Disclaimer: I don't own Instant Star or any of the characters or anything else.

All Apologies

Chaz glanced around before he walked up behind his old friend. He waited to see if Tommy would say anything. He didn't. "She's great. Talented."

Tommy glanced at Chaz before looking away again. "I know."

Chaz stuffed his hands into his pockets. "You two seem close." Chaz sighed as Tommy ignored him. "Well, thank her for me."

Tommy finally turned away from where she was standing with her sister after their performance. "For what?"

"She convinced you to perform, didn't she?"

Tommy glanced over his shoulder, but this time his stare found a different Harrison. "Not this time."

Chaz shrugged as he studied his friend. "Thank her anyway. I know she convinced you to agree in the first place. And she slipped me the new arrangement."

Tommy met Chaz's eyes before looking back to Jude. "Yeah, I will."

"She's a great girl."

Tommy frowned as Chaz's words registered. "What are you getting at?"

"She cares about you. And you seem less tortured around her."

"Chaz…" Tommy warned.

"Don't screw it up."

Tommy sighed. "It's not like that. She's sixteen."

"I know." Chaz shrugged. "That's why I'm telling you to wait a couple years." He took one last look at the redhead. "I think it'll be worth it." Before Tommy could open his mouth Chaz walked off to talk to the other guys. He found Jude in the crowd again. She was with Georgia, laughing. She glanced around and met his gaze for a moment before sticking her tongue out at him. He found himself smiling back at her. He really hoped Chaz was right because he was starting to think he was infatuated enough with this girl to hang around for the next two years.