The rain felt like ice bullets hitting his face. Down the street he ran as fast as his legs would take him. His feet catching sleek parts of the pavement. He had to get to her as fast as possible. He should have never let her walk out that door, but his actions had left him a bizarre state of mind.

"I just can't do this Tommy."

His lungs felt full of cold air. His gums hurt from the coolness of the rain and air hitting them as he breathed in and out. The rain was making his life a lot more difficult. His black button up shirt and faded jeans were starting to stick to his body, slowing him down. Tommy barely could see her outline in the distance. He wondered how she had made it down the street so fast. He couldn't have been sitting on the couch belittling himself that long. Could he?

"Jude!" He screamed. He was catching up but not fast enough. The wind threw his voice behind him. Why did he let her leave in this weather? Why did he have to do what he did?

"I am not one of those girls, Tommy. I will not be in a relationship like that."

He knew what he had done was wrong. Tommy knew he would never do it again, he wasn't going to act like his father. If only she would stop and he give him time to catch up, and explain to her just how wrong he was. Tommy swore to himself that no matter what she said he would do everything in his power to make her realize just how sorry he was.

"JUDE!" He screamed again. Finally she stopped and looked at him. Her hair was in clumps against her face. She put her head down and shook it in displeasure. She waited for him, she didn't move from that spot, nor did she look at him when finally reached her.

"Jude, baby, I am so so sorry. I can't even explain to you how sorry I am. It will never happen again I am begging you please believe me." He said reaching for her face. She jerked hard away from him.

"Don't touch me." She spat out in anger. He was not allowed to touch her after what he had done. He let out a sob and dropped to his knees, the severity of what he did was hitting him again. All he could was wrap his arms around her narrow waist.

"Oh baby. I swear it will never happen again. I don't want to be like him. Please you have to believe me I am begging you." He pressed his face against her thigh. Jude let her arms hang limply at her sides. She looked heaven ward asking for help with this situation. Jude dropped her head too look down on him.

"Do you really expect me to forgive you Tommy? That easily?" Jude stared down at him. Jude was oblivious to the throbbing pain in her cheek, the rain, or the people staring out their windows, and she was completely oblivious to the man snapping pictures of everything. Tommy stared up at her, rain pelting his face but he had to look at her. The purplish blue mark on her cheek bone below her eye was proof that he was just like his father. Tommy released another sob, it was an accident. An accident that should have never happened. Tommy would make it up to her, if he could talk her into going back home with him.

"No Jude. I swear to you that I will never do it again. I swear. Please baby don't leave me. I can't lose you. We worked so hard to get to where we are. I am so sorry. I will spend the rest of my life telling you how sorry I am and trying to make it up to you." He cried out. Jude was numb. He had never hit her before. She just didn't know if she could trust him to never do it again. Jude refused, she was not the girl who was her boyfriends punching bag.

"I can't trust you." Tommy grabbed her waist again as tight as he could without hurting her because that was the last thing he wanted.

"I know baby I know." He whispered loud enough for her to hear.

"Let go of me. I will go home with you tonight, but I swear Tommy you do one thing that scares me or even seems threatening and I will call the cops and Sadie."

Tommy let out the breath he didn't know he was holding, she was going home with him. He let go of her waist and slowly stood up beside her. He was not going to do anything to mess it up. He could handle the cops but not Sadie.

"Yes baby of course. I swear I will make it up to you." He put his arm around her shoulders, he pulled her closer to him. Jude allowed him to do this because she was too emotionally drained to fight him. Tommy was also keeping her warm on their walk back to their house.