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Chapter 4: Save Me
"That is until it came time for her first tour." Kwest looked around. "Hmm. Maybe we should move for this part of the story." Chloe raised her eyebrows.
"Not to another alley, I hope." Kwest shook his head.
"No. This part calls for a completely different setting."
"Where?" Kwest grinned.
"Tommy and Jude's old studio." They got up and Kwest led Chloe out of the alley and over to studio B, a studio that she had seen being used. The only time she had ever set foot in that studio was when she was trying to find a freind of hers who was recording in there, and in the 4 years she had been there, she had never seen Tommy go in. She looked around.
"Wow, they used to work here?" Kwest nodded.
"Yep. Me, Jude, and Tommy. We used to stay locked up in this same studio all night just to get one song right." He laughed. "I can almost hear them fighting over the melody. Anyway, take a seat. I'm sure you want to hear more." Chloe sat down and shook her head.
"Why are you taking me to different places to tell the story?" Kwest shrugged.
"It helps if you get a feel of where they were. Like I said, you can almost imagine it happening." She smiled.
"Yeah. It's kinda cool. It's like being on the set of a movie." He nodded.
"Anyway, let's get on with the story." She nodded and he pulled up a chair to sit across from her. "Ok, so Jude, Tommy, and I were at the studio recording. Jude had just showed Tommy the lyrics to her new song and as usual, he thought it was great. What did you expect, he was in love with her. She had written a song about Shay after the whole sweet sixteen thing, or 'unsweet sixteen' as we like to call it. The song was actually pretty good. I think there's still a copy of it somewhere; this studio doesn't get used much anymore, so there are probably alot of Jude's old songs still here from when she left," He said while digging around. "Ah, here it is." He handed Chloe the demo that had been hidden under the soundboard. "Never got a chance to let it out. It could've been a hit, too." She looked at the cd in her hands, confused.
"Rollover DJ?" Kwest smirked.
"Yep, that's the one. Jude wrote it after Shay asked her to come on tour with him. To call him out. Here, hand me the cd." She did as she was told, and Kwest put it in the cd player and pressed play. Moments later a steady rock beat filled the room followed by Jude's voice.
Got your rhymes going round in my
head
got your supersonic beats mixin' up my
keds
so dance little dj come on
what's your name?
I wanna move but I don't feel right
'cause you've been playing other people's
songs all night
so tell me what you're trying to say
What's your name?
Hey rollover DJ
you're spinning away
on my time
Hey who cares what you play
say whatever you say, I don't mind
hey rollover DJ if you don't mind
Well I know that you think you're the
star
a pill poppin' jutebox is all that you are
so tell me it ain't that way
what's your name?...
Chloe cracked up as the song came to an end. "She wrote that?" Kwest started laughing with her.
"Yeah, and Tommy has never liked a song more in his life." They laughed. "Anyway, when we finished the last part of the song, Jude and Tommy started talking. Jude was trying to talk Tommy into coming on tour with her. I knew she was gonna end up winning. He would do anything for her if she said it right. After a few minutes of arguing, Tommy finally agreed to go with her. Jude, of course, was ecstatic. They would get to be alone, well, with the exception of Jude's backup band, for 6 weeks. That's when everything went wrong."
Flashback
Jude was getting ready to leave for the tour when Tommy came in. "Hey, girl. Getting ready?" She turned around and smiled.
"Yeah. I'm almost done. What about you?" He nodded.
"Same. Hey, uh, I got you something. For the tour." She stopped packing and looked up from her bags.
"Yeah?" He came closer to her and held out a guitar case. She opened it and gasped. Inside was a cheery red fender stratocaster, same one she had wanted. "Umm, wow, Tommy. Thanks. This is-- amazing." He smiled.
"Yeah, I kinda saw you staring at it in a magazine and decided it would be the perfect going away present, so I got it for you." Jude smiled down at her new guitar.
"Thank you so much. I love it." Tommy came closer to her.
"Yeah, and I love you." Jude looked up at him.
"Tommy-" Jude was cut off by Tommy's lips connecting with hers. She lost herself in the kiss for a split second before coming back to reality and pulling away from him. "Tommy, what was that?" Tommy looked down.
"I don't know. I--it was a mistake. I'm sorry. I really shouldn't have done that. Please, can we just pretend it didn't happen?" Jude grew furious.
"No, Tommy. We can't. I'm sick of pretending. It did happen and it did mean something. You can't keep doing this to me." Jude rushed out of her room and Tommy followed her.
"Jude, please wait. You need to listen to me!" Jude turned back.
"No, I don't, Tommy. If you really loved me, you wouldn't have done that to me in the first place. Don't bother to come on the tour." She turned back around and stormed off. Tommy sighed and left. Jude ran inot her living room, sobbing. She fell against a large cabinet, causing the doors to come open. She looked behind her to see bottles of all types of alchohol. She reached up and took out a bottle. She opened it and took a sip. It was bitter, but she loved the burn it gave her. She finished the bottle hastily and pulled out another one. This went on until Jude had finished off 3 seperate bottles. She sat on the floor, tears still pouring from her eyes...
A/N: R&R.