She makes me feel."

Jude released Tommy's hand and pressed the stop button. She eject the CD, put it back in the case and stepped out of the Viper. Tommy did the same as they strolled deep into the neighborhood park.

Silently, Jude and Tommy made their way to the paved path of the park. Tommy worried about Jude as he watched her. She stared at her feet when she walked, and he knew that was always a bad sign for Jude.

Abruptly stopping, Jude looked up into Tommy's eyes. She turned her back to him and threw the CD in the trash to her side. Jude sighed and turned back around to face Tommy with tears ready to break. "That really was a sad excuse for music."

Tommy chuckled lightly and put his hands in the pockets of his leather jacket. Jude smiled a little, but felt sadness come over her. The tears started to flow down her cheeks. At this site, Tommy rushed Jude into his arms and asked, "Hey, hey. What's wrong?"

Pulling herself closer to Tommy, she asked, "How did everything get so complicated?" Her chest heaved hard against his, in and out. "Sometimes if feels like I can't breath."

Tommy tried to soothe her, running his hands up and down her back. He immediately pointed the finger at Shay for making her tears pour. "Girl, Shay was an idiot. He messed up, and you shouldn't have to pay for that."

"Shay?" Jude forces Tommy backwards, flinging his body off of her. "Right, Quincy. Shay is the only guy that messes things up."

Shocked, Tommy stared deeply into Jude's eyes. "Jude, I told you I was sorry! I thought you understood!"

Jude wiped away her tears, but they were quickly replaced with new ones. "I don't understand anything anymore!" Jude shouted back. She lightly shook, her body weakened. Jude broke down, her head in her hands as she crouched down low to the ground. "I can't forgive you," Jude squealed from behind her tears.

"What?" Tommy crouched down next to her, trying to get her to look at him. "You can't be serious, Jude." He gently raised her to standing position again as he supported her by the shoulders.

Her tears fell harder as she desperately tried to hide her face from Tommy. "I am."

Still trying to get Jude to look at him, Tommy started, "Jude…"

"What makes you any different than the rest of them!" Jude shouted with her last bit of strength. Her bold words disappeared and the rest of her words shook in her voice. "Why should I forgive your lies when they're still lies." Her face was soaked, but the tears stopped flowing. "Love me. Hurt me. Lie to me. It's like some stupid cycle."

"I'll never do it again," Tommy pleaded.

Jude nodded her head in agreement. "That's right. Because you'll never get the chance."

"I promised no more lies, Jude. I'm not gonna break that."

Crossing her arms stiffly across her chest, Jude pushed away Tommy's support. "I bet you already did." Jude shrugged her shoulders, waiting for the real banter to begin.

Genuinely confused, Tommy only stared back. He didn't know what she wanted to hear. All he knew was he wanted things to back to normal. Or at least what he considered normal for the two of them. "What are you talking about?"

"Us." Jude tapped her foot against the ground angrily. She did so in such a fashion she almost reminded herself of her mother. "You and me. Right here, right now. What are we?"

Tommy gave Jude the same blank expression. For once, Tommy was speechless, and Jude could tell. She unfolded her arms and ran both hands through her hair in frustration. "Do you want us to be friends?"

"Yes!" Tommy pounced, finally having an answer.

Jude nodded, biting her bottom lip. "And that's it?"

Jude's eyes caught Tommy's and he suddenly understood. Just the day before, Tommy had confessed his feeling to her. It wasn't too long before that had Tommy confessed his feelings for Jude to himself. If he could have anything he wanted, it would be her. The truth being, he didn't want to be her friend. He wanted to be her everything. Denying all of that was him lying not only to himself and to the world, it was Tommy lying to Jude.