Even though what Harry felt was mostly excitement, he knew that if he was going to miss free period, he had to practice this morning. However, he didn't want to practice an imperfect dance, so he had to call Jessica and ask her to come in and judge if it was good enough for the winter performance or not. He was nervous because he wanted this to be perfect so he could stop being extremely stressed.
He got up on stage, she turned on the music, and he started. The beginning of the dance was the easiest; he did the chasse's, jete's and pierouette's perfectly. The middle got a little more complicated, with the tour jete's, chaine turns and fouettes. The end is what he was really worried about though. He kept telling himself to focus; but not too hard, because then he would fall. So, with the bit of courage he had left, he spun into his last move: the illusion. He landed it better than he ever did before, then ended in first position. He smiled, breathing heavily.
Jessica turned off the music, "Damn near perfect, Styles! I'm proud of you."
"Thank you so much!" Harry didn't want to seem cocky, but he was proud of himself too. Mostly because he didn't fall this time. "I've been practicing loads!"
"I can tell. Give yourself some time off, alright?"
"Anything you say, Jess."
Harry left the theater early, because if Jess said he needed time off, he was gonna take it. He got to first period early, and was surprised to see Zayn already sitting there because he's usually in his theater in the mornings.
"Where's the boyfriend?" Harry teased and sat down next to Zayn.
"Sick," Zayn sighed with a lost puppy dog look on his face, "Meaning I'll probably be getting sick, too."
Harry just laughed, and then changed the subject to the thing that was on his mind the most, "So, I'm hanging out with Louis today."
"Uh, what? When, why?"
"He asked me out for tea during free period, so I said yeah!"
Zayn rolled his eyes, "You need to learn how to say no."
"I didn't want to say no," Harry admitted.
"Harry? During free period?"
"Zayn, he seems nice, okay? Get to know him or something. You are going to be acting together, after all. Chill, dude." Harry didn't know why but he felt the need to stand up for Louis a little bit. Plus Zayn was being his bitter old self again and Harry or Liam needed to remind him to chill out sometimes.
Harry was excited to be hanging out with Louis. Louis of course was, too. Maybe he was finally going to get to know this stranger he'd been watching!
Thankfully, their two morning classes went by fast, and when free period came, Harry texted Louis the address, and they met up.
Louis got there five minutes after Harry, who had got them a booth and ordered them both tea.
"I ordered for you," Harry smiled, "Hope you don't mind."
"Not at all," Louis sat down, suddenly feeling a bit shy. He didn't know, but it was a mutual feeling. Louis took a big sip of the tea. "Holy Jesus, this is good tea!"
Harry giggled, "It really is!"
They both sipped on their tea, sharing shy smiles and not knowing what to say.
Harry finally spoke up after a few minutes, "So, tell me about… You."
Louis didn't exactly know what to say. He hated when people said 'tell me about yourself' because what are you supposed to say?! He just said what came to mind, "I'm Louis Tomlinson," He shrugged, "I moved here from Doncaster. Left my mum and four sisters behind, but they wanted me to come here, because I've been acting since I was ten. I auditioned at the beginning of the school year, I wasn't expecting to get in, at least not yet, but I did. So here I am."
Harry just smiled. He didn't really know how to respond. He was nearly fascinated with this boy, and that didn't make sense to him. Louis was just a person. Even though he… Well, isn't ugly, and kind of interesting… He's just a person!
Louis then said the same, "Tell me about yourself."
Harry answered, "I'm Harry Styles, I lived in Cheshire with my mum and sister until I got accepted into the school a few years ago. I've always taken my dance seriously; I started dancing when I was three. I started to become more serious about it when I got to this school though, started practicing many hours a day every day. However I am taking some breaks now."
Louis nodded, "Yeah, I can tell you've been dancing long, and that you practice a lot. You're really good," Louis complimented with a smile, even though he figured Harry got compliments a lot.
"Thanks. I'm sure you're a good actor, too. You're going to perform Liam's winter play, right?"
Louis nodded again, "Mhm. Kinda nervous."
Harry chuckled, "Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's how everyone at this school is, especially for firsts. I know I was."
Louis felt a little better when Harry admitted that.
They continued to talk and talk, eventually realizing they were going to be late for their last two classes. Whenever they got back to school, though, they didn't want to focus on anything but what they had learned about each other.
Harry learned that Louis loved the movie Grease, and that was the last play he performed, and his first musical he performed. And, that he was a bit afraid of living alone, so he found Niall to live with, who Harry 'kind of knows because we have a class together.'
Louis tried not to laugh when Harry said he loves the movie Love, Actually. Also, Harry drinks a cup of tea before bed every night, and lives alone now because Zayn moved in with Liam this year.
They were both happy that in an hour, they'd gone from Harry, that guy Louis was watching from afar, and Louis, the guy who randomly asked Harry out for tea, to Harry and Louis: a friendship in the making.

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