Emotionless Real Chapter Three, an instant star fanfic

Emotionless

Chapter Three

The family awoke on the beautiful Saturday morning to the sound of Get Loose by The Salads. Michael quickly got up and ran into his room to retrieve his cell phone. Jude groaned and moved Madison from where she was sprawled out all over her body. Jude looked over and saw Vincent looking at her; Jude smiled and kissed his forehead. "You want some breakfast?" She asked him. He nodded and slipped out of bed, waddling down the hallway and into the kitchen. Jude looked over at Madison and saw her still sleeping so she pulled the blanket back up her little body and went to make some breakfast.

Michael came down the stairs, his cell phone pressed to his chest, "Mom, are you sure I can't go out?" He pleaded. Jude nodded and Michael sighed, bringing the phone back to his ear. "Yeah, she won't let up the punishment." He said, walking back down the hallway.

Jude rolled her eyes and turned to Vincent who was sitting patiently at the island. "What would you like for breakfast buddy?" Vincent smiled, "Pancakes!" He yelled. Jude smiled and pulled out the pancake mix. "Mommy?" Jude turned to him, "Yeah buddy?"

"Can you make my pancakes 'V' for Vincent?" Jude smiled, "Sure."

Jude was flipped the pancakes and humming to herself when she heard strumming. Jude pulled the 'V' pancakes onto a plate and slid them in front of Vincent. She then put the 'M' pancakes that she made for Madison onto a plate for when she woke up. Jude patted Vincent's head before walking down the hallway and into Michael's room. He was just like his parents, he loved music. 'Just to tell you how I feel…'

Michael stopped strumming when he saw Jude was in his doorway. "I hope you would want to tell me how you feel." Michael shrugged, "It's just a song me and the guys were working on." Michael was the guitarist and singer of a band he had with his friends. They reminded Jude a lot of SME, who she still kept in touch with.

Jude nodded, "Try a C chord instead of that E. It sounded a little flat." Michael looked at the guitar and nodded, "Okay, what do you think?" He played the song again but didn't sing. Jude nodded along and smiled when he finished, "It sounds great, can I hear the lyrics?"

Michael looked down and quickly put the guitar away. "They aren't finished yet. I'd rather not play them for you." Seeing her son putting his guitar away and gathering books Jude gave him a look, "What's going on?"

Michael turned to her with a nervous expression, "What are you talking about? Nothings going on. I am just heading over to the library to work on that paper. Bye." Michael was out the door before Jude could stop him.

Jude heard a knock at the door and little padded feet running to open it. Jude quickly walked out to the doorway and saw Madison awake and opening the door. Jude sighed and picked up her daughter as the door swung open. "Madison, how many times do I need to tell you not to open the door without me?" Jude looked up to see who was at the door and smiled, "Kwest! What are you doing here?" She kissed his cheek as he entered the house, kissing Madison's head as well.

Kwest shrugged and walked further into the house, "Where's my nephews?"

Jude smiled, kicking the door shut and following Kwest, "Michael just scurried off to the library and Vincent is in the kitchen having breakfast." Jude put Madison on the floor and told her to go eat. When she raised her head she saw Kwest staring at her with his eye brows raised, "What?" she asked.

"Michael scurried off? I don't care how many kids you have, you are way too young to be talking like that." Jude laughed and pushed him slightly. They walked into the kitchen and saw the twins sitting at the island. Vincent was sipping his juice and Madison was hungrily attacking her 'M' shaped pancakes. Vincent looked up and saw Kwest; he quickly hopped off the chair and ran toward Kwest. "Uncle Kwest!!" Kwest smiled and picked up the boy. "Vinny! What's going on buddy?" Vincent just smiled and hugged him.

Jude laughed and walked over to the sink; she wet a paper towel and wiped Madison's face.

Jude and Kwest were sitting in the living room while Vincent and Madison watched a movie on the TV screen. Jude patted Kwest's knee and gave him a sad smile, "So how are…things?" Kwest rolled his eyes and leaned back in the couch, "The divorce is going fine, I mean as fine as it can be going."

Jude leaned back in the couch too, "God, I can't believe you and my sister are getting a divorce. I thought for sure you two were meant to be together."

