A special thanks to Elise who helped me out with this chapter.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN INSTANT STAR
After spending the rest of her afternoon with Jamie, Jude pulled up in herdriveway to find the other main dilemma in her life sitting on the steps ofher front porch. Tommy looked so stressed and defeated as he lifted his head to look at her as she parked her Mustang.
She had no idea what to say to him and as she stepped out of her car amillion different conversation starters ran through the back of her mind, butshe only managed to spit out a simple, "Hey"
.Tommy gave her a simple smile as he took her appearance in. He was so happyjust to have her around."Hey" he calmly replied.
Jude slowly began to walk up to Tommy, their eyes connecting the whole timeas she gave him a light kiss on the cheek and sat next to him"So how was your first day as VP?" she asked a bit hesitant of how to actaround him.
"Yeah it was ok Darius has me working my butt of getting ready for the nextInstant Star competition" he replied with a sigh.
"Well that's Darius for you" Jude smirked as she nudged his shouldercausing him to laugh.
"True, so how was your first session with Taylor?" he asked her coollytrying to hide any signs of being anxious, but she saw right through him andcould tell he was still a bit distress about the whole thing
."You really want to know?" she asked"
Yeah I do" he replied with a shrug.
"Honestly it was great. She really knows her music I heard some of thestuff she has done for other artists its incredible, she is very talented"Jude answered choosing her words wisely
."Taylor always did know her music", he told her as he paused to take alook at Jude not sure whether to continue or not. But by the look on her face he decided that she really wanted to know and inwardly laughed at the face he was giving her; her signature puppy dog look.
"You know Taylor is the reason I love music so much. When we were littleshe would always sing even from the moment she woke till she went to sleep. Itwould drive my Dad up the wall but mum and I loved hearing her voice. Shedecided that I was going to love music too. At first I was reluctant andrefused to take part in her little sing-a-longs but she has this way ofconvincing people to do anything and I caved. She was right though, the minuteI started to sing I loved it. I started to learn how to play guitar shortlyafter. But Taylor she was the one with real talent she could write songs thatactually had meaning by the time she was nine. Her was voice was what made herstand out, when she started singing it was like she had everyone hypnotizeduntil the moment she sung the last note. I was sure she would make it big someday. In a lot of ways your passion for music and your talent reminded me of her. After Taylor runaway I was sure I would never meet anyone with the same passion for music she had but then you came along I knew you were the real deal girl." Tommy finished with a grin and pulling her into his arms.
"Tommy if she has as much talent as you say she does, you need to tell Darius. She should be recording her own music not producing other peoples",Jude protested tipping her head back to look him in the eyes.
"Even if Darius believed me she would never go for it. She stopped singing a long time before she ran away. When I was 16 and Taylor was 10 our mum died.We both dealt with it differently. I got my self in trouble and Taylor seemed to let a part of herself die. She stopped singing; I guess it was too much of a reminder of mum because I never heard her sing again after her death. I know she missed it though because every so often I would catch her humming or writing lyrics in her journal. Instead of singing she focused all her energy on being there for our dad and me. Taylor stuck by me through so much when I went to jail, she was the only one who came and saw me and when I wanted to audition for Boyzattack, she supported me. When I got in though Dad told me if I went through with it he would disown me and never talk to me again. Taylor told me to take a chance she said it was my ticket to a better life and that no matter what she would be there for me. Jude she supported me even though it must have killed her to see me living out her dream." Tommy sighed letting his grip on Jude loosen.
"Tommy I'm so sorry about your mum, but what I don't understand is whydid she runaway?"
"You and me both. All I know is a bout 2 and a half years later I got acall from Dad asking if I'd seen Taylor, it was then I knew she had gone"
Jude had no idea how to respond to him, she wasn't able to understand what he went through back then. She wrapped her arms around him and placed her head on his chest to try and prove to him that placing his trust in her was not amistake. "Thank you" she whispered to him faintly.
"For what" he asked confused.
"For letting me in I'm glad you did" she replied giving him a smile.
"I'm glad I did too", he whispered back placing a quick kiss on the topof her head.
"Tommy you know you going to have to talk to her sometime"
"I know but at the moment every time I see her I just get so angry at her for leaving and we end up getting in to this whole clash of words thing. I slammed a door on her today you know" he reminded her.
"Quincy I'm guessing that didn't help your situation much" she giggled softly
"No but it felt good. Jude before you tell me that if I were you I would talk to her, hear me out",he asked as he received a nod from Jude.
"You can't force this I'm still dealing with the fact Taylor is back inmy life. I'm just going to need time before I'm ready to talk to her.I'm not sure how long it will take but I need you to just be there for me and to give me time", he pleaded.
"Of course you I'm always here for you" she replied.
"Thanks"
"So how bout we go inside and get something to eat I'm starving" she smiled.
"Girl your always hungry" he teased.
"Please" she sighed putting on her best pout.
"Okay fine" he laughed as he stood up and threw a surprised Jude over his shoulder and headed inside to snack on Jude's favorite pop tarts with chocolate ice cream. The pair spent the rest of the night talking about everything and anything until Jude fell asleep in Tommy's arms. Tommy smiled remembering that night at the chrome cat and fell asleep happy to have Jude next to him again.
