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Chapter 12: The drunken truth

"Jamie, where the hell did you get booze?" Jude said to him sternly.

"There were in the cabinet that my parents thought I didn't know about. I mean, c'mon, you and I snuck into it before," he explained. "You found it."

Jude thought about it for a minute.

"Mom? Dad? Anyone home?" Jamie called as he and Jude entered the empty house. He looked back at her. "Looks like no one's home."

"That's cool," she replied.

"Want something to drink?"

"Sure." She set her backpack down and followed him into the kitchen.

He looked in the fridge. "There's nothing, sorry."

"Hey, what's in this cupboard?" She pointed to a cupboard that he had never seen before.

"I don't know. Let's check it out." He opened it and found several bottles of vodka, whiskey, and gin. He grabbed a bottle of vodka before grabbing some glasses.

"Jamie! You can't be serious! We're 15!"

He poured some into each glass. "C'mon, aren't you curious? We have six more years before we can legally drink this stuff." He handed her a glass.

She sniffed it before taking a drink. "Oh, this stuff is disgusting."

Jude shook the thought out of her head. "Okay, so I found it. Jamie, what are you thinking? Drinking?"

"I miss you, Jude. I miss walking home with you, I miss hanging out with you, I just miss you."

She looked at Chaz and Tommy then back at Jamie. "Come with me." She grabbed his wrist and dragged him out of studio A so Tommy didn't have to here this. "Jamie, you made your choice. You wanted Kat and that's who you got."

"Jude, please, I want us to be friends again."

"Jamie, you saw what happened on the first day of school. I can't even be around Kat. It's not worth it." She turned to walk back into the studio but Jamie grabbed her hand. She glanced over to him. "Let go." She tried to pull her hand away but he just held on. "Jamie, let go!"

He got on his knees and held onto her hand harder. "Please, Jude, please, just come back. Things are different this time."

"Look, I'm with Tommy, and pretending to be with Chaz, and you want me back? After you had cheated on me? Jamie, don't waste my time." She tried to pull her hand away again.

He stood up and pushed her against the wall. "Please, Jude."

Chaz and Kwest had to hold Tommy back from storming out there and ripping Jamie's head off.

"I just want you back," Jamie whispered.

"You're drunk."

"But I know what I'm talking about."

"You cheated on me, you hurt me! And Tommy was there to help me through! You just don't get it!"

He backed away from her. "You know you're precious, Tommy?" He shouted. "He's not so innocent in all this!"

"What are you talking about? He wasn't the one who hurt me, Jamie!"

"He knew all along!"

Her eyes widened.

"Shit…" Tommy muttered.

"How much vodka did you drink?" She yelled at Jamie.

"It's true! It's not the vodka talking! Tommy came by your house to see Sadie and he decided to come see how I was doing. He found me and Kat together! He knew all along! And he talked to you every day! Did he ever tell you?"

Tears filled her eyes. "Jamie, go away."

He backed away and finally left G Major.

She turned and reentered Studio A. She walked towards Tommy. "You knew? And you never told me? I can't believe you!"

"Jude, please understand! I didn't want to hurt you!" Tommy called.

"Well, you did!" She slapped him across the face and ran out of G Major.

"Dude, you fucked up," Kwest told him.

Chaz ran after Jude. "Jude! Wait!"

She stopped running and let him catch up to her. "I can't believe he knew all along and he never told me."

He hugged her and let her head rest on his chest. "It'll be okay."

AN: Chaz is unbelievably sly. Anyways, R&R!