A/N: I AM SOOOO SOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY! You guys have no idea... well I've been busy and then the days I wasn't busy, I had MAJOR MAJOR writers block. And come on, you know me, I update alot! I'm sorry! Sorry sorry sorry...sorry... and I know this chapter is short... but like i said, MAJOR MAJOR writers block. Nods I hope this chapter will make yall happy and make up for my lost time. I will try to write more ASAP! and once again...I'm SORRY!
Chapter 5-
Jude groaned when the sun pierced through her eyelids. She opened them and leaned up in her bed. She instantly regretted her decision when pain overcame her and she fell back to her pillow.
"Oh yea" She told herself "I'm a cripple"
She got out of bed carefully. She took her crutches and placed one under each arm. She got to the stairs and looked down, scared she would fall on the crutches.
"SADIE!" She yelled. Sadie came to the staircase from the kitchen and shot upstairs when she saw Jude standing there. She took one of Judes arms around her neck and took the crutch, helping her hop down the stairs. Jude didnt want to do that again anytime soon! She went in the kitchen and sat down, resting her bad leg on an empty chair. Then she remembered Tommy, and how kind he'd been to her yesterday. NO! she thought I WILL NOT fall for him again over one stupid incident! Don't be that naive, Jude!
Just that moment, Jude was knocked out of her thoughts when there was a knock at the back door. Sadie had left Jude alone in the kitchen, and Jude didn't feel like getting up to answer it. The person knocked again.
"IT'S UNLOCKED!" She yelled. Pure entered the doorway and smiled at her.
"Good thing I'm not a robber" He said. Then he noticed her leg "Ouch..does it hurt?"
Jude shrugged and looked away. He kissed her cheek and sat next to her.
"So I guess you're not up for the studio" Pure said.
"Oh yes..I am up for the studio..somehow" Jude tried to stand and Pure grabbed her arm to keep her from falling. Finally they made their way out to the car.
When they arrived at G-Major, Darius instantly approached Jude, questioning her about what happened. She told him the story, and he insisted she should go home and rest, but she declined. She wanted to make music like she normally would. She wasn't even tired right now. She had her pills in her pocket incase she needed them. They walked past Tommy and Jude looked at him, for the first time in a while she wasnt mad at him. She was just upset that they still weren't talking. Tommy cleared his throat.
"Jude can I talk to you for a sec?" He asked, pointing a finger at an empty studio. She looked up at Pure and he nodded. She took her crutch from him, now having both under her arms. She started to follow Tommy. Just then, Tina walked in.
"Ready to record my new song?" She asked. Tommy slouched over and sighed. He nodded.
"Later" He said to Jude. She nodded and looked away, hopping on her crutches back into the studio with Pure.
She walked in and before she could close the door, he captured her lips in his own. She kissed him back, bringing her hand to his neck to intensify it. She then remembered where she was and pulled away from him. She found a chair and sat down, resting her leg on Pure's chair. He lifted her leg just slightly so he could sit down, and then he placed her leg in his lap. She smiled sweetly at him and leaned back.
"You sure you wanna work like this?" He asked, looking at her leg. She nodded.
"Absolutely" She pulled out a pen and some paper, scribbling some words down. She started to sing a tune to it, but it was off. She tried about 20 different tone changes but it still sounded bad to her. Pure took the paper and looked at the lyrics, humming a tune to himself. Jude listened intently, trying hard to figure out how she'd add a chorus to his tune. Finally, she came up with an idea and took the guitar, strumming out a few chords.
"That's good" Pure said. "Keep practicing."
Pure got up and left the room to let her practice. She didn't want to record this song today, not yet. She wasn't really sure if she was going to record it at all. The lyrics were so real. So...about somebody else. And poor Pure, he thought they were about him. Jude shrugged and kept on writing.
"Jude" Tommy said. He entered the studio and closed the door. It was just him and her now. It's been forever since they sat in a studio together. Jude instantly folded the paper and put it in her pocket, then looked at Tommy.
"What?" She asked
"I wanted to talk"
"About not talking?" She asked
"About...apologizing"
"Why should you apologize? So we can just go through this whole fiasco again?"
"So we can be good with eachother again. I hate not being able to work in the studio with you. I hate letting you have another producer"
"That producer is my boyfriend. He takes chances..unlike you"
"Well, good for him" Tommy said, rolling his eyes. "I don't know why I thought apologizing could help. There's nothing we can do. You're with him and as long as you're with him I..."
