thanks for all the feedback everybody! It really does mean a lot to me!
I don't own Instant star or the songs I use unless an A/N is before it.
Jude gets a bit out of character later on, but well this is fanfiction, we do what we want.
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The night continued on, and Jude, Kwest, and Tommy were having a blast. She had already recorded one song, Sunday Morning, and was starting on a song called 24 hours.
She walked into the booth took a deep breath and got her guitar, and started to play.
"Man, this girl is too much. Funny and talented? It's too good to be true" Kwest marveled.
"It is pretty amazing, huh? You think G would sign her?"
"Man, are you nuts? Of course she would, G's been dyin' to get talent like this for forever" Tommy smiled and looked at Jude who was singing the song he heard her sing the first time he ever heard her voice.
I can't have, anything I wantThey say I'm just too young
But it's not my fault…
I'll find my own way home if I gotta,
I'll make it all alone….
Tommy was bobbing his head, and his eyes widened when she went into upper register, belting.
I can't have anything I want,
They say I'm just too young
But it's not my fault…
I'll find my own way home if I gotta
I'll make it all alone…….
For 24 hoursHe sat back in awe and looked at Kwest who wore the same expression.
"Jude, that was great" Tommy said as she walked through the glass. She smiled and shrugged.
"Well, I try Quincy, I'm thirsty, where can I find a drink"
"Down the hall, to the left" Jude left and slowly made her way to the G-Major kitchen this is just way too cool.
"Man, I can see this already, you don't deserve to be Lil' Tommy Q"
"What's that supposed to mean, man!"
"Tommy man, you're totally falling for jailbait." Tommy scoffed and looked away.
"Pff, man please! She's SIXTEEN do I LOOK like a child molester!"
"Well, with the way you were just looking at her…"
"Kwest, I'm not that guy. I would never"
"Good, but if she was 21?"
"In a split second" They laughed and listened to the track…neither one of them aware Jude had just heard their entire conversation.
She didn't want them to know she'd been out there, so she made her way to the kitchen and called for help.
"Tommy! Kwest! SOMEBODY! I can't reach that mug at the top!"
Kwest came quickly into the kitchen, and got her the mug. "Better watch it Jude, you don't wanna bust a lung before you audition for G" he said as she filled the cup with water.
"For who?"
"Georgia…the owner of G-Major"
Jude spit the water out.
"What? That wasn't the deal…I just wanted to have some fun!"
"We know, but if she signs you, it'll be like this all the time"
"Seriously?"
"Seriously."
"Cool…well…we better get back to Tommy, right?"
"Yeah…" The two walked back to Studio B in comfortable silence. Tommy looked up and smiled.
"Jude, this is amazing, how did you NOT win Instant Star?"
Jude shrugged as she sat down, "I'm 'Too Avril'"
"Yeah right, you have talent, there's nothing Avril about that, or anything (cought) SADIE about that" (A/N Sorry if that offends anybody, it's just for the story)
Jude laughed and they listened to the track again.
Little did any of them know Sadie had come in to have Tommy hear her song. She looked in and saw him with Jude, and heard the rude comment Tommy made about her. Her eyes welled up and she ran out. So he wants to play that game? Tom Quincy will wish he'd never been born after experiencing the bitch within. And how could Jude not stand up for me? I have the perfect idea…
It was a shame she left so quickly, because Jude in face DID stick up for her.
"Ass! She's my sister, and she's a whole lot better, no thanks to you"
"Jeez chill, she's just not my type of music"
"At lease she has some vocal abilities Lil' Tommy Q" she snarled. Tommy was to say the last taken aback, but got over it. After about 8 minutes of silence Jude spoke up.
"So, what're you gonna do with these recordings?" she asked slyly even though she knew fully what he was planning on doing.
"Well, I'll probably make you a demo and give in to Georgia, I know her she'll love you and then you'll probably get signed to G-Major" He smiled at the expression on her face.
"Woah…that's pretty intense"
"Yeah, but I can feel it you were born to do this" Tommy sad.
