Chapter 12: Assumption

Jude glanced at the laptop before anyone else got a chance to see, she jumped up, shutting it closed. She grabbed it up and pulled Sadie into the kitchen. "What was that!?" she asked. Setting the laptop on the table, before opening it again.

She scanned the page reading, As Sadie stood beside her.
-Seems to us little Tommy Q might have another fling in his grasp. Below are pictures of Quincy, and Kristin Cavallari, Seeming to be hiding behind studio doors as they show each other their affection for the other.
Jude looked at Sadie her mouth hanging open in disbelief. Her lungs burned fiercely as she tried to take in a breath she had been holding. This can't be true.

Jude shook her head, refusing to let the tears that filled her eyes begin to fall. "Sadie….this…This can't be true. Why would they??" She felt like she was questioning herself more….

Sadie looked at Jude. "I'm sure it's nothing...it's got to be. Why would he do that to you?" she asked looking at Jude. "Did you guys get into a fight or something? ...I also doubt Kristin would do that to you. "She said looking at her."Yeah, so let me take a look at the site." she said looking at Jude.

Jude pushed the lap top over so Sadie could get a better view at what she'd originally shown her. This has got to be wrong; she kept telling herself like mantra inside her head. For some reason she couldn't bring herself to believe it. Pictures speak for themselves right? She wanted to throw something. Smash something, scream, anything but feel the burning in her heart at this moment.

Feeling fed up, Jude made a dash for the stairs, and ran down them into her basement studio. She threw herself down on the chair, and set her head in her hands, not able to think coherently at the moment, she needed to separate herself from others, or she would most definitely have a meltdown.

Sadie looked at the laptop and her mouth opened wide. She stood there and watched her sister run down the stairs concerned but she knew she needed to let Jude have sometime by herself. Kristin sat in the other room when she heard Jude storm off into the stairwell to go downstairs. She got up after telling Tommy she would be right back. She ran down the stairs after Jude and walked over to her. "Jude, what's wrong?" she asked concerned. "Please talk to me."

"You...You. Kristin I can't talk to you right now, just leave me alone!" Jude didn't even glance at her. She couldn't. "I need to be alone!" Jude's voice rose unintentionally. She wanted with all her heart to believe this wasn't true. She even tried over and over, to tell herself that it wasn't. She couldn't get the photo out of her subconscious.

Jude turned grabbing up her guitar, and began to strum the strings angrily. She hadn't bothered to give Kristin a second glance.

Kristin stood there for a few minutes in an awkward silence unaware of what actually was going down. She looked at her. "Fine, ill be upstairs." she said softly. She could tell Jude was upset especially since she didn't even want to talk to her. She figured she'd leave her alone for the time being. She went back upstairs to talk with Tommy again. "I wouldn't go downstairs Tommy." "Why?" "She's very pissed." she replied looking into his eyes.

"What the hell did Sadie show her?" Tommy wondered. "Is she okay?" Tommy wanted badly to go downstairs and talk to her, but if she wasn't ready to talk it could very easily blow up, he definitely would want to avoid that. It was probably better to let her cool off first anyway. He turned to Kristin to ask her something, just as her phone rang interrupting his thought. He watched as she pulled it from her pocket and flipped it open to answer it.

Kristin sat there looking at Tommy waiting for him to ask what he was about to ask her. "She's not okay...she's very upset." she replied, before pressing send on her phone. She looked at the I.D. and it was Jessica and Alex. "Hello?" "Kris...you got to look at this." "What?" she asked wondering what in the hell her friends were asking. "It's a web page with you and some guy named Little Tommy Q." "WHAT????!?!?!?!!?" she shrieked. "oh no." "Give me the link now." " she took the link after writing it down. She went to her websites on her sidekick. She saw three photos. One of her and Tommy making out in the middle of the dance floor. One of them hugging in the studio. One where it was manipulated to look like they were cuddling. "Oh god NO!" she started to spazz as she looked at Tommy. "Tommy...no..." she said softly. This can't be happening. "Not now"

Tommy looked at Kristin confused as to why she was so upset. He heard something from downstairs that sounded like smashing. "WHAT IS GOING ON?" He asked, very irritated now. Jude was pissed, Sadie was hiding away somewhere, and Kristin speechless? He was damn confused and wanted to know what was happening right now.

"Tommy...look." she said looking at him. She handed him the sidekick which showed the pictures of them. She started spazzing as she looked at him. "I-I can't believe this." She started shaking with Anger. She couldn't believe this was happening. She thought she had escaped the tabloids but apparently not. She sighed. "God Jude probably saw that and thinks we were ...You know..." she looked at him. "Who would do this?"

Tommy's eyes narrowed in fury. He couldn't believe this. He would never cheat

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Jude decided she was done torturing things downstairs, and ran upstairs, grabbing her keys and purse she flew out the door, before anyone could even get a word out to ask where she was going. "People want to tear me apart! Well why I don't just do it for them!" She hit the gas pedal hard, making her tires screech as she peeled out of the driveway and away from them. "They want to accuse me of things then turn around and do it themselves; I'll give them something to accuse me of!" She yelled at the stale air inside her car.

Kristin looked at Tommy. "Ugh what is going on? With people...do you think karma?" she asked looking at him. She heard Jude storm out. "She left Tommy...where ...Did she go?" She asked.

"I don't know who Kris, Jude just needs to calm down, she probably went back to the beach or something." Tommy tried to remain positive. He paced the floor, trying to think of what to do next.

Jude found herself parked in front of a bar. She took a breath before she opened her car door, grabbed her purse and keys, and got out. She locked up her car and entered the bar. She showed the bartender her ID, before she ordered a Snakebite, on the rocks. She put her head against a fist as she waited for her drink…..

The next thing Jude knew she was sitting slouched in the bar stool. Her head tilted to the side trying to see if the room would stop looking cockeyed around her. She giggled a little catching herself from literally falling off the stool, only to provoke more laughter...

