Jude sat in art class thinking. Thinking about him and Taylor. He had feelings for her, and he was so confused. Why would Callie say that about Jack? He didn't know who he was anymore. As he was drawing and thinking, everybody started panicking. He took out his earbuds and heard the bell ringing to tell the class to evacuate. They ran out to the parking lot where the police were ready to go into the school. Callie spotted him and she moved towards him, as she did he saw and decided to look for Taylor to see if she was okay,because he didn't want to talk to Callie. He looked all over the lot and eventually found her, embracing her in his arms. They were visibly worried about each other.

"Are you okay" he asked her "do you know what's going on. I was listening to music and didn't know anything was going on until i saw everyone freaking out"

"I'm fine, but no. I haven't heard the police say anything, but they're really scared" she replied

Jude saw his mom, stef, and began walking over to her.

"I'm gonna ask my mom if she knows what's going on"

He made his way through the crowd of kids and began to question her.

"Mom? Whats going on? Is everyone okay?"

"I can't tell you right now but you'll find out soon enough. Go back to your friends, okay

Jude left frustrated not knowing what was going on.

They stood outside for about an hour before their parent were allowed to come pick them up. Jude stayed with Taylor until her mom got there to pick her up. They kissed and then she left. He waited for his mom to finish, but he wasn't allowed to wait in the school for her, leaving him suspicious. He waited out at the bench looking out, thinking.

Did Jack really only kiss Jude because he felt bad for him? Who was he anymore.

He was so confused. While deep in thought, he turned to a sudden noise and noticed news vans showing up. He walked towards the reporters and overheard them talking. He heard them talk about a shooting and his heart sank. Just then his mom appears and was ready to take him home.

Once home, he turned on the tv to watch the news. Apparently there was a shooter on campus and someone got shot, though they hadn't said any names. He was scared could he have known the person? Just as the news channel changed stories, he got a text. From Connor

Are you okay?

I Heard about the shooting

At the sight of Connor's text, he was engulfed with anger. After that night neither Connor nor Jude had reached out to the other. They both were still in pain. But although Jude knew very well how Connor must've felt, he still was mad at Connor. Mad at him for still caring. Mad at him for not telling him no. so, Jude decided to retaliate against and do what he knew would piss Connor of; not text back. Jude convinced himself that he no longer cared for Connor, that what they had was over, and that he needed to move on. To do so Jude had a plan. So he text Taylor.

Hey

He waited anxiously for her to respond wondering if the kiss from earlier that day had ruined things.

Whats up?

Do you want to go see a movie or something? Maybe we can go out to the pier.

Sure i'd love to

How about 8:00 tomorrow?

Yeah. See you then

As he sent the last text, he felt the anger finally flush out of him. Jude was Moving on from Connor.

The next day, Jude sat in front of his closet trying to choose what to wear. He looked at his clothes for 5 minutes, before realising he still needed to brush his teeth. He rushed into the bathroom, grabbed his toothbrush, and went to grab his toothpaste without looking, but instead, he found himself holding the blue nail polish. He hesitated to put it down, thinking back on Connor and when he painted his nails blue to stand up for him. Just as he started to remember, he swiftly put it back down on the counter, looking at it. Then he grabbed it again and put it inside the cupboard, not wanting to look at it. He continued to ready himself for his date with Taylor. Trying not to think to hard on the recent occurrence. He tried to turn on some music while picking an outfit, but it reminded him of Jack, which upset him even further. So he randomly choose an outfit and quickly made his way downstairs to wait. While he waited for the time to come he looked back at his phone. He had a new message from Connor.

Wow

I get that whatever we had is over, but you don't have to be a bitch about it.

Jude felt the anger fall over him again, so he put the phone down and turned on the TV to distract himself, then his phone buzzed again.

Fine. Whatever, don't answer me, but don't you ever text me, and if you do i wont respond. Understand?

Jude refused to answer him.

Fuck You

The time finally came, and Jude left to go meet Taylor for their date. Jude and Taylor had a nice time. They went to go see a movie and then went to go walk on the pier. The next day, they met at Jude's locker. They kissed and then embraced. As they hugged, Jude saw something out of the corner of his eye. Someone was putting things into a locker, but he couldn't get it out of his head that it was Connor's locker. Taylor looked up and saw Jude distracted.

"You okay?" she asked "Jude?"

Why couldn't he get him out of his head? He was over him. From the text Connor sent, it was obvious to Jude that Connor was over it as well. Why was he dwelling on this?

"Jude?" she repeated

"What? Oh. Yeah. I'm fine just, thought i saw something"

"Okay." she said uncertainly. " wait for me at the bench, okay?"

"Sure"

Jude went through the rest of the school day trying not to be reminded of Connor. During lunch, Taylor was at a club, so he sat with the rest of his friends. Bored, he scrolled through his phone. He looked at pictures he had taken of Taylor and his date to try and distract himself. He saw pictures from Mariana and Jesus' party, and then Connor's "picture"

Why had not he deleted it? Why was it still on his phone? He swiped past it quickly but never went back to delete it.

After school, he met Taylor at the bench and they kissed. A boy with crutches passed by, and Jude was out of it. He didn't stare at the boy, he just didn't pay attention to anything at all. He was too much in thought. Taylor noticed. She saw the boy and realized.

"Why did you kiss me the other day?"

"Because i like you, Remember? That's why i asked you on a date."

"Do you though? Are you sure you're not still on Connor?"

"I told you, I'm not into guys anymore."

"You told me that you weren't into guys anymore because God didn't want you to be straight. You thought that because you 'lost Connor' and Jack died. But thats not a thing you can control. Its not like you can chooses who you like. Not even to mention the fact that i overheard Callie tell you that Jack only kissed you to make you feel better, not because he liked you, and the fact that you never lost Connor. You pushed him away."

Jude went silent.

" I don't care that you're gay, but don't try and be something you're not. As a friend I want you to be happy, and you're obviously not happy with me."