Jude was sitting in Studio 2 strumming her guitar. For awhile now she had been thinking about recording another album, but she just couldn't find time between producing and running investor meetings with Darius. She sighed, setting the guitar to the side. Today as Tuesday, the day SME was supposed to come in and record. Out of all the luck in the world, Tommy was the one to be producing them. Jude was nervous, hoping that Speed wouldn't say anything about Noelle. She still hadn't told anyone except Mason that he was Noelle's father.

She sucked it up and walked out of the studio, holding her guitar in her hand. Tommy intercepted her, giving her a grin.

"Wow, I forgot how much I enjoy the sight of you holding your guitar." Jude looked down at her old trusty friend.

"Yeah, I was just letting some pent up creativity flow." Tommy smiled.

"Have you thought about going back to the other side of the glass?" Jude grinned at her husband.

"Have you?" Tommy laughed.

"Okay, okay I can take a hint." He gave her a quick kiss on the lips. "I've got to get back to work, but I think Darius wanted to see you in his office." Jude nodded.

"I love you." Tommy nodded back.

"I love you, too." Jude walked over to Darius's office and entered.

"Tommy said you wanted to talk?" Darius motioned for her to take a seat.

"Yeah, look Tom's gonna be pretty busy producing SME so he requested that you produce Kevin Winters." Jude nodded.

"Yeah, that's no problem, D. I'm all over it." Darius nodded.

"Alright, let's get back to work shall we?" Jude smiled and nodded. She ran out of his office and headed straight for hers. She searched her desk until she found a spare notebook stashed in the bottom drawer. Pen in hand, she quickly started writing down lyrics as they came from her head.

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Tom was standing in the lobby with Kwest. SME had just rolled up and they were unloading their stuff.

"You dudes could help!" They heard Speed's instinctive voice call from outside. Tommy and Kwest looked at each other before heading outside.

"Whoa, I didn't know you were back in town!" Kyle said, seeing Tommy.

"Guess I could say the same to you guys." He replied. Wally walked over and grabbed Tommy's hand.

"It's good to see you, Tom." Tommy nodded at Wally. He had always been the nice one. Speed looked at them over the huge amp he had in his hand.

"Okay, dudes seriously let's get over this cryfest and help me unload this crap!" The five of them managed to bring all the equipment into the studio. Tommy looked around.

"Okay you guys know that we have all this stuff here." Speed shrugged.

"Dude, we're rockstars, we have to use our own stuff." Tommy rolled his eyes.

"Are you guys ready to work?" The three men looked at Tommy shocked, as if they were still 17.

"Dude, since when is this work?" Kyle asked.

"Seriously, let's get out of here." Kyle and Wally walked out, heading for hospitality. Tommy watched them leave before turning towards Speed who was tuning his guitar.

"I see you guys have grown up oh so much." Speed shrugged giving him a smile.

"So, what's been going on with you these past 17 years?" Tommy looked away with a smile.

"Nothing too much, I'm a family man now." Speed looked at him mildly surprised.

"Really? You? You're gonna crush Kyle if he finds out. He always says he's gonna be like Little Tommy Q and instead of settling down, canoodle with Hollywood babes." Speed joked. Tommy laughed, feeling oddly comfortable with him. Maybe it was the fact that he had the girl, but Tommy didn't feel the intense desire to constantly punch him in the face anymore. Maybe in 17 years he had grown up some.

Wally and Kyle walked back in, eating out of a bag of cheetos. Tommy looked at them.

"We ready to record now?" The guys nodded. Kyle set himself up behind the drumset, while Wally strapped on his bass. Speed hooked his guitar up to the amp and walked over to the main mike.

"Ready whenever you are Producer person." Tommy chuckled.

"SME take one." He spoke into the mike.

An hour later, Tommy stepped out of the studio, ready to take a break. He walked over to Jude's office and tapped on the door. He pushed it open to see his wife furiously writing in a notebook.

"So you change your mind about wanting to record?" Tommy asked. Jude looked up surprised.

"I didn't even hear you knock." She put her pen down and stretched. "I guess I was just inspired." She stood up making her way over to Tommy.

"You know I'm serious. You should really consider recording again. It doesn't even have to be a full fledged album right now, just a single. What have you been working on?" He asked. Jude turned around and picked up the notebook she had been writing in.

"It's just some scattered thoughts. I don't even think they make sense together." She handed him the notebook. He read through it before fixing her with a look.

"This is really good." Jude smiled, taking the notebook back. She set it on her desk.

"Don't push me, okay?" Tommy nodded, pulling her towards him. "You been busy?" Tommy nodded, exasperated.

"Let me tell you in 17 years, those guys haven't matured a bit." Jude laughed, looking away for a split second.

"I guess that's just the SME guys for ya." Tommy agreed.

"I should probably get back to work." Jude nodded. They both leaned in for a quick kiss before Tommy disappeared out the door. Jude went back over to her desk and read over the lyrics she had written. They weren't half bad. She grabbed her guitar and tried to find some chords to go with her words. After a few minutes of trying, she decided to take a break.

Jude walked over to hospitality and went to pour herself a cup of coffee. She leaned against the counter and closed her eyes as she took a sip.

"Dude you want to move out of the way?" She snapped her eyes open to see Speed standing in front of her. "I'm serious, please move." She stared at him. Speed broke out into a smile and pulled her in for a hug.

"How's it going Harrison?" Jude laughed and pulled away.

"It's going. How about you?" Speed nodded, taking out a cup.

"Can't complain. I'm just glad that we're back home." Jude nodded. She set her coffee cup down.

"Shouldn't you be recording?" Speed rolled his eyes.

"Tommy's working with Kyle and Wally… well actually he's lecturing them. It's pretty funny." Jude smiled. Tommy could be such a perfectionist.

"Well, if you're free for a little while, do you want to join me for a quick lunch break? We should seriously talk." Speed thought it over for a second before swinging an arm around her.

"How could I turn down food?"