Disclaimer: I don't own Instant Star.
Chapter 15: You're here?
I stared up at the ceiling of my bedroom as I laid on my bed. Why was Kwest acting like this? I understand that he has to try to keep our relationship professional as well as personal but what the hell was up with him? I run away and then when he finds me, he agrees to go away with me as a personal thing. And then on the way back home it turns into a work thing. What's with that?
The phone on my bedside stand rang for the fifth time in the last half hour. "Speak," I muttered into the receiver.
"Jude, listen…" Kwest started.
I hung up the phone and continued to stare at the ceiling. Four of the five calls that past half hour had been him. The fifth had been some solicitor selling who knows what… But Kwest just kept at it, hoping that I'd talk to him.
The phone rang again. I picked it up and instead of saying hello, I just said bluntly, "Eat shit," before hanging up. I knew it had to be Kwest, no one else would bother to bug me when I was upset.
I still didn't get what was with him… Why didn't he just leave me alone?
I guess I must've fallen asleep. The next thing I knew I woke up to Tommy hovering over me. "Holy!" I shouted, sitting up.
"Scared you?" He asked smugly.
"No," I replied, settling back into my skin.
"Right…"
"Why are you here?"
"I just thought you could use a friend."
"Well, you're right… Wait a second!" I stood up and backed away from him. "You caused this!"
"How did I cause this? It's not my fault that you were pissed at Kwest because he was doing his job."
"He was doing his job while trying to keep a nonprofessional relationship with me!" I stopped, realizing how unreasonable I was being. I dropped to the floor and rested my head in my hands. "How could I be so stupid?"
Tommy walked over to me, kneeled down, and locked me in a hug. "It'll be okay." He kept me in his arms as he let out a laugh. "Funny how this works out."
"What?" I mumbled into his shoulder.
"Kwest's the one in the fight with you and I'm here trying to make you feel better."
I gave a laugh too. "It's either invasion of the body switchers or the apocalypse; I can't decide which."
He ran his fingers through my hair as his warm breath blew against my ear. "Don't worry about him. He'll get over it. He'd be a moron not to take you back."
I just sat and listened as he told me this.
"I know this now and it's too late. I just hope he doesn't make the same mistake."
"Why'd you break up with Eden?" I asked him.
"I realized she wasn't for me and you were."
"What did you think would happen? Did you think I would leave Kwest for you? Sorry, Tom, that wouldn't have happened…" My voice wasn't angry, I was trying to be as sweet as I could to him.
"I know…" He whispered in my ear.
I wasn't totally sure what happened next since my back was turned to the door but Tommy looked up and backed away from me before saying, "Dude, Kwest, this is not what it looks like."
I turned around to see Kwest leaving my room. "Kwest!" I shouted to him, getting up and following him out of my house. "Please listen to me!"
He stopped and turned to me. "When were you going to tell me that you were going to get back together with Tommy?"
"I'm not! He was just trying to comfort me!"
"Right! Like he'd 'comfort' you before? And you know what I mean."
"But we're just friends!"
"I say again, right." He turned around and started to walk off.
The screech of car brakes and a large thud made me let out a scream.
AN: Uh oh… What happened? I know and all of you will soon. Please R&R!