A/N: I know I haven't updated in about a month. This chapter Jude's secret will be revealed! I hope you like it. This chapter contains some mature material. The situation that will be talked about happens in life unfortunately. It may upset you, but I had to include this in the story. This also contains adult language.

Disclaimer: I do not own Instant Star. I do own the character David.

Chapter 7

"Shay?" Jude asked, unbelieving it was him.

"In the flesh." he said.

He looked at her, finally noticing she was crying. "Why you crying Jude?"

She wiped the wet tears from her face and gave him a smug look. "I'm not crying."

Jude still had hostility towards Shay. His name was already on the list of people who broke her heart.

T-Bone, who was leaning on the side of the tour bus, began to walk over to where Jude and Shay were standing.

"Yo, Big Shay we gotta get going", T-Bone reminded him.

Shay was staring at Jude trying to figure out what he should say next.

Nothing.

Shay was sorry that he hurt Jude. He didn't want to hurt Jude. He didn't even want to break up with her, but Eden, the blonde attention whore and Jude's enemy, was supposed to be good for his image. Deep down, he still cared for Jude, but he knew she still hated him, and she was displaying that hatred right now.

He still wanted to say something to her.

Nothing came out.

Jude was trying to figure out why he was staring at her. She hated him for breaking her heart with the person that hated her the most, and he did it on her birthday.

Tired of his staring, she said "You should be going."

"I'm tryna help you." he told her.

"I don't need help, especially not from you." she snapped at him.

"Right, because you don't have a flat tire on the side of the road, and your hood isn't smoking." he said to her, insinuating that she did need his help.

Jude immediately looked at the hood of her car. "Son of a Bitch!" she yelled.

"Calm down, I can fix it." he reassured her.

T-Bone spoke up, "We don't have time, we're on a schedule."

"Hold up man, we will get there, when we get there."

Shay pulled out his cell phone and called a tow truck to come and get Jude's car.

He looked to Jude and he realized something.

"We're going to the same place, right?" he asked her.

"Umm...If you didn't notice, I was going this way and you are going that way", she pointed in opposite directions.

"Aren't you supposed to perform at the party?" he asked again, uncertain.

"I'm supposed to but who cares, I'm not going."

"But it's mandatory." Shay said.

"See, that's your problem. You always do what you're told, especially if your Uncle Darius tell you to. Aren't you tired of him pulling your puppet strings?" she asked, while she taunted him and dared him to stand up for himself.

"Whatever. And why are you running away, did lil Tommy Q break your heart again?"

Shay didn't know that Tommy left. He just assumed that Jude and Tommy were having another argument. Since when did they not fight? So without clarity, Shay continued taunting Jude.

"You always go running with your tail between your legs! That's why I dumped you. Because you have no backbone!" Shay didn't mean to say that. Jude was the only one that could set him off like that. He wanted to get back with Jude, or at least be her friend. So far, he was not off to a good start.

Jude eyes were bloodshot red. She wanted to cry but she was too angry. Without further hesitation, she punched Shay as hard as she could.

"Is that enough backbone for you?" she asked.

Shay held the left side of his lip, trying to soften the sting. He stood there in shock, trying to process what happened. So many feelings were going through his head. He wasn't mad that his lip was bleeding, he was sorry for what he said. So, he apologized. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that." He took his shirt off and held it to his lip to stop the bleeding.

"Whatever." Jude retorted.

Just then, a black tow truck pulled up.

"Jude come on", Shay said, motioning to the tour bus.

"No." She said, still upset.

"What other choice do you have?" Shay asked.

"I could get a ride with Benny." she said referring to the tow man.

Shay wasn't going to let her ride with a complete stranger, so he begged her. "Jude please."

She reluctantly began walking over to the tour bus while T-Bone was getting her things out of the car.

Jude waited for Shay to sit down. When he did, she sat far away from him. To break the silence, Shay spoke.

"You want something to drink?"

"No, I want you to put a shirt on!" she said in a very annoyed tone.

"Whatever girl. You know you missed all of this." he said rubbing his hand down his stomach.

She rolled her eyes at him.

"I'm just joking, lighten up." he said as he went to his mobile bedroom to get a shirt.

Jude watched the tow truck pull away with her precious Mustang on the back. T-Bone got on the bus and gave Jude her belongings from the car. Then he informed the driver that they were ready to go.

Shay came from his room with a crisp clean white V-neck shirt.

