A.N. This is going to be a short chapter. I'm sorry, but I didn't have much time to make it longer, and this is mostly in memories anyways… thanks for commenting!

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"Jude, Tommy, I have the results of the testing." Dr. Kensington told the couple. It had been three weeks since Jude was admitted into the hospital. Tommy had been released after two days, and Jude was admitted into the cancer ward. After the Sadie fiasco, Jude was furious, and refused to speak to Tommy for almost three weeks. When the doctor told her that her results were in though, Tommy showed up just when she wished she had him there. He sat next to her in her bed and carefully held her shaking hand.

"Jude, you have Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia." Jude gasped causing the doctor to pause. "Please do not worry; we are able to cure this kind of thing. I promise you. We are going to do everything that we can here to help you." Tommy hugged Jude and tuned out the doctors words. He whispered that he'd be back shortly. And left the room.

He climbed into his car and drove very fast towards a high cliff. He stopped his dented viper, and got out. Hopping the fence, he went to a large table like rock. He sat on it and looked out into the sky, with tears flowing down his face.

"Dad I want a Thunderbird" said Pyralis, Tommy's 15 year old sister. When Tommy's career started to take off, he bought her one, a beautiful purple 1956 thunderbird with soft leather interior, and fuzzy black dice hanging in the window. He still remembered her, tanned skin, for hours at the beach, black hair, straight as a bone, and green eyes, so green they could cut a hole in the floor. She sat behind that steering wheel and cranked the radio up. He remembered the hug she gave him when he showed it to her. Then he remembered the fight.

"Tommy, please don't freak on me… you promised me that I could tell you anything and that you'd understand" She started, her red teary eyes starting to well up again.

"Pyre, you know that I wouldn't." Tommy said reassuringly.

"Tommy I'm pregnant." She cried out. Tommy's face got very pale and he said

"You're not keeping it.

"Yes Tommy, I am."

"WHY? WHY DID YOU RUIN YOUR LIFE LIKE THAT? YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS BABY!" Tommy screamed at her.

"Fine I'll leave. But I hope that when you fall in love, you don't get to have her. I hope she dies when you find that one that you want to be with forever. That's who Gabriel is. I'm going to tell him tonight and then I'll move in with him and I'll be happy because he loves me!" She sobbed out. "I HATE YOU!" she cried, slamming the door, and starting the engine of her beautiful car.

Later that night Tommy got a call saying they had found his sister's car over the cliff. They were unable to find her body though. Tommy called up Gabriel and asked him about the evening she died.

"What happened?" Tommy asked calmly.

"Well, she told me about the baby, and then I had to tell her about…about… about the fact that I have AIDS. I'm sorry man. I didn't find out until three hours before she told me about the baby. I told her that I couldn't take care of the baby. She got angry and said 'he was right about you'. Then she took off. Did they find her yet?" Gabriel asked hopefully.

"No" said Tommy. About a week after that phone call Tommy found a collapsed Pyralis on his doorstep. He took her to the hospital, but due to undernourishment, and serious injuries caused by the accident, she wasn't able to survive, and Tommy kicked himself everyday because of what he had said to her the night she left.

"WHY GOD? WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO HER? SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG! GIVE ME THE CANCER, DON'T DO THIS TO JUDE!" Tommy screamed before collapsing on the rock in sobs. Tommy sat on that rock and then got on his knees and prayed.

"Pyralis, I don't know whether or not to believe in God, but I do believe in you. Please help Jude. I'm so sorry about everything. Please." He looked down at the ground. And heard a faint whisper "Tommy" He looked back and saw his sister, beautiful, and in a long flowing white gown. She stepped towards him, and they hugged.

"I'm so sorry about everything" he said crying.

"Forgiven" she whispered and then he stood there for a moment before realizing that she was gone. He still could smell the vanilla that Jude always wore. That's why he loved her so much, because she wore vanilla. He smelled vanilla all the way to the hospital. He bought a dozen red roses and ran to Jude's room, and pulled her into his arms, kissing her passionately and handing her the roses.

"I love you, I'll cover you." he said now aware of Sadie's presence.

"I love you too." Jude replied, feeling elated as Sadie left the hospital room, in tears.