Chapter Three

Jude took a deep breath and stared out to the huge crowd of people. Her parents were in the front row cheering but her sister was rolling her eyes and filing her nails. Then Jamie and Kat sit together putting their arms around each other. And then Speed behind Jamie and Kat making kissing noises which made her smile. She strummed her guitar and started to sing.

After her song, there she stood, the time that changed her life forever.

"And our Instant Star is..." the host said as he reached inside the envelope.

Jude closed her eyes and heard screaming the next minute. The next thing she knew everyone was throwing confetti in the air and giving her flowers. "Oh my gosh. I won? Oh my gosh! I won! I won!" she said jumping up and down.

"Yeah! Go Red!" she heard Speed scream.

Jude smiled and went down to hug her family and friends and Speed lifted her up on his shoulders. She laughed and kissed him on the forehead. "Thanks for your help, I couldn't have done it without you." she said to him with a smile.

The next morning Jude walked up the steps of G-Major. Terrified of what she might see inside. She held Speed's hand tightly.

"I'm so nervous." she said.

"Don't worry Red, you can do it." Speed said.

She closed her eyes tightly and walked in.

"Hi! Welcome to G-Major! You must be Jude!" a lady said when Jude walked in.

"Um, yeah." Jude answered as she took a look around.

"I'll go take you to meet Darius." the lady said as she motioned them to walk with her.

"So, who is this Darius?" Jude asked as they walked.

"He is the big boss of everything around here. After this I'll go take you to your producer." the lady replied.

"Who is my producer?" Jude asked.

"You will see. Now, here is Darius' office, go on in." the lady said as she opened a door.

Jude and Speed walked in slowly.

"Well look there, it's the Instant Star." Darius said with a smile. He got up and shook their hands.

"Um, hi." Jude said nervously.

"So who do we have here?" Darius asked gesturing to Speed.

"Spiederman. My friend." Jude answered.

"Yup, that's me." Speed said with a smile.

"Alright, now. Let's talk about your first performance. You think you are up to it?" Darius asked as he sat down behind his desk.

"As ready as I'll ever be." Jude replied.

"Alright, cool. Let me introduce you to your producer then. I think you'll like him." Darius said with a smile. "Hey, T! Come in! I've got your new star!" he yelled.

Jude turned around to see little Tommy Quincy. Her eyes got wide.

"Little Tommy Q?" Jude said disbelieving.

"Yeah, dude you can't be serious. Jude has such a different style then him." Speed stated.

"Excuse me, surfer boy?" Tommy said walking in.

"You heard me, pretty boy." Speed said.

"Hey! Watch it or.." Tommy started to say.

"Hey! Hey! Break it up." Darius yelled.

Speed gave him a death glare and turned around and rolled his eyes.

"Seriously, do I have to work with him?" Jude whispered to Darius.

"I'm sure you will enjoy it when you get to know him." Darius assured her.

Jude sighed. "Okay, I guess I can give it a chance."

"Alright, now you need to start recording." Darius said.

"Okay." Jude replied as she got up.

After recording Jude was so tired she could barely walk. "Gosh, this is so exhausting." she moaned. "That little Tommy Q hated everything." Jude said leaning on Speed to keep herself up.

"Come on, Red it'll get easier." Speed said. "Until then, I can give you a ride." Speed said lifting her up on his shoulders.

Jude smiled. "Thank you." she said.

"No problem." he replied as he walked out the doors of G-Major.

They arrived at her house and he lifted her off his shoulders on to the ground.

"The Spiederman cab service is tired." Speed said yawning.

Jude laughed. "Thanks for the ride." she said with a smile. "Oh and for going through the first hectic day of G-Major with me."

"It was no problem. I enjoyed it. Everything except for little Tommy." Speed said with a smile.

Jude looked down and blushed. She couldn't help it. His smile always made her do that. She looked up and stared him in the eyes.

He stared back for a while and then they kissed, soft and sweet.

They both pulled away. Jude blushed.

"Um.." Speed said.

"Yeah." Jude said still blushing.

"I'll see you..later?" he asked.

"Yeah, uh. Bye." she said walking in her house smiling uncontrollably.

"Why are you so happy?" Sadie said bitterly staring at her sister.

"No reason. No reason at all." Jude said still smiling.

"Whatever." Sadie said rolling her eyes.

Jude walked upstairs and got her notebook.

Dear Diary,

I can't believe it, I won Instant Star. And I'm going to be a rock star. I'm so happy. I went down to G-Major and recorded. Although it was tiring and I have to work with little Tommy Q, it was still awesome. Maybe because Speed was there. That reminds me, I kissed him. I don't know how it happened, but it did. And I liked it. And we are going to the movies this Friday. I feel like a little girl who has just gotten her first crush. My only worry is that I haven't talked to my dad ever since I saw him cheating on my mom. I still don't know if I should tell my mom. It could ruin everything. But it's wrong for my dad to two time her. So I'm not sure what is the right thing anymore.