He sat across from Jude at the booth-like table.

Jude was about to get up but Shay grabbed her arm.

She immediately snatched away from him.

"I'm sorry, okay. Please sit." Shay said.

Jude sat back down.

"Why you being so mean? he asked her.

"Why you being an asshole? Jude swiftly asked him.

Ten minutes went by without Jude and Shay speaking to each other. Jude was writing in her journal. Shay just sat there wondering why Jude was acting so different. When he saw her on the side of the road, she was crying and she actually punched him! Jude had never been violent. He was trying to figure out what prompted Jude's new attitude. T-Bone sat closer to the front of the bus with his iPod on, laughing at Shay and Jude, thinking it was going to be a long ride back.

...Meanwhile at G-Major...

"Sadie, where is Jude? I'm supposed to be fitting her for her dress, and guess what? She's not here!" Portia exclaimed.

"I honestly don't know. I haven't seen her since earlier." Sadie replied back. "And you can't call her because she left her phone here."

"Yo, Porsh come here for a sec", Darius called from his office.

"Still no sign of dude?" Spied asked.

Sadie gave him a frustrated look.

"I mean Jude." he swallowed the hard lump in his throat.

"Not yet." Sadie said.

"Jude's missing?" Jamie asked as he walked to the receptionist desk.

"It looks that way." Sadie replied. "Do you know where she could be?"

"Did anyone check the rehearsal space?" Jamie asked.

"I'll go check now since it's my fault that she left." Spied admitted.

"What's up big brother?" Portia asked Darius as she sat down in one of the plush chairs in his office.

"I need you to do me a huge favor." Darius said.

"And what favor would that be?"

"Can you pick Tommy and Maya up from the jet?"

Portia thought about it. She was still bitter of her and Tommy's failed marriage. She was about to say no, but Maya was with Tommy. And she was so excited to see her niece. So she said, "Sure, what time? Because I have to pick up my dress from the boutique, and go home and get ready."

"In about an hour, so you should leave now. And I guess Maya and T will have to get ready at your place." he told her.

Portia wasn't too thrilled with Tommy being at her house and getting dressed, but she was on a schedule so she didn't have time to complain. All she said was "Okay".

"Thanks, I owe you." Darius said to her as she was leaving.

"Yes you do."

Portia went to the receptionist desk. "I need your help", she told Sadie.

"Okay?" Sadie said unsure of what her task was.

"When Jude shows up, I need you to get her into her dress for the party. I need you to do her hair and make-up. She has to look absolutely fabulous. Can you do that for me?" Portia asked.

"Of course! She will look stunning." Sadie said.

"Good. There are some silver and black open-toe Marc Jacobs heels in the dressing room just for you. Toodles!" Portia said as she left.

"Jude where are you?" Sadie wondered.

...Back on the tour bus...

Jude is still writing in her journal. Shay is reading a magazine, and T-Bone is sleep. The bus turns a sharp corner, making Jude's journal fall on the floor. When she reached down to pick it up, Shay peeked at her exposed skin through her shirt. When Jude sat up, she noticed Shay staring at her. She was going to ask him why he was staring at her, but she enjoyed the silence so far, so she ignored him.

"Who's Tyler?" Shay asked Jude.

"So much for the quiet", Jude thought. "What?" she asked him in an annoyed tone.

"Who's Tyler?" he asked again.

"Why?" Jude asked.

"Because you have a tattoo on your chest that says Tyler? Is he your boyfriend?" Shay was a little upset. "How could she get a guy's name tattooed on her?" he thought to himself.

Jude looked uneasy and extremely uncomfortable, but she answered his question. "No. Tyler is not my boyfriend...He's my son...

Yyyyooouuu have a son?" Shay was stunned. He couldn't believe what he just heard. He looked at Jude and saw tears beginning to form in her eyes. "Why are you crying?" he asked her, still shocked.

"Had a son." she replied, barely audible for him to hear.

Shay gave her a confused look.

"I don't want to talk about it." she sniffled.

"I bet you would feel better if you did talk about it." he said trying to comfort her.

Jude never told anyone about this. But, for some odd reason, she wanted to tell Shay everything.

Flashback

Jude and David had been dating for a year and a half now. Jude began recording her next album and David got a promotion at his job, so everything was going smooth. Jude and David were the new "it" couple. Various magazines had pictures of David and Jude out on dates, feeding each other and kissing. They even moved in together. There were rumors about them getting engaged and their upcoming nuptials. These were false, but everyone loved to talk about Javid.

