Disclaimer: Same one as before, I don't own any of it. Just wish I did.

"Jude!" Victoria yelled up the stairs. She glanced at her watch before hurrying into the kitchen to finish pouring her coffee. She had less than half an hour to be at her lawyer's office to go over the divorce papers. There was no way she would let Stuart serve her first. She wasn't the one who had cheated.

Jude threw on a sweatshirt as she ran down the stairs. "What?" she grumbled rubbing her eyes, wincing in surprise when it hurt. She had had another sleepless night and it was finally catching up with her.

"God child, you look like hell," Victoria said staring at Jude in shock.

"Thanks Mom," Jude said rolling her eyes. She knew what she looked like, she just couldn't find the energy to care.

"What is wrong with you?" her mom asked putting the lid of her coffee cup on. "If this about Shay, I don't want to hear it," she continued before Jude could say a word. "He cheated on you honey, you are better off without him. Cheater's don't deserve your love, get over him."

Jude stared at her mom. She was never really close with her mom before, it had always been the Jude and Daddy show. But now that he wasn't living at home anymore, she was getting to know her mom a lot better. She reminded her of Sadie; selfish, controlling and conniving. She could easily see that she was Sadie's mom.

"Are you even listening to me?" Victoria asked sharply pausing as she grabbed her purse. "I don't have time to deal with your teenage drama. Now I need you to come home after school and straighten up the house. I'm having Dan over for dinner and won't have time to come home and make the house look nice."

"Have Sadie do it, I have to go in to G Major," Jude said turning to leave the room. She barely took two steps when she whirled around and stared at her mom in confusion. "Who's Dan?"

"My lawyer," she said without even looking at Jude. "And I asked you to come home and you will do it. I'm not asking for much."

"I have to go into G Major, Georgia wants the album finished in a couple weeks," Jude said with little enthusiasm. Truth was, she didn't have any songs to record. She was lacking in the creative department and she was finding she cared less and less about her album. She didn't care about much of anything anymore.

"That's Georgia's problem, you are my daughter, not hers," Victoria said staring Jude down. "Your dad was the one who supported your singing, not me. I went along with it but now he's not here. I don't have to anymore. School and home come first. Or we will pull this record contract now."

Jude glared at her mom. She didn't know if she could really do that, considering Jude signed a contract but she was sure she'd find a way so she agreed. "Fine, I'll be here."

Victoria nodded and waved before walking out the room and then out the front door. Jude groaned and sat down on the bottom step of the stairs. She had to be at school in twenty minutes and she wasn't even dressed yet. Maybe she could just skip. It's not like her grades could suffer anymore.

"Ooh, somebody looks tired, rough night?" Sadie asked sarcastically.

Jude didn't even say anything just stared at her sister with a blank stare. She looked gorgeous. You couldn't even tell that anything was wrong with her life, and maybe there wasn't. She didn't seem to really care that dad had cheated. She had been willing to cover for him. And now that it was out, she was mom's new best friend.

"Not going to say a word huh," Sadie said walking around her. "That might be a good thing. Nothing worthwhile ever comes out of your mouth anyways."

"Sadie, shut up," Jude said finally making her way upstairs to her room.

"Being an Instant Star really doesn't agree with you," Sadie said before she laughed and walked out the door. She loved pushing Jude's buttons and lately it had gotten even easier. She didn't even push back.

Jude walked in her room and slammed the door. God she wanted to get out of this place. She grabbed a pair of jeans off the floor and put them on. She was going to school if only to get out of here for a little while.

Twenty minutes later

Jude walked slowly into her chemistry class behind Kat and Jamie. She was so wrapped up with her own thoughts, she didn't even hear Jamie talking to her.

"Jude!" Jamie said loudly waving a hand in front of her face.

"Huh," Jude said looking at him in confusion. She looked around surprised to find herself in the classroom, sitting at her desk. The last thing she remembered was staring into her locker.

"We missed you last night," Jamie said motioning towards Kat and himself. "Thought you were going to study for the big test, you know, the one worth half our grade."

"Busy," Jude said in monotone. She had more problems in her life than some stupid chemistry test.

"Busy huh," Jamie said sarcastically. "If you think sitting in your room, blaring music with your door locked means busy then we need to talk." When Jude just stared at him he shook his head in confusion. "What's wrong with you? You aren't even Jude anymore. You're like a pod person."

Jude nodded her head. That's what she felt like. A pod person. She didn't feel human anymore. With as many blows she'd taken in the past couple weeks, she couldn't believe she was still feeling anything. She should be damn near numb.

She stared down at the test the teacher just placed in front of her and stood up. She couldn't sit here and take a test she didn't know one thing about. She couldn't pretend that school was important anymore. She needed to be by herself. Away from people and especially her friends who probably meant well but were just adding to her already full plate.

"Jude," Kat said watching in shock as her best friend stood up and walked out of class. "Nice going Jamie." She smacked his shoulder.

"I thought it might snap her out of it," Jamie said trying to defending himself.

"Name calling," Kat said shaking her head. He could be so dense sometimes. "Shay just dumped her on TV and her father just moved out of her house. And you think calling her a pod person is going to snap her out of it. Smooth Jamie, smooth."

Jude walked home slowly, she had nowhere else to go. She didn't want to go to G Major and see Tommy. One, she was still angry with him and two, she had nothing for him. No lyrics, no melody not an idea even. Besides, if she cleaned the house now, maybe she wouldn't miss the meeting later. Although a part of her didn't want to go anyways. They were just going to put more pressure on her to finish the album.

She walked back into the house and froze in her tracks. She thought dealing with her Mom, Sadie and Jamie was too much to handle. Well, her day was about to get a little more complicated.

Thank you for reading my story. I've put so much time and effort into it. I know Jude's mom isn't really that mean and I made Sadie worse but I don't like her. So yeah, please review and give me some support. I don't want to keep writing if nobody is reading my story. Thanks a bunch!