Meanwhile, Kristin and Tommy sat there looking at the website in which the pictures seemed to have had a caption under the one of them kissing. "Looks like Little Tommy Q has his hands full, along with his mouth by the looks of that kiss." Kristin looked over at Tommy who was now livid to the point where he wanted to throw the computer against the wall. "I swear when I find out who put this together, they're in a lot of fucking trouble." Tommy exclaimed. "Tommy, we got to fix this..." Just then Kristin heard a commotion outside the Harrison household and she went look outside and it was paparazzi. She heard Tommy walk up behind her. "Oh my god!" exclaimed a reporter. "It's Tom Quincy and Kristin Cavallari."

Kristin looked over at Tommy. "J-just go back in the house Kris." He said looking at her. "I'll deal with this." She listened to him as she rushed back inside the house. "Everyone you need to just leave." he said in a firm tone of voice. He felt like there was no reason to have to explain anything to them since he did nothing wrong. "Now." the paparazzi once again started to write thing in their notebooks and take pictures. He quickly walked back inside the house fuming. He closed the door with a slam. He walked into the den trying to calm down. He knew if he didn't leave the situation he would surely lose it on one them and this would become headline news in the morning. He shook his head. "God, why is this happening again? I thought I was done with the damn paparazzi

Kristin grabbed her phone dialing a number quickly as she could. She needed to get rid of this mob outside before anything could be fixed. The phone rang over and over with no answer. "Shit!" She mouthed before dialing for the authorities, and her Uncle Stuart…

After calling uncle Stuart and authorities Kristin sat in her old room and called Stephen. "Stephen, pick up your phone." she sighed waiting for him to answer. "God, I hope he doesn't see this web page." She heard her phone beep someone in on the other line and she hung up Stephen's number. Looking at the caller id she answered it. "Hello?" "Kristin...What is going on?" She heard the familiar voice ask. The voice on the other end was none other then her best friend Jessica and Alex H. Alex sat on the bed with Jessica. "Yeah, what is going on?" "God guys, there's a website...with some pictures of me and my cousins boyfriend...and producer." "Yeah, we know we see that." They both said. "What're you going to do about it Kris? Has Stephen seen them?"

"I...I don't know." She said her head lowering. "What if he thinks Tommy and I ...that I'm cheating on him?" "Kris, you know as well as we do Stephen won't think that." "Yeah but see if you guys remember...me drinking and partying and guys being there doesn't mix very well." She sighed once again. "Kris, Stephen loves you. You know that." "I know...I know." Meanwhile while Jessica and Alex were both trying to calm Kristin down, Tommy sat in the den thinking to himself. "If I lose Jude over this I swear someone will definitely not want to be in my face." he thought. He got up and grabbed some paper and a pen and started to write something's down. He started to write his feelings down because he felt an overwhelming amount of things flooding through his head.

Uncle Stuart got in his car and took off speeding back to his house only for it to be surrounded by paparazzi. He pulled in his driveway and fought his way through the crowd standing on the steps. "What is going on here?" he asked looking at the paparazzi. "Sir did you know Tom Quincy and Kristin Cavallari are a couple?" "No?" "What are you talking about?" But just as he asked that the police showed up and tried to get the mob to die down. They grabbed roadblocks and put them in front of the Harrison household to prevent them from trying taking anymore pictures. Little did they know paparazzi had managed to sneak inside the house? Tommy got up making his way over to Kristin's old bedroom and knocked on the door. "Girl...we'll fix this ok. I promise."

Jude placed her hand upon the bar, feeling brave she stood up, watching intently towards a ground of younger men playing darts on the other side of the room…Maybe she could play….Making her way over there. Jude tilted her head, clearing her throat, as so to be noticed. "Mind if I join in?" She asked. The guys looking stunned some, nodded without a word, handing her a handful of darts. She moved back a few feet, before aiming with her eyes and throwing a perfect bull's-eye, using her anger that was now dripping away slowly. Hopefully she would stab the board to death with them….

One of the Men who were sitting with Jude began to notice her. Really notice her. "Can I buy you a drink?" He asked. "Or would that be too forward? Here's how it's done girl. " He chuckled as he looked into her glowing face smiling. He took a drink of his Dark n Stormy. Setting it down, and taking a dart and throwing it at the board.

Jude sat down again smiling, feeling tipsy. "Sure why not." She eyes him. "My names Jude and yours is?" She put her hand out to shake his… "Nick." He shook her hand. "Pleased to make your acquaintance." As he nodded and smiled. "What would you like? Rum and coke, Daiquiri, Margarita?" He asked smiling. "How about some Bicardi?" She stated. Sounded good to her foggy brain. She was liking this, No Drama here. No wonder Tommy liked it so much…So far so good. She waited as the bartender served their drinks, before asking him anything. "So Nick, what do you do?" She asked casually as her brain could muster at this point.

"I'm a student at University of Toronto. I'm majoring in pre-law right now." He said smiling at her as he paid for the drinks. "Cheers." he raised his glass towards her. "So what's a beautiful girl like you doing here?" he asked looking deeply into her eyes.

"Well Nick, I guess I just needed to get away. I'm a little surprised though. You haven't mentioned anything on knowing who I am. It's kind of nice, ya know?" Jude knew she was getting drunk, but at the same time she really didn't care. Nick was nice… and right now, she was so tired of it all. The accusations, The photo's, she wanted to forget it all, even if it was just for one night…She didn't even try to think of the what if's on this situation, It just didn't come up…

He took a sip of his drink. "Well, Jude the fame and fortune persona is just an image given by the press right?" He asked looking at her. "It's not all that impressive to me." He chuckled taking another sip of his drink. "Yeah, I know what you mean about what needing to get away. Believe me it's nice to go where people don't know who you are or judge you due to your status. If you know what I mean."

