A/N: Hey all! In the spirit of Instant Star, I am giving you all a double post! That's right, Two Chapters for the Price of One! ;) Sorry, too much marketing going on (I'm currently taking a marketing class this semester in college). I hope you all enjoy these chapters and Thanks for the wonderful reviews! Keep up the reviews and I'll keep up the posts!

Chapter 9

Week Later

Things were officially hectic. Darius was running the Instant Star competition, which kept the man busy and out of the studio; the way Tommy liked it. Everyone was more relaxed when Darius wasn't around. It was officially 5 days until Jude came home from tour and everyone was awaiting the stars return. Even Kwest was swept up in the excitement of having Jude home from tour.

Tommy was sitting in the lobby of G Major, chilling with an intern while drinking coffee. Tommy suspected the young intern was about to hyperventilate because he was talking to her, but he didn't mind. He wanted someone to talk to who wasn't Kwest…who kept bringing up that night in the studio a week ago. He knew it was a stupid move, playing there, but he couldn't help the sudden inspiration.

"Hey, Tommy!" A now familiar voice called. Tommy turned and nearly dropped his coffee mug in astonishment on who stood before him. He would have choked if he had been taking a drink. Jamie Andrews stood before him, a huge grin on his face, no glasses, in a pair of khaki pants and a red t-shirt under a green flannel. His hair was gelled into it's usual spikes and the glasses…were gone.

"Jamie, hey." Tommy said, recovering from his momentary shock. He was surprised. Jamie could actually manage not to look like a complete geek. He looked more…demi-cool than anything and it surprised Tommy.

"Sssooo…." Jamie said, bouncing on his toes. Tommy smiled and shook his head.

"You had me until that."

"What?" Jamie asked. Tommy just shook his head in amusement and walked away from Jamie. Jamie looked exasperated and followed Tommy through the studio, a poster caught his eyes. Instant Star 2 it read. Jamie paused and grabbed Tommy's arm. "What's this!" Jamie demanded.

"Darius decided to run the Instant Star contest again…"

"Why? I mean, Jude's awesome." Tommy shrugged.

"Publicity? Money?" Tommy offered, shaking his head at the poster. Jamie glanced around, and ripped the poster off the wall.

"You didn't see that." Jamie said, crumbling the poster. Tommy smiled.

"See what?" Tommy said, smirking and walking towards his office.

"So, come on, what did I do wrong?" Jamie asked, jogging to keep up with Tommy's long strides.

"Look, dude, you can't learn it. You have to live it." Tommy stated, unlocking his office doors and stepping in, Jamie behind him.

"You have to help me! I mean, I only have a week!" Jamie said dramatically. Tommy placed a hand on Jamie's shoulder.

"I don't have to do anything." Tommy pointed out, sitting in his plush leather chair and swinging his feet up on his desk, watching Jamie apprehensively.

"But"

"Jamie, Jude likes you. Isn't that enough?" Tommy asked, watching the younger man pacing his office.

"Well, it was! But…I'm not cool enough to keep her." Jamie said, pouting slightly.

"Dude, you can't help it…it's genetic." Tommy said, not looking at all sympathetic to the trying to reform geek.

"But…"

"Enough! Jude doesn't care that you're a geek…Gollum."

"Dude, it's Gandolf."

"I repeat…"

"Shut up!" Jamie said, glaring at the producer. "So, when exactly does Jude come home?" Jamie asked, changing the subject and getting a happy expression on his face and Tommy was instantly reminded of a puppy.

"I dunno…Friday, late afternoon." Tommy said, shrugging.

"Don't you know? You set up the tour!"

"Dude, it doesn't matter what I set up…I don't know the exact time. I'll know sometime that day though." Jamie groaned.

"OK, so I have 5 days to get cool. You gatta help me."

"Dude, it's gonna take more than 5 days to undo nearly 17 years of geek." Tommy stated, studying the man before him.

"But…" Jamie went to plop casually down in the chair across from Tommy, landed, but the chair leaned back just a bit too far and Jamie went spilling off the back of it. Tommy laughed and shook his head in amusement. It was going to be a long five days.