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"Jude, change of plans, they want you to do three songs," Tommy whispered to her. She and SME were getting ready to come out on the Talk Show.
"Are you serious? Uh, I don't know which one to do. Hey, guys, which song is easiest to tune for in the next, three minutes?" Jude asked.
"Sweet Time, Me Out of Me, or Anyone But You," Speed said.
"You should do the old song. That way there's two new songs, and an old one. Start out with Skips though," Tommy said.
"Start with Skips and end with Fairytale of Sorts?" Jude asked.
"That would be perfect," Tommy said.
"Thanks," Jude said, hugging him. Speed felt a flicker of jealousy, but he let it slide. Tommy was her producer, and he was helping them.
"Or we can do Waste My Time and I can be Shay," Kyle said.
"I can see it now: 'Call me Kyle on the m-i-c when you listening to me, you be listening to b-bumping," Wally said, joking.
"That's actually not a bad idea," Tommy said.
"Can you do it?" Wally asked.
"Of course. Jude, that's my favorite song of yours," Kyle said.
"Sweet! I hope Shay doesn't get mad or anything," Jude said.
"Why do you care?" Speed asked.
"Because, even though he hurt me, he still had feelings for me. Strong feelings for me. And this is our song. The song we did together," Jude said.
"It would be like dude here getting another band, with another boyfriend, and singing Anyone But You with him," Wally said.
"Can't we just do Anyone But You?" Speed asked.
"And then announce that you two are a couple?" Wally asked.
"One minute," Tommy said.
"Yeah, that'd be great," Speed said.
"I don't know, Tommy?" Jude asked.
"Good publicity for the two of you, but are you ready to go public?" Tommy asked.
"I don't know, going public means a lot of rumors, and they'll be following us everywhere," Jude said.
"Exactly my point. 30 seconds," Tommy said.
"Maybe another day," Jude said.
"Yeah, I'm still not used to those other rumors," Speed said, shuddering.
"Then do the song, but don't announce it. Ten seconds," Tommy said.
"Alright SME on three," Jude said.
"One, two, three," Speed said.
"SME!" they yelled before walking onstage.
"Last years Instant Star, Jude Harrison and her back up band, the Spiederman Mind Explosion!" Jenny, the talk show host, said as she announced Jude and SME.
"Glad to have you here, Jude," Jenny said.
"And I'm glad to be here. Wow, I can't believe I'm here. I used to watch this show when I was a little kid," Jude said.
"She dressed up as you once," Speed said.
"Hey!" Jude exclaimed.
"Oh, do tell," Jenny said.
"It was Halloween, and everyone's at this party in like 4th grade, and we're all like 'Who are you supposed to be?' and dude's like 'Jenny, duh,'" Speed said.
"How cute," Jenny said.
"How embarrassing," Jude said.
"Oh come on, I'm sure you know lots of embarrassing moments that's happened to Spiederman. Now, may I ask why your name is Spiederman?" Jenny asked. Kyle and Wally cracked up.
"My name is Vincent Spiederman," Speed said, laughing.
"Clever. Okay so Jude, tell us about the first song we're going to hear," Jenny said.
"Well it's called Heart Doesn't Fit, it's kinda about a girl, who's in love and she doesn't want to be in love with this guy. They're so wrong for each other in so many ways, and yet, they fit together perfectly. And its like, you know that feeling, when you love someone and your heart is pounding, ready to explode from your chest whenever you see them? Yeah that's what this song is about," Jude said. Speed smiled. She described it perfectly.
"And who would this lucky guy be?" Jenny asked.
"Well, this song is one of the many I wrote with Speed, but it's not about any particular guy," Jude said.
"Oh come on, who gets on a bus with three guys over the summer, three adorable guys, and doesn't fall in love with one of them," Jenny said.
"They're kind of like my best friends. I love all of them to death," Jude said.
"One, two, three, awh," Kyle, Wally, and Speed said, before laughing. The audience joined in with their awh and laughter.
"Alright, well ladies and gentlemen, this is Jude's newest single, straight out of the studio, it's called Skips," Jenny said. Jude and Speed got up and walked over to the music stage. Jude grabbed her acoustic and Speed stood by the piano, and played the first notes of the song.
After they were done, they embraced in a manner that friends usually do, and got a standing ovation from the audience.
