Disclaimer: I don't own Instant Star, Jude, Tommy, nothing. Although, I really do wish I DID own Tommy… evil grin
Author's note: Hey everyone thanks so much for reading my fic so far! I'm so glad so many people like it! I've been having a little trouble with ideas lately, and I wanted some input. If you guys have anything you want to see in the story, please let me know and I'll see what I can do with it. I am absolutely desperate for some original ideas! Thanks again everyone, and here's chapter 4!
The tension in that elevator shot up real quick after Tommy said that. Sadie gave me a funny look that I couldn't quite read, and EJ and Georgia gave Tommy suspicious looks.
"Ding." Ahhh, saved by the bell. I thought to myself. Everyone seemed to breathe a sign of relief along with me.
"Room assignments." Georgia stated. "Jude, room 258, Sadie, room 258, Tom-." She got cut off.
"Wait, I'm sharing with Jude? I would have thought I'd be sharing with Tommy, you know, seeing as…" She trailed off, but what she didn't say wasn't hard to guess. My insides churned, and I had to fight myself extremely hard not to slap her. My only satisfaction was to see Tommy's face grow redder than a sunburned lobster.
"Sadie…" Tommy cut off, giving my sister a look.
"Ugh, fine. I'll share with Jude, I guess." She rolled her eyes.
"Why thank you Sadie, I'm just oh so happy to be able to share this experience with you." I gave her a mad smirk.
"Okay ladies." Georgia cut in. "Tommy, room 259." Sadie gave Tommy a look and Georgia spoke again. "And there's no interconnected door, and the walls in this place are really thin…" Sadie pouted. "Anyways, where was I… ah, yes. EJ and myself get room 260, Speiderman, room 261 and 262." She droned on for a few more minutes giving room numbers to this person and that, but finally she was finished. "You're free to go unpack. We have a long night ahead of us, so I would suggest maybe taking a rest, don't do anything that might cause me to kill you later on, you catch my drift?" She raised her eyebrows in my direction, clearly remembering the incident in Montreal.
"I swear it wasn't me! Speiderman did it; they're just a bunch of lying snakes!" I exclaimed.
"Uh huh, sure, whatever. You're dismissed." She turned on her heel and went to her door and walked in her room.
Sadie and I took this as our cue and went into out room too.
"So, how long are you guys staying?" I questioned my sister. She opened the door and dropped her bag on the bed nearest the door before she answered.
"I don't know, as long as you are I suppose. Tommy never really told me. How long are you going to be here?"
"Well, my next concert is next Tuesday, so not for another 9 days, but its in Colorado, so we have to leave enough time to travel there… I'm thinking that we'll leave here probably around Thursday or Friday." She nodded, not saying anything else. We just stared at each other for a minute, and then busted out laughing.
"What's so funny!" Sadie shrieked. I just shrugged my shoulders, not actually knowing why we were laughing. I started to calm down and fell against the pillows on my bed. I thought for a minute, then sat up.
"I'm gonna go for a walk." Sadie made a move to follow, but I stopped her. "I kinda just want to be alone." She looked a little hurt, but gave me a nod of understanding. I gave her a thankful grin and walked out the door. I started walking down the hall, but was stopped before I got very far.
"Jude, wait." I looked back and saw Tommy taking long strides in my direction.
"Hey Tommy." He caught up to me and we started walking again.
"What's going on?" Tommy really tried hard to make small talk, but he wasn't too good at it.
"Nothing really… just trying to get pumped for the concert tonight." I gave him a sideways glance and noticed he was looking at me in that was he had been in the alley. In the alley the night of the worst day of my life.
"What do you mean trying?" he asked in a voice that turned my knees to jelly.
"Err, uh…" I had a total mind blank. "Uh… OH!" I remembered. "I mean trying. I don't know it just isn't working. Nothing I do seems to get me excited."
"That's never good. Is there anything I can do to help?" Oh Tommy, you know exactly what you can do to help, but it doesn't mean you'll do it! I thought desperately, wanting him to read my mind. For the first time since we've met, he didn't seem to have a clue what was on my mind.
"Ummm, I don't know. I just have a lot on my mind. I don't know if there's anything anyone can do to help. Thanks for the offer though." He stopped abruptly and turned his whole body toward me. "What?" I asked, a little defensively. He didn't answer me. He just grabbed my hand and dragged me to his room. I stood stupidly in the doorway while he rooted around in his already trashed room for something. He picked up his guitar case and walked back out of the room, brushing past me on his way. I just stood there, not knowing what to do.
"Are you coming?" He looked back and saw I wasn't following him. I scrambled to follow him and we went to the elevator. He pressed the up button and stepped into the elevator when the door opened. I followed him, my mouth slightly open, not knowing what to do or say. He pressed the roof button and up we went.