"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: I was going to wait 'til tomorrow to post this...but what the hell! I gotta make up for lost time.

Jamie handed Jude a cup of coffee before sitting next to her. "How you holding up?" he asked.

"Not good," Jude answered. "I'm worried that Tommy won't get there in time, or that something will happen to him, or that-"

"I get it," Jamie interrupted.

Jude smiled and took a sip of her coffee. "Do you think this guy will really go away after this?" she asked.

Jamie sat for a moment, trying to think of what to say. "Do you want the truth?"

"Always."

Jamie sighed and said, "I don't think he will."

"That's what I was afraid of."

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Tommy bounced on his heels, his body full of nervous apprehension. Darius and a small group of cops sat in a van down the street and Tommy just hoped that the blackmailer wouldn't see them. "Relax," one of the officers spoke. "You'll be great."

Tommy swallowed a scream that threatened to escape and continued looking around at the people who passed by him. 'Calm down, calm down,' he said to himself.

A figure approached from across the street and Tommy froze. What was he doing here? As the bald man drew nearer Tommy shivered. Something bad was gonna happen. "Cyril," Tommy greeted.

The man said nothing, instead he pointed to Tommy's jacket and motioned for him to take it off. 'He knows about the wire,' Tommy thought. However Tommy did as he was told. The officers couldn't lose him if they were right down the street. Cyril took the jacket and threw it into a nearby trash can, before plucking the earpeice out of Tommy's ear. "Oh, Tommy," the man sighed. "Why didn't you just follow the directions?" Before Tommy realized what had hit him he was sprawled across the pavement, unconsciousness sinking in.

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"What?' The news cut through Jude like a knife. Tommy had been kidnaped. "Are you sure?"

Liam nodded. "I'm so sorry Jude."

The young woman collapsed in Jamie's arms. "I think you'd better take her home," Liam said quietly. Jamie nodded and he and Jude left. A few hours later Liam called Jamie to warn him to not let Jude watch television as the blackmailer had posted the remaining pictures and it was now all over the news. Unfortunately Jude was watching the news at the time of the phone call. "How could this be happening?" she cried, leaning on Jamie.

"I don't know," Jamie answered honestly, ignoring his own tears. "But whoever is behind this is going to go down."

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"It's done." Cyril's voice told the man all he needed to know.

"And the boy?"

"He's been paid off."

"Good."

"Listen boss," Cyril began, "Isn't blackmail enough? I mean kidnaping..."

"Tommy and Jude will learn respect!" The man's tone left Cyril no room to argue.

"Yes, sir."

"We're done here," the blackmailer snapped. A few seconds later Liam walked in. "We're ready," the Irishman said.

"Alright. Then let's do this," Darius Mills replied.

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"I'm glad I've got you Jamie," Jude whispered. The two lay on the couch in Jude's living room, trying to forget everything that had happened.

"You couldn't make me leave," the young man responded.

Jude smiled andturned her head so that she could see Jamie's face. "I love you," she said so softly that Jamie wasn't sure he'd even heard it.

"I love you, too." Before he could add anything else Jude's mouth covered his. When she broke the kiss, she looked at him with something Jamie had never seen before. Desire.

"James Bartholomew Andrews," Jude spoke, "I need to forget."

"What?"

Jude kissed him again, more passionately this time. "Make me forget." And then she stood and held out her hand. Without thinking Jamie took it. The two caught eyes and in that moment they both realized what was going to happen. "Are you sure?" Jamie asked, his throat dry.

Jude nodded. "Yeah." Without another word she turned and lead him upstairs.

Author's Note 2: I told you this chapter was going to be good. Also the Fall Out Boy fans know what's coming next.