Chapter 8

Sometimes Life's So Bitter-Sweet

Disclaimer Thinger: Okay, as usual, I don't own anything but this story. Carrie Underwood and her writers own "Starts With Goodbye" …I own nothing but the story idea…

So, the following takes place 4 Weeks later, 2 weeks before the wedding…Trust me when I say, it got dramatic…I don't even have a build up for it…

Flashback

Tommy sat at the bar talking to Chaz, who had come to town because Tom had asked him to be his best-man.

"So what's this new song you're working' on?"

"Oh…You mean "The Scientist?""

"Yeah…"
"It's a song I wrote for Jude after we'd gotten in a fight…"
"And that's your new hit?"

"Uh, no….I haven't decided if we're releasing that one, or "It's Only Love""

"Okay, then….So where is your bride-to-be?"

"Right here!" She walked over to Tommy, and planted a kiss right on the mouth, that quickly turned into making out.

"Okay you guys…you're at a bar, not in Tommy's bedroom!"

Tommy gave him a sideways look, and slapped him lightly on the back of the head.

"HEY!"

"You get what you give….and I rightfully think you deserved that, don't you baby?"
"Uh-uh...this is your fight to pick…I'll gladly stay out of it!" She smiled and kissed him again.
"Well, HEY!"

Before Chaz could finish, Jude pulled Tommy out to the dance floor, as "S.O.S." Started playing.

"Well….guess I could always go find a stray…."

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Jude stood in a circle talking and joking with her friends, when one of her friends pointed to Tommy. Jude turned around to see him kissing another girl…(DUN DUN DUN!)

Tears welled in her eyes as she walked over, and pulled the girl off of Tommy by the hair. "Did you not hear him say he's ENGAGED?"

She punched the girl on the side of the face and then turned to Tommy. She slapped him hard, and threw the engagement ring at his chest.

"IT'S OVER! We're done here….I have nothing to say to you!" He looked at her, with hurt and confusion in his eyes, along with tears.

She shook once, holding in the tears that she refused to let fall, and then shook her head, and turned on her heel, walking over to her friends. "Jude what's wrong?"

"Let's go…you're taking me home to get a change of clothes, and then we're going to dad's house."

Sadie and Liam followed her out, not fighting her request, or asking any questions… they'd all seen it….

Jude threw a bag together, and walked out of the house when Tommy grabbed her arm.
"Jude, come on…let's talk about this…"
"NO! You kissed her TOM!"

He let her go; knowing she was furious, now that she'd just called him Tom.

She turned around, and walked to the car, as Tommy collapsed on the door step….

Jude pounded on the front door, until her dad answered.

"Jude, sweetie, what's wrong?"
She explained the story to her father, and then asked to stay the night.

He happily obliged, and then she went up to her old bedroom, getting settled in, before grabbing her old guitar that she'd left there incase of emergencies, and pulled out her journal. She started writing a song, and knew it would hurt Tommy exactly the way she wanted it to when she sang it the next day…..

Meanwhile, Tommy sat on the door step of his and her house, his entire body shaking violently….

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The Next Day

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Jude walked into G Major, and straight over to the Studio after checking in. She walked into the sound booth and plugged in her guitar, ready to go, when Tommy came in. "Jude, I…"
She cut him off. "I don't wanna hear it Tom…I have a song to record, and then I'm going home…I have nothing to say to you.

"Hey, can we save the cat fight for later?"

Kwest sat down next to Tommy.

"No cat fight, Kwest, just clearing a few things up for your friend in there….

"Great…then let's get started."

Jude waited for the cue to start, and then began playing.

" I was sitting on my doorstep,
I hung up the phone and it fell out of my hand,
But I knew I had to do it,
And he wouldn't understand,
So hard to see myself without him,
I felt a piece of my heart break,
But when you're standing at a crossroad,
There's a choice you gotta make.

I guess it's gonna have to hurt,
I guess I'm gonna have to cry,
And let go of some things I've loved,
To get to the other side,
I guess it's gonna break me down,
Like falling when you try to fly,
It's sad, but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life,
Starts with goodbye.

I know there's a blue horizon,
somewhere up ahead, just waiting for me,
Getting there means leaving things behind,
Sometimes life's so bitter sweet.

I guess it's gonna have to hurt,
I guess I'm gonna have to cry,
And let go of some things I've loved,
To get to the other side,
I guess it's gonna break me down,
Like falling when you try to fly,
It's sad, but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life,
Starts with goodbye.

Time, time heals,
the wounds that you feel,
Somehow, right now.

I guess it's gonna have to hurt,
I guess I'm gonna have to cry,
And let go of some things I've loved,
To get to the other side,
I guess it's gonna break me down,
Like falling when you try to fly,
It's sad, but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life,
Starts with goodbye,
I guess I'm gonna have to cry,
And let go of some things I've loved,
To get to the other side,
Starts with goodbye,
The only way you try to find,
Moving on with the rest of your life,
Starts with goodbye,
Na na na na na na na..."

Jude opened her eyes, and Tommy stormed from the room. She smiled to herself, knowing he knew how he'd made her feel the night before. "That was great Jude…I'm not so sure about your fiancé over there though…"
"Oh, but Kwest, he's not my fiancé anymore…I called it off last night after his kissed another girl…." Kwest sat dumbfounded as Jude put her guitar back into its case, and then walked out of the studio. She was headed for the door, when Darius and Georgia pulled her into her office.
"What's this we hear about the wedding being called off?"

"Yeah…Tommy kissed another girl last night…"
"Oh…."

They immediately got silent, but Tommy who knew what they were talking about, was standing in the hall, and told Darius not to do what he was about to ask her.

"Do you want us to let the press know?"

"Yeah…"

Tommy, feeling defeated, walked to hospitality, and made a cup of coffee, but as soon as Jude entered the room to grab something out of the fridge, his anger got the best of him, and he threw the cup of coffee at the wall. It spilled to the ground, along with the broken pieces. "DAMN IT, QUINCY!"

"Like you care!"

"Maybe you should take up anger management classes!"

"Well I wouldn't have done that if my fiancé, or well, sorry,my EX-FIANCE, hadn't called off our wedding after thinking I kissed ANOTHER GIRL!EVEN THOUGH SHE KNOWS HOW MUCH I CARE ABOUT HER!"

"YOU KISSED HER BACK!"

"I WAS TRYING TO PUSH HER OFF OF ME!"

He fiercely grabbed her, and kissed her hard and passionately, but she shoved him away, and left….

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Flashback Ends

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And that's how the engagement ended…Needless to say, it got pretty nasty…we fought enough, and all I wanted to do was take her in my arms and hold her until she believed that I really was the innocent one here…I didn't do anything wrong…But that one was going to be a tough one…

A/N: Okay guys, so as soon as this goes up, I'm gonna start writing chapter 9, and so on to Chapter 10…I want to get these up for you guys, because I go home tomorrow, and I don't want to leave you with a cliffy…so keep reading, cuz I'll have another chapter up in about an hour…BTW, I was listening to the song "Starts With Goodbye" (The song in this chapter…the link for it is in chapter 6, I think…where ever I posted them all…)while writing this chapter…