Jude looked at Mason. She sighed.
"No, I haven't, but Mason what is he going to do? SME will be here for what a week? Mason, Speed doesn't even care that he's a father. I've told you before; he has no legal rights towards Noelle." Mason shrugged.
"Hey, it's your life." Mason left the studio. Jude sunk into the couch, burying her head in her hands. Why was Speed coming back now?
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"Kevin, how many times do I have to tell you? We can't have finger sliding in the background of the song!" Tommy said into the mike. He was quickly growing frustrated.
"Tough day?" He turned to see Portia standing in the door way. He rubbed a tired hand over his face.
"You wouldn't believe. Do you need something?" Portia shook her head.
"I just came by to give you the studio schedule for next week." Portia handed him the paper and walked out of the room.
"Kevin, you can take a break." Tommy told him. He looked over the schedule. He stopped and blinked, making sure he was reading right. He left the studio, heading for studio 2 where he knew Kwest was working with Patsy.
Kwest turned to look at him.
"What's up man?" He said, taking his headphones off. Tommy handed him the next week's schedule.
"You seen this yet?" Kwest shook his head, glancing it over.
"Wow, SME is gonna be here?" Tommy nodded.
"Talk about a blast from the past!" Tommy said, taking a seat.
"Hey, you boys want some alone time?" Patsy's voice came over the speaker. Kwest looked at her.
"Sorry Patsy, why don't you take a break?" Patsy shrugged, taking off her headphones and leaving the studio. Kwest turned back to Tommy.
"I thought that they had left G Major for good." Tommy shrugged.
"I was under that impression too. Well Jude should be happy to have the guys back. I mean she only recorded three albums with them."
"I don't know, maybe. Things were pretty weird between Speed and Jude when they left." Tommy rolled his eyes.
"He probably just hadn't gotten over their break up." Tommy stated. Kwest shrugged.
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Noelle dropped her book bag on one of the couches in the lobby of G Major. Her friend Katie stared in awe at the albums lining the walls. She stopped at one and turned towards Noelle.
"Wow, was that your mom?" She asked. Noelle walked over to her friend. She stared at the particular album Katie was pointing at.
"Yeah, that was my mom's second album. It went platinum and was number one in North America for like six months." Katie stared at Noelle stunned.
"Wow, with your parents you must have some kind of musical talent!" Noelle shrugged.
"My dad isn't my birth father." Katie nodded.
"Do you know you're real dad?" She asked. Noelle shook her head.
"Tommy's my dad in every way that counts. Plus he makes my mom really happy. Happier then she was before he came back into her life. I just wish they'd have more kids!" Katie frowned at her.
"You want brothers and sisters?" Noelle nodded enthusiastically.
"Yeah, I hate being an only child. And as much as my mom and my dad love me, I'm sure they want kids that are theirs together. I mean they love each other so much!" Katie shook her head, still not over the fact that Noelle wanted siblings.
"I've got a younger brother and sister. You can have them." The two laughed, settling onto the couch. Katie picked up an issue of Solid that was lying on the table in front of them. She flipped through and stopped on a page.
"The Spiederman Mind Explosion… man I love that band!" Katie gushed. Noelle leaned over to see the page.
"Really, I've never heard of them!" Katie looked at her.
"Are you serious? They backed up your mom like 20 years ago." Noelle turned to her shocked.
"Really? They must have had some sort of falling out because Mom has never even mentioned them." Katie shrugged.
"Isn't Speed hot?" Noelle looked at the page.
"Which one's Speed?" Katie pointed to the guy in the middle.
"He's the lead singer/guitarist. His full name is Vincent Spiederman, but he prefers to go by Speed or Spiederman." Noelle laughed.
"You are like a walking dictionary on this band." Katie shrugged.
"They're my favorite rock band of all time!" Noelle laughed again. She saw Kevin walk out of the studio and head over to Hospitality. Katie looked over at him.
"Speaking of hot, whose he?" She asked. Noelle just rolled her eyes at her friend's boy craziness.
"That's Kevin Winters. My dad is producing him, you wanna go say hi?" Noelle grabbed her hand leading her over to him. Katie smoothed down her hair and clothes. Noelle slapped her hand down, rolling her eyes.
"Hey Kevin!" Kevin turned around and smiled at Noelle.
"Hey how's it going?" Noelle nodded. She pointed to Katie.
"This is my best friend Katie, Katie this is Kevin Winters, the next Ryan Cabrera." Kevin shook Katie's hand, smiling at her. Noelle turned to him.
"So what are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be recording?" Kevin rolled his eyes.
"You're dad is a freaking perfectionist! He keeps yelling at me for sliding my fingers on the guitar." Noelle rolled her eyes.
"He just wants you to be good. Mom always said he was like that with her, and hey two of her albums went platinum!" Kevin smiled.
"Thanks for the tip. So what are you guys doing here locked away at the studio on a beautiful Sunday?"
"I'm waiting on one of my parents to finish up. We're going to the movies tonight and I really want to go home and change!" Noelle laughed. She saw her mom exiting Studio 3 and excused herself from Katie and Kevin, running over to her.
"Hey mom!" Her mom turned around, surprised.
"Noelle, I thought that you were at Katie's house?" Jude stood in front of her.
"Yeah, she doesn't live to far from here so she walked over here with me. We're going to the movies and I wanted to go home and change. Are you almost done with work?" Jude nodded.
"Yeah, actually I am. I guess I can run you home. Do you think Katie would like to be dropped off?" Noelle turned to see Kevin and Katie talking.
"No I think she's okay here." She laughed, pulling her mom towards the exit.