A/N: Hey all, after this last few posts, I will have officially caught you guys up on the story. I'm currently writing chapter 25, and there's probably going to be a total of 27 or 28 chapters depending on how the content falls. :D I'm already planning a sequel to this story, so I hope you all enjoy this! Most likely, there's going to be more later tonight, depending on what my plans are for the day. :D Enjoy! And please review, I love seeing reviews. They make me happy!

Chapter 15

Tommy and Jude pulled up to G Major and parked the car. They hurriedly got out and jogged into the building through the back door.

"We're so dead." Jude said, glancing at her watch. It was 8:15 and Georgia was going to be ticked.

"It's been nice knowing ya Girl." Tommy said with a smile. Jude groaned. "Don't worry, it's gonna be my ass in the fryer anyway." Before Jude could comment, they were at the board room and stepped into it. Georgia stopped with what she was saying and everyone watched them as they took their seats.

"Nice of you to join us." Georgia commented. Tommy took a long drink of his coffee and Jude smiled slightly. Georgia gave her a disapproving look and Jude wiped the smile off her face. Georgia went back to talking and Jude stole a glance at Tommy and saw he had a hand covering his mouth to hide a smile. Jude glared at him and turned her attention back to Georgia. It was going to be a long day.

The meeting adjourned and Tommy and Jude tried to sneak out of the boardroom with no luck. Georgia sent them a look that said 'you leave this room, I won't be held responsible what I do to you'. After the staff of G Major cleared out, Tommy and Jude stood, facing Georgia, feeling like young teenagers who had just gotten caught sneaking out.

"Jude, where you last night? And please, I'm not stupid. I didn't fail to notice you and Tommy showed up today together and your car was here long before you were." Georgia stated.

"Georgia, it isn't like that." Tommy started to defend, but Georgia shot him a glare.

"I believe Tom, I was addressing Jude." Tommy quickly clamped up, knowing when it was a loosing battle. "So, Jude?"

"You see Georgia, I was on my way to work this morning, and My car broke down…" Georgia raised an eyebrow in suspicion. "And…well, I called the tow truck, and Tommy drove by when the tow got there and offered to give me a ride to work, and we had to wait for the guy to lift up my car and he didn't speak anything but French, probably from Quebec or something, so it took us forever to give him directions to G Major, and then we were already late, but Tommy has to have his morning Starbucks Coffee, so we had to stop, and that's why we're late." Jude said, sounding rather convincing. Tommy stared at Jude, slight admiration on his face.

"Is that true Tom?"

"What? OH, yeah, of course." Tommy said, thinking to himself, yeah, real smooth man. You couldn't be more obvious…stupid!

"OK, You can go Tom." Tommy stared incrediously at Georgia. "Well, if that was your role in it, I guess I can't do anything, and the only thing I have left to ask Jude is why her mother called here in a panic this morning looking for her missing daughter." Georgia stated. Tommy dashed out of the boardroom, afraid he would have to stay longer. Jude glared at his retreating form, how dare he leave me to deal with this!

"So Jude, where were you last night?" Georgia asked.

"God Georgia, I'm 18, I'm a legal adult, I can make my own decisions onto how to spend my evening." Georgia gave her a raised eyebrow. "I went out with…Speiderman. Ya see, they had a gig and their singer was sick, so they asked if I could fill in for him…and it was a late party and I ran into…Renee from school and she let me spend the night because she lived a block away from the gig and it was late, raining, and the drunks were most likely to be out. It was the best thing to do…"

"And you didn't think to notify your mother?" Georgia asked. Jude scoffed.

"It's not like she notices what I do the other 90 of the time. Look, Georgia, it was late. I was tired, and a friend offered me a place to crash…I took the offer and I'm fine. I'll remember to call everyone next time so they can keep tabs on me." Jude said, her voice raising slightly in anger.

"Jude, we were all worried about you."

"I can take care of myself." Jude said, looking away from Georgia's mothering eyes. She didn't want to lie to Georgia. It didn't feel right.

"OK Jude. You're right. But next time, just tell someone where you're going…especially with your roommates, mother, whatever. OK?" Georgia said.

"Yeah." Georgia smiled and gave her a squeeze.

"Now get to work!" Georgia demanded. Jude laughed and left the boardroom and down the hall to the studio.

Meanwhile

Tommy entered the studio, hoping Jude came up with a good excuse for being out all night. As he walked into his studio, Kwest sat in his chair, grinning like a Cheshire cat. Tommy groaned.

