War Paint | Jonnor

Chapter 8

Jude's POV
It was the morning after and I laid in bed. The thought of yesterday couldn't seem to leave my mind. I didn't feel like going to school this morning. Motivate yourself Jude. Connor's going to be there. Nonetheless, I pushed my body up and headed downstairs.

When I stepped foot into the kitchen, Lena was circling around the table placing pancakes on each of our plates. Stef was in front of the sink, already in uniform while sipping her tea. Everybody else was still upstairs I guess. Stef looked at me with a warm smile and spoke.

"Hey love, good morning."

"Morning, I see we have pancakes." I say getting excited.

"I know it's your favorite, so I decided to make them." Lena said. She then called out, "Kids, breakfast is ready!"

You could hear footsteps coming down from the stairs, followed by more footsteps. I felt like a stampede was about to come my way. Luckily, there was nothing to worry about. Callie, Brandon, Mariana, and Jésus walked into the kitchen with ease.

"Hey, good morning." Callie mentioned.
She took a seat right next to me when she reached the table.

"Morning everyone." Mariana said.

"Good morning guys." Jésus told us.

Brandon sat at the head of the table, clearing his throat before he spoke.

"Morning."

Before eating these delicious pancakes, I needed to have the bottle of syrup. It was placed in front of Mariana. She handed it to me and said, "Here you go Judicorn."

I smiled at the name and replied, "Thanks."

When I finished eating, I went back upstairs to get dressed and brush my teeth. There was a blue long-sleeve in my closet, so I decided to wear that with some black jeans. By the time I was done, Lena called out from downstairs, "Jude let's go sweetie, everyone else is in the car!"

"I'll be there in one second!" I yelled out.

Searching for my backpack, I found it sitting near the bedroom door. Once I grabbed a hold of it, my feet dashed downstairs and out of the house.

Connor's POV
When I got to school, I stood beside Jude's locker waiting for him to appear. Behind me, I heard a familiar voice.

"Hey," he said.

"Hey Jude." I responded.

By the time I turned around, his arms were already wrapped around my neck. I caught him smiling from the reference. Thank you for the Beatles.

"So, ready for class?" I asked.

"Yeah, I guess."

"Great, let's go."

Since the hallway was empty, we walked hand in hand. I wish we could do this around everyone, but Daria is the problem. We shouldn't have to keep this a secret. I want people to know that I'm with you Jude, and that I love you.

The bell rang as soon as we entered the classroom, taking our seats.

Jude's POV
It was finally lunch time and Connor asked if we could sit outside.

"Sure, that's fine." I told him.

"Okay cool."

We found a table where no one was around us. I spoke too soon before Daria appeared from out of nowhere. To alert Connor, I bumped my arm onto his and he looked up from his lunch.

"What are you doing here?" he spoke with caution.

"Oh nothing, I just thought I could sit with you two love birds."

"We don't want you here." I declared, standing my ground.

"Well, I don't think you'd want me to leave and tell the whole school about your relationship now would you?" she told me with a mischievous look.

I stayed silent and turned my head to Connor. Be strong Jude, be strong. Don't let her get to your head. He took my hand in his and raised his voice at her.

"Just leave us alone okay?"

"Fine, but do know that this isn't the last time you two are going to see me." she replied, walking away.

Connor's POV
For the rest of that day, I spent my time thinking about Jude and the fact that Daria isn't going to be leaving our lives anytime soon. I should talk to him about this, he probably wouldn't mind if I went over to his place tonight. I'll ask him later after school.

When the bell rang, I rushed out of my seat and searched for Jude. I found him outside of campus standing next to Lena's car. He focused on me and I spoke.

"Hey, is it okay if I hang out at your house tonight?" I ask.

"Yeah sure, let me just ask Lena."

Jude pulled out his phone and started texting, I guess she was still in the building. He looked excited minutes after and nodded his head.

"She said it's fine." he told me.

"Awesome." I responded, smiling.

Jude's POV
Connor joined us in Lena's car when we were going home. She told me that the rest of the family got a ride with Brandon. As soon as we reached the driveway, Connor and I stepped out of the vehicle. The front door was open, so I assumed Brandon and the rest of the family were already there. We entered the house and headed upstairs. I could hear Mariana and Callie talking in their bedroom, and Brandon was most likely listening to music with his headphones on. Stef walked out of her room and greeted the both of us.

"Hey love, I see you brought Connor, it's good to have you here hun." she said.

"Hey mom, and yeah." I told her.

"It's good to be here." he replied to Stef.

We went into my bedroom and dropped our backpacks on the floor. I sat on my bed and motioned Connor to take a seat right next to me. As he sat down, he held my hands and looked worried before speaking.

"We need to talk about Daria, she's obviously not going to give up about outing us."

"I've been thinking about her lately too, I just wish she stopped all of this and left us alone."

"I agree, but what are we going to do if she does?" he asks.

I pause and look at him for a moment.

"Whatever happens, we'll always be together. No one's going to separate me from you."

I hold out my pinky, waiting for him to do the same. He locks his with mine and we smile. We can do this, nothing's going to stop us.