Thanks for all of the reviews! I didnt expect so many!! I just write because I get bored, so all of the reviews are muchly appreciated.

I feel like I have been dragging out Jude coming home, so I decided to make the next two chapters I had written one big one. So here you go! Enjoy!

Chapter 6

Coming Home and Unintentional Encounters

Jude's plane landed slightly earlier than expected, so when she walked off the plane she didn't expect to see Sadie and Kwest waiting for her. Once her sister seen her, Sadie ran up to Jude and gave her a hug "Welcome home!! See I told you I wouldn't forget you!" "Yea, but you're forgetting to mention the part where you were so engrossed in your TV show that I had to peel you off of the couch, and remind you that your sisters plane was going to be arriving soon." Kwest said, as he walked up behind Sadie. "Hey Red, its nice to have you back." "Thanks Kwest. And Sadie, you almost did forget me!!!" "Sorry! But the show was so good! Luckily my knight in shining armor was there to remind me, or I would have suffered the wrath of Jude, when I finally did remember to pick you up." "Yea, yea," Jude said. "Come on lets go get some food. Im starving!"

After stopping at Sorrento's, and Jude devouring a whole pepperoni pizza, The three of them finally made it home. Jude opened the door and walked straight into the Living room. "Ah, it feels good to finally be home. Ive missed it here so much." "I know," said Sadie, "Its been pretty boring without you here. I missed you." "Aw, thanks Sadie, I missed you too. Well I think Im going to go to bed now, that whole pizza made me sleepy. Goodnight." "Wait," said Kwest. "I have something to give you. Actually, something Tommy wanted me to give you." Jude's body stiffened at the mention of Tommy's name. "W-what is it?" asked Jude. "Its just a few songs Tommy has recorded since you've left. There's also a piece of paper inside. Just take it Jude, please. Tommy's been a mess since you've left. The least you could do is listen to what he's recorded." Jude reluctantly took the CD from Kwest and headed up the stairs to her room silently shutting her door.

Sadie and Kwest

"Kwest, how did Tommy know when to give you the CD? Does he know Jude's home?" "I-I, uh, I kind of told him that Jude was coming home last night while him and I were in the studio. Sadie, he's been miserable since Jude left. I have never seen him this upset over anybody before. The least I could do for him, was tell him that Jude was finally coming home." "Yea, but now he's going to want to see her and talk to her. I still don't think she's ready for that!" "Don't worry. I talked to him about it. I told him to keep his distance, and that he shouldn't talk to her until she talks to him. Sadie, I just had to tell him." "I guess you're right. I do kind of feel sorry for him, even though I shouldn't."

Back to Jude

Jude silently shuts her door, drops her bag on the floor, and sits down on her bed, contemplating on whether she should even listen to Tommy's CD or read his letter. "Why should I care what he has to say? He's the one who ruined everything." Finally Jude's curiosity got the best of her and she reached over and plopped the CD into the player. She just listened to the music. The first song was "Who I am Hates Who Ive Been." By the time the song was over and "Broken" began to play, Jude had tears in her eyes. She finally took the letter out of its envelope and began to read it.

Jude,

I know you really don't want to hear from me, but I just need to let you know that I will always be here for you. No matter how you feel about me, I will ALWAYS be here. I know you hate me, and you don't want to see me, so I will try my hardest to stay away from you, until you're ready to talk.

I know what I did was beyond forgivable, and I think about it every night. I still don't know what was going through my mind when I decided to cheat on you. I wish I could take it all back. I wish you and I would still be together, I wish I could still hold you in my arms and kiss you. There are so many things I wish I could do, but I can't seem to get anything right. YOU were the only right thing I've ever done in my life, and of course I messed that up. Hopefully somewhere in your heart you will find the strength to forgive me. Until then I'll miss you.

I Love You,

Tommy

Jude just sat there reading the letter over and over again. She didn't know what to do. Before she was determined to never get back with Tommy. But now, now everything was different. She was confused and already having doubts and she hadn't even seen Tommy yet. "What am I going to do?" Jude laid back on her bed, with her mind racing with thoughts, and slowly drifted off to sleep.

The Next Day

The next day Jude slowly rolled out of bed and headed for the shower. When she was finished, she went downstairs in search of her beloved pop tars. Luckily Sadie hadn't tossed them out while she was gone, so she grabbed a pack and plopped down at the kitchen table. The night before after reading Tommy's note and listening to all of the songs he had wrote for her, she decided that she was going to go back to Gmajor.

Jude finished her pop tarts, grabbed her purse, and the keys to her mustang, and headed out the door. Ten minutes later she arrived at Gmajor. She sat in he car for ten minutes telling herself that she could handle Quincy. She finally exited her car and headed for the front doors of the building. When she walked in, the first person she saw was Sadie. "Jude, what are you doing here? I didn't think you'd be coming back so soon." "Well last night I decided that I was going to have to come back here sometime, and why not let it be sooner rather than later, ya know? Uh, by chance is Tommy here yet?" "He's here yet, but he should be here in about 15 minutes. Why, did you want to see him?" Sadie asked with curiosity. "Honestly I don't know. He's got me so confused right now that I don't know what to think. Is Darius in his office? I need to talk to him." "Yea go right on in."

"Jude! Its good to see that you're back. How was your trip?" "Its good to see you too Darius. Rome was great, thanks for asking." Jude said. "So what can I do for you? Are you ready to get back to recording?" Darius asked. "Yea I'm ready to come back, but I have a favor to ask you. Can I have Kwest produce me instead of Tommy? At least for now. I don't think I could handle being around him that much right yet." "Sure Jude, anything to get my number one artist back. We've all missed you Jude, especially Tom." Jude just gave Darius the "don't go there look," and stood up and started to walk towards the door, but turned around before she completely walked out. "I'll go tell Kwest he's my new producer, I have some songs Id like to record, so I'm starting back today, thanks Darius." "No problem," said Darius as he watched Jude walk out the door.

As soon as she walked out into the lobby, she saw him. He was bent over digging through the refrigerator looking for something. He hadn't noticed her yet, but when she seen him suddenly stop moving and stand upright, she knew he knew she was there. He slowly turned around a scanned the room locking eyes with her.

"Jude…"