"Shay," Jude said shakily.

"Know about what," he repeated.

"Nothing," Jude and Kwest said in unison.

"Uh sure," Shay said as he raised his eyebrows and lounged in a chair. "Since you two aren't going to spill it, Kwest do you wanna mix up some new beats for me?"

"I don't know Shay. I mean Darius has you primarily working with Tommy."

"Tommy's not here and I have to get something done."

"I'm supposed to work with Jude."

"I'll help with Jude's music, and then you can help me with some beats."

Kwest gave Jude an 'it's your move' look.

"Yeah, that's fine. It doesn't really matter to me."

"Alright, so what do you have?" Kwest asked.

"Um, nothing."

"You mean you stayed in a secluded cabin with your producer for over a month, and you have nothing?" Shay asked.

"Well...yeah that's about it."

"We need to get to work," Kwest announced.

After many hours of deliberation, Kwest rewriting lyrics following with Shay crossing them out, and Jude getting frustrated with their bickering, they finally had a song. Jude knew the process would have gone much better if Tommy had been there to help work on it, but she knew she couldn't do anything about it.

"Jude," Darius came into the studio. "You're finally back," he said sarcastically.

"Yeah I'm back."

"I want a sophomore album Jude, and I want it now!" Darius demanded as he stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind him.

"Great,"Jude said, plopping into a chair beside Shay. "He wants another album and I have one song written."

"What about the one from the cabin?" Kwest said.

"I guess I could use that. I'd have to have Tommy send me the demo, but even then that only gives us two songs."

"Well I guess we have some work to do," Shay said.

Jude set down the first track of her new album an hour later. It was almost 9:00 p.m. by then.

"Okay Jude, let's wrap it up for the night," Kwest said.

Jude nodded and started unhooking and putting away her equipment.

"You did really good today Shorty."

"Yeah," she scoffed. "Darius wants an album now, and I have on song recorded, not even mixed."

"Don't worry about it. My uncle is all talk. Sure he wants an album right now, but there's nothing he can do about it. Georgia is your boss, not Darius."

"I don't think I can do this anymore Shay. It's too hard."

"Where's Jude Harriosn and what have you done with her?" SHay joked.

"Very funny."

"Seriously, this isn't something I would have heard from the old Jude."

"The old Jude went on tour and never came back."

"I don't believe that and I don't think you do either."

"Jude, let's go," Kwest called.

"Coming. See you tomorrow."

"Later."

By the time Kwest and Jude arrived at the apartment, Sadie was already asleep.

"I'm going to go to bed. Will you be okay?" Kwest asked.

"Yeah, fine. Don't worry about me. I'm going to go on my computer for awhile and then go to sleep."

"Alright, night."

"Night," Jude said as she walked to her room. She plopped down at her computer and clicked on the blinking window which told her she had two new messages. One was a welcome home e-card from Jamie and a short note from Tommy.

TO: Rockerchick33

FROM: tommyq18

Jude,

I told you I would e-mail you so here goes. I hope you appreciate this because you know I can't type worth a crap. I know today was your first day back at G Major. Hopefully everything went okay and Darius wasn't too hard on you. Just remember you answer to Georgia, no one else. I miss you a lot. It's so different and quiet here with everyone gone. I actually wrote a song today. I know, I know, it's my job right? Anyways, I wrote it for your new album. I don't know if you'll like it or not but I thought I'd try. I love you Jude.

Love,

Tommy

A smile quickly came upon Jude's face as she read the e-mail. They'd been apart for only one day but she already missed him and it was obvious that he missed her. She quickly typed a friendly note to Jamie, and a more personal one to Tommy. After that she crawled into her warm, welcoming bed and fell into a deep slumber.