Heyy guys. sitOra here ( formally known as mandiee. i decided to use another name instead – yes its sitora. ) Not many reviews this time .. well here's chapter 12.

Last Time:

Waiting for the plane to take off she took out her journal and began writing.

July 23,2006

I did it again .. I ran away from Tommy and all my problems… How could I just leave Tommy there and go to a totally different state? .. All he is.. is a troublemaker, all he does is cause me pain and problems.

Oh Jude listen to yourself, you love him. There's something in you saying that you'll figure it out .. but it just takes time. Rome wasn't built in a day, Jude. oh gosh now your beginning to sound like dad.

You didn't have to run .. you and Tommy are in love with each other you could have fixed it .. but no. No you have to take the " easy " way out and screw things up more then before. If you had stayed, you would probably have been in a conversation with him .. fixing this problem.

What's he going to say when you call him from NEW YORK? He'll be so happy, wont he Jude? Yeah .. um sorry hun but no. He'll probably be crushed, mad, upset, wanting to tear whoever's fault it is limb from limb and I doubt he wants to do that to himself, it seems painful don't you think Jude?

Wow. I'm arguing with myself. Honestly I shouldn't have run .. but I feel like I did the right thing.

(You did the right thing for yourself, Jude.) The right thing for yourself, isn't always the right things for those you love around you.

Please fasten your seatbelts & prepare for takeoff. Please turn off all electronic devices and attendants will be by shortly with a little snack.

..Well I'm going to close this entry. All it was, was a bunch of rambling anyway. I'm currently on my way to New York. To a new life, and a New beginning.

Jude.

Closing her journal she sat back closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Two rows in front of her, Her father turned around, looked at her, and smiled.

And now, Onto the fanfic:)

When she got off the plane, she had no idea where she was going. Her guitar in hand, her journal in her backpack and her suitcase were right beside her.

"I guess I should go somewhere, but where?" She thought to herself over and over. Just

then her cell phone rang and a picture of Tommy popped up.

"Well, Well, Well, look what crawled up from the dead." She answered coldly.

"Jude where are you?"

"Nowhere of your concern, Quincy."

"Jude, EVERYWHERE you are, EVERYWHERE you go, IS my concern. Now tell me where you are."

"It isn't right to push people when they're mad at you, that could only make the situation worse."

"Jude, I'm not joking around, where a--"

She cut him off.

"Neither am I Quincy. Goodbye." And she flipped over her Nextel.

" I'm going to make it on my own. " She said to herself, and quietly set off to look for an apartment.

She took a cab to the nearest mall, because she had no other place to go. Picking up a newspaper for 50 cents, she sat in a Starbucks Coffee shop & began looking for an apartment. Circling a few choices with her pen, she took the cab again.

The cab driver didn't show his face, but he was kind of creepy, at least Jude thought so.

She handed him the newspaper and told him to go to the first address circled, and to make his way down the page.

"You sure you wanna go there?" The cab driver asked in a raspy voice.

"Um, why shouldn't I?"

"That's a bad neighborhood. Muggings, Shootings, that sorta stuff, day in, day out.

Jude gulped and crossed off the address. "Okay, Lets not go there then."

" Look, gimmie that there, and I'll tell you your best bet to go to. "

Jude handed him the newspaper.

The cab driver crossed off all the addresses except the last one she circled.

He pointed to the last address circled.

"Alright, you know these places better then me. Lets go."

"It's all the way on the other side of town, you sure you have enough?"

"Yes, I'm sure. Can we please go?"

And with that said the cab driver drove off.

Meanwhile at the address the cab driver circled:

Tommy began to pace.

"Thank god for Nextel's having GPS tracking on their phones, huh Mrs. Harrison?"

She nodded. "What made her run off to New York anyway?" She asked.

"I don't know. I screwed up again." He sat down.

"How so?"

"Mrs. Harrison I really don't want to talk about it."

She tapped her foot. Tommy sighed.

"I broke up with Jude. I ended up Kissing Sadie right after that, and Jude saw it. Look Mrs. Harrison I know what you're going to say, I love Jude I'm sure of that, but it is possible to love someone, and like someone else. I'm caught between the Harrison Sisters. Jude because she's a loving, caring person, She knows right from wrong, smart, funny, cute, knows what to say when you need to hear it the most, she has dignity, she respects herself. Yeah she has her temper and she runs off, but no ones perfect. Sadie because she's understanding, she's totally the opposite of what you expect her to be. She's funny, she knows where she stands, she takes no for an answer, her style, just who she is. Her attitude. It's just all so complicated. I know I want to be with Jude, but a part of me wants a chance with Sadie..."

