A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update! But here I am now! And here is the next chapter. Hope you enjoy and review!

Darius slipped the ring on Jude's finger then stood up. Jude was wondering why he was yelling when it hit her. She smiled as she imagined what he had just seen.

"What's wrong with you?" Darius asked as Tommy stared at Jude who was smiling.

"Jude please," said Tommy with a nervous voice. "I know I hurt you but you don't have to do this now. I…" Jude looked at Tommy waiting for him to finish his sentence. "Jude I…"

"Am I missing something here?" asked Darius as Jude stood up and walked over to Darius.

"Not a thing babe," she said as she put her hands on his shoulders and looked over at Tommy. "So what were you saying Tommy?" she asked knowing that she had already got him jealous.

"Please Jude. You're so young and…"

"Relax Tom," she said thinking that she had played with him long enough. "It's not what it looked like. He was just picking up my ring for me," she said as she watched his reaction.

Tommy thought about what he had seen for a moment and then it made sense. Why would Darius be asking her to marry him anyway if she was only seventeen?

"I think that I'm going to go now," he said as he walked out of the room blushing just a little.

"I'll be right back," Jude said as she followed him out of the room. Darius shrugged as she left.

"Tommy," she called as he kept walking toward the front door. "Wait please I need to talk to you."

"Oh so now you want to talk," he said as he stopped to turn and look at her.

"I'm sorry I let you believe it was a proposal. I know that you still care and…"

"And that's where you're wrong. I don't care. You've moved on so why shouldn't I?" Jude looked at the ground.

"I told you yesterday. I haven't moved on from you. I wasn't lying." Tommy sighed.

"I don't know if I can believe this time Harrison. I've already tried to give you a chance and every time something always goes wrong." He paused for a moment searching for the words. "Maybe we just…," he had to say it. "Maybe we just don't belong anymore," he said knowing that she was going to have something to say back. But she stood silent.

It struck her. That was the one thing she was hoping he wasn't going to say. But he did and it made her feel like her heart had just been ripped out and stepped all over. She didn't know what to say. It was all ending, burning and crashing right before her eyes.

"I'll leave now," he said as he saw the tears forming in her eyes. He opened the door and went outside before he saw her cry which would ruin everything he had just said.

"But what if we do belong," she said as he closed the door and her tears started to fall. She didn't know what to do. It was over and there was no going back now that it had been said. Still not believing what he had just said she slowly went back to her room, closed the door, and cried with everything that she had left.

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That night there was another concert and Jude still couldn't bear to even look at Tommy much less sing with him.

"Darius," she said as politely as she could.

"What's wrong babe?" he asked as he saw her walk into his room with a very tear stained face.

"I was just wondering if maybe you would let me just do a solo by myself instead the duet with Tommy tonight." She smiled as he thought about it.

"Is there a personal reason?" he asked as her smile faded.

"It's just that I have a new song that I want to sing tonight," she said hoping he would understand.

"Then why don't you just sing it during your scheduled solo time?" he asked thinking her question was useless.

"I like the song you chose for me for that, but I really want to sing this song tonight and I think the timing would be right. Plus the song you chose is still a hit so I would like to sing both. Please?"

"Fine," he said giving in. "Just be sure to tell Tommy about your plans." Jude bit her lower lip.

"Actually I was wondering if…"

"If I could tell him?" Jude looked at him with begging eyes. "Sure thing babe," he said as Jude let out a breath of relief as she headed toward the door.

"Oh wait," she said as she turned around before she opened the door. "Um…I just have one more thing to say." Darius looked up wondering what else she wanted now. "I'm not your babe anymore," she said as she opened the door and left.

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When the concert came later that night Jude was still nervous about seeing Tommy. She hadn't seen him since the 'incident' and she still didn't know what to say to him. When she arrived backstage she saw him standing there and felt the tears threatening to come back. So she took a deep breath and walked on right past him.

"So you thought taking our duet away would make me come back to you?" he said as she walked past. But that was it. She turned back to look at him and stared at him with cold eyes.

"Actually I just wanted the crowd to hear a voice they would actually like. I wanted to save them the agony. Plus I bet we would all be happier if you and I never had to do anything together again," she said as she kept on walking.

"You call that a comeback?" he called after her, but she never turned back and just kept on walking right up to Darius.

"Sounds like you and Tommy are getting along fine. Not personal, yeah right."

"You wanted to tell me something," she said ignoring his comment.

"Change of plans. On a recent poll I put on the internet the crowd said the best part of the concerts are when you and Tommy sing on stage together. It had something to do with chemistry or whatever. Anyway I need you two to go on with your duet."

"What?!" she said as Tommy walked up.

"You can still sing your new song on your own solo time, but we need the crowd to be happy or our next concert won't do so well."

"What's up?" asked Tommy.

"You and Jude are back on with that duet."

"But you said…"

"I know what I said, but scratch that. Just do it and get it over with."

"We don't have any new material," Jude said still trying to squeeze out of it.

"Ask the crowd what song they want to hear. Either way you two are going through with this," he said. "No matter what," he added when he saw both of them about to argue. "Better get something together," he said as he walked away.

"So what should we do?" Tommy asked as Jude tried to calm herself down.

"I don't know. How about Transparent Lies?" she said knowing this would get to him.

"Transparent Lies huh? I thought you were going to say Skin." Jude let out a long, slow breath.

"Well at least we can agree on not asking the crowd," she said knowing he knew what she meant.

