Stay With Me Chapter 10: Starting New Or Running Away?, an instant star fanfic

Chapter 10 - Starting New Or Running Away

Darius: "Alright. You know what you're doing." Jude nodded her head in agreement. A few minutes later, Darius was gone and someone knocked at her door. Jude swung the door open and found Speed at her doorstep.

Jude: "Come in." she said.

Speed: "Kwest said you wanted to talk to me." He said stepping inside.

Jude: "Yeah, it's about Tommy."

Speed: "How he take it?"

Jude: "Not that good. He thinks we have something going on. I think you should keep your distance from him and the studio for a while." She said. Speed listened to her closely.

Speed: "How are we going to make music if I'm not allowed to talk to my producer?" Jude shook her head.

Jude: "I'm leaving."

Speed: "Leaving where?"

Jude: "To London. Darius is arranging everything for me."

Speed: "When are you coming back?"

Jude: "I don't know."

Speed: "Jude, don't do this. Don't run away."

Jude: "I'm not running I just can't deal with people right now."

Speed: "We'll deal with them together. At least here you have your friends and family."

Jude: "What family? The mother that ran off with her divorce lawyer or the father that's never around. Wait maybe the sister that hates me. Yeah they're always there for me." She said bitterly. Speed frowned knowing she had a point.

Speed: "I'm not gonna change your mind on this, am I?" he asked already knowing the answer. Jude shook her head.

Jude: "No." she said.

Speed looked around as though he was debating something with himself. He squinted his eyes a little and finally looked at her.

Speed: "Fine, than I'm coming with you."

Jude: "What? No." she said shaking her head in disapproval.

Speed: "Yes, I have no reason to stay. The band plays for you, with you gone what's left?"

Jude: "You guys are going to make it on your own."

Speed: "No, we don't want to. Besides, I'm told to stay in hiding from my producer." He joked. Jude cracked a smile.

Jude: "I'm not going to change your mind on this, am I?"

Speed: "Not a chance."

Jude: "What about Kyle and Wally?"

Speed: "They'll understand." He said taking out his cell.

Jude: "What are you doing?" she asked. Speed dialed a few numbers and directed her with his finger to be quiet.

Speed: "Hey Wally, can you get Kyle and meet me at Jude's place? Alright, see you in a few." He said and hung.

Jude: "You're telling them now? HERE?"

Speed: "Yeah, why not?" he asked sitting down and making himself comfortable. "So when are we leaving?" he asked grabbing and apple off the table and taking a bite.

Jude: "Tomorrow afternoon with Darius' private jet." She said. Realization suddenly hit her. She was leaving her home behind. Everything she had once loved and couldn't imagine being without didn't matter any more. She felt her vision blur a little and sat down. Speed looked over at her.

Speed: "You alright there?"

Jude: "Yeah, it's been a long day." She said rubbing her eyes. Her face felt warmer than usual but she pushed those thoughts out of her head when someone rang the door bell. Speed got up to answer it. Few seconds later, he was accompanied with Kyle and Wally.

Kyle: "What's going on here?" he asked a little confused looking from Jude to Speed. Wally sat down and put his feet up on the table.

Speed: "Guys Jude is moving to London and I'm moving with her." He just said. Kyle and Wally looked at each other. Neither really comprehending what Speed had just said.

Wally: "Dude, does that mean you two?" he asked pointing his finger between them.

Speed: "No." he looked at Jude. She knew what he was asking. She nodded slowly. "Jude is sick and just wants to get out of here." He said. Kyle was a little more confused than Wally. Jude explained to them what the doctors had told her as Kyle and Wally sat listening. Speed remained in the background, quiet. When she was done telling them of the last couple of says Wally looked around and than at Speed. He looked at Kyle and Kyle nodded at him.

Wally: "Ok, we're coming too." He said determined. Jude shook her head.

Jude: "No, you guys have a future here." She said. Speed looked puzzled at his two best friends.

Kyle: "We're a band and bands stick together. What would we be without our lead singer or our guitarist?" he asked jokingly.

Wally: "We're going to stick together and that's it." He said.

Kyle: "So dude, when do we leave? This is going to be sick." She said. Speed laughed. Jude looked around the room realized she wasn't going through this alone. A few minutes later every split to head home and pack. Jude was left behind to do the same. She made her way upstairs and headed for the closet.

Tommy hopped in his Viper and drove through the city. The people walking on the streets seem to just fade in the distance. The noise of traffic was light. It was past midnight. He held on tight to an envelope with Jude's name on it while he drove with his other hand. A couple of minutes later he parked across the street of Jude's house. He sat and watched her window. The light was still on and he could see Jude's figure moving slowly behind the curtains. How was everything falling apart? He watched his whole world crumble and there was nothing he could do to stop it. He could make out Jude's arms rise in the air as though she was holding something up and admiring it. A few minutes later her room became dark. She had turned the lights off. Tommy jumped out of his Viper slowly and walked to her front door. He wanted to knock but couldn't. Instead, he reached in his pocket and took out the envelope. He set it down on the welcome mat and put a rock on top of it so it didn't fly away. When the lights in the kitchen came on, Tommy ran back to his car and sped away. He felt like a school boy all over again running from his date's parents.

Jude grabbed her two packed suitcases the next day and headed outside where a cab was waiting for her. She opened the door and let the driver take the cases and store them in the trunk. When she turned around to lock the door behind her she found the envelope with her name on it. Already running later, she just picked the letter up, put it in her pocket, locked the door and ran to the taxi. About half hour later she met up with the SME boys at the airport.

The four of them set in their seats and fastened their seatbelts. Jude let her arms slip out of her coat and watched the envelope she had found that morning slip out of her pocket. She reached down under her seat and opened it. Speed looked at her but than turned back to the guys. She recognized the hand writing anywhere. It was Tommy's. Her heart began to ache and beat faster at the same time. She started to read.

He had written her a song. 'Stay with Me' it was called yet she was doing anything but. She was running. Her heart hurt even more.

"Raindrops, fall from, everywhere
I reach out, for you, but you're not there
So I stood, waiting, in the dark
With your picture, in my hands
Story of a broken heart

Stay with me
Don't let Me go,
Cause I can't be without you.
Just stay with me
And hold me close
Because I've built my world around you.
And I don't wanna know what's it like without you
So stay with me
Just stay with me.

I'm trying and hoping, for the day
when my touch is enough
to take the pain away,
Cause I've searched for so long
the answer is clear
I will be OK if we don't let it disappear.

I've searched over and over
so many times for you and I,

is like those stars that light the sky every night
Our picture hangs out of tune
reminding me of the days
You promised me we'd always
be and would never go away
that's why I need you to stay."

She looked out the window but all she saw were clouds. Speed, Wally and Kyle were laughing at something. Tears filled her eyes. How was she going to make it through this without Tommy?