Louis woke up nervous; happy, but nervous. He had his mind set on talking to Harry today. Maybe wouldn't have enough courage to ask him to hang out, but at least give Harry his number.
Harry woke up in a better mood than yesterday. He'd practiced all night last night, almost finished his dance and he was happy with it. So, he instead of practicing this morning, he invited Liam and Zayn to breakfast, who of course teased him about not practicing, because he hasn't taken a morning off all year.
"Not practicing this morning, ballerina?" Zayn giggled.
"Yeah, are you sure you're not going to fail?!" Liam added with a chuckle.
Harry rolled his eyes at the two of them, "No, I'm almost finished with my dance so I'll just practice later."
Zayn and Liam exchanged a look, and then slow clapped, making Harry laugh and mumble, "Twats."
They all ordered, already knowing what they wanted because this is their favorite place to eat; the best near campus.
Then, Harry announced casually, "I talked to that Louis guy yesterday."
Zayn's mouth dropped, "You what?! When?!"
"He said yesterday," Liam chuckled.
"When yesterday?!"
"Free period. He was in my theatre, watching me dance or something."
"That's a little stalkerish," Zayn scoffed, "No wonder he's never in our theatre during free period."
Liam rolled his eyes at his boyfriend, "Babe, you need to stop being so bitter."
"Hey, at least I'm not bitter towards you."
Liam leaned into Zayn, throwing his arm around him, "Yes. And I'm thankful for that."
Harry smiled at the happy couple. He never realized how much he missed being in a relationship until he was around them. He never really had good relationship experiences though. Most of them were nice, except for the one he met at this school. So this year Harry decided he wanted to focus more on dance. However, since he was doing well this year so far, and because he admired how Zayn and Liam were cute and happy together, he could be ready for a relationship… If he found a nice guy.
When free period neared, Louis' stomach filled with butterflies, and his head with worried thoughts. What if Harry isn't interested? What if he thinks Louis' pathetic? Maybe he shouldn't do this… No, no, he had to! If he wanted any chance with Harry, he had to suck it up and do it.
Louis was startled when he heard the bell ring. His stomach dropped, this is it. It's now or never. Louis walked down to the dance theatre, walked in, and there was Harry, right up on stage, digging in his bag for something. Louis started to wonder if he should just come back when Harry was done practicing. But then Harry threw his bag off stage, and noticed Louis, so he didn't have the choice to come back later anymore. This was it now.
"Louis?" Harry questioned.
Louis swallowed nervously, "Yeah. Hi, Harry."
Harry hopped off stage and walked up to Louis, "What's up?"
"Nothin much. I was just wondering actually, would you want to go have tea sometime? Or, coffee? Whichever you like," Louis chuckled to hide his embarrassment.
Harry was astonished by Louis' question. That wasn't what he was expecting, but he nodded. "Sure, sure. I'll give you my number, okay? Then we can figure out when."
"Alright," Louis handed Harry his phone. "Just put your number in and I'll text you, after school?"
"Yeah!"
Louis tried not to stare as Harry typed his number, and then handed Louis his phone back, smiling.
"Oh, and do you mind if I stay in here to read my script?" Louis added, "I don't think the actors really like me…"
Harry giggled, "I don't mind. Don't worry about Zayn though. He's not as harsh as he seems. A softie, really."
"How'd you know that I meant him?"
"I'm friends with him, he's how I knew your name, by the way," Harry explained, "He'll warm up to you eventually, though! And if not, I'll kick his ass."
They both laughed at that. "Well, you have a dance to practice and I have a script to read."
"Yep!" Harry climbed back on stage, and they both shared a look at each other. "If my music gets too loud, just yell at me." Louis nodded with a smile; he didn't feel much nervousness anymore, he just felt happy.
When Louis got home, he texted Harry, and sat with Niall to tell him about his day. He didn't want to seem too excited, but he was. When Harry finally texted back, Louis told Niall they'd be going during free period tomorrow, and Niall said that made Louis special because Harry always practices during free period. Louis didn't want to believe that he was special, though. That would just get his hopes up too high.
Cool, Louis texted back, I don't really know where to go though, sorry. Any ideas?
Louis smiled at his phone like an idiot, which made Niall laugh at him.
I'll take you to my favorite place. See you tomorrow, can't wait!