A/N: I think this is a short chap, i can't tell from here. Sort of drama between Sadie and Tommy in this chap...yeah...
Chapter 12- Sail away
"time to go" Jude said. She and Tommy carried her stuff onto the bus. Jean, Taylor, Jeff, and Shane were already inside the bus.So were Mark and Lee. Jude stood in front of the door on the bus holding back tears.
"So I can finally call you my fiancee" Tommy smiled. Jude nodded. She looked down at the ring on her finger.Tommy lifted her chin and kissed her passionately. She wouldn't let go of this kiss, she needed it to last her for four months. She got closer to him and wrapped her arms around his neck, intensifying it. He placed his hands at her waist.
"Tom!" Mark said as he stood on the stairs of the bus entrance. He had his hands on his hips. Tommy broke away from the kiss and looked at his friend "I needed to know if you got all Jude's things in yet, I could help"
"It's already taken care of..." Tommy said, glancing from Jude to Mark.
"Okay...well finish what you're doin' cuz we got a schedule to follow. Jude's gonna be on tv tonight at 7:30. Watch her"
"Will do Mark" Tommy said. Mark saluted them and walked back on the bus. Tommy laughed slightly and stared back at Jude.
"I love you" He said.
"love you too...god I'm gonna MISS you like CRAZY!" She jumped at him and wrapped her arms around him again, allowing one single tear to fall. She kissed him one last time and walked onto the bus, watching him from the window as they drove away. Tommy stood at the edge of the driveway with his hands in his jacket pockets. He sighed heavily and walked back inside his empty house.
A few hours later, there was a loud knock at the door. Tommy opened it and was surprised when a hand met his face. He looked at its owner and found that the hand was Sadie's.
"What was that for!" He shouted
"For asking my baby sister to marry you in PUBLIC!" She went to smack him again but he grabbed her hand
"What does it matter sadie? She's legal remember"
"Is THAT all you care about? You did it almost secretly. Nobody knew about it!"
"Well, Shane and Jean knew"
"You didn't even ask me to help you pick out the ring!"
"Didn't need your help, I know what she likes"
"And you didn't ask dad!"
"Yeah, Sadie, Like he'd be all for it"
"He would!"
"Right"
"How do you think we feel about this? To not have witnessed you asking my sister to marry you!"
"Sadie calm down"
"No I won't calm down! You SO copied Kwest and me!"
"How does this come back to you!"
"We just got married and you couldn't WAIT to beat us and ask the baby of the family to marry you"
"So this is about jealousy" Tommy rolled his eyes
"No!"
"Whatever"
"Don't whatever me Tom! Kwest doesn't appreciate this either!"
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah! He's hurt that you didn't even run it by him! He's supposed to be your best friend"
"He is Sadie! How was I supposed to tell him? You guys were on a honeymoon!"
"How long!"
"Huh?"
"How long have you been planning this!"
"A couple days..."
"Ugh! You're going to hurt her"
"What!"
"YOU are going to HURT HER"
"Sadie you're being crazy"
"She's never gonna..."
Tommy silenced Sadie by picking up the telephone.
"Who are you calling?" She asked
Tommy didn't respond. Once the person answered the phone, he held it up in the air.
"Tommy what are you doing!"
"SADIE!" A faint voice called from inside the telephone. Sadie took the phone and recognized the voice as Jude.
"What are you doing there!" Jude asked.
"Jude I don't think you should get married"
"I cannot believe this"
"Well I can"
"You ASKED us to get married WITH you"
"That was different"
"HOW! Sadie you try to ruin everything that I have going for me! I'm not letting you mess this up!" Jude hung up on her sister. Sadie handed the phone back to Tommy and stormed out of the door. Tommy rubbed the back of his head in confusion. Then he walked to the kitchen and found a poptart in the toaster. He thought Jude had left it from this morning so he picked it up to eat it. It was cold already. and tasted a bit stale. Suddenly Jude called back.
"Hey Tommy?"
"Yep" He said with a mouthful
"Is she gone?"
"Yep"
"Oh...and there's one more thing I forgot all about...I left a poptart in the toaster yesterday...it's probably old by now cause it was one of those smoothy ones...so could you just dump it for me? Thanks!" Jude hung up the phone. Tommy looked at the poptart in his hand and put it in the trash, halfway gagging on what he just ate. He would never trust food that way randomly laying around the kitchen again.