Jude looked up form her drink, smiling, and shocked at the same time. He did know who she was…But the fame didn't matter. Really? Wow…She thought. "That's absolutely correct, things have been crazy lately. I won't sit here and pour my heart out, I promise. I don't know. Do you think it's stupid?" Here she was asking a complete stranger things…Why wouldn't her brain register, of well.

"Yeah I've noticed." he laughed. "No it's okay if you talk to me. I promise i wont tell anyone about anything." he reassured her. "I don't think it's stupid. The things that people think are stupid usually are the things that turn out to be the best thing ever." He smiled at her taking another drink and shaking his head.

Jude raised an eyebrow. Either she was drunk, or he was brilliant, either way, she liked being here, being able to just do whatever, They wanted to accuse her, now they have something to accuse her of. She looked at him moving her head to the side, suddenly bursting into a fit of giggles, causing her liquefied body to slide from the chair. So again, there she was in front of a complete stranger she knew nothing about, sitting on her butt, on a fluff filled bar room floor, laughing so hard she could barely breathe, over nothing at all….hmmm, maybe she was wasted…

He looked at her with a slight buzz of his own. "Do maybe want to dance Jude?" he asked smiling at her. He got up off the chair and put out his hand for her to grab a hold of it. He smiled. He laughed when she did. He thought it was cute she was laughing so damn hard.

Nick helped Jude to her feet, stabilizing her stance, before they made their way out to the Dance floor. She tried her best to stifle the giggles bubbling in her chest. She didn't want him to think she was some sort of Sped Monkey…She put a hand to her lips, yelling at her foggy brain. "Shut Up, Stop laughing you nerd!" It even sounded like it echoed inside her head…causing her to laugh harder. What the hell? She clutched a hand to her stomach, trying to control the laughter but what was the point now?

"Anyone ever tell you , you have a cute giggle?" he asked smiling as they made their way to the dance floor and smiled and he pulled her into his arms interlocking his fingers with hers and put his hand on her back and made sure to keep his body from hers in a decent amount of space.

"Wow you are a gentlemen…"She accidentally said out loud as she let her sluggish body sway with the song, soon enough she was lost in the music with him. Feeling like the world around her was a haze of smoke and fluff bunnies, but it didn't matter. She enjoyed just feeling free, feeling good…

Tommy he walked towards the bed sitting down next to her. "Guys, I got to go." She said to Jess and Alex. "Ok bye Kris, Bye Kristin. Love you." "Love you too." She started to sob closing her sidekick tossing it down. She leaned into Tommy and placed her head on his shoulder and his arm managed to slink its way around her shoulder. He rubbed her some. "Kristin, look I'm sorry. I didn't know that this was going to happen." he said sympathetically. The person who snuck into the house made his way to the voices he was hearing and pushed the door open wide enough to snap a couple of photos. He snapped some more photos which had startled Kristin. "What was that?" she asked. Before the reporter could move Tommy got up walked towards him. He grabbed the camera and snapped it in half.

"Go and leave out of this house. If I so much as catch you back here. I will press charges." He said.

Uncle Stuart stood outside with the police for a minute then proceeded to enter the house. He entered and heard voices upstairs. He made his way up the stairs to find Tommy yelling at a strange Man inside his house. "Excuse me? What do you think you are doing inside of my house?" He asked looking at the reporter. "I'm taking photos of Mr. Quincy and Ms.Cavallari." "I don't think so." Stuart said looking at the reporter. "I will not hesitate to report you." Stuart looked at him with a harsh tone of voice. "Get the hell out of my house." He exclaimed as he watched the paparazzi walk out without his camera. Stuart walked towards Tommy. "Is everyone okay in here?" He asked. "Yeah, I broke his camera so that he couldn't submit those photos." Tommy replied.

Tommy replied. Kristin sat on the bed almost frozen. She couldn't move because she was so freaked out. She didn't want to be put in front of cameras anymore. That was partially the reason she'd left Laguna.

Tommy looked over at Stuart. "Wait a minute have you heard from Jude?" "No, I thought she was here with you guys." "No, she stormed off." Kristin responded softly. "What happened?" Stuart asked. "Umn go look at the laptop" Kristin said looking at her uncle then back to Tommy...

Stuart approached the laptop only to scroll down and see pictures of Kristin and Tommy hugging and one of kissing. He closed his eyes for a moment then looked down at the laptop thinking it was just his eyes playing tricks on him unfortunately it hadn't played any tricks on him. "What is this?" Stuart asked.

"It's a cover story from a magazine that claimed Tommy and I are together." Kristin replied as she sighed. "All we did was hug because I was frustrated, and we kissed because he and I both were drunk and weren't thinking." She started to tear up looking over at Tommy.

"Ok, everyone just settle down. Where's Jude?" Stuart asked. "Do you think she might be over at the studio?"

"I don't know Mr. Stuart. I just called there and didn't get a response." Tommy replied shutting his cell phone as he walked over by Kristin and stood next to her. He looked around and he was trying to think of all the places she could be. The beach, the bar, studio, a friend's house.

"Yeah I don't know either. I'm starting to get worried about her. She never stays gone this long. "Kristin replied to both Stuart and Tommy. "Maybe we should go looking for her." Kristin looked at her sidekick. Meanwhile while they were contemplating about what to do Jude was at the Bar slow dancing with Nick.

"S-s-s-orry Nick." She managed to slur as she slow danced. She hadn't even done anything to him. She felt the need to say it. "You know what's funny?" She asked laughing.

"What?" Nick asked Jude as he tried to hold her up.

"The word slubber." She said looking up at the ceiling fan unable to contain herself with laughter. "It keeps on spinning and spinning and spinning. So fast. wooo wooooooo wooooo woooo ." she laughed harder. She eventually fell on the floor from laughing so hard. She grabbed her cell phone and dialed a number and got a voicemail. "Please leave a message after the beep." The voice said. "Beep." She said laughing. "Please leave a beep after the message." She repeated laughing hysterically at what she thought she had heard.

