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Anyone But You

It's such a long road (with anyone but you)
That I couldn't follow (with anyone but you)
Never anyone but
Never anyone but (anyone but you)
It's such a long road (with anyone but you)
That I couldn't follow (with anyone but you)

- Alexz Johnson

"Let's recap," Jude suggested to the camera in her hands. "Three weeks ago my life was invaded by a camera crew. It hasn't been easy. I've been followed around school, the studio, practice studio and out with my friends. My home is all me. " Jude circled her room with the camera. " This is my sanctuary. Welcome to it." Jude pulled her hair out of her face and smiled shyly at the camera. " Tomorrow morning we start to film the video for Anyone But You, the first single off my new album. It was one of the first songs I wrote while on tour with my boys. Speaking of my boys, my lead guitarist, Spiederman will be playing my love interest in the video. Its crazy. Spiederman and me." Jude laughed nervously to herself.

"Life is filled with interesting turns. You never know where you'll end up. You get to watch me find out where I end up." Jude cringed. " Okay. That was lame. Obviously, I need sleep. Lots and lots of sleep." Jude laughed at herself and shut off the camera.

Forest Gump's mom was right. Life is a box of chocolates and you never know what you're gonna get. I must be loosing my mind. Everything has been so… misplaced? Tommy hasn't been all there in weeks. G- Major has been more chaotic than normal. Apparently, Sam and Darius are at odds. Over what? I am not quite sure. EJ has taken Claudia under her wing. It's weird. Home is just as bizarre. Sadie is getting quite friendly with Spencer Walsh. I came home from hanging out with Spied to find Sadie being all cuddly with Spencer on the living room couch. She never even did that with Tommy!

I think that when Tommy came home, he brought the twilight zone with him…..

"Jude!" Victoria Harrison shouted up the stairs to her daughter. Jude popped her head out from her pile of blankets. "I'm going to work. Your dad will be here to pick you up in an hour. Get a move on, honey!" Jude looked around confused. The clock glared 7am at her. Jude groaned and burrowed herself away, again.

"Jude Diandra Harrison!" her mother shouted, again.

"Fine. I'm up!" Jude called back and dragged herself out of bed.

The hour went by in a flash. Stuart Harrison stood in the hallway of his former home, waiting for his daughter. "Jude! Come on. We are going to be late!"

Jude rushed down the stairs, rambling something. Stuart chuckled at his youngest child and followed her out the door.

"Where the hell is Jude? Tommy, you told me you were going to talk to her about being on time!" Samantha snapped. Tommy shrugged in response.

"Is she here yet?" Darius asked. His voice was strained with aggravation. " I am counting this as strike one, Quincy. Her call time was 7:30! It is now 8:05."

"I can't reach her. What do you want me to do?" Tommy answered.

"Nothing, Tommy. Absolutely nothing," Samantha muttered. " EJ! Are the boys ready?"

"Strike one!" Darius repeated and walked off.

Tommy ran his hands through his hair. Lately , all he and Sam could do was argue and make up, then argue again. He had a feeling Darius was to credit for that. He massaged his temple and leaned against the wall of the set. Jude suddenly appeared before him in a blur.

"You're late," he said, harshly.

"By like 10 minutes!" She half laughed out.

"Try 40 minutes. Your call time was 7:30. Darius and Samantha are livid. Get in there before they call off the shoot. You are so damn lucky I was able to stall them. I don't need another reason to fight with Sam," Tommy reprimanded.

"Okay," Jude said. Hurt was evident on her face. Tommy told himself not to care. Jude was late. He couldn't protect her from the consequences.

"Where the hell have you been!" Claudia demanded. She dragged Jude across the set, straight to hair, make up and costume. " She- boss and he-boss are pissed. You better have a beyond brilliant reason for not being here on time. Darius is starting to count strikes against you."

"What!"

"Jude!" the two girls heard Samantha exclaim.

" Sam, I--"

"Don't even bother, Harrison. I don't want to hear it. You have 15 minutes. If we aren't filming by 8:30 we are cutting the video. There is no room for excuses or debate," she stated firmly. " And don't even think about going to Tom. He isn't the boss. I am."

Samantha turned on her heal and stormed off.

"I hear they are having problems," Claudia whispered. Jude looked at her questionably.

"They've been arguing none stop for two weeks. Maybe you won't have to worry about that winter wedding."

Jude wanted to smile, but she knew that it would be wrong to. She had to let Tommy be happy. Maybe Samantha wasn't making him as happy as she had thought.

"Sam, lets talk about this," Tommy pleaded. He trailed Sam through the hustle and bustle of the set. Jude's practice loft had been transformed into the set of Anyone But You. The video would be a mix of live performance and a montage of Jude and Spied around the city.

"There is nothing to talk about. Look, I told you before, I like Jude, but this is about business. This is about professionalism. Darius will ban her from recording if she is late again."

"Babe, it is not like you haven't been late before--"

"Tom! I am not going to argue about this with you. She was 40 minutes late. If she is not on set in 10, its out of my hands. Darius is her manager. Darius is the one with the control of her contract. If you have a problem, take it up with him. I am tired of arguing with you. Excuse me," she replied. Sam wandered off with her telephone attached to her ear.

"You're a moron," Portia commented. Tommy turned to find Portia glaring at him.

"You better watch yourself before you mess up one of the best things that has ever happened to you. Besides me, of course."

"Since when did you become Sam's best friend?"

Portia rolled her eyes. " Look, Samantha and I may not have always been on the best of terms, but she was and is good for you. Don't mess that up. You've made a lot of mistakes, Tom. Don't make anymore with Sam. She may not be so forgiving next time."

Tommy bit his lip to keep from retorting.

"Watch it."

