"Hello Mr. Quincy."

"Tommy."

"Okay, Tommy, now that Jude is awake we need to get her treatement. Since her parents are pretty much out of the picture, we can't do anything."

"Why not?"

"She's a minor, and since your her supposed fiance we're obligated to realease her into your care. Unless she wants to go into rehab we can't force her. My suggestion is to take her somewhere secluded and watch her every move 24/7."

Tommy sighed and thought about it for awhile. "I have the perfect place."

Tommy talked to Shay and Sadie about the best plan of action for Jude. Right away Sadie and Shay were not convinced about Tommy's plan to take her to his family's cabin, but they eventually warmed up to the idea. Jude on the other hand, did not.

"I want to finish the tour," Jude screamed when she heard Tommy's plan.

"Jude there's no way you can do that," Sadie tried to reason.

"There is nothing wrong with me!" Jude retorted.

"People just don't try and kill themselves out of the blue Shorty," Shay said.

"Shut up," she yelled back.

"There has to be some reason Jude," Tommy said.

"Right away it was because you weren't with me and you hadn't talked to me or anything and now...I don't know why I do it," Jude said as she felt Tommy's strong arms wrap around her.

"You can't keep doing this Jude. I won't let you. I hate that I was the cause of this so now I'm going to fix it."

Jude moved closer to Tommy and laid her head on his chest. She wasn't sure what to say so she just sat there, his warm arms wrapped around her frail body. She could feel his heart racing and in a split second she knew he cared.

Tommy held her for a few moments and then stood up and held his hand out for her. "Come here, I have a surprise for you." He was going to wait until tomorrow to show it to her, but now seemed as good a time as any.

Jude took his hand and followed him into a room wich resembled Studio B at G Major.

"Wow," she said softly as she walked towards the recording table.

"I had this room redone for you so we could work on some songs while we're here. But, you have to promise me that those destructive thoughts inside that pretty little head of yours go on paper and get recorded instead of going into a razor blade and onto your body."

"Tommy, I,"

"Tell me," he ordered in a gentle, yet firm voice. "If I find out your cutting again I will put you in rehab Jude. I'll have no other choice. I don't want to lose you."

Jude stayed silent for a bit. She sat down in front of the recording table and played with a few buttons. She didn't know if she had heard Tommy right. Did he just say he didn't want to lose her? "You care more about me than my own family," she blurted out absentmindedly.

"Jude don't say that. I'm sure your parents care...you know Sadie cares."

"Yeah I know Sadie does. But what about my parents, the ones that should be here for me now? Where are they?"

"I don't know Jude, I can't answer that. But you still need to answer my question, will you stop cutting?"

"Fine, I promise. But...I need help Tommy. I can't do this by myself. I'm not even sure if I can kick the pills and the cutting altogether."

"I'm here and I'm not going anywhere," Tommy reassured her as he gave her a hug. "I know you can do this Jude."

"I'm glad you think I can, because sometimes I don't think I can do anything."

"I really wish Kwest would have told me what had been happening to you on tour."

"You never called how was he supposed to?" Jude asked looking skeptically at Tommy.

"I did keep in touch with Kwest. I called every day to see how you were," Tommy said tersley.

"What? And Kwest never told me?"

"I told him not to. Jude the whole point of me leaving was so you could meet someone your own age."

"I never wanted to Tommy."

"I know...and I really wish I had seen that before I left. I could have prevented pain all around."

"It's over and done with. We can't do anything about it now."

Tommy was expecting Jude to blow up and yell at him when he told her about his secret calls to Kwest, but he was surprised at how calm and forgiving she was being. "How about we go watch a movie? I'll even let you pick."

"Romeo and Juliet...with Leonardo DiCaprio?" she asked.

"Unfortunately I don't have that one," Tommy said, mocking sadness at the fact that he didn't have the movie.

"You don't, but I just so happened to have brought it with me," Jude said as she ran off to her room.

Tommy laughed as she bounded out of the room. This was the Jude he missed. This was the happy Jude, the Jude he had fallen in love with.

They sat on the couch together, Jude snuggled into the crook of his arm. She fit so perfectly there. She had been through so much, yet she was still 16 and Tommy's consience would not let him forget it.

Jude had stayed awake until Leonardo DiCaprio, as Romeo, had found out Claire Danes, as Juliet, had died. She looked so beautiful with her fire red hair. He thought about moving her to her bedroom but decided against it. He would probably wake her up and this way he could keep an eye on her. He didn't add to himself that he liked the feel of her in his arms.

The next morning Tommy woke up with Jude still nestled in his arms. She was sleeping so peacefully he couldn't bear to disturb her, so he gently lifted her up and layed her back down.

He walked towards his room and slipped on a pair of worn jeans and a simple gray t-shirt. He had a feeling this was going to be a trying day for the both of them.

"Tommy," Jude said as she wokeup.

"I'm in my room," he called.

Jude stood up from the couch and walked towards Tommy's room.

"Hey sleepyhead," he said affectionately.

"Hey," she said as she shyly brushed the hair out of her face and behind her ear.

"Sleep good?" he asked as he threw his clothes from the night before into the wash.

"Alright I guess," she said quietly.

Somehow Tommy knew Jude was never going to talk about last night. Who knows, maybe it would be better this way but, his spunky, full of life Jude was replaced by the shy little girl as a result of it. She seemed so small and defenseless as she stood in the doorway twirling her hair around her finger.

"Tommy?" she asked bringing him out of his thoughts.

"What? Oh yeah, sorry I was a bit out of it," he said as he grabbed his watch off the dresser for the pure point of busying his hands. "Do you want some breakfast? I could whip up an omelet or something."

"Cereal would be fine," she said flashing her trademark smile.

"Alright," Tommy said as he followed her into the kitchen.

The two sat at the table in silence. Tommy absentmindedly muched on his toast and Jude took a few bites of her cereal before it became soggy.

"Anything special you want to do today?" Tommy asked breaking the silence.

"To be honest, I don't really care."

"Do you like swimming?"

"Huh?"

"There's a lake about a quarter mile from here. I figured we could spend the day there and maybe tomorrow we could work on some writing or record a little."

"That doesn't sound like a bad idea Quincy."

"See, I'm not as useless as eveyrone thinks I am."

"your not useless all the time," she joked.

"Very funny. Why don't you go get ready and I'll pack some food. We can get out of here in about a half hour."

"Okay," Jude said as she walked into her room. She only owned one swimsuit and that was because Sadie had bought it for her. It had brown tie bottoms with pink flowers and the top was a halter in solid brown with one small lone pink flower on the right side. Not exactly Jude's style but she didn't have anything else. She quickly slipped on the ikini and threw a pair of jeans and a sweater over it. She threw her hair up in a ponytail, something she rarely did, and grabbed a towel.