The Duo (Narry and Lilo)

New School.

"LIAM! LIIAAAAAAMM!!!" Louis shouted at the passed out boy from the front door, still bundled up in his bed of clothes. "Huh..?" Liam whispered "Get up! We've gotta get to the school early to register!" He explained, carrying a McDonald's bag. "Let's eat and go to the school." Louis said as he threw Liam a sausage biscuit. Hitting Liam on his forehead, he yawned and caught it in his hand. "Well, Lou, I've gotta shower. Have you showered?" "I did before I went to McDonald's. The shower works. Everything works. Landlord hooked us up." Louis replied, scarfing down his biscuit, which he had covered in strawberry jelly. Liam nodded, finishing his and walking to the bathroom, turning on the shower.

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Slinging their backpacks over their shoulders, Louis and Liam walked out of their apartment, not even sure what to expect. The school was pretty close by so they decided to walk, and figure out a method of transportation later.

"What's this place like anyway?" Liam asked, looking at Louis. "I kinda checked it out before we came. Classic high school. Very musically dominated which is why I picked it. Looks at competition for that music bar. I heard of these two kids who just dominate the place." "Who are they?" "A duo called Narry. There were no pictures or videos of the performances though. Just audio. And I swear it is brilliant. They completely destroy each opponent. They're amazing. But we can do this. We can at least be at their level. They do their own music and-" "But all we do is covers." Liam interrupted. "Yes, and we need to step them up. So more practice. More." Louis replied. "Right. Hey, is this the place?" Liam asked, pointing out the building." "Yeah, yeah it is." Louis said, walking in, Liam following.

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"Yeah. We're emancipated teens. Our home address? Sure, love." Louis said to the receptionist, writing it down while he could see a very nervous Liam messing with his fingers. Louis gave him a look of reassurance and a wink, just as he heard a very familiar deep voice behind him.
"I can walk them to the class." The voice said, pointed to the receptionist. "What've you got?" The voice as Louis shakily turned to the voice to see the boy from the car last night. It was Chocolate Curls. Harry? "Math with Mr. Ackles? He's awesome. Come on. I'll take you. and your friend." Chocolate Curls AKA Harry said, walking out. "Oh, I'm Louis." Louis shakily replied, walking after him. "And this is my best friend, Liam." he explained, pointing to the other nervous boy, also walking with behind them, tripping. Harry turned and waved, walking out of the office. "Nialler!" He yelled to the same blond boy from last night, (Niall?) who was just across the hall. "Walk with us! New transfers." He smirked, referring to Louis and Liam. "Heya. I'm Niall. You know Harry. You are?" "Oh, I'm Louis, and this is Liam." Louis replied to the blond, nervous as all. Liam just nodded hi, looking down. "Well, let's get you to class." Niall commented, looking at their schedules. "Ackles is awesome but he hates late students. Come on." The four boys walked the halls to Ackles' class with comfortable small talk about the school until Niall asked a question."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. Louis and Liam instantly looked down and the four boys shared an uncomfortable silence until Louis broke it by saying "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.

Walking into the classroom, Mr. Ackles asked for their names and gave them seats next to each other. While Liam actually tried to learn about trigonometry, Louis kept drafting song ideas for their first battle on Saturday. They couldn't just challenge Narry head on. They had to start up and be noticed by them by winning a few battles. They just really had to step up their game. This isn't New York. This is the real deal. He didn't want to tell Liam that, because it'd make him even more nervous. Liam loves the stage. It's the only place where he's himself. But if he knew the pressure, he'd freak. Right then, the final bell rang and Liam happily picked up his things to leave and waited for Louis when he was done. Louis got up from his chair with his notebook full of his song and performance ideas instead of notes.

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On their way home, Louis didn't talk much. He was too busy worrying about this battle. It was their first and they needed to make an appearance. Liam worried but decided not to say anything. Louis unlocked the door walked in, leaving it open for Liam who closed it. "We still don't have beds." Louis noticed. Liam chuckled, "No, we don't. We should work on that." Louis smiled at his comment and yawned "Come on, Li. We can shower tomorrow." Holding his arms out, Liam nodded and slipped off his shoes, and fell asleep instantly in Louis' arms.

Meanwhile, Louis lay awake and heard that boy's voice again with the same song. But there was a second boy. Perfect harmony. Was that..Narry? No way. It couldn't. No way. But it sounded just like them. The perfect harmony. The solos. No way. It can't be Narry. Weren't they two high schoolers? No way. Pushing the thought out of his head, Louis forced himself to sleep.