Solid Magazine is the Rolling Stone of the new millennium.
Jude is in her dressing room putting on the final touches of her make up.
Landing the cover means you arrived.
She straightens the I 3 Punk button and fastens the necklace.
And they want me.
She stood back up into a standing posture. Her once big smile faded as she took in her outfit. The skirt, top, and jacket look like they would have fit her when she was six.
Too bad I don't look anything like me.
She tried to pull the skirt so it will cover a little more, but gave up in a huff when she saw that it wouldn't help anything and left the room.
"I don't want to show my stomach," she told EJ trying to hide behind the door.
"Relax, you look great," EJ said grabbing her arm.
"Great? EJ I look like I lost my way to the striper pole! I look like a slut," Jude complained as EJ led her down the steps.
"Then you should feel totally comfortable," said Sadie from her spot next to Tommy on the steps. Jude looked down, determined not to let Sadie bring her down today. EJ and Tommy just turned to Sadie not believing that she just said that to her little sister.
"Anyway shouldn't the focus be on my music and not my navel?"
"Jude you're killing me here. Solid is a national magazine. Guys, tell her you like this one."
"Way too sexy. It's not her," Sadie said looking her sister up and down with disgust in her eyes.
"Thank you. Now move it," EJ called walking down the rest of the steps.
"What's that suppose to mean? Not her?"
"I mean you're fifteen and a mom, dork."
"Jude! Let me just say how excited I am to be working with you today. Okay so we're gonna be going with a rock 'n roll school girl theme. I want you to kill me though the lens Jude. Lots of attitude. You're cool. You're it. You are a rock 'n roll goddess."
Sadie's used to being the center of attention.
"You think you can try and not bring her down in front of other people?" Tommy asked Sadie during Jude's photo shoot.
"I only speak the truth Tommy."
"Your sister is beautiful and has a lot more on her plate then a lot of adults I know. Okay yeah, she had Steph a little young, but that doesn't make her a slut. If anything it makes her stronger then most people I know. She did and is doing the right thing by rising Steph," Tommy said before walking away from her.
Me? Not so much.
"You look great Jude," Tommy said, smiling at her.
Weird part is, I could get use to this.
A cell phone rings and a few seconds later a woman is whispering to the photographer.
"Okay people. That's a wrap," he called out to all the workers.
"That can't be good," Sadie said only for Tommy and Jude to send her a death glare.
"Whoa," EJ said grabbing the photographer's arm "Three shots? I don't care how good you are."
"Shoot's over darlings. They're gonna give the cover to someone else," he said before sending Jude a sad smile.
"It's a complete disaster," EJ said when the four from the shoot met Georgia in the conference room.
"Can we not get apocalyptic this early? I haven't had my coffee yet," Georgia said while rubbing the bridge of her nose.
"We're talking Solid's new faces of rock issue. I practically had to break knee caps to get Jude the cover!"
"Okay, so find out why we lost it and who has it now."
"Is there anything I can do?" Jude asked, speaking up for the first time since the shot.
"If you hadn't delayed everything playing wardrobe diva-"
"EJ! Relax," Tommy said cutting her off.
"Uh come on Jude. We gotta get to school," said Sadie grabbing her messenger bag and purse and standing to walk out of the room. Jude sighed and walked around the table to have Georgia put an arm around her.
"We're gonna try and fix this, okay? Don't worry," she said before letting Jude walk out of the room to meet Tommy. She turns to EJ when she sees Tommy leading Jude out of the room while talking to her. "You go and break some more knee caps."
"Hey, don't even worry about it," Tommy said putting an arm around her after she met him at the door.
"I can't help it. This was supposed to be my first cover and I lost it within ten minutes," she said looking up to him.
"We're gonna get it back for you, don't worry. Besides, I hate to tell you this, but you're gonna lose a bunch of covers. But you'll also get a ton of other ones. Okay?"
"Hopefully my sister won't be at all the shoots," she whispered.
"Don't worry about Sadie, and don't ever let her bring you down." He stopped in the middle of the lobby and bent down so he's looking in her eyes. "Besides, it's not true. And don't you ever think for a split second think it is."
"Jude!" Sadie called from the front doors. "School," she said in a duh voice.
"I gotta go. Do we need to record this afternoon?"
