A/N: Hey all! Sorry for the delay in this chapter, but i had complete writers block in this plot line and I decided to redo the whole thing. :D I revamped the idea and I think it's going to work out alot better for me :D. Again, I apologize for the delay, and I hope you all aren't too angry with me! (Ducks thrown Tomatos) I hope you all enjoy this and again, sorry about the delay, but I just wasn't happy with the way the plot was going originally. But never fear! All is well again:D At least, I think it is...Enjoy the new chapter and I hope to be posting more soon to make up for the delay!

OH! BTW: One more week!

Chapter 2

June 15th

Jude closed her diary and let out a sigh. She was waiting for Tommy to get out of the shower so they could go back to the studio to work on her last album. They were almost complete and Jude was determined to finish the album before the wedding; though that task was becoming more and more difficult as December 31st rolled closer and closer to them.

Jude got off the bed and left the bedroom, crossing into the apartment's living room. Jude hadn't officially moved in with Tommy; her mother was clear she didn't want her daughter living with her fiancé until after the wedding…which was redundant. Jude wasn't a virgin and it wasn't like she didn't stay over with him as much as she could anyway.

The 19-year-old crossed to the coat closet and dug into Tommy's leather jacket pockets for her prize. She felt the cool metal and withdrew his keys; the keys to the viper and grinned evilly to herself. She pocketed the car keys, crossed to the kitchen table and uncapped the pen that was laying there and wrote on the back of an envelope (they didn't bother moving the mail yesterday)

Tommy,

Went to get an early start. Meet ya at the studio.

Love

Jude

Jude capped the pen and set it down on the notepad. She quickly grabbed her jacket and slipped on her boots and rushed out the door before Tommy got out of the shower and could stop her rebellious act.

Jude pulled the keys out of her pocket and smiled to herself as she crossed to the all-too-familiar blue viper and unlocked the drivers' side door and closed it behind her as she sat in the comfy leather seat. She adjusted the seat and mirrors to her height and pealed out of the driveway before anyone could notice anything was different.

When Jude pulled into G Major's parking lot, she parked the Viper in Tommy's usual parking spot, which was closer to the doors than hers (the jerk), and hit the remote lock as she walked away from it. Before she made it through the parking lot, she felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to see Kwest gaping at her.

"What?"

"Tom let you drive the Viper!" Kwest asked, his voice conveying his awe. Jude smiled at Kwest.

"No," She said cheerily and walked into G Major, Kwest on her heels.

"Wait, Tommy didn't let you drive?"

"Nope." Jude stated, matter-of-factly.

"So, how did you score the Viper?" Kwest asked, looking curious as the pair walked towards Studio A. Jude smiled at Kwest.

"I took the keys out of Tommy's pocket while he was in the shower." Jude stated, and tried the doors to Studio A, and found them locked. "Oh, please, after 3 years he starts locking the studio?" Jude asked, staring at the doors incredulously. Kwest laughed.

"Jude, honey, you have his keys."

"OH, right…" Jude said, taking the keychain out of her pocket and staring at the keys on the key ring, trying to see if anything jumped out at her. Kwest sighed, grabbed the keys from her, flipped them around to find the right one and stuck it in the lock and unlocked the doors.

"Thanks!" Jude said cheerily, taking the keys back from Kwest and stepping into the studio, a slight bounce in her step.

"He's going to kill you!" Kwest stated, looking impressed at Jude all the same.

"No he won't." Jude said, smiling knowingly at Kwest and watched as the sound tech turned on the lights and warmed up the sound board.

"Oh, yes he will. No one messes with the man's car." Kwest said, and added "I'm sure that applies to you too." Jude sighed.

"It's ok to be jealous, Kwest." Jude said, grinning cheekily at him and grabbing her guitar from the corner.

Before Kwest could say anymore, the doors to the studio burst open, Kwest glanced up to see Tommy looking rather pissed standing in the doorway.

"Hey T!" Kwest said, glancing nervously at his friend and over to Jude. Tommy didn't acknowledge the greeting and crossed over to Jude, who ignored his entrance, but called out, rather casually "Hey hon." Tommy grabbed her arm and turned Jude to face him.

"Did I say you would drive the Viper?" Tommy demanded, his eyes narrowed in anger.

"No…but"

"So…why did you take my car?" Tommy asked, looking annoyed.

"Technically, it's half mine…"

"Not yet." Tommy growled, looking extremely annoyed.

"I don't know what the big deal is…it's not like you don't have anything else to drive…The H3, for instance." Jude said, watching her fiancé's eyes darken.

"That's not the point"

"Besides, honey," Jude said, grabbing onto the neck of Tommy's shirt and pulling him closer, "You always complain about how many miles are on that car…you could always get a new one and then you wouldn't have any miles on it and then I could have this one…" Jude said, her voice low, almost seductive. Tommy didn't say anything, but his eyes looked like he was considering her offer.

"Trying to bribe me to get out of trouble…"

"Is it working?"

"Maybe…" Tommy said, smiling at her and kissed her. While Jude was distracted, Tommy withdrew the keys from her pants pocket. Jude pulled abruptly away. "HEY!"

"No driving the Viper!" Tommy said, his voice conveying finality and proceeded in pocketing the car keys. Kwest laughed at the couple and they turned their annoyed eyes onto the unsuspecting sound tech.

"What!" Kwest asked, squirming slightly under the weight of their gazes. Before anyone else could say anymore, EJ burst into the studio and strolled over to Tommy and Jude, a sympathetic look on the woman's face with the combination of fire and she tossed a newspaper at Tommy and tapped her foot impatiently. Tommy glanced at the front page, not reading the headlines and saw his , and Jude's, on the front of it. He sighed.

"Do we really need to read this?" He asked her. EJ motioned for Tommy to read the article. Tommy sighed and flipped through the newspaper. As he found the article in question, he took a drink of his coffee and promptly spit it out and began choking when he read the headline. "Mark Snow Escapes From Prison..."

"You've got to be kidding me!" Tommy yelled, abruptly getting out of his chair and glancing over the rest of the article to read the story. Tommy tossed the newspaper aside in disgust. He couldn't believe they let that…he stopped all thoughts when he glanced in Jude's direction. She didn't say anything, she didn't have to. Her eyes were haunted as she stared at the discarded newspaper. Tommy instantly felt his annoyance disappear and concern for his fiancé took over. Jude had never really gotten over her almost rape; she pretended to be fine, but he knew she wasn't. It was in the ways when she walked around the dark house she turned on every light as she entered room to room, how the slightest bit of noise made her jump, and the tense-ness she got when she was outside in the dark. Tommy moved over to Jude and pulled her into his arms.

"I won't let him get you." Tommy said, his voice firm and comforting at the same time. Jude didn't say anything but wrapped her arms around him in response.