Chapter Song: Again Again by Lady Gaga
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Niall had spent the majority of his night tossing and turning as he thought about Harry. The name seemed to fit him so well. Niall also loved the way it rolled off of his tongue so easily. Niall just... liked it. He had finally admitted to himself last night that he did in fact have a small, tiny, miniscule... crush on Harry. There was nothing wrong with that, right?
"¡Adiós y buen día!" Senõra Dennis calls to her class as the bell goes. Niall stands and begins heading to English class with Natalie until they part ways as she heads to Information Technology. He chews on his thumbnail absently as he thinks about seeing Harry today. Niall feels his phone vibrate in his pocket and pulls it out, glancing down at the screen to see a text from Natalie. Niall is about to open it when he walks straight into someone. He is knocked off balance but before he falls the person he slammed into places their hand on his lower back, successfully stopping Niall from falling.
"Sorry, I wasn't-" Niall begins as he looks up at the person he had run into. With the way things were going these days, Niall really wasn't surprised that it was Harry. Niall feels his back tingling where Harry's hand was still as he becomes acutely aware of his lingering touch.
"Careful babe" Harry winks before disappearing into the class. Niall's breath had caught at his use of the word 'babe' and he takes a deep breath before following after him into the classroom. This was ridiculous. Niall takes his seat beside Harry and glances over at him. His long fingers are tapping away at his phone screen and Niall stares for a moment, never noticing how big his hands were until now. Harry's fingers stop moving and he quirks an eyebrow up as he notices Niall staring.
"Are you reading my text?" He asks humor in his voice. Niall quickly looks up to his face.
"No" Niall shakes his head quickly before pulling out his binder and looking towards the front as Mr. Payne enters the room just as the second bell goes.
"Today I'll be introducing a project to you guys based around the last few chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird and putting you into pairs to complete it. It is only a couple days of work, if you start it straight away, but I'm still giving you until Friday to complete it." Niall groans. Great. A new project. He just hoped he got paired with someone he could stand. Mr. Payne goes on to explain the project and admittedly Niall zones out, staring blankly at the front of the room with his head propped up on his hand. Harry finds it rather adorable and takes the opportunity to study Niall's face. His blue eyes were just as striking as ever and Harry admires his pale, porcelain skin and soft looking pink lips.
"Niall and Zayn, Harry and Josh" Harry realizes that Mr. Payne had been reading out the pairings for the project and smothers a deep groan when he also realizes that he was partnered with Josh Devine. Niall on the other hand, sighs in relief when he hears that he is partnered with Zayn. Josh drops his head down onto his arms on his desk in front of Niall and Niall remembers that Josh hates Harry for an unknown reason. Niall made a mental note to ask him later.
"Okay, now that you know who your partner is I'm going to hand out this sheet. Its the marking rubric, and I want you all to know that you are being marked separately. It is up to you and your partner to split the work evenly in half so that you can receive your due credit once you hand it in." Harry frowns. He was really not going to enjoy this project.
"So now I want you all to get together with your partner and begin planning this, because you have from now to Friday to complete it." Niall and Zayn spend a couple minutes talking before actually getting down to work and quickly splitting the work up. Zayn wants to do the written bit so Niall is left with what he hopes is the easier part, finding visuals.
