A/N - Ok ya'll I am speechless...over 20reviews I got last chapter, that's insanely crazy! I love it! well..I have a bit of writers block..heh and it took me forever to write this and it might take me a few days to get the next one out, I know i've said that before but I seriously mean it this time. I want this story to be good so I don't want to rush it..if I get a burstof inspiration and start writing though, it'll probably be out tomorrow :) thanks again and keep reviewing, k?

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Chapter 9 - Never give up

Jude opened her eyes to find herself shivering. The air was extremely cold and she was a little confused about where she was, the room was white and it smelled very clean. She looked over to find tommy sitting in the chair next to the hospital bed. He had his face in his hands and he sat perfectly still. She tryed to speak but her voice wouldn't come out so she reached her hand out and softly brushed his hand. He looked up and smiled. She noticed his eyes were red like he had been crying, she frowned at him.

"Hey girl." He scooted his chair closer to the bed and leaned over the rail that seperated him and jude.

She smiled at him, not being able to speak.

"You feelin' okay?" He asked.

She nodded slowly.

"Well.." He watched jude's eyes, she didn't have to speak for him to know how she felt.

"Your mom thinks the baby was mine." Jude smiled uncomfortably and her lips were shaking.

"I know." Her voice barely came out but he was happy to hear anything from her.

"I can't stay long." He didn't want to dissapoint her but he couldn't be around when her mom got there.

"Yeah.." She knew he couldn't be there, yet he was the only one she wanted there.

"Heh, darius is gonna love this." She said.

"He'll understand once I explain the situation." Tommy assured.

"What? tommy, no. You cant tell Darius." She pleaded.

"Jude I have to." He stated.

"Please?" She asked, she never asked for too much and for him to deny her request would be impossible.

There was an awkward silence for a few minutes, tommy sat thinking and jude looked like she was trying to figure out things.

"Are you going to be okay going home with..him there?" He asked..he couldn't even say his name. He knew she wouldn't be okay.

"I kinda.." Her voice was raspy so she cleared her throat, it helped a little.

"I kinda told mom lex did it..but she didn't believe me." He nodded, it wasn't unusual that her mother didn't believe him. This kind of thing use to happen all the time when tommy was younger, he'd say one thing but people would believe another just because of his looks and his career.

"She didn't believe me tommy." Her eyes were developing tears, the crystals hung on the rims of her eyes.

"She will." He assured, putting one of his hands over hers, which immediately warmed her heart.

A single tear slid down her cold cheek as she watched his hand. Finally looking up at tommy, she smiled.

"Tommy?" She started, her voice getting raspy again.

"Yeah?" He asked, full concentration on her.

"Never leave me?" She asked, the slightest hope in her weak voice.

"Never." He said, whiping her tear away.

She smiled and he leaned towards her, then kissed her forehead but afterwards only backing away a little, he looked into her loving eyes.

"Girl?" He asked, his eyes were still red from earlier.

"Yeah?" She lightly retorted.

"I l-"

"Tommy! what are you doing here?" Sadie asked, running towards him.

"You shouldn't be here, if my mom sees you.." She continued.

"I had to see jude." He explained, he was being pulled away from her by sadie.

"Look, you have to go." She said, pushing him towards the door. His eyes never left jude.

"But-"

"Tommy go! she'll be here any second!" Sadie said, pushing him again. Tommy nodded towards jude and then walked down the hall cautiously and fastly.

"I don't want to see her." Jude said, staring blankly at the wall in front of her.

"Jude, she..she told me what you said." Sadie walked over to her sister and sat on the bed next to her.

"Why did you lie?" Sadie asked, her face was turned from jude.

"Sadie, I didn't lie." Jude looked towards the door, her mom entered the room, jude then looked away.

"Release forms are filled out, we can leave." She said, avoiding jude's eyes, she pulled in a wheelchair to get her to the car.

Once they were in the car jude stayed silent. She didn't want to be around the two people who didn't believe her, why would she? so much for family and trust.

When they reached the house victoria got out quickly and went to go get lex to help jude out.

"Where is she going?" Jude asked sadie who had also been quiet the whole way home.

