A/N: Hey Everybody! Long time, no chapter I know but I'm back. School is offically over and I did damn good for my first year in college. I don't mean to honk my own horn but honk honk! LOL. Any who, I just wanted to let you guys know that my beta is kind of MIA so if I have any mistakes I apologize in advance.

You will notice that some scenes are actually from Instant Star but I don't think I need to tell you own nothing but Angel, Brandon, and the main ideas. I hope you like it and review review review!

Jude's P.O.V:

"Birthday girl?" Knock knock knock……...

"Judith it's time to get up and start this beautiful day that's your birthday" Knock knock knock knock………..

"JUDE! GET UP!" Bang bang bang. By the second bang I was officially up and possibly would not be going back to sleep.

"What Sadie?" I said

"Oh good your finally up. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" She yelled through the door. I smiled.

"Thanks Sades but I think you could have waited until it wasn't…" I look at my alarm clock. "nine in the morning." I rolled away from the clock and nearly rolled over on Brandon. He put his arm around me and kissed my forehead that let me know he was up as well.

"No silly. You have to get up now. Angel will be here in like 30 minutes. We're going to have a breakfast birthday celebration. Just us girls, then you have to be at G-Major at 11:30 to start the process of getting ready for your party." She said sounding to happy.

"Sadie are you on something? You're too perky this morning"

"No I'm not on something. Can't I be happy that I have the day off? Or we are going to have a great time at your party? Or its such a beautiful day outside?" She asked. I looked out the window.

"Sadie it's cloudy and snowing outside."

"Oh Jude don't be such a party pooper. Be happy with me. It is your birthday after all."

"You being happy doesn't have anything to do with the fact you just came home does it?" I said smiling at the door. I wonder why she hasn't come in yet. I'm glad she didn't since she doesn't know Brandon is here.

"Maybe…..actually it does. I've decide I'm going to be nice today. So that means Brandon has 15 minutes, instead of the regular 5, to be out of this apartment before I rip him apart." She said. How does she do that?

"But I thought you were being nice today?" Brandon asked finally speaking up.

"Brandon I gave you an extra ten minutes. In my book that is nice and you just wasted three of them questioning me. 12 minutes Brandon and I mean it. Bye!" We both just stared at the door as we had her heels clicking away from the door. Then we heard her door close.

"Your sister is a weirdo" Brandon said breaking the silence.

"I know" I laughed when he turned to me and gave me kiss.

"Happy birthday baby" He whispered. I couldn't help the huge smile that spread on my face.

"Thank you" I said giving him one more kiss before he got up and started putting his clothes back on. "So you are still coming tonight, right?" I asked pulling on a random tank top and pair of shorts.

"Of course. I wouldn't miss this circus if you paid me to." He said laughing as I smacked his arm.

"It's not going to be that bad. We'll have fun tonight. You'll see." I said kissing him again as he tried to put on his shirt. We both started giggling.

"Brandon! You have 2 minutes so stop feeling up on my sister. And Jude get your birthday happy ass in the shower now" Then we heard her door slam close again.

"I better go before your sister comes and beats me up." He said pulling on his shoes and jacket. After he was done I walked him to the door.

"I'll see you at 8 ok." I said leaning against the door.

"8 it is." He leaned in and kissed me again. "I love you"

"I love you too" I smiled big as I watched him walk away. When he disappeared I finally closed the door.

Once Brandon was gone I decided to take Sadie up on her advice and get in the shower before Angel came. I hopped in the shower and hoped this day wouldn't be a complete disaster. I wasn't in the shower for a good 10 minutes before the door swung open while hitting the wall behind it.

"Jude!" I jumped so high I knocked over almost everything off the shelf in the shower. I grabbed my heart.

"Shit" I said looking down at the mess I made.

"Are you ok?" I looked up to see Angel looking right back at me.

"Angel! Close the curtain!" I screamed even though I snatched the curtain from her and closed it myself.

"Jude, seriously, we have the same body parts so it's not like I'm seeing anything new. I just wanted to make sure you were ok. I didn't mean to scare you." She said. My heart had slowed down by the time she was done talking.

