Only 3 more chapters after this one. Thanks everyone for coming on the ride. ENJOY! I have 13 chapters written for another story I've been working on. When you review please tell me if you are interested in me posting it here. Like all my stories it is already on DLS. This new story follows IS a little more closely, but with a slight twist. What if the first time Jude and Tommy meet isn't at G-Major?

Chapter 40

Girl Time

The next night Kat and Jude decided to have a sleepover at Jude's family home to catch up and so that Kat could start getting ideas for Jude's dress. They were both dressed in pajamas, the first time Jude had actually worn them since she and Tommy had gotten back together, and had tons of junk food scattered around the floor of Jude's room. Kat had gotten Jude's measurements and promised to email some preliminary sketches. Now they could concentrate on the really important things. Like men. Kat took a big spoonful of chocolate chip ice cream before staring at her old friend.

"What?" Jude asked under Kat's intense scrutiny.

"You live in a kick ass apartment with the hottest guy I have ever seen. And you're getting married to him. You're famous at 19! Wow Jude...It seems so surreal. I'm still in school."

"Trust me Kat, sometimes I think this is just some crazy dream and I'll wake up and still be the geek in high school." They both could laugh about it now, but at the time high school had not always been the best time of their lives.

"Do you feel like a grownup?"

"No....I feel like I left normal 5 exits ago. I dunno if rock stars ever grow up." Jude sighed and took a spoonful of Cherry Garcia. "Kat am I completely crazy for doing this?" She asked seriously.

"How much do you love him?"

"There's no choice. He's it for me."

"Then no, you're not crazy, just too damn lucky. I'm so jealous." Jude looked concerned for a moment. "Don't worry..." Kat reassured her. "We're not in high school fighting over Jamie. What were we thinking back then?" Kat rolled her eyes and they both laughed. "If you could bottle the look that Tommy gives you, every girl out there would be creaming in her pants." Jude looked at her in shock unable to believe she had said that.

"That is nasty Kat!" Jude finally burst out. Did Tommy really look at her like that when she wasn't aware?

"You have to admit it's true though. He doesn't see anyone but you, when you're in a room." Jude gave a small grin.

"It's not just sex Kat." She said, wanting to make sure her friend understood. He was everything in her life, filling spaces that she had not known she needed filled or that she even knew she had.

"I know. That's what makes you so damn lucky. I mean...not that it's easy to find a guy that's actually good at sex either..." They got sillier as the night progressed, Jude feeling more relaxed than she had in a longtime since this wedding had been publicized.

Lace, Satin and Bows

Tommy and Jude entered G-Major one morning to a whirlwind of activity, EJ. At its center. There were interns carrying large garment boxes and bags into the conference room. She looked up from her clipboard to see the both of them and frowned. She pointed at Tommy.

"You can't be here. Get out." Tommy and Jude exchanged looks, neither of them having a clue what was going on. They had planned on finally getting more of her album done, haven already fallen behind by working on his and then with his promotion of it. They had already done three interviews together, everyone so interested in their engagement and he had done two alone. Soon Tommy would have to do his tour and Jude had refused to be left behind.

"Uh...What's going on?" Jude asked tentatively, her eyes following the intern with shoe boxes walking away.

"Honestly! I gave you a schedule! Didn't you even look at it?" E.J. had handed Jude a thick folder a couple of days ago and Jude had been afraid to open it. "You're choosing a wedding gown today! And he can't see it!" Jude turned to Tommy who looked a little panic stricken as she pleaded into his eyes.

"Uh just call me when you need me to pick you up." He said as he started to back out of her reach.

"Hey!" Jude yelled as Tommy slipped away from them. She would have gone after him, if she hadn't been afraid E.J. would have tackled her to the ground. Jude turned back to the other woman, who had an impatient look on her face. "E.J. I already have a gown..."

"Really?!" Her dark eyes brightened. "Who's the designer? Dior? Wang?"

"My friend Kat. You met her at the engagement party? She's designing it for me." E.J. started shaking her head, her dark glossy hair swinging back and forth.

"No way! You are going to have a designer dress. This wedding is already being called the event of the year. You can't get away with some no name designer. No offense to your friend." With that E.J. grabbed Jude's arm and manhandled her into the other room where Sadie sat waiting. Jude's mind was still reeling over 'the event of the year' comment.

5 hours and what seemed like hundreds of dresses later they found the perfect one. At least Sadie and E.J. had. Jude hadn't heard her own voice after the first 10 she had tried on. She stood in front of the full length mirror they had had brought in staring at her own reflection. The dress was by some designer named Monique Lhuillier that Sadie said had done a ton of celebrities. It had a strapless cream colored lace bodice and a full skirt that led to a 10 foot train. Jude felt engulfed by the material and wondered how she would be able to walk in it. She was not the most coordinated person at the best of times.

