Author Notes: Okay there are only two more chapters after this one. Like I said this story only covers Jude at sixteen; so when she turns seventeen I'll begin the sequel. But I'll be finishing Ten Weeks first. Can you believe that it has actually taken me this long to write this chapter? This is like the fifth or sixth version of this chapter sometimes my muse is my worse enemy.
Wally's family (because it seems as I was told by several people I never gave them names)
William: Wally's father
Melinda: Wally's Mother
Connor: Wally older brother (19 years old)
David: Wally youngest brother (14 years old)

Pairing: Jude/Tommy; Kwest/Sadie; Mason/Wally; Stuart/Yvette

Summary: Tommy shared something special with Jude (get your minds out of the gutter, it's nothing smutty)

Disclaimer: I do not own Instant Star or its characters. I also do not own the character Kate Howard.

Rate: R (just to be safe)

Season: 2

Category: Romance/Drama

Spoilers: Up to "Personality Crisis"

Jude looked at her self in the mirror again and could not help the smile that was on her face. She was now an award winning musician; she could not help the giggle that came. She smoothed down the lines of her dress, as much as she loved this beautiful crimson dress she wanted it off. Along with these high heel shoes Portia spent nine days hunting down and nearly killing some B rate actress for. It was not that she was not grateful it had just been a stressful few days for her and the guys.

It all started with their photo shoot yesterday morning, to their dozen of interviews, not the mention her studio time. It just seemed the last week she had been doing more work then ever. Plus her mother did a disappearing act with her new boyfriend again. Though Yvette did make up for her when she saw the dress; it seemed that Kate Howard was one of her favorite designers.

Tonight had been perfect; from the moment she and Tommy enter to the meeting of everyone. Tonight had seemed like something from a dream one that she would never forget. Kyle sat with them just as giddy since his cast came off yesterday. Plus this was his first outing; since Darius made sure to monitor his every move. He wanted to make sure that Kyle was fully taken care of, they were just glad that he got the okay to start practicing again.

"Hey baby," Tommy said softly getting her to squeak, Tommy laughed.

"What are you doing in here," Jude gasped looking at the door. "This is the ladies room."

"Isn't the first time I've been in one of these," Tommy smirked getting her to glare at him with her hands on her hips.

"Well this certainly will be your last Mr. Quincy," Jude told him sternly trying to hide her blush.

"Sometimes I forget how innocent you are," Tommy laughed walking towards her.

"No," Jude told him moving out of his reach. "Think of what Darius will do if we are caught."

Jude laughed as he came towards her again she tried to move out of his way but there was not much room and he was faster than she expected. She giggled softly as he pulled her towards him lifting her off the ground. Tommy did forget how young she was sometimes; but it was one of the things he loved about her. Everything was new to her everything was fresh and tasted sweet when he experienced them with her. He laughed at the half horror and half desire that flashed in her eyes. Every moment he spent with her was a reminder as to why she was the girl for him, why she fit him so perfectly.

Jude opened her mouth to give him a piece of her mind but she was shut up by his mouth capturing her. His hands moving the skirt of the crimson dress up smiling as she groaned. Jude tried to tell her brain this was a bad idea, tried to tell her brain that they should just wait but her body betrayed her mind. So while her mind was screaming no her body was screaming yes and like always her body won the argument. She laughed against his lips as she felt him move them into a stall. This kind of remaindered her of their beginning almost a year ago.

He moved his mouth to her neck nipping at the sensitive skin enjoying the taste of her skin. Then back again to her lips groaning as he could feel the heat of her skin against his hand. Could feel Jude nails through his thin silk shirt he groaned as she nipped at his bottom lip. He stopped when he heard the door swing open; he pressed his lips against Jude to swallow her gasp of shock. Because he could feel her fear of getting caught, knew how horrified she would be and truth was so would he. He didn't want anyone to think bad things about Jude, or about why he was with her.

"I think they're gone," Tommy laughed softly at her mortified look, than he laughed harder she quickly pulled them out of the ladies room.

"What am I going to do with you," Jude laughed as she pushed him out the door.

"I can think of a few things," Tommy winked getting her to roll her eyes then walking past him.

Tommy was about to say something else Sadie waved at them and they waved back. It was clear she did not see where they just exited. A pregnant Sadie was proving to be someone you did not want to make angry. Her hormones had been on a rampage since their mother left with Don for New York several days ago. They all felt for Kwest because he had to live with her for the next seven months. But than again Kwest was probably looking forward to it; his mother already made plans to come and live with them for the first two weeks.

