"Tommy, what are you doing here?" Jude asked, her voice quivering.

"I'm your new producer."

"No, no you're not. Darius wouldn't do that to me, and you know he heads this company."

"I convinced him to let me come down here, just for a trial period. Jude, look, I'm sorry."

"Stop Tommy, this, I can't do this right now," she said as she ran out of the studio. She ran past Jersey and Kwest, ignoring their calls for her to come back. She got into her car and drove to the beach where Riley said he was training. She saw him running up and down the coastline, listening to his ipod. By the time she reached Riley she was crying.

"Jude, what's wrong?" Riley asked, brushing her tears away with his hand.

"He's here, he's here in California."

"Whose here? Jude, what are you talking about?"

She gasped for air and looked straight at him. "Tommy, my producer, my ex, he's here."

"What, why?"

"He's my new producer," She said, burying her face in his shoulder.

"Jude, I, I'm really sorry."

"He can't be here. Not now."

Riley soothingly rubbed her back and eventually got her back to his apartment. He had her sitting on his couch while he was making tea for her. He brought the cup of warm liquid over to her and sat down beside her, Jude's body instantly molding to his.

"Everything's going to be okay Jude. I promise."

"Don't make that promise. Tommy's a trainwreck and whoever gets involved gets run over."

Riley sighed, already knowing that Tommy was going to cause problems, and he hadn't even met him yet.

"I should probably get you back home. I'm sure everyone will be looking for you."

Jude shook her head. "No. I don't want to see any of them. Kwest and Jersey knew he was going to come with them, and they didn't even warn me."

"I'm sure they wanted to Jude."

"Can I just stay here for the night?"

Riley was taken aback with her question.

"Jude, I don't know. I mean I want you to stay I really do, but don't you think everyone else will be worried?"

"Right now, I don't care."

"Then yeah you can stay," he said as he ruffled her hair, trying to coax a smile out of her.

She glanced up at him with a slight gleam in her eyes. "You're so funny," she said sarcastically.

"Oh I know," he said, kissing her on the cheek.

She leaned against him and soon they both fell asleep, Riley's arms draped around Jude.

The next morning Jude was awakened by the incessant ringing of not only her own phone, but Riley's as well. She groaned and nudged his shoulder.

"I hear it, I'm just choosing to ignore it," he moaned.

Jude laughed and sat up, grabbing her phone."Hello."

"It's Kwest."
"What do you want?"

"Jude, I'm sorry. I was going to tell you."

"When? The two minutes that you had before I walked into the studio?"

"Jude, I'm sorry. Tommy wasn't supposed to come with us, he just did."

"I have a boyfriend Kwest, and I don't want Tommy screwing that up."

"He won't, he's changed."

Jude scoffed. "Tommy will never change, you and I both know that." Jude hung up on him and laid back on the couch, wishing this could all go away.