At the end of the year beach party, Connor and Jude discover that the whole school knows about them and Jude storms off. Connor now has to deal with an upset boyfriend, a friend that betrayed their trust, and an ex-girlfriend who has learned the tr...
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AT THE BEACH
"Your dad allowed you to share a tent with Jude for three days?" Taylor was stunned.
Connor smiled. "It's a bit more complicated. Things with Jude were tough. He wasn't speaking to anyone, and even though Lena had said it wasn't my fault, I didn't know about all that other stuff happening. I had figured it was because of the situation with me and my dad that was upsetting him" Connor explained. "But talking with Lena did give me an idea."
"What idea" Daria asked looking concerned.
"She said that we had to act normally, just treat him the same way and not make a big deal of him not talking. Give him space to figure things out" Connor told her.
"So how did that give you an idea?" Taylor asked him.
ANCHOR BEACH
Connor walked into the school on Monday after thinking about everything he and Lena had talked about. He figured that he might actually be able to fix things especially since Jude wasn't talking. So he walked to his locker and waited casually for Jude to show up. Luckily it was just a few minutes before he arrived.
Closing his locker he tossed his backpack over his shoulder and walked over to Jude. "Morning Jude" he said cheerfully. Jude looked at him in surprise but Connor kept smiling. "Hope you had a nice weekend. Our soccer team won their game on Saturday" Connor continued pretending not to notice the confusion on Jude's face.
Jude closed his locker and Connor smiled. "Gotta run to class, see you in math" he said cheerfully and walked off with a smile. He managed one quick glance backwards and saw Jude looking at him like he was crazy.
Connor sat down in his class and smirked. If Jude isn't willing to talk to him, then he can't tell him to go away. Connor was planning to just act like he did before their fight and would talk to Jude as if everything was normal. Luckily Jude was fairly quiet in general so it wouldn't be too different.
Classes passed fairly quickly and it was time for math class. Connor diverted to Jude's classroom to see if he could intercept him and sure enough he arrived just as Jude was walking out. Stepping beside the brunette Connor started talking about his previous classes, just babbling to be honest, but talking to Jude normally. He noticed Jude kept looking at him out of the corner of his eyes but he didn't stop walking. They arrived in class and they split up to go to their desks and Connor saw Jude look back at him and Connor just gave a big smile to his friend. Jude looked even more confused and focused on his paper.
Connor repeated his walking and talking as they left but they had to split up fairly soon so Jude turned into his next classroom and Connor smiled and said goodbye as he walked on.
"Dude" Connor looked over and saw Jake walk up to him. "Are you okay?"
