Totally Awkward Random

3. Backseat Bingo

"I met my soulmate and we have no romantic feelings. Could be good friends I guess but I'm a bit disappointed," Louis sighed picking at the piece of bread Al handed to him.

"Ain't that a bite," he said with a sigh, Louis was quick to add it to his ever-growing mental dictionary.

Ain't that a bite: that's shit

"Anyone I know? Can't believe King Louis is so grown up!" Al pinched Louis's arm and Louis swatted him away, like an annoying fly.

"Harry Styles? Know him?" Louis replied casually before taking a sip of his perfectly made tea.

God, Niall was the best.

"Oh yeah I know him, real dreamboat beatnik type," Al nodded, seemingly with approval.

Beatnik: '50s hipster

Dreamboat: cute boy

Honestly, Louis could become an old man translator at the rate he was going.

"So no romance with Princess Harry?" Al pressed on, receiving a confused look from Louis.

"Oh get ride of that look, we've already got a Prince Harry, no matter how hard they try to disown him, and you aren't married so he can't quite be King Harry...yet, I supposed we could downgrade him to an Earl but that just seems awfully unkind and uncalled for..."

Louis cut him off, "Princess Harry works, I'm sure he would love it actually."

"Well I don't see the problem kiddo, just give him some of that apple butter and then go for a round of backseat bingo, problem solved," Al winked at Louis before smirking.

Apple butter: smooth talk

Louis had no idea what backseat bingo meant, but based on Al's reaction it was something Louis was not going to wait until later to google.

Louis pulled his phone from his back pocket frantically pulling up the search engine.

Backseat Bingo: to make —

"AL I AM NOT GOING TO SMOOTH TALK HARRY INTO MAKING OUT WITH ME IN THE BACK OF A CAR! What is wrong with you! Here I thought I was sharing homemade bread with the innocent elderly garden maintenance man," Louis shook his head in fake disgust, his smile giving him away immediately.

"Oh fine," Al patted Louis arm in silent agreement that they would drop the conversation, "so how are your classes, Beatrice has been nagging me to make sure you're not too stressed and eating properly and all that," Louis loved Al's wife, sometimes she would send Al with vegetables from their garden because she was worried about Louis and his suite mates' nutritional intake, Louis's mother loved it, and it was so sweet Louis couldn't be annoyed either.

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After another hour on the bench, and a FaceTime call to Beatrice to ensure her that Louis wasn't working too hard he found himself traveling to the library, extra bread in a baggie, to meet Harry to finish their project.

Al was a little annoyed that Louis got to keep the leftover bread but after a scolding from Beatrice about how Louis should share with his soulmate, Al reluctantly handed over the leftovers ensuring Louis it would woo Harry into romance.

To no one's surprise, it did not.

But, Harry was very grateful for the bread and spent the first fifteen minutes carefully writing a very detailed thank you note to Al and Beatrice for their generous bread scraps.

After another couple of hours in the library, they were able to finish their project, and they both agreed it was the best work they had ever done.