alone (book one in the TRUSTED series)

PART 1~ before darcy tomlinson.

darcy tomlinson
i don't know much about my parent's past. all i know is that they fell in love in college and got married afterwards. they don't tell me the details. i've heard from all their friends that they were the school's most known couple, but i'm not sure if that's for good reasons or not. apparently they used to be all "lovey dovey" all the time.

that's definitely not the case now.

i guess thirteen years ago, everything was different.

*flashback*
university of london
11:25 am; dorm 2A
third person

harry styles' alarm clock rang out throughout his dorm, making him immediately shoot out of bed to turn it off and get ready for his first day of classes. it was 11:25 and his english class started at 12:30. that gave him time to get ready, make sure he has everything, eat, and still get there on time.

louis tomlinson, harry's next door neighbor, on the other hand, slept through his alarm. he woke up at 11:50, leaving him not enough time to do everything.

while harry was calmly styling his short curls, and packing his bag for class, getting ready to step out the door, louis was rushing around trying to find his books while loosely holding his toothbrush in his mouth with his lips.

it takes 10 minutes to walk to campus. class started in 15. harry got there early, along with a few other kids, wanting to make a good impression of themselves. as the whole classroom started piling up by 12:25, there was still one empty seat next to harry at 12:29.

as soon as the bell rang, in came louis, looking like a mess, with his hair all over the place and sticking to his sweaty forehead, rectangular glasses falling off his nose, and his books spilling out of his bag.

everyone was judging the boy, while harry sat there staring, simply because louis was beautiful to him. louis takes a breath and awkwardly waddled towards the empty seat next to harry.

louis didn't dare look over at harry, for he didn't want to be judged. little did he know that the boy would never judge him for anything. even thirteen years later.

harry cleared his throat awkwardly and louis looked over. when his eyes landed on the curly lad's face, his breath hitched and his eyes widened.

harry was confused for a second, he bad thought he had something on his face. he self-consciously turned away and wiped his hand all over his face, making sure to clean it. he turned back to louis and spoke;

"looks like we're seatin' partners. i'm harry, harry styles." harry added an awkward smile because woah that was so not smooth at all. either way, harry stuck his hand out for louis to shake. louis was still staring at harry's face.

weird.

louis shook his head and laughed softly, then grabbed harry's hand and replied with, "i guess we are. louis tomlinson."

both boys smiled and let go of each other's hands, turning to the lecture at the front of the room.

"everyone get out a pencil and paper, we will be taking some small notes" the professor spoke.

everyone turned to grab what had been asked of them, but it seemed louis didn't have a pencil.
he shyly turned to harry.

"hey." he started, his voice an octave higher than usual. louis cleared his throat. "can i borrow a pencil? i must've forgot one when i rushed out this morning.."

harry smiled and reached back into his bag, grabbing a second pencil. louis thanked him then went to grab paper.

which he had also forgotten.