Disclaimer: I don't own Instant Star. I do however own the songs and the poetry used. If I didn't write it then I will gladly credit the original artists and/or writers.
Chapter 31: Media Frenzy
When Tommy and I woke up this morning, we actually woke up early. I guess we both couldn't sleep because we were worried about Darius. It was about four o'clock in the morning and we didn't have to go in until nine, and it was storming really badly. The thunder was rattling in the windows.
I got up to look outside, and the press was still there. They had rain covers on their cameras and they were still perched outside trying to get any snapshots of me and Tommy that they could. I just smiled and went back to bed. As I was climbing in Tommy opened his eyes.
"Hey, I didn't mean to wake you." I said, lying back down.
"Its no problem I wasn't really asleep." He said turning over restlessly on his back.
"I figured. The press is still outside even in this storm." I said.
He laughed at little bit. "They'll get over it eventually."
"Yeah but, now we are both in a world of trouble because of our pasts." I said.
"I know and we will get through it together." He said turning towards me and kissing me on the forehead.
"Just to be on the safe side, let's not do anything to get us caught again." I said as he was trying to kiss me.
"True, something bad always happens to us." He said.
"Well, you know we do have a shower." I said kissing him passionately.
"That's true." He said kissing my neck.
"Okay you have to stop that. You're tickling me." I said laughing.
"That's what I meant to do."
"Well then stop it." He was tickling me in my side and I was going nuts.
"No, I'm not." He said. I got up from the bed and ran into the living room and I got on the floor in front of the couch and hid from him.
"Jude come out come out wherever you are." He said walking out of the bedroom.
He kept walking around the back of the apartment. I just sat there waiting for him; although I forgot that he could see me from where he was coming from. I wasn't looking out for him because I thought he was in the back and apparently he jumped the back of the couch and put his hands over my eyes.
"Guess who?"
"Dang it, I almost had you." I said.
"You're never going to get by me Harrison." He said with a cocky smile.
"Well, I can do my damnedest to try."
"No you can't. You can't resist me." He said before he kissed me.
"True but, remember the last time you said that you couldn't kiss me for two days." I reminded him.
"True but, I'm not lying." He kissed me again.
"Alright, it's six o'clock. We have two hours to get to G-Major." I said.
"I know. I don't want to."
"Neither do I but, we have to. We just have to sneak out of here." I said getting up to go and get in the shower.
"Hold on a minute. You're waiting for me." He said hopping up and coming towards me.
"Who said that I was inviting you in?"
"It's my apartment, remember Harrison."
"Damn, you got me beat on that one." I said walking into the bathroom with Tommy behind me and shutting the door.
I turned on the shower, and I took of my clothes. Tommy was staring at me, I loved it when he did but, this just felt weird because of the press outside but I didn't care. We haven't had any privacy in two days. I was sick of it, and I just wanted Tommy.
I don't know how long we were in the shower but, I know it was a while because the hot water ran out and we were literally prunes. I got out and Tommy was right behind me. He got a towel and wrapped us both up inside it. We continued kissing until we heard my phone go off. I ran in the bedroom to go and answer it.
"Hello?" I asked into the phone.
"Jude, its Shay."
"What the hell do you want?" I hissed at him.
"I want to beg you not to marry Tommy."
"Why? Give me one damn good reason why I shouldn't."
"Because I STILL LOVE YOU!!" He yelled.
"Well I DON'T LOVE YOU!" I yelled back at him.
"Don't yell at me woman."
"You yelled first Shay-Shay." I spat. Tommy came up behind me and started tickling me. I was laughing and I stopped.
"Look, you have no right to call me at all. I don't want to hear from you, or even speak to you again." I hissed at him. I hung up the phone after I said that not giving him a chance to give me a response.
"Tell me that wasn't who I think it was?"
"Oh, it was Shay. He called me to beg me not to marry you, and to tell me that he loved me." I said.
"That bastard, I thought that we got rid off him?" He asked.
