Chapter 2

Beautiful Voices

BTW: Right Here, and Chemicals React are not mine. Right Here is by Staind, and Chemicals React is by Aly and AJ.

Yeah, so the Tom Quincy who had a life before Jude Harrison would have automatically started thinking about how to get into this girls' pants…This new Tom? No…He wanted to get her career off the ground if she actually had talent. And he was beginning to realize that maybe falling in love again wasn't such a bad idea after all…

Tommy sat in Studio A, working on a new song he'd just recorded.

"But you always find away

To keep me right here waiting

You always find the words to say

To keep me right here waiting

And if you chose to walk away

I'd still be right here waiting

Searching for the things to say

To keep you right here waiting

I've made a commitment

I'm willing to bleed for you

I needed fulfillment

I found what I need in you

Why can't you just forgive me

I don't want to relive the mistakes

I've made

Along the way…

But you- "

"Tom?" Sadie knocked on the doorframe.

"Yeah?"

"Sorry to interrupt your creative song writing time, but your 5 o' clock is here…"

"Alright, send her on in…"

Sadie nodded and walked out. Soon after, Elixe walked in.

"Hey…"

"Hi….so do you play?"

"What?"

"An instrument? Do you play an instrument…Ya know, guitar, piano?"

"Yeah, guitar…."

"Alright, well, why don't you go into the studio and play something…"He pointed to the sound booth. She nodded and walked in, picking up one of Jude's old guitars. She smiled, noticing the little stickers of Jude and Tommy, before grabbing a pick off the stand, and strumming the guitar. Tommy pushed the record button and looked back down at his writing.

"Chemicals React"

You make me feel out of my element

He looked up at her in awe….


Like I'm walkin' on broken glass

Now that was scary….she kinda sounded like….


Like my worlds spinnin' in slow motion
And you're movin' too fast

But, no, that's not possible… 'Don't think that Tom…the last time you did that, you got your heart broken…'

Were you right, was I wrong
Were you weak, was I strong, yeah
Both of us broken
Caught in a moment

A chain fell over her shirt with a wedding band on it. His heart jumped into his throat.


We lived and we loved
And we hurt and we joked, yeah
But the planets all aligned

He swallowed hard, staring at her singing, and the ring at the same time.


When you looked into my eyes
And just like that
The chemicals react
The chemicals react

'Could- NO! Damn it, Tom! Stop it!' He looked down at the song he was writing.


You make me feel out of my element
Like I'm drifting out to the sea
Like the tides pullin' me in deeper
Makin' it harder to breathe

We cannot deny, how we feel inside
We cannot deny

He looked back up at her, and she smiled at him. 'My god, that smile….Damn it, TOM!! Stop this! You'll regret it in the morning!!!'


Were you right, was I wrong
Were you weak, was I strong, yeah
Both of us broken
Caught in a moment
We lived and we loved
And we hurt and we joked, yeah
But the planets all aligned
When you looked into my eyes
And just like that
The chemicals react
The chemicals react

'If Jen and TJ and Liam and Sadie had seen any resemblance, wouldn't they….No, Tom, because they're just like you! Afraid it won't be true AGAIN!' He groaned.


Kaleidoscope of colors
Turning hopes on fire, sun is burning
Shining down on both of us
Don't let us lose it (don't let us lose it...)

Were you right, was I wrong
Were you weak, was I strong, yeah
Both of us broken
Caught in a moment
We lived and we loved
And we hurt and we joked, yeah

We lived
We loved
We hurt
We jumped
We're right
We're wrong
We're weak
We're strong
We lived to love

They both took a long stare at each other. For a moment, he thought she stopped playing.

But the planets all aligned
When you looked into my eyes
And just like that
Watch the chemicals react

They continued staring at each other. 'Could she really be….Even after all this time….'

And just like that
The chemicals react

She smiled slightly, feeling his eyes burn into her…God, where had she felt that before? He cocked his head to the side slightly, letting out a small smile. Her heart jumped.


(The chemicals react)

She placed the guitar on the stand and walked out in a daze.

"Than- Than- That, that was really good….I'm going to package it up and have some other people listen to it, but you definitely have a future here, Jude…." 'Shit!!!'

"Tom?" She looked at him, tears filling her eyes.

He looked up at her. At that moment, her necklace snapped and fell to the ground, the ring flying into Tommy's lap.

Sadie walked over, but stopped at the door, as Tommy picked up the ring, and read the inscription on the inside of it.

'You're my life, my love, my world…Love You, T.'

He looked back up and swallowed hard, as tears filled his eyes.

He spoke, barely in a whisper. "This can't be happening…."

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Okay, so I'm leaving you guys hanging for a few hours!!!! Is Jude alive? Maybe…(Snickering!) You'll just have to wait and find out!!! I'll have another chapter or 2 up later tonight! Hope you all enjoy!