Chapter 10
Wake Me Up When September Ends
The next morning Tommy woke up and went to Jude's journal. He decided to take a more careful look; he flipped to a random page and read. It sent chills up his spine just then Jude came up to him and grabbed the book from his hands
"Wanna hear it?"
"Sure" Tommy said still unsure if she was okay
"Well here goes nothing, it's called 'Holy Water'
'Somewhere there's a stolen halo
I use to watch her wear it well
Everything would shine wherever she would go
But looking at her now you'd never tell
Someone ran away with her innocence
A memory she can't get out of her head
I can only imagine what she's feeling
When she's praying
Kneeling at the edge of her bed
And she says take me away
And take me farther
Surround me now
And hold, hold, hold me like holy water
Holy water
She wants someone to call her angel
Someone to put the light back in her eyes
She's looking through the faces
The unfamiliar places
She needs someone to hear her when she crys
And she says take me away
And take me farther
Surround me now
And hold, hold, hold me like holy water
Holy water
She just needs a little help
To wash away the pain she's felt
She wants to feel the healing hands
Of someone who understands
And she says take me away
And take me farther
Surround me now
And hold, hold, hold me
And she says take me away
And take me farther
Surround me now
And hold, hold, hold me like holy water
Holy water'
By the time she was done a tear rolled from her eye. Then she looked at Tommy who looked as if he had seen a ghost. Jude turned the page and said
"I have another one, it's called 'Wake Me Up When September Ends'"
Jude again sat with guitar in hand and sang
'Summer
has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up
when September ends
Like my father's come to pass
Seven
years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends
Here
comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in
my pain again
Becoming who we are
As my memory rests
But
never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends
Ring out the bells again
Like we did when spring began
Wake me up when September ends
Here comes the rain again
Falling from the
stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are
As
my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends
Summer has come and passed
The
innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends
Like
my father's come to pass
Twenty years has gone so fast
Wake
me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends
Wake
me up when September ends'
Tommy looked at Jude who was crying. He didn't know what to do or say so he just hugged her, and held her tight.
"I'm so sorry Tommy."
"It's okay. Just don't leave me, I couldn't live without you." Tommy's cell phone rang. It was EJ.
"Tommy we have some major damage control to do. The press snagged a pic of Jude on a bridge, get to the studio now."
"No I can't leave Jude alone."
Jude spoke up "no I'll be fine go."
"Are you sure?"
"Yea"
"Ok EJ I'll be there but this better not take more than an hour." Tommy got in his car and left. Jude was sitting there in the same position she'd been in for about a half hour. She took a pen and decided to write something new.
'Of all the things I've believed in I just want to Get it over with Tears form behind my eyes But I do not cry Counting the days That pass me by I've been searching Deep down in my soul Words that I'm hearing Are starting to get old It feels like I'm starting all over again The last three years Were just pretend And I said Goodbye to you Goodbye to everything I thought I knew You were the one I loved The one thing that I tried to hold on to I used to get lost in your eyes And it seems that I can't live a day without you Closing my eyes and You chase my thoughts away To a place where I am blinded by the light But it's not right Goodbye to you Goodbye to everything I thought I knew You were the one I loved The one thing that I tried to hold on to And it hurts to want everything And nothing at the same time I want what's yours And I want what's mine I want you But I'm not giving in this time Goodbye to you Goodbye to everything I thought I knew You were the one I loved The one thing that I tried to hold on to The one thing that I tried to hold on to And when the stars fall I will lie awake You're my shooting star'
Jude got up and went to the bathroom. She looked at the half empty bottle of pills, she took the cap off and poured the contents into her mouth. The cup on the counter was dirty so she went into the liquor cabinet like she had done numerous nights before.