High School Musical (Harry x Taylor Lautner)

Little Things

The next morning, Harry sat at a station in the chemistry lab, across the table from Selena and next to Miley. The students were wearing neat white coats and busily setting up equipment as the chemistry teacher wrote equation on the chalkboard.

Miley gave Harry a fake smile. Ever so casually, she said, "So, it seems like you know Taylor Lautner."

Harry glanced up briefly, but she was distracted by the teacher, who was solving the equation on the board. "Not really . . . I just asked him for directions." he said, even as he started checking the teacher's work on his scratch pad.

Miley raised the wattage of her smile just a bit. "Taylor usually doesn't interact . . . with new students."

"Why not?" Harry asked, not really listening. He looked at his equation. Hmm. His calculations was quite different from the teacher's. Should I say something? Maybe not. People didn't like it when you pointed out their mistakes.

"It's pretty much basketball 24/7 with him." Miley said with a little laugh.

Now Harry wasn't listening to Miley at all. He rechecked his own calculations and murmured. "Pie to the eleventh power."

He thought he had said it quietly, but apparently not quietly enough.

The chemistry teacher turned around. "Yes, Mister Styles?"

"Oh, I'm sorry," Harry said, flustered. "I was just–"

Before he could finish his sentence, the teacher was standing by his chair, looking down at her notebook. "Shouldn't the equation be Pi to the eleventh power?" He asked.

"Pi to the eleventh power?" The teacher, Sofia Carson, said in surprise. "That's quite impossible." Then she whipped out a calculator and started punching in numbers. Across the table, Selena had her calculator out as well, and was matching the teacher, keystroke for keystroke.

There was a brief, stunned pause. Then, the teacher said, "I stand corrected." She turned back to the blackboard to review her work. Then she looked over her shoulder, smiled warmly at Harry, and added. "And welcome aboard."

Harry blushed as Selena stared at him, impressed.

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Taylor was standing through the lobby on the way to his next class, when he caught sight of the musical audition sign-up sheet. His steps slowed.

It was crazy, he knew it was crazy, but he couldn't seem to stop thinking almost hypnotized by the piece of paper. He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice Miley's brother. Zayn who was hanging out nearby with a couple of the Drama Club kids.

Zayn's eyes narrowed suspiciously. When Taylor finally moved on, Zayn ran up to the sheet, just to make sure.

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At that moment, Miley arrived. Zayn rushed up to her, breathless. "Taylor Lautner was looking at our audition list!" He reported.

Miley stiffened, all senses suddenly alert. "Again? He was hanging around with that new boy, and they were both looking at that list." She paused a moment to think. "There's something freaky about him," Miley decided. "Where did he say he was from?"

Moments later, Miley and Zayn were at the school library, doing an internet search on Harry. A number of newspaper articles immediately popped up on the screen.

"Whiz Kid Leads Scholastic Championship," read the headline.

"Sun High Marvel Aces Statewide Chemistry Competition," another headline read.

As Miley printed out the article, Zayn said, "Whoa . . . another Einstein. So why do you think he's interested in our musical?"

"I'm not sure that he is," Miley said. "And we aren't concerned ourselves with amateurs." She neatly folded the printouts and stood up. "But there's no harm in making certain that Harry is welcomed into school activities that are . . . appropriate for him. After all, he loves pi."