Jude walked into Speed's apartment and threw her bags on the couch. Wally and Kyle had went to their own respective apartments, while Speed was left to deal with Jude.
"What does he want from me Speed?"
"He wants the truth Jude, it's that simple."
"No, it's not that simple!"
"Jude, if you don't tell him, I will."
"No you won't."
"Don't underestimate me Harrison. You two are perfect together, and just because Jamie did some horrible things to you, does not mean you can't be happy...with Tommy."
"I'm hurting him aren't I?" she asked, looking up at him with downcast eyes.
"Honest answer, you're ripping his heart out and stomping on it. He doesn't know what to do Jude. He loves you and if you'd just tell him what happened, things would be different."
"How would it be different? He'd just have pity for me."
"Jude, it doesn't even pay to argue with you because you're so damn stubborn!" Speed said as he walked into the kitchen to grab himself a beer.
"So what are you telling me I should do?"
"Go talk to him."
"I can't tell him Speed. I can't look into his eyes and tell him what Jamie did."
"Yes you can Jude. You told me."
'That's different."
"Not much. Look, there's no other solution here. Tell him over the phone if you can't do it in person."
Jude stood in silence for awhile before dissapearing into the bathroom with her cell phone. She slowly punched in the numbers to Tommy's cell and waited impatiently while it rang.
"Hello."
"Tommy, I, it's Jude."
"I know."
"There's something I have to tell you."
"Okay."
"It's about Cuba, and Jamie, and...and Lily."
Tommy tensed at the mere mention of those three names. "Jude maybe we should talk about this in person."
"No. Either we do it right now, over the phone, or I don't tell you at all."
"Okay," he said as he grabbed his jacket and keys. He slowly turned the lights off, locked the door, and walked to his Viper. He heard Jude let out an exasperated sigh.
"Jude, if you don't want to tell me you don't have to."
"I think if I don't Speed will kill me."
Tommy started the car and silently thanked it for it's quiet start.
"Wow, where do I begin," she said as she paced the small bathroom.
"Anywhere you want Jude. It doesn't matter to me."
She tried to ease herself into explaining, but she couldn't. "He raped me."
Tommy's knuckles turned white as he tightly gripped the steering wheel. He couldn't grasp what she had just said. The word rape, wasn't sinking in. He didn't want to think of Jamie's dirty hands up on her milky skin. He couldn't speak, he just sat there in shock, driving closer to Speed's apartment.
"Tommy, are you still there?"
"Yeah, I'm, yeah."
"I didn't want to tell you Tommy."
"Why not?"
"I was scared."
"Of what?"
"Of being with you. I can't...everytime a guy, any guy gets close to me, I panic."
"Well you've done a damn good job of hiding that." He parked in front of the apartment complex and walked towards Speed's door, and knocking on it.
"Coming," Speed yelled.
"Tommy, where are you?" she asked quietly.
"You'll see," he said as Speed opened the door and pointed him in the direction of the bathroom. Tommy lightly knocked before opening the door a crack. "Hey," he said, turning his phone off.
"I told you I wanted to talk over the phone."
"Did you really expect me to sit at home?"
"No, but now it's harder to tell you anything."
"Why?"
"Because now you can see when I'm crying.
"Jude," he said quietly, sitting down beside her, but making sure to keep a bit of distance in between them.
A slow trail of tears trickled down down her cheeks and she quickly wiped them away. "See, this is why the phone is better."
"You're beautiful when you cry."
Jude let out a weak laugh. "Yeah, puffy, red eyes, are all the rage this season."
Tommy reached down to gently hold her hand. "I'm here for you okay? Anytime you want to talk, or anything."
"I know. It's just, it's hard Tommy. It's hard telling the man that I was once...that I'm still in love with, what another man did to me."
"It's okay. Can you answer one question though?"
"What?"
"Will we ever have another chance?"
Jude nodded and reached up to gently kiss his lips. "Someday."
AU: Okay guys, that was it! The End! I wasn't planning on ending it there...but it seemed, so perfect I guess lol. I hope you guys liked it, and keep your eye open for the sequel to my first fic..."Movin Way Too Fast"
