Disclaimer: I don't own Instant Star. I do however own some of the poetry and the songs used. I'll let you know if I didn't write it.

A/N: So it's been crazy and my birthday was on 6/16 so I haven't been able to update and my internet crashed so I hopefully will be updating more lately, since my finally new computer isn't acting up.

-Amanda

Chapter 9: House Hunts

"Why does this have to be so frustrating?" Jude asked annoyed getting into Tommy's Viper and slamming the door.

"Easy girl, I told you this wasn't going to be easy." He said laughing.

"Well it's not supposed to be hard either." She snapped at him. He just looked at her. "Sorry, it's mostly pms and frustration." She smiled sheepishly at him.

"I figured." He said. She laid her head back on the headrest and she closed her eyes. Tommy just looked at her and he kept on smiling.

"Stop ogling me Quincy." She said with her eyes closed. "Don't we have somewhere else to be?" She continued.

"We do." He agreed with her. "But not for an hour." He quickly added on.

"So what are we going to do for an hour?" Jude asked him. Tommy got that cocky look on his face and that look in his eyes and she playfully pushed his face. "Not a chance Quincy, get that out of your head."

"How do you know what I was thinking?" He asked her turning his head to look at her again.

"Because you had that look, I know what you were thinking." She stated.

"And what was I thinking?" He asked her. She glared her eyes at him.

"You know exactly what Quincy."

"You need to say it, because I'm not sure Harrison." He said to her.

"You know, you wanted to-" She didn't get to finish her sentence because he put his finger on her lips.

"I was going to suggest looking for you a ring, since I got you a really crappy one and it doesn't exactly fit what I was planning on getting you." He told her. Her face lit up and she blushed a little bit.

"Tommy, you don't have to." She said and then something registered in her mind. "You were planning on getting me a ring?" She asked him confused.

"Yeah. I just couldn't find the right one so I settled on that until I could get you something better, and something that fit you." He said to her. Her mouth was agape and I shock.

"You are unbelievable Quincy." She said in surprise.

"Thank you Harrison, now let's get going to the jewelry store." Tommy said to her before he cranked the viper and backed out of the driveway.

They pulled up to the jewelry store and Tommy hopped out of the car and ran over to Jude's side and opened her door for her. He helped her out of the car and he shut the door. He grabbed Jude's hand and he led her inside.

They walked in and Jude looked through the cases at the engagement and wedding ring sets. She stopped and looked at this one ring set. It was a solid two carat round diamond and it was plain platinum band with a matching ring.

"You see something?" Tommy asked her coming up behind her and putting his hands around her waist and kissing her cheek.

"It looks to expensive though." She said to him.

"Nothing is too expensive." Tommy said and then he got the sales representatives attention and he came to the case they were standing at. "Can we see that ring?" Tommy asked the man pointing at the set Jude had her eye on.

He pulled the ring out of the case and Jude took off her ring and slid the set on her finger. She liked it a lot and so did Tommy.

"Do you want to get that one, or do you want to see another one?" The man asked them.

"We'll take this one." Tommy said and Jude slid the rings off of her finger and handed it to the man.

"Tommy, you don't have to do this." Jude told him.

"I insist on it Jude."

"Fine then, I'm picking you out a ring." She said and marched off to the men's ring section.

She looked around and she found the perfect one. It was a plain platinum and it matched the one that she was getting. Tommy came up beside her and the salesman soon followed.

"Can I see this ring please?" She asked the man behind the counter and he pulled it out and Tommy slid it on his finger and it was a perfect fit. "We'll take this ring too." Jude said as Tommy was sliding the ring off.

"Jude-" She cut him off before he could finish the sentence.

"Don't even start Quincy, if I get a ring you're getting one too." She said to him in a prissy voice.

"All right, I'll get a ring." He said backing down because he knew it was a lost cause.

"Here are your purchases Mr. Quincy." The man said and he handed Tommy a bag, his credit card, and his receipt. They went out to the car and Tommy opened the door of the Viper for Jude and she got inside.

He went around to the other side and got into the car and then he just sat there for e few minutes before he picked her ring box up out of the bag and he opened it. He got both rings out and he slid the other ring off of her finger and slid the new ones on. He kissed her on the palm of her hand and then he kissed her lips.

She pulled away from him, and she grabbed the other box out of the bag and she slid hid ring off of his finger and opened the box and replaced the ring. She brought his hand to her mouth and she kissed the finger hat the ring was on, and then she kissed him on the lips.

They continued to kiss until they heard cameras going off and then they realized that they had been caught. They pulled apart and opened their eyes and they silently decided that it was time to go. Tommy started the Viper and he drove to their next house to look at.

They pulled up at the house and it didn't look that bad. Jude seemed to like it, and so did Tommy. They got out and they went to the front door and Jude was automatically in love with it.

The front door was a dark cherry wood with a Victorian style glass window that was oval. Tommy grabbed the key and opened the front door and it opened into a foyer with dark cherry wood floor. To the left there was a living room with the same flooring and to the right there was a staircase leading up to the second story.

Jude walked through the foyer and the hallway to the kitchen which had all stainless steel appliances and the tile was black and the walls were white except for one wall which was red and the cabinets were white. In the back of the kitchen there was to French doors that opened up to a huge deck on the back of the house.

She walked out of the kitchen and walked up the stairs. She looked in the three bedrooms and stopped at the master, and looked around. All the room had their own bathroom and walkin closet. She looked at the one room that was big enough to be a home recording studio.

She walked back down the stairs as Tommy was coming in from the living room.

"This is it." She boldly stated to him.

"You sure?"

"Yeah, I mean three guest rooms, huge master, and one room big enough to be a home studio. Plus, there's a deck that overlooks the lake." She pointed out to him.

"You're right, I like it too." He said and they were agreed.

They walked out of the house hand in hand and they got into the Viper and drove back to Jude's house. Jamie was waiting for them on the front door step when they came up.