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Title: Tied to a Dream

Summary: Sequel to We All Need Somebody. Jude is slowly dealing with Tommy's leaving. But what happens when the man who raped Jude escapes from jail and seeks revenge? Will that be enough to bring Tommy home? Or will Jude have to deal with him herself?

Chapter Two: The Warning

Rating: T

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Jude sat on the bathroom floor hugging her knees to her chest. It was only after Sadie's consistent banging on the door that Jude stood up.

"Come on Jude!" Sadie screaming, slamming her fist on the door. "I need to get ready for work!"

Jude was ignoring her again as she stared at her reflection in the mirror. A girl she once knew stared back at her with cold, empty eyes. Jude closed her eyes suddenly, a sudden feeling of hatred flowing through her. She slammed her fist into the mirror, her emotional pain subsiding as the glass severed her skin.

Dropping her fist to her side, Jude slowly opened her eyes. The mirror was shattered and her reflection was now separated into many tiny pieces. This time her reflection made sense. She wasn't whole anymore. It would make a lot more sense if the entire thing fell of the damn wall. She wasn't anything.

"JUDE!!!"

"Okay!" Jude snapped, opening the door and storming past Sadie. Jude ran down the stairs and out the front door. She ran across the street and up Jake's front steps. Jude began pounding on the door, "Jake!"

"Jake! Jake! Jake! Jake!"

Suddenly the door flew open, "Whoa… you okay?"

Jake stared at her, wondering why she'd been screaming.

"I need to use your sink," Jude answered, suddenly calm. She held up her hand. "And band aids if you have 'em."

"Oh my god," Jake pulled her inside and closed his door. "What happened to you?"

"My hand hit the mirror," Jude said, walking forward in a daze. "Seven years bad luck."

Jake followed behind her, putting his hands on her shoulders and leading her to the bathroom. He turned the faucet on and put her hand under the running water. Jude's face scrunched up as she felt the stinging pain. Jake finished cleaning her hand and dried it. Then he checked if there was any glass stuck in her hand. When he found nothing, he opened the cabinet and took out the first aid kit.

"No more punching mirrors," Jake said, wrapping the gauze around her hand. "Okay?"

"Fine," Jude mumbled, resting her head against his shoulder.

Jake let her rest there for a moment. Then he gently pushed her upright again. He was becoming more and more worried about her as the days past. As much as he didn't want to hurt her, silence may have been hurting her even more.

"Jude," Jake began, taking a deep breath. "How long are you going to let yourself be miserable for? I know it was hard that…he…left, but at the rate your going, your going to ruin your life over it."

Jude opened her mouth to speak but Jake continued, "I know. You don't want to talk about it. But Jude, you have to face reality at some time or another. Tommy is gone, okay? He left and there's no telling if he'll ever come back. But either way, you need to move on with your life before you really hurt yourself."

It was silent for a long time. The words stung Jude worse than the cuts in her hand. But she knew he was right.

"Tommy." Jude said, and the name burned a hole in whatever was left of her heart. Jude swallowed, "His brother escaped. I'm scared Jake."

"What?" Jake's jaw dropped. "Who?"

"Right," Jude sighed. "You don't know."

"I thought we didn't have secrets." Jake said, sounding more offensive than he'd meant to. He wasn't usually a pushy person. She didn't have to tell him anything if she didn't want to.

"I know," Jude replied, taking his hands. Jake laced his fingers with hers, holding her injured hand more gently than the other. "But there is one thing."

Jake waited, staring into her sad eyes.

"I was raped." Jude breathed, the words coming out easier than she'd expected. She watched Jake's expression which turned from solemn to sad to angry within only a few seconds.

"What?"

"Tommy's brother, Brian, he raped me. It happened last year and I'm fine now. It was hard at first but I got through it." Jude explained, trying her best to calm Jake down. "It's just that he's escaped from prison and he's supposedly murdered three people since."

"That's not good," Jake was dismayed. He gently released Jude's hands and walked past her and out of the bathroom. Jude followed him into the living room where he dropped onto the couch.

"Jake." Jude said but he didn't look at her. She repeated herself but he still didn't respond. "Fine."

Sighing quietly, Jude turned and walked out of the room, heading towards the front door and going outside. She almost didn't notice the envelope on the stairs as it blended with the snow. She picked it up and was surprised when it said her name on the front. No address or anything. Just her name. She opened the envelope and pulled out the small piece of paper. On it was written, "I SEE YOU" in big red letters.

Jude crumpled the paper as she walked across the street and towards her house. She gasped when she saw another envelope taped to her front door. She snatched it and tore it open, unfolding the piece of paper that was inside.

"AND YOU'LL SEE ME SOON!"

Jude dropped the paper and grabbed the doorknob but it wouldn't turn. She saw that both her mother's and sister's cars were gone. Jude reached into her pockets, searching for her keys. She soon realized that she must have forgotten her keys so she turned and ran back across the street, jumping up Jake's steps and knocking on his door.

"Jake!"