Jude walked around her new tour bus. She adored it. Shane was asleep on one of the loveseats, Jean was using the computer, Jeff was in the bunks room writing songs, and Taylor was eating. Mark and Lee were on the other loveseat messing with their guitars. They had two hired drivers, so they could drive in shifts. Right now the driver was Mr. Kita. He was a Vietnamese old man, and had a great sense of humor. The other was Mr. Chice. He was a rather boring guy. He never talked much.
Jude walked to the bunks room and found Jeff behind the fort he made for his bottom bunk. She climbed under with him and layed on his bed. They hadn't even slept on these beds yet and Jude was about to right now, it was so comfortable. Jeff was scribbling away into his song book. Jude took it and looked at it
"This is...really good!" She said, reading every line. He blushed and looked away.
"Not like we'll ever use it. This band is only here to back you up" He said
"We could use it...We'll just need to talk alot"
"huh?"
"I can't sing it with emotion if I don't know your emotions. So come on, tell me what this is about"
"I don't want to tell you"
"Why not?"
"because"
Jude placed the book in front of him and sat upright. She waited for him to come out of his thoughts. He looked at her. She could see something in his eyes but she couldn't tell what he was feeling.
"Come on Jeff...tell me"
"This songs about my mom"
"Your mom?" Jude opened the book back and began reading it again.
You abandoned me and everything I am
because you didn't like it
You never gave me a chance
before you threw me on the streets
your drunken self hated every part of me
you were obliged to love me
breaking every dream I had at first
until I found myself and went on my own
and after all thats happened
I realize, I'll never get that one thing
the one thing I ever needed
not your affection
not you in any way
I needed somebody else
but they never came.
Jude stared at the paper as if it was going to magically write more. She handed the book back to him and he snatched it back, clearly embarrassed of it.
"Jeff thats awesome"
"Well like I said you aren't gonna use it"
"I can if you want me to"
"Well I don't want you to"
"ok then"
After an akward silence, Jeff glanced over and Jude, who had been staring at him this whole time.
"what? You aren't gonna get all girly and snap on me for not letting you use my song?"
"Nope"
"Why not"
"Because I have songs I don't like to use either"
"Can I see?"
"I'd prefer if you didn't"
"I understand"
The bus came to a halt. It was time for Jude's TV appearance to apologize to her Canadian fans. There were people all over screaming Jude's name as she got off the bus. Shane, Jeff, Jean, and Taylor followed her. Everyone else stayed on the bus. A body guard led the group to the stage and Jude was blinded by flashing cameras. There were 4 microphones held up to her at the podium. She tapped on one of them to make sure they were on. Everybody silenced.
"Hi...umm...The other day...there was a terrible accident" She explained. "Our old tour bus flipped over, and as you can see, 3 of my bandmates got hurt. We are already behind schedule and you have no idea how sorry I am that I can't play in Canada for you guys...and how much I had wanted to. I know you all are pretty mad at me...but like I said, I am really sorry"
"Keep on with the music! She'll play for you soon enough!" Shane yelled in the mic. She turned to see what he was doing and he was just laughing with an 'everything-will-be-okay' smile. She smiled back and looked back at her audience.
"And now I'm off to Europe!"
The crowd yelled and screamed. She waved back at them and gave a few of the closer ones her autograph, as did the band, but they weren't as loved as Jude was. She hopped back on the bus and waved to her fans through the window as they drove off. Now it was a straight road to Europe. Well, they had to get on a boat first, the bus would be shipped there on a separate boat. But that would be in about a day. Jude kicked back her feet on her bed and drifted off to sleep.
When she awoke she looked out the window. They were surrounded by water.
"Where are we!" She cried, jumping out of her bed and walking out to find all the boys in the main room of the bus.
"We're at the port" Jean stated
"And you didn't wake me!" She asked
"We knew that the boat would wake you up eventually" Jeff laughed.
"Thanks" Jude said sarcastically 'you were just going to leave me there"
"Naw we woulda come for you eventually" Shane nudged Jude in the shoulder.
Jude grabbed her guitar case and strapped it to her back, as the other boys had. She followed them off the bus and up a ramp. There was a mass of people recognizing her and the band, so she put a hood on so she wouldn't be disturbed. The band had less probability of being recognized if she wasn't with them. She boarded the boat and followed the others to 4 separate rooms. The bus drivers had their own room, Shane and Jeff shared a room, Jean and Jude shared a room, Taylor, Mark, and Lee shared the last. They were all right across from eachother.
The rooms all looked the same. They were somewhat big, with twin beds. The matresses were squeaky. There was a green rug on the floor. The "privy" was in the back of the hallway. They would all have to share one. Thank god they'd only be on the boat for about 2 days.
