"Because Jamie is still out there! Don't you get it Tommy? I can't think without him looming around me. It's not fair to me or you if we'd be together."

"So, just because Jamie hurt you, you can't be with me? Is that it?"

"It's not that simple!"

"Well then explain to me why this feels so right, yet you're running from it!"

"Becuase usually when things feel right, they can't be more wrong."

"So you married Jamie because it felt wrong?"

"Shut-up Tommy!" she hissed.

"Whatever okay! Lie to yourself Jude, see if I care anymore!" he yelled as he stormed out of the house, jumped in his Viper and sped off down the highway.

She picked up the phone and began to dial. Ten minutes later, she heard a knock on the door.

"Speed, Wally, and Kyle, also known as, Speiderman Mind Explosion, at your service," they announced each other.

"Thanks for coming over guys."

"Don't worry about it," Wally said, closing the door behind him. "What are friends for?"

Speed hugged Jude as Wally and Kyle toted bags, which contained ice cream, into the kitchen.

"What happened?" Speed asked, brushing a stray hair away from her face.

"We fought okay."

"Couldn't have been one of your normal fights or else you wouldn't have called us."

"I want to be with him Speed, I really do."

"Why don't you tell him that?"

"I did, but the whole fact of the matter is that I can't be with him, no matter how much I want to be."

"Jude you're letting this and Jamie ruin your life. Do you remember how happy you used to be when you were with Tommy? You were the girl everyone loved. The girl with the smiling face and sparkling eyes. Anyone had to be stupid to not see that you and Quincy were, and still are, in love."

"I'm not letting it Speed. I can't help it."

"If you're afraid of Tommy hurting you like Jamie did, you should know that's stupid. He would never harm you in any way."

"I know that Speed! I just, everytime I get too close to Tommy I-"

"You what Jude? I really don't understand what the problem is. You love Tommy, Tommy loves you."

"You try having your husband beat you and rape you repeatedly and you'll see how it feels to get close to a guy, especially one as special as Tommy!"

Wally and Kyle heard what Jude said while they were putting away the ice cream. They exchanged looks of shock and horror.

"Did you know?" Wally whispered.

"No, did you?"

"No, and by the sounds of it, neither did Speed."

"Jude I-"

"Didn't know, right? Wanna know one of the worst things? They can't even arrest Jamie because they have no evidence to arrest him on! He murdered an innocent girl and he can walk around just like anybody else."

"Does Tommy know?"

"Of course not. Do you think he'd be so mad if he did?"

"You should tell him."

"What would I say? Oh and Tommy, Jamie not only beat me, he raped me as well."

Wally and Kyle walked into the living room as Jude finished.

"How much of that did you hear?" she asked.

"Pretty much all of it," Wally said, bring her into a hug, with Kyle following suit.

"Thanks guys."

"No problem," Wally said, wiping the few tears that managed to escape her blue-green eyes.

"So what'll it be, Romeo and Juliet, with Leo D in it of course, or Beauty and the Beast?" Kyle asked.

Jude smiled. "You remembered."

"Like we could forget. You made us watch these movies thousands of times when we lived together."

"Kyle and I still have the lines from Beauty and the Beast memorized," Wally said.

Speed stood in the corner, keeping to himself. He knew Jude and Tommy were meant to be together, but he knew she wouldn't do anything about it, and if Tommy didn't know everything Jamie had done, he wouldn't understand Jude's choices.

AN: sorry it's been taking so long to update but I've been having major writer's block! R/R please!