A.N. So apparently you guys want more then just Tommy and Jude talking? yeah well, the good stuff is coming, but you have to muddle through crap first. just kidding. the song belongs to Leann Rimes.

Chapter Eight

Jude pushed open the door to the radio station. It was an early Saturday morning, but Jude had promised herself she would come in and finish up some recordings. She held the door open with her back as she bent down to pick up her guitar case.

Jude made her way into one of the production rooms and turned on the computer. While she waited for the computer, she pulled a notebook out of her bag. She and Mason had decided that for one of their show promos, they would just create a song. Hence why Jude was there on a Saturday. Jude returned the computer and logged in. She opened a new Sound Forge program.

She walked over to her guitar case and opened it. She pulled out her acoustic guitar and tuned it up a bit before clicking on the mikes and pressing record. She strummed a few notes chords that she had written out for the promo. Once she was done, she hit stop and played back the recording.

Thirty minutes later, Jude was sitting in the room just strumming her guitar. She was kind of stuck when it came to writing out the perfect lyrics for the promo, so she just played around a bit, waiting for inspiration to strike. She strummed the guitar as words flowed through her head, just not for a commercial.

"I don't like to, be alone in the night. And I don't like to, hear I'm wrong when I'm right. And I don't like to, have rain in my shoes, but I do love you. I don't like to, see the sky painted gray. And I don't like when, nothing's going my way. And I don't like to, be the one with the blues, but I do love you, but I do love you."

"Wow, that's great." Jude whirled around to see Professor Quincy standing in the doorway. Her guitar fell out of her hands and clattered to the floor, breaking the spell.

"Shit." Jude cursed as she bent over to return the instrument to its case.

"Did you just write that?" Jude went over to the computer and saved what she had been working on before exiting out.

"Uh yeah, why are you here?" Jude questioned, before mentally slapping herself. Duh! He's a teacher!

"Just picking up some papers. Why are you here?" Jude shrugged.

"I was just working on a new promo for next semester." Tom nodded.

"Was that it?" Jude blushed and shook her head.

"No, I sort of got writer's block, so I was just messing around." Tom widened his eyes.

"That was just messing around? It's amazing!" Jude looked at him in surprise.

"You really think so?" Tom nodded, obviously confused as to why she didn't realize that.

"You know, I think that maybe next semester you should switch to a more advanced class. You are clearly not being challenged enough in my class." Jude shook her head, for some reason not wanting to be switched out of his class.

"No, you're class is challenging, really it is. I should probably go." Jude grabbed her bag.

"Don't let me stop you." Jude just nodded and quickly grabbed her case. She headed for the door but Tom blocked her. He was looking much better today then he had the day before.

"Can I ask you a favor?" Jude looked up into his gorgeous, deep, bright… stop!... eyes

"Sure, what?" Tom shifted his weight from one foot to the other.

"Look, I know that you probably want to go home for break, but I would really appreciate it if you would, at least consider staying and helping me out with the station." Jude looked at him in surprise. This could be her chance to getout of going home.

"Actually, you know what I'll do it." Tom smiled in relief.

"Thank God! I was beginning to worry that I might have to do it on my own." Jude smiled and waved good bye. Somehow she got the feeling that Mason was probably going to kill her.