"Slubber? What's that?" Nick asked quite drunk himself. He tried to help her up but she insisted on sitting on the floor. He finally managed to get her up off the floor by pulling her up by the hands. He smiled... "So Miss Harrison wants to go with me on a little road trip?" He asked smiling.
"I don't know what slubber is it was just something my cousin Kristin said one time." she said laughing hysterically. She looked at him then to the ceiling fan. "Yeah sure. Whatever I just need to get out of here." She replied. She didn't know his real intentions but frankly she didn't care. She wanted to just get away from all the things that'd been causing her pain lately. She knew in the back of her mind she shouldn't go but who cares she's eighteen right?

Jude looped her arm around his; she almost wanted to skip out the door. "Sshhooo were'rr we goiinnnng Nnick?" She slurred. "You'll see Jude, soon enough…." He responded. He grinned as he help open the passenger side door of his car, and helped her inside.

Once he helped her inside the car and buckled her seatbelt he closed the door. He walked over to the other side of the car and got inside the drivers side closing the door and buckling himself in. He grabbed the key from his pocket and slipped it into the ignition and turned it on looking out to see if any other cars were coming he slipped the gear into drive pulling out onto the road to drive. "How about some music?" He asked her as he continued to drive down the road.

"Niicckkk did you know, did you know that your driving while blood in your alcohol?" Jude tried to remain serious, but the words sounded like a squeak coming from her mouth. She began laughing again.

"Look Judith, I know I'm driving drunk, and I know your drunk this was my intention Ms. Harrison…" Jude eyed him, swirls colouring in front of her eyes. "W-what do you mean?" She felt her heart speed up, thumping against her rip cage, as the world swirled around her.

"No worries Jude honestly, you think I would hurt you? Huh? You're like a beauty Queen to me." He responded.

"How come you didn't tell me, t-tell me you wanted…" She couldn't even finish her sentence. She didn't know his intentions, but right now she felt real fear seeping into her foggy mind. 'What did he want?' "What do you, you want Nickkk."

"Jude don't you worry your pretty little head, okay, this is perfectly fine."

Jude sat there looking at him trying to calm herself down enough to think of a way to get him to pull over. "Nick...come on please; just tell me what you want? Do you want me to give you money...what do you want please just tell Me." she pleaded as tried to silently pray to God for protection. "Father if you can hear me right now please protects me from him. Please let me return in one piece and be safe." she said softly enough so that Nick couldn't hear her. A stream of tears started to flow down her cheeks as she wondered if she'd ever see her family again.
She looked at him, maybe she was dreaming; maybe he would just take her home. Why did she agree to this? She should have paid attention to the warning signs. She knew her instincts were telling her something. She leaned her head back, closing her eyes, and swallowing. When she suddenly had an idea…

This was a nice car right? She looked around the swirls of the interior taking in everything around her, so she could use it later.

He sat there driving watching her some but still keeping his eyes on the road. "Jude?" He asked as he looked at her and she appeared to be conscious then unconscious switching back and fourth between both consciousness and unconsciousness. He looked back at the road with the lights of the semi ahead of them were bright on the other side of the road. He shut his eyes for a brief moment and opened them again looking back over at her.

Little did he know this was part of her plan, She prayed over and over inside her head that this would work. She felt his eyes on her, and his hand moving to touch her. She opened her eyes suddenly, looking at him. "Stop! Stop Pull over Nick!" She tried to act like she wasn't afraid of him.

"Jude? What, what? I thought you said you wanted to come along? It's too late now, girly girl…too late."

"No, No its fine…Just p-pull over, I'm going to be sick." He looked at her keeping the wheel steady in front of him; he didn't seem to be too drunk after all. He studied her face for a minute. "You're lieing, Jude. What is your problem, I thought you wanted this?" He said kind of roughly. "I…I'm drunk! Nick! Do you hhhonesssly thing that I can think straight?" She slurred. "I have a life here Nick, I c-can't leave."

"Listen Jude, I can give you a whole new life, something you've never experienced before." Jude looked down at her hands. She needed to do something and something now. How did she always manage to get herself into such a mess? She leaned her head back. "Shit" she thought, he obviously wasn't falling for her sick move.

Nick continued to drive looking at her. "Whatever you've got planned isn't going to work Jude. So you can stop trying to think of ways to get out of my vehicle." he chuckled as he locked the car doors so she couldn't make her way out. Jude looked at him…not knowing what to do next, Jude grabbed the wheel pulling it towards her as hard as her sluggish body would allow. She felt the car begin to lose control, her vision swirled around her.

"JUDE WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!! STOP! YOU'RE GOING TO KILL US BOTH!" Nick knew he was going to fast, and this couldn't be good, he tried to pull the wheel from her, but she clutched it hard, the car spinning sideways almost skipping across the pavement...

When Jude had finally realized what she was doing fear struck her, she let go of the wheel quickly slinking back into her seat, as Nick fought to finally gain control of the vehicle. A few minutes later, and about a Million God please don't let me dies from Jude. The car was driving smoothly again, only to renew the same fear from earlier again.

"What do you want with me Nick?" Her voice quivered, as hot tears made paths down her face. "I want to show you a life you could never have Jude, just you and me, no one else around to bother you," He stated like nothing seemed out of place. "Nick, I can't be happy without my life here, it's what I live for." She tried.

"YOU WILL BE UNDERSTAND!!" He yelled, making Jude want to sink into the seat. Now she did honestly feel sick, and her head spun. Why hadn't ever learned her lesson? She should have never gone out. There were so many other options and she had to choose a damn bar, like her fate was to just be hurt again.

