Please Read. As I was preparing this next chapter I noticed something I totally screwed up on. If Jude and Tommy got married when she was 20 years old and it's been two years since there divorce that would make her now 22 years old...not 20 still. I always knew I sucked at Algebra but I never thought I was that horrible at basic math! So, I apologize for the mess up. Honest mistake. Anyway, I hope you guys like the chapter! Enjoy!

Jude spent another sleepless night alone in her apartment that night. She was an adult but still she was so confused and had no idea what to do. For comfort she leaned on a carton of double deluxe chocolate chip brownie ice cream, her favorite down feather pillow and Buffy The Vampire Slayer re-runs. Occasionaly she would talk to herself. Saying random statements about the current episode she was watching. "Why can't Buffy and Angel just stay together for once" or the famous "Don't go down that dark passage, theres a vampire waiting to suck your blood, you moron!"

It didn't matter if David Boreanaz was taking off his shirt and his rock hard abs were being exposed while sweat dripped off his perfectly shaped body. There was no cure for a broken heart. Sometimes Jude even thought she was pathetic. Hanging on to a guy who walked away from her. She couldn't forget though. She never would. Memories flashed through her mind 24/7. The good ones, the bad ones, the intimate ones... a certain feel of security washed over her every time she recalled one. But so did the pain that came with some of them.

Flashback

"You know, things are going to change once you become Mrs. Tom Quincy" Tommy said, as he wrapped his arms around her waist from the back.

"Mmmm...good changes or bad ones?" Jude asked.

"Hopefully good" he said.

"I love the sky" she blurted out randomly, staring adoringly at the mix of purples, blues, and pinks that ran through the sky like waves crashing onto a shore.

"Why's that?" he questioned.

Jude crooked her neck so she could see his eyes. "It makes me feel cleansed. I feel happiness, wonder, freedom. When I look up at the sky, I can't be harmed" she finished, pulling away from him and spinning around in circles with her arms spread out.

Tommy smiled at her. She was so beautiful. Her maturity was something that he loved about her but even he knew she couldn't deny the childish youth that broke free from it's barriers everytime she put her gaurd down. Jude Harrison was simply amazing.

She stopped and brought her head back down to it's proper place, looking Tommy in the eyes.

"What?" she asked innocently.

Tommy extended his right hand. "Come here..." he said.

Jude eyed his proposal suspiciously before obeying what he said. She took his hand in hers.

"What?" she asked again, once she was face to face with Tommy, only inches between each other.

His piercing blue eyes anticipated her every move.

"What!" she said a little more agitated now.

Tommy grinned wildly. "I love you" he said.

"Well I know that!" she replied playfully.

Tommy took it on impulse and kissed her. Not hard or forcefully but sweet and tenderly. The feel of it lingered on both there lips.

"I love you to..." she said softly.

End of flashback

The obnoxious pounding of her front door woke her mind from it's useless remembrance. "Jude! Open the door! NOW!" her sister furiously pounded on the door. Oh great! Jude thought. Now what have I done to upset the princess!

"I'm coming! Jeez" Jude replied, opening her front door. "I called your cell like a million times and nobody has heard from you since yesterday evening, what's up?" Sadie asked, barging her way into Jude's apartment.

"That was what, 7-8 hours ago. Your freaking out because I havn't talked to anyone in a couple of hours" Jude said. "Well, yeah! I worry about you Jude. You shouldn't be alone all the time" her sister responded.

"I like being alone! It's great!" she snapped back at Sadie. "No need to get all snippy. And no need to lie, I know your lonely..." Sadie stated truthfully.

Jude looked down at the floor. "Sades, what do you want?" she asked. Sadie looked at her younger sister. Not just a simple stare or quick glance but really looked. What was happening to her? How come she hadn't noticed before? Jude never likes to spend time with her family anymore, Sadie thought.She never hardly sais anything positive! And most of all she's becoming more and more distant. I have to fix this!

"Listen, Michael and I are going out tonight and it would be great if you came. Michael has some hot lawyer friends who would love to go out with you! What'd ya say?" Sadie asked, her eyes practically bulging out of there sockets.

"I don't thi--" Jude started. About mid sentence she stopped herself. Sadie looked so eager and hopeful, like a make-a-wish kid at Disney Land who was about to meet "Mickey Mouse". How was she supposed to say no..."Fine" Jude replied simply.

The next thing she knew Sadie was hugging her neck tightly saying, "Perfect! This is perfect!". Jude loosened Sadie's grip. "I'll go for an hour...only an hour" Jude said, warningly.

Sadie's face fell but perked up seconds later. "That's fine, you won't be sorry sis" she said. Jude wasn't so reassured but still responded with a, "Can't wait..." and a fake smile.

"I'll pick you up at 7:00! No wait! I'll be over at 5:00 to get you ready" she said, putting back on her pink swade coat and kissing her sister on the cheek.

"Ok" Jude said. Sadie gave her one more smile and hug before leaving her and making her way back out to her car.

Jude shut the door, leaned against the wall, and then slowly slid down it. She hugged her knees and started to cry. She didn't know why she was crying. Scratch that, she knew why she was crying! Anyone who knew her would have.

All that she tried to focus on was how much fun she was going to have later on that night. It didn't work, she didn't want to go out. Now the question was what was she going to do until 5:00?

A sudden "bright" idea popped into her head. Jude wiped her eyes and stood up. All the questions that she had been wondering the answers to were going to be solved. By the only person she could get them from! The person who knew Tommy the best! His father...

She grabbed her keys and cell phone off the coffee table and left her house in a hurry. John Quincy lived about 45 minutes from her house. If she drove quickly she would be able to get there, find the answers she'd been looking for and get back in time to meet Sadie.