"You what?" She asked
"Can't be your producer" he filled in. She sighed and looked away. He nodded to himself, pasting a frown on his face.Taking another glance at Jude, he turned to walk out of the studio.
"I don't love him you know" Jude said, not turning to look at him. He stopped.
"Huh?"
"I don't love Pure. He's my boyfriend, and I like him alot, but I don't love him." Jude repeated "I don't think I ever want to love anybody again"
"Jude, come on, Shay was like, 2 years ago." Tommy said. Jude exhaled heavily, angry that he didn't get her hint.
"Yep...Shay was 2 years ago" she mimicked. And at that, Tommy left the room.
"Did you talk to her?" Tina asked, a smirk hanging from her chubby cheeks.
"Yep"
"And?"
"I shouldn't have" Tommy sat at the switchboard. "let's record"
"What do you mean!" She asked, ignoring his request. "Tommy, that guy shouldn't be with her!"
"Just go record!" He repeated. She gave up and walked into the soundbooth. She placed the headphones on her head and watched Tommy's fingers motion the countdown. The music started, and she let herself free. The words poured out of her. Too bad Tommy wasn't even listening to her.
The song ended and she took off the headphones, joining Tommy in the switchboard. To her surprise, he was daydreaming, and hadn't even pushed "stop" on the recording.
"Tom!" She yelled, her hands on her hips. He didn't budge. She pushed "stop" herself and flicked him on the back of his head. He placed a hand to his head and whirled around to look at her with angry eyes.
"What was that for?"
"For not doin your job" She walked out of the studio. Tommy knew she was going to go in the middle of the street to meditate. He rubbed his fingers through his hair and walked out into the lobby. Jude was out there on her crutches looking for Pure.
"Have you seen him?" Jude asked.
"Nope" Tommy walked by her. She made her way out the front door of G-Major. He wasn't in the parking lot. She circled around the building. She's never seen the whole outside of G-Major before. It wasn't really anything to be proud of. On one side there was mounds of garbage, on the other side was a clutter of old cigarettes. Jude couldn't think of anyone in G-Major who smoked, so she figured it was probably just random drug addicts. Her leg started to hurt. She pulled out her pill bottle and took out 2 pain pills. Without water, she swallowed them down, hoping they work fast.
She leaned against the concrete wall outside for a few moments until the pain started to go away. She gathered up her crutches again. They hurt her armpits more than anything. It felt like 2 metal poles holding her up 24/7.
"PURE!" She called out. No response.
She heard a muffle behind the building, so she followed the noise. The concrete walls were long, and she was all the way at one end. She hopped as fast as she could on the crutches and finally reached the other end. She peaked around the corner, careful not to make a noise. What she saw broke her heart. There was Pure and Tina, struggling to get the remainder of their clothes back on.
Without letting him know she was there, she went the other way and found the front door of G-Major faster than she'd ever been. She burst through the front door, and dropped one of her crutches, and she went down with them. She whimpered, the tears falling down her cheeks, half from pain and half from heartbreak. Tommy ran up to her and helped her up, and now memories of their argument flooded her mind again, making the crying ten times worse. He helped her up and handed her the crutches. She swiped her face, almost scratching it with her nails and tried to get to her studio.
"Jude! What happened?" He asked, following her. God, please, go away! go away! she cried in her head. He shut the door behind him and sat next to her, listening to her sobs. He placed a hand on her shoulder and she tensed, so he removed his hand.
"What happened?" He asked again
"You wanna know?" She asked, "He's cheating on me with YOUR ARTIST!"
Tommy was taken back by this, it was a total surprise.
"Jude...wait, how do you know this?"
"Hm.. maybe because I found them behind this stupid building and they weren't exactly having a business meeting"
"I'm sorry..."
"Don't be, Tommy. I'm sick of hearing sorry and I'm sick of...!" She grunted and placed her hands in her hair, shaking her head frantically, whispering "no". Tommy placed his hand on her shoulder again, this time she didn't get as tense.
"Jude..." He knelt in front of her and brought her chin up. She looked into his eyes, seeing only a blur through her tears. He wiped them away and gazed into her eyes. Her lips quivered as fresh tears were forming in her eyes, refusing to fall. Not for him she told herself. She missed him so much in her heart, and she didn't even know it. She hated how he could bring out every emotion inside of her. She hated how he knew her so well when she didn't know almost a thing about him. She started to calm down and he was still staring at her. She whispered him name softly, and he couldn't hear it, but he could read her lips. And after another moment of staring into her eyes, he leaned in and allowed their lips to touch.
A/N: SORRY! once again. sorry a million times. SORRRYYYY! Review please :)
