AUTHORS NOTE: A bit longer chapter for you guys. I know my chapters have been pretty short and choppy lately, but I've been sooo busy! Once basketball and things are over I should be able to come up with some better material. Thanks for all your reviews, I love you guys! And keep em comin'!

Two months after her 17th birthday, Tommy's and her own albums were released, both going platinum in under a week and double platinum within a month. There were both on top of the world at this point and talks of a world tour had been taking place.

Tommy, Jude, and Kwest were in the studio late one Friday night, which wasn't any different from any of the other Friday's they had worked late. Kwest was teaching Jude how to mix some new beats while Tommy was working out the melody for his song.

"Jude you can go home if you want," Tommy ventured.

Jude held up the styrofoam cup which contained her double mocha latte. "I have at least a couple hours left with the help of my friend here."

Tommy shook his head and smiled at her.

"Okay Jude, your turn. Let's see what you can come up with," Kwest said, backing away from the sound board.

Jude moved a few buttons here and a few there and in no time she had a pretty good backing track for a beginner.

"Jeez you're going to be taking my job soon," Kwest joked.

"Yeah, sure," Jude said as she hit the stop button.

"Wait, put that back on," Tommy said as he walked into the sound booth and put his headphones on.

Jude obeyed Tommy's request and listened to him vocalize to the backing track.

"I think we have a song," Kwest turned to Jude.

"I think so too," Jude smiled into space.

The next day Tommy finished recording the song and took Jude out for a small celebratory lunch. He drove to the outskirts of town and stopped at what looked like an old Italian villa. It was called Sergio's and was known for it's perfect, quaint setting and delicious food. It was also known for it's above average celebrity attendance.

"Well Quincy, you'll be 24 in a month. Are you excited?"

"To be honest, not really. Everyone's expecting a huge part and I don't want one."

"Then what do you want?" she asked as their food was set before them.

"A weekend, alone, with you...in Hawaii," he said with a sly smile.

"Hawaii?"

"Yeah. G Major has a small house by the beach in Maui.

Thoughts of Maui, Tommy, and her alone scared her. She wanted to be with Tommy, but everytime it got to heated, she pulled back.

"Please," he pleaded with puppy dog eyes.

"Okay I'll go, but I have to get it okayed with Georgia."

"Already done," Tommy said with a smile.

"You knew I'd eventually say yes didn't you?"

"Of course."

Jude shook her head and looked up at Tommy. "Has Darius mentioned anything about the tour?" she asked as she took a sip of her ice water.

"A little. They're trying to find a few sponsors for it before they finalize everything."

"What if I said I didn't want to go on tour?"

"What? Why not? This is a great opportunity for us Jude."

"I know but I don't want a repeat of what happened last time."

"It won't be, I'll be with you the entire time."

"I know, but it just scares me. It probably sounds really dumb."

"Not dumb, you're just paranoid but that makes perfect sense."

"Do you want to go on the tour?"

"Yeah, I mean it would be my first solo tour, without BoyzAttack!. Weren't you excited for your tour?"

"Yeah, until I realized you weren't coming back and you wouldn't be there to experience it with me," she said with downcast eyes.

"And that was one of the biggest mistakes of my life Jude."

"Tommy, I don't want to get into this, at least not here, not now."

"And that's fine Jude. I never said we had to."

"I know."

They finished eating and drove back to G Major in silence. Jude had so many thoughts floating around in her head that she couldn't keep them straight.

The only thing on Tommy's mind was Jude. He didn't want the tour to screw everything up that they had built. It had taken over a year for them to get where they were now. Tommy knew they couldn't last if they were broken apart again.

Jude was sitting in the lobby of G Major when her cell phone rang.

"Hello."

"Hey Shorty. What's up?"

"Nothing much Shay, what about you?"

"Just driving around Toronto."

"Your in town?"

"Yeah, just got in. Uncle D wants me to set down a few tracks at G Major."

"I thought you signed with a company in L.A.?"

"I did, but I signed a freelance contract."

"Jeez, big time music artist."

"Hey I was big even before you could play guitar."

"Big talker," Jude laughed.

"You know it. Is Tom there?"

"Yeah, him and Kwest are in Studio B."

"Okay, well I'll probably be there in about ten minutes."

"Alright, see you soon."

Jude walked into Studio B and announced that Shay was coming.

"Great, Mr. Drama Queen himself," Tommy groaned.

"Hey, Shay's grown up and he's one of my friends."

"This is Shay Shay we're talking about Jude. Ya know, the one that cheated on you with Eden."

"I know what he did, but that's in the past," she said. "Your just jealous that he was my first boyfriend."

"Damn right I'm jealous. You considered him as your first kiss."

"Yeah, so? It's not like you were my first kiss."

"Oh I wasn't?"

"No. That time we kissed in front of my house, yeah need I remind you that you didn't kiss me back."

"Well that's different now," Tommy said, placing a kiss on her red lips.

"Guys," Kwest groaned. "Sadie and I don't make out in front of you."

"We're not making out Kwest," Jude laughed and walked out to the lobby.

"Hey Shorty!" Shay picked her up and spun her around.

Jude let out a girlish shriek and hugged Shay.

"It's been awhile."

"Way too long," Jude said as Shay placed her back on the ground. "What no entourage?" Jude joked.

"Not this time. So is your boy ready to work?"

"Depends, go ask him."

"Shay, these lyrics stink," Tommy voiced his honest opinion while he read the sheet of paper Shay had given him.

"Nothing like being blunt huh Quincy?" Shay asked with a disgusted look on his face.

"Well I'm just being honest Shay. Where'd you get this crap anyway? This isn't your stuff."

"Portia wrote it."

"Portia?" Tommy scoffed. "As in my ex-wife Portia? Man, she couldn't write a song if her life depended on it."

"Thank you Captain Obvious," Shay said.

"Do you want to record this and have Darius on your ass or come up with something for tomorrow that's actually worth tape space?"

"I'll come back tomorrow," Shay said as he walked out of the studio.

"Tommy why do you have to be like that?"

"Like what?"

"Like that with Shay."

"I wasn't any harder on him than I am with my other artists."

"Tha'ts bull Tommy and you know it."

Tommy smirked and shook his head.

Jude glared at him and started to walk out of the studio. "Ya know what, it's just like you Quincy to take the arrogant ass card isn't it?"

"Great," Tommy said to himself as he followed her.

"Jude, wait up."

"What?" she groaned.

"I'm sorry about how I treated Shay. Forgive me?"

"I'll think about it."

"You're so stubborn."

"Not as bad as you."

"Come on, we have a meeting to go to."