The Duo (Narry and Lilo)

Transfers

The sound of car honks filled Harry's ears as his eyes slowly opened. Harry knew it was Niall honking, as Niall picked him up every morning for school. Harry opened his window and flashed a piece sign at Niall, who waved and smiled back. Harry slipped on his iconic Ramones tee, pulled on a pair of black skinnies, and walked out his bedroom door. He grabbed his backpack, swung it over his shoulder as he heard his mom say "No breakfast, love? You need breakfast." "Not today. I need to get to school. Niall's already outside." Harry replied as his mom nodded and told him to have a good day. Harry pushed his earbuds in, scrolling through his iPhone 5s, choosing to play Stevie Wonder's Isn't She Lovely, walking down the stairs. He was thinking about proposing the idea of him performing as an adlib or a mashup with another song to Niall.

Slamming the apartment door behind him, Harry walked down the stairs, subtly nodding his head along to the beat of the song as he pushed the door to leave the complex. Niall smiled wide, seeing Harry walking out. Harry had always been his brother and Niall loved him like one. Getting into the car, Harry pulled out an earbud, "Hey, Nialler. Ready for school?" "Am I ever?" Niall replied, smiling at Harry who laughed at his joke.

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Pulling into the school's parking lot, Harry put his bag over his shoulder and opened the door, as Niall got out his guitar case and backpack, swinging both over his shoulder. For some reason, they always ended up jamming. Either just practicing or the whole lunch room sang with them. Sometimes both so Harry and Niall can pretend they're performing at Steven's, the students being the crowd. As they walked in, they received the normal hi's and hello's from everyone. They all wanted to be friends with Niall and Harry. Considering they performed in front of thousands of people every Saturday night. Steven's was literally a competition place and thousands of people showed up to hear the musicians. Everyone took it quite seriously. Walking past the office to homeroom, Harry saw out the corner of his eye, the same boys he'd seen from last night. "Yeah. We're emancipated teens. Our home address? Sure, love." The one with sea green eyes and messy hair said to the receptionist as the one with brown eyes and a perfect quiff stood, nervously twiddling his fingers.

Harry walked in, leaving Niall to keep walking but eventually come back to see Harry walking into the registrations office. "I can walk them to the class." Harry said to the receptionist. "What've you got?" Harry asked as Sea Green nervously gave him his schedule. "Math with Mr. Ackles? He's awesome. Come on. I'll take you. and your friend." Harry said, walking out. "Oh, I'm Louis." Sea Green replied, walking after him. "And this is my best friend, Liam." he explained, pointing to the other nervous boy, also walking with behind them, almost tripping. Harry turned and waved, walking out of the office, he called Niall to walk with them. Niall introduced himself and Harry introduced Louis and Liam.

"So you guys transfers?" Niall inquired as they rounded a corner. "Uh, yeah. From New York." Liam said. "Oh, parents get a new job?" Niall replied. "Uh, not really. We're emancipated teens." "What's that mean?" "Well uh, our parents abandoned us and we went to court and basically, they have no responsibility towards us. So we can live and be anywhere we want." "That sounds amazing!" Niall almost screamed. Harry shot him a look as Liam and Louis looked down as Louis replied, "Yeah, sure." In a small whisper. An awkward silence only filled with footsteps later, Harry said "Okay, we're here. We'll see you guys around." "Yeah. Thank you, guys." Louis smiled. "Thanks." Liam smiled as he opened the door for Louis.

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"So when the Steven Moffat wrote Sherlo-" The final bell as Mr. Ackles went off on yet another tangent about British T.V. The class almost cheered as the bell cut him off, practically running out of the classroom. Harry closed his trig book with a pencil as a marker, walking out of his Trigonometry class to see Niall waiting for him, as they did with each other for every class they could. "So, practice? Girl Almighty is coming along awesome." Niall said, pushing his books inside his dump of a backpack. "For sure", Harry replied, walking with one strap on, looking at everyone whispering about them while Niall was in his own little world talking about how Doctor Who was brilliant last night. As they walked out of the school, Harry noticed Liam and Louis walking towards a cab that they had just whistled over. Harry wondered if they were okay from earlier. Pushing the thought away, he opened the door to Niall's car, put the auxiliary cord in his iPhone and blasted The Beatles as they drove to Harry's.