"No, but I'll call you if I hear anything on the cover." He says placing a kiss on her forehead. "Bye superstar."
"Bye Tommy."
"Guys, let me let you in on a little secret. You can't fake chemistry. Not that the most of you grasped that judging from these test scores," their teacher said passing out the class' last test.
"Why is this bugging me so much? I didn't even want the stupid cover until I found out I couldn't have it," Jude told her two best friends the next day in chemistry class.
"It's kind of like that Janet Jackson song. You don't know what you got til it's gone," Kat said smiling at her.
"That's Jodi Mitchell,"Jamie corrected.
"See, this is why people don't like you," Kat fired back at him before turning to Jude. "So any chance we'll get to see you this weekend?"
"Yes. Definitely. My parents are going away on some marriage retreat therapy thing. So I say we all OD on action movies and take out."
"Yes! Nice! A little Kong poa, a little Kong fu. Your troubles are over. Promise," Jamie said excitedly. Jude and Kat laughed.
"Sure. Okay Jamie, I'm holding you to that," she said as her teacher came up to her.
"Jude, that's your second failed test," he said handing her her test with a big red F written on it. "I'll need that one signed. Jamie, Kat good job," he said handing them each their test.
"I may have spoken to soon," Jamie said, causing Jude and Kat to give him an evil glare.
"I'm dead. It's gonna be home, Steph, and the studio if I even have to record this weekend. They are going to kill me."
"We had a deal on the cover Artie," EJ said talking into her cell phone while walking down the steps into the G-Major lobby. "That makes me cranky. And when I'm cranky people get hurt. Darius? Since when does the publisher dictate content?" After she hung up with him she walked into Studio A where Tommy was working on the soundboard with one of his other groups. "We're shunted," she said walking up behind him.
"Wanna elaborate?" he asked not understanding.
"Darius is behind this. He already thought Jude shouldn't have won our contest. But apparently he pulled some strings and found out Jude had a kid," she said placing her hands on her hips.
"That's Jude's personal life. That can't be the only reason he took her off the cover. So why do you come to me with this?"
"He also found out that you're Jude's producer. And everyone knows that you two had some big falling out years ago. So this whole cover gate thing is clearly aimed at you, not Jude."
"That's my personal business EJ."
"It was. Now it's affecting Jude's, which makes it mine. So do something to fix it." Tommy sighed.
"What do you want me to do?"
"Solid locks the new cover on Monday."
"Okay?"
"So that gives you just forty eight hours to make Darius love Jude," she told him. He rolled his eyes and turned up the soundboard to drain out her talking.
"Meatless meatloaf? Isn't that just like...loaf?" she asked poking her fork at the plate her mom just put in front of her. Her dad and Stephanie laughed with her.
"Does oxygen even get to your brain?" Sadie asked sitting down next to her. Jude just ignored her and tickled Steph.
"Oh, before I forget I have my first talk so on the twenty-ninth. So if you wanna come..." she trailed off as her dad and Sadie started to talk at the same time.
"Jude, that's great sweetie," said her dad with a smile.
"Uh that's when my cheerleading nationals are," said Sadie to her parents that were looking at each other. "You guys said you would come," she whined.
"Well..." her dad trailed off.
"Oh well┘ some of us have had trouble keeping our promises lately," said her mom aimed towards her dad. ⌠But I'll be there if it's humanly possible."
"Thank you," said Sadie in a snide voice.
"Well we can't be in two places at once," her dad tried to compromise. "Honey, you go with Sadie and I'll-"
" I know that Stuart."
"God Sadie this is like your zillionth nationals. Why do you have to be so selfish?" Jude asked, turning to her sister.
"Me?" Sadie fired back.
"Yeah."
"I was up at five o'clock this morning and you never even thanked me for driving you to your shoot."
"Thank you? I don't want you chaperoning me around anyways. You're embarrassing."
"Oh really?"
"Really."
"Oh really. So um Jude, how did your chem test go today?" Sadie asked knowing Jude hadn't told their parents that she failed yet. Jude kicked her under the table and looked up to see both of her parents looking at her.
"Okay, yeah, I kinda failed. It's not like I'm gonna be a doctor anyway," Jude said looking down at her plate.
"Honey you don't know that," her mom said concerned.
"Okay. Let's not do this. It is just a test," her dad said just to be interrupted by her mom.
