chapter 3
always silent I just think a lot
okay, dunno if I'm gonna use any songs in this chapter, but if I do, the owners name will be at the bottom of the chapter. Anyway, onto the story.
2 days later-in NYC
Jude walked down 7th Street, sipped a hot chocolate. The wind blew, causing her to pull her jacket closer. She looked up at the building in front of her. It was NYC's G-major. She looked inside and saw several people standing around. She shrugged and entered. A few girls turned and smiled.
"Well, well, well…If it isn't Jude Harrison."
"And if it isn't Aly and AJ." She smiled and walked over to hug the girls.
"What are you doing in New York?"
"I needed to get out of Toronto…a new change of pace, ya know…"
"Yeah…So, you're getting married in 10 days!"
"Yeah…oh, yeah!" She reached into her pocket and pulled out two crisp white envelopes. "These are for you two…"
"Thanks…" They took them and laid them on the counter.
"So..." "Actually, I have to be going…I promised Mason I'd meet him
back at the hotel at 10, and its quarter-to."
"Okay…see you later…"
The girls smiled as Jude walked out. She began walking again, and pulled her mp3 player out. She began listening to Chasing Echoes as she sipped down the last of her hot chocolate. She threw the cup in a trash can, and continued her quest back to the hotel.
She noticed a guy playing a keyboard on the street, and stopped. There was a small sign next to him. 'Looking for a singer.' She shrugged and sat down.
He stopped playing and she placed sheet music on the stand. He nodded without looking at her.
"Like
a photo
like a second thought
always siding
I just think a lot"
The
man looked up at her, continuing to play. She closed her eyes. "I still wonder
am I still stuck in your head
in your
head
Like I'm waiting
like I'm straining to feel
I
can't understand
I wanted you still" She smiled, feeling her
eyes burn.
"I
still wonder are
you really gone
am I still stuck in your head
in your head
are you moving on
tell me tell me
where did
we go wrong
are you really gone
I
sing you this song "Standing frozen in the memories in the shadow of my reverie "Are you really gone
will you tell me
where did we go wrong
I
cant let go
I cant let go
now I'm left here chasing echoes"
She let a tear fall onto her jeans, but continued to sing strong and
loud. People stopped, laying money on her jacket that she'd laid on
the ground.
what you're
taking is still lingering
every promise
every whispering
in
my head
in my head
a
distraction to forget the need
its the truth to what I can see
in
my head
in my head…" She opened her eyes and looked at natives
and tourists pass by through blurry eyes. The man continued to look
at her in awe.
are you moving
on
tell me tell me
where did we go wrong?" She chuckled
lightly.
"Are you really gone
I
sing you this song "Chasing echoes
will you tell me
where did we go wrong
I
can't let go
I can't let go
now I'm left here chasing
echoes…" A sob caught in her throat, but she continued, not
letting it affect her singing.
chasing
echoes
I
can't let go like a photo "I still
wonder are
you really gone "Are you
really gone
I can't let go
like a
second thought
always siding
I just think a lot…" She
chuckled again, letting the tears fall. He face suddenly was no
longer full of light and color. She looked pale.
am I still stuck in your head
in your head
are you moving on
tell me tell me
where did
we go wrong
are you really gone
I sing you this song
will
you tell me
where did we go wrong?" She dug her nails into her
palm, drawing blood. For him…this was for him…
are you moving on
tell me tell me
where did we
go wrong
are you really gone
I'm done singing this song
will
you tell me
where did we go wrong
I cant let go
I cant let
go
now I'm left here chasing echoes
I'm left here chasing
echoes"
She felt the man lay a hand over hers, causing her to choke on a sob. She looked at the ground as he turned her to him.
"You don't have to cry anymore…" She looked up.
"You left…"
"And I'm still gone…but you don't have to cry anymore…" He wiped a tear away. She looked back down at her blood covered hand. He grabbed a napkin under his coffee, and placed it over her hand.
"I can't stop without you…"
"Yes
you can…Just tell yourself that you can, and you will…let
yourself believe it…" "No…" She cried, pushing her
forehead against his.
"Jude…"
"No…" She cried. He caressed her cheek, and she rolled her head into his hand. He sighed, fighting his emotions.
"Jude…please…"
"I can't…" She leaned into him, and his lips brushed against hers.
"You can't do this to me…it hurts too much…that's why I had to leave you…"
"No…I need you…" She sobbed, letting her tears fall onto his thumbs. He brushed her cheeks with them.
"You don't need me…you're engaged…"
"I love Mason…But he's not you…I love you…"
"No you don't…I can't let you love me…I'd only hurt you…"
"You're hurting me more now! Be with me!" Her tears continued to fall as she looked into his icy, piercing blue eyes.
"I don't know…" He turned his head away, but she turned it back.
"Jude…" She ignored the person calling her name.
"Now or never…" She looked him square in the eye. "You get me today, right here, right now…or never…if you say no, then I'm choosing to believe that you don't love me…"
"I…" He cocked his head to the side, getting the painful expression he'd had on his face 2 years before.
"Five…four…three…two…o-" He cut off her counting with a kiss. The person calling her name stopped...
And then someone screamed…