Sun and Shadow

You Don't Mess With Jude

Connor was staring in shock at the sight before him. Jude, his Jude, was kissing someone else and it was a girl!! Connor's hands clenched into fists and he could feel the heat rolling off of him and he only barely noticed the lockers near him start to melt. But it was enough to help him regain his control over his powers so that he was no longer sending out heat and he moved towards the two of them, who were still kissing.

As he got near them he noticed that the red head was the one he had seen earlier with Jude, the one who had been glaring at him. He was about ten feet away when the two of them broke apart and she looked up and saw him and smirked. SHE SMIRKED!

"JUDE" Connor yelled.

Jude turned around and Connor froze at the look of disdain and absolute annoyance on his boyfriend's face. "Yeah" he said sounding bored, "what?""

Connor looked at the face he knew so well with a look he had never before seen on it. "What the hell is going on?" he asked proud that he had managed to get his voice under control.

"Wow" Jude snickered and looked at the red head. "I mean I always knew you weren't the smartest guy in school, but I didn't figure you were that dumb" Jude was looking at him like he was bored with Connor. "But since you don't seem to understand, let me explain it to you. I'm kissing a girl. You know, who we are supposed to kiss" he sneered.

Connor felt his heart freeze at the malice in Jude's voice. "But...we...you..I" Connor stammered.

"Awww" Jude frowned and looked at him like he was an idiot. "Can't use your big words? Maybe if you weren't such a dumb jock you could use two syllables" Jude laughed and the red head who was hanging all over him was laughing as well.

"You're my boyfriend" Connor whispered.

"Oh please" Jude rolled his eyes and tightened his grip on the red head's waist. "I was bored and you were desperate for attention. You were fun for a while, but it's not like it was real or anything. How stupid can you be?"

Connor stood there in shock as he watched Jude walk off with the girl and saw his hand slide down her back to grab her ass and he felt something snap inside him. He held on for a moment but once they entered the school he let out a scream and blasted off like a rocket, leaving Sky High behind.

Jacob walked into class and saw Jude talking with Alex. "Hey guys" he said smiling. "Have you seen Connor?"

Jude looked at him with a confused look. "Not since history class" he answered. "Why?"

"He was supposed to meet with me and Peter after class. He was going to help us with a project but he never showed" Jacob told them.

"That's strange" Jude mumbled and remembered his exercise with Mariana and he closed his eyes and tried to focus on Connor. He felt a tug in a northern direction, but it was really far away. "He's not in Sky High" he said opening his eyes. "Why would he leave school?" he asked Jacob.

Jude wanted to figure this out but class was getting ready to start and Jacob had to leave. Jude would look for him after class.

Jude stepped off the transport platform and he wasn't happy. He hadn't seen Connor for the rest of the day and several teachers had asked about him. Jude had tried texting Connor but he didn't answer even when Jude called.

"Jude" Mariana called out happily. "You are never going to believe this" she said excitedly. She went on to tell him all about the drama going on with Brandon's musical and how she and Mat were struggling to keep it professional and how Brandon didn't want to put a 'no dating' rule in place despite her suggestions.