Tommy went down to the kitchen to make some hot water for coffee. As he turned on the stove, he heard the telephone ring. Forgetting that he had turned on the stove, he ran to get the phone. "Hello?" Tommy answered, wondering who would call that late at night. "Mr. Quincy? This is Ms. Harrisons's doctor. We're just calling to say that Jude has finally woken up, but she has some, complications," The Doctor said. Tommy couldn't speak. Lucky for him, Jude's doctor kept talking. "Well, because of the impact of the car that ran her over, she's suffering from temporary paralysis for the waist down," her Doctor said. "Temporary paralysis?" Tommy asked nervously. "Yes Mr. Quincy. She probably won't be able to walk for a couple of weeks and she'll have to go through though physical therapy, but she will be able to walk again," her Doctor said. Tommy breathed a sight of relief. Tommy was lost in his thoughts as her Doctor continued to go on about her when condition when he suddenly said, "You might wanna see her now in case something else happens, and I wouldn't bring her daughter. It might be to hard for her to see her mom in all this pain." Tommy just said yes, then hung up the phone. He quickly ran up to Hope's room and told her that he would go to see Jude. Hope just nodded sleepily and Tommy went to his room to get his jacket and keys. Slipping out the front door a couple minutes after the phone call, he smelled smoke. He shrugged it off and got in his. Driving off, he couldn't help but think about how he had forgotten something, but he couldn't put his finger on it. When Tommy was halfway to the hospital, he might not have realized it, but his house was going up in flames. All because he forgot to turn off the stove before he left.
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Hope was fast asleep at home when she suddenly woke up to a feeling of uneasiness. She slowly got out of bed. She could hear beeping and smell smoke. She yelled out Tommy's name, but then realized that he had gone to see Jude. Hope quietly began to cry, but then she opened her door. Looking out, she saw that the whole living room was engulfed in flames, and was comming dangerously close to her room. Realizing everything that was happening, she grabbed the phone that was in her room. Not hearing the dial tone, she began to get nervous. She had no idea what to do. She couldn't go out her door and walk out the front door, it was in flames. She couldn't just stay in her room, she would get burned to death. So she did the only thing she could do. She walked up to her window, and unlocked it. Jumping out, she, surprisingly, landed on the grass safely. Hope sat there for a moment just watching the house go up in flames. Not knowing what to do next, she walked to the neighbors house and rang the doorbell. Quickly realizing that no one was awake, she walked over to the next house. She had seen the TV on, so she knew that someone was in there. The person in the house, who was a good friend of Tommy's named Mrs. Thompson, opened the door. Mrs. Thompson, seeing Hope, ushered Hope into the house. Hope took one last look at her house and walked in.
Mrs. Thompson was a nice old lady who knew Tommy's family very well. So seeing Hope at her door at 2 in the morning was a great shocker to her. She sat Hope on her sofa and went to get Hope some cookies. Walking back in, she saw Hope looking out the window at something kinda reddish orange outside. She walked over to Hope and looked out the window with her. Mrs. Thompson, realizing what she was seeing, immdiatly called the police and explained the situation. As soon as she did that, she sat down next to Hope, who seemed as if she was in a trance. "Hope, are you ok?" Mrs. Thompson asked. Hope didn't say anything. Suddenly, she turned to Mrs. Thompson and shook her head no. Hope's eyes began to fill with tears. Hope quickly brushed them away, hoping no one would see, but Mrs. Thompson saw. She picked Hope up and hugged her. Hope just let it all out. She started sobbing uncontroably and she decided to let it all spill out. Everything that had happened with Jude and Tommy, what she had done earlier, what was wrong with Jude. She let it all out. When she had finished, she sniffeled a laugh, "My life would make a great TV show wouldn't it?" Mrs. Thompson laughed, "Once you get older, maybe you can write a book or start a TV show about your life." They laughed once more.
Hope had fallen asleep once more. Right after Hope had fallen asleep, Mrs. Thompson called Tommy. "Tommy?" Mrs. Thompson asked when he had answered his cell phone. "Yes, hi, Mrs. Thompson! Is something wrong?" Tommy asked nervously. Mrs. Thompson nodded as she continued, "Well, yes there is. Your house just caught on fire. The firemen are there right now trying to put it out. It looked as if the house was completely on fire!" Tommy just stared at his cell phone in disbelief. "Wait, my house on fire? Are you sure? Did Hope get out alright?" Tommy asked Mrs. Thompson. When he didn't get an answer, he looked at his phone. It had run out of battery. "Damn it!" Tommy yelled out. "What's wrong?" Jude asked. Tommy took a deep breath. He turned to Jude and shook his head no.
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"What?" Jude yelled out. When the nurses and some of the patients turned to look at her, she just gave them a sheepish look and turned back to Tommy. "What happened?" Jude asked again, but it a quiet tone. Tommy just looked at Jude with sad eyes. "There was a fire at the house. The whole house was on fire. Mrs. Thompson just called, and that's what she told me," Tommy said. Jude looked at Tommy with huge eyes and they began to fill with tears. "Is Hope ok?" Jude asked Tommy. Tommy shoook his head. With tears filling up in his own eyes he told Jude, "I don't know. I really don't know."