A/N: I want to state again, for the record, I do own the song Two Worlds Collide.
Chapter 16
The next day
Jude woke up to her phone ringing. She groaned and grabbed her cell of her headboard.
"'lo?"
"Hello Lover." A voice said. Jude bolted up in her bed, fear washing over her.
"Who are you?" She demanded.
"Now, Now Jude. You know me. How come you hid from me? I only wanted to show you how a real man takes care of his girl." Jude felt like she was going to hurl.
"I'm not your girl." Jude snapped.
"Don't fight me girl! You're mine. You know that. No other man will touch you but me. You're mine my sweet." The voice soothed and Jude knew she would vomit if she had eaten something that morning.
"Who are you!" Jude demanded again. "A real man would let his girl know who he is."
"Don't make me mad Jude. You don't want to see me mad." The voice said and hung up the phone. Jude stared at her cell phone a moment before disconnecting. She felt s shudder run through her body as her mind trailed back to the conversation. Lover? She was noone's lover and that thought itself scared her. Why did this mystery guy/stalker think of her as a lover? She shuddered again and catalogued the conversation as a 'tell tommy about later' and left her room and headed down the stairs. She had talked to her mother last night about where she was the night before, telling her the same story she told Georgia. She had been reamed at for hours and sent upstairs without dinner, which didn't bother her considering she wasn't hungry anyway and if she really wanted something, she could sneak downstairs later in the night and find something to eat.
As she stepped off the bottom step, the doorbell rang. Jude opened the door and saw no one around. She frowned and stepped onto the porch and scanned the street. She saw no one around and turned back to enter the house and saw a red rose taped to the door with a letter attached with a red string. In a handwriting a calligrapher would envy was wrote on the off-white envelope, Jude.
Jude felt a feeling of dread roll over her. She reached with a shaking hand and pulled the rose off the door, and untied the string so she could read the note. She dropped the rose and opened the envelope and pulled out a piece of parchment, wrote in black ballpoint ink.
Jude,
You are as beautiful as the rose
As sweet as this prose
You will see one day
You are meant to come my way
I love you my dear,
You'll open your eyes and see
You're only one is me
Jude stared at the letter and felt a chill go through her. She picked up the rose and went inside the house. She tossed the rose into the garbage and pocketed the rose to show to Tommy later. Jude saw the note on the fridge that proclaimed her mother at work and Sadie gone for her classes at the community college (do they even have comm. Colleges in Canada?). Jude sighed and grabbed her guitar and left the house, heading towards the studio.
Jude parked in her usual parking place and entered G Major. EJ Greeted her with enthusiasm.
"OH my god Jude! I got you and Tommy on Behind the Mic for a three-day interview!" EJ Squeeled in delight. "NO way! Behind the Mic! That's like, world wide!" EJ grinned and nodded.
"They want to do an exclusive with you on the first day, Tom the next, and you both together on the last. Of course, you're gonna hafta sing a new song, Tom's going to have to perform a cover, and you both might have to come up with a small something to sing together on the show. I don't want you performing whatever you're duet is called."
"EJ, when is this?" Jude asked.
"Oh, next week." EJ Said, calmly.
"What!"
"They only had the time slots open next week and BtM wants to be the first to have the exclusive on the duet."
"Isn't that kinda sudden?" Jude asked. EJ gave her an annoyed look.
"Puh-leeeaze girl! There is plenty of time. Now get to work on that Duet!" EJ ordered and shoved Jude in the general direction of Studio A. Jude laughed at her PR manager and scurried away before EJ got on her about wardrobe. She entered the studio and found Tommy seated in his usual seat, listening to the latest arrangement of her new song, Push Me, Pull You.
"Hey!" Jude called. Tommy glanced at her and turned the volume down a notch.
"Hey." He greeted, not as enthusiastically and turned his attention back to the song.
"Sounds good." Jude said, sitting down next to him.
"mmm." Tommy answered, not paying complete attention to her.
"Did EJ tell you about Behind the Mic?"
"Mmm Hmm." Tommy said, adjusting a setting on the sound board and the song came to an end. "I think that's one down." He muttered.
"Tommy?"
"Yeah?" Looking like he just realized she was talking to him.
"Did EJ Tell ya about B.t.M?"
"Yeah?" His voice questioning.
