"Best Friends?"

Summary: Tommy Quincy hates Jamie Andrews with a passion. But why? Takes place after "Date With the Night."

Disclaimer: All chapter titles are songs by Fall Out Boy. Also I don't own anything related to "Instant Star" except for a couple of Jude-centric fantasies.

Author's Note: Response to this story has been more than I could've imagined and I just like to thank everyone for the feedback.

"What the hell are you doing in there?" Tommy demanded. He knew that he was practically foaming at the mouth but he didn't care. If Jamie had taken advantage of Jude, he would kill him.

"Calm down," Jamie said. "Jude asked me to stay over last night. I slept in a sleeping bag on the floor."

Tommy calmed down some but he noticed his fists were still clenched, ready to hit Jamie at any moment. He didn't know why he let the skinny twerp get to him, but he did. More than anyone he had ever known. 'It's because he has Jude,' a voice answered. "Where's Jude?"

"In the shower," Jamie answered, his tone clearly defying Tommy to make a scene.

"Well Liam called. The bastard's threatening to post the pictures on the net unless we pay him today."

"What?" Tommy and Jamie turned to see Jude, wrapped in a towel, coming towards them. Before either one could do or say anything, Jude had pushed Jamie out of the way and locked herself in her room.

"Great," Jamie whispered to Tommy. "Look what you did."

"Me?" Tommy sputtered. "What the hell are you talking about?"

"You had to open up your mouth," Jamie shot back.

Tommy grabbed Jamie by the shirt and pushed him into the wall. "She has to know. Sooner or later Jamie, this thing's gonna come to a head."

Jamie pushed Tommy away from him. "Yeah but did you ever think about what it'll do to Jude?"

"All the time, Jamie. All the time." The two men stood there, shooting each other dirty looks until Stuart arrived upstairs.

"What's going on guys?" he asked.

"Nothing," Tommy answered. Jude finally emerged from her room and looked at the three men in front of her. "Let's do this," she said.

Jude grabbed Jamie's hand and led him downstairs. Jamie tried to point out he was still in his pajamas, but Jude kept walking. Tommy and Stuart followed and in a record fifteen minutes they were at G Major. "Mr. Andrews," Liam said as they entered the building, "love the outfit."

Jamie blushed and Tommy rolled his eyes. "Can we get to the matter at hand, here?" he snapped.

Everyone stared at him but he remained silent, letting them know that he was not affected by their stares. "Jamie," Darius spoke, "I think we got some clothes in wardrobe that'll fit you." Jamie nodded his thanks and followed Darius.

"Can I talk to you for a minute?" Jude asked Tommy, suddenly appearing at his side.

"Of course." He followed Jude into the studio and was stunned when she rounded on him. "What the hell is wrong with you?" she demanded.

"What?"

"You've been giving Jaime the evil eye all morning and looking at me likeIshould be jumping for joy just because you're back."

"Look Jude, I know that I screwed up when I left but come on! How long are you going to be mad?"

Jude staggered back as if slapped. "Excuse me? You've been back for less than a day, Tommy!"

Tommy threw his hands up. "I give up. I can't win with you. I hope you're happy with Jamie."

Tommy turned and started to walk away but he felt Jude grab his arm from behind. "Are you stupid, Quincy?" she said. Tommy glanced over his shoulder at her. "You hurt me. You can't expect me to get over that quickly."

Tommy sighed. "I know. It's just...Jamie. You spent the night with Jamie."

"It's not the first time and nothing happened. Besides, he has Patsy and he wouldn't do that to her or us."

Tommy did a double take. "Us?"

"Yeah. Jamie told me why you left."

Tommy silently cursed Andrews while saying, "He did?"

"Yeah. And I think it's sweet you're looking after your goddaughter."

"Goddaughter?"

"Anna is your goddaughter isn't she?" Jude asked.

Tommy realized Jamie had covered for him and said, "Yeah. She ...She's my goddaughter."

"You know he looks up to you," Jude said unexpectedly.

"Jamie? Really?" Tommy asked, intrigued.

Jude nodded. "But we can talk about that later. Right now we need to fix this."

"Right. The pictures," Tommy agreed.

Jude shook her head. "No. Us." And she leaned in and kissed him. Just as Jamie and Darius walked in.

Author's Note 2: Not as much of a cliffhanger as the last chapter but hopefully still pretty good. As always, reviews are much appreciated.