A/N HELLO PEOPLE! Once again, of course you know, THANK you for reviewing. I'm pleased with the reviews im getting and I hope you all continue to love my story. And I still continue to check my reviews every day. Umm...Just a little insight in this chapter. It's not really that exciting, it MAY be boring to you people, but I donno. I thought it was pretty touching. Well guess I'll just have to see when ya'll review again!
Disclaimer: I still don't own instant star...and that goes for the last 2 chaps that I forgot to put this stupid thing on. of couse yall know that already dontcha?
Chapter 7- Fear
"Woah, Jude. Whats goin' on?" Kwest asked as Jude ran into him on accident. She had been bolting from the studio crying ever since she left without even paying attention to her surroundings. Kwest put a hand on her shoulder and got down to her height and looked in her eyes. She tried desperately to hide her face as she wiped it with the sleeve of her hoodie.
"Hospital..." was all Kwest could understand of her slurred sentence.
"What?" He asked.
"Tommy...Is in...the hospital!"
"Crap! c'mon" Kwest took her hand and guided her to his car. She stepped into the passengers seat and didn't bother to put on her seatbelt. She seemed to calm down a little on the drive to the hospital, at least enough to tell Kwest clearly what had happened.
"Any idea who it coulda been?" he questioned
"No idea, they arrested somebody though. But they think other people could have been involved"
Finally, they arrived at the hospital. Kwest wasn't even finished parking when Jude swung the door open and jumped out.
"Hey quit bein' reckless! The last thing we need is for you to be in there too!" Kwest advised.
"Yea well hurry up! C'mon!" Jude was running, but stopped every few seconds to motion for Kwest to pick up the pace. Jude raced through the front doors of the hospital and slammed her fists down on the counter.
"Tom Quincy"
"What?" The receptionist asked.
"Tom Quincy, what ROOM" Jude demanded
"A patient?"
"No, Tom Quincy is MY name, YES A PATIENT! What room!" Jude was running out of patience.
"Room 210A, but the doctor is with him now if you could just have a seat..." But before the receptionist could finish instructing Jude, She and Kwest and headed for the elevators to the room. Once they arrived, Kwest and Jude stood outside the door, pacing.
"Are you gonna go in?" Kwest asked.
"I will if you will"
"It's only one guest at a time"
"But..I..." Jude had forgotten to mention her fear of hospitals, needles, and anything that had the word "Sterile" in it.
"Come on, Jude. You can do it. it's just Tommy, hooked up to a bunch of machines and robotic things, but the big picture says its only Tommy, so forget about the strange things"
"I...fine." Jude nervously turned the nob of the door and entered the room. She held back unwanted tears as she stared at Tommy on the hospital bed. He was asleep. She closed the door quietly not to wake him, and sat on the floor, placing her head on the bedside next to his hand. She couldn't hold it back anymore, and she let the tears flow into the bed sheets. A few moments later she felt a hand on the top of her head, stroking her hair as if to comfort her. She looked up and there was Tommy, smiling weakly at her. His eyes were glassy, as if he was high on the medicine they had in the IV.
"Hi" He said softly, almost in a whisper.
"Hi.." She said in the same tone of voice, wiping her eyes. "...who did this to you?"
"I didn't catch his face. But he was in the studio behind me and when he called my name I turned around...and thats when he..." Tommy began coughing. Jude saw where the bullet had hit. It was lodged in his left shoulder, between the collar bone and his neck. The area was covered in guaze and tissue to supress the bleeding. "I'm just lucky to be alive...I almost didn't make it." He said. Jude couldn't bear to hear those words. She took his hand and held it to her face, trying her best not to cry in front of him. She couldn't find any words to say to him, but he knew how she felt right now. She he could feel her shaking as she held onto his hand. He could almost hear her heart pounding.
"Maybe you should go..." He said "You're nervous. I don't want you to be"
"Tommy I don't wanna go. I need to be here"
"Why?" Tommy's face was getting groggy again and he was having trouble looking at her, but his grip on her hand was still as tight as it was a second ago.
"Because you're hurt. and I can't stand to see you like this but I'm gonna be here for you. I don't know if you've noticed or not but I..." Jude stopped talking when she looked up and noticed he hadn't heard a word she said, because he was sound asleep again. "...care about you" She whispered to herself. She placed his hand down beside him and gave him a light kiss on the cheek. Then she left the room.
"Did you talk to him?" Kwest asked
"..Yea." Jude responded, looking down at the floor of the hospital.
"How's he feeling?"
"Tired, worn out, he got shot Kwest. Who the heck would do that to him?"
"Tommy's got some enemies here and there...I've never known him to be the type of enemy that stirs THAT kinda trouble up but...I donno"
Jude went silent, she was replaying her conversation with him in her head. She needed to be alone right now. No, she WANTED to be with people who would cheer her up, and she wanted even more to still be in there with Tommy, talking away and cheering HIM up. But she realized that all of this was impossible and she needed to be alone to think.
Kwest drove Jude home and walked her to the door. He gave her a hug and waited for her to start up the stairs before he closed the front door. Jude ascended the stairs slowly and entered her room, throwing herself on her bed and crying herself to sleep.
Dream:
"TOMMY!" She cried "Tommy what happened? Where are you!"
A hand in front of her stopped her from running around any further. It was Darius.
"Darius what happened!"
"Jude.."
"Wheres tommy!"
"Jude...There was a shooting. Tommy is on his way to the hospital." Darius said calmly, trying not to make her get too nervous. Her eyes shot wide open as she watched the ambulance doors close and drive away, Tommy inside.
Then, The whole scene went black, and Jude saw Jimmy's face. He looked eery.
"Jimmy!" She cried. Suddenly, his image got wider. He was holding a gun in his hand and laughing histerically. "JIMMY NO! WHY!"
The dream ends with Jimmy still laughing.
..And Jude woke up screaming.
A/N: Well, I didn't even plan this chapter out. It just sorta slowed through my fingers into the keyboard. I think it came out pretty well, don't you? Reviewwww