"Stuart, she is just fifteen years old. Her life is not decided yet. Despite what you two may think!" her mom said looking at them both. "Jude, you're grounded."
"What?! For being stupid? That's so unfair!" she yelled.
"Maybe we should just stay home."
"Honey this weekend is about us. We made a commitment remember?" her dad tried to convince her. She sighed.
"Sadie. She stays home and studies. No friends, no TV, no exceptions. Clear?"
"Crystal," said Sadie with a smug look.
Later that night, Sadie was doing her tae kwon do in the living room while Jude tries to study.
"Can you please take your Tae Kwon Dork else where?" Jude asked as her cell phone rang. She flipped it open to see Tommy's face. "Hey, I can't really talk. I'm under house arrest."
"Well then prepare to go Awol. How would you like to meet Darius Mills?"
"The hip hop guy? Why would I want to do that?"
"Because Solid is his magazine and the cover is his call," Tommy told her. "Look, he's having a party at his weekend place. I want you to come with me."
"Oohh. Like a date?" She asked in a flirty voice.
"Look, this is important. It's not just about the cover anymore. Darius has a lot of power in our industry."
"And he thinks I'm a loser. I get it."
"Well tomorrow we're gonna change that. I wanna get there early while he's still got a clear head. I know it's last minute. But can you find someone for Steph? It's not a problem, is it?" Jude turned around and to look at Sadie who wasn't paying attention and then turned back to her chemistry book.
"It's no problem."
"Good. See you tomorrow."
"Hey Jude," said Kat when her cell phone rang.
"KAT!!"
"Sorry I forgot you hate that. Anyway what's up I thought you were on house arrest?" she asked curiously.
"I am, but I'm outside with Steph. And I really, really need your help tomorrow."
"With what?"
"I have to take care of this cover thing with Tommy, and Sadie's gonna be at the mall all day. I was hoping you would watch Steph for me."
"Sure. What time do you need me there?"
"Tommy's picking me up at noon, so eleven forty five at the latest. Thanks Kat, you are such a life savor," said Jude as one of the front doors opened. "Crap, I gotta go. Talk to you tomorrow," she hung up just as Sadie opened the other door.
The next afternoon Jude opens her front door just as Tommy pulls up in his hummer.
"Busted," Sadie called out in a sing song voice from the spot that she was leaning on the car.
"UGH! Sadie, when aren't you at the mall on the weekend?" Jude asked angrily as Sadie walked toward her smugly.
"Since I know you're up to something."
"Great."
"Jude what's going on?" Jamie asked walking up to them.
"Jude, let's roll," said Tommy from his seat in the Hummer. "It's a long ride to Darius' place."
"THE Darius?" Sadie said excitedly. ⌠As in the king of all hip hop media. As in there's no way I'm not coming with you."
"You are such a disease Sadie."
"Oh, thank you."
"This is a really important party. Very VIP," Jude said looking to Tommy for help. He just nodded in agreement with her.
"Party? We're going to a party? I thought we were doing movies!" said Jamie with excitement in his voice.
"Look, you owe me. Either I come or I call mom," Sadie said looking at Jude then sent Tommy a flirty smile. Jude looked at Tommy and he could tell she didn't want Sadie to come, but he also knew that Sadie would keep to her word and rat Jude out.
"You okay," he said looking at Sadie. "You no way," he said looking at Jamie. "Bet I can't even get you past the door."
"Oh relax Minudo. It's an afternoon party. How cool could it be?"
"Whatever," Tommy said as the three teenagers walked towards the car. Sadie walked ahead of Jude and pushed her out of the way to go straight for the front seat. "Jude you're up front." He said as Sadie reached out for the handle. She sent Jude a look that could kill as she climbed into the back seat behind her little sister.
"It's like we died and woke up in a Snoop Dog video," Jamie said, taking in the party going on around him.
"Please do not embarrass me here okay," Sadie told him.
"Relax, it's not like we're gonna see anyone we know here," said Jude at the perfect time.
"Jude, hey," said Eden, walking up to her.
"Hey Eden...?" Jude said, unsure of why she was there.
"I just heard about the cover. No hard feelings?"
"What are you talking about?"
"From what I hear, it's as good as mine," she said with a smirk before walking away.
