"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: Here it is. The last chapter before my vacation. Enjoy it. (I know you will.) It's a little short but worth it, I think.

88

Something was wrong. Jamie could tell that the moment he walked into G Major. "Kwest," Jamie said, walking up to the engineer. "What's going on man?"

"Darius just sacked Liam," Kwest answered.

Although the news had no real importance for Kwest other than work, for Jamie it meant something else entirely. 'Does Darius know?' he wondered.

Before Jamie could ask Kwest why Liam had been fired Jude was at his side, worry written all over her face. "I think D knows," she whispered.

Jamie cast a glance at Kwest but the man didn't seem to be paying attention. "I don't think he does, Jude," Jamie said, dragging her away from Kwest.

"What makes you say that?"

"Well if he did," Jamie began, "I have a feeling we'd be dead right about now."

Jude's eyes flashed at his words and Jamie suddenly remembered Tommy, buried not three days ago. "Oh shit, Jude. I'm sorry."

Jude waved him off. "Yeah, whatever." The rock star walked off before Jamie could say anything else. 'Good going, asshole.'

"Trouble in paradise?" came a voice.

Jamie turned around and felt his blood run cold at the sight of Darius Mills. "What?"

Darius smiled. "I asked if there was trouble in paradise."

Jamie shook his head. "No. I just said something that reminded her of Tommy."

Darius hung his head. "Yeah. It's a shame about Tommy. I'm really gonna miss him."

'Like hell,' Jamie thought. Out loud he said, "Me too."

"Well look," Darius said, placing a hand on Jamie's shoulder. "If you need any romantic advice you just call up the old D-man. I'll teach you a thing or two."

Jamie tried his hardest not to recoil at Darius' touch but the smile he gave almost caused him to collapse in disgust. "You okay?" the hip-hop mogul asked, feigning concern.

"Yeah. It's just I'm still sore from my... disagreements with Patsy and Tommy."

Darius smiled again and Jamie almost threw up. "I guess that's one to put it." Without another word he walked away. Jamie sighed and leaned forward, resting his hands on his knees. He was still standing like that when Liam approached.

"What are you doing, Andrews?" he asked.

"Trying not to throw up," Jamie answered, still looking at the floor.

"May I ask why?" Liam questioned. Jamie told him. "Are you alright? I imagine it was quite distressing to be so close to him."

"You don't know the half of it." Liam's cell phone rang and he held up a finger, a clear sign for Jamie to stay where he was. While Liam answered his phone, Jude slowly approached.

"Hey," she said quietly.

"Hey."

Jude took his hand. "Look, I'm sorry about walking off on you, its just..." She didn't need to finish. They both knew.

"It's alright," Jamie told her. "We just have to take it a day at a time." After a quick peck, Jamie felt himself being pulled away by Liam.

"Excuse me, Jude," the FBI agent apologized. "I need to steal your boyfriend for a few minutes." Without another word he drug Jamie to his office. "I'd like to go on the record as saying that this is a bad idea," he began saying, "but he wouldn't take no for an answer."

"Who wouldn't take no for an answer?" Jamie asked. Liam however was ignoring him; pacing around his office anxiously. A few minutes later the door opened and a blonde, heavily tattooed man with a nice tan entered. He wore a tank top, sandals, and cargo shorts which was odd for someone in Montreal this close to the fall.

Liam walked over to the man and began whispering to him. The entire time, for some reason unfathomable to him, Jamie stared at the man's bright green eyes. A strange gnawing sensation began forming in Jamie's stomach and it wasn't until the man glanced at him, that he realized why. After a few seconds of stunned silence he said the only thing he could think of.

"You're supposed to be dead."