"Babe we're going to be late", David said trying to get Jude out of the bathroom.

David was being sent to Miami to scout a location and set it up for an upcoming movie. Darius gave Jude a break from the studio for a couple of months because she had been working very hard on her album. For her vacation, Jude decided to go with David to Miami.

"We've got time, stop rushing me!" Jude yelled from the bathroom. Just then another wave of nausea hit her and she began to throw up again.

Jude was feeling sick. She figured it was just the excitement of going to Miami. She didn't mean to yell at David.

"I'll take our suitcases down to the limo." David said. "Are you going to lock up?"

Jude gargled with mouthwash and spit it out. "Yea, I'll lock up."

Jude walked out of the bathroom. She walked through the apartment and made sure all the windows were locked. She unplugged the blender in the kitchen and headed to the door. She and David would be gone for a few months, so she looked around at the apartment one more time before she left. She locked the door and headed to the elevator. The limo driver greeted her and they were off to the airport.

"You okay?" David asked her, referring to her being in the bathroom for a long time.

"Yea, I'm sorry I snapped at you. I'm not feeling well." Jude apologized to him.

"It's okay baby. We will be in Miami soon enough and you can relax." he explained to her as he kissed her head.

"I can't wait! I visited there when I was on tour, but I never got the chance to actually visit." Jude said.

"Well, why you're having fun, I have to work." David pouted.

"I'm sure we can mix business with pleasure." Jude said seductively.

"Mmm, I'm counting on it." he said as he kissed her lips. "I love you."

"I love you too." Jude replied.

Jude and David had been in Miami for two weeks. David just walked into the condo. He just got back from approving a construction site and he was exhausted.

"Jude baby, where are you?"

"In the back." She said in a trembling voice.

David went to their bedroom and saw Jude slumped over the bed with her face in her hands. "Are you okay?" he asked her.

"Yea, I'm fine." She said, but the tears streaming down her face was telling a different story.

"No you're not. What's wrong?" he asked as he sat down beside her.

"Nothing." she sniffled.

"Jude." he said in a stern voice.

She looked at him and took a deep breath.

"I think I'm pregnant."

"What?" he asked.

"I think I'm pregnant." Jude repeated.

"What do you mean you think?" he asked her a little louder than he intended to.

"I just took a pregnancy test, I'm late. I mean really late. And I've been throwing up a lot." She began to cry even harder.

David looked at Jude and saw how distraught she was. "It's okay. We'll get through this." he told her.

"How? I can't be pregnant. I just can't be! I'm barely 20 years old!" she screamed at him.

"Calm down baby. We'll figure this out, I promise." David really wasn't prepared for this. The only hard decision he had to make was what he was going to eat for dinner. Now he and Jude were faced with a life-changing decision. Jude was right. They both are too young to take care of a baby. But, he loves Jude and he is going to be with her every step of the way.

The next day, Jude and David went to the clinic, and her pregnancy was confirmed. She was 8 weeks along.

"Jude, do we have to be late everywhere we go?" David asked as he was looking for his car keys.

"Why don't you try fitting a jersey over your pregnant stomach, and then ask me that." she replied very irritated.

Jude was now 4 months pregnant. She and David was excited when they found out they were having a boy. They managed to avoid the paparazzi for the last couple of weeks. She was only showing a little bit, and if the paparazzi caught wind of that, they would have a field day.

"I'm sorry, okay? Are you ready now?" David asked her as he grabbed his keys from the table.

"Yes, I'm ready. Now let's go."

Jude's phone rang as she was getting into the car.

"Hello." she answered without looking at the caller id.

"Hey little sister. You got to Miami and forgot my number huh?" Sadie said.

"Of course not. I was just about to call you." Jude lied. She mouthed the words "It's Sadie" to David.

"I'm sure you were. So, how is Miami?"

"It's great. David and I are on our way to a Miami Hot basketball game."

"Baby they're called the Miami Heat." David laughed.

"That's what I said." Jude replied.

"Tell David I said hello." Sadie said through the phone.

"Sadie says hi." Jude rolled her eyes.

"Hey Sadie!" David said back. "Tell her I asked how she's doing?"

"Do I look like your secretary? Tell her yourself." Jude said as she gave him the phone.

Sadie laughed on the phone.

