A/N: OK all, I honestly wasn't going to post again until the end of this week, but I had the worst day ever and I need some good reviews to pick up my mood. This day started out with getting accused of plagiarism and has spiraled into just a crappy day from here on out (please note, I didn't plagiarize like my professor says I did, the other girl did. ON my online class, we post in a discussion board our homework. Mine is time stamped nearly 24 hours before hers and supposedly I plagiarized her). Needless to say, I need some good reviews to help brighten my mood. I'm glad everyone's still enjoying. Hope you guys like this chapter. I think some questions will be answered here.

Chapter 18

She ran to the one place she could think of; to G Major. She used her keys to get in. It was late and she figured no one would be around. She stepped into the cafeteria area and opened the fridge and got herself a bottle water. She sat down on the couch and let out a sob. Her parents didn't understand; music was the one thing that was keeping her together and it would shatter her world to take it away now. She heard an electric guitar being played and she stopped her sobs, tears still running down her face to listen a moment. She frowned and followed the noise. Who could be playing now? She wondered. She hadn't noticed any cars in the parking lot…She stopped outside Studio A and froze when she heard the person playing beginning to sing. She was frozen in place by the power chords and the powerful lyrics.

"…And I'm sorry about all the lies
Maybe in a different light
You could see me stand on my own again
Cause now i can see
You were the antidote that got me by
Something strong like a drug that got me high
I never meant to be so cold

I never really wanted you to see
The screwed up side of me that I keep
Locked inside of me so deep
It always seems to get to me
I never really wanted you to go
So many things you should have known
I guess for me there's just no hope
I never meant to be so cold."

The melody faded out and the singer stopped. Jude rounded the corner to see who it was, and froze in her place.

"Tommy?" Jude said, her voice amazed. The person spun quickly around and Jude was face to face with Tommy's slightly panicked face.

"Jude, what are you doing here?" He asked, playing it cool. Jude frowned.

"I could ask you the same thing." She said, but before he said anything else, he set the guitar down and crossed the room to her.

"You've been crying, what's wrong?" He asked, placing his hands on her forearms and staring into her eyes.

"I don't want to talk about it." She said, and sniffed slightly.

"So, what's the song?" She asked.

"Nothing…just a pet project." Tommy muttered. Jude grinned.

"Come on Tommy, play the song for me!" Jude said, excited about something for the first time all night.

"It's not even finished…"

"So? You've heard all my crap." She said, smugly. "Come on! I wanna hear it!" She said, grinning at him. Tommy sighed.

"I'll play you my song if you tell me what's bothering you after. Deal?" Tommy offered. Jude stared at him with narrowed eyes.

"You drive a hard bargain Quincy." She said, and nodded. "Deal." Tommy smirked at her, picked up the guitar and sang the full song for her. Once he finished playing, he glanced at her expectedly.

"Wow, that's awesome." She said, slightly taken aback. Tommy smiled at her.

"Thanks; I had some great inspiration." He said. Jude didn't say anything, of course Sadie would inspire him…she was his girlfriend after all. "So, what's up?" He asked, her sitting down in his chair and Jude sighed and sat down in hers. Jude told him about her parents back at the house and she started to cry again when she was finished.

"Hey, it's going to be ok." Tommy said, and wrapped his arms around her in a comforting hug. Jude shook her head against him.

"No it's not; Darius is going to fire me, mom and dad are fighting still, Sadie isn't talking to me, Jamie's mad about my schedule, I never see Kat anymore, my album's flopping, and I'm getting more and more depressed." Jude said, tears still running down her face.

"It's not all that bad." Tommy offered. Jude scoffed. "No, listen. You're tour rocked Jude. You were sold out. There's a reason your album's flopping and it's not you girl. Think about it. You're album began to flop when Darius took over…I haven't failed to notice that small fact and you shouldn't either." Jude nodded but didn't say anything. She pulled back from the hug and stared at him a long moment.

"Enough about my problems…how are you and Sadie going?" She asked. Tommy stared at her and didn't say anything.

"What?" She asked.

"Sadie didn't tell you?" Tommy said, sounding shocked.

"Tell me what?" Tommy sighed and hung his head off the back of his chair.

"We broke up." He said. Jude stared at Tommy in shock.

"Wow…when was this?" She asked, thinking it would have been a day or two ago.

"About two months ago…she really didn't tell you?"

"You didn't tell me either!" Jude argued.

"I figured your sister would have." Tommy said, honestly. Jude sighed and nodded. "It's getting late…do you want a ride home?" Tommy asked her. Jude sighed.

"I really don't want to go home." She admitted, curling up in the chair a moment. Tommy sighed.

"I can't just leave you here." Tommy said.

"Then I'll go with you." She said, smiling slightly at him. Tommy sighed.

"Fine, but no word of this leaks to anyone." Tommy warned her. Jude smiled and got up and threw her arms around him.

"Thanks Tommy." She said, and kissed him on the cheek. The pair cleaned up the studio and left the building and drove off to Tommy's in silence.