a/n: I have the Perfect Chemistry mp3, but when I went to upload it to my walagata account today it said that my screen name did not exist.

So basically what I need is some other sort of free program that will upload mp3s.

Sorry this chapter took so long. I actually was going to write out the entire restaurant scene and the bar scene in this chapter. But ehhh. That would probably take another couple of days, maybe a week.


Lights flashed and the car-filled streets didn't seem to move. And yet the sidewalks seemed to be even more crowded than the current traffic that Jude was stuck in. A white Hummer-limo picked Jude, Tommy, Damien, and Kwest up from the New York airport at five in the afternoon. They were all staying in the same fancy hotel and arrived only a few hours late.

"New York really isn't as great as it seems." Tommy said with a chuckle. Jude's face was plastered to the window and her eyes were wide.

"Did you see that man? He just ate a moldy apple core out of that trashcan." She gasped.

"Not everybody's rich."

Jude sighed and slumped against the seat. It seemed to take days to drive the hotel. When they finally pulled up to the hotel, Jude practically leaped out of the Hummer. It was taller than any hotel in Toronto, being almost twenty stories high.

"Wow." Jude breathed heavily, wincing from the buzz of paparazzi that started to take pictures. A hand on her shoulder made her jump.

"Didn't know my touch had such an electrifying effect." Tommy leaned in and placed a soft kiss on her lips; the sounds of traffic were almost completely drowned out by the clicking of photographers at that moment.

"Do you think we're considered a 'super couple' now?" Jude asked as they followed Kwest and Damien into the hotel.

"Maybe, we'll have to check the tabs and MTV." Tommy shrugged nonchalantly.

The four of them pulled out their ID and got room keys from the front desk. Tommy and Kwest were on floor nineteen, while Jude and Sadie were sharing the presidential suite on the twentieth. Damien was in a suite down the hall from Jude.

"Maybe Sadie will trade me keys?" Tommy winked at Jude as they all headed for the elevator.

"Maybe Sadie won't slap you when you ask?" Jude grinned.

"And why would she do that?" He quirked a brow.

"Last time I checked, you pissed her off pretty bad when you dumped her and didn't talk to her for two years." Kwest suddenly butted in.

"Last time I checked you were my best friend, who is supposed to back me up." Tommy replied snidely.

Kwest merely shrugged. "Hey, just cause we're best friends doesn't mean I don't recognize your jackass moments."

Jude nodded and Tommy nudged her, his lip full on pouting. "Aw, your wounded puppy look gets me every time." She leaned up and kissed him.

Damien stood in the corner and rolled his eyes. He wasn't bitter about Jude picking Tommy over him; he barely knew her compared to Tommy.

The elevator dinged and the doors slid open. Tommy gave Jude a hug and followed Kwest out into the hallway.

A goofy smile was left on Jude's lips as the golden elevator closed and started to move again.

"You really love him, don't you?" Damien asked quietly.

"Yeah," Jude nodded and glanced over at him, "I guess I do."

He just nodded in return and thanked the opening elevator doors for a saved awkward silence. Jude walked down to the very end of the hallway to the room that had "Presidential Suite" written in gold metal across it, while Damien went into a room right in front of the elevator doors.

Jude decided to knock instead of using her room key; she didn't know what Sadie was up to. It was a few minutes before Sadie finally came to the door in a towel.

"I had to take a shower, Jude you won't believe this place!" Sadie squealed, stepping aside so that Jude could get in.

"Oh my god." Jude gasped. The room was truly magnificent; the walls were a warm peach color with gold trim around the top and bottom, the furniture was all gold, and the material in the room was black crushed velvet. There were extravagant paintings and sculptures placed here and there around the room. In the middle sat a couch and a coffee table that faced a large plasma screen hanging on the wall.

"This is just the living room! Wait until you see the bathroom, the bedroom, the balcony, and the kitchen…" Sadie pulled Jude the best she could while hanging onto the towel that covered her body.