Jude looked at Nick trying to devise another way to escape him. She knew he wasn't going to fall for her "I'm going to be sick" routine especially after what she pulled earlier. "Nick, can we please stop for a minute? I really need to use the washroom." Jude said softly looking at him. "I mean like really bad." She sat in her seat crossing her legs trying to make it seem as if she really needed the washroom which in fact she didn't need it at all.

"You're just going to have to hold it, because if you think I'm going to stop long enough for you to make a drunken run for it, and make a scene you're more out of your mind than I am Jude," He growled at her. Her stomach was literally turning in knots to the point where she actually thought she might really be sick at this point.

"Nick, I'm not going to make a run for it. I swear." she replied looking at him. "I promise I'll be in and out with no funny business." She nodded reassuringly.

"I'm not taking my chances Jude; you can wait until we are out of the city, if you don't than you won't make me a very happy person."

Jude bit her lip trying to keep from crying, in fear. She didn't know what else to do, her head was a mess, from drinking, her motivation was all funky, and her stomach was doing the Cha Cha slide, and then mixing it with the twist. Why did she let this happen?

He continued to drive looking at her. "Only 10 more miles to go till we are out of the city and don't have to worry abut the situation. I promise you Jude. You won't wanna come back once you and I've spent time together. Forever."

"Listen Nick you are drunk, you aren't thinking straight, I know you can't be this type of person, you're different than this right?" Jude swallowed waiting for an answer. She didn't want to make him mad at her, but she was afraid. "Nick I'm in love, I have someone, and I have a family and a Career that I'm happy with. I wouldn't be happy anywhere else." She tried. Swallowing again, this time against the rising her in throat.

"Jude, if you were so happy with all of that then why did you come on to me huh?" he asked looking at her. "You're so beautiful. I could give you anything and everything you've always dreamt of." He said as he continued to drive knowing how nervous she was.

"Dammit, I didn't come to you Nick! I was mad so I went to a damn bar to show someone up! I don't even know you! Why would I just come to you!" Jude lost her temper, not caring anymore, and she knew the alcohol was still talking. She needed to get it out of her system somehow in order to think a little more level headed before she got herself killed.

"Because you're clearly craving, the closeness of a male in your presence." He replied stroking his hand up and down her cheek as he drove. "Don't you ever fucking talk to me like that again." He exclaimed as he continued to drive.

Jude jumped away form his touch. "I have a male presence in my life, and I love him! And when he finds out what you are doing you will be lucky if you make it out alive! I didn't leave because of him dammit, I went to the bar to blow of some steam. I love Tommy! And he loves me! I cannot be without him! Now please let me go home!

"NO! NEVER!" He yelled as he continued to drive. He started driving faster. "Tommy doesn't love you. He loves that Kristin Cavallari chick. You know the one from Laguna Beach." He said as he sped off into a wooded area.

"That's not true! Someone did that, they made it look that way; I didn't see that at first, they would never do that to me! He loves me and she is my best friend!" Suddenly Jude felt his hand connect with her face causing her to quiet quickly. "Now don't fight with me Blondie, I always win…"

Jude closed her eyes fighting the overwhelming urge to cry, and be sick at the same time. She touched her lip slightly, feeling it swell out, where he had hit her. She tasted blood, licking her lip, she felt like she was at the end of her rope now. She kept her eyes closed, feeling the tires begin to hit a rough patch of the road. Her stomach lurched several times, up into her throat. She knew she had drank too much, and had a feeling things were about to get a lot worse.

He continued to drive feeling no remorse for hitting her. He kept going with a smirk and looked over at her. Smiling widely, He knew he had scared her enough to the point where she would do anything that he said without the slightest hesitation.

Clearing her throat, she tried to turn towards her window as much as possible hoping she could see any tell tale signs of where he could be taking her, or maybe anything she might need to remember, drunk or not she had a vague feeling she would remember every minute of this. She was terrified out of her wits.

Jude let her head rest on the seat, as it began to spin sickly. Breaking out into a cold sweat, she swallowed continuously, too afraid of letting her body take control, afraid that he would hurt her. She knew it was inevitable, just a matter of time, but the more she could will it off, maybe she would eventually just pass out.

Her eyes felt glued shut, as she forced herself to open them, wrong time, wrong situation…She needed to focus somehow, she needed to remember things, street signs, anything possible. She'd noticed they'd passed a few nameless signs, and an old abandoned shack. She tried to remember the details, as everything was blurry enough as it was.

Nick remained quiet as the pitted road pitched the car slightly in several different areas. Jude could tell, he was skilled with this, he knew where he was. Every bump the car hit, made her nausea ten times the size it was moments earlier. She was too afraid to speak up now. She knew his kind, and they had no mercy, no sympathy. She would wind up in big trouble. Maybe she could just ask him to pull over now, at least she'd have warned him.

"N-nick?" her voice came out almost like a whimper. "I-I'm sorry, sorry I really am. C- can you pull the car over please?" She pleaded with him.

"What now Drama Queen?" He asked angrily. "I'm not, I'm not telling stories this time, honestly, I'm going to be sick, I drank too much, and please, please dont hurt me…" She began to cry. Noticing he had not made any attempt to pull the car to the side of the road. He must think she was lieing again, but she wasn't.

Jude held a hand to her rolling stomach, as she finally felt the car slow and then turn into a driveway of sorts. "I don't have to pull over Jude, we are here, now you are going to wait until I get around the other side of the car, we don't need you running off now do we? Also Jude as a warning, I wouldn't try running into these woods, there is bears, bobcats, and mountain lions, they will eat you alive."

Jude remained seated, completely still, and silent, until she felt her door open beside her. Nick grabbed her up by her arm, and pulled her into a small old looking house. Once inside he roughly shoved her into the washroom, and then down in front of the toilet. "Now you stay there, you weak thing! When you think you can carry your own you holler, until then, you will stay here." His voice was fierce, as she heard him walk away, and the door shut, and lock from the outside behind her….

