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Chapter Four: Reality Check
As the weeks went by, they fell into a comfortable rhythm, and she was definitely getting the hang of how the music world worked. Not that she thought the industry was any better than her first impressions, but working with Tommy was different. He had kept his promise: thus far, her image stayed, her raw sound was admired, and she had creative freedom when it came to lyrics and melodies.
Their relationship, though kept very quiet, was turning out better than she imagined. They had broken the news to her parents, respectively, and though they weren't thrilled with the idea, they accepted it, if only because of the news of her survival was still so recent. Sadie didn't know, but had suspicions, as did Jamie. Kat was still thrilled with the idea, and only a selected few at G Major were privy to the news.
The only problem was Kwest, who did actually turn out to be a very good friend to Jude. However, she couldn't understand the icy attitude when Jude and Tommy crossed the line into PDA.
Jude entered the studio after school, surprised to see only Tommy sitting behind the soundboard, apparently waiting for her.
"Hey," she grinned, kissing him quickly before sitting on the couch across the room from him.
"Why are you sitting so far?" he joked, as she picked up a guitar.
"Kwest will be here any minute," she stated, as if that made perfect sense.
"Just because he's not used to us doesn't mean we have to take him into consideration," he smirked, but he was slightly put off.
"I know, I just like him better when he's in a good mood, and if we're not all over each other, it guarantees said mood." She changed the subject, " I had a song idea, you wanna work on that, or do we have to rerecord?"
"Jude, it's been, what? Three months officially? And that's just once we got home. Sitting that far away might be helping Kwest, but it definitely isn't doing anything for your boyfriend…"
She grinned. He did have a point.
"Kwest is just sensitive about these things. He had a girlfriend before who was slightly younger than him and things didn't turn out so well. He'll get over it… but first, he has to get used to it. So how bout a proper hello?"
Rolling her eyes, she got up to give him his "proper" hello.
Yeah, she loved the music industry.
She was on her lunch break at school, and nothing could make her happier. Except maybe no school at all. Even with all the days she took off and got to miss because of recording, she still saw entirely way too much of the building, and it was only December.
Pulling her jacket tighter, she realized, in the back of her mind, that Christmas was coming up, but she still had at least two weeks to figure out what she was doing. Her parents had divorced before she returned home, and this was her first Christmas with a broken family… and a boyfriend.
"How's the day going?" she heard his voice behind her as she walked around the building to the picnic tables by the soccer field that was now covered in snow.
"Oh, it's going…" she sighed, turning to see Tommy in the parking lot beside her, leaning oh so casually against his Hummer.
"I was just wondering how important those afternoon classes of yours were? I heard the food here sucks, and I know a great little place, but you might miss a few important lessons," he grinned.
" I'm sure I can manage to get the notes from someone," she said, not hesitating to get into the passenger's side.
Who needed school anyway? She had a music career to work on, and that started with lunch.
She knew as soon as she walked into the studio that weekend that something was wrong. Even the interns were giving her the evil eye, and they certainly never looked at her like that before, especially not with the holidays looming.
As she made her way quickly to the studio, she was stopped by Patsy, who she had befriended only two weeks ago.
"Looks like they found you out, rock star," she muttered, pressing a tabloid into her hand.
Survivors Have Instant Affair – The two survivors of the recent, and mostly fatal, airline crash have turned out to be more than just friends, sources say. Even though the instant star is seven years his senior, Little Tommy Q is reportedly dating his client, Jude Harrison. Sources say he's given her more creative freedom than any other artist has had since G Major's switch in management just last year. But when did this fling form? A close friend of Quincy says, " They've been together since they were rescued. Maybe even before then." So do they really share a special bond, or just a bed?
"I can't read this anymore," she said, disgusted.
"Oh, that's not even the most interesting one," Patsy began.
"Don't… I don't want to know," she said as she turned towards Studio A.
"I think you do…" she said expectantly as she held out another one. The cover had a picture of her and Tommy leaving the restaurant he had taken her to when she cut school, same as the other magazine. But the cover was split into two, and on the other side was Tommy with a woman she'd never seen before, both clutching the hands of a 2 year old and walking to a car she recognized as Tommy's.
"What…?"
She grabbed the magazine, searching for the article.
It opened with mostly the same junk as the other one, but skimming through, she came to a different angle once she hit the third paragraph.
Even if the former BoyzAttack star is serious about his newest artist, which sources have confirmed, close friends are concerned about the welfare of his daughter. Reportedly, Quincy left her in the custody of her maternal grandmother, but recent reports have shown he may have to take her back into his custody, for personal reasons. How will Harrison, a child herself, deal with playing Mommy? And will Little Tommy Q keep her around long enough to find out?
"What the hell-?"
"Told you…" Patsy said knowingly.
Jude stared at her blankly. " It's just a stupid tabloid…" she reasoned, more to herself than anything.
"Yeah, but I'd say the man's got some explaining to do…"
Okay, so this chapter turned out to be a complete filler, and I'm sorry, haha. It went in a completelyyy different direction than I had originally planned, but I really couldn't write anything else. I had this idea in my head, and so I pretty much skipped right to it, which explains the month jumps. At least, I hope it explained them.
If you didn't get it, they're in a stable relationship, and have been since they got home. And now they have this to deal with.
Definitely not my best work, but hey, I tried.
So how bout some reviews? Prettty please? I promise if I get enough reviews, I'll make sure the next chapter doesn't suck nearly as bad as this one did. Oh, and I'll post it sooner too.