VIII

Alexz all but cheered when they pulled into the main lot of Jude's rehearsal space. She grabbed Jude's purse, the laptop, and the food and got out of the car.

Tim got out and walked towards her. "Why don't you let me carry something? Unless you're moonlighting as a pack mule."

"Can you carry the laptop?" She asked trying hard to hold onto everything.

"Tim grabbed the laptop as well as the food and chuckled. "Better?"

"Yes. Thank you. So should I do the honors?" Alexz asked jiggling her keys.

"Please do. I'm anxious to see the Love Shack."

"The Love Shack?" Alexz asked.

"Yea. " He said with a shrug "Look at the neighborhood and we know a lot of lovin' went on here."

Alexz pushed her key into the lock and opened the door. She stepped inside onto the loading dock elevator and smiled at Tim. "I don't think it matters where you are when you're in love."

"True. I'm happy right here actually. I .. I mean they were." He stammered.

"I'd be lying if I didn't say I was too. You're making this whole thing easier to deal with."

His nerves at the slip he'd made were gone and he smiled warmly at her. "I couldn't stand this whole thing without you Spencer."

"So should we go upstairs and check out their 'Love Shack'?"

"Absolutely, lead the way."

The loading dock elevator closed and Alexz pressed a button on the console. She looked to Tim with a smile as the elevator climbed to the third floor. It came to a halt and Tim lifted the iron gate for Alexz to exit.

"Why thank you." Alexz said with a grin.

Tim got off the elevator and followed her to the door of the place formerly known as 'The Chrome Cat.'

Alexz grabbed her keys and looked down at the Welcome Mat that was in front of the door. "Well they certainly are friendly!"

"Who are they welcoming if no one knows about this place?" Tim asked.

"Each other?"

"I guess."

Alexz placed the key in the lock and opened the door. "Home sweet home."

Tim stepped inside and looked around. "Well it's small but nice. Just enough room for two love birds I'd say."

Alexz turned on the light and closed the door behind them. "It's so cute!" She gushed inspecting the main room. It was simply decorated with hardwood floors and modest furniture. The main room split into the kitchen which was small but functional.

"See there's a couch! You can take the bed I'll sleep out here." Alexz insisted placing the bags of food on the kitchen counter.

"Oh no! You are not sleeping on a couch! You're taking the bed." he stated firmly.

"The couch looks comfy. I bet it'll be like sleeping on a cloud. You take the bed Tim I'm fine out here."

"Alexz there is no way I'm taking the bed and making my pregnant wife sleep on the couch."

"Well I don't think that it's fair that you take the couch."

"Why?"

"We could probably just share the bed. We're adults."

"If you think you can resist me all night." he said with a smirk. "Then that's fine with me."

"I kick in my sleep. It won't be a problem." Alexz replied settling on the sofa with her dinner.

Tim sat down beside her an pulled out one of his burritos. He quickly unwrapped it and took a huge bite.

"Do you think the divorce papers would be here somewhere? Do you think they even discussed why they wanted a divorce?"

Tim wiped the sour cream that was dripping down his chin off and chewed. He just shrugged in response, his mouth too full to talk. He then nodded to a desk in the corner of the room. Alexz put her food down on the coffee table and rose from the couch.

She made her way over to the desk where a framed wedding picture sat. "Doesn't look like their marriage was an unhappy one." She opened the top drawer of the desk and began rummaging through papers.

Tim finally swallowed and replied. "I wonder how they could even get married in the first place. Jude is only 17."

"Well she would have to have parental consent or be emancipated. Do you think Jude's parents would give her permission to marry Little Tommy Q?"

"Not Jude's parents from our Instant Star."

"You think they're any better here in there real world? They married in secret and Kwest was the only witness according to those pictures."

"I doubt it. I think they're probably worse considering the looks of the Harrison house."

"Either their marriage isn't legal or Jude paid her parents off. Otherwise there's no way they'd married."

"Paying them off would explain all the new fancy decor. If it wasn't legal they wouldn't need a divorce."

"Well I still stand by the whole they have a happy marriage thing. They look happy in these pictures and they wear their rings sort of."

Tim nodded in agreement then reached into his pocket to pull out the wedding band. He slipped it on the third finger of his left hand. "I'm sure they wear them at home."

Alexz reached behind her neck and undid the clasp on her chain. "I'm sure they do." She said slipping the ring onto her ring finger.

He grinned at her and then asked," So see any important looking documents in there? Maybe letters of some kind even?"

Alexz turned back to the desk and began pulling out stacks of paper. "It'll help if we both look through them."