"It's ok. What are you doing here?" I asked her.

"Didn't Sadie tell you we were going to breakfast?" She asked.

"Yeah but I mean what are you doing in the bathroom with me?"

"Oh. Sadie said you have been in here for a while and to come get you since she was on the phone. What is up with her any way? She seems very happy." I laughed.

"I know. I think it has something to do with the fact she stayed over Kwest's house last night."

"That would do it. They most have had a good night of…sleep" I could hear the suggestive tone when she said 'sleep'.

"Angel I do not want to think about my sister's sex life." I said with a laugh.

"Yeah probably not but you'll live. I'll be out in the living room so hurry up. We have a big day ahead of us."

"Ok" I said as the door closed behind her. I finished washing the remaining soap off of myself and quickly stepped out after picking up everything I dropped. I toweled off and throw on the clothes I brought to the bathroom with me. When I was finished I rubbed the towel through my wet hair before blow drying it. It came out sort of straight but had some waves in it. I knew I was running late and didn't have time to flat iron my hair. I hurried into my room and grabbed my socks and my favorite black converses before heading out to the living room.

"Took you long enough" I stopped because that was a voice I haven't heard in a while. I turned to see Mason leaning against the door.

"MASON!" I shouted and dropped everything to jump in his arms. He caught me and hugged me before he sat me back down on the ground.

"I think that was the best greeting I got since I got off the plane." He said chucking.

"Hey, I thought my greeting was way better." Angel said coming out of the kitchen.

"No it wasn't. Punching me in the arm and asking me why I haven't returned any of your calls wasn't the welcome home I was expecting. My arm still hurts and that was like an hour ago." He said rubbing his right arm.

"That will teach you to return my calls and I didn't even hit you that hard you big baby." She said walking over to me. "Happy Birthday Jude!" She gave me a tight hug.

"Thanks Angel" I said hugging her back. She then stepped away.

"I wanted to hug you earlier but I think it would be kind on inappropriate to hug you while you were in the shower." She said with a laugh.

"Ya think?" Mason asked sarcastically. Before reaching beside the couch to get a pretty gift bag that had all different color strips going down it. "Happy birthday Jude" he said handing the bag to me. I grabbed it kind of excited to see what Mason got me. When I opened the bag and reached in, I pulled back with three things in my hand. I was confused.

"What is this?" I asked looking back in the bag to make sure I didn't miss anything. First in my hand was a white sash with big letters that said 'Birthday Girl' going across it. Next, was a huge button that said 'It's My Birthday,' it wasn't pink so that was a plus. It was like a deep blue with whites, reds and grays too. The last one had to be the worst. In my hand was a fuzzy pink plastic tiara with the words 'Birthday Girl' on it.

"Well you snatched it out of my hand before I had a chance to explain it." He said laughing.

"You should have seen the look on your face." Angel said laughing with him. "Jude, this isn't your birthday gift. You're not getting those until later tonight." Just then Sadie walked in the room. "We have a tradition. When it's one of our birthdays, we get to pick one those items and have to wear it all day. Well, up until we party because that could really kill an outfit."

"So, you expect me to wear one of these until it is time to change for my party?" I asked filing kind of dumb founded.

"Awww, that is too cute. You should wear the tiara." Sadie said.

"I am not wearing this god awful tiara" I said looking at it in disgust.

"Hey! I wear that on plenty of my birthdays you hater." Angel said snitching it from me. Mason laughed.

"Sorry but that really is awful." I said laughing.

"Just pick one Jude" Angel said giving me a playful glare.

"Fine, I'll go with the button then." I put the sash back in the bag and pinned it to my shirt. It covered most of my chest that's how big it was.

"Angel said you were going to pick that one." Mason said.

"That's because she knows me so well" I said smiling at her.

"That and you are the most boyish girly girl I know." She said laughing.

