Jude sipped her glass of beer, already wishing that she were back at home. Sadie kept glancing at the door every few minutes waiting for a sign of her boyfriend. Jude set her glass down.

"Hey Sadie, I think I'm going to go to the bathroom for a few minutes, okay?" Sadie just waved her hand, still staring at the door. Jude rolled her eyes. This guy must be some prince. Jude got up and went towards the restrooms.

Sadie stood up when she saw her boyfriend enter.

"Hey sweetie!" She leaned over and gave her boyfriend a quick kiss on the lips. She turned towards the sullen man next to him.

"Kwest, who is this?" Kwest grinned.

"Sadie, this is my good friend Tom Quincy. Tom this is my girlfriend Sadie." Tommy gave her a lazy handshake. He turned towards Kwest.

"I'm going to the bar." Kwest and Sadie sat down at the table. Sadie stared after Tommy.

"What's wrong with him?" Kwest sighed.

"His fiancée just ended things. He's not in a good place right now." Sadie frowned.

"That's so sad!" Just at that moment, Jude came back.

"Hi, you must be Kwest. I've heard a lot about you. I'm Jude, Sadie's sister." Jude and Kwest shook hands.

"It's nice to meet you Jude. So what do you do?" He asked politely.

"I'm a music teacher at a local high school. I hear that you're an engineer?" Kwest nodded.

"Yeah with G Major Records." Jude scowled. Kwest looked at Sadie who just looked down at her glass.

"You mean the G Major Record Label owned and ran by Darius Mills?" Kwest nodded.

"You work for the devil!" She spat out. Sadie gave Kwest a sympathetic look.

"I mean the only kind of music that comes out of G Major is the same stupid crap that we've heard over and over again. There is nothing ever original!"

"I meant to warn you, Kwest. My sister really hates industry people." Kwest nodded.

"Good to know." Jude shook her head.

"I'm going to the bar." Jude stomped off walking over to the bar. She slammed her bag onto the counter a little roughly.

"Can I get a tall beer?" She asked the bartender. He nodded and walked away.

"Tough night?" She turned to see a handsome young man sitting next to her.

"You could say that." The guy had shiny blonde hair and casual clothes. The bartender handed her her drink.

"Hey, let me pay for that." The guy said. Jude gave him an odd look.

"You didn't have to do that." The guy shrugged.

"I'm always ready to help out a lovely lady in need." Jude downed her glass.

"If I didn't know any better I'd say you were hitting on me." She signaled the bartender for another glass. The guy smiled. He was starting to creep her out.

"I'd say you were right." The guy placed a hand on Jude's arm. She pulled her arm away, taking a step back.

"Well, it was nice meeting you. Have a good night!" She said, turning around. The guy grabbed her hand to stop her from leaving.

"Wait, I didn't catch your name." Jude looked around helplessly. How did she manage to get into these kinds of situations?

"I believe the lady wants to be left alone." Jude turned to her savior. He was a tall and gorgeous man with dark hair and the most beautiful blue eyes.

"I think you should stay out of this, pal." The creepy guy said. He let go of Jude's arm to turn to the other guy. Jude held her wrist, rubbing it soothingly.

"This is a public place. A lady has a right to get a drink without getting hit on." The other guy said. Jude smiled.

"Why don't you mind your own business?" The creepy guys scoffed.

"Come on man. It's a bar. It's what we men do!" The other guy took a step forward.

"Back off." The creepy guy held his hands in the air.

"I'm not trying to start a fight."

"Good, then leave." The creepy guy shook his head and walked away mumbling. The other guy turned to walk away as well. Jude ran after him.

"Hey thanks for helping me out back there." The guy shrugged.

"It was no big deal." Jude shook her head.

"No, it was a big deal. Who knows what that guy would have tried if you hadn't come along!" The guy shrugged again, looking away.

"Men shouldn't treat women like that." Jude stared at her savior, quite touched.

"At least let me buy you a drink?" She offered. The two walked back over to the bar. Jude told the bartender to get them both a few shot glasses.

"So, what brings you out here?" She asked. The guy shrugged. It seemed like that's all he ever did.

"Same thing as everyone else. Troubles. You?" Jude shook her head.

"My sister wanted me to meet her boyfriend. I'm not really into to the whole third wheel thing though." The guy laughed.

"Me either." Jude held her hand out.

"Jude Harrison." The guy gently shook her hand.

"Tim." She gave him a look.

"No last name?" Tim shook his head.

"I like to be mysterious." Jude laughed.

"It suits you well." The bartender brought them their glasses.

"Bottoms up?" Jude asked. Tim grabbed a shot glass. They clinked glasses and downed the beer.

"So what really brought you out here?" Jude asked. Tim shook his head.

"I'm not sure that I'm drunk enough to answer that." He laughed. Jude smiled. She couldn't explain it, but she liked Tim, although it did seem as if he was hiding something from her. She couldn't put her finger on it, but she knew that she would find out eventually.

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Tommy finished another glass of beer. He looked at Jude. He still couldn't figure out why he had lied about his identity. Jude didn't strike him as the type of person to really care that he was a famous producer. In fact, Jude looked more like the type to hate Tommy for his job. He watched her as she laughed. Somewhere deep inside of him, his heart was warming up to this woman.

"So what do you do?" He looked up, realizing he hadn't been paying attention to a word Jude had been saying. He had been too caught up in his thoughts. He panicked, realizing her couldn't tell her the truth.

"I… I own a store!" He spat out. Jude looked at him in surprise.

"Really? What kind of store?" He panicked again.

"It's an independent music store." He said, figuring that she probably wasn't interested in music, let alone indie music. Jude grinned.

"Wow, I might have to check out this store of yours." Tommy smiled. Oh crap. Time to change the subject off him.

"So what do you do?" Jude smiled. He enjoyed seeing her smile, although he had no idea why.

"I teach music at Carson Hill High." Tommy nodded. So she was into music. She apparently loved her job. He could tell by the way her eyes lit up talking about it. Tommy wished that he was that excited about his job.

"So do you play any instruments?" He asked. Silently, he wondered why he was talking to her. He was still very broken up about Claire, but spending time with Jude was making him forget. He started to panic again.

"Yeah, the guitar. I always joke that if I wasn't teaching music I'd probably be out doing open nights at clubs or something. Music is my life." Tommy nodded, completely understanding. He started to backpedal.

"Well, it's late. I should probably go." He grabbed his jacket. Jude stood up, ready to follow him out.

"It was nice meeting you." He said, putting his leather jacket on. He had no idea where Kwest was but he needed to leave. Jude nodded, a little confused.

"Yeah you too." Tommy gave her a quick nod before disappearing into the crowd. Tommy knew that it was harsh the way he had left her, but he was still nursing a broken heart. Besides, what were the chances he would ever see Jude again?

A.N. So Tommy and Jude finally meet, but Jude doesn't know it's Tommy! Review and tell me what you think!