Connection(A Larry Stylinson AU Fic)

Chapter 6

The next day, Louis had invited Harry over to sit at his lunch table. It had been awkward at first, but the Englishman found himself enjoying this new form of socializing. Harry and Louis continued to fight with each other and irritate the other to no end, but at the end of their arguments, there was never any anger directed at the other person. Only amusement on each of their parts.

Zayn had even begun to talk to Harry again, for which he was immensely grateful. Unfortunately, Louis had asked Zayn what Harry's nickname was out of curiosity. He didn't quite like the name "Harry", so he began to go for "Haz", which apparently had become Harry's new pet name, if you could call it that.

The email conversations had gotten lighter. Harry and Louis found themselves connecting to their mystery emailer more so than ever. Their happiness shown through and both became even more attached to sending and receiving emails every day.

School was comfortable now. Easy. The way things were going, school would actually be survivable…

That was, until, elections came up.

Of course Harry was going to run for Senior Class President. He ran in the elections every year, and always won, for that matter. But there was one problem this election.

The other candidate running was Louis.

Harry could hardly believe that git was running for the same position as he was. It was infuriating! Hadn't he been working as head of the student council ever since he transferred to this school? Hadn't he been the one to enforce school regulation better than anyone else, faculty included? And the worst part was, Harry wouldn't have been so mad at the whole situation if it wasn't for the fact that Louis was winning.

The day Harry found out Louis was running was the day he left the table. He began to eat his meals with Stan now, no matter how scary the guy was. Stan disliked Louis very much, and was keen on helping Harry win the election. Although conversation was awkward (well, at least for him it was), it was the only option Harry had. Either that or he would be lonely again.

Louis' natural enthusiasm won over the student body instantly. He had all the qualities a leader should have: charisma, determination, and a sense of justice for the people he governs. But the one thing Louis lacked was what the school really needed: knowledge. And that was Harry's only contribution to his own campaign.

All of his posters and slogans were centered around him being smarter than Louis. It worked for a few students, but the overall population enjoyed Louis' presence more. Stan had tried scare tactics on poor, unsuspecting freshmen, but that only caused the teachers to become angry with him.

The very last part of the election was the debate. Harry had been preparing for weeks, while Louis had prepared for it just the day before. Or at least, that's how Harry pictured it.

What Arthur didn't realize was that Alfred had been preparing for this day for quite a while. These elections meant something to him. It was unfortunate that the elections caused a separation in his new found companionship with Arthur, but it was for a good cause.

Louis had recently registered for a scholarship. The last requirement was that he had to have a leadership role in the school. Louis' grades weren't good enough for a scholarship and he couldn't afford anything more than a low-budget community college with barely anything to offer him other than a liberal arts degree. Louis wanted to go farther, wanted to prove his worth and become something more than his parents, who both were always out of a job because they had barely graduated high school.

Matthew was a shoe in for his college of choice. His grades were amazing and his test scores nearly perfect. Louis couldn't compete with that, never could compete with that. Matthew's good grades had always made him feel inferior because, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't reach the A's he strived for. Perhaps that's why he always sought attention. If he put the spotlight on himself, maybe no one would see who was the better twin…