Merry Christmas to all those celebrating! Thank you soo much to all of those who reviewed, It's like Christmas came early!(that was me trying to be funny) So here's your present, the next chapter! xo Frozenfireheart

I wasn't quite ready to handle hearing his voice after just getting caught off guard so fast. So I decided to just make my way home and think about it. You know, just sort it out a bit. Try to find a reason why that senseless jerk had enough balls to leave me then call me and leave a message two years later after no contact whatsoever. It got me mad. Really mad. The more I thought about it, the madder I got. I made it home in half the time it usually takes me. I locked the car, went upstairs to my apartment, and sailed right past Sadie (who always finds some way into my apartment) and into my room. I yanked out my notebook from under my bed, jumped on top of my bed, then started to furiously scribble down these emotions that were pouring out of me.

How dare you.

You shadow from my past.

You nightmare.

Don't think

I don't remember

Your poisonous glances

Or how

You left without

Even a backwards glance

To spare.

You fool.

I've erased you.

And yet you still

Think you can

Just reappear.

No.

I won't let you.

I won't let you

Find your way

Near me.

You aren't going to

Do it again.

I've earned my armor

And you've earned

Your exile.

My hand was shaking so much I nearly couldn't read my own handwriting…but I felt better. All that emotion really took the energy out of me though. I laid my head down on my soft black guitar pillow and tried to relax. I had started to fall asleep when Sadie abruptly entered my room.

"Common, don't tell me you're going to go to sleep now. It's Friday night! You know that new club Blue Lightning? It's opening in a few hours. We have to try it out!"

I wasn't exactly in the best mood to go clubbing. I just mumbled a bit and buried my head under my pillow. But of course that doesn't stop Sadie. She just ripped the pillow out of my hands and threw it across the room.

"Get up! Now!" Sadie ordered as I whipped around and glared at her.

"Don't give me that look. Fine. If you want to act like an immature preteen go ahead. I'm leaving without you." Sadie said bitingly before turning around and heading towards the door.

I sighed and rested my head in my hands. "Tommy called me."

That stopped Sadie in her tracks.

"What did he say?" she asked in an unusual tone.

"I don't know. I didn't pick up." I responded quietly.

"You didn't pick up? Why on earth didn't you pick up?? No one has heard from him in two years! And when he calls, you don't-"

"I KNOW I didn't pick up Sadie, but thanks for reminding me. I guess I just didn't feel like talking to him." I stated plainly.

"You don't just ignore a call from your vanishing ex producer Jude, especially after two years!" Sadie yelled at me as she put her hands on her hips.

"Sadie, I wasn't sure if I could handle talking to him right now, especially after such a stressful week. Besides…..he left a message."

That shut her up. But not for long.

"Well…what did it say?" she asked demandingly.

"I haven't listened to it yet…"

"Fine, then I will." Sadie said as she turned around swiftly with a sassy smile and headed towards my purse.

"I don't think so," I said assertively as I got up from my bed. "That's my phone, and my message. I'll check it when I want to."

"You don't want to check it now? Tommy finally contacts you after all this time and you don't even care enough to check his message?" Sadie asks with an astonished expression dropping her mouth open.

"No…" I said quietly, obviously unsure of my answer. I must admit, I was acting a bit stubborn. I can listen to Tommy's meaningless message and still not care. He doesn't have the power to stop me from checking my messages. In fact, I think I had another message I'd been meaning to check. Yeah, I better check it. It might be something important.

I took another deep breath and said on a sigh, "Okay. Fine. I'll check my messages."

A smile played across Sadie's face as I got my cell phone out of my purse.

I sat on the couch and was about to dial my voice mailbox, but I felt a bit uncomfortable with Sadie staring at me with that stupid smile. I knew she wouldn't give me any privacy, so I decided to make a quick sprint for the bathroom. Sadie, who I think was expecting this, wasn't far behind, but I locked the door behind me just in time.

"Common Jude! We did this when we were in elementary school!" Sadie said with disappointment dripping from her words as she pounded on the door.

"And I always beat you!" I yelled through the bathroom door with a satisfied grin on my face.

I heard Sadie sigh and say "Fine. I'll just wait here." then the fading click of her heels on my wooden floor as she made her way back to my couch.

With only me myself and I to hear Tommy's long awaited message, I sat down on the floor by the shower.

I slowly pressed each button in my voice mailbox number and put the phone to my ear.

"You have.. Two.. New messages. Main menu. To hear your new messages, press one. To hear your saved messages, press two. To hear more options, press three." The automated voice instructed me as it had done many times before.

I looked at my phone and pressed one.

"First message."

I could already feel my heart rate increasing.

"Hey dude! Pizza night's moved to Sunday at 6 cuz Wally's getting his tonsils out! Be here!" I let out the breath I didn't know I was holding at the sound of Spied's voice.

"End of message. Second message."

Oh boy…

"………Jude…..Tomorrow…..7.….the pier."click Each word sent lightning bolts down my spine…especially the first one. I took a deep breath in when I realized I wasn't breathing. Wow. Now what??

Oooh more suspense!! R&R please loves!