Tim shoved the remainder of his food into his mouth and got up from the couch. He walked over to the desk and pulled out the next drawer. Alexz grabbed her cinnamon twists and munched on them as she flipped through papers.

"Well," Tim said holding up an official looking document. "Jude's emancipated."

"So... that means her parents weren't too happy with the marriage thing then."

"She was probably emancipated before the marriage." He looked down scanning the paper. "Yea see here, June 04, 2006. Almost a month to the date before."

"Do you think the marriage was planned or do you think it was about as impulsive as tattooing JUDE in blue on Tommy's arm?"

"I don't think it was planned. I mean look at their cloths. Not exactly wedding attire. And you know Tommy and weddings while on tour." he added with a laugh.

"Good point. What makes someone just get married? It couldn't be the baby. The ultrasound said 12 weeks. They've been married since July."

"Beer?"

"Is that all it takes to marry you Rozon? I just have to get you drunk?"

"For you Spence? I wouldn't need a drop."

"So then I'd just have to club you over the head and drag you back to my cave instead?"

"Yup that'd do it." he replied with a laugh.

"Good to know." She replied through a mouthful of cinnamon and sugar.

"You're not hiding a club behind your back are you?"

She shook her head and sipped her Pepsi. "OOH Marriage Certificate!" She declared holding up large envelope.

"Where did they get married at? Who were witnesses?"

"Looks like Ontario. Witnesses Patsy Sewer and Kevin Weston. That's weird. Patsy wasn't in any of the pictures."

"Maybe Patsy took them Alexz."

Alexz snorted. "Duh someone had to have taken the pictures. Had to be Patsy!" Alexz set the certificate aside. "Something is really off about this whole situation. Tommy's email sounded like it wasn't really what he wanted. He doesn't want to divorce Jude."

"Maybe she wants to divorce him. Maybe he's really with Sadie."

"Tommy's never loved Sadie why would he start now? What if Jude doesn't even know about Tommy wanting a divorce? That email was never replied to. Who knows if she even got to read it? Maybe Jude was under the impression that they were fine and didn't even see this coming?" Alexz asked.

"Well we can look at Jude's computer tomorrow and see if she read it."

"Maybe Jude has a computer here? She didn't have one in her room?" Alexz questioned.

"Well, looks like there's only one more room to check. The bedroom, because I doubt it would be in the bathroom."

"Unless Tommy has the same internet addiction you have and the whole apartment had to be wired for high speed connection."

Tim's eyes lit up. "You really think it might be?"

"Why don't you go through all those emails again see if you can break their code. I'll check the bedroom for Jude's laptop."

"Alright." Tim said as he stretched his arms out and cracked his knuckles. "Where are those damn hackers when you need them?"

Alexz turned and left the room pausing at the beginning of the hall. "I have an idea! Forward those emails to you're friends that read your blogs and see if they can figure them out."

"Alright good idea."

Alexz smiled and walked out of the room. "OH MY GOD!"

"WHAT!?" Tim yelled back as he stood and ran down the hall to where Alexz stood. "Are you ok?"

"Jude's closet is INCREDIBLE!"

"Jude's closet? You nearly gave me a heart attack over Jude's closet?"

Alexz ran into the closet and returned to the hall with a pair of yellow pumps in her hands. "Jude has the shoes I wanted but couldn't get in my size!" She exclaimed.

Tim rolled his eyes at her. "Alexz we're supposed to be hacking computers here not playing dress up!"

"Sorry." She apologized quickly kicking off her sneakers and slipping on the Manolo Blahnik heels. "I just couldn't resist. It's a girl thing."

"Yea I guess. Ooo Look at this! Tommy has a Gucci leather jacket!" he quickly snatched it off the hanger and put it on. "How do I look Spencer?"

"I've always liked Tommy's leather jacket." Alexz walked back into the closet examining Jude's clothes.

Tim pulled out a white sun dress and held it up for Alexz to see. "I think I found her wedding dress."

Alexz smiled and took it from Tim. "I wonder what she was thinking when she wore this?"

She placed it back in the closet and moved over to the nightstand where a white I Notebook sat. Tim continued to go through Tommy's cloths as Alexz picked up the Notebook.

"Hmm Jude and I have the same laptop. That's not weird at all." She plopped down on the king size bed and opened the computer.

Tim reached into a box on one of the shelves finding a pair of sunglasses. He put them on and then went to sit next to Alexz on the bed. "You have the same laptop?"