Kwest coughed. "Sorry to ruin the moment, but do you have anything else you can record tonight?"
Jude snapped her head, " Uh…I do, but I'd need to get some backup"
"Like…" Kwest motioned for her to keep going.
"Well, I jam with this band the Spiederman Mind Explosion…"
"Are they any good?"
"Well we've just been working on stuff the past week or two, but I have a song that I've done with them…"
"Cool, what's it called?" Tommy asked
"Sixteen…I wrote it like three months ago right after my birthday. The look on Tommy's face was priceless and Kwest cracked up. He looked like someone had just hit him with a frying pan, and it seemed like he FINALLY understood that he was falling for a sixteen year old. The awkward silence was broken by Jude's phone. She took it out of her pocket and smiled.
"Speak of the devil, it's Speed!" she picked up the phone "Hey!"
Tommy looked at Kwest in horror, "Speed?" he mouthed to Kwest. Kwest suppressed laughing.
"What am I doing? Oh….not much"
Tommy's eyes bugged out of his head.
"Yeah, today was great" she tried to whisper but Tommy heard. His heart sank, but he mentally slapped himself for it doing so.
"I miss you so much too" This was getting to be too much for Kwest. I wish I had a video camera…I think I'm gonna pee my pants. He couldn't help laughing.
"Yeah, we definitely gotta do that more often" Tommy finally got up and walked across the room and sat on the couch. Kwest went into the soundproof booth, closed it and cracked up.
"What time? Well, it's 9 now…the show starts at 10? Guinness? Absolut? Jack Daniels? Hun, I'm totally there. Yeah, pick me up at like, 9:30, I'll be home. Kay Speed. Bye"
"Tommy I'm really sorry-wait, where's Kwest?"
Tommy motioned to inside the booth at Kwest who was on the ground laughing.
"What's his complex? Anyway, I'm really sorry Tommy but I have to get home. Speed's taking me to a show down at Hamilton"
Tommy looked up.
"I see…the café?" Jude shifted uncomfortably.
"Well…yeah. I can totally ask him about coming in to record that song I was telling you about. When's a good day?" He looked into her eyes, and he couldn't stay mad. Those huge doe eyes, how could he fall for her? He could never be with someone he couldn't stay mad at because their eyes were so gorgeous…could he?
"Sunday" he croaked. Jude smiled and his knees felt weak, but he didn't want to admit why. "I noticed you mentioned a bunch of alcohol involved with this guy….you sure it's safe? I mean, usually guys just want a girl to get drunk so that they can…you know. And I know how you think everybody's perfect and out to do the right thing" He was half joking, half not.
Jude looked up, slightly offended. Who was Tommy Q to tell her when she could and couldn't have a good time, and who she could hang out with!
" Please Speed is like…totally my guy" Tommy looked at her questioningly and she smiled evilly to herself. She noticed that Tommy had gotten frustrated when she was on the phone…the converstion with Kwest before….the night at his apartment. She suddenly felt herself flush, but figured she could play Tom Quincy, because after all, he deserved it, right? She was already fuming from what he had just said, but now all the anger she had been feeling towards everybody, him for saying what he just did and for what happened at his apartment, her father, for ruining everything, Sadie, for being herself…Jude felt herself just snap into someone totally different.
She leaned closer to him and whispered in his ear, "Speed is totally my fuck buddy, Tommy"
He pulled away and looked at her, eyes cold. " What happened to 'This was my first real kiss'"
"Well, I guess you can add acting to one of my many talents."
"You weren't acting that night"
"How do you know?"
"I just…know"
"Yeah, okay Tommy you keep telling that to yourself, trying to make yourself feel better for making out with a sixteen year old chick who probably gets more action than you do. Now, while you're doing that I'll be at a show with my boyfriend, getting smashed, and probably screwing him later"
Woah, where did that come from? I mean….the whole show with boyfriend getting drunk thing was right on, but screwing Speed? Well I guess Tommy's taking this pretty hard considering he looks like his dog just died.
