What's this? Jude singing? Heck yes it is!
"Jude this song is amazing," Tommy said after they were done recording.
"Really? I was up all night with is," Jude said.
"I can't even tell," he said, hugging her.
"Good thing I'm a very trustworthy girlfriend," a voice said from behind them.
"Sadie! Babe, you've got to hear this song," Tommy said, turning on the track.
"Wait, you told her I was gonna be here?" Jude asked.
"Jude, I will support you in whatever you do, whether you sound horrible or not. But you sound amazing," Sadie said. Jude had to admit, she did sound pretty good.
"I'm gonna make copies of this," Tommy said.
"What! Why!" Jude exclaimed.
"To send to record labels, to give to Darius and Liam, to send to radio stations, Jude this is phenomenal," Tommy said.
"You really think so?" Jude asked.
"Even I like it," Patsy said.
"Wow, that says a lot," Tommy said, earning a kick from Patsy.
"Tommy, I don't know how many times I have to tell you, Sadie isn't allowed back here," a woman said, walking in.
"You said I'm not allowed back here to see Tommy. But I'm not here to see Tommy, am I," Sadie said.
"Portia, this is Jude Harrison," Tommy said.
"Another one? What's with you and these Harrison girls?" Portia said.
"I bet they're better than the Mills girls," Sadie said.
"Funny, only I don't go by Mills anymore. Must I keep reminding you," Portia said.
"Fine, I never liked the Quincy girls either," Sadie said.
"Hey Patsy, go find Kwest, tell him to get Darius' charity case out of my studio," Tommy said.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Portia Quincy? As in Little Tommy Q's wife?" Jude asked.
"I'd rather not be known as Little Tommy Q but yes, this is her. And she's my ex-wife. And it would be nice to have her not here right now," Tommy said.
"Portia, come on, leave Tommy and Sadie alone," Kwest said, walking in.
"Argh, fine, I'll leave them alone. For now," Portia mumbled, walking out.
"So you're the Jude Harrison that I've been hearing about," Kwest said.
"People have been talking about me?" Jude asked.
"Patsy and Mason couldn't stop talking about how great you were. And Tommy couldn't wait to hear you sing," Kwest said.
"Oh wow, I can't believe it," Jude said, blushing. She just wished Speed would be there.
"Why so glum, chum?" Sadie asked.
"I wish Speed was here," Jude said.
"We're here. That should count for something," Sadie said.
"Yeah," Jude said, smiling. The sound of her vibrating phone caused everyone to jump. Jude's eyes lit up. Maybe it was Speed calling.
"Hey babe," Derek said.
"Oh, hey," Jude said.
"Don't sound so happy to talk to me," Derek said.
"No, no, I'm thrilled," Jude said.
"Good. So, uh, I was wondering, you think you could dye your hair today, by any chance?" Derek asked.
"Why?" Jude asked.
"Because I've already told people that you did it," Derek said.
"I haven't even decided if I was doing it or not," Jude said.
"I know, I did for you, remember," Derek said.
"Fine, whatever," Jude said.
"Thanks babe. I'll see you tomorrow," he said.
"Why not tonight?" Jude asked.
"I'm hanging out with the guys tonight," he said.
"Oh. Well, okay then, I guess," Jude said.
"Bye," he said quickly and hung up.
"Uh, so I guess I need to go get some dye," Jude said.
"You don't need to do anything," Patsy said.
"He said he told everyone my hair is already blonde, so now I actually have to go through with it," Jude said.
"No you don't. He has no right to tell you to dye your hair," Patsy said.
"Whoa, he told you to dye your hair?" Tommy asked.
"Yeah," Jude said, sheepishly.
"That's it, he's dead," Sadie said.
"Sit down Sade. You wouldn't hurt a fly," Tommy said.
"You need to break up with him," Sadie said.
"I don't want to," Jude said.
"Okay how about this: does he make you laugh? Does he listen to what you say? Does he care about your feelings? If you called him right now and told him you were in trouble would he be here at the drop of a dime?" Mason asked.
"Well, no. But he does make me laugh," Jude said.
"At the expense of others," Sadie said.
"If you don't go over to Speed's house right now and tell him how you feel, then we're giving this CD to him," Mason said.