"Come on man, you can tell me!"

"There's nothing to tell Kwest." Tommy said, not looking his friend in the eyes.

"OH, come on T! I'm not Georgia! You can tell me!" Kwest was practically bouncing in his seat. "So, did you two…do it…if you know what I mean."

"Depends on what you mean." Tommy stated, deciding to play the game with Kwest.

"You know what I mean, man. So, answer the question."

"A lot of stuff happened last night man, if you know what I mean. You might need to elaborate."

"ooo, Tom's rollin out the big guns! Come on, tell me!" Kwest said, almost pleading.

"Nothing happened…" Tommy said, and muttered "Nothing like that anyway."

"What'd you say?"

"How can Georgia make me feel like I'm 13 again and getting caught sneaking out?" Tommy asked, changing the subject.

"OO, subject change. Something good happened last night…" Kwest said, and put an arm around Tommy's shoulders. "It's ok man, I understand. You don't wanna nail and tell. It's fine with me."

"KWEST! There was no nailing of the sort!"

"Please, Tommy, you don't have to lie to the Kwest." Kwest said, enjoying seeing Tommy squirm. Tommy glared at Kwest and busied himself around the studio.

"Nothing happened man, so get it out of your head."

"I know." Kwest said, and Tommy turned around and looked at him questioningly. "I know the look of someone who just got lucky, and trust me, you haven't got any action in months."

"Why are we talking about my sex life?"

"Because yours is more interesting than mine." Kwest said, like it was obvious.

"What's more interesting?" Jude asked, walking into the room.

"Nothing!" Tommy said, and Kwest laughed.

"OOOkay…" Jude said, looking back and forth between the two men. Tommy was looking rather uncomfortable and Kwest was looking smug.

"Kwest is just trying to get his daily juicy gossip. He seems to think we got something to gossip about." Tommy said, glaring at his friend.

"Hey! I'm the kwest, I know all."

"Right, only because you're the biggest gossiper known to man." Tommy stated and Jude nodded in agreement.

"Oh yeah, I think he's worst than Sadie."

"I resent that! But come on, something's going on between…"

"OUT!" Tommy said, shoving Kwest out the door and shutting it behind him. Tommy leaned against the door incase Kwest decided he wasn't going to leave and rubbed his temples as if he had a headache.

"What were you guys talking about?" Jude asked.

"You don't wanna know." Tommy stated, moving away from the door. "I think he'll stay quiet, but that won't necessarily stop the rumors from running around rampant." Tommy added, giving Jude an apologetic look.

"It's fine. I gave Georgia a story about Speiderman needing a new singer. I hurried up and called them and they said they'd cover for me." Jude stated, and Tommy nodded.

"We should probably record the songs we fixed yesterday and call it an early day." Tommy said, leaving the plan open for Jude to comment.

"Sounds good." Jude said, and went into the sound booth and recorded her new songs without incident.

After she was finished, she went and rejoined Tommy.

"Do you want me to start working on our Duet tonight? I'm feeling inspired." Jude said and Tommy sighed.

"No, take the night off. Enjoy the day, relax. I'm going to stay for a hour or so and start mixing one of the songs. Georgia will have my head if I don't get at least one done." Tommy said. Jude looked slightly disappointed but nodded.

"Are you sure you don't want me to stay?" Jude asked. "It's not right for me to go home when I'm the reason we're both tired…"

"I'm fine." Tommy said, and studied her a moment. "You going to be ok?" He asked her.

"Yeah, I guess. Thanks for last night." Tommy gave her a look she couldn't read but Jude thought it looked almost sad.

"That's what I'm here for."

"I thought you were here to make music?"

"That too." Tommy stated, a small smile on his face.

"I missed you Quincy." Jude said, and looked away from him. Tommy wasn't sure what to say to that, but it made his heart skip a beat to know she missed him when he was gone. Tommy gave her a smug smile

"Of course you did!" Jude glared at him and he changed the subject. "If you hear anything else from your stalker…I want you to call me. I don't care if it's even a bad feeling or something. OK?" Tommy said, waiting for her to give him an answer. Jude nodded.

"I'll see ya tomorrow?" She asked.

"Yup. Enjoy your day." Tommy said, sternly. Jude nodded and left the studio. Tommy watched her go and once she was out of sight he let out a sigh and began playing with the beats for Jude's latest song.