"Yup same make and model." She couldn't help but laugh at Tim's appearance. "Nice shades."

"Thanks. I wear my sunglasses at night." he said with a smirk quoting the old 80's song.

Alexz turned on the laptop and waited for the background to load. "So does Paris Hilton."

Tim made a face and quickly pulled them off tossing the shades on the night table. He then leaned over Alexz's shoulder trying to see the screen. Alexz grinned and turned the laptop towards Tim so that he could see the background. It was a photo of Jude sitting in Tommy's lap wearing a pair of sunglasses and puckering her lips. Tommy had his arms around her a perfect smile on his face.

Tim smiled at the picture. "We. . um.. they really do make a cute couple. Don't they?" he commented.

"Yeah they do." She said softly.

Tim rose from his place on the bed and walked toward the door. "I guess I better try to crack the 'Love Code'" he said before exiting the room.

"Don't you wanna see what's on Jude's computer?"

"I think you may want a little personal time with Jude's thoughts. Just make sure you tell me what you find.. EVERYTHING you find. Deal?"

"I'm gonna go take a shower. Then I'll investigate and I'll be sure to show you everything, even the sex tape."

Tim raised his eyebrows. "Promise?" he asked with a mischievous grin. He winked at Alexz and then headed back into the living room.

Alexz just laughed and watched Tim walk out of the room. She laid across the bed the laptop in front of her. She clicked the mouse and stared at the screen Jude's documents were displayed. Alexz double clicked on a folder named MUSIC expecting Jude's illegal Lime Wire Downloads to pop up. Instead a list of other documents appeared. She clicked on one called WIFY and scanned the screen as song lyrics appeared.
Her emotions got the best of her as she read.

I found myself
When I found you
I found the closest thing to heaven
Yes in you
I found the deepest love I knew
Ooooh Ohh
I'll believe
Yes it's true
I found myself
When I found you

Alexz closed the file finding herself back at the documents screen. She continued exploring opening each and every song.

I can really see us having babies
Walking through the park and being lazy
I already see myself falling in love eternally
And I think that's just the way it's gonna be
And I think that's just the way it's gonna be

I already see us moving mountains
And I think that's just the way it's gonna be
I already see us walk in water
And I think that's just the way it's gonna be

Alexz found herself lost in what she was reading. She made a note to tell Tim all about the lyrics she found. She wasn't sure if Jude had put a melody to the lyrics but she found herself humming them later as she walked into the bathroom. Alexz turned the light on in the bathroom, grabbed a towel from the shelf and quickly stripped out of her clothes. She stepped into the glass shower and turned on the water.

"I can really see us having babies, walking through the park and being lazy. I already see myself falling in love eternally." She sang her voice filling the bathroom.

Tim sat down on the sofa and placed Tommy's computer in his lap. He clicked on the email folder and began to try to make sense of the strange words. Having read the same line three times he groaned in frustration. He leaned his head back against the couch and closed his eyes.

"Come on blog boy you can do this. You're the king of double meanings." he said to himself.

Tim opened his eyes and scanned the page again. Suddenly something clicked. If he took the third word of every sentence and switched it with the fifth it started to make sense. He set to work unscrambling the words and then smiled at the new understandable message before him.

Jude,

I'll see you at our place tonight. Don't worry about what's going on, I'll take care of it. Nothing will ever ruin what we have girl.

I love you,

Tommy

Ps Wear that red one I like. Pleeeaase!

Tim chuckled at the end of the message wondering what red naughty outfit Tommy had in mind. He finished going through the other emails. Nothing stood out to him like this one did. They were mostly short I love yous or a reminder to pick up something they needed.

Satisfied that he had done his job at playing decoder he decided it was at last time to catch up on his stories. He happily went to the Secret Obsession website. Which he discovered Tommy had in his favorites.

"Perv", he thought. "This guy reads about himself on here. At least I'm just reading about a character I play."

As soon as the screen appeared in front of him he gasped. No longer were there categories such as Tommy and Jude. Instead there were Tim and Alexz threads.

"What the hell?!" he shouted to the empty room.

Tim quickly discovered that in this world the show Instant Star was about two actors named Tim Rozon and Alexz Johnson. The fans here wanted this couple together just like the ones back home wanted Tommy and Jude together. In this world 'Jommy' was replaced by 'Talexz'.

Tim logged off the site and closed the laptop. He placed it on the coffee table and looked at it like it was diseased.

"That is just too fucking weird!" he said to it.


Music does not belong to us. songs I found you, Katharine McPhee and Be is owned by Jessica Simpson and her people.