The entire hotel room was the same fashion as the living room. Everything made Jude wish she could stay in hotels all the time. For one thing, this hotel room was bigger than her actual apartment, and for another, it was much much nicer. The icing on the cake, though, was the balcony. It had a perfect view of the entire city and was almost as big as the bathroom.

"Sadie," Jude realized something as they both sat on their own bed, "I don't have any clothes."

"Why not?" Her sister was now fully dressed and lounging complacently.

"They're coming separately later on. What am I going to wear until then?" Jude bit her lip.

Sadie jumped up with a look of excitement on her face. "You know they gave us money to spend here, right?"

"And your point is?" Jude groaned.

"Tomorrow we have the entire day to do whatever we want." Sadie skipped over to Jude's bed and grinned at her.

"Again, point?" Jude had gotten the gist by now, but she liked teasing her sister.

Sadie sighed in frustration. "So we can go shopping tomorrow with the money!"

"Oh, ok." Jude laughed as her cell phone began to go off. She picked it up and Tommy's picture appeared on the screen. "Hey."

"How's a double date for dinner sound?" Tommy's coy voice sounded through her phone.

"A double date with who?" Jude smiled.

"Well I was thinking you'd be going with me." He said sarcastically.

"Really? I never would have guessed." Her smile grew. "So who's the other lucky couple?"

"Kwest and Sadie."

Jude frowned promptly. Kwest was with Portia. "Uh, I don't know, Tommy."

"It's an exclusive place and I already got reservations," Tommy ignored her protest. "Meet us in the lobby at eight and dress nicely."

She sighed and listened to Tommy hang up. "I guess we're going to have to go buy some dresses now."

Sadie was listening to the conversation and heard the entire thing. "Come on, it's six-thirty. We've only got an hour and a half!" Sadie sprung up and grabbed some shoes from her dresser.

Jude slowly followed with purse in hand. She couldn't be slow with Sadie, though. In a mere half an hour the sisters had walked through almost ten different stores and found their perfect dresses. Jude protested when she saw that they cost almost half of their money, but decided that she could always get more.

By seven fifteen the girls were back in their hotel room getting ready, and at eight fifteen they were heading downstairs. Jude was wearing a form fitting, tea-length dress with a sweetheart neckline and a bare back. The material was a dark teal silk that brought out Jude's eyes. Sadie's dress was a red a-line dress with a v-neck and full back. It was made out of chiffon and the sleeves were straps made out of the gold ribbon. There was a gold ribbon around the waste line that accentuated Sadie's figure. Both girls had bought matching clutches, Jude's silver and Sadie's gold, and shoes. They looked like queens.

"We're late." Jude grimaced as she checked her cell phone.

"But you look like a goddess. Tommy is going to be drooling all night!" They giggled.

"Kwest is going to have a hard time too." Jude's smile faltered slightly when she remembered Portia.

"Well I can only try." Sadie jerked her hips seductively and grinned wickedly.

Jude had a very bad feeling about this, but then again, Sadie didn't know any better. She would have to ask Kwest about Portia once they met up, because she didn't know if he wanted to tell anybody else.

The boys were waiting on a couch a few feet away from the elevator. When they girls stepped in front of Tommy and Kwest, their jaws dropped.

Tommy approached Jude with an awe-struck smile. "You look beautiful." He kissed her cheek delicately and offered his hand.

Kwest looked shyly at Sadie. Tommy didn't tell Kwest about the double date until thirty minutes ago, and he didn't have the heart to ruin everyone's plans. Now that he saw Sadie he felt extremely guilty for multiple things: for one, nobody knew about his relationship with Portia except for Jude, and two, he honestly didn't know if he would stay loyal to Portia anymore.

Sadie's face fell when Kwest didn't compliment her immediately. She walked over to him and tapped him lightly, which seemed to shake him out of his trance.

"You ok?"

"Yeah, yeah." Kwest shook his head. "You look great." He forced a smile.

Sadie turned to Jude grumpily and pulled her aside. "Is there something in my teeth?" She asked irritably.

Tommy shot them questioning looks, but Jude ignored it. "No, just give him some time." She chuckled awkwardly. "You look amazing, Sades."