"Wow that was amazing. Now Spiederman, you can sing?" Jenny asked.
"Yeah, I've been singing with Harrison ever since we were 5. Of course, it was more on a competitive level then, but we still sang," Spiederman said.
"Do you all have cute little nicknames for each other?" Jenny asked.
"They like to call me Wall," Wally said.
"Because the y at the end is too much of a hassle to say," Jude said.
"Well we used to call Jude Red but ever since she dyed it blonde, we've been calling her Not-Red," Kyle said.
"Jude's got a bunch. Jude, Dude, Red, Not-Red, Judie, Doodie," Wally said.
"I'm sure they could've done without Doodie," Jude said.
"Then there's Awesome Rock Goddess," Spiederman said.
"Given to me by the oh so wonderful Spiederman," Jude said.
"Kyle has, well, Kyle. Or his street name K-Dogg," Spiederman said.
"Speed just usually calls everyone Dude," Wally said.
"And we'll call him Speed, Spiederman, Spiderman, Idiot, Vin, Vinny, Vince," Kyle said.
"Wow, so they're just names galore," Jenny said.
"Yeah. I think we should give you one," Jude said.
"Yeah. How about, J-Diddy," Wally said, laughing.
"J-Diddy. I like it," Jude said.
"Well then J-Diddy it is," Jenny said, laughing.
After the show was done, and everyone expressed how much they loved the last song with everyone singing, the four of them and Tommy piled into the limo.
"Great show," Tommy said.
"You're a natural," Jude said, kissing Spiederman.
"Yeah I know. That whole Halloween costume thing? Straight bull. It has to be. Jude hates Jenny's show," Kyle said.
"It is," Spiederman said.
"Whatever. It worked. Darius said radio stations everywhere are getting calls requesting Heart Doesn't Fit and Fairytale of Sorts," Tommy said.
"That's awesome!" Jude exclaimed. The ride back to their house was one filled with excitement. The only thing that would make it better would be a bottle of champagne. But, of course, they were all underage, except for Tommy. And Jude already got busted once for it.
The next few days were hectic for Speed. He was trying to plan the ultimate surprise party for Jude, and he was getting called in to record his own song. He chose a song that he and Jude wrote together Soft Spoken.
"Why don't you just go to Caveman Days?" Kyle asked.
"Yeah, don't you love Princess Paleolithic?" Wally asked. Jude was in the studio recording her part to Soft Spoken, leaving them time to finish their plan.
"I can't take her there. I would just stare at Princess Paleolithic all night. And besides, thanks to your stupid cousin, I'm not allowed there anymore, remember?" Speed asked.
"Oh yeah. Well her birthday is tomorrow. Who said they were coming?" Kyle asked.
"A bunch of people RSVP'd already, but I need something to keep her away from me all day. And she wants to spend the day with me," Speed said.
"Tell her you have to come here to record," Kyle said.
"She'll come with me," Speed said.
"Damn, then I don't know what else to tell you," Kyle said.
"We'll tell her you're wherever we're taking her, and then you just, don't show up," Wally said.
"She'll hate me forever," Speed said.
"I bet I can help," Tommy said, walking up to them.
"Aren't you supposed to be producing her?" Speed asked
"Kwest is doing it right now. I went to go check on you guys. You can't be left alone for too long, that means you're planning something," Tommy said.
"Well we are. We need a way to get Jude to not be with Speed until about 7 tomorrow night. He has to make sure the party is going as planned," Wally said.
"I definitely can help," Tommy said.
"Great. Well, I'll be with her in the morning, I just need you to take her at like, 12," Speed said.
"Alright. Are your goons coming along as well?" Tommy asked.
"One of them can go. I'll need someone to help me out," Speed said.
"I'll stay with you," Wally said.
"Don't sweat it Speed. Her birthday is gonna go perfectly. She's gonna love anything you do for her, because she loves you," Tommy said.
"Thanks," Speed said.
Speed couldn't wait. That time tomorrow, Jude would be in his arms, and she would be having the best birthday she ever had.
Alright, the party planning is all done; all that's left is for Jude to turn 17. Will it go off without a hitch or will it be an Unsweet Seventeen? Find out in the final chapter of Heart Doesn't Fit!