The bell rang and it was time for supper. All the boys except Jean sprinted out for the buffet.
"Come on Jude" Jean begged "I'm hungry"
"Go ahead Jean..I'm gonna stick around and watch the water" Jude leaned against a railing at the edge of the boat. The sun had set about an hour ago. Everything was pitch black and Jude could only see from the bright lights shining off of the boats head.
"You sure?"
"Yeah.." Jude said. Jean listened and walked away. Jude stared at her left hand. The ring glinted in the light. She was engaged! She couldn't believe it! Everything she wanted was piecing together, but also this was the reason why she'd hoped he would wait till she got back from the tour. She was now eager to get home and marry him. They didn't even have a date set yet. Sort of a spur-of-the-moment thing. Jude smiled and thought about last night, how he proposed to her. It was exactly the way she would have wanted it. He expressed it through music. That was the way that Jude liked everything, and Tommy knew that. Her cell phone vibrated in her pocket. She flipped it open and saw that it was Sadie.
"Hey Sadie"
"Hey sis"
"Done blowing up on Tommy?"
"Yeah..."
"Sometimes I just don't get you"
"I'm just..Jealous I guess"
"Why? You already got married"
"I mean...Tom's my ex boyfriend Jude"
"Yeah...but you're over him...and married"
"Yeah I know, but I guess...I'm just sad because I thought it would be me marrying Tommy"
"But you're happy with Kwest"
"Yes, I am, but you're my baby sister"
"I'm aware of that"
"And you're marrying...MY ex boyfriend"
"And MY current boyfriend"
"I don't want to fight over him anymore"
"Sadie...You're crazy"
"I know. But I guess I'm happy for you"
"Thanks"
"Yep,I gotta go though..Kwest yelled, he probably hit something" Sadie laughed
"Bye"
Jude hung up the phone. She once again glanced at the beautiful ring resting on her finger. She smiled and stared out at the darkened ocean. She tried to imagine what her wedding would be like, and somehow she just couldn't picture herself in a white dress. She did know what her hair would look like though. Maybe it was a sign. Maybe she was just being delirious.
"Jude!" Somebody called from behind her. She whirled around to see a little girl standing there with her arms at her sides. She was about 6 years old, Jude guessed.
"Hey kid" Jude bent down so she was at the kid's level
"I'm Audrey"
"Nice to meet you"
"Um..I saw you yesterday..with your boyfriend"
"You did? Where at?"
"When he sang for you...at the eating place"
"Oh! Yeah..." Jude showed Audrey her ring. Audrey smiled, her cheeks pudged out.
"I really like your music"
"Thank you!"
"are you going to sing for us tomorrow before you get off the boat?"
"Oh..I donno kid"
"Cause my daddy's the captain..he said you could if you wanted you know"
"Well, maybe I will" Jude smiled at Audrey and scrunched up her hair. She gave her a hug and led her back inside to where her mother was.
"Thank you Jude" Audrey's mother thanked. She took Audrey in her arms. Jude smiled, waved goodbye, and walked back outside. Jeff came outside and handed her a plate of chicken nuggets and mashed potatoes. She took it and he sat down next to her. She ate gratefully. Jeff gave a small smiled to her and brought her plate back inside when he was finished. The night air was chilly, making her shiver. She stayed seated and turned, putting her feet over the edges of the boat. She took her cell phone out of her pocket and dialed Tommy's number. How she longed to be home with him.
"Hey babe how's it goin?" He answered. Jude could tell he wasn't home.
"I'm okay...where are you?"
"I came out to a party that Kwest asked me to come to"
"Oh cool, having fun?"
"Be better with you here"
"How sweet" Jude layed her back on the wood floor.
"How's the boat? Did you find out if you're seasick?"
"Boats okay..its nice. Nope, I haven't hurled yet"
"Good good" Tommy said "Don't eat the food"
"Why?"
"I donno, just felt like getting you back for this morning"
"You ATE the poptart!"
"Sort of"
"EW!"
"Haha..." tommy laughed slightly. Suddenly, Jude heard a huge crash where Tommy was.
"What was that!" She asked
"Crap! I gotta go call later bye!"And Tommy hung up.
A/N: Woohoo. Oh for the record: let me tell you all how STUPID I am.When writing this chapter...I had to ask 2 friends if the space between Canada and Europe was an ocean or a sea. Yea...stare in awe and flame me for my stupidity