Disclaimer: I don't own Instant Star. I do however own some of the poetry and the songs used.

Chapter 8: Weeks and Growing Love

It had been weeks since I had seen Tommy. I still had no clue of where Jessica was and I was getting worried that I would never get out of Jamie's grasp. I had been seen in public so many times it just killed me.

Every time Jamie and I went in public it was like he was trying to rub it in Tommy's face. I had to pretend that I hated him and it killed me. I didn't want to do it but, I knew I had to. Jamie checked my cell phone to see who I was talking to during the days that he was at work.

I would watch news reports on Jessica but, every time they announced that they had a new lead Jamie would change the channel. I knew he was hiding something and he knew that they were close to figuring out who had her. It was just a matter of time.

I was asleep in Jamie's bed with his back towards me and I was acing the window. I saw someone's shadow outside but I didn't know whose it was. I got up and I peeked out the window and it was Tommy. I covered my mouth with my hand so that I wouldn't let out a scream of joy.

I slipped quietly out of Jamie's room and quietly down the stairs. I went to the back door and I slipped out quietly. I was walking outside and Tommy couldn't see me yet. I tiptoed up behind him and I snaked my arms around his waist.

"Jude you scared me." He whispered to me loudly.

"I knew I would." I whispered back.

"It's so good to see you." He said hugging me and I didn't want to let go of him.

"I know it." I said getting on my tiptoes to kiss him.

I snaked my arms around his neck and he pulled me closer to him. It felt so good to kiss him, and for him to hold me. I never knew that I could miss a person this much but, I was wrong. I pulled away from him and he just looked at me and I looked at him back.

"I'm sorry about the tabloids d the rumors." I said to him.

"I know you are girl. I can't wait to have you next to me again." He said kissing my head, and the tip of my nose.

"That feels so good." I said to him. He looked at me and then he looked at my stomach. I felt the baby start kicking and he knew it because of the look on my face. He bent down on his knee and he started to sing to the baby.

I just listened to him. I closed my eyes and I listened to him. It was nice to her his voice again and even better to have him right here in front of me like he always is when the baby kicks. I felt my stomach become less tense and I felt relieved.

"Better?" He asked getting up.

"Much." I said to him.

"Have you found anything new?" He asked me.

"Nothing, it's disturbing to me to know that she is somewhere but, nowhere to be found."

"Look, I figured out that Jamie has a storage building and I'm going to go and check it out. I'm going to see what I can find there." He said to me.

"I'm sorry about rejecting your calls. But, Jamie screens my calls and I can't take the risk."

"I know, and I won't make you. I'll just have to see you like this from now on." He kissed me on the lips again. "Which is even better." He said pulling away from me. I saw Jamie's light come one and I panicked.

"I love you." I whispered to him before I went back inside. I shut the door quietly and I proceeded to look in the fridge for something to eat.

"Jude, are you downstairs?" Jamie asked me.

"Yeah, I'm getting something to eat." I told him. I heard his feet leave the stairs and wonder around in the hallway.

"I didn't hear you get up." He said kissing my forehead in the place where Tommy just had.

"I didn't want to wake you."

"Is the baby all right?" He asked me.

"Of course." I said smiling at him.

"I'm glad, I don't want there to be complications." He said. He actually reminded me of Tommy in a good way. I remember when I started showing Tommy was so overprotective, and it made me giggle sometimes. But, Jamie would never be Tommy. Never in a lifetime would he be him.

"Don't worry. I just got hungry. Go back to bed." I assured him and he went back up the stairs and to his room.

I let out a sigh of relief and I went back to looking in the fridge. I was hoping that Tommy wasn't gone. I wanted to see him some more but, I didn't want to get caught. I looked out the window and there was no sign of him at all. I closed the door to the fridge and I went into the living room.

I sat down on the couch and I turned the TV on. I flipped to the news channel and I watched until I saw Jessica's story come on. I listened to the news cast and I just watched. It was unbelievable that they still didn't have any new suspects. I was a little angry so I flipped to the E channel.

The top story was me and Tommy. They showed clips from the wedding and even some from the honeymoon, and then to the clip of me being followed around from the doctors office. I was disgusted when they played the footage from when they followed me and Jamie around.

I flipped the channel to MTV and I proceeded to watch the music videos that were on until I feel asleep. I woke-up the next morning and Jamie was gone. He left a note on the coffee table saying that he would be home around eight o'clock.

I waited for what seemed like hours for Tommy's phone call saying that he found Jessica, or at least some clue to where she was. It felt like I had waited for an eternity until my hone rang and it was Mason's number.

"Hello?" I asked.

"It's Tommy."

"Did you find anything?" I asked him.

"Yeah, I have her. Mason and Chaz came with me."

"Where was she?" I asked him happily.

"In the storage building that Jamie was renting." He said to me. I let out a sigh of relief. "Jude, I want you out of there before Jamie gets home. Leave now." Tommy urged me.

"All right, I'm going." I said. When I hung up my phone Jamie was standing right in front of me. "I didn't know you were home?" I asked.

"Right because, you were asleep on the couch and because you were hungry this morning." Jamie said to me.

"Yeah. What's wrong sweetie?" I asked him playing innocent.

"The neighbors saw Tommy poking around here early this morning."

"I didn't know." I was trying to act dumb but, it wasn't working in my favor.

He came closer to me, our faces were almost touching. "Don't lie to me Jude." He said with a bit of anger and rage in his voice.

"Fine, I saw him outside and I told him to leave before he woke you up." I said plain and simple hoping that he would buy it.

"You're positive?" He asked me.

"Completely." I said. He hugged me and I hugged him back. "Look, I have some errands to run but, I'll be back later." I said. I didn't care about the stuff I had there. I just wanted to leave.

"Where are you going?" He asked me.

"To see Sadie and Kwest, they invited me to dinner because they have some news."

"I'll go with you."

"No, they wanted to tell me by myself. I don't know what it's about, and Sadie is still mad at you from before. It's better for everyone if you stay here." I assured him.

"You're right." His phone rang and he answered it. He had a lot of anger in his voice and I was guessing that it was because he found out Jessica was missing. I slipped out of his eye line of view and I had my hand on the doorknob before he noticed I was gone. "You're not going anywhere." That was the last thing I remembered.