Chapter Four

Just as Jude was about to betray her mind again, the door burst open and Sadie strode in enthusiastically. Jude and Tommy automatically jumped apart feeling like a little kid getting caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Jude blushed furiously. Sadie had her head down slightly upon entering, and was oblivious to what she had just walked in on. She was more surprised…no, rephrase that…extremely happy to get another opportunity with Tommy.

"Tommy, hey! What are you doing here?" Tommy stood frozen for a second, trying to come up with a reason to hide his guilt.

"Oh I just came up to see if you guys were all situated up here," he lied. Once again, his lame excuse went unnoticed by yet another Harrison. However, unlike Jude, Sadie was very eager for some alone time with Tommy.

"Aww that's very nice of you, but I think Jude was just going to go work on that thing for her song," she told Jude, hoping she would take the hint. Jude tried hard to stop the smile forming at the corners of her face. Sometimes Sadie was way too desperate.

"Oh yeah that…thing. Well yeah if you two want to talk, do you mind going to Sadie's room? I have to work on that...thing," she replied in amusement. But before Sadie had a chance to drag Tommy away, he stepped back.

"Actually, I think I'm gonna go, I have to make sure everything is all set for the other girls who are coming in tomorrow. I'll see you later Jude," he declined, turning to give Jude one last stare. It was hard to keep the smile off of his face as he left the room. Sadie stared after Tommy in confusion, trying to figure out why she had been rejected. But more importantly, she was confused about the way he looked at Jude upon leaving. Turning toward Jude, Sadie placed her manicured hands on her hips, staring her down.

"Ok what the hell did I just walk in on?" Jude tried to obtain a confused look, pretending not to know what Sadie was talking about.

"What are you talking about?" Sadie rolled her eyes.

"What was he talking to you about, and not me, and what was that look he just gave you before he left?" Jude could tell Sadie was becoming increasingly angry, which was the last thing Jude needed right now.

"Sadie, you're paranoid. This is me we're talking about. I would never go for Lil' Tommy Q," she defended, trying to convince her sister, as well as herself. "Plus you're the one on the show, not me," Jude added. As if that matters…came a voice from inside her head. Jude shook it off quickly tuning back in to Sadie, who sighed with defeat.

"I'm sorry Jude, I was overreacting. I can't believe I thought you guys actually had something between you," she apologizes with a throaty laugh. Turning on her heel Sadie walked into her own room leaving Jude alone.

"Ugh," Jude sighed plopping down onto her bed. Pictures ran through her head trying to process what all had happened in the last half an hour. Never in a million years had she thought that she would be kissed by Tom Quincy. If someone had asked her that question yesterday, she would have probably gagged with disgust.

Now, despite herself, she couldn't stop thinking about it. She hated who he was, what he had done with his fame, his life. But for some damned reason, Jude couldn't tear her mind off of the fact that she was very attracted to him.

What Jude hadn't known, however, was that while she was arguing with Sadie about Tommy, he was standing right outside the door listening to their conversation.

"I can't believe I thought she liked me. Well that was a complete waste," he mumbled to himself, walking away after he heard Sadie go back to her own room. Turning around he went to his own master bedroom at the end of the hall. It was even bigger than Jude's. Everything was black and gray, however, no pink. Although some fan magazines like to differ. He laughed and thought that maybe that was the reason why all of his girl fans wore pink around him.

He walked over to his large oak wood desk and checked his e-mail, then looked at his missed calls on his cell phone. He had one from Kwest. Wow, I haven't talked to him in ages, I wonder what he wants.

He looked through his contacts and got Kwest's number, then pressed the send button. He picked up after the second ring.

"Hey T, what's up? We haven't talked in a while," Kwest spoke eagerly.

"Yeah I know. It seems like it's been a life time. I'm doing pretty good I guess."

"Ah, not too good in the life of an ex- pop star?" he asked with a chuckle.

"Ha, yeah. You know I'm going to be on that new show 'The Bachelor' next week right?"

"Yeah, I think I've heard that somewhere…"

"Yeah well, the girls started to show up today," Tommy replied with a little drop in his tone.

"And you don't sound happy…why? You usually love meeting hot girls." Tommy laughed shortly at his comment, knowing the truth in it.

"You're right on that one, for sure," he sighs while Kwest gave a short laugh.

