Jude decided, when he finally got a chance, that he was going to jump off of Cameron's Canyon.
Out of the frying pan, and into the fire...
And he was nearing the Canyon, every mere breath was drawing him closer, to the point where he no longer needed to breathe.
Breathe, breathe in the air, don't be afraid to care. Leave, but don't leave me...For long you live and high you'll fly, the smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry, all you touch and all you see-
That's all your life will ever be.
And balanced on the biggest wave, you'll race towards an early grave...
Why can't I get that song out of my head? Why? I must...keep running... God, I wonder if they'll have hot dudettes in Heaven... or Hell, if I'm going there. I guess it doesn't really matter now. Too late to think about dude stuff now...
Jude neared the canyon. He could see it through the trees. He was almost on the border line, between life and death.
Days earlier, at the mall...
Jen saw Jude running away. But right now that didn't matter, Greg was gone. Tears swelled in her eyes. Never had she been so upset. Never. But she knew what she must do. Call Greg's family.
She got off of the phone with Greg's mother, who was crying so hard that Jen could barely make out the words. Jen was still sad. But talking to Greg's family made her feel better, and she had stopped crying and started slapping herself frequently and yelling, "Wake up Jen!"
Her lunch break came right after the 2-hour long phone call. She went to the Lemon, and everybody was there, except for Jude. "Heard your boyfriend died. Major ouch," said Jonesy, hugging his stepsister. Everyone took turns hugging Jen. And sympathizing. By the end, Caitlin's makeup was smudged, Nikki had a sad, sympathetic look on her face, and everyone else was very sad, yet with no sad facial expressions, more like shocked.
And then Jen realized that Jude was missing.
And she could only think that Jude had something to do with the murder. There was only one reason someone would run after hearing about a murder.
And Jen could say only one thing.
"Sht."