Tommy looked over at Kyle who was standing next to Portia; they were laughing about something. Darius came over a few minutes giving him an order, Kyle just nodded then rolled his eyes as soon as his back was turned. Tommy wondered if Darius knew what he was getting himself into by becoming Kyle's guardian. Then again Darius had more experiences dealing with teenager than most; since that was what he typically managed. But the best thing about being a manager was the fact he could send them away; he couldn't do that with Kyle.

Jude smiled as the door to her limo opened, soon she was climbing inside. Tommy followed; Spied and Wally soon were behind them. Tommy remembered to once again make a side note that he and Jude rode by themselves from now on. Before the door shut Mason also climbed in, with Portia and Kyle behind him making it a full house. He almost expected Darius or Sadie and Kwest to knock on the door, but it never happened. All Tommy could think of, was the fact that he had not had one moment alone with Jude in over a week.

XOXOXOXOXO

Wally walked inside his home, though he must admit that that word didn't mean much to him these days. The entire house was dark, so dark that if he didn't know his way around the house the way he did he'd get hurt. There was a quiet, and not a good quiet either. He could hear the whispers from his parent's room, they were arguing again. Since his coming out they did that a lot. His father was cruel to him, Connor followed his lead, while his youngest brother David just ignored him, and his mother tried her best to control the anger of the family. But usually she just pretended that everything was the same, when it wasn't.

When he walked into his room he sighed as he saw the pamphlets on his bed-again. His father wanted him to go to some place in Vancouver; there was some guy there that swore he could "help" him. Wally just starred at the pictures on the front of people who were supposedly former gays and lesbians. He didn't know if he should be angry at his father. Wally told him this was normal, that this was part of the process of acceptance. His mother went through the same thing, that they were on the road to recovery but Wally didn't think so.

"Wally," David, his younger brother whispered quietly walking into his room.

"David I'm not in the mood for a fight," Wally told him, he was just too tired and didn't want his good mood ruined.

"I wanted to say congratulants," David mumbled looking around nervously. "I saw Jude and you guys won."

"Thanks," Wally smiled at David.

Wally went around his room quietly waiting for David to leave. Connor their older brother had been horrible, terrorizing him when ever they were in the same room. He'd call him names that made his mother blush, but she said nothing. They'd fight until his father would come, break them apart but only because his father believed gays were weak. He believed they were no better than girls, but if his father knew half the girls he'd met he might change his opinion. Especially Jena in his third period; she could take any guy in their school. That wasn't just an opinion either Wally watched her take down three guys at once.

David had been easier to live with. He just watched Wally, refusing to make eye contact with him. When ever he was around David would leave the room and his mother would just cry. He and David had always been close, so David's rejection of him was hitting him harder. He expected Connor's reaction; he was the macho type of guy. David on the other hand he had actually believed would stand besides him, but he had been wrong. The only comfort was that once he was out of high school he could leave this place.

"I don't hate you," David sighed coming back into the room; he was tired of this game. He was tired of pretending.

"You could have fooled me," Wally snickered rolling his eyes at his baby brother.

"This is just confusing," David admitted falling on top of his brother's bed. "I don't know what to think, I'm getting so many opinions going in so many different directions."

"David I'm gay," Wally told him coming to stand in front of him. "I know this is hard for you and the rest of the family, because it's hard for me too. But I'm not going to change…I don't want to change."

"Dad is going to send you away," David confessed, getting Wally to look at him. He knew it was coming, he really did. "He thinks that if you get away from all of this music stuff that you'll be normal again."

"I am normal," Wally argued trying to keep his voice low. "Being gay doesn't make someone abnormal David."

"I know that," David said back trying to hide the tears. "I just don't want to lose you."

"You'll never lose me," Wally told him coming to sit next to him. "I'll always be your brother no matter what he says or does…you'll always have me."

David nodded this was all just too overwhelming for him. The day it was reveals at school that Wally was gay no one cared truth is neither did he. God the girl he dumped because he was gay defended him. His father got angry, his brother got ashamed but he didn't care. His whole family would hide their heads everyone pretending it wasn't out there. David truthfully did not understand what the big deal was but at the same time he was afraid to speak. He was afraid that his father would hate him. That he would look at him the same way he looks at Wally everyday; and he didn't know if he could handle that. So he went along with his father, but right now looking at Wally he didn't know how much longer he could do that.

David just sat there for the longest moment fighting back the tears until finally some did come out. Wally just sat there letting him know that he was there, letting him know he would always be there for him. Soon David stood up walking out of his brother's room feeling lighter. The idea that Wally thought he hated him had been killing him. But he didn't know what to do he didn't know how to act right now. He didn't want to be hated by his father but at the same time he didn't want to lose his brother; David just felt so confused and conflicted by all of this. He hoped that the answers would come to him he just wanted to know what was right.

