Once In A Lifetime

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The next day Nathan and Zayn sat next to each other in French class holding hands. Everyday they moved their desks over to sit at the same table. "Class, get out your review sheets from last night and switch them with the person sitting next to you. They will grade your worksheets."  

The couple graded each others sheets adding little messages to them like, "You are so good at French #proudboyfriend," and "J' vous aime."  During the class they looked back at the notes over and over thinking about how much they loved each other.

Louis walked into his English class and was surprised to find Harry sitting in one of the seats. Did he not notice him? Maybe it was because Harry sat in the back row and Louis sat in the front. That's what he chose to believe anyway. "Good morning class! Today we will be discussing early 1800s literature. Some books from that era that you might recognize are Pride & Prejudice, Frankenstein, and Sense & Sensibility."

Louis raised his hand, this was something he was actually passionate about, considering Pride & Prejudice is his favorite book. The teacher Miss. Reid, who went by Katie, called on him, "Actually Jane Austen is one of my favorite authors."

All of the students in the classroom looked at him like he was crazy. Did he say something wrong? "That's awesome Louis! Pride & Prejudice is a really fantastic book. Does anyone have anything else to say about it?"

Harry raised his hand, "I think the book is complete rubbish. Especially if you try and make it a feminist book." He sighed, closing his sketchbook, "I mean the only thing that happens in it is that a couple of girls fall in love. I'm not really sure why people talk about it so much."

"Oh a little argument I see." Said Katie who was now spinning in her chair. "This is getting interesting now. Would you like to have Ollie the Argument Octopus on your desks?" Wow. They really did get the weird English teacher.

"No." They both said at the same time but the teacher got it down anyway and held it in her arms.

"Pride & Prejudice may not be an important book for our time, Harry, but it was important for the 1800s." Louis argued back, "I'm not going to spoil it for the rest of the class, but maybe you and I can talk more about it after class?"

Harry's face turned stone cold, "No, I'm fine, thanks."

"Are you sure because it might be really great to-"

"No, I'm ok." Harry repeated himself, cutting Louis off. He didn't know how to feel other than nervous because he would have to be Harry's art partner for the rest of the year. He didn't have to treat him like that. Maybe he was just having a bad day?

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This one is shorter than usual, but I just needed to add a little bit of tension.

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