Chapter 1
"Nice catch," Jude beamed at Connor, referring to the baseball he'd just thrown. Connor laughs throwing the baseball back at Jude. "Double play, go again," Jude says catching the baseball in his mitt and throwing it back at Connor. Connor catches the ball "Three in a row!" Jude shouts before Connor throws the ball back with full force. "Whoa," Jude says dodging the ball and turning to at the ball that had just flown past him. Connor laughs, "Very funny," Jude smirked before taking off his mitt and heaving it at Connor, Connor deflecting it with his own mitt. "Oh, sorry that was an accident," Jude laughed.
"Oh yeah?" Connor says before taking off his mitt, dropping it on the ground and chasing Jude around the backyard. "No, no- Go away- No," Jude laughs running away from Connor before being caught and wrestled to the floor.
The two boys laughed as they wrestled on the ground, Connor pinning Jude's arms to the ground beside him and hovering over him so he can't get up. "Oka- Okay, okay, I give up," Jude beamed looking up at Connor who stood hovering over him.
They stood there for a moment laughing, looking at each other, into one another's eyes. Before either of them had the chance to say anything Connors phone rang. Connor reaches into his pocket getting off of the boy underneath him and sits facing Jude. "What are you doing?" Jude asked positioning himself onto his elbows so he could lean upwards.
"Sorry, Daria just texted me," Connor says looking at Jude, who now has a look of slight uncomfortability on his face. "She wants to know if you wanna come over," Connor added. "Do you?" Jude asked watching Connor, "I mean what else is there to do?" Jude sighs before nodding "You should go then- If you want to,"
"No- Its fine we don't have to,"
"Whatever, just go," Jude insisted before getting up and heading into the house, leaving Connor outside in bewilderment of what had just happened to cause Jude's mood to change. After a little bit of thought Connor decides to message Daria, telling her that he was going to stay at the Adams Fosters house and continue to hang out with Jude. He then decides to go find Jude and tell him.
Upon reaching the doorway Connor slows down seeing Jude lying on his bed, tablet in his hand. "Hey, um, I texted Daria back and I told her I'm just going to stay here."
"It's not nice to lead people on," Jude says without looking away from his tablet. "Okay, well I'm not," Connor smirked obliviously before playfully hitting Jude's shoe, getting no reaction. "Come on," Connor repeats, hitting Jude's shoe again. "Stop it," Jude says glaring at Connor.
Connor tries once again to obtain Jude's attention, however doing so resulted in a fierce kick to the stomach.
"Are you okay?" Jude hastily asks moving off of his bed and toward Connor who was now kneeling on the floor, "I didn't mean to kick you that hard," "Why'd you kick me at all?" Connor whined.
"You kissed me, remember," Jude fumed, "In the tent," He adds Watching Connor "and then at the movie theater you held my hand- And now all day you've been-" Jude cuts himself off, Connor stood looking at Jude, hurt at the words that had been coming out of his mouth. "I just- I don't get this- I don't get you!"
The boys stood for a moment looking at each other, Jude waiting for an answer or reply, and Connor trying to process the things that Jude had just said. The thoughts that had been welling up in Connors mind had then decided for him. Connor leaned in to Jude, and then pressed his own lips up against Jude's. Jude happened to be the first one to pull away, looking at Connor, almost baffled over what had just happened, however he didn't know if this kiss had clarified their feelings for each other, Connor is still talking to Daria, Jude couldn't hurt her.
Connor and Jude stood staring at each other, taking in what had happened, looking into each other's eyes, faces full of emotion, whether it was worry, awe, or pensiveness, it was all up to them.