"Really, why not? Are you afraid that they might ask us to sing a song about love?" Jude glared at him.

"Is that what you think?" He nodded. "Then why don't we sing It Could Be You?" she said knowing that that was his favorite love songs. Tommy narrowed his eyes. She knew that that was his favorite love song and he really wouldn't want to sing that with her tonight.

"Fine. It's decided. We will sing It Could Be You." Jude knew he was going to say that. But she wished that he would've said no because she really didn't want to sing that with him tonight.

"Fine," she said as she walked away. 'Tonight should be interesting,' she thought to herself as she went to find her guitar.

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"You and Tom are on next," said Darius passing by her dressing room. Jude took one last look in the mirror and then went out to the side of the stage where Tommy was already waiting for her. Neither one of them exchanged a single word until they were called up.

"Let's get this over with," Tommy said as they walked on stage. The music had barely started and Jude could already feel that rush she always felt when she was singing with Tommy.

Jude started off singing:

You and me all alone
It's to late to say we didn't know
We shouldn't be all alone
One of us might lose control

Then Tommy took over:


Of these feelings we've been hiding
Deep down yeah they must start to show
But not here not now
Watching my frustrations grow

Then they both sang together:I know what I feel and you feel it too
I dream of the first kiss and who'll make the first move
Who's going to put their heart on the line
It could be me
It could be you

Tonight

Then Jude again:

Show me who you are
Stop me before I go to far
Cause it hurts to hold back
So hold me or I might crack

And Tommy again:


I'm gasoline you're the match
I'm not sure if we could handle that
It might explode could be a mess
I say we take the chance

This time when they both sang together they were getting really into the song. Jude was dancing around Tommy as he watched her every move.

I know what I feel and you feel it too
I dream of the first kiss and who'll make the first move
Who's going to put their heart on the line
It could be me
It could be you

Tonight

Jude took over again:

I'm all mixed up confused
I don't know what to do
Cause I want to I'd love to
If I knew you'd want me to
If your getting any closer then I'm going to have to scream

Then they were singing together again and it looked like both of them were forgetting about the problems that they had had earlier. They were just dancing and singing as usual and their chemistry on stage was as strong as ever.

I know what I feel and you feel it too
I dream of the first kiss and who'll make the first move
Who's going to put their heart on the line
It could be me
It could be you

I know what I feel and you feel it too
I dream of the first kiss and who make the first move
Who's going to put their heart on the line
It could be me
It could be you

Jude finished the song with the last word and that seemed to set it all off. But it didn't.

Tonight

When the song was over it looked like maybe Jude and Tommy had already made up. And for the moment I think they both forgot about all their problems. They both stood smiling at each other and gazing into each other's eyes. For a moment Tommy had the sudden urge to just grab Jude and kiss her right there and then. But then Eden came onto the stage and kicked them both off.

When they got backstage everything fell back into place. Jude remembered what Tommy had said and Tommy remembered what he had said. They both looked anywhere but at each other.

"That was fantastic!" Darius said as he walked up to them. "You guys work so well together!" Jude and Tommy glanced up at each other.

"At one point I thought we did," Jude said as she walked off. Tommy was going to chase after her but decided that maybe it would be better if he didn't. Things would just get more complicated anyway.

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It was Jude's time to sing her new song and she was more nervous than before. She had to sing this song to show Tommy what she was really thinking. And hopefully this time he would believe her that she wasn't over him and she never would be.

"Ready Jude?" Darius asked as he walked in to her room.

"As ready as I'll ever be," she said as she stood up and followed him out of the room. She walked up to the curtains and saw that Tommy was standing there.

"Here to insult me more?" she said as she stood next to him waiting for her cue.

"Just wanted to hear the new song," he said innocently. He knew that the song must be about him.

"Whatever," she said as she walked onto the stage. The truth was that she wanted him to hear her new song. It was about him after all and this song would tell him everything that she couldn't tell him herself. The music started and she took a deep breath before beginning to sing.

There's me
Looking down at my shoes
The one smiling like the sun
That's you
What were you thinking
What was the song inside your head
There's us
Going on about a band
Working out how we'd play our hands
I lay there dreaming

Later on alone in my bed

If I was stupid
Maybe careless
So were you

Not everything is supposed to come true

Some words are best unsaid
Some lovers never really love at all
I keep everything I shared with you
And that's enough
There's us

Freeze Frame

I'm not about to cry
It's too late for us to change
Why try
I've got a camera
Tucked away inside my heart

If I'm a loser
Or just unlucky
So are you

Not everything is supposed to come true
Some words are best unsaid
Some lovers never really love at all

I keep everything I shared with you
And that's enough
There's us

Somewhere between then and now
I looked away when you said
We'll never change
And if you think we might've been
You'll lose today
And we've got songs to play

And not everything is supposed to come true
Some words are best unsaid
Some lovers never really love at all
I keep everything I shared with you
And that's enough
There's us

Not everything is supposed to come true

Some words are best unsaid

Some lovers never really love at all

I keep everything I shared with you

And that's enough

There's us

There's us

There's us

When the song ended Jude looked right at Tommy with tear filled eyes who was staring at her with his intense blue eyes. Darius came onto the stage and Jude walked off and stood right in front of Tommy who stood speechless.

"Jude why…"

"I knew you wouldn't understand," she said as she ran off crying.

"Jude wait!" he called as he took off after her.

A/N: The two songs I used were It Could Be You and There's Us both by Alexz Johnson. Please review!