"Well we need to go because it's already 9:45 and we have an hour and forty-five minutes before we need to be at G-Major." Sadie said gathering her coat and purse. I followed her lead and grabbed my coat and purse too. Once we were ready, we all headed out to the elevator. We joked around about the day and what was to come before we got to the ground floor. Sadie was driving her car and I want to ride with Angel and Mason.

"M'lady" Mason said opening the passenger door for me.

"Thank you kind sir." I said getting in. He closed my door before getting in his self. Then Angel pulled off.

"So Mason, I thought you weren't suppose to be back until the middle of January." I said

"I wasn't. But seeing how Angel thought it would be a good idea to rearrange Eden's face, Darius wanted all of G-Major's artists to come so we can be one happy family." Mason said.

"Hey don't judge, if me and Eden didn't get into that fight then your ass wouldn't be here and you would be missing out on all the fun. So I think a thank you is in order." Angel said.

"Hey I'm not judging you and I am happy. I'm just upset that you didn't think to wait until I was around to punch her." He said. I laughed.

"That's the same thing I said." I turned to tell him.

"Hey that bitch was asking for it. She still is. I am so pissed that we have to spend the day with her." Angel said.

"And you have to perform with her too" I said smiling at her.

"Thanks for reminding me." She said giving me a bored look when we reached a stop sign.

"Angel, all you have to do is avoid her until your sound check and the performance itself." Mason said.

"No no, you know Darius has picked out the contest winner and she will be there at noon. He took one of the bigger conference rooms and transformed it into a mini mall. Portia told me it had way over three dozen dress, fifty pairs of shoes, and a whole bunch of accessories. Since Eden and I haven't been aloud to the studio, we have to pick out our stuff. D could have sent the people to Eden so she can get dressed at home but no. My fan has to see me get along with her and what better way than dressing up together."Angel said finally finishing her rant. We were already parked outside of the restaurant.

"Are you going to be okay?" I asked her. She really didn't like Eden.

"Yeah, sorry I lost it there. It's ok. Nobody is going to ruin your day Jude. Not even that bitch Eden. So are we ready to eat?"

Breakfast was, how should I put it, eventful. They put us in a quiet corner so we wouldn't be bothered, but it seemed to happen anyway. Fans kept coming for Angel, Mason, or both. It was kind of funny watching them freak out when they saw them. I even had some people ask for my autograph and asked when was my CD was coming out. I, of course, told them that I didn't know the exact date but they seemed pleased with that answer. I was excited that somebody finally recognized me for my music and not for being Angel and Tommy's shadow. So all in all it was a good breakfast. We made it to G-major at about 11:30 and people where running in every direction trying to get things ready for tonight.

"So what room are we going in?" I asked Angel as we waited for Sadie to park her car.

"Oh you can't go into the room until the contest winner gets here." She said.

"Well I'm going so which room?" Mason asked

"Um you can't go in the room either. It is a no boy territory which means you can't come whether you wanted to." Angel said as Sadie walked through the door and walked right past us. I think she was going to find Kwest. Figures.

"That is not fair. What am I suppose to do?" He said.

"Don't know and really don't care. I have to find Darius and Portia so I can see who won the contest and get some background on her." She said turning to face us. "You" she said pointing at me. "Stay away from the conference rooms. Go write a song or something. OK?"

"Yes Angel" I said rolling my eyes.

"Good girl." She said patting my head like a dog and grabbing Mason's arm pulling him away, leaving me to fend by myself. I sighed and decided to go with what Angel said and write a song. I went to instrument room and grabbed a guitar before finding a quiet corner in the middle of the chaos. I pulled out my journal and turned to a fresh page. I begin to play random notes on the guitar and just think about everything. But my mind wanted to stay on one subject: Brandon. The more I thought about him the more I smiled and a melody began to come through. I kept playing until I got the right tone I wanted for the song.

As for the lyrics, they were just pouring out. Even as I looked over most of the song I had written down I knew it was missing something but I didn't know what. Even if there was something missing maybe I could get it done and sing it to him tonight. I smiled again at the thought. I started playing again and decided to sing it out loud to see I could catch what it was missing.

