Chapter 3: What happened?

Tommy pulled away gently from kissing Jude, it had been perfect and it made him so happy to have the girl of his dreams. Jude smiled at Tommy still with her eyes closed; she had no words to describe what she was feeling. She was so happy but a lot had been going on lately. Her mom never came back from her honeymoon with Don and her Dad hardly came to see her. All she had was her music but now her Tommy was back which was all she wanted. Tommy took Jude into his arms and whispered: I love you so much but I better take you home. Jude nodded but what Tommy didn't know is that her and Sadie had moved since the house was sold against their wishes, they rented a nice apartment close to their old house. Her and Sadie had gotten closer ever since everything was going down hill. Tommy held Jude's hand until they got to the car and smiled at her, letting her now he was finally back and this time to stay.

-Tommy… A lot has been going on since you left; actually I don't live at the house anymore.

-What? What happened? Did you girls move?

-Well, Mom sold the house so Sadie and I had to move. Mom got married and left and never came back so it's just Sadie and me; we have an apartment together close to the house.

-Wow, but did your mom call or something? Is your dad checking in once in a while at least?

-No it's been pretty much just Sadie and me, he's been traveling a lot with his job and all but he sends money to us but that's about it.

-Are you girls ok? I mean it's hard to go through something like that alone.

-We're holding up but now I don't have to go through this alone. She smiled at him and he smiled back knowing that she meant that he was here now. He kissed her hand and nodded his head: Of course you don't, I'm here now and to stay. She let a single tear fall down her cheek, she was so happy he was back. Tommy brushed away her tear and held her hand the rest of the ride. Tommy reached Jude's apartment and parked in her driveway, he paused for a minute: Hey, what's wrong? Tommy?

-Oh, it's just I'm sorry you had to go through all of this alone but I promise I'll tell you the truth, you deserve to know that the reason I left was because…

-Tommy it's ok you don't have to explain this right now, besides I better go inside before Sadie calls the police for a missing person.

-That's the sarcastic Jude I know, but it seems you have grown up to be the beautiful woman I have always knew you would be.

-Now I wouldn't say I'm a grown up even though I'm 18 now, I feel I have still much to live before I call myself an adult. How about we get together tomorrow? I'll be at the studio, Darius already wants me working.

-Yea, I'll stop by, I have a lot of explaining to do and... Jude cut him off by embracing him and telling him how much she was happy to have him back. Tommy hugged her back and breathed her in, she pulled away gently and kissed him at the top of his nose, Tommy couldn't help but laugh: I'll see you tomorrow Quincy. She smiled and got out of the car and winked an eye at Tommy.

-Hey Quincy?

-Yea Harrison?

-Don't forget that I love you. She smiled and blew a kiss towards Tommy and walked into her apartment. Tommy smiled and drove away with thought of Jude, he got the girl and that's all he could think of. Jude came in to a very worried Sadie who embraced her as soon as she walked in.

-Where have you been? I've been worried sick about you, you have a lot of explaining to do but after I'm done checking if you have any missing body parts. Jude laughed at her comment and told her she was ok.

-I'm sorry about worrying you but you won't believe whom I was with.

-You mean you were with a guy, who was it? Oh my God… Was it Tommy?

-Yes yes, He came back and surprised me, it was so great Sadie seeing him and hugging him and…

-Ok ok I get the picture but did he tell you why he left in the first place?

-No, I didn't want him to tell me right that second; it would be too much for him at that time.

-Who cares? He left you not the other way around; I would of demanded for him to tell me.

-Sadie I know he might of not deserved it but you know how I feel about him, when I saw him I just couldn't demand anything but to let me hold him again. Sadie understood, she knew how her sister felt about Tommy, she loved him and she knew that Tommy loved her. She was ok with that fact and all she wanted was her sister to be happy and for the first time in a long time she saw her sister happy again. She smiled at her sister and nodded letting her know she understood.

-Hey how about I fix us both two cups of chocolate chip ice cream?

-That sound good, and remember to put chocolate syrup on top. Jude smiled and remembered her day with Tommy, she went upstairs to her room to freshen up and put on a black tank top and boy shorts with her fluffy slippers. She picked up her guitar and started strumming the chords to a new song. She began to sing:

A Beautiful Man

I should have told you I sold my soul to an angel
I should have showed you this world is not my own
I should have wrapped you,
wrapped you like a present
I should have gotten to you before you were grown

I should have whispered in your ear when you were lonely
I should have taken you,
taken you by the hand
I should have told you, you were, you are worthy
I should have shown you, you are, you are a beautiful man

I wanna save you from yourself
I wanna save you from everybody else
I wanna be inside you
but I can't, but I am doing the best that I can
for my beautiful man

I should have told you I would be difficult
I should have shown you the scars on my soul
I should have told u, I wanted u, I wanted u to take care of me
Without allowing u any of my control

I wanna save you from yourself
I wanna save you from everybody else
I wanna be inside you
but I can't, but I am doing the best that I can
for my beautiful man

I Am doing the best that I can, oh u beautiful man
I should told u I wasn't good enough for you
I should whisper I am unkind

I wanna save you from yourself
I wanna save you from everybody else
I wanna save you from myself
I am doing the best that I can
my beautiful man... my beautiful, beautiful man, my beautiful man… ohhhh… my beautiful mannnnnnn!
Ur my beautiful, beautiful, ur my beautiful man…

(A Beautiful Man by Mandy Moore)

She had written many songs about Tommy when he left but this one was her favorite. She put her guitar down and couldn't wait to record her new song with Tommy-her Tommy. She went downstairs to join Sadie, they ate ice cream and read cheesy magazines, and talked about her day with Tommy: It was so perfect Sadie, he took me on stage and kissed me the way I've been wanting him forever to do.

-Well, I'm just glad you're happy again, hey how bout we go get lattes tomorrow and go shopping, you will need a cute outfit so when you go out with Tommy.

-Yea that does sound good, I want to buy that shiny stuff for your body.

-You mean shimmer Jude; you have so much to learn.

-Well you know I wear whatever I'm in the mood for and I'm not such a girl.

-Hey I love being a girly girl, you get to wear cute skirts. Jude laughed and put on her favorite romantic movie on "The Notebook" Her and Sadie sobbed on the sad parts and awed whenever a romantic scene came on. She liked spending time with her sister even though she was a pain at times. Sadie kissed Jude goodnight on her forehead since she fell asleep towards the end of the movie: I want you to be happy kiddo, you must be so tired with the day you had, he better treat you right this time. Sadie brought her a blanket and let her peacefully sleep on the couch. Jude slept with dreams of Tommy and smiled slightly in them while she stirred in her sleep. She dreamed about singing the song she just wrote to Tommy while she was on the stage he set for her earlier that day. Tommy slept in his bed with dreams of Jude also and smiled in his sleep. The two Love

Birds slept peacefully with dreams of each other-things were finally just right.

What had life have in store for them? Was everything finally perfect, will Tommy's truth change everything? Stay tuned for the next chapter of Instant Star. Sorry it took me so long to update, had to study for finals but hope you guys enjoyed the chapter.