Jess stared at the closed door for a moment, she needed her outlet. The same outlet that she inherited from either parent of hers, at the time she really didn't care, all she knew was that she needed it. Jess walked through the house, and finally realized that the outlet she was looking for wasn't in her room. Soshe walked down the stairs and into the basement. Inside the booth was a piano, and she felt it calling out to her. Begging her to bless the keys with her finger tips and the notes she could feel flooding, waiting to just burst out of her hands.

She opened the door and sat down on the bench and just started to play the notes she heard in her head. Her eyes stayed closed as she hummed the notes she would sing once she found the words to match.

"Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid..."

"The chorus..." Jess muttered to herself, she kept singing it to herself before she would forget when she saw the notepad on the piano. She pulled five sheets off the pad and quickly wrote down the lyrics that had flooded into her brain like a flash flood in August.

:flashback to when Jess was four:

Jess cracked Jude's door open and saw her curled up in her blanket crying herself to sleep. The movements of her mother's shoulders as they heaved up and down with each sob that racketed through her body scarred Jess.

:end of flashback:

:flashback to Jess at 13:

Jess was holding her mother who had claimed to have tripped over a weight on the floor, but Jess saw the picture of Tommy carelessly tucked under a folder on the floor next to the box of photos in Jude's closet.

:end of flashback:

The lyrics kept pouring from the inspiration pitcher that Jess could just see in her mind's eye. She kept singing and furiously writing all that she felt in the form of graphite symbols called words on the paper. Unbeknownst to Jess, Tommy hadn't been asleep, he was too wrapped up in the memories of when Jude and him were happy when he heard the piano. He walked down to the basement and saw Jess crying out the lyrics in the form of a song.

"I watched you die

I heard you cry every night in your sleep

I was so young

You should have known better than to lean on me

You never thought of anyone else

You just saw your pain

And now I cry in the middle of the night

For the same damn thing..."

Jess finished the song, only to have her hands meet up with her face as she finally broke down and allowed herself to release all the pent up emotions she had bottled up and locked away deep inside herself. Tommy quietly opened the door and walked over to her, rubbing her back in small circles, he wasn't sure how to comfort her. When Jess realized Tommy was there she looked up at him, and the sight horrified Tommy. When he saw her, he saw Jude, but he quickly shook the image away and remembered this was his daughter, and he immediately hugged her. Jess wasn't sure how to react, but she hugged him back, both comforting each other. When Jess had finally calmed down, Tommy pulled away and looked into her eyes.

"That was some song, girl. It really was," Tommy said.

"Thanks...Dad," Jess said. The last word Tommy heard brought a grin to his face. Tommy kissed Jess on the cheek and hugged her again.

"If you want, we can record here in this studio if you want," Tommy said.

"Can we really?" Jess asked.

"If it's ok with you," Tommy said as Jess excitedly nodded yes.

"Alright, we'll record it tomorrow, get to bed, now it really has been a long night," Tommy said holding the door open for Jess to exit as she grabbed the lyrics and wiped her eyes once more and left the booth.

Jude woke up the next morning to her cell phone ringing in her ear. She immediately grabbed the object that the annoying sound was coming from and answered the phone.

"This had better be good call," Jude said in the phone with an aggravated tone.

"What a nice way to greet your childhood best friend Harrison," Jamie said with a laugh.

"Jamie?" Jude said almost breathlessy into the phone as she immediately sat up in bed.

"Yeah, who else? I'm in town for a week and wanted to know if you wanted to go out to spend the day with me?" Jamie said.

"Uh, I-"

"Too late I'm already in your parking lot and walking up to your front door...oh there's the spare key, alright I am now in your living room, I'm giving you one hour to get ready," Jamie said getting off the phone.

I can't believe I had just gotten ordered around in my own house...I mind as well go shower then...

Jude lazily grabbed a towel from the basket that held them and walked into her bathroom to get ready. Jamie sat on the couch and made himself at home. For the first two years Jude and Jess were in the US, the house was also Jamie's home. Jamie was one of the few people Jude had confided in and stayed by Jude's side throughout the pregnancy, birth, and first year Jess spent on Earth. He remembered holding Jess in his arms, and cutting the umbilical cord. Jamie had his own nickname for her too, he called her 'mini-Jude', mainly because she looked exactly like her.

Jude walked out of her bedroom with her blonde hair up in a clip and her normal everyday clothes on. She saw Jamie on the couch and walked up to him, he stood up, and they embraced each other.

"Sadie told me everything. How are you?" Jamie asked.

"I'm actually good. It's hard, but I'm doing good. He's really good to her, actually acting like a father and everything. And Jess is happy too, sometimes I can't get her to stop talking about what they talk about," Jude said a small grin on her face.

She was happy that they were getting along, but she hated how he made her feel whenever he was within 10 feet of her.

"Is that good or bad?" Jamie asked.

"It's bittersweet," Jude answered.

"Well, I haven't been in Manhattan in a few years so you better show me around," Jamie said wrapping his arm around her shoulder and handing her the keys to her car as they exited the house and took a tour around town.

Jamie and Jude were having breakfast at a small restaurant around the block. Jamie was now one of the best managers at G Major with Sadie as his partner to handle all of the legal aspects. Jamie and Kat got married five years ago, and now had a two year old daughter, Caitlin.

"So really Jude, how are you?" Jamie asked putting down his mug.

"Eh, it's weird. I'm just, blah. Tommy's actually being mature and responsible, and Jess loves spending time with him. It all seems almost too good to be true, like something at any moment is going to happen and ruin it all," Jude said sipping on her espresso.

"I know what you mean. Kat felt that way too, but look how it turned out for us," Jamie said with a broad smile. Jude was happy that Jamie had finally settled down with Kat, the two had been on and off ever since high school and had a falling out period just after college. The two had reconciled while Jamie was living with Jude and had been together ever since.

"I'm just, hoping he doesn't screw anything up," Jude said.

"For your sake or Jess's?" Jamie asked.

"For both," Jude said, her eyes on Jamie's the whole time, letting him in on her true emotions.