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Jude sat in the back seat of the car, staring out the window. When was anyone going to talk? It had been hours and still nothing. "Sadie, I don't
know if I trust him anymore," Jude whispered as quietly as she could. "Jude, seriously, just wait, there's some reason he hasn't said anything... I
mean, he did just have to come jerk you out of your house in the middle of the night after not seeing you for almost a year!" Sadie got a little
carried away when discussing the subject with her sister. "Can you guys keep it down?" Tommy's first words came through a smile and they were
already obnoxious.
Jude was confused as ever. First of all, why, out of all people, would Tommy be here to rescue her? Then there was still the matter of being on the
run and not knowing what they were running from. Jude looked down through the front seats at the clock, 6a.m., had they already been driving
for 4 hours? Where the heck are they?
Finally, Tommy broke his silence, "Jude, I'm sorry." Jude looked at him for a second in disbelief then in anger," You're what?" "I'm sorry, for
everything." "Tommy, I've heard that enough times to cover every incident in my life, do you really think that an I'm sorry is gonna make up for you
insulting me then dissappearing?!" Jude was so furious and hurt now that tears started streaming down her face. "Jude, you have to understand,
I thought it was best for us, for you, I was trying to protect YOU." Tommy closed his eyes for a second and a tear dropped down his cheek and
stopped on his unshaven face. Tommy continued but Jude couldn't help herself, she stared at that tear in the rearview mirror, contemplating what
it meant. She wanted to wipe it away, hold him, forgive him. She wanted so much to believe that these last few months didn't happen and she
was going to get to take him home with her. "... that's why I left so suddenly and like I did. Do you understand?" When Jude came to, Tommy was
looking at her hesitantly.
"What? sorry," Jude couldn't believe she had just missed his entire apology fantacising. "I was saying that I got mixed up with bad people Jude,
the kind you never want mixed up with, I was trying to protect you and hurting you was the only way I could think to keep you from following me."
Jude thought that over for a few minutes, her gaze never leaving Tommy. Sadie leaned over and hugged her sister, "I told you he left for a
reason, I just didn't realize it was because he loved you." "Yeah, maybe,"Jude was still in a daze. "Seriously Jude, just listen to him, I think he is
really being sincere" "K, " Jude cautiously met Tommy's gaze for a split second, and turned to realize he had pulled off at a fill station.
As Jude thought about the possibilities of what or who was after her, she recalled her birthday a few years back. She had already been held
hostage once because of Tommy but couldn't keep those negative thoughts in her head. All she could hear was the sound of Tommy's voice singing to her.
Have you got love to burn?
Kisses for days?
Don't you wanna grab onto something real
And never let it get away?
I don't have love to burn
Time to waste
'Cause I've waited far too long
For the spark to become a flame
And if it comes true
I only have a love to burn for you
Tommy loved her, she knew that. He couldn't have written that song if he didn't. Tommy just has... issues... she told herself. She knew that they
could work through this, "I can if he can" she thought to herself.
"Tommy, I know you love me, I just need time, " she saw Tommy's reaction as those words sank in, " and I'm going to need to know everything,
from the beginning, no more secrets, no more lies."
Why are they running? Where are they going? What was Sadie going to say before Tommy came? Are Jude and Tommy going to have sparks again soon?
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