Jude felt herself pulling forward, felt the heaviness of her body, which was sore. She tried to open her eyes. They were blurry.

Sadie, Jamie, and SME sat around her in the room. Jamie had his head in his hands, asleep.

That's when the panicked settled in, like a weight, pulling on her chest and heart, making it race.

"Jamie-" her voice came out hoarse. Sadie's head jerked up to look at her sister. Jude tried to clear her throat as Jamie yawned, looking at her with sleepy eyes.

"You're awake," Sadie said, giving her hand a squeeze. "I'm going to get the doctor, okay?"

"No, wait," she said. "My hard drive- where is it?"

They all shared a look that she didn't quite understand. Sadie sighed, and sat back down. "Can you guys give us a second?" she asked.

Spied nodded. "See you later, dude."

When the door closed, Jamie stayed seated. Sadie didn't dare ask him to leave, not when it came to Jude.

"What's going on?" Jude asked, her eyes narrowed.

"Jude-" Sadie looked down. "You need to tell us what happened."

She gave out a short laugh, crossing her arms over her chest. "What are you talking about? Nothing happened."

"You passed out in my basement, Jude," Jamie said quietly from his corner, his eyes adverted.

"And you've been obsessing about an album that's been done for weeks," Sadie finished. "Ever since you came back, you've been acting... weird. What happened? Did Tommy do something to you?"

"No," she said angrily. "Nothing happened."

"Fine," Sadie said, sighing. "Don't tell me... but you should. The doctor said you were exhausted, dehydrated. You haven't been taking care of yourself. I just want to know why. I'm worried about you."

She scoffed. "I'm fine! How many times do I have to tell you?" she asked, pulling the covers off of her and began looking for her clothes. "I'm leaving. I'm eighteen, I can sign myself out."

"Jude, come on," Sadie said, her eyes pleading. "Don't be like this."

"No, you don't understand anything!" She slipped on her jeans and grabbed the rest of her things, stuffing them into her purse. "So leave it."

"I'd understand if you'd talk to me," Sadie said,.

"I can't!" Jude said, her eyes glassy as she opened the door.

Before she could leave, a hand reached out, grabbing her elbow and twisting her around.

"You're pathetic," Jamie spat. "We all know this is about Tommy. It always is. And you know what? Get over it already. How many times are you going to do this to yourself? Is it worth it? Tell me, Jude."

She opened her mouth, shocked, but no words escaped.

"Wake up," he said, his voice echoing around the hospital room. "You blow us off for helping you. Selfish much? You need a reality check. Yes, Tommy is going to hurt you again. And when he does, don't expect to come crying back to us. We're tired of it."

Everyone stood silent for a second. Jude's face was red, but she couldn't speak. Her heart was pounding in her chest.

"We care about you. Don't screw it up," he whispered. "And think about what I said. You have everyone here that loves you. Why do you need someone who is going to hurt you?"

Finally, Jude's face screwed up in anger, her eyes narrowed. Before he could see it coming, she slapped him, hard, across the face.

"You don't know anything about me and Tommy," she said coldly. "And in case you forgot, you abandoned me after I started dating him. That's selfish, not the other way around. If you were a true friend, you would have been there for me."

That being said, she stormed out of the room.

"Well, that didn't go over well," Sadie said, frowning.

Jamie sat down in his chair, rubbing a hand across his cheek where it stung.

"But that was kind of harsh," she continued.

Jamie sighed. "And we both know it was true."

Sadie found herself nodding. "She'll realize it sooner or later, you know. But right now, we need to help her while she's recovering and we both need to make sure she's taking care of herself."

"Fine," he said, relunctantly. He didn't want to be around her right now.

"And you'll probably want to apologize."

He wanted to reply back, tell her off or something, but he couldn't. Her words swirled around in his head and part of him knew she was right. He was done sulking. It was time to be mature about the whole situation. So, she was dating little Tommy Q. Yeah, it hurt, but he couldn't be a jerk anymore. He wanted to be there for her.

--

A/N: This story will probably be kind of short. Like a three-shot or maybe more. It's mostly just a JADE coming back together kind of thing, though I do want to add in some romance. Tell me what you think.