Chapter 26

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LOUIS' POV

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LOUIS' POV

"That's the last one,"Louis said. Harry finished stringing the fairy lights around his bed,an accessory that he demanded he must have this time.Harry huffed, "like you did any work."

"I did a lot of work!"Louis protested.

"By work I'm assuming you mean sit on my bed and look pretty."

The shorter boy ran a hand through his hair, "Please being pretty is a work of art."

"I wouldn't know,I'm pretty without even trying,"Harry said playfully. Louis threw a pillow at him but mumbled under his breath, "Don't you know it."

He pushed off from the bed, "I'm going for a smoke,then I have to meet up with coach,he's going to make us do extra practices from now on."

"Okies,I'm going to meet Kendall,haven't seen her in ages!Poor girl was deprived of my company,"Harry mused. The two boys grabbed their coats and gloves and headed out the door.

They had reached back to school and had just settled in,everything was back to normal almost.Except now that two of their friends were kind of dating.Whatever though,they were cute and they clearly needed time adjusting but they made each other happy,and that was the point right?

Louis briefly wondered who made him the most happy in his life.When he was younger he usually would've thought of his mum because that's what every ten year old thinks,but now he saw a mass of thick curls and quickly shut down his thought.He plugged in his earphones,music was the cure for everything.Happy?music.Sad?music.Angry?music.Heartbroken?music.A goat in your bathtub with half his fur shaved off and half dyed into a rainbow of colours?music.

And before anyone starts to wonder,yes surprisingly the goat thing happens a lot.More than once at least.

Louis unlocked his phone to put his playlist 'rose and dagger' on shuffle. (A/N GO FOLLOW MY LARRY PLAYLIST ROSE AND DAGGER GUYSSS)

Suddenly he felt himself bumping into something hard. Quickly looking up he realized it was his headmaster,Professor Cowell. That was never a good sign.Although he was accompanied by a very tall,thin and extremely pretty girl who's heart shaped face broke out into a smile when she saw him.

"Um sorry sir, I'll be on my way now."Louis said with the intention of getting as far away as possible and just smiling in acknowledgement at the stunning beauty in front of him.

"Actually Louis,I needed to talk to you.I actually have a request."his headmaster said.So the poor boy could do nothing but follow the pair to the headmaster's office.

Professor Cowell (or cowbell as Louis liked to call him although he had stopped doing that

Because Harry didn't like him making fun of anyone,especially a teacher!) sat behind his great mahogany desk and the girl pulled a chair and sat next to the old man.

Louis sat opposite to the both of them in a wheely chair and he fought the urge to childishly spin around in circles.

"So Mr.Tomlinson may I have the pleasure to introduce you to my wonderful daughter,Eleanor."Professor Cowell said and the pretty girl gave Louis a pearly smile and Louis gave her a tight smile back.He was feeling uncomfortable under both their scrutinizing gazes.

"It's a pleasure to meet you,"he said politely and she blushed and said, "Oh trust me the pleasure is all mine."Louis raised an eyebrow at her girly behavior.

"I would like you to show her around the school since I'm going to be quite busy all day.You both have almost the same classes,but where you have drama she has math,so I'm afraid you're going to have to switch your major,"he said so casually while his daughter sat there admiring her nails.

Louis was stunned into silence.Blood was pounding in his ears and it's like his senses got heightened,he could hear the clock ticking,Eleanor blinking,his breathing became uneven.

"What do you mean I have to switch majors?It's not permitted for a teacher to actually do that,I mean I actually want a career in acting,maybe,I'm not sure,but I'd like to have that as an option!"Louis protested. Professor Simon chuckled dryly, "I was afraid you'd say that. You see Louis,let's look at this situation rationally.Drama is actually a very unlikely career,it's hard to succeed and only attractive,talented people can actually have a breakthrough.And since you don't have both those qualities the competition will be a million times harder for you.And what do you have to fall back on to?Football?Another unreliable career.And trust me,I'm a college headmaster,I know professions. Whereas you can take math,and actually do something worthwhile in you life."

Louis slumped in his seat,tears threatened to spill out so he tilted his head back,he didn't want to embarrass himself in front of these assholes.He was already really scared for his career choices but now it seemed like he had no chance at all.

Professor Cowell put a hand on Louis' shoulder and said in mock sympathy, "It's okay,if you see it this why.Your uncle Joey.."

"Hold up!You know my uncle?!"Louis exclaimed.

"Of course!He went here after all"

At the back of his mind Louis wondered how old this devil in disguise really was.

"Now he was a talented lad.A brilliant actor and boy did he make the ladies swoon.Some guys too,but obviously that was immediately shut down by the school,"the professor continued.

Louis couldn't help the anger rising in his eyes at the casual mention of homophobicness,if that was even a word.

"He had both the qualities of an actor,and he barely made it,so what's the chance a failure like you would?Now now Louis don't take my words badly boy.Think of this as a harsh reality and I'm the only one kind enough to guide you,everyone else is too soft to break it down to you.But I know they all think the same thing.No one thinks you'll actually make it.I mean let's be real here,"the professor scoffed and Eleanor laughed.

Gulping down a mix of fear, hatred, sorrow and guilt Louis nodded and said in a meek voice, "O-okay..I'll do it.I'll take up math with Eleanor."The girl brightened at this and bat her false eyelashes in Louis' direction and said in a high pitch, "We're going to have so much fun Lou-Lou."Louis could already tell he was going to hate the nickname.

"That's all for now Louis,you can meet up with Eleanor on monday here and then take her to her classes,"Professor Cowell instructed. Louis nodded still trying to wrap his head around what was happening to him. "I already spoke to your drama teacher and told Mr.Holland that you want to leave his course and of course Mrs.Dodds has been informed you're going to be in her class with El from now onwards.You may leave now,"the professor dismissed and Louis clumsily made his way to the door.

"Uh thank you professor,"he said. "For helping me realize I was on the wrong path."He then made his way towards the backyard of the school for a smoke. With Zayn not there with him, his mind kept circling back to his headmaster's not-so-kind words. Was he really a failure? Was drama not a great choice? Thinking about this, he didn't even realise when his cigarette ended. He sighed, running a hand through his hand and going to meet with the coach.

''Coach, you wished to see me?'', Louis said as he reached the football field. The coach nodded and started explaining the strategies and changes in the team this year.


(A/N )

Please tell me you guys got the Mrs.Dodds reference.

-D xx

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