The Meadow

One

When Louis was walking to school that morning he was spooked when he heard a sudden voice right behing him.

"Nice wheather we're having today" exclaimd a boy.

"Jesus Christ you scared me" replied Louis.

"Oh I'm sorry" the boy apologized, pausing before recognizing,"Hey! You're my next-door neighbor!"

Louis stared, but thought about what he said. He quickly remembered seeing him about a month ago carrying boxes from a truck into the house next to his. Louis rarely looks at someone and thinks they're attractive, but Louis could never forget him, that day he a wore pink and yellow flower crown, along with a matching jumper and nails which looked so pretty on him. Louis now looked back at the boy examining his eyes, his  lips, his smile, his dark curly hair.

The boy looked back at the shorter teen staring at him.

"I believe we haven't met. My name is Harry, um what's your name?", said the perky boy, believing that that would end the awkwardness between each other.

"Um, I'm Louis", Louis choked out.

"Nice to meet you Louis, do you happen to go to Attiken High, the High School around the block?"

"Yes, in fact I've been going there since I was 13" Louis said, getting more confident with his words.

"Oh really! Wow so you must know everyone there huh!?" Harry exclaimed, showing emotion for the regular detail. "I just moved in this neighborhood about a month ago so I don't know anybody here"

"Not really" Louis stated, though he really did know everybody in the neighborhood, his mother would gossip about the neighbors on a daily basis to her friends, and she naturally had a loud voice so he would hear her gossip all the way from upstairs. Louis knew so much about all of his neighbor's lives and most of them he had never even spoken to. "I only have like 3 friends"

"Are you taken?" questioned the curly haired beauty.

The question shocked Louis, it was so sudden and fast.

"No"

"Oh, I thought you would be, you are so handsom" Harry casual said, as he continued walking on the pavement.

"Oh uh, thank you" Louis chuckled awkwardly, the compliment surprised him.

*~*

The two continued talking the rest of the walk to school, talking about the classes they had together (which included all of them), why Harry moved here, etc..

In such little hours, Louis grew fond of Harry, that when in class, he was the only thing he thought of. The way his lips grew when he smirked, the confident way he walked those long thick legs, oh gosh the way he- "Louis, finish off the paragraph for me, will you" said Mrs. Cumming, hovering Louis as she declared her order right behind his ear, the woman was pretty short, about 4'11. Louis froze, looking down at the syllabus packet in on the desk. It was untouched because this whole time his mind was so distracted by the boy he met in the morning. He had never even noticed they had began reading or that the teacher and his class mates around him were reading it. His face flushed pink, this never happening to him, he was a good boy who always focused on the lesson and followed along when reading in class.

"Page 3, fourth paragraph" the girl sitting next to him instructed. Her name was Sally, Louis and her were the best friends in 5th grade, but in 6th grade, she completely ignored him, acting as if she never knew him. He tried to talk to her by saying "Hey Sally, have you read Marco Hanson's new book?", talking about their favorite fantasy novel author, but she would reply with a "no" and walk away. Louis was so baffuled and upset of her actions that one day during recess he went up to her and her group of "girlfriends" and began yelling at her. He insulted her, calling her a "fucking brat" and she started crying. One of her friends told the teacher and sent him to the principal's office. Louis was scolded by his parents and punised him by making his twin sisters share a room with him for the rest of the year. That was when Louis decided that he would completely ignore Sally as well.