"It's gut wrenching sometimes

It's life threatening sometimes

Seems like nothing can wash it all away…"

"This a private concert?" I looked up to see Tommy looking down at me from the balcony.

"No" I said kind of shocked. I kind of forgot where I was for a minute.

"Don't stop." He said walking towards me. "I love it. What's the chorus?" Tommy asked finally standing in front of me, making me realize he was holding something behind his back.

"Tell me what you have behind your back and I'll let you hear it." I said teasingly. He gave me one of his beautiful smiles and took the hand from behind his back. In his hand was a cupcake with blue frosting and little white candy stars. In the middle was one lone white candle.

"Tommy..." I didn't know what to say.

"It's your birthday today and I don't know what to get the girl who almost has it all. Tell me what you want." He said and I could tell he was genuine about it. I took the cupcake from him.

"While there is one thing. You know Brandon is coming tonight for the party" I said to him.

"Yeah, counting the moments" He said looking away from me. I could tell he was not happy about that.

"See, that. I want you guys to get along. You both are important to me and I don't want to fight about it anymore. Please?" I said pulling him down next to me to look him straight in the eyes. He smiled at me as he shook his head.

"Is that your wish?" He asked.

"Yes" I said.

"Ok. It's a deal" He said not really looking happy about it.

"Ok" I said giving him a big smile. He pulled out a lighter and lit the candle.

"Make a wish" He said. I looked at him for a moment before I closed my eyes, thought for a second before I blew it out. I opened them as he blew out the lighter. I whispered him a thank you before moving the guitar aside before giving him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. I handed him my cupcake.

"Don't eat it while I'm paying" I said pulling the guitar on my lap. He gave me a devious smile. "I'm serious Tommy" He laughed.

"Just play girl" He said. I gave him a playful glare for a couple more seconds before I started to play.

"This is the chorus" I said as he nodded.

"Time to be your only one

Always be your way to young

Time to crash into the sun

Time to be your only one…" I stopped and looked at him to see what he thought about it.

"The ending is not done or anything but I thought I would sing it tonight for Brandon." I said.

"For Brandon?" He asked.

"Yep"

"It's your birthday. He should just be happy that…" I gave a sigh and looked away from him. "You know what? Nevermind. Doesn't matter" I looked back at him.

"Thank you!" I said smiling again.

"Just come with me for a second." He said handing me my cupcake. But not before taking a bite.

"HEY!" I yelled. He laughed and gave me the puppy eyes. I had to roll my eyes at that. "No, I can't. I should keep working on this." I said as he got up from his seat.

"I mean fine. If you don't you real gift from me then…" He shrugged and put his sunglasses on.

"Ok. I'm coming." I said jumping up nearly dropping the cupcake. He laughed as I followed him. I hurried and put the guitar in Studio A, eat the rest of the cupcake, and run back over to him at the front doors of G-Major. We stepped outside and as I went to take a step but he stopped me.

"Wait." He stepped behind me and put his hands over my eyes. "Ok you can start walking now."

"I swear if you make me run into a pole you are dead." I said starting to walk. He just chuckled in my ear and kept close. I'm not even going to go into the way his breath made me shiver. We were walking a while before I had to ask.

"Tommy, how much further?" I asked as we started swaying back and forth.

"Just wait, wait and…" He took his hands off my eyes. I gasped in shock. His beautiful blue viper was sitting in front of me.

"Are you giving me your viper?" I asked almost jumping up and down.

"Whoa relax. It's your birthday not your coronation. I'm going to let you drive it. " He said pulling out the keys.

"Really?" I asked amazed. He loved this car like it was his child.

"If you sure you can handle it." He said dangling the keys in my face.

"Try me." I said taking the keys. I ran over to the driver's side and unlocked the door with the remote and climbed in. Tommy got in too and closed his door looking at me nervous.

"Ok." I put the key in the ignition.

"Seat belt, seat belt" He said stopping me before I started the car. I looked over my shoulder for it and grabbed it.

"I know." I said looking at him smiling, laughing a little from excitement. "Ok" I said starting the car. This is going to be fun.

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