Sixteen
Seniors
September 12, 2019; Louis
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This is the year I am going to make Harry Styles mine.
Officially. I'm pushing everything that has ever happened, freshman year included, aside, and just focusing on my feelings for him.
So, of course, with that decided, I text Ashton.
Louis: this year's plan: Operation Make Styles Love Me Back (OMSLMB for short)
Ashton and I have become quite close over the summer. We hung out together, with Luke sometimes, sometimes with Harry.
ash: plan #1?
Louis: invite Mr Styles to sit with u, me, and Like @ lunch today. Cafe
ash: aight I'm in
Safe to say this year is going to be pretty dang great.
In my second block class, that I just happen to have with Ashton, I conspire with him by passing notes. Very middle school, I know, but the teacher has such bad eyesight that he doesn't notice us all the way in the back.
We figure out exactly how to structure my asking Harry to sit with us–at first I think it's best to just ask straight out, no excuses, but Ashton shoots that down.
"Play the third wheel card," Ash writes.
"What do you mean?" I write back.
"Third wheel card=I don't wanna be the third wheel to Ashton and Luke all lunch so will u sit with us, dear Harry, and accompany all of my dreams?"
It needs some editing, but the third wheel card is the card I'm going with.
"Hey, Harry!" I call down the hall, running to catch up with him when he stops and turns around. People file around us, but right now all I can see is him. The last time I saw him was about two weeks ago, so he doesn't look much different, but it's what he's wearing that shocks me. "Prideful?" I ask, motioning to his body.
Harry smiles and looks down. "Didn't want anyone to have any doubts this year, 'specially not myself."
Harry's always been one for fashion, but this outfit was definitely one of his more out-there ones. He's wearing a black t-shirt and black jeans, but also rainbow pins, bracelets, necklaces, and shoes. Also, he has a full-on rainbow cape clipped around his neck. And somehow, he still makes it work.
"Where did you even get those shoes?" I ask, holding back my laughter.
"Made 'em myself," Harry says, giggling himself. "So, why'd you stop my fabulousness?"
Right, third wheel card.
"Oh, yeah," I start. "I was wondering, y'know, since my friends still kinda-sorta hate me from last year and the only other people I have are Luke and Ashton, who are, like, dating, so I was gonna ask if you would-"
"Yeah, Lou, I'll sit with you," Harry interrupts my awkward rant.
I let out the breath of air I had been holding and tell him, "we're sitting in the cafe, but I have to get my lunch..."
"Okay, I'll find the table then?" Harry asks.
I nod and smile eagerly, my smile growing when Harry returns both.
"Okay," he says, walking in the opposite direction. I watch him happily for a second before I realize I'm staring and walk over to the lunch line.
Louis: update on plan #1: HE'S COMING, I REPEAT, HE IS COMING
ash: yay!!!! Luke's, like, screaming rn
Louis: me too!!!!!!!!
Louis: pls lord or whoever's up there, don't make me screw this shit up
I lock my phone when it gets to my turn in line and get my food quickly. When I show up at the table in the cafe I see Luke and Harry chatting nicely.
"Hello people," I say, smiling at Harry. Luke stands up and hugs me as if I hadn't just seen him like two days ago.
"Louis, it's been so long, hi! How was your summer?" He asks, sitting back down.
I laugh to myself a bit and follow his sitting. "Stop trying to make yourself seem too busy to hang out with me, L, you know we saw each other at least once a week."
Luke scoffs and I can hear Harry giggling a bit from beside me.
"What are we laughing at? Hopefully not me," Ashton says, sliding into the seat next to Luke, who kisses his cheek.
I roll my eyes at their cuteness and can feel Harry looking at me doing so. Ashton winks slyly at me.
"It feels so weird to be sitting up here," I comment.
"Yeah," Harry agrees. I'm overjoyed to hear his voice. "'s like we're finally above everyone. I remember when we were just little freshmen, scared of everyone..."
I remember us as freshmen, running around together and going to classes together and just being together.
I nod nostalgically, pulling out my buzzing phone. Without looking at the caller id I pick up the call.
"Hello?" I say.
"Get your ass over to my table right this fucking moment bitch I'm finally here," a familiar voice says.
"Kendall, you finally transferred? But no, I'm not moving, you come here. I'm in the cafe."
We talk for about two seconds more before she hangs up, and it's another two seconds before I feel arms wrap around my neck.
"Ken! I can't believe you finally fucking transferred already," I say, laughing and bringing her around to the side of the table.
"Mhm, dad let me change because I got onto honor roll last year," she brags. "Ooh, who are your friends?" I see her eyes scanned over the three boys I'm with.
"That's Ashton and that's Luke, they're both in happy relationships-" Kendall scoffs, "-with each other. And this is Harry, he is also gay, if you couldn't tell."
"Oh, so this is just the stellar table of gayness, isn't it. You must feel left out, Straight Louis," Kendall comments, making me snort.
"Oh, like Louis is anywhere close to straight," Harry says from bedside me, and if I didn't know him and his motivation better, I'd think he sounded jealous.
I smile up at Kendall innocently as she gasps dramatically.
"Ah, so is Harry your boyfriend then?" She asks casually and honestly, not noticing the frantic looks both Ashton and Luke are shooting at her.
"Oh, uh, nope, not dating him," I say, for once flustered.
"Hm," Kendall starts, and I attempt to speak as loudly with my eyes as possible to not comment more. "Well, I should get going back to my table. Nice to meet you, Lashton, Harry."
The whole table, or at least three fourths of it, breathe a sigh of relief when she's gone.
"Damn, haven't heard that question since freshman year," Harry says, obviously stuck in his own head. Ashton and Luke flinch and I beg them in my mind to change the topic.
"Well, Lashton," Luke says. "Ash, I think we have a new ship name!"
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