Jude groaned. "There's so much more to it than that, Riley."

"I don't really care Jude. You worry way too much about the little things."

"This is far from a little thing!"

"Calm down, it's okay."

Jude looked away from him and stared out the window. She would admit that she liked Riley a lot, but there were still so many things left unsaid and unresolved between her and Tommy. She couldn't tell Riley that she still loved Tommy and that she might never be able to love him. So, instead she put on a brave smile and turned to face him. "I guess I am overreacting a bit."

"It's okay," he said. "Now that we have that under control, have any plans for Friday night?"

"I have to work and meet my new producer."

"What was wrong with the old one?"

"Good question."

"Well, do you want to grab a bit to eat tonight."

She nodded. "Yeah, that sounds good. Just give me awhile to get ready and then we can go. You can sit and watch tv or something, I mean if you want to."

"Yeah, sure. Go do whatever you girls do."

Jude shook her head and walked into her bedroom and began putting make-up on.

The night had been uneventful, but quiet and nice for Jude and Riley. They ate supper on the boardwalk and walked around on the beach. Towards midnight, Riley walked Jude back to the apartment.

"This was...nice," Jude said softly.

"Yeah," Riley simply agreed.

"I'll see you tomorrow right?"

"Uh, no. Actually, I'm training tomorrow."

"Training?"

"I'm getting back into the pro-surfing circuit."

"Riley, that's great," Jude said with less enthusiasm than she meant.

"I can see you can't contain your excitement."

"No, Riley it's not that, I just, it wasn't what I was expecting to hear I guess."

"Well I didn't expect it to ever happen again either."

"I'm happy for you, I really am."

Riley softly kissed her lips and stepped away. "I better get going. I'll call you alright?"

"Yeah. Goodnight."

"Night."

Jude sighed and walked into the dark apartment and leaned against the closed door. Suddenly, the lights flicked on and Mason was standing in front of her.

"Damn it Mason!" She screamed as she hit him.

Mason laughed and walked into the kitchen. "You should have seen your face."

"You scared the crap out of me! And it's not funny, especially not tonight."

"What's so special about tonight?"

"Riley's getting back into pro-surfing."

"And that's a bad thing because?"

"Because he'll be training and traveling and I'll never get to see him."

"Oh, could Jude Harrison possibly be falling in love with the surfer-dude next door?"

"No, I'm not."

"Well I see you're really not you're usual Miss Mary Sunshine tonight, so I think I'm going to go to bed."

"Wait, before you do, have you heard anything about the new producer?"

"What new producer?"
"The one that the manager guy, whose name I forgot, told me we were getting."

"His name's Derick by the way, and no I never heard anything about a new producer."

Jude ran her fingers through her hair as a puzzled look masked her face.

"I'm sure it's nothing Jude. You and I have both went through the big producer changes all the time."

"I know, and it's not that, I just have a really bad feeling about it."

"You worry too much," Mason said as he went into his bedroom.

"Why does everyone tell me that," she muttered to herself.

On Friday Mason left for work early so Jude was forced to catch a cab. She hadn't talked to Riley in a few days, but he had sent her a text message telling her that he wanted to get together sometime that weekend.

Jude walked into the studio and saw Kwest and Jersey standing in the lobby.

"Kwest!" she yelled. She ran towards him and hugged him.

"It's good to see you too Jude."

Jude pulled away from Kwest and hugged Jersey. "It's so good to see you guys."

"It's good to see you too Jude," Jersey said.

"Yeah. You look good," Kwest said.

"Whoa, did someone die or something. You guys aren't very enthusiastic about being here."

"Well uh-" Kwest began.

"Hold that thought, I have to go meet my new producer. You can fill me in tonight back at the apartment."

Jude walked into her usual recording studio and saw a familiar shape and familiar brown hair. "No," she whispered."

The man turned around. "It's nice to see you Jude."