As they were walking Jess realized something. Instead of walking towards the amusement park the amusement park, they were going away from it.

"Jude, where are you taking me?"

"Well bra, since you skate, and I skate, I'd take you to the skate park." Jude answered, blushing.

Now it was Jessica's turn to be nervous. She hadn't been on a board in three years. Ever since she had that accident when she was 13 she had been scared to put herself out there again. Having an operation on your foot does that to a person.

Jude noticed that she was no longer smiling. It was like something came up and sucked all of the carefree laughter right out of her body. He wondered if he had done something wrong. "Jess, are you okay?" He looked concerned, and Jess saw that. She had to make up an excuse fast.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just zoned." Jess forced a smile so Jude would believe her. She wasn't sure it had worked though, because they walked to the skate park in silence. It wasn't awkward though, just comforting to Jessica. That comfort was short lived.

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"God, Jonesy, leave it to you to pick the worst movie playing." Nikki said as they left the theater.

"Oh, come on! It wasn't that bad!" Jonesy said, defending his choice.

"Um, yes, it was that bad."

"Ugh!" Jonesy snorted as he marched off. As he stomped off something fell out of his pocket.

"Excuse me, Mr.I Left My Wallet At Home, explain to me what you just dropped."

Jonesy looked back to see what he had dropped. Sure enough, the brown leather fiend lay on the floor. "Oh God.. I'm so screwed." Jonesy said under his breath, but apparently Nikki heard him.

"Like a light bulb" Nikki said, starting to run to catch up with him. Jonesy had a head start, but sooner or later they would run into a wall, or a date.

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"Okay bra, be honest, how long has it been since you've been on a board?"

Jessica was fumbling around like it was her first time skating. "Truth?"

"Truth."

"Well, honestly, three years."

"Jess! Why didn't you say something?"

"Because I know you love skating, so I decided to give it another try."

"Why'd ya quit in the first place?"

Jess paused for a second, then she sighed. "Because when I was 13 I was in a horrible accident. It messed up my foot pretty bad, and I had to have surgery on it. I haven't been on a board since then, but I'm willing to learn again, if you want to teach me."

"Sure bra, if I can teach Wyatt how to skate, I can reteach you. Let's start on this ramp."

"Okay." Her voice was shaky, Jude could tell she was nervous.

"Jonesy! Get back here!" Nikki yelled, out of breath.

Jonesy slowed, unsure about was she was going to do to him. He stopped right in front of the skate park. Nikki joined him just in time to see Jude teaching Jess how to skate again. This made Nikki forget how mad she was, or why they made that mad chase in the first place. She felt at peace, then she felt Jonesy take her hand.

"C'mon Nik, we should go."

"Sure. Let's go." She said as she walked off with Jonesy.

"Okay, Jude, let's take a break before I seriously hurt myself." Her hands and knees were bruised and scraped, but she didn't care. She was with Jude.

Jude nodded and lifted her up into his arms. She screamed in surprise and giggled. When they reached the grassy area he surprised her yet again, but this time with a question.

"Jessica, honestly again, why did you come back?" Jude's eyes looked sincere, he really wanted the truth, so Jess figured she would let him know.

"If I tell you you have to promise not to tell anyone."

"Promise."

"Well, you know about my past boyfriends, and how they were, uh, abusive. Well, my mom didn't care what they did to me. As long as they didn't kill me she was fine with whatever they did. She even let my step-dad beat me." Jess choked on the last sentence. Jude pulled her closer. "I didn't feel safe there, and decided to come back here. I called dad and he paid for my transportation. Mom said she'd change if I stayed, but I didn't want to stay. So, here I am, and if you ever tell my dad about this I'll have to kill you."

"Okay, I promise." Jude said, and he kissed her forehead. Little did the couple know that Jonesy and Nikki were listening to every word that came out of their mouths.

"I have to tell dad. Mom should be arrested!" Jonesy yelled in a whisper.

"No! Then she'll know that we were listening!"

Jonesy grimaced. He had to tell, but he didn't want to lose his newly found sisters trust.