Carson High Chapter 4: The Gig & Dinner, an instant star fanfic

Chapter 3

Jump ahead Saturday

 Jude's POV 

'God, I'm so nervous. First the gig and then dinner with Tommy. Luckily Sadie will be there with me. I thought I was nervous about school and tryouts, but that was nothing compared to this. Which by the way I am now a varsity cheerleader.' Jude thought has she paced her room waiting for Sadie to come and help her get ready. 'Aww, where's Sadie at, I need to get dress now or I'm going to be late for sound check.'

"O.k. Jude, calm down. Breath. I found you the most gorgeous outfit. You'll love it, I promise." Sadie said as she handed Jude the bag.

Jude took the bag from Sadie and started going through it. Sadie had chosen some vintage washed jeans and a black halter shirt with silver halter and tie back straps. Sadie had even included the accessories.

"Jude, after I am done with you, you'll be even more beautiful and Tommy won't be able to keep his eyes off of you." Sadie said as she helped Jude get ready.

"Sure Sades, if you say so. He'll probably be looking at all the gorgeous girls and trying to figure out whose pants he could get in."

"Come on, Jude. Give him a little more credit then that. Have you seen him with another girl, other than me and you, since school started?"

"No, I guess you right."

"Now be quiet so I can finish your makeup and hair."

Tommy's POVMeanwhile at Tommy's

Tommy and Kwest had decided to get ready at Tommy's house.

"Hey Tommy," Kwest said as he walked into Tommy's house.

"Hey, what's up?"

"Nothing much, I'm just excited about tonight! What about you?"
'Yeah, I'm excited alright. I get to spend the night with Jude.' Tommy thought before he answered Kwest. "Yeah, I'm excited to hear Jude."

"Come on man, I know that's not all your excited about. I know you love music, but I also seen the way you look at Jude. Admit it, you like her."

"Ok, so maybe I do like her, but you can't tell anybody, especially Sadie."

"Well at least you admit that you like her. For my sake, I'll keep your little secret."

"Yeah for your sake, you better. Now let's get changed so we can go."

30 Minutes later the guys were dressed and headed out the door.

 Jude's POV 

Jude arrived for sound check and saw that SME had already set up and was in the process of tuning.

"Hey dude, we were wondering when you're going to show." Spied said when he noticed Jude.

"I'm not late, am I?" Jude asked.

"No, you're right on time." Kyle said as he checked and made sure the drums were all set and ready to go.

'Thank god, I'm not late.' Jude thought as she took a deep breath to calm her nerves. "So let's do this."

Sound check went smooth and they only had to make some minor adjustments. After sound check was complete, they walked off to the side and huddled in a small group and did their pledge as they always did before they performed.

Spied started the pledge with, "Let's Ms. Rock Goddess here, rock really hard…"

Kyle continued with, "Let Wally play the right notes…"

Followed by Wally with, "Let's hope Kyle doesn't break any sticks…"

Jude finished with, "Let all of us rock the crowd."

In unison, they all said "Amen."

Announcer, "Please welcome to the stage Jude Harrison and her band, Spiederman's Mind Explosion."

As they took the stage the crowd went wild.

Jude walked up to the mic, "Thank you so much. For our first song we are going to play 'My Sweet Time'."

After playing '24 Hours', 'Let Me Fall', 'Your Eyes', 'The Breakdown', and 'Not Standing Around'. She introduced her newest song 'Satisfied'.

I want him but he don't want me.
He wants somebody else that I can't be.
And she's got a man that she wants to leave,
'Cause he can't seem to make her happy.
Does it have to be wrong to make it feel right?
Tell me why ain't nobody satisfied?

Old man lookin' a photograph,
Of a love that's long gone from his past.
And his wife's got a letter that she can't read,
From a boy who never came back from the sea.
All these secrets or lies we keep deep inside
Does it have to be wrong to make it feel right?
Tell me why there ain't nobody satisfied, yeah?

See that man walkin' down the street,
Yeah, what are the odds, he's the one for me?
An' what if I pass him by an' he's got the love I need?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Tell me why there ain't nobody satisfied?

I want him but he don't want me.
He wants somebody else that I can't be.
And she's got a man that she wants to leave,
'Cause he can't seem to make her happy.
See that man walkin' down the street,
Yeah, what are the odds, he's the one for me?
An' what if I pass him by an' he's got the love I need?

After singing the last note, the crowd cheered really loudly.

"Thank you for coming out and seeing us." With that said Jude and SME walked off stage. Shortly after, they heard the crowd chanting encore. Jude looked at the guys and asked "You want to go back on?"

"Sure," SME said.

Jude and the guys walked back on stage.

"Alright, we're going to do a couple of more songs and then we're done for the night." When Jude said that the crowd cheered ecstatically. "Here's another new song of mine. It's called 'Stupid Boy."

