Chapter 1

Nothing Ever Goes Right

Darius Mills was in the middle of an important lunch with some distributors when he got the call. He wondered who would dare interrupt this important meeting. He had flown back to Toronto just to make it. He excused himself from the table and went to answer it.

"This better be good." He barked into the phone. He came back to the table, trying to hide his anger and agitation. One of the distributors asked him if everything was alright and he nodded, wondering where he was going to find an opening act right away. Apparently his boyband Boyz Attack had just managed to make their opening act Time Out quit. This was the 3rd opening act in 2 months. It had been a bad idea to go with another all male boyband as opening act, he realized. Too much testosterone and competition for the groupies and fan girls. The members of Boyz Attack had turned into such prima donnas.

Looking For Something Different

"Hey Georgia how are things at G-Major?"

"Good Darius. What can I do for you?" He explained the need for an opening act.

"So do you have anyone available right away? Maybe a female?" All he needed was more testosterone on this tour.

"Um..Well..I'm not sure D."

"You have someone in mind don't you?"

"I do have someone about to kick off a club tour. I don't know if she'd go for it though."

"What?! Who would turn down opening for the hottest boy-band around? It's a stadium tour."

"I'm sure you can think of who it is. I'll even give you a hint. She hates your guts." Realization dawned on him.

"Jude Harrison. She was good, but rough from what I remember."

"Oh trust me D. She just keeps improving. If you don't believe me, she's got a gig at the Vinyl Palace tonight. Check her and her band Spiederman Mind Explosion out."

"I might just do that."

"Be warned D. She hates boy-bands and Pop music." Jude Harrison. He hadn't thought about her in a couple of years, not since she had broken up with his nephew Shay. Well she could definitely keep the testosterone overload down on tour. Look how she had handled Shay. She was also Punk, outside the scope of the normal Boyz Attack groupie. He couldn't picture her falling for any of his boys and they wouldn't know what to do with someone as real as Jude. This could be the perfect answer to his problem or the start of a new nightmare. At least he could go check her out. She could be looking for a new manager after all.

Rock Goddess

He watched her on the stage, her hair was wavy now instead of straight, but still that crazy bright red. Her energy level as always was through the roof and her voice... He had never had a complaint about her voice. She was mesmerizing to watch, a rock star in her element. The chemistry with her band was also electric. He glanced around at the crowd and saw how into the music they were. Georgia was right, she had smoothed away the rough edges. And she would be perfect to join the tour. No way would she fall for one of the Boyz, which had been a problem with their first opening act. Brianna had been passed around like a piece of candy once Quincy had been through with her. Darius knew Jude was smart enough to be wary of any industry guy, especially after Shay.

This is Good News?

"Jude I've got some great news. You're been offered a chance to open for a huge stadium tour." Jude opened her mouth in shock.

"No way! Who is it?! U2? Green Day?" Georgia looked a little less enthusiastic at this point, knowing her young protégé so well.

"Um...not exactly..."

"Who Georgia?" Jude was puzzled at why Georgia was so uncomfortable all of a sudden.

"Boyz Attack." Jude looked horrified for a second and then burst into laughter.

"Good one Georgia." She frowned when she noticed Georgia hadn't joined her in her mirth.

"I'm serious Jude. Darius is their manager and he saw you perform last night. He wants you and SME to join the tour right away."

"No...You've got to be kidding." Jude said in disbelief. Boyz Attack?! They sucked!, with their white jumpsuits and cheesy bandannas, shaking their ass to lame pop songs. To be honest she probably wouldn't have hated them so much if it hadn't been for her sister Sadie being so obsessed with them.

"Jude this is great exposure for you. Especially with your first album just coming out. You'll have a huge fan base to work with instead of the club tour we had planned." Jude bit her lip and frowned. It was true she wanted more people to hear her music, but this was beyond weird.

"Let me talk to the boys." Jude finally said. Georgia nodded.

"I really think you should do this. These people have deeper pockets than G-Major." Jude nodded to her friend and mentor before getting up to go find her band.