursts into the studio interrupting them with a panicked expression. Instantly both of them know it's Jude. "Something's bad wrong guys, Zep just called. They got a note from Jude, coded. Tell D we had to go!" He doesn't stop to see if anyone but Karma is with him, his hand wrapped tight around her wrist as they run out of the studio keeping their cameras from following them as they don't give them time, hoping in the first cab and straight for the Harrison residence.