"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: Whoa. It's been awhile since I've updated. This chapter's incredibly short due to a bad case of writer's block but I figured I'd better turn in what I had before the wolves came after me.

"What now?" The question completely threw Jamie and he wasn't quite sure how to answer it.

"What do you mean?"

Jude sat down in her chair again, a look of defeat on her face. "What do we do about Tommy?"

Jamie took Jude's hand. "Darius says that we should just act normal. Until we know everything."

Jude sighed and shook her head. "Why can't things just be like they used to be?" she whispered.

Jamie smiled and said, "It's called growing up, Jude."

"Well, I want to be little again," Jude replied, pouting slightly. Jamie chuckled and winced at the pain it brought. "Jamie!" Jude cried. "Are you okay?"

"Fine." Liam entered the room at that moment and asked Jude to leave for a second. "I'm not going anywhere," she said defiantly, gently squeezing Jamie's hand.

Liam sighed. "Very well. Mr. Andrews the police would like to know if you wish to press charges against Tommy?"

Jamie didn't know how to answer the question. On the on hand it would devastate Jude and she may never forgive him; on the other hand Tommy may have had something to do with Jude's blackmail. "Mr. Andrews," Liam spoke , cutting into his thoughts. "I need an answer."

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Tommy Quincy sat in the back of the police car, replaying the last few minutes in his head. Darius had called him into his office; Darius had revealed what Jamie had been up doing; and then Darius had fired him. But for the life of him, Tommy couldn't remember laying a hand on Jamie.

He'd never liked the kid, ever since he'd stuck his nose into the rewriting of "24 Hours". Jamie had no musical insight and yet there he was, whisking Jude away from what he saw as a threat to his 'relationship' with Jude. He'd put with Jamie when Jude brought him to Darius' party but when Jamie almost ruined Jude's performance at the high schoolhe had enough. His dislike for the kid grew until he had heard Shay telling T-Bone what Jamie had done the night of Jude's sixteenth birthday.

Even though he knew he didn't stand a chance, Jamie had still defended Jude. And even though he'd failed miserably at it, Tommy's opinion of him had still gone up. It went even further when Jamie brought SME to Jude and, though he would never have admitted it, he kind of liked giving Jamie advice. Over the past few months they had clashed, most memorably when Jamie had recorded over "White Lines", but he never once really, truly wanted to inflict pain on him.

Until he learned about Jamie's job as Darius and Liam's whipping boy. It was then, as a police officer approached him, he realized that he wasn't just angry at Jamie for spying on him and Jude, he was angry because Jamie had betrayed him. And friends didn't betray each other.

Author's Note 2: Well that's it for now. I'm off to finish the next chapter of "Jude's Choice" and then I'm digging up my muse and beating her until she gives me more ideas for this. 'Til then.