Title: Fingerpaints
Rating: K
Chapter: 2
Fandom: Degrassi: The Next Generation
Summary: When Jenna starts avoiding him, Connor tries to figure out what he did wrong. Jonnor.
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Disclaimer: I own nothing, except the idea.
Jenna never showed up for their first period with Mister Perino. Dallas seemed to be the least concerned. Although, unless it was Alli, Dallas was usually unbothered. Well, Alli and, now, Clare. But Connor suspected that was because she was so pregnant. Dallas had practice with pregnancy and children. He was the only one of their friends with a baby.
Connor smiled when he saw Jenna coming out of the school counselor's office. His face dropped as he neared her and realized the state she was in. Her eyes were swollen and bloodshot, her makeup was streaked across her face, and she was wiping the snot leaking out of her nose with the sleeve of her sweater.
"Were you crying?"
Jenna sniffled, shaking her head. "I'm fine, Connor." She walked past him, her shoulder hitting against his arm.
Connor turned around, following his girlfriend to her locker. "You don't look fine. You look like you're crying."
"That's because I am crying," Jenna replied, her voice shaking. After a minute of fighting with her locker, she slammed her hand against the door. "God. Why won't you open!?" she shouted before covering her face with her hands to hide another flood of tears.
Connor reached around her and carefully got the door of her locker unjammed before opening it for her. "There."
Jenna reluctantly mumbled a thanks before looking at herself in the mirror. She used her sleeve to wipe at the raccoon rings of wet mascara under her eyes, still sniffling.
"Why weren't you in history class?" Connor asked, resting his hand between her shoulders.
Jenna shrugged, her tears finally under control. "I wasn't feeling well." She reached inside her locker to grab her biology book and all the belongings she needed for her next class.
"Are you sick?" Connor questioned, his voice quieting in concern. "You were in the school counselor's office."
"I know where I was, Connor!" Jenna snapped, shrugging his touch away. "Just drop it!" She slammed her locker shut, leaving her boyfriend in a cloud of confusion.
