Authors Note: I know this is pretty short, but it leaves a nice little cliffhanger at the end and sets up for a longer chapter for probably later on today, depending on how much time I get to write. Review if you please!

Jude hobbled around her roomm and eventually managed to pull on some sweats and a plain t-shirt. "Tommy," Jude yelled.

"What's wrong?" Tommy rushed into the room.

"Nothing," Jude laughed. "I just need you to help me to the living room."

"Oh okay," he said as he wrapped his arm around her waist to support her.

"Oh so you're not going to carry me this time?" Jude asked with a sly grin.

"Nah, we gotta mix it up a big," he said as he helped her ease into the loveseat. He sat beside her and protectively wrapped his arm around her. "I could stay like this forever girl," he told her as he kissed her forehead.

"Me too, but you and I both know that we can't. We both have things we need to do."

"Like what?"

"You need to clear things up with your family," she said quietly.

Tommy let out a sigh of disgust as he stood up and started pacing around the room. "They're the ones that disowned me Jude," Tommy yelled as he lost his temper. "They're the ones that want nothing to do with me. They're the ones that screwed everything up."

"While that all maybe true, something about your family is tearing you up inside and if you don't attempt to fix it, it's going to kill you Tommy. Either you'll keep drinking or turn to other things and I don't want to see that happen to you."

"Maybe it doesn't matter anymore."

Jude's eyes looked downcast, but the fiery redhead was ready to put up a fight with her words. "Everything matters Tommy! Your music, your writing, your producing, everything matters! If you give up on everything now, after all you, and after all we've been through then I might as well drive down to the grocery store and pick up some new pills and a few razors because there is no point in my life without you!" she yelled as she hobbled over to the fireplace.

Tommy turned around and placed his hands on the sides of her face. "Don't you ever let me hear you say that again! Ever!"

"Don't give up and we won't have a problem Tommy! You know that all your problems stem from your family, just like most of mine do. Don't you think that I know what's going on with my parents? My Dad doesn't care because he's too busy with Yvette, and Mom has a new boyfriend whose young enough to be my brother!"

"H...how did you know?"

"I cornered Sadie last night while you were washing dishes. She told me everything. Oh and get his lovely new bombshell...my Mom is pregnant."

"Jude, I'm...I'm sorry. You shouldn't have found out now," he said, pulling her into an embrace.

"Why didn't you tell me Tommy? Why?" she asked, tears streaming down her face.

"You were doing so good Jude, I didn't want anything to trigger a setback."

"I'm not going to let them turn me back to what I did..."

"That's good Jude but I was scared and afraid that you would."

"You still could have told me!"

"Am I interrupting brother dearest?" a voice came from the door.

"Ryan," Tommy said through clenched teeth.