Chapter 2: The Question.

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Jude was asleep, after a night of I-Ming her almost Prince Charming and homework. Most of it, not hers, but her step sisters. The monitor in her room went off.

Yvette: "Jude." She called her softly. "Ju--de." She called in a sing-song voice. "Jude!" She yelled at her, causing her to jump up, awake. "I need my salmon!" she called at Jude. "You're gonna be late for work!" Jude got up for her seat at the computer and got dressed.

Jude: She ran outside with a plate of salmon. "Here, Yvette." She handed her the plate.

Yvette: "Good. . .enough," she scoffed at her. Jude felt like slapping her. "What are you still doing here? You have to get to work."

Jude: "I have a math test first period!"

Yvette: "Jude," she pushed the sun glasses down her nose. "To get a job, you have to go to school. You already have a job, so it's like skipping a step. Go on, get going." On Jude's way out, the sprinklers went on. Jude ran to turn them off. "No, Jude, keep those on. The lawn's looking a little brown!"

Jude: "Yvette, we're supposed to be conserving water! We're in the middle of a drought!"

Yvette: "Droughts are for poor people!" Jude just let it go and ran out of the house, before she got soaked. Jude grabbed her bag and jumped in her very out dated, old, and faded Mustang. She had to pick up Jamie!

Outside Jamie's house.

Jamie: He walked out, his nose in a tabloid, as usual. He got into the car and Jude gave him a look. "What?"

Jude: She took the magazine from him and threw in into the backseat of her convertible. "Why do you read those anyway? They're full of crap." She began to drive.

Jamie: "Jude, I want to be an announcer for Entertainment Tonight. I have to keep up with the celebrity gossip. Especially toward the fact that you're gonna be in one soon."

Jude: "Jamie, I haven't heard anything from 5 Town's yet, so until then we don't know." She parked in the school parking lot and they got out. Before she could continue walking, a blue Viper drove right in front her, not even realizing she was there. "Thanks!" she shouted sarcastically at the car as the car parked three spaces down. Out came Tom Quincy and his friend Kwest. No one really knew his real name. "Figures." Her and Jamie walked to their first class, math, which was Jude's Achilles' heel, but she still kicked ass at it.

Computer Lab; Later that day.

Jude was already I-Ming her mystery man.

Tommy: 'Where have you been?'

Jude: 'What! We talked this morning.'

Tommy: 'And I miss you already.'

Jude: 'Aw. . . That's so shweet.'

Tommy: 'Well, I'm a charmer, if I don't say so myself.'

Jude: 'Hold on. My phone's going off.'

Tommy: 'Okay.'

Jude: She picked up her phone. "Hello?"

Yvette: "Something got into my salmon. It's all gone. And I need you wash my car!" she hung up before Jude could protest. Jude grumbled and turned back to the computer. 'You are so gonna hate me, but my step mom's hollering. I have to go.'

Tommy: 'Wait! I'm dying to meet you. Please, meet me at the Halloween dance. 11o'clock, in the middle of the dance floor.'

Jude: She tapped the keyboard, but nothing came out. 'I'll see you there. Bye'. She then signed off and left the lab.

Tommy: "Yes!" Everyone turned to look at this idiot shouting random things at the computer. He then signed off and got up and then left.