A/N: This chapter is just a run-through of what happened on Jude's 16th birthday party, told, of course, by Kwest. The next chapter is when the story really starts.

Disclaimer: I don't own the show.

Chapter 3: Unsweet 16

"See, it was Jude's 16th birthday party and Jude had just gotten the heartbreak of a lifetime."

"Hmm. Pleasant. Was it by Tommy?" Kwest looked up.

"What? No." He thought for a minute. "Well, in a way, yes. But not at first." Chloe gave him a kind of look that said 'what the hell are you talking about?'

"You're kinda losing me here, man." Kwest nodded.

"Sorry.Maybe I should explain this more."

"That would be nice."

"Anyway, as you know, it was Jude's 16th birthday party. Her boyfriend, Shay, had been on tour and was coming back to see her for her birthday. She got a call from him at the party and saw him standing away from the crowd, so she went to talk to him. When she got there, he started flipping out saying something about a picture. She asked him what he was talking about and, well, to put a long story short he was cheating on her with her worst enemy, pop-princess wannabe Eden. She stormed off in tears and he followed her, right into the middle of the party, no less." Kwest stopped and shook his head, laughing. "What a moron."

"Get on with it!" Kwest backed up, looking at her like she was a dog about to attack him.

"S-sorry. Anyway, that's when Tommy came in. Jude was at about the center of the room when Shay came in and grabbed her. She managed to shove him off into a table, nearly crashing into a waiter herself. She ran off and into this alley. She was actually stading where you're sitting right now." Chloe looked down at the floor and then up at the railing, imagining the girl she had met standing over it crying. Kwest smirked. "And to make matter worse it was, of course, raining." She looked back at him.

"Raining? Are you making this up?" Kwest shook his head and held up his hand.

"All completely true, I swear." Chloe nodded.

"Ok. You were saying?"

"Tommy had obviously seen where she had rushed off to, because he followed her. He went out into the alley, not caring that it was raining, and over to Jude. He put his coat over her shoulder and leaned on the railing next to her, trying to comfort her. He was probably the last person she wanted to see, however."

Flashback

Tommy looked at Jude. "Look, for what it's worth, Shay's a kid. And an idiot. And he just made the wrong choice." Jude looked at him.

"It's not worth much coming from you." Tommy looked hurt.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"I'm so tired of falling for guys that don't fall back. It hurts."

"Jude, I-" Jude cut him off.

"You all say the nicest things, 'You're so great, you're so nice,' but none of you wanna date me. So you wanna help me, Tommy? Tell me what I do wrong. Tell me why i'm so easy to give up, and then maybe I can fix it." Tommy looked up and turned to face her.

"You are asking-the wrong-guy." With that he grabbed Jude by the shoulders, pulled her to him and kissed her. Hard and passionately. He pulled away and kept her in his arms for a split second before someone came opened and closed the door. He looked at her. "You should go, Jude."

"Tommy, don't."

"Go. I'll be there in a minute." She nodded and left Tommy in the alley with his face in his hands.

End of flashback

Kwest sighed. "That was it. He made her forget it ever happened."

"That's it? That's the reason they've been apart for 4 years?" Kwest shook his head.

"I never said that. There's actually way more to this story, but that's pretty much how it all started. Jude swore to herself that she would never let him do anything like that again..."

A/N: R&R. Just so you know, there is no SadieTommy or JudeJamie in this fic. At all.