A/N - Hey guys, uhh I only got 2 reviews so far, but its good enough! Both were good reviews and I thank you sooo much for likin my story! i read every review I promise! they mean alot!

on with the story!

oh yeah, and this chapter is mostly dialogue. hope you like it anyway

Disclaimer: I don't own Instant Star or the characters except Jimmy, and I DO own all of the poems in here, i wrote them, theyre mine, HAHAHAHA!

uch with Reality, Part 1

The next day at school, Jude was out of it. She had slept no more than 2 hours, and her brain was making her pay for it. Jamie and Kat stood by her all day, questioning her on her previous night. In return, they got groans and "nothing"'s. Even Jimmy attempted speaking to her, but she refused.

"I don't ever want to speak to you again Tommy!" Sadie shrieked

"Sadie..."

"You're the best guy I've ever been with but you don't want to be with me...you want to be with--"

"MS. HARRISON WAKE UP!" The teacher yelled. Jude had fallen asleep in class, her dream being the memory of the night when Tommy and Sadie broke up, oblivious to the fact that Jude was upstairs, listening intently on the whole thing.

"Sorry...I just..."

"You're wanted in the office" Mrs. Laurens said. Jude nodded and walked up to the office.

"Jude Harrison?"

"Yep...you wanted me?"

"A Mr. Thomas Quincy is here to pick you up?" The guidance councelor said.

"Tommy?" Jude walked out the door and saw Tommy standing outside. "Why are you here?"

"Get in the car, we need to talk" Tommy said softly, trying not to make it seem like he was concerned about anything.

"I can't go Tommy,I have school."

"Can't you give it up for like, one day?"

"Nope. I have nothing to say to you"

"So you're mad at me?"

"No, I just have nothing to say to you." At that, Jude walked away and went back into the classroom. She took a seat at the desk, picking up her pen and paper and began taking the notes the teacher left on the board. She suddenly felt hyper and not tired. She felt like nothing mattered anymore in that very moment and she was absolutely fine, as if nothing happened. Jimmy looked at her befuddled. She glanced over and noticed him staring at her, so she smiled and waved.

"What's up Jim?" She questioned

"Are you alright? You look..different. What did they want in the principles office?"

"OH, Tommy was here to pick me up but I said I couldn't go. No prob"

"Tommy? Your producer?"

"Yep"

"Did you get in a fight"

"...something like that"

"Do you want me to tell him to leave you alone?"

"No, it's alright I got it" Jude turned back to the board.

The rest of the day went by smoothly. Jimmy walked Jude outside school when the day was over, and they began to walk in the direction of Jude's house when they noticed Tommy still parked in the same parking place as he was just 2 hours before. Jimmy looked at Jude as if to say "ignore him", but Jude did the opposite. She glanced at Jimmy, then at Tommy, then back at Jimmy.

"...Let me handle this. Just...go to my house, i'll meet you there" Jude said to Jimmy.

"Alright..be careful"

"Careful? Jimmy, this is Tommy we're talking about." Jude giggled and began walking away. Jimmy grunted and began walking to Judes house. Jude then approached Tommy.

"What? I told you I couldnt go with you"

"School's out now."

"I have to go meet Jimmy for the project"

"i'll take you"

"FINE!" Jude sighed heavily, having been defeated. She stepped into the car and allowed Tommy to take the wheel. He drove a few blocks, then stopped.

"Aren't you taking me home?"

"After you talk"

"ME! talk! Tommy I don't have anything to say."Jude began "No, one the other hand, I DO have something to say. You kissed me tommy. AGAIN. And you hurt me. AGAIN. Of course I'm not going to be mad at you, because it wouldn't have happened if I hadn't called you right? RIGHT?"

"Yes...it would have" Tommy said, keeping his eyes on the steering wheel. "Because I would have done it any chance I could be alone with you, because I needed to get it out and over with."

"Over with? Like you were dared?"

"No, But its the same as before. You're too young for me Jude. So why can't I see that?"

This confused Jude. She took a moment in silence to think about what he just asked, even though she knew he asked it to himself. After thinking about it for about 2 minutes, she said "Because deep down you don't really care"

"So what can we do now?"

Jude didn't answer. Instead, she leaned in and kissed him softly, seeing if he would return it. He did at first, and then pulled away.

"This is exactly our problem" He said "We can't just do that"

"um..." Jude sighed, trying to hold back unwanted tears "Lets just... wait."

"Wait?"

"Wait till things aren't so..hectic. maybe then we'll figure out what we want."

"okay...so thats it?"

"thats it..."

Tommy nodded and turned on the car engine, driving Jude to her house. Neither of them looked at eachother the whole ride home, and when she got out of the car she just said "bye" and shut the door. Jimmy seemed to already be inside, so jude walked in the door, not looking back to wave goodbye to tommy like she usually did. She wiped her eyes at the doorway and walked to the kitchen, seeing Jimmy fiddling with some pieces to the project.

"Hey" Jude said

"Hi, Jude"

"How much have you done?"
"Oh not much, I saw you and your producer on the way home"

"Well yea, he was taking me home"

"No I mean I saw you guys kiss"

"What!"

"I thought you said you guys were just friends...no more specific. He was just your producer"

"We are. the kiss was...me being stupid"

"I couldn't imagine that"

"Well its true. now shall we continue the project"

"I dont want you to get hurt Jude, he's too old for you" Jimmy said, not changing the subject as Jude had tried to.

"I don't need to hear this Jimmy...i've heard it before. but thanks for your concern"

Jimmy was silenced and Jude did her share of the project. once they were finished for the night, Jimmy hugged Jude and then went on his way. Jude cleaned up and went back to her room, this time playing random cords on the guitar until she found one that amused her.

As Jimmy was walking home, he noticed Tommy in his Viper on the other side of the road. Jimmy was enraged.

"HEY!" Jimmy yelled, walking towards Tommy's viper.

Great..just what I need, Judes friend's asking me for a ride. Tommy thought.

"GET OUT OF THE CAR!"

A/N: ooooo intrigue. hope you all like it, despite the massive amount of dialogue I stuck in. And yet it makes me wonder, am I wasting time writing these authors notes? Cuz, as far as I know, nobody reads them. whatever they're fun to write. kinda like sticky notes. tee hee. review plz