Thanks for the many reviews they really keep me going and I'm sorry this is so short but I have volleyball practice in an hour and I have to get going. I didn't want to not post for a while so I figured I would type up something really quick before practice so it didn't look like I was neglecting. Anyways I do not own any of the characters and blah blah blah. I hope you like it and please review! Xoxo Lo
Braden was probably the happiest he had ever been after the meeting with Darius. He was now a signed artist with G- Major and Darius wanted him to start recording immediately. He went to go find Jude to tell her the news because he knew she would be extremely happy for him. He was also hoping it would brighten her day a little bit after the weirdness of this morning with Tommy in the lobby. Just as he was going to walk into Studio 1 he saw her walking in his direction with a huge smile on her face and he figured she had found out about his recording contract.
"Jude, I guess you heard the great news!" Braden exclaimed as she walked towards him.
"No what news?" she asked with a dreamy smile. Braden didn't know why she was so happy all of a sudden after the mere death match in the lobby earlier that morning.
"Darius listened to my demo and he said that he loved it. I'm signed to G-Major now."
"Oh my god, Braden that's awesome!" she said while enveloping him in a tight bear hug.
"I knew you could do it."
"Yeah thanks for telling Darius I was worth his time." He said sincerely while releasing her from the embrace.
"Hey you did it all by yourself." She said while looking over Braden's shoulder and her eyes suddenly lighting up with happiness. Braden turned around and saw Tommy walking towards them. He couldn't really get why she was so happy to see him. Only last night she wanted nothing more to do with him and now she was looking at him like he was the only one in the room. And that made Braden's heart drop in his chest.
"Hey Girl," Tommy said simply while wrapping his arms around her in a hug, " So tonight want to go out for dinner or something?"
"Wow that sounded like you just asked me out on a date Quincy?" she remarked while taking his hands in hers.
"Maybe because that was." He countered while pulling her to him.
"I don't know I mean there are club openings to go to and gosh I didn't get much sleep last night." She smiled knowingly at Tommy while giving him a pouty face.
"Maybe this will help you decide?" Tom said slyly and captured her lips completely ignoring the fact that Braden was standing behind them with his jaw slightly dropped.
"Mmm I guess I could spare some time to have dinner with you." Jude said matter of factly while tracing the pattern on his shirt.
"I thought you would come around." Tommy smiled and put a piece of her hair behind her ear.
"I'll pick you up at 7 and where something nice." Jude smiled in understanding and kissed Tommy on the cheek before he went to walk back into his office. Tommy nodded at Braden realizing for the first time that he had been in the room all along. And walked back upstairs.
"So…" Braden said after a few moments of watching Jude watch Tommy go up the stairs.
"You and Tommy are ok now I guess." He stated more for himself then for Jude to answer. It had become pretty clear that now they were more than ok and Braden's heart broke.
"Yeah we are. I mean we talked about it and everything is now the way it should be. I'm happier than I ever thought I could be and I have the one person I always loved." Jude said happily while staring into space. She noticed Braden fidgeting and went to stand in front of him.
"Brade everything cool? You look like some one just killed your cat."
No more like stomped on my heart Braden thought to himself. He knew more now than ever that he had truly fallen for Jude. He was glad that she had finally found some happiness but he had always wished that she would have found it with him. Of course she loved Tommy and Tommy was bound to realize how much he loved Jude sooner or later. So why was he so shocked by the fact that they were together?
" Yeah I'm great, everything is great I mean I got everything that I wanted." Braden replied while trying to force a convincing smile and knew he was failing miserably.
"O…ok then I'm going to go work on a new song and I'll talk to you later." Jude brushed a kiss across his cheek and told him again how happy she was for him and walked into one of the empty studios.
Braden was left standing there looking a lot less happy than he was only five minutes ago. It seemed that in those five minutes he had lost the girl of his dreams and any chance he ever had with her. Braden felt like punching someone and crying all at the same time. It was a good thing he was a talented songwriter otherwise he would have probably used his emotions elsewhere. He figured he needed to start on some new material anyway and with a heavy heart he went into the opened studio.