Jude was finished staring. He heard a recognizable voice call to him. He looked behind himself.

It was Starr.

"Jude, I, uhhh... totally want to apologize for breaking up with you. My boyfriend dumped me."

"Uhhh... yeah. I see you're not goth anymore."

"Yeah. It just wasn't for me, you know?"

"Yeah."

There was an awkward silence.

"I was just wondering if you wanted to get back together with me?"

"Well, actually..."

"Say no more. I understand. Who would want to get back together with a girl who loves you and leaves you?"

"What I was gonna say was I'd think about it."

"Well...O.K., think about it."

"O.K."

Starr went back to Vegan Island.

"O.K., dude. You can do this...and Starr is your backup...in a way..." Jude told himself.

"Hey, Jude!" he heard Jen call.

"Um...hey...dudette...I've got something to ask you..."

"Oh, Jude, this is my new boyfriend, Greg!"

Jude looked at another guy in a Penalty Box uniform, carrying a hockey stick as if it were a staff.

"Hi, Jude."

Hey, lay off my girl, you piece of crap, Jude thought.

"Boyfriend?"

"Yeah! And he takes me to the Gigantoplex, and the amusement park, and to Chez Toillettes, that new fancy restaurant...

"Boyfriend?"

"Jude... Earth to Jude... Is that all you can say?"

Jude swore. "I...mean...crap..."

Jen looked puzzled. "What's crappy?"

"Uhh, yeah, I gotta run." Jude ran away.

"Jude!" Jen called back.

Jude sat in the stall of the El Sporto's washroom. No, he wasn't having the big dump, and he was leaking a liquid other than what you think. He was crying. And yelling "Why?" which made a couple of people who were doing their business think he was crazy. And, at this time, he was.

Jude later walked home in the rain. He wasn't in the mood to skateboard. He wasn't even in the mood to ask Starr out, because he didn't love her as much as Jen. That was when he saw Greg, walking up to his house. Jude took note of his address. He would need it for the crazy thing he was going to do that night.