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Grace Evans
I walk in and look at the guys practicing.
Paul's eyes fall on me as he keeps singing. Will notices a gives a small smirk. Jason doesn't care he's just into the practice.
I quietly walk towards one of the chairs feeling their eyes on me as my anxiety starts to tear through. I try to keep my mind calm.
As i take a seat i notice Paul furrowing his eyebrows as he sings.
Paul was the tallest. He has a good muscular built. His dark brown hair messed up a bit as his eyelids occasionally cover his blue eyes. Will was just a tad bit shorter than him. He was more on the leaner side. Blonde hair. His brown eyes moving across the room often. Jason, the quietest of them all, he was just the same height as Will. Black hair, black eyes and medium built.
My mind comes back to reality as i hear the loud struck of the guitar string.
"We're practicing. What do you want?'' Paul questions
"I-I needed to talk a bit.'' i say standing up.
"To whom?'' Will enters the conversation uninvited
"Paul'' i say timidly cuz they were actually a bit intimidating. Paul and Will were the seniors and Jason was our classmate.
Paul keeps his guitar down and stretches as he walks across the room towards me. I notice Will and Jason whispering to each other pointing towards me.
"What do you wanna talk about?'' he finally stands before me with his hands resting on his waist
"Um.. i wanted to talk about.. uh-''
"Speak fast we don't have all day'' he jolts making my stomach flip
"Yeah sorry.. I was hoping if you guys would consider going to the... X-factor..''
He chuckles shaking is head.
"And who are you to suggest that? Mind your own business'' he says in seriousness
"But Harry really wants to go to audition.. but he wouldn't go without you guys ''
"Oh... So now i see why you're here..'' his lips lift in an evil smirk
I look down at my sneakers
"Sorry.. Not happening. Don't waste our time''
"But why don't you just consider the chance? Like try practicing for a month..if it doesn't go well then be it.. but.. can't you guys just try?'' i request
His jaw clenches as he steps a bit closer.
"First of all, he is a talentless piece of shit. He doesn't deserve to be here. He's just here so we can have a backup just in case Jason's not available. So we don't even consider him. And secondly..'' he leans down so his eyes and mine are on the same level
"If you're willing to be at my place tonight I might think about it'' he smirks biting his lip.
I started to lose my mind. My palms ball up in a fist to control my anger. My eyes drop down to the floor and i shut them and take a deep breath.
"What? No? Okay. Forget about the audition then. Go fuck with your stupid boyfriend.'' he laughs and starts walking back to the guys
"He's gonna go. With or without you.'' i state
"Good luck with that'' He raises a thumb and smirks
I storm off out of the room my heart feeling heavy.
I kinda wanted to cry.
I notice the place has grown a bit more crowded.
I walk past everyone and enter into my class i see Harry sitting on my seat going through his phone.
"Hey'' i say walking upto him forcing a smile cuz the last thing i want him to know is that I'm upset
"He- what happened?'' his eyebrows come together
Oh no. There he goes. How does he understand me so well?
"W-what? Nothing. Why?'' I say as if he's the one acting weird.
"You sure? You don't seem so. Did anyone say something to you?'' he gets more serious with every word
"No. Stop behaving weird. Everything's okay.'' i say sitting on his seat that's exactly next to mine.
"Fine. I'm believing you'' he says narrowing his eyes that make me laugh.
He smiles seeing me laugh.
I look at him for a moment then look back down coz i remembered how Paul called him names. I felt so bad for him. He really didn't deserve all of that.
"I see you're stealing glances again which means something's wrong'' he says
"No.. I'm just hungry'' i avoid the topic but still telling the truth cuz i really was hungry now. I should've had something.
"Oh- wait. You must have forgotten your lunch in hurry. You can have mine'' he says taking off his backpack to take out his lunch
"No! Its okay. I'll get something after class'' i shake my head
"Just have it.'' he hands out the sandwich wrapped in foil.
"Wai-''
"Good morning class'' Mr Roberts walk in as all the students hurriedly get to their seats.
"Have it now.'' Harry whispers to me bending on the table so as to avoid getting caught.
"Are you serious? Shut up'' i tell him laughing
I keep take out my book and look at him. He's taking out another sandwich and starts unwrapping it keeping the one he was giving me intact.
My eyes go wide as I see him. He's probably gonna get caught and we'll get thrown out of the class.
"What are you doing!!!'' i whisper in urgency
"You're having it. Idk. And i know you're not gonna have it alone so I'm gonna have it with you'' he smirks
"You're gonna get us thrown out''
"I wouldn't mind that''
He hands out the sandwich and i shake my head in a no.
But when I look up to see Mr Roberts walking towards the row, i quickly take it from his hand so he wouldn't notice.
"Open page 264.'' Mr Roberts command.
I flip my pages and read the heading.
"Hey.'' i hear Harry whispering
"What!'' i ask
"Eat it''
"I can't right now''
"Yes you can. Like this'' he takes a quick bite.
My eyes widen as he did that. He smiles as me as he eats it.
"Your turn'' he says giggling
Seeing him giggle i couldn't help but smile
"If we get caught it's on you'' i say slowly unwrapping the sandwich and bend down take a very small bite and sit back straight up looking at Mr Roberts in full concentration. I don't know how im gonna chew now. I just nod as he keeps explaining god knows what.
