Catch Me When I Fall

Prologue

I saw him five minutes before it happened. I was unfaithful and returned to Tommy. He saw us kissing in the studio, and he left angrily.

"Jamie, wait please!" I called after him as I weaved through the traffic of people on the sidewalk.

"Ya know what Jude? I knew this was too good to be true!" he shouted back at me.

"Jamie, it was an accident! A stupid accident!" I grabbed his arm and he pushed me away.

"No! Don't touch me!"

"Jamie, please…" We were in the middle of an intersection, which both of us failed to notice before it was too late.

A loud honk from a taxi brought us out of our bickering. We both turned our heads to the side and saw it coming. Jamie pushed me back and I fell to the floor on the sidewalk. The green and orange car hit him, sending him rolling across the top of the vehicle, then the trunk and on to the floor.

I gasped loudly. All traffic in middle of downtown Toronto. I ran over to him, "Jamie!"

I knelt next to him and brought his head into my lap. He groaned, "Ow…that hurt…a lot."

"I'm so sorry, Jamie."

"Not your fault," he whispered.

"Jude!" I turned and saw Tommy making his way through the crowd around us.

"Is it a little chilly out here or is it just me?" Jamie asked, staring straight up into the sky. I sobbed as I pulled my hand out from under his head, finding blood, which was soaking into my jeans as well.

"Jamie," I whispered. "I'm sorry."

"No," he said, "no… Jude, it's bright."

"Jamie!" I sobbed. "Don't do this, please don't."

"Is Tommy here?"

My eye brows scrunched and I looked over my shoulder to Tommy, who was wearing the same confused expression.

"Uh…yeah, he's here."

"Bring him over, please?" I looked at Tommy again and nodded for him to come over. He took cautious steps toward and walked around. He sat on the other side of Jamie.

"Yeah man?" he asked.

"Do me a favor, please," he said. More tears produced in my eyes.

"Sure," Tommy said. "Anything."

"Take care of our girl," he whispered as they both looked at me.

"With my life," Tommy whispered.

"Love her," Jamie continued, "please, don't leave her. Don't hurt her."

"I won't," Tommy said looking at me, then looking back at Jamie. "I won't, I swear."

"Good. Make some sexy Jommy babies, you got me?"

We both chuckled and I said, "I'll try."

Jamie coughed a bit. "You're a good guy Little Tommy Q."

I saw Tommy's eyes rim with tears, "Likewise Andrews."

"And Jude?"

"Yeah?" I asked.

Jamie's eye lids fluttered closed as he slowly let out, "I…love…you…"

He felt limp in my arms. I let out a loud sob and cupped his face. Tommy was beginning to cry, as well as some of the people around us. "Jamie, baby, please?" I put my ear to his chest, finding there was no heart beat.

Jamie was dead.

And it was my fault.