A/N - Hey you guys..I'm guessing the last chapter was as bad as I thought it was..only got one review..heh..I'm sorry :-\ well,if I don't get more than one this chapter I'm just going to have to delete the story because I don't want to write if no one is interested. Thank you for my one reviewer :) I'm glad you liked it. Okay well..on with the chapter I guess..

Disclamier - I do not own Instant Star

Chapter 4 - Meeting Sarah

"The lyrics aren't working for me," He started bluntly..

"Why not?" Sarah pouted.

"They are too childish," He motioned for her to come back into the studio. She rolled her eyes and pulled off the head phones. After coming through the door she took her earlier seat but this time didn't scoot close to Tommy.

"I like them," She said, looking over the lyrics.

"Eternal as the earth and the sun?" He mocked.

"Yeah? whats wrong with it?" He stared at her for a few seconds in disbelief and then finally let out a small chuckle.

"You really think they are good enough?" He asked, seriously. She looked them over once again and nodded.

Tommy sighed.

"Alright then.." He told her to go back into the recording booth and sing it again. This time he added the music. That was one down and like 13 to go. This record was going to take forever to make, well, it seemed like forever anyway.

"Hey, whats up?" Speid asked. This time he didn't seem as nervous as he did a month ago. He was actually pretty confident with his words, she could hear it.

"Not much, hows everything with the band?" She asked, trying to keep the attention and questions off of her and G-major. SME was no longer with G-major, they also were signed with another studio.

"Good I guess.." He started walking down the aisle, exploring the C.Ds. Jude followed.

"Something wrong?" She asked, concerned.

"Nope, everythings good," He picked up a C.D and started to read the back. Jude nodded to herself and stared at the ground. Speid noticed and his eyes started to roam her body.

"Jude, whats going on with you?" He asked. Jude looked up at him, confusedly.

"What?" Speid put the C.D down and grabbed the sleeve of her sweat shirt, pulling it up. Her arm lay limp against the fabric. She didn't like where he was going with this.

"You're tiny," He said, taking his other hand and lightly bringing her chin up so her face would face his own. He looked into her dull blue eyes and narrowed his own.

"You're so pale..have you been eating?" He asked, quietly. She pushed his hands away and allowed her sleeves to fall back over her hands.

"I'm fine," She said and started to walk in the opposite direction. He quickly caught up with her.

"Talk to me," He pleaded, trying to stop her.

"Theres nothing to talk about," She insisted, making her way out of the store.

Finally he grabbed her arm and spun her around to face him again. She looked away because tears started to dwell in her eyes. Why wouldn't he just let her be? She didn't need this.

"What is wrong?" He tried again to get her secrets out of her.

"Jude!" Sadie called from a few stores down. Jude looked over at her sister who was motioning for her to come over, her hands were filled with bags. She pulled herself from Speid's grasp and looked at him before turning to leave again. He watched her eyes glisten in the light for a few seconds and then watched her dissapear in the crowd of people.

Sadie immediately noticed Jude's sad expression.

"You okay?" She asked, giving a few of her bags to Jude.

"Yeah, um, we done here?" Jude asked, looking at all the bags.

"Yes we are. Now we are going to stop by and see Tommy at his new job," She practically squealed. Jude tensed at his name and nodded slowly.

"Alright."

"Try it again," Tommy instructed, pushing the button once more.

"Again? Tom I've sang this song like 10 times!" He aggravatedly pushed the button to stop recording and then turned the intercom back on.

"It is missing something. It is just not working," She sighed, annoyed.

"I don't know any other way to sing it, I've tried about every way possible," She complained. Tommy was just about to give up when he saw two blondes coming through the door. He mentally thanked god.

"Take a break," He called into the mic and then turned towards his girlfriend and his..well..friend.

"Hey Sadie..Jude," He smiled at the both of them and Sadie wrapped her arms around him. Jude slightly smiled at him and took a seat close to the door, just in case she needed to get out quickly.

Sarah watched the scene play in front of her and decided this was her chance to finally meet Sadie, and she was going to make the best of it. She smirked to herself. After walking out of the booth she spotted Jude sitting alone.

"Hello," Sarah said in a fake sweet tone.

"Hi," Jude said politely, not really wanting to talk to her.

Sadie turned to face the young girl and noticed how pretty she was. Jealousy automatically overcame her. Tommy noticed Sadie's face and decided now was the time to speak up.

"Sadie, Jude, this is Sarah, I'm her.. producer," He informed. Sadie developed a smile across her lips as fake as Sarah's.

"Hi, I'm Sadie, Tommy's girlfriend," She held out her hand. Sarah flipped her long blonde hair and then took it while glancing at Tommy.

"Lucky girl,"

"I know," She dropped her hand and faced Tommy again who was watching Jude gaze into space.

"Jude, you okay?" He asked, obviously concerned.

"Huh? oh yeah, I'm fine." She lied, she was actually trying to recover from his earlier words. He was Sarah's producer..that was hard for Jude to consume. She missed Tommy being her own producer. No matter what Kwest or Darius said, her lyrics and her music wasn't as good as it once was. Everyone knew that yet no one wanted to make things worse on her so, they didn't tell her the truth.

"Good because I was hoping you could help Sarah with her lyrics, they aren't too hot,"

Jude raised an eyebrow.

"Hey, I'm in the room you know!" Sarah said, defensively.

"I know," Tommy smirked.

"Um, I don't know Tommy..my lyrics aren't too hot either," Jude said, shallowly.

"I've heard some of your new stuff, I think its great," He replied, supportively.

She looked at him and smiled. He gave her a pleading look that she just couldn't turn down.

"Alright, let me see them," She said, standing up and walking towards Tommy. He gave her Sarah's papers and a pen.

Jude took them without making direct eye contact with Tommy and then motioned for Sarah to follow. They walked out into the lobby, leaving Sadie and Tommy alone.

"So Jude, I've heard alot about you," Sarah took a seat next to Jude on the lobby's couch.

"Really?" Jude asked, hope flooding her voice.

"Yeah Tommy talks about you all the time," She lied. Jude could barely hide her smile. Sarah smirked. There was a few moments of silence before Jude snapped out of her fantasies and realized she had to help this girl with her lyrics.

"So, whats wrong with these?" She asked, skimming through the lyrics. Sarah rolled her eyes.

"I don't know. Ask Mr. Perfectionalist in there," She pointed towards Tommy. Jude smiled remembering the old days. He usually loved her writing, he only disagreed some of the time. Jude turned to towards the room Tommy and Sadie were in and through the glass she seen Tommy and Sadie with angry expressions on their faces.

"She's cute Tom," Sadie said in between clenched teeth. Tommy sighed and shook his head slightly.

"Isn't she?" He asked, sarcastically. Sadie rolled her eyes and started towards the door.

"You are not seriously going to leave. This is my job Sadie," He said, pushing himself from his chair.

"Watch me," She spat and opened the door. She slammed it shut and then exited the studio without letting Jude process what had just happened, she didn't have time to catch up with her.

"Sadie!" She called a few minutes too late. Sadie was already in her car and about to start it.

"Well so much for my ride home," Jude said, leaning back into the couch again.

"I'll take you home, Jude.." Tommy said in an aggravated tone, leaning against the door frame.

"Oh, okay.." Jude said awkwardly...

A/N - Please review you guys it means so much to me..