A/N: HEY! Here is the third part of the Jommy conversation that I have been beating my brains trying to write for the past two weeks. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of this chapter. I just think it's mediocre. I've said most of what I wanted to say as far as Tommy and Jude go, but the one thing I am happy about is that unlike the other versions of chapter 11 I had previously written, I left Jude in a good place; at least from my stand point. I was completely against Jude and Tommy going right back to being love friends since I don't think that realistically that would happen, maybe for some girls, but not Jude and I also didn't want Jude to hold this over Tommy's head forever because I think she realizes just as much as anyone else that people make mistakes and Tommy has never been perfect, no matter how hard he may try to be. I added some more SME stuff to this chapter too, but as far as they go, I'm not sure if I'm going to keep the storyline I currently have for them. I think I've said all I wanted to say.

Next chapter will probably be the last chapter that takes place on Thursday. It will also most likely just be filler for Friday, but I'm not sure yet.

Oh yeah, Pickyfan said "I'm pretty sure I know wut's gonna happen next!!" You think you know, but you have no idea. Okay, cheesy MTV reference. Sorry, my mind's spacy right now.

Read and be merry! Or whatever:D

Read the A/N at the end too:D

The voices in Tommy's head suddenly appeared. 'Don't do it. Don't do it-You know you want to. She wants it too.'

Tommy pulled away from Jude slightly. "SHUT UP!!" Tommy exclaimed to the air.

Jude's eyes widened. "I didn't say anything."

Realizing what had happened, Tommy whispered, "Sorry."

Jude shook her head slightly. "I bet you are."

Tommy tried his best to relax given the situation he had put the two of them in; a small enclosed space with body parts touching everywhere.

Jude tried to pick her head up as her hair was getting caught on the metal fasteners in the plastic underneath her; the farther her head moved, the closer she got to Tommy. She was at his ear when she said, "Now when you said I'd live to regret that, did you mean you were going to suffocate me to death?"

Tommy looked at Jude confused. "No."

"Then can you ease up a bit, I think you crushed a rib," Jude said as if her windpipes were closing in. Tommy just stared at her.

"I promise I won't run. You've already done that."

"Jude-" Tommy started as he moved clumsily to his side so that Jude could breathe once again. Jude and Tommy may have had room to breathe, but things were still close; Tommy's hip bone was half an inch from touching the top of the plastic tunnel.

"I get it," Jude said, letting her body absorb the air around her. She let her hair fall across her chest so that it wouldn't grab on any fasteners.

"No, you don't," Tommy said.

"Then explain it to me."

Exasperated, Tommy said, "I've been trying to for the past-"

"I'll shut up then," Jude said honestly.

"You will?" Tommy asked hesitantly.

Jude rolled her eyes. "Astonishing, I know."

"Just a bit."

Jude's eyes met Tommy's and they held their glance for a few seconds before Tommy broke away, sheepishly.

Slowly Tommy confessed, "Well, you were right. I ran for all the reasons you said I did."

"You know I love when I'm right."

Tommy wasn't in the mood for her bragging. "Jude-"

Jude continued to stare at Tommy, her eyes never leaving him. She couldn't read his face at the moment, but it didn't matter. "Okay."

Tommy finally looked up, almost afraid, wondering if the past thirty seconds had been a dream. "That's it?"

Jude grinned. "You look like I was going to bite you. Yeah, that's it."

"I just-"

Jude grabbed Tommy's face like he had done to her a few minutes prior. She held his gaze while she talked so he could see the hurt that deepened as she spoke. "You what, Tom? Thought I'd keep hating you? I can't do this anymore. It was fun for a while, but now I'm just tired of it. Of it all."

Realization had hit Tommy. I did it. I broke her, he thought. "What are you saying?"

Jude took a deep breath before she continued. "I need you to promise you won't run away anymore. You think you were the only one who was scared. I can't do this alone, you know."

