Chapter 18

The next morning, Kyle, Wally, and Mason were sitting on the couch and chairs eating cereal. Jude walked out of the room; it looked as if she had just woke up.

"Morning Red." Kyle said.

"Morning guys." Jude mumbled as she shuffled to the coffee maker.

"Like the outfit, it doesn't say that 'I just slept with my boyfriend' at all." Wally joked as the guys took a second look at Jude. Jude had on a t-shirt of Speed's that she found in her bag and her underwear.

"Funny Wally." Jude replied a little annoyed.

"Have a good night?" Kyle asked jokingly.

Jude didn't reply, her face just turned red and she had a guilty smile on her face.

"Just askin', we could hear you two last night before we closed the doors and put in ear plugs." Wally added.

"What?" Jude yelled.

"Joking Red, we went to bed as soon as he heard you two." Kyle said as he tossed cereal at her.

"So, you two all better now?" Mason asked as he moved over for Jude to sit down.

"Not completely, he said that I have to prove that I am really sorry, sex isn't the answer." Jude stated as she sipped her coffee.

"Dude is growing up." Wally said to Kyle.

"Really." Kyle replied to Wally. He then looked at Jude and said, "So, what do you plan to do?"

"I thought I would ask you guys for help." Jude replied.

"Go public!" Mason stated.

"No, not yet especially considering I haven't told my family and it is too soon, plus I hate the publicity peeps. They can twist anything around." Jude replied.

"He was always making you little things and he kept the card you made him." Wally said.

"Make him a card Jude!" Mason said thinking he had the best idea.

"Cowboy is right, make a collage type card, we can help." Kyle added.

"I like the idea, the front can be all of me and him. Wally, I will need you to randomly take pictures of us, get all types." Jude said now brainstorming the perfect card.

"Ok, like what types?" Wally said as he quickly searched for the camera.

"All, I don't care when and where." Jude said then she looked at Kyle's face. "I mean when we are dressed you sicko."

"Sicko?" Speed asked as he walked out into the main room.

"Just Kyle being himself." Jude replied as she starred at Kyle to keep him from saying anything.

"Oh well then, move over dude." Speed said as he lifted Jude up so he could sit in the corner of the couch. Once he sat down, he pulled Jude down and had her lean up against him. He wrapped his arms around her and laid his head on her shoulder against her face.

"Smile for the camera." Wally said as he snapped a picture.

"What is with the camera now?" Speed asked.

"Gonna make a scrap book type thing. Was going to have individual pages but to get a pic of you and Jude away from each other is next to impossible." Wally joked.

"Funny, so you going to join your mom at her scrap booking club?" Speed laughed back.

"No, it is going to be digital." Wally replied failing to find the humor.

"Well, before any fights break out, I say we all go get dressed and head to rehearsal." Mason said getting up.

Everyone went and got ready. They all met back in the main room before leaving.

"Look at this." Wally said as he pointed to his laptop.

"What is it?" Mason asked as him and Kyle started to look.

"A chat thread on Jude and Speed. It is titled 'Juderman again?'" Wally laughed.

"What are they saying?" Kyle asked.

"Oh, people are arguing on whether they are back together. It is about 60 say no, 40 say yes. It is pretty good, I suggest you read it." Wally replied.

"This one looks good. 'They seem to connect on a more intense level when they sing Soft Spoken. I have even heard people say that back stage they have seen them kiss.' Pretty funny." Mason said.

"What is funny?" Jude asked as Speed carried her out to the main room.

"Oh, just this chat thread, it is all about you two being together or not." Wally replied.

"What do the people want?" Speed asked.

"They think you two make a cute couple. There are some people from school on here, or so they say. They believe that it is a lie you two are together after they way you treated Red during school this year." Wally replied.

"Well, let them think what they want, can we go to rehearsal now, then lunch?" Jude asked.

When walking out of the hotel, they noticed a swarm of photographers and reporters.

"Miss Harrison, are you and Spiederman back together?" A reporter yelled.

"Miss Harrison, are the rumors about Tom Quincy true?" Another yelled.

"Mr. Robbins, can you confirm any rumors?" A different reporter yelled.

"Mr. Fox, are you and Miss Harrison more then friends?" A forth one yelled.

"On three, we make a break for it, link arms and run." Kyle instructed.

"One…two…three…" Wally counted and they all took off.

They all ran two blocks to the rehearsal hall, when they got there they had lost most of the reporters and photographers.

"Damn, something must be up, we never have had that." Wally said as he tried to catch his breath.

"Really, I am wondering what they meant when they asked about the Tommy rumors." Jude replied.

"Well, I like the first one; he wanted to know about us." Speed said with a smile on his face as he kicked Jude in the butt.

"Don't feel special dude, they asked me about Jude and I." Mason laughed as Speed's smile quickly faded.

"Well, we are going to have to be careful now that the reporters are suddenly worried about everything. Someone else has to be near to spark them though." Jude said as she quickly pulled Speed down beside her on the couch.

"Would that someone be me, Shortie?"