"Sorry Sadie. Jude's being cranky because of her pr…" He was about to say pregnancy when Jude smacked his arm, cutting him off mid-sentence. She whispered, "I didn't tell her yet."

"Because it's so hot out here." David quickly said. Sadie didn't notice. She, Jude and David talked on the phone until they got to the arena.

David tried his best to explain what was happening on the court, but Jude didn't understand any of it. They had a good time. The game was over around 10:30pm. David was driving back, and Jude was asking him why the bald guy had to shoot two baskets at the line.

"It's called free throw shots. He got fouled by the other guy and the other team was already in a penalty, so he had to shoot at the line." he explained.

"Basketball is so complicated." Jude said.

"You liked when D. Wade did that dunk." David said.

"Oh my gosh, that was so awesome! He was flying in the air and he dunked that ball so hard! Jude was excited.

"Calm down, you getting my son all excited." David laughed as he rubbed Jude's stomach.

"I think I ate too much ice-cream."

"Or it could be the chocolate bar you put on top of the ice-cream and the Doritos you put on the side of it." David said.

"Don't knock it until you try it. It's really good." Jude said trying to convince him.

"No way." David laughed. He stopped at a red light. When the light turned green, he proceeded through the intersection. Just then, an SUV smashed the passenger side of the car. There was a man walking on the sidewalk when it happened. He quickly pulled out his cell phone and dialed emergency. The SUV backed up and sped away.

"Jude?...Jude baby are you okay?... Jude?" David yelled her name, trying to figure out if she was still alive. He unhooked his seatbelt and removed a shard of glass from his cheek. Then, he began leaning against the door, trying to get out and help Jude.

"Sir, I don't think you should move. I called emergency, an ambulance should be here shortly." The bystander said.

All David could think about was Jude and his unborn baby. So with all of his strength, he pushed his door open, and he fell out of the driver side. He lifted his shirt up to wipe the blood from his eyes so he could see.

"Jude? Jude can you hear me?" David yelled from the opposite side of the car.

Jude opened her eyes and she saw a pool of blood. "David please help me. It hurts so bad." She could hear David calling her name and her mouth was moving, but no sound came out. "The baby!" Jude began to panic as she thought about the baby in her stomach. Before losing consciousness again, she heard the ambulance sirens.

When Jude finally woke up, she was in a hospital room. She could barely see because she is heavily medicated. Three doctors come into the room and they see that she is awake.

"Ms. Harrison there were some complications." one of the doctors say.

Jude is extremely exhausted, so she falls asleep before they can tell her what happened. The doctors check her vitals and then leave the room.

"You have to let me see her." David yells at the nurse. The nurse is trying to treat his cuts and bruises but he won't let them. He wants to see Jude.

"Sir, you can't see her now. She is undergoing surgery." the nurse tells him.

"Is she going to be okay? Is the baby going to be okay?" he asks frantically.

Eleven and a half hours later, after the nurses gave David stitches, a doctor came to talk to him.

"Mr. Matthews?"

"Yeah?" David replied.

"Ms. Harrison is out of surgery. I am so sorry to inform you that she had a miscarriage. The doctor paused for a minute to let the words sink in before he explained the rest of the surgery.

"When the cervix opens, it expels the tissue..."

The doctor began to explain the process but David tuned him out. He couldn't believe that his baby was gone. He began to cry and the doctor left the room.

When Jude came out of recovery, David went to her room to sit with her. When he came into the room, he began crying silently again, careful not to wake her. He wasn't expecting to see Jude all bruised up. She had a cast on her right leg from where they put her bone back in place. When the SUV smashed into her side of the car, it broke her leg. She had a butterfly bandage on her the side of her forehead. And she had bandages on the rest of the cuts and bruises on her body. He slumped into the chair beside her bed and went to sleep.

Jude woke up around 4:30pm the next day. She looked on the side of her and saw David sleeping in the chair. All of a sudden, memories of the accident flooded through her head. She felt her stomach and she had an empty feeling. So, she began to scream. David woke up and saw her screaming and crying. She looked over at him and gave him a questioning look. He nodded his head. She didn't want to believe it. She needed to hear the actual words. David sensed this so, he told her.

"The baby is gone."

"NO! NO! NO! NO!" she shook her head.

"I'm sorry." David said, as tears began to form in his eyes. His unborn son was gone and the woman he loved was falling apart right in front of his eyes, and it was nothing he could do about it. He began to cry harder.

