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Kwest stood on the other side of the door. "G-Major?" he asked. Jude nodded. "Yeah, let me change and get my journal. I'm gonna give Tom Quincy exactly what he gave me."
Jude disappeared into her apartment and when she emerged she had on Jeans, chucks, and a black t-shirt that said 'ROCKSTAR' in red on it. Guitar and Journal in hand, she locked the door and followed Kwest to his car. As soon as they pulled away, out came the firing squad. "Appointments Kwest? since when does Tommy schedule appointments with you? You ditched me today to go record a song with Tommy. Why?" Kwest was prepared for this. "Jude, we all know you and Tommy are meant for eachother. You two are just too stubborn to auctally give in. The song is about you. about how much he misses you. Girl, that man loves you with all his heart, and you the same. I went to help you two find your ways back to eachother. I just want to see my friends happy." he finished. Jude looked at him in shock. She didn't know he had such strong feelings about her and Tommy's relationship. "Well, then all that's left is to figure out a way for him to hear my song." Jude said thoughtfully. She knew he was in New York. "I got that covered already. All you gotta do is sing." Kwest said. Jude sat back and looked at the clock. 8:35PM. It's gonna be a long night...
AT G-MAJOR...
After brewing some coffee, Jude and Kwest sat in studio A working on Jude's song. Suddenly he remembered something, and stood up. "Ahh.. bathroom." and went to make a phone call...
"DUDE!" Spied said when he picked up his phone. Kwest winced at his loudness.
"Spied, Jude and I are recording, and I just remembered that it's her birthday... we need cake and stuff, fast. So get your bandmates together, Jamie and Patsy and get down here. We need to cheer her up. and having you guys here is gonna help because we're gonna need you eventually, anyways."
"Ahh I see. My Lisa is recording her answer to Tommy Q. alright, man. we'll be an hour at most. I'll call so you can let us in. Peace."
They hung up their phones and Kwest made his way back to the studio.
MEANWHILE: JUDE
Kwest went for a rather abrupt bathroom break, leaving Jude to her thoughts. She was kinda glad he left, because it was easier to write about Tommy without his best friend staring at her. She loved Kwest, he was a great producer, and even better friend. and the best part is that he made her sister delirously happy. Their relationship kinda gave her hope for her and Tommy to one day be together. It was just harder to accomplish than they all say. Not everyone knew the whole story...
Jude had just gotten back from the studio. It had been 2 years to the day that Tommy had been gone. It was a depressing day, but what boggled her mind is that she noticed activity going on in Tommy's office. They never reassigned it, and Today Darius had someone, probably one of the interns airing out the office, dusting, and things of that nature. After everyone had left she made her way in there and sat at his desk. Tears just fell. She couldn't stop them. She was so depressed about Tommy. Oh, sure she kept it well hidden, only showing greif during the appropiate period. Then after about two months, she stopped being sad. She hated keeping her feelings inside like that, but her true feelings came out in song. She sat there for a few minutes, and then went home. As she pulled her shoes off, there was a knock at the door. She looked at the clock, it was about one am. Worried that something mght be wrong she threw her door open and almost fainted when she saw Tommy standing there, looking directly at her. She looked like she was about to crumble, so he held her in his arms and carried her to the couch. There they sat, Jude in tommy's lap just crying, and Tommy, doing all he could at the moment, he just held her, trying to make up for lost time. Finally, the crying ceased.
"I missed you." was all Jude said as she wrapped her arms around him and held tight. They stayed like that for thirty seconds... then Jude realized her anger. She jumped up. "Are you fking kidding me Tommy? Two years... Two goddamn years and you just show up... and of course, I'm happy to see you, but...WHY? HUH? WHY?" Tommy looked down. he knew she was right. but he just had to see her. "Why did you leave me right after you asked me out? Why didn't you call? Why did you leave me? of all the people in my life, I never thought you would leave... and now you show up, on my doorstep..." Jude gasped. Tommy looked up, worried "What's wrong?" She auctally looked a little scared. "You're coming back, for good... that's why they were cleaning up your office... that's why they never replaced you, because you had every intention of coming back... and I bet they all knew too... assholes." Tommy chuckled as she muttered the last part.
After an akward silence, Tommy decided that it was his time to talk. "Jude, I've missed you. I've thought about you everyday. I just didn't know if it would be best to call you, because it would be better for me to explain it all in person. My sister died. and she put me in charge of my niece until we found her father. My sister never told him that she was pregnant, she just left him in the dust. she knows he would want her because he loves kids and always wanted some. Now granted in the past 4 years, the guy has moved on a bit, but he was sooooo happy when I called him." Tommy auctally had tears in his eyes. So after she went to her father, I finalized some legal things, called Darius, and came to you." Jude was shocked by his heartfelt confession.
"Tommy, I'm so happy you're back, but I can't do this. I just got used to being without you. I hate the fact that you affected me that much, made me that weak. I.. I just need to be on my own right now, and I think it would be best if we just stayed friends right now, and try and get back to where we used to be." Tommy hated her answer. of course, in a perfect world she would say yes, jump into his arms and they would make love until the sun came up. But, things have changed, she's grown up and it seems that he has a lot to learn about his Instant Star. Tommy sighed unhappily. "Alright, Jude, have it your way. We'll be friends, for now, but if you ever need anything, anything at all... call me no matter what time or where you are. We may be shaky right now in our friendship, but I'm still always there for you." He stood up, feeling it was time to leave. Jude stood as well. He pulled her into a long, lingering hug and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He pulled away and looked directly into her eyes, blue meeting blue.
"I'll see you tomorrow, girl." She looked down. He made it sound like a promise. Then, she did something that she would never in her life be able to explain. She grabbed Tommy, and kissed him. An earth shattering kiss, one filled with so many promises of the future. "Bye Tommy." she said when she pulled away. Stunned, he walked slowly out of her apartment. Jude then went to bed, having the best night of sleep that she has had in the past two years.
Over the next few years, it just seems like they never got around to eachother. Of course there was flirting, stolen kisses, but when Tommy went to a G-Major party with Angela on his arm, Jude thought he had given up on her and moved on. So she "moved on". Of course Steve made her happy. And Angela made Tommy happy. But, they weren't eachother's soulmates. They had always felt like there was something missing with Angela and Steve. Now, here she was on her non-celebrated 23rd birthday pretty much confessing her love to Tommy. Just then, inspriation hit her. She grabbed her journal and started writing furiously.
Kwest walked in to see Jude, hunched over her journal. She looked up with tears in her eyes and handed it to him.
Far away (nickelback)
This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know,
you know, you know
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore
On my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all
I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up
'Cause you know,
you know, you know
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore
So far away
Been far away for far too long
So far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know
I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Kwest let out a low whistle. "Yeah, that'll get his attention, alright. Kay, lets do this. Jude grabbed her guitar, got into the booth and sung her heart out. Right after they got the base vocals down, Kwest called for a five minute break, and went to "get water" Right after she sat down on what used to be Tommy's chair, Kwest, SME, Jamie, Patsy, and Saide all burst in the door with cake, balloons, and gifts. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" they all yelled. Jude got a huge smile on her face. "Thanks guys." Just as they were all making their way to the kitchenette, Jude's phone vibrated, she had a voicemail. She stayed a little behind so she could check it. Tommy's voice flooded her ears.
"Hey girl, I know you're probably celebrating, I just wanted to tell you that I was thinking of you, and Happy Birthday, again. I miss you. Bye."
Jude smiled, and Joined the group to get her sugar fix. Up all night with SME recording.. she was going to need it.
How was it? be honest! until next time...
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