Jude rolled over as her eyes parted slowly so that she could see the sunlight streaming in through the window once more, like every other morning. Jude pulled one of her arms out from under the white sheets and reached over towards Tommy's side of the bed. Jude pulled at the covers but felt no mass where his body should be. Jude sat ups slowly and rubbed her eyes while looking around the room. He was no where to be seen.
"Tommy?" Jude called sleepily. There was no response. Jude climbed out of the bed slowly, pulling down the hem of his shirt that she had somehow ended up in, and stole a glance at the alarm clock on Tommy's bedside table.
"Crap" Jude swore under her breath and walked quickly out into the living room of the apartment. "Tommy?" Jude called again. A piece of yellow paper caught Jude's eye lying on the island. Jude walked over to it hurriedly and picked it up. Scrawled across the paper was Tommy's handwriting.
Jude, Kwest's sick and screwing up Darius's release plans. I'm going to be at G-Major all day with the contestants. Take the day off, I'll be home tonight. Love you, T. P.S. Love you forever if you went out and bought coffee at the store, we're out.
Jude placed the note back down on the island and ran her hands over her face again. Jude glanced at the time, once more, on the microwave. It was nearly eleven in the morning.
"Ugg" Jude moaned into her hands before peeling them off her face and looking around the apartment. Their obvious lack of cleaning abilities shown through in the morning light. Jude walked over towards the counter and started loading dishes into the dishwasher. It hummed to life and Jude prayed she had done it right. Then Jude riffled through the mail on the counter and pulled out things with her name on them.
Jude ripped open a series of bills and made a mental note to pay them, before moving onto a more promising stack of letters. G-Major's logo was stamped across a few of the fronts and Jude opened them happily to reveal her pay checks and cuts from that weeks downloads.
Then the peaceful silence of the apartment was interrupted by the annoying, persistent, ringing of the phone. Jude walked over to the phone, next to the couch in the living room.
"Hello?" asked Jude clicking the on button and pressing the phone to her ear.
"Jude" came a surprised voice from the other end.
"Hey dad" Jude sighed riffling through the stack of mail still in her hands.
"Not working today?" asked Stuart from the other end.
"No, Tommy's got to work with the Instant Star contestants today" sighed Jude tossing down the mail and curling up on the couch.
"How are things?" asked Stuart.
"Can't complain" sighed Jude, twisting her hair around her finger and staring out the slider.
"Well I'm glad to hear things are well. Did Sadie tell you about the plans for Friday?" added Stuart.
"Shit" whispered Jude clamping her hand over her eyes "Look dad I forgot to ask Tommy last night".
"Oh" came Stuart's voice in a slightly crestfallen tone "If you two are busy I understand".
"No, no Dad, we'll be there" said Jude quickly "Don't worry".
"Really sweetheart, because I don't want to be too much of a hindrance, I know you two must be going crazy over your album".
"It's really fine Dad" sighed Jude getting up off the couch and wondering back into the kitchen.
"So I'll see you Friday?" asked Stuart.
"Tom and I" sighed Jude pulling open the fridge and looking at its sparse contents. Jude closed the fridge and leaned against the counter.
"Great". Then there was a pause "So" broke in Stuart again "How is the album coming?"
"Almost done" replied Jude crossing her arms over her chest.
There came a light chuckle from Stuart's end "I can't tell you how many times I'm in the car and your music comes on the radio".
"Dad" sighed Jude, feeling her check heat up and redden.
"No I'm not trying to embarrass you sweetheart" chuckled Stuart "I guess I'm just saying…saying that I'm proud of you".
"Really?" asked Jude.
"Yeah" came Stuart's soft voice "No matter what they say about you, or what you're up against I always see my little girl with braces, strumming away on that guitar in her room".
"Bigger room now" Jude joked with a grin.
"More fans" Stuart chuckled and then a sigh came through the phone "You're giving Bob Dylan a run for his money. But you know I can't buy your music in records so…" joked Stuart.
"Uh yeah, welcome to the twenty-first century" laughed Jude. Jude sighed into the phone "I'll see you Friday Dad".
"Friday" sighed Stuart.
"Bye".
"Bye".
Jude clicked the end button and tossed the phone down on the counter. Then looking down at her dress she decided that if she was going to get anything done today a shower and actual clothing might be necessary. Jude pushed off the counter and wondered back into hers and Tommy's bedroom and attached bathroom. Jude turned on the water full blast and waited for it to warm as she shrugged off Tommy's oversized t-shirt. Then she stepped into the scalding water and let it sink into every inch of her skin.
Author Note:
I'll be at G-Major all day with the contestants, Love T.Hmmm...sketchy?
I'll be nice and give all my lovely...and overly smart cough cough readers a clue for later in the story. Note how Tommy and Jude leave notes for each other AND how the text message. It'll be important later...much later.
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