My Lover is Away

Jude went on tour with Tommy to protestations by E.J. who said she needed Jude there to go over all the wedding details. The woman called at least 5 times a day to ask Jude one question or another. This went on for a month before Jude had finally given in, leaving Tommy to finish his tour on his own. She flew back before they could celebrate her 20th birthday together and both of them had been upset about it. Jude tried to keep most of her stress hidden from Tommy, knowing he would feel bad if he knew how hard this wedding thing was becoming for her. Hearing his voice every night on the phone made Jude want to run away and join him again, but she knew that it wasn't possible. She managed to sneak away to join him only a handful of times on her rare free weekends. At least this way she would be able to work on her album, or so she thought.

Tommy began his concert by speaking to the crowd as he did at every concert since Jude left. He found it dissuaded all but the most die hard girls to leave him alone. Of course a few of the tenacious ones always found a way to his hotel room, where he not so politely slammed the door in their faces.

"I'd like to dedicate this concert to Jude, my lover, my muse and my best friend. I miss you girl." The girls found it romantic and the guys thought he was whipped, not that he cared. He missed Jude and hated that they had to be apart. It was something he had promised himself he would never let happen again, but somehow it had.

Sugar, Flowers and Icing

Okay cake tasting. That should have been the easiest thing to accomplish on E.J.'s insanely long list. It couldn't take that long could it? That was one thing Jude had to be good at right? Choosing the wedding cake should have been easy, even for Jude. She loved cake, what girl didn't?

Sadie, E.J. and Jude sat at an intimate little shop drinking tea as sample after sample was brought out. Who ever heard of mango coulis on a cake before?

"What do you think of this one Jude?" E.J. asked as she handed Jude a slice of dark chocolate cake with red frosting. Jude never thought she would be sick of eating desert, but found she was almost at that point. She took a tiny piece and put it in her mouth, not really noticing much difference from this one to the other chocolate ones she had already tried.

"Um...it's good."

"It's too plain." Sadie said and E.J. nodded agreeing.

"You know with so many guests they're going to need more than one cake?" Sadie said. Sadie and E.J. had narrowed it down to 5 choices, but couldn't seem to decide which they wanted. Jude had not been helpful, having liked all of them except the one with coconut frosting which she knew Tommy did not care for. Jude thought she was going to throw up if she had to put any more sugary sweet frosting in her mouth. " I know!" Sadie said as if she had come up with a brilliant plan. "We need 4 cakes right?" E.J. took a calculator out of her handbag and did the math.

"Yep."

"So why don't we get all different ones and set them up at tables almost like sculptures? They could all be linked by that fresh flower idea we talked about?" They wanted fresh flowers on the cakes to match the garden theme since they planned on having the wedding and reception at Toronto's own castle, Casa Loma's extensive gardens.

"Great idea!" E.J. said enthusiastically as she scribbled something else in her planner. Jude could only stare at them in shock 4 multi-tiered wedding cakes? How many people were coming? Jude and Tommy had only decided on about 50 people, including ones her parents had wanted to invite.

In Hiding

Kwest walked into the storage closet one morning to get some blank CD's when he realized he wasn't alone. Jude sat on one of the beat up spare chairs with her journal clasped in her hands. He gave her a funny look and she put her index finger to her mouth, pointing at the still open door with her other hand. He turned and shut it before looking at her again.

"E.J.'s been chasing me around all week. I haven't had a chance to work on my music at all. This wedding thing is completely out of control." She sighed and rotated her tense shoulders.

"If you don't want a big wedding, why don't you tell them?" He said as if it should have been the easiest thing in the world causing Jude to roll her eyes.

"It's what Tommy wants..."

"Tommy? Former Boyz Attacker Little Tommy Q?"

"Oooh I'm going to tell him you said that..."

"No! Jude I was just kidding...You can't tell him. He'll kick my ass." Jude laughed for what felt like the first time in weeks. "So why is Tommy so gung ho on a big wedding?" It sounded completely out of character for his friend. Tommy liked to keep his real personal life pretty private.

"He doesn't want to hide 'us', like he did with Portia." Kwest stared at her in amazement. Of course he had known Tommy loved Jude, but he hadn't realized how much until this moment.

"Oh..."

"So how do you say no to something like that?" The answer was of course 'you didn't.'

Taste of Victory

He watched his girl on the screen as she accepted yet another award, this time for best female artist at the People's Picks. She was beautiful in a blue dress that matched her eyes and clung to her slender form. And all he could think was that he should have been the one who escorted her, not Spied. The next category was best rock song and he had been nominated for I Don't Care, not that he thought he had a chance. He blinked as he heard his name called and she was back on stage again, her smile brighter than it had been any of the previous times. He saw the words 'I love you' shaped on her lips and said it back to the screen. The tour would be over in 3 weeks and he would never let her go again once the wedding was over. As the show wound down the room phone rang.

"Hey baby. You were amazing." He lay back on the pillows and got comfortable as he listened to her excited voice. It would all be worth it in the end, when he could slip the ring onto her finger.