She was precious, like a flower:
Yeah, she grew wild; wild but innocent.
Perfect prayer in a desperate hour:
She was everything beautiful an' different.
Stupid boy: you can't fence that in.
Stupid boy: it's like holding back the wind.

She laid her heart an' soul right in your hands,
An' you stole her every dream an' crushed her plans.
She never even knew she had a choice.
That's what happens when the only voice,
She hears is tellin her she can't:
Stupid boy: you stupid boy.

So what made you think you could take her life,
An' just push it, push it around?
I guess you built yourself up so high,
You had to take her an' break her down.

Ah, you always had to be right,
An' now you lost the only thing,
That ever made you feel alive.

:. Instrumental Break.:
(Whoo, yeah.)
(Na, na, whoa.)

She laid her heart an' soul right in your hands,
An' you stole her every dream an' you crushed her plans.
She never even knew that she had a choice.
That's what happens when the only voice,
She hears is tellin her she can't:
Stupid boy.

Ah, it's the same old, same old stupid boy.
Mmm hmm.
It took her a while to work it out she could run,
But once she did, she was long gone, long gone.
Yeah.

Stupid boy, yeah.
You're just a stupid boy.
You never get it right, do you?

Tears came to Jude's eyes as she remembered why she had written the song. It was right after she had found out that her ex had cheated on her with a close friend. Then Jude looked out in the crowd and saw Tommy looking at her. When she saw him, a smile instantly came to her face. She then decided to sing the song she had written for him.
"This next song I wrote about a friend. The song is called 'Invisible'."

She cant see the way your eyes
Light up when you smile
She'll never notice how you stop and stare
When ever she walks by

And you cant see me wanting you
the way you want her
But you are everything to me

And I just want to show you
She don't even know you
She's never going to love you
Like I want too
And You just see right through me
If you only knew me
We could be a beautiful miracle
Unbelievable, instead of just invisible

Yeah,

There's a fire inside of you
That cant help but shine through
She's never gonna see the light
No matter what you do

And all I think about
Is how to make you think of me
And everything that we could be

Jude locked eyes with Tommy and smiled. "Thank you. I hoped you enjoyed the show and check our MySpace for future performances. Good night."

 Tommy's POV 

Tommy watched Jude walk off the stage and smiled. 'Wow, she was amazing. That last song she sung I wonder who it's about. I wish it was about me, but I don't like any other girls. Hum, I'll just have to ask who it's about.'

Kwest gently shook Tommy to bring him out of his thoughts.

"Come on man. We're going to go get Jude, then go to the restaurant." Kwest said.

"O.k., let's go and get Jude then leave." Tommy said.

They found Jude back stage laughing with SME.

"Hey Jude," Sadie said. "Great show."

"Thanks." Jude said, "Well guys I got to go to dinner, so I'll see you at practice Monday. O.k.?"

"Yeah," SME said in unison. "Bye Jude."
"Bye."

"So Jude, you're going to ride with Tommy to the restaurant and Kwest is going to ride with me. O.k.?"

"Sure."

"Well Harrison, ready to go." Tommy said after Sadie and Kwest walked off.

"Sure Quincy, let's go."

On the way to the restaurant, Tommy's phone went off. It was Kwest telling him that he and Sadie decided to go to a different restaurant. Tommy shook his head and thought 'great, this was all a setup'.

"What's wrong?" Jude asked curiously when she saw him shake his head.

"Oh, well your sister and my best friend 'supposedly' decided to go to a different restaurant."

"Great, just great." Jude mumbled.

"That hurts, Harrison."

"What hurts?" Jude asked hoping Tommy didn't hear what she had mumbled.

"Is spending time with me that horrible for you?"

"No, that's not what I meant." Jude argued.

"Then what did you mean?" Tommy asked as they pulled in the restaurant parking lot.

"I meant that it's just like Sadie to do something like this to me. And I bet you that she made the reservations for two."

"Well let's go find out." Tommy said as he grabbed Jude's hand.

When the walked into the restaurant, Jude noticed that is was a really beautiful restaurant. Tommy noticed it too. 'This is a really nice restaurant and Jude looks like she likes it.'

When they approached the host podium, the host asked if they had reservations.

"Yes, for Harrison." Jude answered.

"Ah yes, Harrison a reservation for two. Follow me please." The host said, and then led them to their table.

"I told you," Jude whispered to Tommy.

"Ok so you were right."

As soon as they were seated, a waiter brought them their menus and told them about the specials.

"And what can I get ya'll to drink?" The waitress asked.

"Water." Jude said politely.

"The same for me." Tommy replied.

After the waitress walked away, Tommy looked at Jude as she looked through the menu. 'God, she's beautiful. I can't stop starting at her.'

"Will you stop staring at me, please?"

"Sorry, it's just you look really beautiful tonight."