"I can't give it to him! Not this song!" Jude exclaimed. She put her heart into that song.
Patsy widened her eyes and looked over at Mason. He nodded, grabbed a copy of the song, and ran.
"You guy no!" Jude exclaimed. She chased after them but they were too quick. By the time she reached the parking lot, they were driving off, and she had no car. She ran back to Tommy, her sister, and Kwest.
"I need you guys to help me," Jude said.
"Take 'em," Tommy said, tossing Jude his keys. She grinned and ran out to Tommy's car.
As she was nearing her house, her phone rang again. "Don't be Speed, don't be Speed," she said to herself.
"Hey babe," Derek said.
"Hey Derek!" she said, over excitedly.
"Much better answering the phone this time. Good news, the guy cancelled on me, so I guess I can hang with you for a while," Derek said.
"Uh where are you?" Jude asked.
"I'm at your house," Derek said.
"Shit," she mumbled.
"What was that?" Derek asked.
"I'm not home right now," Jude said.
"Well where the hell are you?" Derek asked.
"I'm, on my way," Jude said.
"That doesn't answer my question," Derek said.
"I was out with Sadie and her boyfriend gave me her car so I could catch up to Patsy," Jude said.
"Who's that?" Derek asked.
"My friend," Jude said.
"Fine whatever. I tried to do something nice for you," Derek said.
"Der, wait, I'm turning onto my street right now," Jude said.
"Alright," he said, hanging up. Jude sighed. There was no way she was catching Patsy and Mason before they got to Speed.
"Sweet car," Derek said, hugging her.
"Hey, babe, I know you wanted to see me and whatever, but there's something I have to do," Jude said.
"What?" Derek asked.
"Speed has hair dye and my straightener at his house. I'm gonna go run and get it," Jude said.
"Oh, alright. I'll be in your room," Derek said.
Jude rushed over to Speed's and went in his room.
Your eyes are holding up the sky
Your eyes make me weak I don't know why
Your eyes make me scared to tell the truth
I thought my heart was bullet proof
Now I'm dancing on the roof
And everybody knows I'm into you
"Oh no," Jude mumbled. She really wasn't ready to let him hear the song. She took a deep breath and opened his door. She looked around and noticed he wasn't in there.
"Where is he?" Jude asked.
"I don't know. He wasn't in here. We figured you'd run in here so we decided to freak you out," Patsy said.
"Thanks, I pretty much had a heart attack," Jude said.
She picked up her phone and dialed Derek's number.
"Der, hey, yeah his mom thought he was home and he's not, so I'm gonna head out to the store, you wanna come with?" Jude asked.
"No. I'll be here when you get back," he said, hanging up. She groaned and closed her phone.
"It's like he doesn't want to be seen in public outside of school with me," Jude said.
"Are you really going through with this?" Patsy asked.
"Yeah. I gotta go. Tell Tommy to come get his car later," Jude said, driving off. She was waiting in line, getting ready to buy the dye when she heard people talking.
"Did you hear? She like totally dyed her hair already. She has to be the biggest idiot to believe that he actually liked her," a girl said.
"Yeah I know. Like seriously, he def hooked up with me last night," another girl said.
"Oh em gee really? Was he everything everyone says?" the first girl said.
"He was so much better," the other girl said.
Jude wanted so badly to cry. She didn't even have to ask who they were talking about, she knew it was her. She threw down the hair dye and ran out of the store.
After about five times of calling him, he finally answered.
"What the hell?" he answered.
"Speed, I need to talk," Jude said. She could barely get out that sentence.
"Are you crying?" Speed asked.
"He's cheating on me, and he doesn't really like me, and he's trying to change me for fun," Jude choked out.
"Shit, shit, shit, shit. Where are you?" Speed asked.
"I was going to buy the hair dye," Jude cried.
"Go home, I'll meet you there," Speed said.
"I can't he's there," Jude cried.
"Okay, I'm over at Wall's. Come meet me here, okay?" Speed asked.
"I'm around the corner from there," Jude said.
"Okay, I'll be standing outside," Speed said.
As much as I love this fic, I need to finish Heart Doesn't Fit. So no more chapters of this until the next HDF chapter is posted.
