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A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update. Keep reading (please) 

Chapter Five: Can't Get Rid of Me.

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"Writing new songs?" Sadie asked her sister, who was sitting at the kitchen table writing in a notebook.

"Nope," replied Jude, all eyes on the page in front of her. "Homework."

"Fun." joked Sadie. "What subject is it because if it's…"

"Do you know where Tommy is going?" Jude interrupted, in a weak tone.

"Oh Jude…" Sadie's eye's filled with sympathy. "I'm sorry. He… he…"

Sadie paused for a long time. She stroked her sister's hair.

"He moved away," Sadie finally said. "He moved to California."

"What?" Jude exclaimed, jumping up from her seat. "You mean he's gone forever?"

Sadie didn't say anything more. Jude walked past her sister and stopped before she was out of the kitchen.

"I don't know what I'm doing." Jude admitted. "I don't know where he is and I couldn't stop him anyway."

"His plane doesn't leave until tomorrow," Sadie grabbed her car keys. "How about you borrow my car and go say goodbye."

"Really!" Jude smiled. She took the keys from Sadie and walked outside.

Sadie watched her sister leave. "He's going to kill me."

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Knock Knock

Jude knocked on Tommy's front door. She had never been to his house before; it was huge but sort of plain.

Jude knocked again and nobody answered. She put her hand on the door knob and turned it. The door was unlocked. Jude tip toed inside. She glanced around the huge room and found nothing but plain white walls and the sound of silence.

You said you didn't need me (but you did)

Jude looked at the huge staircase in front of her.

'Maybe he's upstairs." Jude thought to herself.

You said you didn't want me (but you do)

Jude walked up the steps, her converse sneakers barely making a sound. She turned left down the shorted hall with one door at the end. Jude put her hand on the door knob and took a deep breath.

It's kind of like a comedy.

Well first you kiss me, and then you say we're through.

Jude opened the door without moving. When she didn't hear anyone or anything she walked inside.

The room was empty, the house was empty, and there was no blue car outside.

I'm the smoke from your fire

I'm that lie you can trust

I'm the chord on your guitar

I'm that girl you can't shut up

Jude left the empty bedroom.

She walked down the lonely hall and then the stairs.

I'm that blood you might need

In your car when you speed

In that cigarette you breathe

You can't get rid of me

Jude walked through the big empty entrance room, her footsteps echoing.

She opened the front door, "Tommy!"

Tommy was at the door as soon as Jude opened it. She looked and saw the blue dodge viper in the drive way.

"I thought you left!" Jude thought about hugging him, but quickly tossed the idea out of her head. "But what I'd really like to know right now is why you li…"

"Jude before you start yelling at me just here me out." Tommy stepped inside and shut the door. Tommy walked past her and turned left into a room. Jude followed him and found him sitting on a big leather couch. She sat next to him.

"I got half way to California when I finally decided that I couldn't leave." Tommy explained. "There's something here that I want that isn't there and I was stupid for trying to forget about her."

"Okay," Jude smiled. "So you're here now."

Tommy stood up. "I really have to talk to Sadie."

I'm the blood you might need

In your car when you speed

In that cigarette you breathe

You can't get rid of me