"To get lex so we can get you out." Sadie said.

"No, he will not touch me." Jude snapped, opening the door herself and pulling herself up by the top of the car. Sadie jumped out and put her hand around jude's waist. Jude winced and clenched her eyes shut.

"Look, I can't get you in there alone." She said, closing the car door.

"Well then I'll make it in there without anyones help." She said stubbornly.

"Right." Sadie said sarcastically. Right then lex and Ms. Harisson came outside. Victoria seen jude leaned against the car and looked at lex.

"Jude, lex is going to-"

"No, he is not going to touch me!" Jude pushed herself off the car and started walking slowly to the house, sadie walked behind her with her hands close to judes hips, if she started to fall she wanted to catch her. With every step jude took the pain got worse but she finally made it inside the house.

"I swear..that girl." Victoria said, looking up at lex who smiled back.

"She'll come around." He played it off so smoothly, he acted like he was actually concerned and that he actually cared for victoria.

"Well look, I have to take sadie to her dads..it's going to be a while before i'm back, will you be okay here with jude? I mean, I know you guys don't get along that great." Lex smiled at that, him alone with jude? oh yes. This would be great.

He grabbed her hands.

"We'll be fine." He kissed her hands and she smiled at his gesture.

"I'll go get sadie for you." He said, letting go of her hands. She nodded.

He turned and walked down the paved driveway and then up the steps til' he reached the door. He had a skip in his walk, this was the first time he would be alone with jude since the last time they were...together. He opened the door as sadie was coming out. He smiled seductively at sadie. She couldn't help but smile back. They hadn't had much time alone either, jeez having a girlfriend, an affair, and just a girl to screw around with was hard to manage. She walked passed him, her chest brushing against him. He smiled even wider.

Sadie threw a few bags she had brought into the back seat and then got in the passengers side. Victoria smiled and then stepped in the car as well.

Lex waved and watched the girls pull out of the driveway. This was going to be a good day, he thought to himself.

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Tommy was now back at the apartment, georgia ended up calling the airport and canceling her flight. After what had happen last night and everything that was going on there was no way she was leaving. Tommy tryed to convince her multiple times that there was no reason to stay and that he had it under control but she didn't listen, she cared too much about jude.

"What are we going to do?" Tommy asked, watching georgia dial a bunch of numbers on her cell phone and then scribble things down on a notepad.

She held out her finger and pointed it in his direction as she listened into the phone, after a few seconds she scribbled something else down.

"What are you doing?" He asked, getting frustrated with her silence.

She closed her phone and wrote a few more words down.

"We are going to get her the best lawyer out there." Georgia said, pushing the notepad across the table at him.

He read all the different names off the sheet of paper.

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Lex turned his head to see jude sitting on the couch, clutching her ribs. She was in pain already, this was going to make it even better, he thought. He closed the door which caught jude's attention.

"Where's mom?" She asked, realizing the echo that followed, the house was empty. Jude frantically tryed to push herself up from the couch.

"She went to take sadie to your dad's..we're here alone." He came up to her and started to fumble with his belt.

"No!" She scrambled to her feet. Her ribs were hurting her very badly but she ignored it the best she could.

She started to run but she wasn't fast enough. He grabbed her by her shoulders and forced her to the floor.

He stratled himself over her and put pressure on her stomach, she cried as she looked into his eyes.

"Now jude, that stunt you pulled at the hospital wasn't very nice." His hair was in his eyes now and he was sweating. She broke one hand free and slapped him across his face. He smiled, grabbing her hand and once again restraining it with the other, above her head. He only used one hand to do this.

"That was cute." He chuckled.

"Now you're just lucky that you're mother has feelings for me and believed me." He had his belt off now and his shirt also, he did this with his free hand.

"It's kind of sad, isn't it? your mother believing me over you, her own daughter." Jude turned her face from him. His words cut like a knife at her heart and it was killing her slowly.

He took off his undershirt and his chest was exposed.Afterwards, he unbuttoned her jeans and began toslide them down.

"Please don't" It's the only thing she could think of to say. He didn't listen..

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