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's something for all the Jommy fans who've put up with me so far.

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Tommy and Jamie approached the hospital room as if it were on fire. "What if it's not her?" Jamie asked.

"Don't think like that," Tommy chastised, while secretly wondering the same thing.

Finally the two men reached the doorway. While the young woman in the bed was a brunette, and had her back to them, there was no doubt in either man's minds who she was. "It's her," Jamie whispered.

Tommy nodded, afraid to speak. Slowly, she turned over. Jude's eyes instantly lit up but the light was quickly diminished. "Get out," she hissed. "Both of you. Now!"

Tommy and Jamie shared confused looks with one another. "Jude," Jamie began but the young woman cut him off with a shout of "Out!"

Tommy glanced over his shoulder and saw two male nurses walking toward them. "Time to go," he said to Jamie, nodding in the nurses' direction. Jamie began to protest but Tommy grabbed his arm and steered him away from the room.

Once they were in the elevator, Jamie turned on him. "What the hell, Quincy?"

Tommy rolled his eyes and faced Andrews. "Look Jamie, Jude obviously, for whatever reasons, doesn't want us in there. And we can't talk to her if those nurses throw us out."

"We can't talk to her if we're in an elevator either," Jamie countered.

Tommy grunted his agreement. Neither man said anything on their way to the hotel they were staying at; The joy they had felt at finding Jude alive had vanished the second she'd yelled at them to leave. Jamie went straight to his room, no doubt upset, while Tommy filled Stuart in on what had happened at the hospital. The man had left, promising to find out what was going on.

After a few failed attempts to get Jamie out of his room, Tommy had gone to the bar to drink himself to sleep. A few hours passed before Stuart returned. "It's Liam," he said, sitting next to him. "He threatened to kill you and Jamie if she made contact with you."

Tommy added another violent wish to his list of things he wanted to see happen to Liam. Once he and Stuart had finished their talk, he made his way outside and hailed a taxi. He wasn't going to let Liam win.

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Liam wiped the blood off of his shirt, praying that it wouldn't stain. "I'll ask you again," he said, trying to keep his rising anger out of his voice. "Do you think you can do what I want?"

The man before him nodded, not willing to risk another punch to the face. "Good," Liam smiled. "This young woman," he nodded to the room's other occupant, "will help you. Won't you, Patsy?"

Patsy smiled back. "Of course."

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Tommy swallowed nervously before entering Jude's hospital room. Back when he'd been at the hotel this had seemed like such a good idea; but now that he was actually in the room it was a different story. "What are you doing here?" Jude demanded, the worry in her voice clear.

"I came to see how you were doing," he answered.

Jude sighed. "Didn't my Dad tell you about Liam?"

Tommy sat in the chair next to her bed. "Yeah. He did." He took Jude's hand. "And I don't care." Jude looked at him, a puzzled look on her face. "I'm not gonna let Liam scare me off," Tommy continued. "If seeing you means I have to die, then I'm fine with that. At least I'll die knowing you're okay."

Jude opened her mouth to say something but no words came out. Tommy pressed his forehead against hers. "I love you," he whispered.

And then he kissed her.