Disclaimer: I don't own Instant Star or any of the characters.

A/N: This is now set 4 years from then. Jude took a train to New York. She figured no one would find her there. She finished highschool and graduated. But no one was there to see it. She is now 20 and works as a full time waitress/manager at a little coffee shop around the corner from her small, but livable apartment. She also sings part-time there at night. She's happy with her life so far, but what happens when her past is back to haunt her? Keep reading…

"Uh, Miss, can I get another cappuccino?" a man who was sitting at a table asked her politely.

"Oh, sure. That will be just one minute." she smiled at him and then went back behind the counter. A few minutes later she brought the man his coffee and noticed it was time for her break. She sat down at a table in the back and pulled out her notebook and started to write some lyrics. She then notices the clock and puts her apron back on and goes back to stand behind the counter. She noticed someone walk up to the counter and still had her head down.

"Can I help you?" she said, with her head still buried in the daily totals.

"Well, if it isn't Jude Harrison, punk rock princess, and Instant Star winner." a familiar voice stated.

"Jamie? What are you doing here?" she said as her eyes lit up and she walked around the counter to give him a big hug.

"Oh, I was in town, you know, for business. I thought I would stop and get a quick pick-me-up before I headed to work. What are you doing here?" he said as he looked down at her. He had changed a little. He must've gotten contacts. Those dorky glasses were no where to be found. He stood there, in a suit, no less. Jude found him a little attractive.

"Well, I live just around the corner from here. And I work as a waitress here, full time. And I sing here on Wednesday nights. So, what do you do?" she said, going back behind the counter as he stood on the other side.

"Oh, I'm in advertising. Kind of boring, but it pays the bills. Gotta support the family, you know?" as he said this Jude's eyes got curious.

"Are you and Kat…still together?" she said smiling.

"Yeah, and we have a daughter, Samantha, she is almost a year now. We live in the suburbs of good ol' New York. We're really happy. Kat is a fashion designer, surprise, surprise. So how have things been with you? You know, since you left?" he said as he sat at a stool at the bar.

"Oh, well they are okay, I guess. I'm getting by. Slowly but surely. So how are my parents? Are they okay? How is Sadie… and…" she trailed off thinking about her last conversation she had with Tommy.

"Tommy?" Jamie said finishing her sentence.

"Well your folks are good. They took it pretty hard when you left. They really didn't know what to do. But they are okay now. I go home to see mine every now and then. And I usually stop by there. Sadie is still living with your mom. She is modeling and doing commercials and all that. And Tommy…well Tommy is still working at G Major. I think he took it the absolute hardest when you left. He even left for a few months to try and find you. He thought it was his fault. Why did you leave, Jude?" he said with sadness in his eyes.

"I don't know. I was kinda…sick of it all. I had to get out of there. It was suffocating me. I really didn't mean to worry anyone. I came here. Finished highschool, and have had this job ever since. I'm part manager/ part waitress. I get paid pretty well, I guess. I just wish I could have pursued singing." she said a slight frown forming on her face.

"You still can, you know? Your record was a big hit, you can do it again." he said lifting up her chin. She smiled at him and then looked away again.

"I don't know Jamie; I haven't been back there…since my last fight with Tommy. I don't know if I could go back there again." she looked at him with tears welling up in her eyes.

"Jude, everything will be okay, you need to go see your parents and Sadie. She misses you more than you know kiddo." he said as he placed a hand on the red head's shoulder.

"Oh, well it would be good to see them all, I don't know, Jamie, I'm…scared." she said as she dried her tears.

"Jude Harrison, scared? Man, you have changed. I never even heard that word come out of your mouth. What's up?" he said looking at her with concerned eyes.

"I…just…haven't been home in four years. I'm not sure if I could go back…" she said fiddling with some cups on the counter.

"Jude, tell you what, Kat and I are due for a little vacation, besides I want to spend some time with my daughter, so if we go and stay at my parents' house, would you want to come with us?" he said with a smile on his face.

Jude couldn't admit to Jamie that the reason she was scared to go back wasn't because of Sadie and her parents. It was because of Tommy. However, they could be totally different people now. Jude had changed. So maybe he did too. After all, they couldn't have the same feelings for each other as they did then, could they?

"You know what, give me a couple of days, and I will take you up on that. Just give me until Friday and I'll be good to go." she was really kind of excited to go back, she missed her parents, and Sadie. But she was still scared as hell.

"Okay, give me your number and we will come pick you up, I gotta get to work, boss is kind of a prick." Jamie said as he made a face.

Jude gave Jamie her number and he left. She finished her shift and then went home to get ready and pack. She was actually going to go back to the one place she feared the most.

To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope. - Miguel De Cervantes

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