"That's the Tom I know! Hah wow, only what, 5 hours and you've found one you like? Not too surprising."

"Yeah I guess," Tom starts.

"What's wrong? You don't sound too happy…"

"I don't think she likes me back," he sighs again.

"Since when do you care if a girl doesn't like you? And this is your show, isn't she supposed to like you if she plans on wanted to date you?"

"Not this one, she's not going to be on the show. She came with her sister," he explained. Kwest shook his head on the other side of the line.

"Leave it to you Tom to find the one girl you can't have. But you're forgetting one thing."

"Oh and what's that?"

"You're Tom Quincy! There's a ton of girls out there who would kill to go out with you, and you get 20 of em' to date…at once! Talk about livin' the dream, man." Tommy smiled.

"That's true, but I don't know, she's just different…" he began, then said, "I kissed her today…"

"Already? Oh let me guess, she backed away and slapped you across the face. That look you get when that happens is priceless."

"No, she definitely did not back away," he smiled slightly, "but then her sister walked in, I left and I heard her tell her sister that she could never like, and I quote, 'Little Tommy Q'," Tommy replied, emphasizing 'Little Tommy Q' with an extra side of disdain.

"Wow T. Did you ever stop to think that she just didn't want to tell her sister, the one who's probably most likely obsessed with you, I'm guessing, that she made out with you?" Tommy saw Kwest's view point, but still wasn't completely convinced.

"That's a possibility. I never thought about that…"

"Tom, you never think of a lot of things, that's why I'm here!" Tommy rolled his eyes.

"Oh Kwest! What will I ever do without you!" he exclaimed mockingly in an over-dramatic tone, trying to refrain from laughing at his best friend's ego.

"Wow, if I was in L.A. I would slap you on the side of the head right about now," he said half joking.

"Well then it's good that I'm in L.A., and you're in Toronto. Hey how's the old G-Major?"

"Oh it's going okay. I just finished my artist's sophomore album, it's going to kick ass. Darius loves it, which is a relief. Everything's been crazy over here for a while."

"I really wish I could've gone solo. Boyz Attack pretty much ruined any credibility I had left, I can't believe I let Darius buy me into it."

"Yeah your song, 'Frozen', was awesome, man," Kwest replied in agreement.

"Too bad Darius didn't think so," he said with a short laugh.

"Hey, he can't like everything…but then again there's not a lot that he does like…"

"Yeah, tell me about it," Tom replied, zoning out. There are so many other songs I wrote that could've been great, Darius just needs to take the big stick out of his ass every once in a while.

"Yeah, I mean Jude and I had to rerecord her song, 'My Sweet Time' for hours, just so D would like it… I gotta tell u though…that song is gonna make it to the top." Tommy snapped back from his thoughts, however not soon enough to connect Jude Harrison to Kwest's artist.

"You do know that I'm coming back to Toronto to try to find a new producing job right?" Tommy asked.

"Yeah, D was telling me about that, I think that's a great idea, man. He said you would be coming back to G-major, we want to sign on a few more artists, but don't have the producers to do it. Hey I better get going before D comes by. I'm supposed to be mixing a song from the new Instant Star. I'll catch up with you later."

"Ok. See you Kwest."

After hanging up with Kwest, Tommy just sat there and stared at the ceiling replaying the night's events in his head. Ok there's only one thing you can do, Tom. And that is just forget about Jude Harrison. Go for Sadie, it's what everyone wants, even Jude. Kwest made a good point but I don't know, there was just something in her voice, and it wasn't denial. Heck, maybe dating Sadie won't be bad at all. Maybe Sadie will surprise me…he thought, while wondering how messed up he had gotten since the day had started.

Back to Jude's room

Ok so that was a little too close there. What the hell does he think he's doing anyway? I mean come on, sure I'm attracted to him, but that's it. I can't break my sister's heart just because little Tommy Q thinks I'm attractive too! No, that's not happening again, I'm going to make sure of it.

Jude walked over to her suitcase that was still lying on her bed. She opened it up and took out her journal that she writes all of her songs in. She had gotten it before she went on her first tour, and had some songs from her tour still in there. She flipped to a blank page and started to write. About an hour later, she closed the journal and decided that she should get some sleep for tomorrow, wondering what would happen.

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