"What is Eden even doing here right now? I beat her in the competition," Jude asked Tommy angrily.
"Just chill. Okay?" Tommy said putting an arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him, and leading her away from Sadie and Jamie. "Nobody has the cover yet. She's clearly here to try and impress D into giving it to her. Are you gonna let that happen? You gotta learn how to work the room," he said looking around the party. "See the DJ over there?"
"Yeah."
"He'll spin for you at all your parties. See the bald guy? That's John Jenkins. Johnny does most of the cover features for Solid. I want you to go over there and charm him as practice. I gotta go talk to Darius. See if he'll agree to meet you."
"What?! He hasn't even agreed to meet me yet?"
"Relax." They both looked over at a bouncer talking to Darius and nodding at Tommy. "I gotta go, so you're gonna be on your own. You're gonna be great Jude," he said kissing her forehead before walking over to Darius. "Dare. Good seeing ya man."
"Been a long time Tom," Darius said, shaking his hand warily.
"Been long enough."
"Let's do this inside."
"Cool."
"Remember your first concert?" Darius asked, sitting down in the sun room that over looked the party. "The food court of a mall," he finished before pouring himself a drink.
"I remember. We got paid in burgers. You're not seriously thinking about putting Eden Taylor on the cover of Solid magazine are you?" Tommy asked getting straight to the point.
"Maybe. She's got skills, looks, and she was a crowd favorite to win your own competition."
"I want Jude on that cover."
"And I don't. Guess who wins."
"Man come on. I know you and me, we got bad blood. But if you're willing to take that out on a girl-"
"Oh come on, that's weak. You think this is about you and me?"
"Yeah, I do."
"It's about musical karma"
"So this is Jude's world now eh?" Jamie said to Sadie as they were taking in the party. "I wonder if this place has a grotto. Def has a grotto. What is a grotto?"
"Okay. I will literally pay you to stop talking to me."
"Sorry. I just wanted to hang out with Jude. "But I guess she's working. Again."
"Kinda sucks eh?" Sadie asked with a small but sad smile.
"No biggie."
"Be a dear and get rid of that," Eden said, handing Sadie a half full martini glass.
"What am, I the help now?" Sadie asked looking at Jamie. Then she smiled and took a big drink.
"Hey, easy there lady." Sadie just smiled and took another drink to finish it off.
"You know what? I'm sick of Jude having all the fun. It's our turn now."
"I created BoyzAttack to make a quick buck. Not start a whole new youth trend. These days music is made by kids. Poor kids. That's bad business for everybody."
"What's that got to do with Jude?"
"Hey the girl is just too young. She's what, fifteen? And she already has her own kid. That's really bad media."
"Leave Stephanie out of this. She has nothing to do with Jude's music," Tommy said, defending the two girls that have already made themselves a home in his heart.
"She's just too young. End of story. At least Eden's a woman."
"She's not too young."
"I've heard that one from you before."
"And I'm still right!! Just.." He pulled a CD from his back pocket. "Just listen." Darius grabbed the CD, put it in the CD player, and pressed play.
"I feel chained, chained down
You shoved me to the ground I can't run,
I can't shout Just let me out
So heartless, this couldn't mean less
Gonna push it in your face I'm only human
And I've got something to say
Let me rise, let me fall
Let me breathe I wanna lose control,
I'm not afraid to lose it all Let me break, let me crawl
Cause I'll get back up again if you let me fall," Jude's voice leaked out of the speakers.
As Tommy and Darius are listening to the song, Jude is outside talking to different people at the party, Sadie is drinking anything she can get her hands on, and Jamie is watching both sisters.
"Sadie! I can't believe you're drinking," Jude said walking up to her older sister with Jamie right behind her.
"Nark," Sadie growled at the younger boy.
"Tommy's gonna kill me."
"Tommy, Tommy, Tommy. You're so obsessed it's pathetic, Sadie said rolling her eyes.
"Oh please," Jamie jumped in. "Give her a break, the guy is old."
"He's twenty-two!" Jude yelled.
"Yeah, in musician years. That's like dog years times five." Jude rolled her eyes at him and turned to Sadie.
"What's your problem?"
"Your big fat head."
"Oh come on Sadie. You're just jealous because I'm actually getting attention for once. That's sad."
"You wanna know what's sad?"
"What?"