Nick paced the outside of the rundown living room trying to think of ways to keep her held captive. He knew he had to be quick because the cops may already be searching for her. He found a TV. Putting it on the news trying to watch for anything that may be about him and Jude. He sat down his leg bouncing up and down nervously.

"G-Majors Hot Singer Jude Harrison Missing after going to a bar for some downtime, in downtown Toronto…" He listened to the reporter speak vaguely. Was he really safe here with her or would he have to move? No they couldn't find him here right?

Jude looked around the washroom, everything spinning, maybe she just needed to pass out, and she was terrified beyond anything at this point. She looked down at the unclean toilet, only making her feel worse; she could now imagine all types of insects, and rats. Feeling as though she was now living straight from a horror movie.

She could hear the TV running from the other room. They knew. They knew she was gone. Feeling a little bit of hope now, maybe they would find her after all. Hopefully before he could do something incomprehensible to her. She just needed to get a feel for her surroundings, if only her body would co-operate. Jude stood, looking around the dust filled haze. How old was this place? She needed a way out, she needed to think rationally, she didn't want to be killed, maybe she should just let him do what he wanted until someone come to get her…

Jude looked through the slats in the boarded up window, trying to see anything she could remember later. She felt like she was in a fog.

Nick stood back to his feet. He walked over to the washroom and hit the door just to shake her up a little bit. "They're not going to find us Jude." He said in a stern voice one that sent chills down her spine.

Jude backed into a small corner in the washroom, as if it would save her from infliction. She let the tears spread down her face. Her body felt literally dirty. Dusty, grimy. She tried to wish herself home. "Common Jude we are not in the land of Oz!" She scolded herself.

Through her sobs Jude heard the front door open and someone enter, or leave maybe he was leaving. She was wrong, he was trying to fool her or something as she heard footsteps coming closer to the small room she was bring held in. A washroom of all places. This would be just her luck of course. She heard the door unlock, and him come inside. She tried to shield herself feeling the sobs erupt again.

Nick walked over towards Jude squatting down in front of her. "Jude there's no sense in crying." He ran his fingers through his hair. "It's not like you're going anywhere." He said with a smirk. "Crying is only going to make this worse on you. Not on me." He laughed some.

Jude tried to move her face from his view. "T-Tommy is going to, to find me, and w-when he does you will be lucky to still be breathing.' She said to herself. If she'd said it out loud she end getting hurt. She needed to fight for herself. She needed to find her strength through the mess of alcohol.

"Do you think I didn't hear you or what you said? You are so naive Jude; no one is going to find us. I made sure of that." He looked at her breathing down her neck. "Just because they are looking for you it doesn't mean they are going to find you. For all they know you've disappeared off of this earth."

Jude jumped, as she heard his cell phone ring from the other room. He rushed toward it, managing to lock her back inside the washroom on the way. Nick picked up his phone only to hear a familiar voice.

"What are you doing Nicolas!? You psycho son of a bitch!, Where is she. I swear if you don't tell me, and if she is hurt, I will hunt you down and kill you, you stupid little good for nothing asshole." The female voice finished.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Alyssa? Seems we haven't seen each other in a while. Honestly do you think you scare me? You didn't then, and you won't know. Just remember the tears I made you cry, just like she will."

"You bet on your life Nick, I will find her, and after I do. I will kill you. She doesn't deserve what you did to me! And I was much younger then. I have confidence in myself that I could take you down, and I would have backup."

Nick laughed, "We'll see Alyssa. You won't find us, even if you tried."

"Let's wager your life on that fucker!"

It was suddenly quiet again. He must have hung up. Jude's stomach flipped. She had heard the conversation. She had to prepare herself; she knew he was going to try something with her. Just wasn't sure exactly what of yet.

He sat his phone down and walked back into the washroom. "Well I know you heard our conversation, Jude. As I told her. You're not going anywhere and that's not a threat. It's a promise." He said seeing her curl her legs up towards her chest with a tear sliding down her cheek. "W-what are you going to do to me?" She managed to say as she continued to tremble in fear.

Alyssa flipped her phone shut, and walked out of the lobby of G-Major, before flipping it back open again, and dialing a number.

"Sara, hey this is Alyssa. I have a problem," "What is it little sis? Is this about Jude Harrison?" Her older sister Sara asked. "Actually it is. Sara Nick has her, and I need you to do me a favour. I need you to contact Jude's Aunt. She works for the CBIA. Now listen carefully. Her name is Linda Green. She needs to be fully aware of what Nick is capable of. Call me back; I'm heading out of here."

"Ok Lyss, but you don't plan on going to find her on your own do you?"

"You know me well, Sara, do what you need. I need as much background on Nicks recent activities as possible please. Also like I said contact her Aunt, they can help."

Alyssa shut her phone, and jumped into her car, starting it, and taking off quickly. Everything was heating up on the radio, about Jude's disappearance, and how it could possible be connected to Tom Quincy Cheating on her with her best friend and Cousin Kristin Cavillari. Maybe Jude chose to leave.

"This is bullshit!!" Alyssa slammed her hand onto the radio hushing it quickly. She was furious with the press, as if they hadn't done enough, Jude wouldn't be in this predicament right now. She knew this was all a set up, just who set up the cheating act, was the wonder, although the very least of her worries right now.

Alyssa picked up her phone once more, not caring that she was driving. She needed to tell Tommy, Kris, and Sadie. That Jude was in definite danger. She would have some explaining to do.

Tommy heard the phone go off. He looked at the caller I.D. and noticed a number he didn't recognize and he decided to answer it anyway. "Hey this is Tommy talk to me." He said looking at his watch.

"Tommy this is Alyssa, I need to tell you something important. Listen to me. I don't have much time to explain, but Jude is in a lot of Danger, She was kidnapped from the bar, from a guy Named Nicolas Valgardi. He is holding her somewhere right now, and we need to get to her before he can hurt her." She finished.