"I uh…I have to get going" Jude stammered. Tommy was rooted to the spot still in shock that a sixteen year old just offended him. The same sixteen year old who he knew he was falling for. Jude got her back and ran, not before saying goodbye to Kwest, and a soft, grumbly "bye" to Tommy. She ran home, changed into something she knew Speed would like. Her ripped jeans with her black tanktop that showed off the right amount of cleavage. She fixed up her makeup and ran outside, just as he pulled in her driveway.
"Jude, you look great"
She leaned over and kissed him.
"Thanks"
They rode about 10 minutes into town and got a piece of pizza first. Speed noticed that there was something about Jude that was different. She was more flirty, more edgy, more he knew it sounded lame in his head but…punkish? She suddenly didn't seem to care about anything people said or thought about her. He admitted it to himself…he liked this Jude, a LOT.
They made their way over to the show, and listened to the metal band blare. They headbanged and sang along, taking a break every 15 minutes or so to get a drink. By 11:30 Jude was getting pretty hammered. She was all over Speed. They'd been making out for the past 10 minutes and she found herself feeling more liberated than ever when she forced him to put his hands on her. She didn't know what it was. But she liked it. She liked it a lot.
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In the meantime, Tommy was having a total conniption. He'd been pacing and throwing things in the G-Major Studio for about an hour, because Kwest left. He was livid. How could she lie to him like that? For some reason, the idea of being her first kiss, made him feel so special…she's lying, idiot. You were her first real kiss, you just pissed her off somebody in his head kept saying. He sat down to breathe when his cell phone rang. He picked up to hear a hysterical Sadie on the other end.
"T-Tommy, I need you help. I can't find Jude, she's not anywhere, not with these two dorks she hangs out with Kat and Jamie, I tried the SME houses, but she's not there, I don't know where else to go"
Tommy became even angrier. Leave it to her not to have TOLD anybody where she was going.
"Don't worry Sadie, I'll find her"
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While Tommy made his way to his car and sped the half hour across town to find her, Jude and Speed found a room above the café and were going at it. He was on top of her on the bed. Why's she acting like this? She's never been like this when she was drunk before…He pulled away and she went to kiss him, but he got up.
"Jude, what's going on?" He sat on the edge of the bed.
"Whasgoinon?Whasna'goin'onSpeedyWeedyismorelikeit" She giggled and looked down, and he rolled his eyes. Something wasn't right, thank god he'd only stuck to one glass of beer that night.
"Jude, something's not right. Talk to me" He looked at her, eyes pleading, not that she could even see straight.
Jude cleared her throat and tried to get her words out.
"Dad affair, Sadie perrrfeeccctttttt stupid Tommy Tommy stupid" Speed looked at Jude. Who was Tommy? Why didn't he know him? Jude wasn't friends with any Tommy's in their school…
"Who's Tommy?"
"Doesn'matter" her words became slurred again "letshavemoreefunnn" she smiled and slung her leg over him, and kissed him. He couldn't help but give in as he felt this beautiful girl lower him onto the bed. They started making out again. Jude's hands started making their way up Speed's shirt to take it off. She was just about to when they were interrupted.
A livid Tom Quincy flew into the room picked Jude up and slung her over his shoulder.
Speed was beyond confused.
"Lil' Tommy Q?" Tommy? She knows Tommy Q?
Tommy rolled his eyes "Spiederman right? Glad to know the guys Jude's hanging out with get her drunk. I have to get her home, you know, where her FAMILY is worried that she's out being drugged and impregnated by some ass like you"
"What the hell!"
Jude was only half awake now. All the engery she had seemed to have just drained. She looked up at the bed and saw above it there was a cross. Thassfunny, she thought to herself.
Tommy brought her out to the car and set her down. She looked up, or attempted to and saw Tommy's face very close to hers. She pulled her head up and kissed him lightly. He pulled away, now fully disgusted with her. He shook his head. "Damnit, Jude, what the hell has gotten into you"
Jude just giggled looking up into the night. For some reason she saw a cross again, this time in her head, and murmured "Bless me father, for I have sinned" and finally, passed out.