Authors Note: Okay guys, I realize that not all of you liked the last chapter. I've gotten a few nasty personal messages because of it. That doesn't bother me, since flaming and criticism is obviously part of being a writer. I hope I haven't lost all my faithful readers/reviewers. If it looks like I have lost readers and most everyone tells me this plot bites, I will think about rewriting it, instead of abandoning the whole fic together. I'll try to get two chapters out by the end of the night.

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"Jude are you okay in there?" Sadie asked.

"Yeah I"m fine. I'll be out in a second."

When Jude walked into the kitchen Kwest handed her a plate with a large stack of pancakes.

She pushed her food around her plate as the others had a very intense conversation.

"Jude are you okay?" Tommy asked as he inched his hand on top of hers.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?" She said with a fake smile.

"You're just acting different."

"I'm fine. You're being paranoid." She didn't want him to find out what had happened last night. She didn't want to face the embarassment or the pity he would possibly give her.

"Okay, maybe I am but that's because I'm such a good boyfriend," Tommy playfully smiled.

"Sure, whatever Quincy," she said with a fake laugh. Everything was fake now, everything was a put on...a show.

The day went by fairly quick. Jude jumped at the slightest sound. Tommy snuck up behind her, wrapped her arms around her, and she had screamed bloody murder. Poor Tommy didn't know what to think or do.

After dinner Jude quietly excused herself from the table and went back to her room. She checked to see if the windows were locked in both her room and the bathroom. She wanted Tommy to come and hold her, tell her everything was going to be okay but the thought of human touch scared her. The light caresses Tommy and her had shared before seemed like punishment now.

"Jude," Sadie knocked on the door. "Can I talk to you?"

"Um, yeah. Come in."

Sadie opened the door and walked over to the bed. She sat down on the bed and looked at her sister. "What's going on?"

"What do you mean?"

"Everytime Tommy gets near you, you turn to ice. You were as distant as could be today and you hardly ate anything."

"I'm just having a bad day okay," Jude replied, hoping Sadie wouldn't pry anymore.

"Jude I've seen you when you have bad days...you wake up, blare hard rock music, and sing your lungs out. That's a bad day, this is like major."

"Nothing happened!"

"Fine. I still don't believe you though."

"I don't really care Sades. What are Kwest and Tommy doing?" she asked, changing the subject.

"Talking about that jerk Ryan. He sounds like a real piece of work. Kwest said he called you a whore?"

"Yeah...so. Maybe I am."

"Jude, you are anything but a whore."

"Yeah well I kind of feel like it."

"That's not normal Jude-speak. What happened?"

"Nothing!"

"Liar. You do realize you can't lie worth crap."

"So, maybe I don't want to tell you."

"Wait, did you and Tommy..."

"No! Althought that would have been better," Jude replied. She didn't want to tell her sister but a feeling deep inside told her she had to tell someone before she exploded.

"Would you stop beating around the bush and just tell me Jude."

"Fine. Last night after I went to bed...Tommy's brother somehow got in the house."

"What? Why didn't you tell anyone?"

"Sadie shut up and let me talk or I won't tell you at all," Jude informed her. She told herself she would not cry. She was going to stay calm. Last night was over and there was nothing that could be done about it.

"Okay, okay."

"He came into my room...and he, he hit me. And..." Jude's voice faltered and she couldn't finish, for fear of crying.

Sadie's eyes began to widen. She didn't want to believe what her younger sister was telling her, but she knew Jude was not the type of person to joke or lie about this sort of thing. "He...he raped you?" she finally managed to get out.

Jude nodded her head. No tears fell, the world didn't crash down, and nobody had died. She had told someone and nothing had happened except a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders.

"Oh God, Jude."

"Sadie don't say anything else or you're going to make me cry and I don't feel like doing that right now."

"O...Okay." Sadie said as she got up and walked out the door.

She found Tommy and Kwest sitting in the kitchen having an in depth conversation. "Um Tommy I think you should go talk to Jude."

"What? Why?"

"Just...just trust me okay."

Tommy started to worry. Sadie's voice was shaky and faltering. Had something happened to Jude?