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Jude Harrison had been laying in bed awake for an hour now. She had been thinking about her life, her friends, and how things had drastically changed since she won Instant Star.
She thought about how she had missed her two best friends the whole time she had been on this tour. There was Kat, her best friend since kindergarten. They knew each other better than anyone else did. They always had done stuff together. There was also Jamie, he was her other best friend and the boy next door. She made friends with over the summer between first and second grade. At six, having a friend that was a boy was unheard of in school, but over the summer when Kat was gone, she had no one else to play with. Jamie had always been there for her and was her number one fan. In elementary school, she spent most of her time with Jamie and Kat, and every weekend they would stay at one of their houses. Things changed a little in middle school, but they stayed best friends.
Jude also thought about her sister and how Sadie had hurt her. Sadie knew that Jude had a crush on her producer, Tom Quincy, former Boyz Attack member Little Tommy Q. Sadie like Tommy too, and got in between them. As Jude lay in bed, she knew that Tommy and Sadie were somewhere together in Europe enjoying their romantic trip.
While Jude lay in bed, she thought about her previous boyfriends. There was Shay Mills, the famous rapper and nephew of her manager, Darius Mills. She had loved Shay and thought he felt the same. Everything seemed perfect until he showed up at her sixteenth birthday party with her archrival, Eden Taylor. She was humiliated in front of everyone and it was in every paper the next morning. Jamie had also been a boyfriend. They hooked up before she got on the plane for her tour. Him and Kat showed up a week later and Jude and Jamie decided they were not the boyfriend/girlfriend type.
There was also the thought floating around about her parents divorce.
Then there was Jude's band, Spiederman Mind Explosions. It consisted of three of her classmates, Kyle Bateman, Wally Robbins, and Vincent Spiederman. Jude had gone to school with Spiederman (he dropped his first name the first day of seventh grade and went to Spiederman of Speed) since kindergarten and Kyle and Wally since second
grade. Jude found it funny how she had always hated Speed, and now they were friends.
Jude and Speed had always fought. In kindergarten, Speed cut off Jude's ponytail because she wouldn't share the markers. In first grade, Jude bit Speed twice and drew blood both times because he wouldn't stop poking her. In second grade they got into a kicking fight over Jamie. Third grade Speed got in trouble for having Kyle and Wally hold Jude down as he drew all over her with permanent markers. Fourth grade they got in trouble together because on a field trip, Speed kept hiding behind things and tripping Jude; so Jude pushed him into the fountain and he pulled her in with him. Fifth grade they had to be partners in everything because of their fighting the first week. In sixth, seventh, and eighth grade they just constantly pulled pranks on each other trying to embarrass the other.
The one thing Jude couldn't help but think about was in fifth grade. Speed and her got into another fight about Jamie.
"I hate you Vincent. Jamie is my best friend, you can just find your own." Jude yelled.
"You don't hate me Jude." Speed yelled back. "He is mine."
"Think what you want Vincent, but you are wrong." Jude replied.
"One day Jude, you will realize that you love me and will regret this day." Speed yelled back.
"Only in your dreams, I will never love you." Jude said before she ran off to find Jamie.
Jude and Speed pretty much left each other alone in high school until Jude won Instant Star. Jude was looking for a band and Jamie managed SME. Jude went through many bands and Jamie had SME try out. Jude hit is off with them. Her and Speed were able to get along with out fighting too much. Speed still liked to prank her and kicked her in the butt every time he walked by her.
Jude had started to notice things about Speed she never had. Seeing him in the mornings in just his ninja turtle pajama bottoms and messing ear length blonde hair made her really rethink her hatred for him. One stage when she performed with him, she could tune everyone out, it was like they were the only ones around. She occasionally caught herself imagining what it would be like to kiss him. When she caught herself, she would then rethink the whole elementary school thing and forget that she could possibly have any kind of crush on him.
Jude had kissed Speed once, but it was because of Kyle and Wally. She could remember that day perfectly. She was in her bunk minding her own business writing down lyrics. The guys were bored after three days on the bus and started coming up with games. They made up their own which Jude had to participate in and hated it. The favorite game of the guys was Truth or Dare. They wanted to play it everyday. Jude agreed to play, this time it was her turn to be on Speed's side (there were sides, Jude hated being with Kyle. Whomever you sat next to could help you decided what to ask or dare. It also meant that if dared, they were was a good chance they were involved.) It had been a week and a half since the tour started.
"Jude, truth or dare?" Kyle asked her
"I will go with truth, I don't trust you and Wally." Jude replied.
"Ok Red, how far did you go with Shay?" Kyle asked after a long discussion with Wally.
Jude turned red and replied, "I sort of made out with him once and that was it. We never really had any alone time what so ever mostly because of Tommy and Darius, oh and we can't forget the press. Ok, Wally, truth or dare."
"Hmm, tough, but I will say dare." Wally laughed.
Jude and Speed had a long discussion; they looked out the window to see the tour bus traveling beside so church van being driven by two nuns. Jude said "Wally, I dare you to moon those nuns in that van."
"I hate you guys." Wally said as he proceeded with his dare. Everyone laughed at the nuns' faces and the bus driver told Wally he better pull up his pants before he had to stop the bus and come back there.
"My turn!" Wally said as he sat back down. "Speed, truth or dare?"
"Did you have to even ask? Dare" Speed replied. He only did truth once and hated it; he was more of a dare person.
Kyle and Wally plotted out their next move for Speed. They knew he had a crush on Jude and she didn't. Wally then said, "No, but who knows, you are not the most predictable person. I dare you to make out with Red, and we mean make out like you're in France."
"What? French kiss him and make out?" Jude quickly yelled.
"Scared Harrison?" Speed asked Jude. He then asked Wally, "How long?"
"Anywhere from eight to ten minutes." Kyle said.
"Ready to visit France." Speed said sarcastically.
"Lets get this over." Jude replied. She had wanted to kiss Speed, but she wanted it to be because she wanted to, not a dare.
Jude enjoyed the kissing, even though she denied it. She thought she had felt passion in it, but then she figured she was imagining it. She figured Speed was just kissing her like it was no big deal. In fact, Speed was enjoying it just as much.
What Jude didn't know was that Speed had a crush on her as well. He always had liked her in some way. He was the type guy that always pulled pranks on people. Jude was always fun because she would take everything too seriously or too far. When they entered ninth grade he noticed how Jude had grown up some over the summer. He thought she looked so beautiful. When she won Instant Star, he then thought she was perfect. A rocker chic was just what he wanted.
It was now 9:30am. Jude rolled over to look out the window of her hotel room when she noticed she wasn't alone. There in her bed and was a guy with ear length blonde hair messy from sleeping. The guy looked pretty fit, but she couldn't see his face. Jude sat up to realize she wasn't wearing anything. All of a sudden, her head started to pound. She slowly started to remember last night. She had gone to an after party after her concert.
There she had run into Eden who was with Shay. It ruined her night. Then there was this guy. He was so sweet and bought her several drinks. Everything was a little blurry from there. They guy in her bed wasn't the one she met. The harder she thought a little more she could come up with. She all of a sudden remembered that Speed had walked her back to the hotel so that EJ or Kwest didn't find her drunk.
Was Vincent Spiederman that guy in her bed?