SPACES [Editing]

Beauty and the Beast

Song of the chapter:

- Something There from Beauty and The Beast :)

Louis Tomlinson

"Kids, settle down." I said as I set up the movie. They started crowded around Harry when I let him enter the classroom, very much like how children would swarm around mascots and magicians in birthday parties.

Harry must've noticed how stressed I was by his overwhelming presence with the kids, so he tried to get their attention and direct them to what we were supposed to do.

"Kids, let's try something. Why don't we play a game?" Harry said and I shot him a glare. "Watch the movie carefully and I'm going to ask you questions. Whoever gives me the most number of correct answers will win a prize. Deal?"

Surprisingly, the children nodded and started sitting on the beanbags that I set up and waited for me to press PLAY. Harry also sat on one of the beanbags and Lux was leaning on him.

Normally I wouldn't allow guardians to stay, but I'm pretty sure he meant no harm. He's old enough to know not to interrupt.

I sat beside the kids with my clipboard. The cast list that was carefully chosen was on it. I looked through it one last time, trying to see through the darkness of the room. I had to make sure that the children could take whatever role that was given to them. At the same time, I had to make it perfect. I want them all to do well.

I looked around the room and noticed that Harry was already sleeping. Lux has also fallen asleep in his arms, her face leaning on his stomach. I didn't know how they both managed to fall asleep when all the other kids were laughing, cheering, and making side comments throughout the movie.

They both looked like angels and I had to distract myself from the thought. I was afraid that if I stared too hard, I might like it too much.

At the end of the movie, I turned the lights on and the kids ran to Harry and started shouting and shaking him to wake him up. Lux stood up, blinked a couple of times, rubbed her eye, realized what her friends were doing, and then started playing with Harry's hair.

"Heyyy, how are you going to ask us questions if you didn't even watch the movie?" Patrick said.

"Okay, okay, you got me. No more questions. But I believe Louis has something to say?" Harry said adorably in his morning voice, rubbing his eyes.

"Yeah, um, you know what a play is, right? Well, we're going to stage a play for Beauty and the Beast!" I said excitedly. The kids cheered, and then I noticed Theo approaching Harry and then gesturing for him to stoop down so he could whisper. Harry lifted Theo up in the air, took him in his arms, and Theo cupped his hands around Harry's ears to whisper something to him. Harry laughed and then nodded before putting Theo down, and then he gave him a high five. Or was it a low five?

I announced the minor characters first. The pieces of furniture, the spoons, forks, knives and plates, and then the major ones. Mrs. Pots, Chip, Lumiere, and Cogsworth.

"You're going to be Beast!" Lux pointed at Theo, giggling right before I announced who Belle and Beast would be. Theo's cheeks were flushed. I guess no one wanted to be The Beast.

"Theo, you're going to be Beast." He did not react at first. I thought he was going to start crying but he didn't. He even looked happy about it.

"And even though you didn't watch the movie, Lux, you're Belle." I said. Everyone started cheering and she just humbly smiled.

"Oh, we've watched it a couple of times before. She knows the lines by heart." Harry said proudly, putting his gigantic hands on Lux's head who was just smiling sweetly at me.

I observed everyone and they were all excited. No one was sad about the casting, which is a good thing. At first I was worried that they might not like their roles, but they surprisingly took them better than expected.

After class, Harry decided to drive me to the mall.

"So, the kids really liked you." I told him.

"Yeah, I'm pretty good with kids." He smiled, flashing that dimple again.

"So, about Theo..."

"No, I'm not going to tell you about his secret." He said. I m ow he's only saying it, but he will.

"I'm not forcing you!"

"Okay, so since you insisted, I'm going to tell you. Them liked Lux." He said as if he couldn't wait to tell it to the world.

"Well I guess my decision to make him Beast was right. At least we stayed awake the entire time. I thought you really liked Beauty and the Beast?" I asked him while he was driving.

"Well, I did, but I didn't get enough sleep last night, so.." He said, careful not to offend me.

"I'm sorry, alright? Stop making me feel guilty about it." I said before a long moment of silence.

I wasn't expecting the nightmares to come back. I didn't want them to come back. I've had them many times and I didn't really have any other way of getting over them but to wake up and not get back to sleep. It was like I had to run on however much sleep I've gotten before they start flashing in my head and I've gotten used to that.

No one's ever done whatever Harry did last night, not even Hannah. I found comfort in his arms and he gave it without even trying. He didn't hesitate, he just held me through the night until I was calm again.

"Well, there is one thing you can do..." He spoke up and then pouted his lips. He's implying something, I know it.

"No, we're not doing that, we're not going there." I said. There was no way I was kissing him.

"Oh, come on, please? I mean, you know it's sweet!" He said.

"You can't make me kiss you, Styles." I said just before he pulled over at the side of the street.

He stared at me for a while, and then smirked so mischievously. He has dimples and he's so cute, but that doesn't matter because hey, we all know that I'm straight.

"What? We're not going to do it!" I told him. He opened the door, went down, and then ran to my side of the vehicle. He opened my door, took my hand, and pulled me out from the car.

"Oh, and you wanted to do it outside?" I struggled to free my arm from his grip. He held his finger up in the air and I followed where it was pointing.

I looked at the sign and realized that we were in front of a cupcake shop.

Well, this is embarrassing.

He pulled me into the shop and sat me down on a chair. He went to the counter to tell his orders.

"You want anything?" I shook my head.

After ordering, he sat down in front of me with a smile still plastered on his face.

HELLO! Things are getting interesting!!!!

PS About Lux and Theo, I know they aren't of the same age, but in this story, they're both 5 years old. :)

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