The fosters 1 including a prequeal Chapter 36, a fosters fanfic

"Hey Mariana, can I talk to you?" Jude smiled nervously entering his three sisters bedroom.

Mariana nodded while looking up from her nails, "Of course Jude. What's up? New gossip?" She questioned her younger brother hopefully.

Jude laughed at his older sister's eagerness for gossip but shook his head no, "Uh, I wanted to talk to you about a crush." He said blushing.

Mariana squealed and put down her nail polish motioning for Jude to come sit in front of her, "Who is it? Do I know them? What are they like? Are they cute? Do they like you?" She began to bombard Jude with questions.

Jude waited for Mariana to stop her questions before starting to answer them, "Yeah you know...him, he goes to school with us. He's really nice, I don't know if he likes me."

Mariana noticed the comment of him but already knew, part of her knew the minute she met Jude and the other part knew because he had already told his moms, Callie, Taylor and Jesus, and Taylor and Jesus had accidently told her one night. "Who is he?!" She practically screamed.

Jude looked down and blushed slightly, "It's Connor." He smiled sheepishly at his sister.

Mariana clapped and then laughed, "I called it! I knew it! Knew it! Knew it!" She cheered. "So why did you want to talk about him with me?"

Jude shrugged, "How do you tell if a boy likes you?" When Jude noticed Mariana's puzzled face he quickly began to talk before she asked the question, why did he choose to talk to her, "I didn't think that Jesus, Taylor or Stef and Lena would exactly know... so I came to you." He mumbled.

Jude's comment caused Mariana to laugh, "No, I suppose they wouldn't but what about Callie? And it's hard to tell if he likes you, does he flirt with you?" Jude confused look caused Mariana to roll her eyes, "Flirt? Like smile nervously, catch glimpses of you, hang around you a lot and try and impress you?"

Jude shrugged, appearing as if he was deep in concentration, "He gave me his PSP once, and we hang out a lot, he works with me on every school project. Oh! He wore nail polish when I was being picked on for wearing it!" Jude smiled recalling the time.

Mariana nodded thoughtfully, "Hmm, that's hard to tell, talk to him about it. That's the only way to know for sure." Mariana wasn't thinking of the possible issues with Jude talking with Connor about having a crush on him.

"What are you so happy about Jude?" Lean raised her eyebrow questioning her youngest child during dinner.

Jesus finally looked up from his plate, "Yeah dude, you've been giddy all day, it's like you got a date before Mariana or something." Jesus stuck his tongue out at his twin.

"Hey!" Mariana exclaimed.

"Children." Stef warned.

Callie smiled at her younger brother, "So what is it? Something you're gonna tell everyone or just sit there grinning and giggle all night." She teased. Callie had loosened up in the last week now that hers and Jude's adoptions had been finalized and since Jude had come out to Callie as gay.

Taylor looked around the table, "I bet that he has some kind of prank that he's going to pull on all of us, like some killer clown about to jump out of the fridge."

Jude laughed, "Nope a giant snake in the bathtub." He teased.

Taylor's smile flattered, as did Lena's, "Better not be any snakes unless you plan on giving your mother a heart attack." She teased. Both Lena and her daughter had an overwhelming fear of snakes.

Stef laughed at her wife and youngest son. "The two of you are going way off topic, so fuss up Jude. What is it?"

Jude shrugged as he got up to rinse his plate, "Nothing."

Jude was still smiling and very cherubic the next morning but no one, other than Mariana, could figure out why. Getting out of Lena's car once they had pulled into the school's parking lot he said a quick goodbye and ran off in the direction of his classes.

"Hi Jude." Connor smiled as he walked towards his friend's locker, "What's up?"

Jude smiled nervously, "Hey Connor, I uh wanted to talk to you about something."

Connor nodded pulling his english book out of his bag and then looked to Jude, "Of course, what is it?"

Jude smiled nervously, "I uh...well I was sorta wondering if..." Jude was cut off by the bell and Connor saying goodbye while rushing off towards his first class of the day. Jude and Connor had third block together and Jude couldn't focus during first and second block trying to figure out what he wanted to say to Connor. He knew he didn't want to just say, I really like you or hey, do you like me, more than most people do? But he couldn't quite figure out what it was he did want to say.

Bumping into Connor on the way to third block Jude was pulled out of his thoughts, "Jude, what was it that you wanted to say to me earlier?"

Jude took a quick breath, "I uh, I just wanted to see if you could hang out with me soon, maybe after school or something." Mentally Jude was kicking himself for chickening out at the last minute.

Connor laughed, "Don't we hang out after school a lot? No need to worry, I'm not just gonna suddenly stop being your friend." Jude laughed and just nodded numbly as Connor continued on talking about some project he had to do for English.