"WHAT?!" He exclaimed. Before she could even get another sentence out he was already inside his car and driving. "Where are you?" He asked as he sat in the driveway. He fastened his seatbelt.

"Meet me in Price Chopper parking lot. I don't have much time to explain just get here."

….

Jude held her head onto her knees feeling suddenly very cold, when she heard the door open once again. She tried to shove herself into the wall instinctively, but was only pulled up forcefully by her wrists. Thinking quickly Jude kicked at him hard connecting with his knee, forcing him to let go, and she made a quick run for the next room. She found herself bumping right back into him; he grabbed her, throwing her to the floor forcefully. Jude winced in pain, but she couldn't let it get to her, she needed to fight. Her vision suddenly grew blurry as she felt him grab her hands, tying them behind her back. He forced her back to her feet, and shoved her into another more dark room. Where he connected the tie to a brass bed rail….

"I can't cry now," She told herself as he walked away. "I need to have faith," She chanted, as tears slid down her face anyway. Well at least it was darker, she couldn't see too much of the mess around her. She knew she was tied to the damn bed. How could she let this happen...

Jude closed her eyes tightly against the pounding in her head. She must have finally passed out. She tried to move her hands realizing she was still tied to the bedpost, no wait she now had one hand free, a pair of handcuffs? He handcuffed one of her hands to the bed, so she couldn't have a chance of untying herself. She didn't want to move everything hurt. At first she thought she was dreaming but she was wrong. She could hear his muffled sounds from the room outside. He must be looking for something. She wasn't sure.

She used her free hand to grab onto her aching head, then clutch for her rolling stomach " Oh god! How stupid can I be?!" She asked herself. She couldn't let bad things keep happening to her, why were they happening to her? Had she done something so severely wrong that she'd deserved this? If So what had she done?. Jude tried to sit herself up. Her stomach pitching with her movements.

Nick sat in the living room of the building after hanging up with Alyssa and started to pace the floor once again. He tried to think of other places he could go incase the police found out where they were located. He knew had to do everything in his power to prevent them from finding Jude. He knew he had to be 5 steps ahead of the police in order to protect himself from being thrown in jail.

Jude felt like she could almost hear him thinking. Even the slightest noise he made, made her almost jump out of her skin. It was completely dark now and she couldn't see anything other than the light coming from under the door connecting the room. Her stomach kept turning, as her body reacted to everything that had happened in the events of this day.

Jude jumped as she heard him on the outside of the door right before it opened.

He got up and walked into her room bring her some food. He wasn't going to starve her. He looked at her turning on the light. "Here Jude." He said as he sat down next to her. "Just because I'm holding you here doesn't mean him going to starve you." He assured her of that.

Jude began to cry, she hadn't wanted to but it was out of her control. "I c-can't eat sorry please don't be mad, please don't hurt me," She choked out. "Please…" Nick looked at her. She certainly was a mess, he could fix that.

"Shut up! You know you wanted to come here, you got in the damn car! Now deal with it. Jude your not going back. Ever!"

Jude tried to stifle her sobs but the more she tried the more they came. Praying inside of her head that someone would find her and get her out of the mess, that she had once again gotten herself into. What is wrong with me?! "Tommy please find me" She thought. As she gathered her legs up to her chin.

He looked at her. "Come on now Miss Harrison, you need to eat. you need to keep your strength up incase we have to make a run for it." He looked at her trying not to let her see the nervousness within him. He put the food down next to her incase She decided she was hungry.

"I don't want to run Nick, I want to go home..." She sobbed out. I can't eat or I'll be sick, I already feel like it. I made a mistake Nick. I didn't know what I was doing. I love home, I love Tommy." She tried to rationalize with him.

He looked at her. "Fine if you don't want to eat you can starve for all I care." He replied getting up placing the food on a desk. "Rot in hell." He looked back at her for a minute before walking out of the room slamming the door shut.

Jude sobbed even harder. Making herself choke, and cough. She grabbed at her chest, feeling like she couldn't breathe. She knew she was having a panic attack, but she couldn't keep it form happening. She gasped for air memories flooding through her brain, like a lifetime movie. Her stomach revolted causing her to retch repeatedly she couldn't catch her breath. Her body took complete control sending the room spinning, as she continued to gasp, frightened. She's had panic attacks before but nothing like this. She was terrified that she was going to die right here and now.

Jude tried to call out to Nick, maybe he would have enough compassion just for a little bit to help her, but her voice just didn't seem to want to work.

Alyssa sped her car around the bumpy curves of a rarely traveled road she was determined. She could almost sense it. She'd always knew when he was close, it was just finding where he was that mattered most. Tommy sat quiet, and scared I the passenger side of her car. She could tell just about a million thoughts were running through his mind, and she knew he would blame himself for this, but he needed to know, she needed his help. She might be able to kick Nicks ass from Canada to hell, but she could always use some backup just incase she was wrong.

She looked over at Tommy. " Look Tom we are going to find her, she is close I can feel it, and I can feel her fear. Don't ask me how I just can, she is somewhere around here, and we will get there, I promise."

Tommy left the words inside his head just nodding swallowing past the huge lump that had formed in his throat. If anything happened to Jude now, he would never forgive himself.

Alyssa looked over at Tommy silently. Call me weird, but right now, I can feel what she is feeling. Something is wrong Tommy we have to hurry. I don't want to alarm you. I just have this sense, I always have. I don't know how to explain it.

"Your not weird," Tommy finally spoke his voice strained. Tears that he had not wanted to fall began to against his will. "I'm scared. I just need to see her ok. I need her back, Alyssa this is my fault, she wouldn't have ran off if it weren't for me." Tommy finished.

