Chapter Four

Jude hadn't heard from Speed in a few weeks. She was beginning to get nervous. That particular night, she, Kat, and Mason were having a movie night in her dorm. They were watching the Ring 2, and for dramatic effect, Kat had suggested turning the lights out.

Normally Jude would have been scared out of her mind, but she wasn't even paying attention, her mind was so clogged up. Without her realizing it, Mason had turned the lights on.

"Is something on your mind Jude?" Kat asked. Jude shook her.

"No I'm just absorbed in the movie." Mason and Kat shared a pointed look.

"Okay, Oblivio, you hate scary movies, and the movie ended like ten minutes ago." Jude glanced around her room, surprised the lights were on. She groaned and moved to sit on her bed.

"I'm sorry, guys. It's just that I haven't heard from Speed in awhile, and I guess I'm a little anxious to hear from him." Kat sat down beside her and placed a loving arm around her.

"I'm sure he'll write when he gets the chance. Knowing Speed he probably just misplaced his laptop or something." The three laughed, knowing that Speed was not the tidiest person ever.

"Yeah you're probably right. It's just so hard to maintain a relationship when I have no idea where he is or for how long. It sucks. I mean, I think about him constantly, but he's probably to busy with his shows to think about me." Jude buried her face into a pillow. Mason pulled her away.

"You know what you need Harrison?" Mason asked. Jude just shook her head.

"You need something to keep you occupied." She stared at him with her blue eyes.

"Sure! Like what?" Mason shrugged. Kat smirked at him.

"Yeah that's what I thought." Mason walked over to Jude's desk and opened an internet page.

"You could always volunteer at the student radio station." Jude stared at him, confused.

"Why would I want to do that?" Mason shrugged.

"I don't know, but it is run by our favorite Songwriting teacher." Mason winked. Jude rolled her eyes, looking at Kat for help.

"I think he's officially gone crazy!" She joked. Mason stopped smiling.

"Seriously though, think about it. If you want I'll go with you." Again Kat and Jude rolled their eyes.

"I'm sure you will."

The very next day, Jude and Mason were roaming around the campus, trying to find the building with the radio station. They eventually located it behind the main hall.

Jude played with the end of her shirt, nervously.

"Why am I doing this?" She looked at Mason, who only shrugged and pulled a pen out. He scribbled both of their names, as a way of letting her know that he wasn't going to let her change her mind. She groaned.

"Mason, if I turn out to really hate this, I'm totally blaming you!"

"Yeah I get that a lot about radio." Shocked Jude turned around to see Professor Quincy. She and Mason shared a quick look.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Professor Quincy. I guess I'm just a little bit nervous about doing this. It's not exactly in my comfort zone." Jude explained. Mason coughed into his fist. Professor Quincy waved his hand.

"Please, call me Tom, Professor Quincy is my father." Jude nodded. Tom turned towards the radio station, motioning for Mason and Jude to follow.

"The beauty of radio is that no one can see you. In fact, you don't even have to use your real name! That way if you mess up, no one will know it's you, except of course the people in the room that see you mess up." He explained leading them into the control room. He sat down behind the board, motioning for the two to sit down.

Jude and Mason shared a nervous look before sitting down in front of a mike and pulling on headphones.

The song ended and Tom turned on the mikes, playing the logo.

"That was When September Ends by Green Day and you are listening to WCLF the station first on your dial for variety! I'm Tom Quincy, station manager, and I have with me today two special guests!" Tom turned towards Jude and Mason.

"Howdy, I'm Mason Fox?" Mason said nervously into his mike. Tom laughed.

"Mason no reason to be nervous, it's not like we're going on over live TV!" Mason smiled.

"And who's your pretty friend?" Tom asked, looking at Jude. She smiled.

"Hi I'm Jude Harrison."

"It seems that my co-guests are a little bit nervous! But that's okay, I'm sure they'll get the swing of things. So Mason, what is your Major in school?" He asked.

"Music." He said nonchalantly. Tom turned to Jude.

"What about you?"

"Mine is music as well."

"So then you'd be able to tell us what song's coming up next, right?" Jude smirked.

"Well, I did learn how to read in Kindergarten." Tom laughed and moved the screen so Jude could announce the next song.

"Okay up next we have I'm Gonna Be 500 Miles by the Proclaimers." Tom played the intro.

"And remember if you have any requests, the number is 332 – 0670, that's 332-0670." He turned the mikes off.

"Well congratulations guys. Welcome to radio."

A.N. I suggest calling the number, it actually leads you to a rejection hotline! It is so hilarious! So please review and tell me what you think!