"Shouldn't we get something together? We need to be able to say something about the duet…"
Tommy sighed. "I guess you're right." He said, stretching back in his chair and taking another sip from his coffee mug. Jude frowned at him.
"How long have you been here?" She asked.
"Don't ask." Tommy stated, and rolled the chair across the room and pulled a notebook out of the file cabinet they used to write lyrics in and tossed it at Jude.
"I still think we could re-work two worlds.."
"I'm not going to argue. It's you're record, if you want us to do that song, it's fine with me." Tommy said. Jude grinned and flung her arms around him, which required her to half sit in his lap to do so.
The door opened to the studio and Kwest entered the room. Jude leaped away from Tommy and stared nervously at the floor.
"Don't stop on my account…" Kwest said. Tommy glared at his friend and technician.
"What do you want?" Tommy asked.
"Comin to see how the song was going, but if I knew you two were…uh…busy.."
"Kwest!" Tommy snapped, his voice conveying his warning. Kwest smiled at Jude.
"Hey Jude!" He said,and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "Don't you think.."
"Kwest, out!" Tommy said, getting out of his chair and opening the door for him. "We're never going to get any work done with you around."
"Right…work…" Kwest said, and Tommy shoved him out the door again and shut it behind him. "What is up with that guy lately?" Tommy asked, sounding annoyed.
Jude shrugged. "So, who's gonna start?"
"You can." Tommy stated. Jude sighed and thought about how the original Two Worlds Collide started. She sang as she wrote:
"You were sitting across the room
Hangin with your friends
When I first saw you…" Jude trailed off, looking uncertain as to where to go from there.
"What did you feel when you first see him?" Tommy asked, sitting down across from her.
"You were looking so cool
So untouchable.
Then you looked over at me…
And our eyes met for the first time
Oooooooohhhhhh
Your eyes met mine and
I felt the earth shake as two worlds collided for the first time…"
"Good touch." Tommy commented.
"Thanks."Jude said, writing down her inspiration and tossing the notebook to Tommy. Tommy closed his eyes and visualized the place Jude had set up for them. He was sitting across the room, with his friends, shooting the breeze. He then spots a pretty girl across the room…
"You were standing across the room
You were looking kind of sexy
And then your eyes met mine…
And for the first time
I swore I felt the earth shake
As Two worlds Collided…"
"not too shabby." Jude stated, a smirk on her face.
"Eh, whatcha gonna do?" Tommy said and looked thoughtful for a second. "Chorus?"
"Not yet…" Jude said, and Tommy looked confussed.
"We sing together…
When two worlds collide
Everything felt so right…"
"But I knew it to be so wrong" Tommy finished. Jude nodded and sang
"You're a little too old for me…" Tommy's eyes narrowed slightly and countered
"You're too innocent for me…"
"But it didn't seem to matter" They both sang together, and Tommy continued on his own
"I think I fell in love when" Jude caught on and sang with him
"Two worlds collide." They smiled at each other and Jude took the notebook from Tommy and wrote it all down.
"OK, so new verse. Me or you?" Jude asked.
"Keep up the pattern. It's all you girl."
"Hmmm…" Jude said, looking thoughtful.
"You came up to me
And asked for a dance
Hhhhmmmm
It was like floating
I felt I could fly
When two worlds collided
I think it was love…"
Tommy made a face.
"What?" Jude asked, looking annoyed.
"Nothing Dear." Tommy said, looking smug.
"My Friends don't understand
Why I waste my time with you
They speak the truth
When they say
I'm too old for you
But they don't understand
I think I fell in love…
When two worlds collided" Tommy sang and Jude looked impressed.
"Hu."
"What?" Tommy asked. Jude just smiled innocently. "Why do I even bother?" Tommy muttered.
"Big finish?" Jude asked.
"Go for it."
"You could help.."
"But you're doing such a good job…" Jude glared at him.
"It's you're song too!" She pointed out. Tommy sighed.
"Do you want me to write it?" Tommy asked.
"No." Jude said. Tommy looked exasperated.
"But it's not the point!" The door to the studio opened and an intern poked her head in.
"Mr. Quincy?"
"Yes?"
"You're needed in Studio B." The intern left. Jude glared at him.
"Don't think you're getting away with this."
"Wouldn't dream of it. Be right back." Tommy said and left the studio. Jude sighed and sang softly
"ooooo
When two worlds collide
I met youuu
When two worlds collide
I'm with you
Oooooo
When two