"Listen Tommy I know your upset, and I know your going to blame yourself no matter what I say, but you need to know this is not your fault nor is it Jude's nick is crazy, he always has been one French fry short of a happy meal, and I found out just how crazy when I dated him in high school., It's a long story., That I don't have time to answer right now."

Alyssa felt her throat clasp and she knew she was close, she looked to the right, and Nicks car was right there, she sped, then pulled into the secluded spot as quietly as possible as to not be heard by him. "Tommy, get out take this slash all his tires and fast, I don't want him getting far. This is it." She said. Tommy did as was told, as Alyssa surveyed where she was, she hit 911 on her cell phone without pressing it to her ear. She wasn't sure what Nick was capable of anymore.

Jude tried, she tried to scream for help once again. Nothing, she couldn't breathe, she thought she heard something outside just before the world around her went black….

Jude clawed desperately at her chest, feeling as if an unseen force was sucking the air right out of her. Her face constricted in agony. She felt someone's presence around her, but she couldn't make out who. Her body felt like it was being used out of her control. She sat up swiftly, letting out an ear splitting scream, sending a figure of someone right into her line of vision. He grabbed her arms shaking her slightly.

"Jude!...Jude! Snap out of it" Her entire body trembled, and jerked with her efforts to remain in control. "Jude common baby please!" "Tommy?" She sobbed, but it was discernable with the amount of tears that shook their way through her body. "Jude listen to me okay, listen to me carefully…You're having a nightmare you are okay sweetie, I'm right here, please calm down."

"A n-nightmare? Tommy where am I please, you have to help me!" "Jude look around Jude, your in your bed, I think we should take you to the ER, I think your sick with something." "Tommy lifted Jude into his arms when she began to kick and scream. "No! Please!" Tommy sat her back on the bed trying helplessly to calm her down. She needed to see a doctor. What the hell could promote a nightmare so terrifying that your entire body feels it? He thought that if he wasn't able to wake her soon, she'd have heart failure for sure.

She looked at him and the areas around her. "Tommy...what's going on...help me take me home!" She exclaimed as she clutched on to him tightly. "Jude...you're home." He said as he looked at her trembling figure. He pulled her close wrapping his arms tightly around her trying to comfort her. "Shhh it's okay. We're going to get you some help." He said into her ear "No!"

"No Tommy, I can't…What is happening to me?" She finally broke down into sobs, burying herself into his chest. She gripped at his shirt. "Tommy I as so scared. He was taking me away. I didn't know what he could do to me, and it was…It was so real!" She croaked. "Jude, it wasn't real baby. You've been through a lot. It was a dream, you have to believe that. I was right here beside you the whole time." He wrapped his arms around her, letting a few tears of his own slide down his face. He didn't know what was happening and he couldn't help her. He was terrified himself, helplessly watching her.

She started to shake a little bit more. "Tommy b-b-b-b-ut what if it w asn'tt?" She pleaded. "What if it happened and ...I ddont know" She started crying because of the intensity of everything. "Jude...girl, you're safe. You're here with me and Kristin and your family." He said as he kissed her forehead trying to remain calm.

"I would have known Jude, I would have felt it. I felt you when that stuff happened with Kristin's father, Jude you have to believe me. I'm sorry we didn't get you help sooner. Now it's going to be tough, I'm sorry Jude. I'm sorry."

"How could you possibly have Tommy...there's no wayyyy." She looked at him searching his eyes. Tommy looked back in to hers. "No! Tommy please...I don't ...I don't want to go...to the ER" She begged him. "I'll do anything... but that...please." "We'll talk about it more when you calm. Breathe Jude." She really didn't like it at all...The idea of the doctors or ER.

"I'm not making you go Jude. I…you scared me. I couldn't help you out of it…I'm just glad you're awake and okay. We'll work this out, I promise. I promise." Tommy hugged her to his chest tightly, as she finally began to calm. "I love you Jude…" he kissed her hair. "I love you too, Tommy," she whispered.

He leaned in and kissed her lips gently cupping her face in his hand and running his hand through her hair. "You'll be okay." He said as she started to snuggle up to him "Can I get you anything? Water...?" He asked as he whispered to her.

Jude shook her head. She was afraid to close her eyes. Nothing in the world could ever make her want to go back into that dream. When she was younger her mom used to make her get up and walk around the house for a while, after a nightmare, so it gave her brain something else to think about. She doubted that would work this time, it felt to real, to frightening. She literally felt like she couldn't breathe. She looked up at Tommy praying this wasn't the beginning to an incredibly vast struggle. She felt the shaking begin to stop and crying had abated to small hiccups. She felt so small at that very moment. So vulnerable, and maybe even helpless.

Fragile wasn't a word to describe Jude ever before in her life, up until this moment the thought had never occurred to her, that she'd need some type of outside help. She thought she could blow through this on her own. She was deceived by her own mind. "How awful…" She thought out loud.

"What's Awful Jude?" Tommy asked her as he heard say that out loud. "Come on let's go walk down to the kitchen." He said as he waited for her to rise up from her bed. "You're going to be okay." He said smiling as he kissed her forehead. "I love you girl and I'm not going anywhere.

Jude nodded, she grabbed his hand and followed his lead, she could use some water actually. Her legs felt like jelly as she walked beside him. She tried to steady herself as they descended the stair case together. "Do you want some coffee?" he asked her as they entered the kitchen. Jude nodded pulling out a chair, and plopping down into it.

He proceeded towards the coffee pot and grabbed a couple of mugs. "Cream?" He asked as he pours the coffee into mugs. Grabbing the creamer and placing it in his arm taking the stuff towards the island in the middle of the kitchen.

Jude nodded slightly not answering completely. She tried desperately to clear her thoughts. She didn't want Tommy to think she lost her mind, although she wasn't too convinced she hadn't herself. She wasn't sure what made her have that nightmare, or that she'd ever even seen this guy before….