Harry sat in his English class watching the clock. 5 more minutes.

He hated this class, his teacher was a knob and none of his friends were in the class. Ths only good thing was that Louis was in the class.

Harry had been crushing on Louis for as long as he could remember, but he never went up to him because he was too nervous.

"Okay class, I've sent an email to all of you stating who your partner will be for the next assignment" the teacher spoke, taking Harry out of his gaze

"Wait, what project?" Harry asked outloud

"Mr. Styles. Were you even listening? Do I have to send an email to your parents?" He asked and Harry didn't reply

"As I was saying, the assignment is due next week so you should get started on that" the teacher kept speaking

Harry groaned. He knew he would be put in partners with some jock who wouldn't do any of the work but take all the credit.

"Mr. Styles don't roll your eyes at me" the teacher snapped

"I didn't-" he started

The bell rang and everyone got out of their seats.

Harry walked to his car, avoiding human contact, and drove home.

Once he got home, he checked his phone and saw 3 notifications

Harry, come over tonight, you can't say no. The lads are gonna be there too. Bring snacks :)

-Niall

He groaned and replied 'fine' and moved on to his second notification

Can you pick up some eggs?

-mum

Ok

He replied

He moved onto the third notification to see an email from his English teacher, and he almost deleted it until he remembered it had his partner.

He reluctantly opened up the email and scrolled to the bottom of the list, and his jaw dropped open.

He was partnered with Louis. His crush. The Louis Tomlinson.

He made a little squeal noise and jumped around. Maybe he would get to know him better now.

•

*a few hours later*

Harry rang the bell on Nialls house, looking back at Zayn and Liams cars parked on the road, signaling they were already there

He was pulled into the house by Zayn and tugged into the living room where the boys were in a very heated match of FIFA.

"Who's winning?" Harry asked with a laugh

"AHHHHH" is all that Niall responded with, and Harry chuckled

"YOU CUNT" Niall screamed as Liam scored a goal against him, and they both threw their controllers onto the sofa

"Hey H" Niall sighed

"Hey lads, Niall" Harry responded with, Niall giving him a glare

"Are you saying I'm not a lad?" Niall asked

"Nope, you're a princess, an irish princess" Liam replied

Niall smiled sarcastically and grabbed the plastic bag in my hand, dumping out the contents onto the couch, opening up a bag of chips

"So H, anything new?" Zayn asked as they all got comfortable on the couch

"Well.....not really" Harry tried to hide his smile and blush

"Ooooooooh" all three boys said in unison

"Who is ittttt" Niall asked

"Nobody" Harry blushed

"Is it that Louis kid? You've been crushing on him for forever" Liam chimed in

Harry blushed even more and buried his face in his hands

"IT IS, OH MY GOD" Niall screamed jumping up and down

"Tell us everything" Zayn said, placing his hands on his knees and leaning forward

"Its nothing really, we just got paired up for a project" Harry blushed shyly

"That's good mate, just talk to him, I'm sure he'll love you" Liam said

They spent a few hours chatting and playing FIFA when they all decided it was time to go home

•

*the next day*

Harry woke up excited for English class today, which was weird because he hated that class. He was exciting to see Louis again.

He layed in bed and envisioned what he would say to Louis today, but he got distracted imagining......other things.

His beautiful blue eyes, fluffy brown hair, high cheekbones, his height, the way he would always wear sweatshirts that were way too big for him, his adorable smile and his laugh. His laugh was Harry's favorite thing about him, but he had only heard it once. The one time he heard Louis laugh was a blessing, it was music to his ears. Ths best sound he had ever heard. Overall, Louis was perfect to Harry.

He finally rolled out of bed and walked downstairs. He made breakfast for himself and his mum, knowing she wouldn't be back from work before he left for school.

He jumped into his car and drove off to school

He was the first one in class and sat down at the back of the room, pulling out his phone and scrolling through social media.

The people started pooling in but he only looked up when he heard Louis laugh. He walked in with two people, a guy with red hair and super pretty girl.

He was kind of jealous that they had made Louis laugh, and that they got to spend so much time with him. He didn't realize he was staring until Louis gave him a small smile, immediately looking away after. Harry blushed and looked down at the desk, pretending to be writing something, but there was no paper.

