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Chapter 2: Scared and Not Alone.

AN: Sry everyone about the typos in last chapter.

"Jude!" Jamie called again, chasing after her.

She didn't respond. She just kept running away, leaping over suitcases and pushing her way through people. Her tears were streaming down her face and her vision was becoming blurred. She could feel Jamie catching up to her by the time she burst through the airport doors to the outside. She skidded to a stop as she glanced around for the car. Once she spotted it, she threw herself in, slamming the door and yelling at the driver, "G Major and step on it!"

They drove off leaving Jamie standing on the curb.

Jude cried to herself as she tossed her cell across the backseat. "He can do what he wants," she murmured to herself as the phone rang.

"We're here, Miss," the driver announced.

"Thanks," she spat out.

"No trouble, Miss."

She climbed out of the car and ran into G Major breathlessly.

"Surprise!" Everyone yelled at Jude.

Within seconds, Jude was surrounded by people saying, "Welcome back!", "Did you have fun on your tour?", and "Can't wait for your new CD."

Georgia seemed to push her way through everyone up to Jude. "Good to have you back, Jude," Georgia said.

"Georgia, is Tommy here?" Jude replied.

"Um, no, he's not. Are you okay?"

"I just really need to talk to Tom. Do you know where he lives?"

"7548 Market Street."

Jude raced out of the studio without a word and started down the street. She ran as fast as could so that nothing was visible to her. She wouldn't have been able to see anyways, she still had tears obstructing her view.

Somehow she ended up outside of a small house. At first she thought that this place couldn't belong to Tommy. It was so run down but she saw his precious blue Viper (sorry if that's wrong) parked in the driveway.

There were several times when she went up to the door then walked away then turned back and then turned away. She did that several times before deciding to ring the doorbell.

Tommy opened the door right away. "Jude?"

She looked up at him with her puffy green-gray eyes and did her best to smile. "Hi, Tom."

"How are you doing?" He looked down at her with extreme concern.

She burst into tears once again and hugged him tightly, pushing her face against his chest. "I don't know what I did wrong!" She cried. "I guess his perfect girl was sitting right in front of him all along, he was just thinking of the wrong one."

Tommy hugged her awkwardly and petted her head. "Jude, do you want to come in?"

She pulled away from him and nodded. She followed him into the front room and she dropped down onto the couch.

"Um, you want something to drink?" He asked.

She shook her head without looking at him. "Maybe a glass of water."

Tommy left the room and let out a huge sigh. Jude… Poor Jude… She has been hurt so many times before, sometimes by me. But being left for her friend by her best friend? That's cold. I should've told her about them before, I knew and I did nothing. This my fault as much as it is theirs. He filled a glass with water and walked back out into the other room.

Jude was still sitting on the couch. She had found Tommy's guitar and was playing it. "Oh, he's under my skin," she sang, "Just give me something to get rid of him. And give a reason not to bury this alive. Another little white lie. Oh, he's under my skin…"

"Jude," Tommy interrupted, "here's your water." He set it down on the table in front of her and sat down next to her.

She continued to play and sing the song. "Just give me something to get rid of him. And give a reason not to bury this alive. Another little white lie."

Tommy placed his hand gently on the neck of the guitar, making her stop. "You came here for a reason. You need to talk to someone. But you shouldn't play a song that you wrote after another guy left you for another girl… it'll make you feel worse."

Jude let Tommy take the guitar away from her. "It hurts… It just hurts so much."

"I know, but you have to let it heal, things will get better. I promise you."

She looked down letting her tears fall. "That song wasn't about Shay."

Tommy kept his eyes fixated on her. "It wasn't?"

"No…"

"Then, it was about me?"

She gave a half smile. "No…"

He put his hand on her cheek. "Then who?"

She looked up at him. "It was about my father. I found out he was cheating on my mom and then after I sang that, I gave him an ultimatum; Mom or Yvette." She tipped back her head as if she were trying to keep herself from crying. "Oh God! Everything is so screwed up! Over the last few months I've lost two boyfriends and a friend, and I've made several enemies. Life is so horrible!"

"Whoa, whoa, hold on, Little Girl." He pulled her closer to his body and held her in his arms. "Girl, everything will be better."

She tried to push herself away from Tommy but he held her tightly so she couldn't move away. "No! It's not fair! She's had him once already! It's not fair!" She stopped trying to get away from him and let her body relax.

His face got really serious even though Jude couldn't see it. "Things change as well as people. They meet other people, and it's over."

Jude broke free of Tommy's grasp and stood up.

He stood up too. "What's up, Jude?"

She turned to face him and leaned in towards him, waiting for him to kiss her.

He backed away. "Jude, I can't."

Jude hit her forehead with her hand. "Oh, duh! Stupid me! You have Sadie! Just 'cause Jamie and I broke up doesn't mean you and Sadie did. I'm so stupid!"

"No, no you're not. Actually, Sadie and I did break up. She met some Italian guy and they ran off together."

"But, she was at the airport."

"Well, he came back to America with her."

"So, if you and Sadie broke up, what's wrong?"

"We are both emotionally unstable; Sadie hurt me and Jamie hurt you. Neither one of us is fit to try anything."

"Right, I got it." Her voice seemed tense but not angry. "Look, do you mind if I crash here tonight?"

"Yeah, you can take the couch. I'll get you blankets." He left the room for a second and came back with several blankets in hand. He handed them over to her. "Good night, Jude." He gave her a kiss on the forehead before leaving the room.

Jude turned off the lights and wrapped a blanket around her. She fell asleep within a few minutes.

AN: I know, not the greatest chapter but I tried. And sorry if I got the lyrics wrong on that song! Anyways, R and R!