"Did i just pour out my entire heart, to Jude's mother? oh Tommy get ready for the longest lecture of you get the heck away from my daughters you've ever heard." He thought to himself.

Mrs. Harrison Just stood there, trying to process all that was said.

Five minutes later, she got up and left.

Back in the Cab:

"Here ya are lil missy." The cab driver said.

"Um .. thanks. How much do I owe ya?"

"Seventy Six Eighty."

Jude handed him $80.00 "Keep the change."

And she got out.

She walked up and found the door open, but decided to ring the bell instead.

A Man with tears falling out of his eyes knowing he was falling apart answered the door.

"Hi I'm here for the apart ... ment." Jude looked up. "Tommy?" She said in shock.

Just as she was about to leave he pulled her inside and shut the door.

"What are you doing here Quincy?! Do you follow me everywhere I go?" Jude asked.

"No. This is my house, I'm renting the apartment, didn't you bother to look at the last name? Usually when people want to check out apartments, they call first."

"... Whatever. I'll just go look for something else."

"Jude. You aren't going to find anything in one day, even if you do you'll need a bed. You can't do that in one day. Look I have an extra bed in my room. A single bed okay? You can sleep in that, You can stay until you find a place of your own."

"You don't get it Quincy. The whole point of coming here was to forget you and Canada."

"Jude come on! Don't throw that bullshit in my face, You know just as well as i do that you couldn't forget me OR Canada even if you tried."

"You're wrong Quincy."

"Oh I am? Your music is part of Canada, could you forget that? NO you KNOW YOU CANT. And you know what else? you said it yourself your music would be NOTHING if i hadn't been there helping you EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, your music would be nothing. And Jude? This little drama problem we have, if we can't solve it – we need to put it aside, because this is delaying your CD to launch on time."

Jude stood silent.

"What, you know I'm right now? You can't say anything?"

Jude sat on the couch. Tommy sat next to her.

"I want to solve it." She said in a small voice. "I don't want to go through this with you anymore, I just want it to be us and a few arguments here and there, not constantly everyday, night, every moment of my life, Tommy I want us to work."

"Babe, don't forget, you're still sixteen."

"When's my birthday Quincy?"

He stood silent. She looked at him and he could see the hurt in her eyes.

"Right. You even forgot that day." Her voice was smaller now.

"Jude, you don't even know my birthday."

"March 5th."

He stood silent again. She looked at him.

"If my offer still stands, I'll be in the bathroom in the shower. Make it easier on both of us and please only talk to me if the words out of your mouth wont hurt me."

"... Your offer still stands."

"Thanks." She headed for the shower.

Tommy went to his bed and laid down. His cell phone rang and a picture of him & Sadie kissing popped up.

"Hello?"

"Hey.. I miss you."

"Um, there really isn't that much to miss."

"Why'd you have to go to New York for Tom?"

"Oh you know, just business, Seeing if we can move Jude out here."

"Oh, then she'll need a new producer." She said happily.

"Actually Georgia & EJ have already tried giving her new producers, she almost went insane, so they decided to leave me with her for her next three CD's to be launched."

"And how long will that take?

"Few .. years.?"

"You're joking right?"

"No I'm quite serious."

"Then I'll just have to move out to New York with you."

"Sadie .."

"What are you scared Jude will find out? Tommy she's seventeen."

"No .. she's still sixteen."

"What are you stupid?! She turned 17 Yesterday !!! You know when she ran off and got on that plane to the stupid place your at now?! God Tommy where have you been!!?"

Tommy sat there in shock. He didn't hear Jude come in and lay down on the bed on the opposite side of the room.

"Sadie? I really forgot her birthday?"

Before Sadie could answer, Jude did for her.

"Yeah Quincy." She said holding back tears. "You really did." And she turned around and slept.

"Sadie I'll call you back." Was all Tommy could say before hanging up & shutting off his phone.

"You are such an idiot Quincy. How could you forget her 17th like that?" And he fell asleep.

Well that was chapter 12 R&R Please. Thanks !! sitOra.