Before Sadie could say anything else, Jude walked over to Kwest and gave him a furtive frown. "Did you not tell anybody about Portia?"

"Keep it down." Kwest said warningly. "She wants to wait a bit before telling everybody."

"You didn't even tell Tommy?" Jude sighed.

"No," Kwest shrugged, "He didn't ask."

"Well just keep your cool, then, maestro. You got yourself into this situation." Jude shook her head and returned to Tommy's side.

They exited the hotel quietly and a cab picked them up, no fancy limo.

"Well isn't this elegant." Sadie said sarcastically as she pointed to some dried gum on the car door.

Tommy growled as Sadie accidentally elbowed him in the side. "It was too short notice fore anything better, and it's too late to walk."

"Ugh, and it smells!" Sadie exclaimed, pinching her nose.

"This is going to be a wonderful double date." Jude said, trying to keep her sarcasm at a low level.

In a few more uncomfortable minutes, the taxicab let the four off in front of a little cluster of foliage in all the concrete of the city. Tommy paid the taxi driver and they headed towards it.

Jude noticed little white lights lead the way of a winding pathway through the bushes. A soft tinkling melody was slowly growing louder; it sounded like a piano and a violin duet. Finally they came to an opening that revealed a quaint little dining area surrounded by tall bushes and floored with cobblestone. There were about ten tables and all but one were filled with people chatting and enjoying dinner. In the very back a little platform presented a baby grand piano and a violin with two people playing for the diners.

"Is that Nick Lachey?" Sadie gasped in a low voice, looking around at the people.

Tommy shrugged. "I told you it was exclusive."

A man in a tuxedo appeared in front of the four with four menus. "Ah, Monsieur Quincy." He spoke in a delicate french accent. "Your table 'as been waiting."

Tommy nodded with a smile. They followed the man and sat around a table, Tommy across from Kwest and next to Sadie and Jude. They were in a corner and soft lights placed in the bushes shone down on them.

"This is nice." Sadie said pleasantly, but she wasn't looking around. She was looking at one of the men at another table, so obviously checking him out.

"Yeah…" Jude mumbled. She began to go through the menu and noticed that there were no prices on it- a very bad sign for the full wallet.

The wait for food went by with awkward conversation. Jude ordered something that sounded good, but ended up being practically raw meat with some strong garlic sauce. Everyone else ordered fully cooked meals and was satisfied.

The four sat in comfortable chatter for another hour or so before the waiter took Tommy's credit card to charge. Finally, when Kwest's watch read eleven fifteen, the four arrived back at the hotel.

"That was lovely, Tommy, thank you." She grinned at him lopsidedly; it was obvious that Sadie had a few drinks.

"No problem, guys. No more dinners on my treat, thought." He winced, thinking about the bill.

"Heyyy, I've got an idea." Sadie smiled again, clutching Kwest's hand for balance. People around the hotel lobby were shooting them disapproving glares.

"I've got an idea too." Jude stepped away from Tommy's side and approached her sister. "Let's take you up to the room before you start giggling again."

"No, no." Sadie tried to straighten herself up. "I've got it under control. Let's go to the bar."

"No way, Sades." Jude shook her head. "I can't even drink in America. I'm only 19, remember?"

"So? You still have your fake ID from a couple of years ago."

Jude shook her head and tugged at Sadie's arm. "I don't even know where that thing is."

"Lucky for you," Sadie began to dig into her purse and eventually pulled out a laminated card, "I bought a new one!"

Jude groaned loudly. "Sadie-"

"Come on, Jude, loosen up." Surprisingly enough, it was not Sadie who said this- it was Tommy.

"I am loose." Jude quirked an eyebrow at him. "I just don't want to be put in jail my first night in New York."

"You won't be." Sadie began to force Jude towards the bar.

"Darius will have all your heads for this. Even you, Kwest! Don't think you can be innocent bystander!" Jude grumbled loudly.

Kwest chuckled and followed the group into the nearly packed bar.