The Sunbird and Crow (Heather McNamara x JD)

~19~

One day, her mother was at work and Heather was upstairs packing books into boxes. She heard the normal ring and she pulled down her sleeves to cover the bandages. She made her way downstairs and opened the door. Standing at the door was JD with flowers. Heather stared at him. "Wrong house, JD." She shut the door and she heard him knock on the door. "Heather please. They're for you. I broke up with Veronica this morning. She's pissed but I could care less." Heather slid down against the door. "I don't need them, JD. Leave me alone." JD sat down on the porch and leaned against the door. "I'll wait as long as I have to, darling. I just want to talk." He heard the door open. "Fine." He stood up and walked in. JD followed Heather to the kitchen where he set the flowers on the counter. "What did you want to talk about? I need to finish packing for college." He sat down at their dining room table. "What college are you going to?" Heather stared at the ground. "Princeton...", she mumbled. He smiled. "Me too." She looked up. "Then we'd have plenty of time to discuss whatever it is you wanted. So I'll talk to you later bye." JD smirked. "Darling, I'm not going anywhere until we talk. First of all, I wanted to apologize for being an asshole. Secondly, I wanted to know if you wanted to catch a movie Saturday night?" Heather picked at her nail polish and mumbled, "Like a date?..." JD shrugged. "Sure, why not?" Heather shook her head. "Sorry...but no...girls are gonna be all over you at Princeton so I just...sorry. Please leave..." JD stared at her and stood up. "If you insist..." he sighed and left. 


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Soon college started and Heather was glad to be far away from home. Princeton was a big school and she had already met her roommate. Her roommate's name was Ashley and she had auburn hair and brown eyes. She seemed to enjoy dressing up and was extremely pretty. Heather had only one class with her: English. It was a large classroom yet not many kids seemed to have signed up for the class. Ashley already seemed to have made a few friends and was sitting and chatting with them. Heather decided to read while they waited for the class to start. Suddenly, the girls stopped chatting and became silent. Heather looked at them to see their heads were turned towards the doorway. When she looked to the doorway, she saw JD sauntering in and smirking. She lowered her head into her book and prayed he didn't notice her. It was already too late and JD had quickly taken one of the empty seats next to her. "Seems we can't get away from each other." She could almost hear his smirk. She ignored him and continued reading. The rest of the class went by without an interaction between the two. At the end of the class, Ashley hurried up to Heather and asked what JD's name was. As soon as Heather told her, she said a quick thanks and hurried off to JD. As Heather passed them, she heard Ashley ask JD, "Hey, how 'bout a movie or something this weekend? Just the two of us." Heather glanced at them and met JD's eyes before looking away. She heard him politely refuse and say he liked someone else. Heather ran out of the classroom and ran through the campus, trying to find somewhere to go so she could be alone...

Many months passed. Heather did good in her classes and many of her professors praised her. JD continued to sit next to her in English and he had made some friends of his own. Heather on the other hand would refuse to go to parties or talk to anyone. One day, Ashley had disappeared from their dorm room. She left a note that said, "Hey Heather! You're probably wondering where the fuck I went and I moved into my boyfriend's dorm room and now you're getting a new room mate. Sorry! (You were kinda boring no offense :) )" Heather tossed the note and mumbled "I couldn't even keep a friend..." before opening her book and sitting on the couch.