"Thanks. You don't look so bad yourself."

"You're just saying that."

"No, I'm not." Jude said as the waitress walked up with their water.

"So, have ya'll decide what you'll be having tonight?" The waitress asked politely.

"Yes, I'll have the stuffed chicken."

"O.k., and would you like all the sides with that?"

"Yes, please."

"And for you sir?" The waitress asked Tommy.

"I'll have the grilled sirloin steak with all the trimmings, please."

"How do you like your steak?"

"Well done, please."

While waiting for their food, they talked about Jude's gig. After their food arrived, they ate and talked about music. After eating, Tommy asked Jude if she wanted to go take a walk by the docks.

"Sure." Jude replied.

They got into to Tommy's car and drove to the docks. They started walking down the docks enjoying each others company.

"Do you wanna play 20 questions?" Tommy asked.

"How about 10?" Jude replied.

"Well I'll take what I can get. Do you wanna go first?"

"No you go ahead and start.

"Did you always want to be a singer?"

"Yeah, when Sadie and I were little we used to put on a show for our parents. I would sing and Sadie would dance."

"O.k., your turn."

"Did you wanna always play football?"

"I guess. I always wanted to make my dad proud. Kind of follow in his footsteps sort of thing."

"Yeah I understand."

'Yeah since we're playing 10 questions now would be the time to ask her about her songs that she sang tonight.' Tommy thought. "Tonight you said you wrote 'Invisible' about a friend, who was the friend?"

Jude smiled. "He's this really hot guy I meet at the beginning of school."

Tommy smiled seeing that was all he was gonna get for an answer.

"Did you like the song? Honest opinion."

"I loved it. I thought it was great and that the guy must be stupid to be looking at other girls.

Jude laughed, "Good, I hoped it sounded good."

"For my next question, that song 'Stupid Boy', I think the name of it was, who is it about?"

Jude sighed before answering, "It was about my ex. I wrote right after I caught him cheating on me with one of my close friends."

"Who is your ex? If you don't mind me asking."

"His name is Shay."

"You mean the sophomore Shay?"

"Yes he's a sophomore. Why do you know him?"

"Yeah and I don't care for him. He's an idiot to have cheated on you."

"Thanks Tommy, but you don't mean it."

After Jude said that, Tommy stopped walking and looked at Jude. Jude turned around and gave Tommy a curious look.

"Why did you stop?"

"Come here, please."

Jude cautiously walked up to Tommy afraid of what he might say.

"Jude, I do mean it." Tommy said as he looked Jude in the eyes, while holding her close.

Tears started to form in Jude's eyes. Tommy gently wiped them away as they started to fall. He looked at Jude and leaned forward a little and gently pressed his lips to hers. When Jude didn't pull away, he slide his tongue along her bottom lip asking for entrance into her mouth. Jude slightly parted her lips and accepted Tommy's tongue into her mouth. They pulled away when the need for air became too much to handle. Tommy stilled held Jude close, afraid to let her go, with their foreheads pressed together.

"Jude, I know we don't each other that well, but I really like you."

"I really like you too, Tommy."

Tommy looked at his watch and seen that it was almost ten. "Well I guess I should get you home before Sadie kills me or your parents. Or they don't ever let me see you outside of school again."

Jude laughed and agreed. They walked hand in hand back to Tommy's car. The ride to Jude's house was silent, except the music playing on the radio. They were too lost in thought to talk. When the arrived at the Harrison house, they noticed Sadie's car wasn't in the drive yet.

"Well I guess, you're safe from Sadie for tonight."

Tommy laughed, "Yeah I guess so."

They sat in silence for a minute or two before Tommy spoke up.

"Jude, I meant what I said. I really do like you."

"And I meant what I said about liking you too."

"Good. Well then I guess I'll see you Monday."

"Yeah, bye Quincy." Jude said as she opened the door. When she was about to get Tommy grabbed her arm. Jude looked at him with a confused look. Tommy just smiled and pulled Jude into a kiss. After a couple of minutes, Tommy pulled away.

"Goodnight Harrison. I'll call you tomorrow."

"O.k. Good night Quincy." Jude said as she climbed out of the car.

Tommy waited until Jude went inside before driving off.

 Jude's POV 

'Tonight has got to be the greatest night ever. The gig was awesome, Sadie set Tommy and I up on a 'date', I guess that's what you'd call it. Then after dinner me and Tommy went for a walk by the docks and played 10 questions. Then he kissed me and we found out we both like each other so this has got to be the greatest night ever. Well so far at least.' Jude thought as she got dressed for bed.

Shortly after changing and lying on her bed, she fell to sleep dreaming about the one and only Tommy Quincy.

Songs:

Satisfied by Ashley Monroe

Stupid Boy by Sarah Buxton/Keith Urban

Invisible by Taylor Swift