Two months went by and Jude was starting to walk on her leg again. Because David paid off the nurses, the paparazzi knew nothing of the accident or the baby. Jude and David both decided to have their son buried. On his headstone, it reads:

Tyler Ramone Harrison-Matthews

An Angel Borrowed, Now Returned

Rest Peacefully Little One

Jude and David's relationship became strained. David wanted to help her through this rough time, but he was losing his sanity as well. After Tyler was buried and the nursery was cleared out, David lost the strength he had for Jude and himself. Jude stayed at home most of the time, just crying. Some mornings, she wouldn't even get out of bed, but she was determined to walk again. David spent his time at work and at the bar.

One night, David came home extremely drunk. Jude was tired of unlocking the door for him because he was too drunk to use his key. Jude went to the door and unlocked it. David stumbled in past her.

"Do you know what time it is?" she asked him annoyed.

"No, but you probably gon tell me." he slurred.

"It is 3:30 in the morning. If you're going to come home late then don't come home at all!" she yelled.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP! I PAY BILLS AROUND HERE AND I'LL COME HOME WHEN I WANT TO COME HOME!" David yelled back.

"The next time you come home late, I will not open the door." Jude said.

Out of nowhere, David smacked Jude. "YOU GON OPEN THE DOOR WHEN I SAY OPEN THE DAMN DOOR!"

Jude put her hand to her face to stop the stinging. She looked at him mortified that he hit her. David stumbled to their bedroom and slammed the door. Jude slept on the sofa that night.

David hitting Jude became a habit. Many nights, David would come home drunk. He and Jude would argue and fight, literally. After one incident when Jude ended up in the hospital for a bruised rib, she began to fight him back. Tired of the fighting, one day Jude packed her bags and left Miami to go back home.

END OF FLASHBACK

"When I got back, I stayed in a hotel for a while until I could face everyone. I never told anyone." Jude said.

Shay just looked at her. He couldn't believe she went through all of that. Without saying a word, he came to the other side of the table and hugged her. Shay had tears in his eyes. Jude was glad she finally told someone. She was tired of keeping it a secret and it felt really good to get that off her chest. As she embraced his hug, she thought to herself "Of all the people in the world, who would've thought I could confide in Shay?"

"I'm so sorry that happened to you. And I swear if I ever see that David guy, I'm gonna kill him." Shay said protectively.

Jude smiled. "I don't plan on seeing him again, so you won't have to kill him Shay."

"I still want to kill him." Shay mumbled. He looked at Jude and noticed her starting to get sad again, so he found something to take her mind of it for a while.

"Hey, T-Bone is still sleep. You wanna spray stuff on him?" Shay asked with a devious smirk on his face.

Jude thought about all of the pranks her and SME did to each other on their tour bus, so she gladly obliged.

Shay got some toothpaste out the bottom cabinet and Jude got some whipped cream and spray cheese out of the top cabinet. They bumped into each other.

"Watch it slugger." Shay joked.

"Yea, about that. I'm sorry for punching you. I shouldn't have done that." Jude apologized.

"It's cool shorty. I'm sorry for what I say to you. You know that's not true."

"Right, because I do have a backbone." Jude turned around while emphasizing the word.

"And what a sexy backbone it is." Shay said.

Jude laughed. "Are we going to do this or what?" She asked referring to tormenting T-Bone.

"Damn, you never asked me that before, but hell yea I'm ready!" Shay said while taking his shirt off. He was trying to lighten the mood and make things go back to the way it was.

Jude rolled her eyes.

"I'm just joking", he said. At this point, he wasn't going to try another relationship with her. She needed a good friend.

They both charged to the front of the bus and attacked T-Bone with anything they could find.

At the Private Jet Hangar

The limo pulled up to the G-Major's private jet hangar. The driver got out and went to get Tommy and Maya's luggage. Tommy carried a sleeping Maya in his arms. As they were approaching the limo, Portia got out to greet them.

"Hi Maya darling, how are you?" she asked as she kissed her niece.

"Hi Auntie Portia" Maya said with less energy.

"Tommy. You look tired." Portia stated bluntly.

"That's because I was on a jet for a long time. What's your excuse?" Tommy replied.

Portia rolled her eyes and put Maya in the limo. She climbed in and almost closed the door on Tommy's private part as he was trying to get in. He grabbed the door and she looked back at him. "Oops. I didn't see you there. That was always so tiny." she laughed. "Welcome back Tom Quincy", Tommy thought to himself.

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