"Oh, I thought we did to. I guess not. Well you heard the rest of the conversation." I said turning towards him.
"Yeah, I did. I'm sorry about him. I think he will live as long as he doesn't come back and kiss you."
"I know if he does then he has you to deal with."
"You're right." I turned around and walked to the closet to out my clothes on. I picked out a pair of very flare and dark denim jeans, and a mango colored halter top with a pair of matching flip-flops. I put my clothes on and left Tommy to get dressed. I walked out of the bedroom, and into the kitchen to make some coffee.
After I turned on the coffee maker, I walked out to the balcony and I was amazed at how long reporters would stalk you for a story that was two days old, but I guess that's the price you pay when you're famous. I didn't really care that much. I mean I survived when Karma showed my left boob to the entire world, I think that I can handle this. At least this time no body parts were exposed as much.
Tommy walked out of the apartment and onto the balcony with me and handed me a cup of coffee the way that I liked it, with lots and lots of milk and sugar. The press was snapping pictures and we let them. We weren't doing anything wrong but drinking coffee. I mean what's the big damned deal. They will get over it, I have learned that.
About ten minutes later, Tommy and I walked back inside and crept quietly to the back of the apartment building and down to the second parking garage where you stored cars if you had more than one. I didn't know how many cars Tommy owned but, I hoped that it was one that the press wouldn't notice.
We walked in the garage and Tommy walked over to this Toyota Prius Hybrid. I was very inconspicuous mainly because everyone had them and no one would notice, even the windows were tinted so no one could tell who we were. I loved the concept. We got into the car, and drove out the front way. We pulled out of the first parking garage and the press didn't move. They didn't know that it was us which was a very good sign right about now.
When we pulled up to G-Major, Tommy parked the car in an alleyway and we went in through the back. No one was there yet except for Jamie, Sadie, and Kwest. Georgia and EJ went on the promotional thing with Mason, and Portia went to Montreal to see her grandmother. Jamie was with Pagan Smith in Studio B with Kwest and Sadie was at the receptionists' desk with a headset on her ear getting chewed out by someone somewhere.
We walked into Darius' office and sat down. He looked pissed as hell; he was on the phone so we waited until he was off. He hung the phone up and just looked at us.
"Do you both have any idea what a frenzy you have caused?" He asked.
"First off, we were in "my" dressing room, and secondly I wasn't aware of any after interviews at all, and third the door was closed so even if it wasn't locked or not it still had a sign that said changing on it." Tommy said getting straight to the point.
"Look D, I know you're mad. It will blow over, I know it will. This year has been full of stuff like this and I know that it wasn't what anyone wanted but, it happened and we just have to accept it. I didn't want this, Tommy didn't want this, and you certainly didn't want this but, it happened." I said.
"I have never had any artist put me in my place before I even started chewing them out. I understand that it was an accident and the press had no right to be there but, it still happened and I need a statement to give to press."
"Fine then tell them that it was heat of the moment or something." I said.
"But, they are also raising the question if Jude is pregnant." He said. My mouth fell to the ground and so did Tommy's.
"Pregnant, you're kidding right. I'm not pregnant D." I said laughing at the ridiculous allegation.
"Well, they think it. Mainly because of the entire Alex debacle." He said.
"Look, Alex was a mistake in my past that I truly regret but, you know that Jude's not pregnant." Tommy said.
"D, look I'm not pregnant nor am I going to be pregnant any time soon, my career is to important to me." I said.
"But, it's second isn't it?" D asked me.
"Yes it is. Look I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for Tommy. My love for him makes most f my music and my songs, so I'll admit it to you he comes first before anything else." I said. I looked at Tommy and I smiled, he didn't expect me to say that, I don't even think that he knew it.
"Alright, I'll make a statement to the press that says you and Tommy are getting married in the near future and that it was heat of the moment and the kiss shared between Tom and Alex was nothing more than what was required by the video director." D said.
"Thank you D." Tommy and I said in unison and we left his office.