Kwest shrugged, "I guess girls are always the last to notice. Look at Sadie; she thought you and Tommy were the ideal."

Jude's eyes went downcast and nodded slightly; Kwest immediately regretted what he said, "Jude, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said anything."

Jude shrugged "It's no big deal. I'm basically over it." Kwest rolled his eyes and gave her a 'yeah right' look. Jude ignored it and moved onto another topic.

Kwest and Jude have been talking for awhile now, watching the kids have fun and play some games. Jude was a great mom. Kwest excused himself to use the bathroom but took a little detour and went into her 'office.' Everyone knew the rules of the house; no one was aloud in Jude's office. But it wasn't an office; it was her own private studio. Kwest took a quick scan around, not wanting to take too long. He spotted what he was looking for, Jude's journal. Kwest picked it up and quickly looked through it. One song really stood out at him, it was dated just a little while after she left Tommy. He looked closer at the date and remembered that it was the exact date when she received the signed divorce papers from Tommy. She sent them for him to sign and at first he refused but he eventually gave up hope of her coming home and sent them back to her, signed.

Kwest walked out of the studio, pulling the door shut behind him and he walked over to the living room again.

"Hey, what took you so long?" Jude asked, turning on the couch to face him again.

"Nothing, I just got lost."

Jude raised her eye brows at him, "Lost?"

Kwest nodded slyly, "Yeah, and I ended up finding this…" He threw the journal, opened to that page, into her lap. Jude looked one quick look at it and shook her head. "Kwest, I can't."

Kwest shook his head and sat down next to her, "Yes you can Jude, you can."

Jude looked down and thought about it. When she looked up Kwest was holding her twins and all three of them were doing the puppy dog eyes. "Pwease…?" All three of them said at the same time. Jude chuckled and rolled her eyes, "Alright, alright."

The twins cheered, even though they didn't know what was going on. Kwest smiled and pulled her into the studio. The kids kept themselves occupied with their toys in the living room while Jude and Kwest worked in the studio.

Hours Later…

Michael walked into the house again and looked around. He noticed his siblings playing with their stuffed animals and sitting on the couch. He listened carefully and heard music in the distance. It stopped so he followed it. Madison and Vincent saw that he was home and followed him to Jude's studio.

Michael opened the door slightly and peered in, he saw his mom collapse into one of the chairs, obviously exhausted, and his Uncle Kwest sitting in the other chair. "That was great Jude, really great. You wanna hear the final version?" Jude nodded and Kwest pressed play. Michael listened to his mom's voice.

((My Happy Ending by Avril Lavigne))

Oh oh

So much for my happy ending

Oh oh

So much for my happy ending
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...

Let's talk this over
It's not like we're dead
Was it something I did?
Was it something you said?
Don't leave me hanging
In a city so dead
Held up so high
On such a breakable thread

You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be

You were everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
And all of our memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...(so much for my happy ending)

You've got your dumb friends
I know what they say
They tell you I'm difficult
But so are they
But they don't know me
Do they even know you?
All the things you hide from me
All the shit that you do

All the shit that you do

You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be

It's nice to know that you were there,
Thanks for acting like you cared
And making me feel like I was the only one
It's nice to know we had it all
Thanks for watching as I fall
And letting me know we were done

He was everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
And all of our memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...
So much for my happy ending
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...

Jude sniffled back the rest of her tears as the song ended. She felt something in her lap and looked down and saw Madison hugging her. Jude smiled and patted the little girls head. "What are you guys doing?" She looked to the doorway and saw Vincent walking over to climb into Kwest's lap and Michael standing in the doorway. Madison hugged her mom, "Mommy, how come we don't have a daddy?"

Jude opened her mouth to answer but Michael but her off, "Because Mommy made us leave; she stopped loving him so we don't have a Daddy. She gave up." Michael uncrossed his arms and walked out of the doorway and into his room, slamming the door.

Kwest looked mad and he went to stand up to knock some sense into the kid but Jude stopped him, "Kwest, I got it. Can you just handle the kids?" Kwest reluctantly nodded and sat back down. He loved the kids, he loved them so much he had no problem disciplining them but apparently Jude wanted to handle it. Madison looked up at her uncle with a questioning gaze but Kwest just shook his head and tried to distract them with some ice cream.