Tommy nodded his head, agreeing. "Neither can I."

Jude laughed softly. "That makes perfect sense."

"What?"

"You run away because you can't do this alone," Jude said smiling.

"Shut up, Harrison."

"You think you're protecting me? You are only pushing me away."

"I made a mistake," Tommy confessed.

Jude threw up one hand in relief. "Thank God! You've finally owned up to it."

"Is that what this is about? Me admitting my failure?" Tommy asked.

"No. It's admitting you're not perfect," Jude answered.

Tommy just stared at her. So I'm not perfect, I get it, he thought.

"Let me let you in a little secret. You may make my music perfect, but you can't make yourself perfect," Jude whispered.

"You really know how to compliment a guy."

Jude shrugged her shoulders. "What can I say, it's my forte."

Tommy smiled, but Jude didn't.

"I don't want to hate you anymore. I'm over this. You don't want be with me. I'll get over it. But I need you in my life because if I've learned anything these past few months, it's that I can't do this without you," Jude said slowly, her eyes still showing the pain she felt.

Well, I can, but I don't want to, she thought to herself.

Tommy's eyes began to match Jude's. "I am truly sorry, Jude."

"I know you are. Just don't let it happen again because I may forgive, but I don't forget."

"I need more blue here. Don't you think?" Spied asked, pointing to the crease in his left eye lid.

Mason met SME in the bathroom with such glee he looked like a kid in a candy store. "Hey, I got the razor!"

Spied backed up. "Whoa. That's where I draw the line. No shaving of the man brows."

Mason scoffed. "Men: can't live with them, can't live without them."

­­­"Can we leave now? I'm starting to itch," Jude said as she tried to scratch her back.

Tommy pulled away from Jude as far as possible. "Um, yeah. You don't have fleas, do you?"

Jude just shrugged. "Only time will tell."

Tommy shuddered. "See ya, Jude."

Tommy, surprisingly, was able to slide past Jude rather quickly, leaving her to rub against the plastic behind her to relieve her itching back.

"Tommy!"

­"Let me take a picture so we can do this again tomorrow," Mason said, motioning for SME to get into formation.
"Say cheesy!"

"CHEESY!!" SME shouted in unision.

Kwest stopped in his tracks as he entered the men's restroom at G-Major. "Do I even want to know?"

"Some things are better left alone," Spied said.

Kwest tried his best not to stare. "Well, then, get on with your business."

"Thanks Producer Man," SME said together.

"Yeah," Kwest said slowly, shaking his head before walking to a stall and closing the door behind him.

"So much for a knight in shining armor, I get stuck with a boy bander in parachute pants," Jude said as Tommy helped her exit the tunnel they were just in.

"Low blow, Harrison," Tommy said.

"That's how you like them, isn't it?" Jude said smiling widely. She fixed her shirt and then started to walk towards the booth they shared hours prior. Tommy stopped her as he grabbed her right arm. Jude turned to face him.

"So we're good, girl?"

Jude was silent for a second. "No."

Tommy threw Jude arm down. "WHAT?!" he yelled.

"Don't get your bandana in a bunch," Jude started, as she continued with her explanation, "This takes time, Quincy. It's not going to happen overnight. Someday, I will be able to trust you again and when that day comes, then we'll be good."

Tommy nodded. "Fair enough, but you'll let me know when that day comes, right?" Tommy asked.

Jude just shrugged her shoulders and turned to walk away.

"Jude!" Tommy exclaimed, but she was already at their booth, checking her cell phone.

A/N: First person to name the song lyric I have used in this chapter will get a preview of the next chapter!!! So you know, it has to deal with Instant Star, however, you may or may not have heard it on the show. The song title is in the lyric I have used. It may take some perusing on the net for you to find it, unless you have the song and can automatically tell what it is.

I only know of one song lyric that I used, so if you give me something else that you have found, Kudos to you, but it won't count. :D