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Chapter 3: Come and get me.

"Jude!" I heard my mom yell to me. "You're going to be late!"

I sighed. "I'm not feeling well! I'm not going today!"

"Okay!" She called back. "Well, I have to go! Love you!"

"Bye!" I continued playing my guitar.

I feel chained, chained down
You shoved me to the ground
I can't run, I can't shout
Just let me out

So heartless, this couldn't mean less
Gonna push it in your face
I'm only human
And I've got something to say

Chorus
Let me rise, let me fall
Let me breathe
I wanna lose control, I'm not afraid to lose it all
Let me break, let me crawl
Cause I'll get back up again if you let me fall

I was shaken from my world as the phone rang. "Damn…" I picked it up. "Hello?"

"Where the hell are you?" A voice yelled from the other side of the line.

"Who is this?" I asked plucking the strings of my guitar.

"Who do you think this is? It's your producer! I want you down here, now!"

"Tom, I'm not feeling well, I don't want to come down today."

"Don't make me go up there and drag you back here myself!"

"I'm not feeling well! Am I not able to take a sick day every once in a while?"

"We both know that this isn't an actual sick day. I know this is about what happened yesterday."

"You mean my two hours of bus hopping?"

"Jude…"

"Fine, so what if it is? I need a break from you, Tom. Just give me that."

I heard Kwest in the background say, "Man, just give her a day."

"Shut up, Kwest. Jude, I want you here ASAP!"

"Bye, Tom!"

"Don't han-"

I hung up the phone and went back to playing.

If I burn down in this fire
Well, I got myself to blame
I can't stop or give it up
I need to feel the pain

Can you hear me?
Don't come near me
You'll just get in my way
I'm only human
And there's nothing you can say

Chorus
Let me rise, let me fall
Let me breathe
I wanna lose control, I'm not afraid to lose it all
Let me break, let me crawl
Cause I will get up again if you let me fall

The phone rang again. I didn't bother to answer it this time, it was just Tommy. I don't see why it even mattered that I didn't want to go for one day. For all he knows I could have other plans. But then again he knew how busy Jamie had been since he and Kat got back together.

Say you know who I am
And what I'm about
Then you'll understand that I feel alone
I live my own life

Chorus
Let me rise, let me fall
Let me breathe
I wanna lose control, I'm not afraid to lose it all
Let me break, let me crawl
Cause I will get up again if you let me fall

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
If you let me fall
If you let me
If you let me fall
If you let me fall

I will get up again if you let me fall
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
If you let me fall
If you let me fall
Let me fall

The phone rang again. I ignored it. It just kept ringing and ringing until I couldn't take it anymore.

I grabbed the phone from the receiver and shouted, "Stop calling, Tommy!"

"Jude! It's me!" I heard Kwest yell.

"Kwest? What's up?"

"Tommy's coming to get you! You really pissed him off! I tried calling earlier but you weren't answering. He left a while ago. You need to get the hell out of there!"

"Thanks for the tip, Kwest!" I slammed the phone down on the receiver, slipped on a pair of old converses, without tying them, and running down the stairs. I flung the front door open and saw his Viper pulling into the driveway. "Shit!" I yelled as I slammed the door and locked it.

"Jude!" Tommy shouted through the door as he hammered on it. "Open up right now!"

I ran out the kitchen door and made a run for it. But what I didn't know is that Tommy knew about the back door.

AN: Damn that Tommy! Please R&R!