XOXOXOXOXO

"Your birthday is coming up," Tommy smiled moving to kiss her shoulder as she attempted to slip out of his bed.

"I know," Jude groaned sighing, she had to leave she was already late. "Stop that I should have left an hour ago."

"I thought Sadie was covering for you," Tommy mumbled moving his mouth to her ear.

"She is," Jude moaned closing her eyes for just a second. "But she doesn't want to out right lie to my dad so she gave me a curfew there too,"

"But lying to your mom is okay," Tommy asked confused moving away from her.

"They're having issues," Jude laughed turning around shifting her body so that her legs were on each side of his hips.

"I love you," Tommy whispered smiling as he touched her face, before she closed the distance between them—ten more minutes wouldn't hurt.

Jude felt it he didn't need to say it he never needed to say she always felt it. Right now his arms wrapped around her waist, their still damp naked skin pressing against one another as their lips glided against each other. He didn't need to say the words, though she knew he felt he needed to. Since their "fight" before Darius's Halloween party he had been freely saying the words; because he wanted her to know. He wanted to make sure that she understood that he loved her; that he needed her more than anyone else.

Tommy smiled gasping as tender flesh rubbed against each other. She knew his body, she knew him like she knew herself. Sometimes it scared him how with just one look she knew what he was going to say or do before he even did. But in a way it was nice because she had a trust in him that he knew he didn't deserve, but she gave it willing. He didn't have to tell her every detail if he didn't want to, he didn't have to explain where he was going or who he was talking to; she just trusted him. He guessed that was why Chaz and Bruno snickered he didn't have to she never asked but he told her anyways. Because Jude Harrison was everything to him and losing her was not an option ever.

Twenty minutes later Jude was walking out of his bathroom rubbing her hair dry with a towel looking for the clothes she packed. There was no way she was putting that dress back on. She loved it she really did but right now she was not in the mood for it. Tommy watched in silence as she dressed herself, it amazed him just how much has happened over the past year. A year ago he was denying his feelings for her, plotting evil things to do to Shay when he came back. And he did have a lot of them it was an added bonus of being a producer; no one could fault you for wanting a song to sound perfect. So if Shay had to do a song twenty times well he just better come more prepared next time.

"Your thinking about Shay," Jude sighed she knew that evil grin.

"I'll stop," Tommy laughed; it still made him feel so good that Shay had been forced into a two year old hiatus. Darius claimed he needed some to think about his music, but Tommy knew he wanted to put his full attention on Jude and SME.

"No you won't," Jude replied getting Tommy to nod and laugh.

"So what do you want for you birthday," Tommy asked as Jude began to pin her hair up.

"I don't know," Jude shrugged because she really didn't, Tommy eyes sparkled at her next word. "Surprise me."

Surprise me. Tommy heart fluttered his mind when into a million different directions because there were thousands of different ways this could go. He could go simple like last year or he could go like he usually did and go for something shiny or pretty. Now he had already given her a necklace she always wore and bracelet she wore most of the time, so what else could he get her. Then again a girl could never have too many bracelets or maybe a watch, she had mention her watch hadn't been working right. Maybe he'd go past the jewelry; he knew her father was getting her an iPod he could get something to go with that.

Tommy mind began to circle around, he knew he should know by now her birthday was close but with Jude it was hard. What she liked this month she might not like next month. It was why her taste in clothes change so much, she was just into so many different things that it was hard to keep track. Jude was packing the last of her things when she heard it, Tommy's yell not scratch that it was more like an excited scream. The next thing she knew he was running into the room grabbing her hands talking a mile a minute as he drug her through his house. For a moment she actually thought her boyfriend had lost his mind or that her father had shown up.

Tommy could hardly believe it, but here it was. Opening the door Jude hissed as the cold air hit her skin then she looked around. Tommy was smiling looking at sky, and then she realized what he was smiling at—snow. The snow was falling form the sky softly, she knew they were expecting some but she didn't think it was supposes to be for another few days. Looking at Tommy was like looking at a five year old, his eyes were bright and his smile showed all the things he imagined he could do in it. But at the same time she had no idea why he was so excited.

"You're staying," Tommy told her his eyes not going off the snow.

"Are you going to call Sadie," Jude laughed one at his statement and two at his reaction to the snow.

"No," Tommy smirked looking at her finally. "I already call Kwest."

"That is cheating," Jude glared as he ushered her inside laughing. "Not that I'm complaining but why am I staying."

"It's the first snow fall," Tommy said as if that should explain it all.

"And," Jude laughed again with a shrug.