Jude stumbled on to set.

"Finally!" Spiederman yelled at the sight of Jude.

"Where have you been, Harrison? We have been waiting for years," Wally teased.

"Sorry guys. I had the wrong call time."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Miss Diva," Spied went on.

Jude jokingly slapped Spied on the arm.

"Okay, people. We are starting with the performance scene. Kyle, we want you to start with the count off," the director instructed. " And…action!"

Jude smoothed out her short jean skirt, as Kyle started the count.

Tommy came up behind Sam and Darius, who stood in deep conversation.

"Can we talk?" he asked. Samantha and Darius exchanged similar glances. Darius nodded at her.He waved his hand at her.

"Sam."

Samantha shook her head at Darius and allowed Tom to lead her out of the loft.

Samantha was surprised by Tom shoving her against the wall and pressing his lips to hers. It was seconds before Samantha even responded.

"I'm sorry," he whispered into her hair. " I hate fighting with you."

"Me too," Samantha said, softly.

"I love you, Sam."

"Me too, Quincy."

" Are we cool?"

Samantha nodded. With a small smile, she reached on her toes and kissed him.

"We're cool."

"I don't change my mind for anybody. I won't waste my time on just anybody
I won't share my life (with anyone but you). It's such a long road (with anyone but you)
That I couldn't follow (with anyone but you).Never anyone but. Never anyone but (anyone but you)
It's such a long road (with anyone but you).That I couldn't follow (with anyone but you)." Jude sang out. Spiederman, Jude, Wally, and Kyle tore up the performance shot.

Darius didn't want to admit, but he was impressed with their performance. The chemistry flowed. From the corner of his eye, he watched Samantha re-enter the loft with her hand clutched by Tom. It wasn't that he didn't like Tom. He simply did not approve of him messing with women he cared about. Tommy had broke his sister's heart. He did not want his partner to suffer the same fate. Despite popular belief, he had some semblance of a heart.

"Martez, I am heading back to G- Major," he told his partner as he passed her and her fiancé.

Samantha acknowledged him with a wave.

The morning hours went by fast. Jude and Spiederman soon found themselves playing around on a play ground. Her song blared out over portable speakers. She had to admit that she was having more fun with Spied than she had ever had with Shay. The two joked around with the lyrics as he spun her around on his back.

"Anyone but you…"

Jude and Spied collapsed on to the grass in hysterics. It was 3 in the afternoon. So far they had filmed at a skating rink, movie house, laser tag, and the park.

"Kiss her!" Kyle or Wally yelled out. Jude wasn't sure which one. Spiederman had stopped laughing. She felt his gaze on her deepen.

" Never anyone, but you," she softly. Vince took this as his queue and captured Jude's lips in a far from innocent kiss. Jude ran her fingers through his all ready messy hair.

Claudia stood in the back of the crew. She raised a brow. That was new.

Samantha felt Tom tense up. She cursed under her breath. She inhaled deeply and exhaled loudly.

"I have to get back to G- Major. I'll see you tonight," she murmured in Tom's ear. She fled the set as a woman on a mission.

Samantha headed straight to studio A, where she knew he would be.The man with all the answers.

" I need to talk to you and it can't wait."

Kwest looked up to find his best friend's fiancée looking at him intently.

"I'm all yours," Kwest replied, gesturing to the empty chair next to him.

" Is he in love with Jude?"

"Come on, Sam. She's 17."

Samantha crossed her arms over her chest.

"He cares about her."

"I didn't ask that."

Kwest sighed. He removed the head set from around his neck and leaned over the sound board.

"It's complicated with them. She's always reminded him of you when you were first together. He loves you, Sam."

"Kwest, please. Loving someone is different than being in love with someone. Great, now I am starting to sound like an episode of Grey's Anatomy. Tell me Kwest is Meredith going to get McDreamy in the end?

"He chose his wife. Tommy asked you to marry him. He wants to make a life with you," Kwest pointed out. Portia had introduced Kwest to Grey's one night while working late.

"Sometimes I doubt that."

Kwest put a hand on Samantha's knee. "Listen to me, Sammy. I know Tommy. I know you. And I know Jude. I'll be honest with you, its not secret that Jude has a thing for Tommy. Tom.. He liked Jude, but that was before you came back in his life. It took him a long time to call you. It took him a long time to accept that you loved him regardless of his problems."

"I don't want to loose him, Kwest. I love him."

" I talked to Sam today," Kwest told Tommy later that day. Tommy had returned to the studio to finish a song with Kwest. Tommy looked at him with interest.

" She knows, man."

"Knows what?"

"About you and Jude."

Tommy was taken back. "Knows what about me and Jude?"

" She thinks you'll leave her for Jude. Tom, you need to settle this. You can't have Addison and Meredith."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Kwest shook his head. "Sorry, Portia has me addicted to Grey's Anatomy. Sam was using similes to the show. You have to watch it. It's a good show."

Tommy looked at Kwest skeptically. " Okay," Tom dragged out.

"Addison is Derek's wife. Meredith is his ex girlfriend. He chose his wife, but still shares a look with Meredith. He didn't really make a choice by staying with his wife. He said he did, but… Man, it's complicated. Just watch the damn show."

Jude and Spied walked out of the loft slowly. Neither could stop taking side glances at the other.

"So.."

"So.."

"Okay, this is silly," Jude said after an uncomfortable moment.

"Yea," Spied replied. Suddenly, he grabbed Jude's wrist and kissed her again. Jude happily returned the kiss. She didn't understand it. She was just conflicted over the Tommy mess. Now, she stood with a camera on her back, in a hallway making out with her guitarist. And she didn't mind it at all. She enjoyed every millisecond of it. Yup, that Forest was much smarter than he thought.