"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 am so sorry that it has been such a long time since I updated. First my computer crashed and I lost all of my files and then my girlfriend moved in with me, so it's been a little crazy around my house. But I'm back now and I'm ready to rock n' roll!

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Jamie's palms were sweaty. How could this be happening? Well, he knew how it happened but the point remained that he was too young for this to be happening. He was having a heart attack. At least, he thought it was a heart attack. It was what he'd imagined one felt like. But then again he'd never had one so how was he supposed to know.

"Jamie," Jude said. "Are you there?"

Jamie jumped, placing a hand over his heart. "Sorry," he grinned sheepishly. "Gave me a bit of a heart attack."

"It's just dinner," Jude said, smiling.

"Yeah. With your family."

"You've had dinner with them millions of times," Jude pointed out.

"True," Jamie agreed, "but I was never sleeping with you before."

Jude rolled her eyes. "Do you really think that the fact we're having sex now is going to change dinner with my family?"

Jamie nodded emphatically. "Yes!"

"Are you afraid of my dad?"

Another nod. "Yes!"

"Jamie, you've- "

"I know," he interrupted. "But again; I am now sleeping with his daughter."

Jude leaned forward, giving him a view down her shirt, and smiled suggestively. "I can make it worth it."

"Are you trying to seduce me into going to dinner?" Jamie asked.

"Uh huh."

"Good; it's working."

"So you'll go?"

Jamie sighed theatrically. "I guess."

Jude kissed him and said, "I will see you tomorrow then." She walked away from him, swinging her hips a little, leaving him very excited about the dinner. Two minutes after she left Jamie noticed she had left her purse on his desk and he picked it up and put it behind his desk so that he wouldn't have to hear Spiederman complain.

"Jamie." Darius' voice made Jamie jump and he spilled the contents of Jude's purse all over the floor.

"Hey, D," he said nervously.

"I need you to work late tonight. Is that alright?"

"Sure."

"Good man," Darius smiled.

As soon as the head of G Major was out of the room, Jamie let out a breath he hadn't even known he'd been holding. As he bent down to pick up Jude's stuff, something surprising caught his eye. "Oh, shit."

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"Are you sure?" Liam asked again. "What you're doing is very dangerous."

"Without Tommy your entire case goes down, right?"

Liam nodded. "Yes, but-"

"No buts, Liam. I'm doing this. For Tommy."

Liam sighed and patted his new informant's shoulder. "You're either very brave or very stupid, you know that?"

"I know. But I'm the only one left with dirt on Darius."

'Not the only one,' Liam thought to himself.

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"Kwest! Kwest!" The engineer looked up to see a very worried looking Jamie approaching.

"What's up?" he asked.

Jamie held something in front of his face. "Is this what I think it is?"

Kwest paled. "That depends. What do you think it is?" Jamie told him. "Yeah. You're right then. Where'd you find it?"

Jamie was already halfway out the door when he said, "Jude's purse."

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"How much longer?" Jude asked. She'd never been more nervous in her life.

"About a minute," Sadie replied. She placed a hand on Jude's shoulder. "No matter what," she whispered. "You are still my sister."

Jude smiled and hugged her. "Thank you."

"Anytime," Sadie smiled back. They sat in silence for a few seconds until Sadie spoke. "Time's up."

Jude felt like throwing up. "On the count of three?" she asked.

Sadie nodded. "One..."

"Two..."

Sadie took a deep breath and said, "Three." Both sisters looked simultaneously.

The first words that came to Jude's mind were, "Dad's not gonna like this."

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Jamie stood outside Jude's bedroom, attempting to collect his thoughts. After a few deep breaths and picking every piece of imaginary lint of off his shirt, Jamie knocked. "It's open," Sadie's voice called.

Jamie entered the room to find the Harrison sisters sitting on the bed. "Jamie," Jude said, standing.

"Jude."

"We need to talk."

Jamie clapped his hands. "I concur."

Jude arched an eyebrow. "You concur?"

"Yeah. I have something I need to talk to you about, too."

Sadie excused herself and Jude said, "Jamie I'm-"

"What's this?" Jamie demanded, pulling out the bag from her purse.

Jude looked shocked. "How'd you get that?"

"You left your purse in my office. It spilled." He tried to hold back his anger as he said, "You wanna tell me what you're doing with coke in your purse?"

Jude fumbled for a few seconds before meekly saying, "I'm pregnant."