It was last block of the day when Jude finally saw Connor again, "Connor!" He called to get his friends attention. "About earlier, I didn't want to ask you to hang out."

Connor looked surprised, and slightly hurt, "Oh."

Jude shook his head, "Oh no, I mean I want you to hang out with me. But that's not what I was going to tell you. I kinda wanted to tell you, uh, I was wondering...if maybe, or actually, I kinda like you, and earlier you said you wouldn't stop being my friend so I didn't think you would care that I liked boys." Jude was whispering trying to ensure no one else in the class would hear him.

Connor froze as soon as the words had come from Jude's mouth. Another boy from class came up behind Jude and bumped him forward, "Connor did you just get hit on by this freak? Tell me you were going to laugh at him or are you a little creep too?" Jude was taken off guard and terrified that one of his other classmates had heard him, he looked to Connor for some defense but Connor just shrugged looking at the popular boy standing behind Jude.

"I don't know dude, he just came onto me." Connor shrugged looking at Jude but quickly breaking eye contact. "Jude, maybe we shouldn't hang out anymore, you know, people may start assuming things about me."

Jude was baffled, Connor had just said a few hours ago that he would never stop being Jude's friend and here he was taking someone else's side just because they were more popular. Connor and the other kid walked to the front of the class and took their seats as Jude slid into his seat in back, trying to keep the tears at bay.

"Stef I'm worried about him." Lena whispered standing in the kitchen with her wife. Jude had come home but immediately ran upstairs and locked himself in his room, he wouldn't even let Jesus in, when the two asked the other kids what was going on everyone shrugged saying they didn't know until a look crossed Mariana's face, "I know." She whispered, "Jude told Connor he had a crush on him. That's why he was so excited the other day because he wanted to know if Connor liked him back." Stef sighed but nodded, "And based on the reaction of Jude, Connor's reaction wasn't so great."

"I know Lena, but what can we do? Callie already tried talking to him, so did Jesus and Mariana. He just ignored all of them, he wasn't much more responsive to the two of us when we tried to get him to open to door." Stef sighed clearly defeated, "The only people who haven't tried talking to him are Brandon and Taylor, and I'm not sure those two would get through to him if Callie didn't."

Lena nodded still clearly worried, "Maybe Taylor could get through to him, those two have bonded a lot lately, since Jude came out to her first." Stef shrugged but agreed that it was worth a try to make sure their son was alright.

"Hey Jude." Taylor whispered sitting down in front of the door, "I know that Callie has the better bond with you but I thought I would give it a try since I understand what happened to you today more." She smiled hearing her younger brother's sniffling stop for just a minute, she had gotten his attention. "If you open the door we could talk." Slowly the bedroom door opened just a crack and Taylor slipped in before closing it again and wrapping Jude in a hug, "first crushes always suck, most of the time they just aren't ready to hear or accept who they or their friends are, most of the time they follow the popular clique, but it's alright because you will find someone better than Connor."

Jude pulled away from the hug and looked at his sister, "But Connor's my only friend at school."

Taylor shrugged, "True, but I'm sure Connor will come around, most of them always do."

Jude questioned his sister, "How can you be so sure?"

Taylor laughed, "My first crush, I thought it was going to kill me, I told this girl that I liked her, I thought that she would like me back, instead she ran off screaming to her friends how I had just hit on her. About three months ago, she emailed me, apologizing for what she had done to me reputation and to me, asking if I was still around because she had a lot of questions about the whole thing. Thankfully, I had already found Abby. Most of these people, worry more about their reputation than what they really want. Think of it this way, remember what happened when you wore nail polish? At first Connor didn't stick up for you, but he thought it over, let go of his ego and wore nail polish the next day to support you. Now I'm not saying Connor's going to come in tomorrow confessing his Romeo and Juliet style love for you, I personally can't even figure out if the kid is gay, or bi, or straight or what he defines himself as, he confuses me more than a tomato being a fruit." This received a slight giggle from Jude, Taylor smiled and continued on, "But it's not the end of the world, what he did to you it was horrible, and I wanted to beat him down for it, as does Jesus for hurting you. But it might work out in the end, keep your head up, and now go let Callie hug you and hold you for awhile, she's worried about you. And you can figure it all out tomorrow alright?" Taylor smiled at Jude and kissed the top of his head.

Jude slowly walked down the stairs into Callie's arms and let her just hold him like she always had when things got bad. "It'll be alright Jude." Everyone in the family kept promising him. Stef and Lena pulled Taylor into the kitchen allowing Callie and Jude their space, "Good job Tay, you have a way with words around that kid." Taylor laughed, "I just have a lot of experiences. Not a way with words."

