Forbidden Fruit

Mr. Styles

What am I going to do now?! I can't belive the hot guy from last night is my new professor

Just as Louis thinks that, he sees him.

"You!" Harry says but quickly clears his throat "I mean...it's nice to meet you. Everyone of you. If you'll please take your seats...class is about to begin.

We sit down, and I whisper to Zayn, hiding behind my text book

"Please tell me that just didn't happen, please tell me I'm dreaming"

"Sorry, man. This is real. The man you hit on last night--"

"Hit on? I told him I was a virgin" He cuts Zayn off

"Well, he is our new chemistry professor. I tried to warn you! It's not like you needed to take Molecules 101. People are here for an easy credit. You already know this stuff"

"I know.." Louis shrugs and sighs "I can't sign out now. I told you I wanted to get all Chemistry classes on the curriculum. Just to get a complete set before I major in it"

"Well then just suck it up and pretend like nothing happened between you two" Zayn says

"But it did! We almost kissed. This is a nightmare. I'm so unbelievably embarrassed. I made a fool out of myself last night, and instead of never seeing him again, I'll be seeing him all the time" Louis frowns

"Just take a deep breath. Luckily, he seems keen on forgetting the whole thing ever happened. Take his cue and just be normal about it"

"Seats, please!" Harry screams to the class "I know it's the first day of the semester, but you can catch up with your friends after class"

The murmurs quiet down

Okay, okay, I can do this Louis thinks to himself

"I'm just going to be normal, and lie low"

"Good idea" Zayn smiles "but damn, he sure is hot!"

"Yeah, totally gorgeous"

"It's nice too meet you all. First things first, I need to gauge everyone's knowledge level, so were going to have a pop quiz"

Voices ring out "oh, come on!", "today?", and "does anyone have an extra pen?"

"I know, I know. Don't worry, this won't be graded. This is just for me, but first, let's break the the ice. Who can tell me the only letter that does not appear on the periodic table?"

Of course I know the answer, but answering his first question is hardly laying low....however, I do want to show him I'm not just a silly college boy. I want to show Mr. Styles that I'm smart. I'll just let someone else answer....I can barely even meet his eye

His eyes glaze over me and settles on a fith-row guy to answer the question

This is going to be a long year

TWENTY MINUTES LATER

"Leave your pop quizzes on my desk before you head out" Harry calls out "I look forward to grading them and I'll see you all on Tuesday. Also, my phone number is up on the board. Please note it down in case of an emergency, or if you have to miss class"

"Here's, um...my quiz" Louis says to him

"Thank you, Louis" Harry smiles "was there something else?"

Okay, he is really playing it cool here

"Look, I'm really sorry if I made things awkward. I would have never thought that--" Louis gets cut off