Chapter 3

At the haunted house, Jude and the guys were the only ones in their group. Kyle had talked to a guide and asked where all the escape exits were and explained that he had a plan to get his two friends to work out some differences. The guide found it funny and said that they could arrange something if they were willing to wait ten minutes.

Then all of them entered the house. When they got to the second floor, Jude was ready to go. The only thing that stopped her was when Speed said, "So, is the giant chicken gonna bail out now. Surprised she lasted this long. I can ask for a chicken door if you want Over Rated?"

Wally and Kyle slowly got behind Jude and Speed like the guide told them two when they got to room 24. Two people walked out and grabbed Kyle and Wally and pulled them into a hidden room. Speed and Jude didn't notice that they were gone till they got to the third floor.

"Those guys chicken out. Pansies." Speed mumbled.

"Yea, they got it coming, leaving me with you and taking me here." Jude groaned.

They continued to walk along the hall, this floor was even scarier. One of the guides had it planned that on this floor, a thunderstorm would suddenly pop up. The first blast of thunder and lightning strike, Jude jumped and screamed. Things kept flying and jumping out at them every time they turned a corner. Jude was terrified and didn't realize she had grabbed Speed's hand.

They had finally made it to the fourth floor. When they were walking down the last hall, Jude saw a knife lying in the hallway. She looked over to see a guy hanging from the ceiling with a knife in him. She screamed and jumped into Speed's arms. She buried her face into his chest and was shaking. Speed was shocked, but just wrapped his arms around her waist. They stood there in the hallway for a few minutes. Speed started to walk away, but Jude wouldn't let go of him. They walked down the hall with Jude pressed as close to Speed as possible.

They finally reached the end of the hallway to find Kyle and Wally waiting for them.

"Look, Jude and Speed are together." Kyle said as him and Wally captured the moment on camera. Wally was determined to record as much as possible.

Jude and Speed looked at each other and quickly jumped away. Jude said that she was scared and that she would have latched on to anyone, Speed said he tried to get rid of her, but she was super glued to him. Kyle and Wally knew that was a lie as well as Jude and Speed. Jude had never felt safer in Speed's arms and Speed wished he could have held her in his arms longer. Speed still loved Jude more then anything but he tried to make it appear as if she hadn't hurt him at all.

That night, everyone went straight back to the hotel and went to bed. Jude had nightmares that night because of the haunted house. Speed had gotten up in the middle of the night to go get something to drink and heard Jude in her room crying.

"Harrison, wake up." Speed said as he walked into her room.

Jude was still asleep. She was muttering something and was fighting something. He walked closer to her. He could hear her saying, "Don't leave me. Why does everyone leave me?" Speed was confused. She calmed down for a minute then she started in again. "I hurt you, but Tommy hurt me. Don't leave me." Speed was more interested in her nightmare then. She then started crying and kicking again. She then screamed, "NO! He has a gun." Then there was more fighting. She was struggling even more. Speed was about to wake her up when she started to yell, "Don't kill him. I love him. He has always been there and still is. NO!" Speed then decided to wake her. She was still stuck in her nightmare. He had grabbed her shoulders and was still trying to wake her. She quickly latched on to his arm and said, "Promise you won't leave me. Please." Speed decided to stay with her for a while. She seemed to calm down once she had a hold of him. Speed lifted her up so he could sit at the head of the bed and comfort her. He sat there and just rubbed her back and told her it was ok and that he was there.

At 6am, Speed woke up to the sun coming through the window. He looked around and noticed that he was in Jude's room. He quickly got up, he was going to his room, but thought he heard Kyle or Wally. He laid on the couch and acted as if he was asleep. He figured Jude didn't remember any of it and he didn't want to admit he had done that. Jude didn't want him any more so why was he still chasing her?

The day went by fast; there was lunch where Jude plastered Speed with ketchup after he threw half a glass of ice at her. That night was their first concert. Jude and Speed had to sing a duet that Darius forced them to do hoping to repair some of their relationship after the break up. It was a bonus song for tour. Jude sang Liar Liar, How Strong Do You Think I Am, Over Rated, Not Standing Around, Another Thin Line, Natural Disaster, Soft Spoken (the duet with Speed), and White Lines. There was My Sweet Time for an encore and Anyone But You if they decided to do two songs for an encore.

When Jude and Speed did their duet, the chemistry between them was electric. The guys noticed it, but Jude and Speed denied it. They said they only did the song to please Darius.

After they walked off stage, Speed kicked Jude in the butt; it was a tradition from the first tour so it was to continue.

The next week was busy. They moved from town to town and had concert after concert. Things between Jude and Speed hadn't improved. One could say it got worse. It was becoming a nightly event for Wally and Kyle to have to pull Jude off of Speed kicking and punching.