Callie sat on the couch holding Jude and rubbing his back as he sobbed into her shoulder, "Shh, buddy, it's going to be alright. You've been through harder things than this remember, strong as stone my little brother. My baby brother that's a solid as rock, some of our foster homes were worse than this is going to be. I'm here to protect you. It's alright." Callie kept whispering while rocking her brother in her arms, she only hoped this wouldn't continue to hurt him at school on Monday.

After receiving various phone calls from their dates and friends, the twins, Brandon and even Callie, after a large amount of convincing, left for the friday night. Taylor was getting ready to leave to meet Abby at the coffee shop for another night of open mic when she noticed Jude still sitting on the couch, "Want to come along?" Jude looked up and noticed Stef and Lena nodding at him to go ahead and smiled at his sister, "Thanks Taylor."

After arriving at the open mic night, Taylor and Abby excused themselves to the bathroom leaving Jude alone at the table, "Hello, uh if I remember right it starts with a J?" A boy about Jude's age asked sitting in an empty seat the table asked. Jude recognized him as the boy who sang last time, Skyscraper, Jude remembered being memorized by the song. Jude nodded, "I'm Jude." The boy smiled, "You have really cute eyes, so don't ruin them by crying over whatever it is you're crying over. I'm Kyle." Jude smiled nervously, "uh, thanks?"

Kyle laughed, "Someone break your heart or something today?" He teased.

Taylor walked back over to her brother surprised by another person at the table, "Hi Jude, who's this?"

Kyle stuck out his hand to shake Taylor's, "I'm Kyle, I was just telling Jude here, that I'm gonna sing him a song to make sure that his tear filled eyes fill with joy and forget whoever made him cry."

Taylor smiled and nodded as Kyle walked off, "Who was that?"

Jude shrugged, "I don't know, he sang last time I was here though, remember."

Abby nodded, "I remember that, did he say anything else to you? I mean he seemed nice enough."

Jude blushed, "He said I had cute eyes..."

Abby laughed and Taylor spun around to take a second look at Kyle, "He was flirting with you?! Oh that's it Jesus and I are gonna scare the crap out of that boy." Taylor teased Jude pretending to stand up and chase after Kyle.

Kyle was onstage and the two girls, and Jude turned to watch him, "My friend Jude over there with the big brown eyes, inspired this song choice, it's for you." Jude blushed and slid down slightly in his chair as Taylor pulled out her phone to get the interaction of tape to show to the rest of the family, it was kinda cute considering what had happened to Jude that day with Connor.

Hey Jude, don't make it bad

Take a sad song and make it better

Remember to let her into your heart

Then you can start to make it better

Hey Jude, don't be afraid

You were made to go out and get her

The minute you let her under your skin

Then you begin to make it better

And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain

Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool

By making his world a little colder

Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah

Taylor began to laugh at Jude who had turned bright red but perked up and stared intently on Kyle on stage. Taylor handed her girlfriend her phone so that she could fall over laughing but still get everything one tape.

Hey Jude, don't let me down

You have found her, now go and get her

Remember to let her into your heart

Then you can start to make it better

So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin

You're waiting for someone to perform with

And don't you know that it's just you, hey Jude, you'll do

The movement you need is on your shoulder

Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah yeah

Hey Jude, don't make it bad

Take a sad song and make it better

Remember to let her under your skin

Then you'll begin to make it

Better better better better better better, oh

Kyle jumped off the stage and began to walk over to table that Jude was sitting at. Abby moved to one side of Jude and Taylor moved to the other, both girls joined into the song and smiled as Jude smiled when Kyle stepped in front of him.

Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude

They all finished the song and Abby grabbed Taylor's hand pulling her away so Jude could talk to his new friend. Kyle laughed, "Whoever caused you to cry needs to check their head, because you seem pretty cool." Jude smiled nervously, "Thanks?" Kyle laughed, "Sorry, I'm still bad this whole flirting thing, I come onto people to strong. I'm sorry. I hope to see you around again?" Jude nodded and laughed, "Yeah, maybe. And uh, thanks for that song."

"Well Jude, this kid seems really nice, and out there." Stef laughed watching the video Taylor had taken from the open mic night. Lena smiled, "And he seemed to like you." Jude just nodded embarrassed but kinda happy, he was still hurt by Connor but it was nice to know someone liked him.

Authors note:

Sorry this chapter took so long to get up I've been dealing with some personal crap lately and just couldn't seem to focus long enough to write a nice chapter. For my Jonnor fans, don't worry Connor will come back, in the end it all depends on who people enjoy more, Jonnor or Kyle/Jude. Reviews please and I'll try to update soon! Thanks!