He's gone.
That was the only thought to register in Jude's mind as she crumpled to the ground, silent sobs racking her body.
The prince can't leave his princess. That's not how the story goes.
That's not how the story goes!
She rocked herself on the cold, unforgiving asphalt beneath her. It had been such a long time since anyone had held her and rocked her. The last time she could remember had been years ago. She couldn't even remember why she had needed the comforting back then, but she did remember that Sadie had been the one there to offer it.
She wanted her big sister. She needed her big sister.
But Sadie wasn't there. She was gone away for the week, visiting the campuses of a bunch of the colleges she had applied to. No doubt she had gotten into all of them. Sadie was smart, unlike her.
Poor, stupid Jude.
Maybe if she was smarter he wouldn't have left. I mean, why would he want to stick around with her? She was a famous musician, yet she completely failed the final for her high school music class. And, she got a 6 in a math class...as a final grade.
Stupid. Stupid! Stupid!
It was a no brainer. She was just...
Stupid.
What else was she? Jude had never thought of herself as fat, but what if she was wrong? What if she really was and was just too blind to see it?
And if she was too oblivious to see if she was fat, what if she couldn't see that she was ugly as well?
Of course Tommy wouldn't want to stick around for her. He could probably have any Victoria's Secret model he wanted. You know, the beautiful, ungodly skinny ones that were smart enough to make it in that vicious business? Why would he hang around for some stupid, fat, ugly punk girl?
He wouldn't.
He didn't.
He was gone. And there was nothing she could do about it.