He internally cursed at himself for being caught staring and for being awkward and shy in general.

The teacher kept talking and talking, and Harry got bored, so he quietly pulled out his phone and earbuds, shoving one in his ear and blasting music.

He closed his eyes and started to vibe to the music.

He was so caught up in the song that he didn't notice when the bell rang and everyone left.

"Um, excuse me?" Louis said, but Harry didn't respond because he couldn't hear him

This time, Louis lightly tapped him on the shoulder, which caused Harry to jump out of his seat and rip his earbuds out

"Hi"

"Oops" they said at the same time

"Uh, hi? I think you missed the bell" Louis said quietly, rubbing the back of his neck

"Oh, y-yeah, sorry about that. Um, thanks for uhm- thank you" Harry stuttered embarrassed, as he stood up and grabbed his bag

"Wait! I mean- um, do you have a phone number?" Louis asked

"Uh, yeah?" Harry responded confused

"Could I um- could I have it?"

"For the project, were partners" he quickly added

"Y-yeah of course, pass me your phone" Harry blushed

Louis dug through his pockets grabbing out his phone. He dropped it on the floor and picked it up before passing it to Harry.

He quickly typed out his number and saved the contact under "Harry :)"

"Thank you" Louis said shyly and Harry just smiled, not trusting his voice

They walked out the classroom and walked seperate ways

•

*after school*

"Holy shit I feel like a loser! I dropped it and I stuttered and- and I sounded desperate and I" Louis was rambling

"You're not a loser Lou. By the sound of it he sounded just as nervous as you" Eleanor said softly

Louis just shrugged and bit his nails

"Plus he saved his name with a smiley face, that has to mean something" she said

"I don't know El, I think he was just being nice, plus he's too pretty to be gay" Louis groaned

"It doesn't work like that Lou" El laughed

"I know, hes just really hot and I'm just, blah" Louis replied

"You're not blah" she said

Louis replied with a groan

•

*after school*

"HE ASKED ME FOR MY NUMBER NI" Harry screamed into the phone

"WHAT" Niall screamed back

Harry explained everything to him and Niall was ecstatic, over the moon about it.

"So has he texted you yet?" Niall asked

"No" Harry pouted, and at that moment his phone buzzed

"Niall I have to go, I'll call you later" Harry gasped and hung up, immediately clicking on the text

Unknown number

Hey Harry :)

Do u wanna come over and work on the project for a bit? My address is 56 Carleigh Crescent

- Louis

Saying that Harry was happy was an understatement. He was thrilled that Louis actually texted him.

He did a happy dance then texted back

Hey Louis :)

Sure, I'll be over in an hour

- H

He quickly called Niall and put him on speaker as he got dressed

"Niall, he texted me to come over" Harry said panicked

"Go over then?" Niall responded

"No shit, really?" Harry responded

"Okay, okay you got me there. What do you need help with H? Need me to come over?" Niall asked

"No, I just need help deciding on what to wear" He replied

"Its not a date, you can just wear whatever you wore to school today?" Niall said nonchalantly

"No, I have to make a good impression" Harry stated

"Button up or crewneck?" Harry asked

"Hmm, crewneck. Its kinda cold out" Niall replied

"Okay, blue or green?" He asked

"Blue"

"Black or......I only have black pants, so black it is" Harry said, and Niall chuckled

"Ok thank you Niall, I'll call you after and update you" Harry said

"I expect nothing less H" Niall said

They hung up and Harry left for Louis house, leaving all his school work at home.

•

"Okay, Pheobe and Daisy. Someone is coming over and were doing school work so you both have to be quiet and not disturb us, okay?" Louis said, crouched down to the twins

They nodded and giggled, running away to the kitchen

'Ding dong' the doorbell rang and adrenaline rushed through Louis body

He ran to the door and took a deep breath before opening the door.