"Who you're becoming. You're treating me like your slave. You're forgetting your friends. And what about Steph? She only sees you in the mornings."
"That's not true."
"Mom and Dad are always fighting now because of you. All you can think about is yourself," Sadie said and walked away. Jude looked down and walked away from Jamie.
"If I burn down in this fire
Well, I got myself to blame
I can't stop or give it up I need to feel the pain
Can you hear me?
Don't come near me
You'll just get in my way
I'm only human And there's nothing you can say
Let me rise, let me fall
Let me breathe I wanna lose control,
I'm not afraid to lose it all
Let me break, let me crawl
Cause I will get up again if you let me fall"
"So you're saying that these reality contests are ruining the business?" Johnny asked Eden.
"All I'm saying is that some of us are a little realer than others." Jude rolled her eyes at Eden's answer and tries to get by unnoticed, but Eden sees her and grabs her arm. "I mean, take Jude for an example."
"Hey," said Jude, putting on a fake smile for Johnny, Eden and the other women that were listening to Eden talk.
"Jude and me for example. I've been working at this my entire life. Don't get me wrong, the whole sad girl with guitar routine. It's a great marketing angle. Stellar. I totally understand why you won over me. But under that bad attitude and discount fashion, you're just a one hit wonder waiting to happen Jude. Everyone knows it, but you. What's your two year old daughter gonna think of you then?" Eden asked with a smirk.
"Right. Excuse me," Jude said walking from the group and up to Sadie. "Happy?" she asked her sister who heard everything. Jude walked away from the party to a bench on the other side of the yard. She at down and put her head in her hands to have a woman she didn't know come and sit next to her.
"Pathetic, eh? Some people can only feel big by making others feel small."
"Yeah well she must feel sumo size right now then," Jude said lifting her head up. "I hate this. I feel like ever since I won this contest, everyone wants something different from me."
"How do you mean?"
"The label wants a hit. My mom wants straight A's. Sadie... she wants me dead. My daughter wants to see me more then the hour she sees me before she goes to bed and the few minutes we see each other at breakfast. She wants it so I'm always with her like I use to be."
"Hmm. Ever think about what you want?"
"I just... I wanna make great music," Jude said, finally turning to face the women next to her.
"Say you know who I am
And what I'm about
Then you'll understand that
I feel alone I live my own life"
Back in the sun house, Darius sat back down in his chair.
"You're feeling this song. I know you man. Just meet her. Jude is not a kid. Not when it comes to music," Tommy said sitting down next to him.
"Let me rise, let me fall
Let me breathe I wanna lose control,
I'm not afraid to lose it all
Let me break, let me crawl
Cause I will get up again if you let me fall"
Sadie took one last drink and then walked over to Eden.
"Hey Malibu Barbie," she said grabbing Eden's arm and turning her around to face her. "You owe Jude an apology."
"Excuse me?" Eden asked.
"You wanna say she's got a crap attitude, tragic clothes. And maybe she made a bad choice with Steph. Whatever. Fine, I don't care. But my sister can sing your butt off. Which by the way," Sadie said turning her around. "Is way too fat." She finished and smirked as other girls around them laughed and nodded in agreement.
"Why don't you go and sober up?" Eden asked giving Sadie a little push.
"I don't want to be shmoosing some magazine guy that thinks I'm a loser before he even meets me. I want to prove to my daughter that I can do this. I know I was stupid to have her this young, but she is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I just want to make her proud," Jude said looking at the woman.
"You're the new kid. You still have to prove yourself. And yeah, you're a little young to have a kid. But you did and are doing the right thing by keeping her. But people are gonna judge you and use that against you. You know, fame's a lot like high school in that way. Except with better clothes," the woman said smiling at her.
"Yeah. And skankier chicks," Jude said smiling and looking around the party.
"You know, something tells me you're gonna survive this just fine. Just don't lose sight of what's important to you."
"Why don't you make me?" Jude heard Sadie say across the party.
