AN: Okay, I know I've been a horrible updater, and this is a short chapter, but I think I'm getting back into the swing of this story, and hopefully I'll be able to finish sometime in January :D Reviews are awesome :D

Two weeks after Kwest had brought him home from Italy, Tommy had begun to venture around the house. Jude had been making herself scarce the past couple of days, and Tommy was worried about her. He knew a lot had happened since he was dragged back to Canada, and to be truthful, he didn't remember a lot of it. One thing that stuck out in his mind though, was that Jude was moving to L.A., no matter what he said, or did to try and stop her.

Jude was throwing stuff into a large suitcase when she heard a knock at the door. She looked up and saw Tommy standing there. She instantly looked down and continued packing the bag.

"So, you're really leaving?" Tommy asked her as he leaned on the door.

She nodded. "Yeah, I am."

"Will it mean anything to you if I ask you not to?"

"Tommy, I can't keep doing this with you. We go round and round, and it's the same thing every time."

"Jude, it'll get better I promise."

She held up her hand. "Don't make empty promises. When you came back from Italy, I already decided that I was going to go to L.A., wether you begged me to stay or not. How could you do that? You left and almost killed yourself!"

"Because I knew I screwed up Jude. What happened at your prom, I should have never done that."

"No, you shouldn't have, but it's too late to beg for forgiveness, and it's too late to persuade me to stay here. There is nothing left for me here. Darius has a studio in L.A., that he's transferring me to, and Kwest and Mason as well. I need to distance myself from you if I ever want to have a normal life."

"You're saying I could never give you a normal life?"

"Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying," she said as she looked up at him. "We're both celebrities, and to put it bluntly, we're both messed up. You mess with my head in ways you don't even realize."

"Jude, you can't leave."

"I have to. You don't get it Tommy. I am 18 years old, and this vicious cycle has been going on since I was 15! If nothing has changed since then, nothing ever will.

"I'm sorry Jude, for everything."

"You should be," she said, grabbing the suitcase off the bed. "I'm leaving this afternoon with Mason. Goodbye Tommy." Jude walked past him, suitcase in hand, and made her way downstairs.

Tommy watched her from the top of the stairs. She hugged Sadie, Kwest, and Jersey, before she walked out the door and got into Mason's car. He looked out the window and watched her drive away, out of his life.

"Jude, are you sure you really want to do this?" Mason asked her as they drove to the airport.

"Do I want to? No, not really, but I have to. This isn't like picking out what you want to wear one day, this is my life Mason, and obviously Tommy isn't the best thing for me."

Mason nodded and pulled into the parking lot. They got through security and boarded the plane for the long flight to Los Angeles.

Jude took the key out of her purse and opened up the apartment. She flicked on the lights and looked around. "Mason this is amazing. Look at the view!" She said as she walked out to the balcony. It overlooked the beach and the ocean.

"The view's great but the scenery is better," Mason joked at the surfer boys walking along the beach.

Jude shook her head. "I'm going to go get unpacked and go for a walk or something."

Mason nodded and hugged her before she walked back into the apartment.