"Hey" Harry said

"Hi, come in" Louis replied with a small shy smile

Harry stepped into his house and awkwardly stands to the side looking at Louis

"You can um, take your shoes off if you want, you don't have to" Louis said

"Ok" he replied slipping off his shoes

Louis led him to his room

"Did you bring the English book?" Louis asked

"Shit, no. I forgot, sorry" Harry said, his cheeks hearing up with embarrassment

"That's okay, we can just share mine" Louis laughed

"I like your laugh" Harry said quietly

"Sorry, I didn't catch what you said" Louis said, his eyebrows furrowed

"Oh I just said uhm, nevermind it's not important anyway" He said

Louis nodded and passed him the book

"So erm, what is this project about?" Louis asked

"I've got no idea" Harry replied

They both looked T eachother before laughing

"Geuss were both clueless then, huh?" Louis laughed and Harry nodded

Louis whipped out his laptop and pulled up the assignment

They finally understood and began the project. It wasn't really that hard, they would probably be finished that day

They had warmed up to eachother quite well, and were no longer too embarrassing.

They were deep in conversation when the twins came bursting into the room giggling

"Girls!" Louis said, beckoning them out of the room

"Who's that?" Pheobe asked

"I told you someone was coming over, were doing a project" Louis explained

"But what's his name?" Daisy spoke

Louis looked at Harry

"I'm Harry, nice to meet you guys. What's you names" he politely said

"I'm Daisy and this is Pheobe, Louis our brother" Daisy said as Pheobe climbed up onto the bed where Harry was sitting

She grabbed a fist full of his hair and started braiding it

"Pheebs, don't annoy him" Louis said sternly and Pheobe pouted

"Its okay, you're not annoying me. I actually really like when people play with my hair" Harry laughed

"Yay, Daisy go grab the butterfly clips" Pheobe said and Daisy ran off

Louis smiled and went into the kitchen to grab some snacks and drinks for them. He came back to see Harry sitting on the floor with the twins working on his hair. He was giggling and cracking jokes.

Louis smiled and set down a glass of water and a snack on his bedside table for Harry and then walked out of his room.

Since they finished the project, Louis decided to do some laundry so his mum wouldn't yell at him once she got home.

He grabbed the hamper and tossed the clothes into the washing machine, adding in some soap and setting the dial to 30 minutes

Just as he was turning around, Harry walked by the door, catching his eye and taking a few steps back

"Hey" Harry said waving

"Hi" Louis said, his voice cracked so it was alot higher than he intended to to be

"Thanks for the snack, um, they finished with my hair" He laughed awkwardly

"It looks good. I mean it always looks good, it's so curly and puffy and perfect and I-......it um, it looks good" Louis stumbled

Harry smiled and blushed looking down at his feet

"I guess I'll be going now" Harry said

Louis didn't want him to leave. He knew they probably wouldn't hang out again because the project was done, and Harry would never want to hang out with him voluntarily.

"Yeah" Louis said quietly

Suddenly, Harry stepped forward and kissed Louis cheek. It was a short, simple kiss, but it was sweet and caring at the same time. Both the boys turned red, both astonished at what just happened.

Harry's eyes went wide while Louis was blushing hard.

"B-bye" Harry said and walked out if his house

Louis stood there in shock for about 5 minutes after Harry had left, finally bringing his hand up to his 'still tingling' cheek. He smiled and ran back to his room, immediately calling Eleanor to tell her what happened

•

"Niall I fucked up big time" Harry said to Niall over the phone

"What happened" Niall sighed

"I kissed his cheek" Harry squeaked out

"Hey lads, hear that! Harry finally kissed him!" Niall shouted

"They're with you- and no, I didn't kiss him, I just kissed his cheek"

There was some mumbling on the other end of the phone, then Liam spoke

"Mate, you didn't fuck up. You made the first move, that's good. Just keep doing subtle things and he'll be in love with you in no time"

"Hes already in love with him Li" Harry heard Zayn shout in the background

Harry just squeezed his eyes tight together and tried to think, tuning the boys voices who were all talking at the same time

"Why dont you come on over and we can talk about it"

"Yeah" Harry replied

"I love you guys" He said before hanging up and driving to Nialls house

When he got there, all the boys attacked him in a hug

"My little baby Hazza is all grown up, hes in love" Niall cooed

"It sounds like I lost my virginity Niall, I literally just kissed his cheek"

A chorus of "awww"es echoed through the house as Harry blushed

"Come in H, sit down. Let's talk about it" Liam said

Harry went in the house and layed down on the couch, his arms over his eyes

They talked for a while and Harry opened all his feeling up.