"My family has traditions," Tommy explained picking up his phone dialing a number. "Hi mom…I know but it's snowing."

Jude watched in awe as Tommy spoke to his mother about the snow. She knew it was late where they were at, and she shook her head. If she was staying here she was going to change into some more comfortable clothing, right now she was in her jeans and a tight graphic tee. She got some of Tommy's boxers and one of his t-shirts putting them on as she could hear him talking. She could tell he was no longer on the phone with his mother. Everything about the past ten or minutes confused, she had never seen him act so bizarrely. She began to wonder if the rest of his family was like this.

Walking out she realized he was in the kitchen where she smelled chocolate, walking inside she watched him move around. He was now talking to someone about something someone did. She knew from the way Tommy talked in the past he came from a very small town. All Jude knew is that if she called Sadie at two in the morning to tell her it snowed she'd never live to see the next snowfall. But here was Tommy on the phone with his family talking about snow at two-fifteen in the morning. So she could assume it meant something to his family, well she hoped it did or he had finally lost it.

"Yes mom," Tommy muttered blushing; Jude bit back a snicker because he was actually blushing. His cheeks were red and everything. "I know you want to met her…her birthday is next week…she goes on tour during the summer…tell dad I'm not ashamed of the family…"

Jude sat down as the conversations got moved on about her. She smiled watching Tommy squirm around nervously as she grilled him about Jude, she could tell his mother must asks these questions a lot. She watched as he worked his way around the kitchen, Tommy did love to cook. He never got to do it though, so she knew when he got a chance he did. Right now she watched him as he seemed to be making soup, which she found strange at two in the morning. She could tell when someone new got on the phone, but the questions were still about her.

Tommy sighed in relief as he finally was able to hang up the phone. If he didn't call his mother would kill him, the first snow fall was important to her. They had theirs over a week ago, and now he had his. The soup was almost made, the hot coco was nearly perfect, all that was left was the movies and then tomorrow they would go outside. Yes Jude was going to experience a family tradition that went all the way back to his grandfather's grandfather. Family to them was important, nothing came before family—ever.

"So guys do this every year," Jude asked taking the bowl of soup shocked as Tommy nodded. "And you do it here."

"The whole family would go to my grandparents for soup and coco," Tommy laughed sitting down next to her as he pushed play. He could tell this sounded strange to her, but it meant the world to him. It was one of the small ways he stayed connected to his family. "We would watch these old movies, than we'd go outside and play for hours. After that we'd get more soup and coco, watch a few more movies, and play some family games because everyone always stayed the night."

"Every year," Jude repeated.

"It's a tradition," Tommy laughed looking at her she looked so cute right now.

"Wow," Jude said shaking her head amazed at such a tradition that went back so far. "My family doesn't have anything like that…heck I can't even remember the last time we have a family reunion."

"Mine has a lot of traditions," Tommy laughed thinking about them all. "Family is important."

"Yes it is," Jude mumbled thinking about how broken hers was at this point; she wondered if they'd ever be whole again.

The next day Sadie arrived with new clothes for Jude and an order to dress quickly. Twenty minutes later Stuart and Yvette arrived, Spied and Kyle arrived after them and Wally arrived with his brother David minutes later. Mason and Portia arrived just minutes before Darius did. Jamie and Pasty arrived at the same time Chaz Bruno and Sean did. JP and his wife arrived with their kids last; because the kids wanted to play in the snow. Soon Tommy's house was filled with friend and family who meant something to him, well almost. He could live without Pasty but seeing as that she was connected to Jamie he wasn't seeing that happening anytime soon.

Jude watched with interest later that day when everyone was warming up, they did as Tommy said they would. They watched a movie, and then afterwards they all went outside. The guys were just as excited as the kids about playing in the snow. Soon the girls were against the guys in a huge snowball fight. The girls who were outnumbered proved that numbers meant nothing because they wiped the floor with the boys. Soon everyone was running around snow flying everywhere, while Sadie Yvette and JP's wife Liberty made snow angels with the kids. Darius just stood back laughing at everyone else and watching Kyle who couldn't stop laughing.

For one day everything seemed perfect. Wally was happy while his brother David didn't even blush when Mason took Wally hand later that day. He actually smiled maybe just maybe things would work out for him after all. Sadie decided that this was a nice tradition, one she wanted to keep for her children. Kwest agreed seeing as that he already picked Tommy as the god-father. Portia was just happy to see Kyle happy for the first time, being able to move without his cast or restrictions. Everyone else was just enjoying a day of fun and relaxation; a day to celebrate their wins from the award show the night before. It truly was the perfect day.

TBC