A/N – Hey, everyone. Sorry this took so long to update. I managed to finish "I've Had Questions Without Answers" and I started a new fic (check it out on my profile). It's called "De mon Coeur au Tien."

I hope everyone got their previews!

I know I said this would be a double-update, but I wanted to get this up soon. And it wouldn't have been updated for another week if I had kept it a double-update. So, enough rambling. Onto the fic!

Enjoy and review!
-JQ-

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Chapter Six…Much Too Late to Undo

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"Tommy," Jude whispered, pulling back from him slightly.

"Yeah, Jude?" He looked down at her weeping figure.

"My mom is dead," she choked out, tears welling up in her eyes. "I'm nineteen years old and my mom is dead. And it's all my fault."

Tom sighed and pulled her closer. "No, Jude. It's not your fault. You can't blame yourself. It's not anyone's fault. Your mom just had too much stuff to deal with. She couldn't do it anymore."

"But, I should've been there," she moaned, clinging to Tom.

"Jude, there was nothing you could've done to stop her. Even if you were with her, she still would've lost her job. She still would've found out Don was cheating on her. You have to accept that."

They were both quiet and Jude's heavy sobs filled the air. Strangers could feel the anguish and defeat in her cries.

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Kwest stepped inside the hospital, making his way over to the nurses' station. "Excuse me. Can you tell me where I can find Sadie Harrison?" The nurse pointed down the hallway without even looking up. Kwest turned down the hall and spotted Sadie right away. Her thin frame was crumpled up against the wall, her head buried in her hands.

Kwest sighed and walked over to her sobbing body. "Hey there, pretty lady," he drawled, a smile stretching across his face. She looked up at him, not amused.

"What are you doing here, Kwest?" she asked in a monotone.

"Well, I was a little worried. No one's called. So I figured I'd come see how you were doing." She didn't answer him. "So…how are you doing?"

"She died, Kwest," Sadie told him bluntly. His face softened and he sat down on the floor next to her, putting an arm around her shoulders delicately.

She moved close to him. "I'm so sorry, Sadie. I…I don't know what to say," he fumbled around his words, wishing he could find the answers to her questions.

"Will you come with me? In there…to see her?" Sadie asked.

"I…" Kwest glanced around, obviously uncomfortable. "Can I get some coffee first? I'm barely awake right now."

She smiled at him, a seemingly incurable sadness in her eyes. "I could use some too. Black, please?"

"Okay, I'll be right back." Kwest stood and walked down the hallway toward the cafeteria.

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"Jude…can I…tell you something?" Tom asked her gently.

"Of course," she mumbled, drying her tears.

"It'll get easier, Jude. It'll take time. But I'm here for you." He pulled her into a tight embrace. "And I promise…it will get easier. Trust me."

Jude looked up at him, anger rising in her eyes. "Tommy…I hate to break it to you, but you don't know. You will never know." She jerked away from him.

"Jude…" Tom's voice was almost a warning.

"No, Tommy. No." Jude spun around and darted down the street, never looking back.

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Jude stalked in the hospital and over to her sister, who looked paralyzed in the hall. "How could you!" she screamed, getting in her sister's face.

Sadie locked eyes with Jude. "Calm down. You're in ICU."

Jude could see that her sister's eyes were bloodshot from crying, but at this point, she didn't care. "Calm down? Calm down! You want me to calm down after you kissed my boyfriend after Mom died!"

"Jude, I was caught up in the moment. Stop causing a scene," she pleaded, glancing around nervously.

Jude was losing control. "Do you really think Mom would've approved of you kissing my boyfriend?" she asked maliciously.

This set Sadie off. "No, but you had her wrapped around your little finger, didn't you?" The two of them were silent for a minute and then Sadie's lip peeled back in distaste.

"Well, at least one good thing came out of Mom's death," she whispered, tears dripping from her eyes. "Now, only one parent is eating out of the palm of your hand."

Jude recoiled, eyes widening in shock. She couldn't believe Sadie had the nerve. Everything left her mind as she reached forward she shoved her sister square in the chest. Sadie fell backwards, crashing into the wall behind her. Her body crumpled in pain and she let out a cry.

"Jude!" Tom's voice floated over to them, but the younger Harrison wouldn't give up. She clawed at her sister's face, an unearthly scream echoing down the hall.

"Sadie!" Kwest screamed from down the hallway. He rushed over to the two, dropping the Styrofoam cups. Coffee splattered all over the floor, flooding the cracks between the titles.

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A/N – Yay, I finally updated! Woo-hoo! Well, leave me love.

I want 90 reviews before I post the next chapter. Give me the song "Much Too Late to Undo" is from, and you'll find out a secret about Tommy. Ooooooh!

-JQ-