"I just really fucking like him and I feel like he's never gonna want to talk to me again. He's gonna think of me as a weirdo, he's probably not even gay. I fucked up big time" Harry ranted

"H, why don't you talk to him? Text him and ask to hang out" Zayn interjected

"Oh, I forgot about texting. Ok yeah I'll just text him. What should I say?" Harry said, calming down

"Say 'Hey, it's Harry, dtf?' I'm sure he'll be right over" Zayn said with a wink

"ZAYN" Niall screamed

"Zayn, what the fuck. I don't want to fuck him I just wanna hang out with him. Maybe kiss him" Harry said, adding the last part on quietly, but it didn't go unnoticed by Niall, who gave him a wink

"Just ask him if he wants to come over tonight for a movie of something" Liam said

Harry nodded and pulled out his phone

Hey Louis,

I know were done our project, but do you wanna come over tonight? We could watch a movie and I'll make some dinner :)

-H

Harry hit send

"Ahhhh, shit shit shit" he mumbled as he was reading back the text

"I forgot my address and I don't want to double text him, he's gonna think I'm too clingy and I-" Harry rambled, pulling on his hair

"H, mate, chill. If he says yes then text him the address, don't overthink it" Zayn laughed patting Harry on the back

"Its gonna be fine, you're not nearly as awkward as you think you are" Liam said

"I don't know Li, he's pretty damn awkward" Niall laughed, and Liam hit him

"I'm trying to make him feel better Ni, shut up" He whispered in their own conversation

Suddenly, Harry's phone buzzed and his heart fluttered. Niall squealed and ran to Harry in anticipation

He pulled out his phone and read Louis text

Hey, I'd love to come over tonight, a movie sounds great!

Harry breathed a sigh of relief

"Told ya" Niall said, sticking out his tongue

Harry texted him his address and drove back to his house, saying thank you and goodbye to the lads.

He got changed into a black button up and dark grey skinny jeans. He tried taking his unruly hair, but settled on wearing a pink beanie

Soon enough it was night time and his mum wouldn't be back until the next morning.

The doorbell rang and Harry took a deep breath, raking his hands through his hair

He answered the door with a smile

"Hey Lou!" He said, a bit to enthusiastically

"Hey Harry" Louis shied

Harry gave him a small smile and stepped out of the way so he could step in.

They walked into Harry's room and Louis stood there awkwardly

"Um, you can choose a movie, I'll go make some spaghetti. Are you okay with spaghetti" Harry said

"Yeah" Louis squeaked out

Harry smiled and went to make dinner, while Louis sat down and started looking through the shelves for a movie. He had narrowed it down to Love Actually, The Notebook and The Conjuring. He didn't know if Harry liked horror movies so he put that one back, and he also put back Lovs Actually because things might get awkward if they watched that.

He sat back down on the bed and placed the movie beside him. He pulled out his phone and texted Eleanor

IM SITTING ON HIS BED

He sent the text and put his phone away, his stomach filling with nerves.

He sat there for a few minutes before standing up and walking into the kitchen to see if Harry needed help with dinner.

"Um, hi" Louis softly said, peeking his head around the corner

"Hey" Harry said, before turning back to the pot of noodles on the stove.

"Do you need any help" Louis asked

"Um sure, could you grab some bowls from that cupboard over there please?" Harry said

Louis went over and grabbed 2 bowls, placing them on the counter beside Harry. He scooped out generous amounts of spaghetti into the bowls, pouring on sauce.

He handed Louis his bowl and they walked back into Harry's room

"You chose The Notebook? That's my favorite movie!" Harry laughed

"Its my favorite too" Louis smiled

"Come sit beside me and we can start this movie" Harry said, scooting over in his bed and grabbing the remote

Louis compiled and sat next to him, carefully eating his spaghetti and watching the movie

Near the middle of the movie, Harry pretended to yawn, stretching his arm up and around Louis shoulders.