"Oh sorry I thought this studio was empty, I'll just go." Tommy turned to go out of the door but he got called back.
"No it's okay I was just throwing some ideas around, I can easily do it at home I just couldn't be bothered to leave. You can come in you know." Jude called out to him, not turning round.
Tommy walked back in the room and shut the door behind him. He took a seat on one of the sofas. He regarded the girl sitting with her back to him; she hadn't even glanced at him when he walked in. She had quite long flaming red hair. Instantly he thought of Jude. It couldn't be her, could it? There was no way Jude would have let him come in though, she would have thrown him out rather than invite him back in to the studio.
Jude carried on working, ignoring the presence of another person in the studio, for the next half an hour. Finally she threw down her pen. "Done." She proudly stated, quite forgetting that there was someone else in the studio with her.
"Well done, what were you doing anyway?" Tommy stood up and walked over to her at the same time as she spun round on the chair. The moment they saw each other they both froze. Jude's mouth fell open and all the past memories came rushing back. Tommy watched as her eyes filled with emotion as they always did but before he could identify any of them Jude hardened her eyes. Tommy waited for her to say something.
Jude just stared. He was here. Standing right in front of her. Two years of hurt and abandonment came flooding back to her. Kwest said he wasn't going to be back until next week. What was he doing here now? She hardened her eyes and crossed her arms. No way was she going to be the first to react.
Tommy broke first. He walked up to Jude and tried to take her hand. She snatched it away. "Jude I'm sorry…" Jude turned on him and gave a hollow laugh, her eyes blazing.
"Sorry? You're sorry? Oh well that makes it all alright then doesn't it Tommy? You break my heart, leave without a trace, and decide to come back unannounced and think you can just waltz back into my life. Well you can't Tom. You just can't." With that Jude grabbed her bag and stalked out of the room yelling for Kwest. He came running out of his studio, having just finished putting the last touches on her single. He saw Jude marching towards him looking as if she were about to cry; suddenly Tommy came running out of the studio he'd seen her enter nearly an hour ago. Kwest moved to one side to let Jude past and shut the door in Tommy's face. He settled down into his chair and watched Jude pace up and down the studio. Eventually she stopped in front of him, sighed loudly and leaned against the soundboard, crossing her arms as she did so. "I didn't think he was coming until next week." She finally said in a tiny voice. Kwest rose from his chair and pulled the young girl into a hug. It was then that she broke down and began sobbing. All her held back pain of the past two years had been set free by Tommy's return and she'd forgotten how much of it there was.
