A/N Sorry its been a while, things have been crazy.
The humming of the fan had woken him up.
It wasn't the cars some floors below, or the incessant strumming of JoJo's guitar from the back room, it was the low buzz of his fan.
He thought about turning it off but the heat sinking into his skin made him even more awake.
He moaned to himself and wiped his eyes with the back of his hand. He hadn't had a drink in almost a month. It had been a month since the accident, a month and two weeks since Lucy had asked him to leave, and almost three months since him and Lucy had been "okay."
He was wide awake now and fighting with his thoughts.
The main thing on his mind recently had been John. He had finally gotten Max to tell him exactly what happened, down to the way he looked after being hit. He could tell it took a lot out of Max to relive that day, but he could see the anger in his eyes when he told him the cops never caught John and no one had seen him since.
Jude grinded his teeth at the thought of him. Every bad thing that had happened in the last four months, revolved around John, and around his drinking.
Drinking didn't even sound good to Jude. Even when he couldn't sleep and he used to drink to fall asleep. His stomach was finally not aching, or burning. When he couldn't sleep he drew, or sat on the balcony eying the few stars he could see over the city lights, or eying the streets below.
On this particular night, a cigarette and a view at the sky sounded wonderful.
Jude walked slowly and carefully to the balcony and opened the door. His leg was feeling so much better but it pulled every now and then. There was a light breeze outside but nothing comforting. He sat in the night heat puffing and glancing at the sky.
"If you were looking at the sky we would be seeing the same thing." He whispered to himself.
He took another drag and shook his head as a smile eased across his face.
"You probably don't look at the sky anymore though."
Jude sat down on the edge of the balcony and remembered the times the two of them would sit outside together and laugh, or just sit in the silence and enjoy it with each other. He could almost see the two of them, but he knew it wasn't real, but he wished it was.
He finished puffing on his cigarette and headed back inside. He could no longer hear JoJo's guitar or the sound of Sadie laughing gently. He glanced at the clock and moaned. It was almost three and he had a feeling he'd be up for a while.
He walked back to his room quietly to avoid waking Max up. He had been sleeping so well lately and he didn't want to disturb him.
He sat down at his bed and looked at his drawings. They were flooding his desk, all out of place. He glanced up at the ceiling, it was now a light shade of blue fading into a dark shade. He wanted to paint the sky, and he was trying his best.
He stood up and eyed what he could do next. He jumped when the sound of the kitchen phone rang. It scared him to death and he stood in place for a few seconds. The second rang made him walk as fast as he could to the kitchen. He winced a few times as he felt his leg pull, but by the fourth ring he answered.
"Hello?" He mumbled quietly into the receiver.
There was silence on the other end.
"Is anyone there?" He asked a bit louder this time.
"Jude?" A voice responded quite quietly and a little scared sounding.
Jude swallowed hard and stood up straight.
"Lu….Lucy?"
"Uh…yeah, it's me."
"Is everything alright, you realize it's late?"
"Yea…and I'm sorry…I just…." She paused and he could hear the fear in her voice.
"Lucy…what's going on?" Jude was fighting off twenty different emotions at once and trying to not let them show.
Lucy was silent again and she let the tears fall and sniffled. "Is Max there?"
Jude sighed and felt disappointed.
"He's asleep actually. I could wake him up but he's been sleeping so good and I-"
"No don't wake him…I'll call later."
"No…Lucy, what's wrong? It's late and I can tell something is bothering you."
Lucy paused again. "It's…it's John. He knows where I am and has been calling all day."
Jude stood up straight again and pulled the receiver closer to his ear. "What?"
"I didn't know if he had called there and gotten my parent's number or if he is here and knows where I am. The stuff he says is just awful. I don't know what to do."
"Lucy calm down." Jude said while she began to cry. "You've got to tell your mum and dad, they'll help you out."
"I know, I know, but they went out with some friends tonight, and it's just me and my sister…and he keeps calling."
Jude felt helpless. The girl he loved was alone and the sick bastard bothering her was the same person who drove them apart.
"Okay…then you need to call the police."
"And tell them what? My old drug dealer is harassing me?"
Jude could hear the anger in her voice, the same anger she had when she was using. He bit his lip.
"Just tell them you're getting harassing phone calls Lucy. Tell them you have an idea who it is but you're not sure."
Lucy began sobbing.
"Okay, I'm going to wake max up, please just hang on a second."
Lucy continued crying as Jude attempted to walk fast into max's room.
He opened the door and saw a sleeping Max next to a bottle of opened sleeping pills.
"Well that explains that."
Jude leaned down and began shaking Max. He moaned and Jude kept shaking him and calling his name.
Max rolled over and looked up at his friend.
"What the hell?" He said slowly and under his breath.
"Max, it's Lucy, she's on the phone hysterical. John's been calling and you're parents aren't there and I don't know what to say to calm her down.
Max sat up and eyed him.
"What the fuck is going on?"
'I just told you-"
Max pushed his way past Jude and ran to the kitchen. He picked up the receiver and yelled her name into the phone.
Jude made his way into the kitchen, still shocked by the sound of her voice making it's way through her veins.
He looked at Max who was holding the receiver and yelling Lucy's name. he turned and faced Jude and stared at him with eyes wide.
The only thing Jude could hear was the sound of a busy tone and an operator asking to please hang up and dial again.
I know it's short and not that good but I've had so much going on. I'll try to get some more up. Sorry guys