"Is that my sister?" Jude asked as she saw Eden and Sadie pushing each other back and forth. She ran over and got between them to try and pull them apart before it got too bad, but before she could Eden kicked Sadie to the ground. While Jude is looking at Eden with shock, Sadie got up and went for Eden. Jude could barely grab her waist in time before Sadie and Eden start pulling each other's hair.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
If you let me fall
If you let me
If you let me fall
If you let me fall
I will get up again if you let me fall
Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah
If you let me fall If you let me fall Let me fall"
"She is nothing but a mature artist," Tommy told Darius right as he heard Jude yelling from the outside. They looked out the window to see Sadie and Eden pushing each other and Jude trying to pull them apart. With each and every step they were heading closer to the pool. They fell in with a loud splash causing a laugh from Darius.
"You were saying something?" Darius asked with a knowing smirk on his face.
"It's good seeing ya Dare," he said putting on his sunglasses.
"Good seeing you too."
"Thanks for your time," he said before standing up and walking out of the room.
"Kids," Darius said to himself.
Back outside, Jude got out of the pool, but Sadie and Eden were still pulling each other's hair like little girls. Jude was yelling at them to stop fighting, but it was no use. She just rolled her eyes and walked away.
"Well geniuses, I was close to getting him to meet you," Tommy said putting an arm over Jude's shoulder and pulling her to his side. She put an arm around his waist in return and they keep walking with Jamie and Sadie right behind them. "Till your sister and Eden went all kinder gym on each other."
"Hey, let me just say in my own defense, that-" Sadie started but stopped whens he got a funny look on her face. She bent down and threw up all over Tommy's shoes.
"Ew! That's gross," Jude said looking from the ground up to Tommy.
"That's just perfect."
"Hey Tom!" Darius called out to them. Jude and Tommy pull away from each other and turn to look at him. "She's got the cover," he said walking up to them.
"What?" Tommy asked looking between Jude and Darius, wondering how that happened.
"Let's just say your girl made an impression on the right people." He looked over his shoulder to the woman Jude was talking to. She just shrugged her shoulders and gave her a "you're welcome" smile. Jude just smiled at her and waved back. "I was over ruled," he says looking between Jude and Tommy. "It's a shame about your shoes," he said before turning around and walking away.
"I don't get it. What'd I do?" Jude asked as Darius and the woman walked back to the party.
"Everything," he said with a smile. "Come on," he said pulling her back to him with his arm back around her shoulders. "I gotta get you back home to Steph, and Sadie so she can sober up before your parents get back home." And the four of them walked back to the Hummer to pile in.
"So who was she?" Jude asked Tommy who was carrying a half passed out Sadie over his shoulder. He set her down on the couch.
"Portia?"
"Mommy!!" Steph yelled running in from the kitchen.
"Hi baby. You have fun with Kat?" Jude asked, picking up her daughter.
"Yep."
"Well that's good. Listen I have to talk to Tommy for a few minutes so why don't you go upstairs and then we'll order pizza and watch a movie, okay?" Jude said kissing her head.
"Okay!" Steph said excitedly before running up to her room after Jude set her down.
"Yeah, who is she?" Jude asked again.
"She's Darius's kid sister," he said. "And my ex wife."
"Oh yeah he's not to old for you at all." Jamie whispers to Jude.
"Shut up," she whispered and hit him in the stomach. "What? You were married?" she asked.
"We were eighteen. I was on tour. It was stupid, impulsive, and over within a month. But D, he... He uh... He never forgave me. Look, trust me. You're gonna go a little crazy your first tour too."
"Can't wait," she said looking at him and then down at her watch. "Uh yeah, you guys better bolt before my parents get home." Jude walked them to the door and Tommy gave her a hug and a kiss on her forehead.
"See you tomorrow? At the re-shoot," he said leaning against the door frame.
"Later Jude. Call me when you're off house arrest," Jamie said next to her.
"Bye guys," she said with a smile to the both of them.
"So do I call you a divorcer or a divorcee?" Jamie asked walking in front of Tommy.
"Dude. Shut it," Tommy told him as they walked out and Jude shuts the door behind them. She walked over to the couch that held a half asleep Sadie. "Hey, better sober up before Mom and Dad get home," she told her older sister. "They don't need another reason to fight." Sadie just moans and turns on her side. "You know, I wanna say thank you for sticking up for me today. In a highly dysfunctional way, it was really cool," she said rubbing Sadie's hair the same way she does to Steph when she doesn't feel good.
"Yeah, I pretty much rock huh?" Sadie said as she opened her eyes. "And so do you, cover girl." Jude blushed and kissed her sister's cheek.