"Chew it you fool'' i hear him whispering
I couldn't help but laugh out. I Bend down and chew it quickly. After I'm done i look at him and see he's taking another bite.
"This is so wrong'' i say smiling
"LWhen have we ever done anything right?'' He says after taking a bite smiling at me
"Silence'' Mr Roberts speaks a bit louder making us jump in our seats.
I sit back up pretending to understand everything he's saying.
I take several bites in between.
Harry gives me a proud look.
All of a sudden he pulls a funny face and i laugh out loud this time. I get two or three weird stares and they again get back to paying attention.
I was trying so hard not to giggle that i literally had to suppress my mouth to stop it. With lots of effort, i finally stopped.
I tried to pay attention when i remembered his face all over again and there began the giggling. As I was trying so hard to stop that it resulted in a snort and we lost it. We laughed out together.
"You two. Get out of my class'' i hear Mr Roberts
"Bu-''
"I won't repeat myself'' he says sternly
All of a sudden all eyes were on us. It made me so self conscious. I quickly grab my bag and go out, Harry following me. As soon as we get a bit far from our class we both start laughing. It was so funny i don't even know why. We just couldn't stop. I started getting weak in the knees so i couldn't help but kneel down on the hallway itself. Harry just bent over laughing with one hand on the stomach and the other one keeps slapping his knee.
"I-I..'' he tries to speak
"What?'' i ask taking a break from the unstoppable laughter
"I.. left..my sandwich'' he laughs harder and I start giggling again.
"Oh god we're gonna get thrown out of the school aren't we?'' i say wiping my tears away
"We so are'' he finally catches a breath and pauses.
We come to a halt. I try to think of something serious so as to stop all the laughter.
"What did you.. think of the audition?'' i blurt out
His face goes a bit serious but still smiley.
"I told you I'm not going alone'' he stands up rubbing his stomach which is probably aching by now.
I don't say anything. I just nod and stand up next to him.
"What you upset with me now?'' he questions
"No. Why would I be?'' i say in a carefree tone
"I know you are. But you need to understand that i can't go..'' he holds my hand softly.
"I understand'' i say meaning it. I get it that he's insecure and doesn't know his talent. But I just want him to try. I have this feeling that if he gets the right platform he'll shine. But with this band, he'll never get that. I feel so conflicted right now.
"C'mere'' he hugs me. He has hugged me several times but this time it felt so real.
After a while i separate quietly and we start walking towards the cafeteria.
The cafeteria wasn't very crowded. I guess there were hardly 15-20 students here and there. But suddenly i noticed Jason sitting in there and remembered that he was there when i went to talk to Paul. There's no way Harry should find out. I halt suddenly. Jason looks up due to the shuffling of my shoes. I turn around quickly and start pulling Harry in my direction.
"Hey what happened?'' he says resisting a bit
"I think we should go out. Or somewhere else. I don't like it here''
"Why what's wrong you okay?'' he was concerned
"Yes I'm fine let's go'' i try to hurry
"Hold up. I need to talk to Jason about the practice.'' he says turning around towards the cafeteria again
"You can talk to him later'' i say in urgency
"But if I miss out on practice Paul's gonna give me a word. So i have to. Come it'll just take a moment'' he drags me along with him without hearing my answer
I get so uncomfortable as we approach Jason. I kinda wanted to signal him not to say anything about the morning but we probably weren't Friends or anything so there's no reason he should understand or listen to me.
As we walk up Jason looks up from his phone.
"Heya bud. What time is the practice?'' Harry asks taking a seat right in front of him.
I just stood near him as i was praying that Jason somehow doesn't say anything about earlier.
"It was in the morning. You missed it.'' Jason keeps it short.
"Oh- why didn't you guys inform me? I would've come'' Harry says a bit disappointed
"I don't know. Paul called us.''
"Was he mad?''
"A bit. Yeah.''
"Can you inform me next time onwards? Cuz i don't like missing out on practice''
"Yeah fine I'll drop a text.'' he shrugs
"Thank you. You're a lifesaver'' Harry grins
Jason gives what could only be called a ghost of a smile.
"Fine then. See you in practice'' Harry says getting up
As i saw how they talked, i felt like i saw Jason talking for the first time. He might actually be better than the others. He didn't blame or call Harry stupid or whatever. Neither did he say anything about me. I guess he just understands.
"Come let's go'' Harry hooks his arm around my elbow and starts walking.
I turn my head to see Jason and I notice him looking back at me. As a reflex i give him a small smile and he just nods.
We walk around the school and attend some of the other classes and finally it's time to leave.
"Hey wanna hang out at my place today? My mum was asking about you. It's been an eternity since you came to my place'' Harry asks looking down at me.
"Sure! Would love too! Will Anna be there too?'' i ask referring to his sister
"Yeah she might be'' he shrugs
"Okay'' i smile at him and we walk together.
"Wanna have an ice cream?'' he asks looking at the ice cream parlour across the street
"You're gonna make me fat then i won't find a boyfriend ever'' i chuckle
"Good for me. No one will hurt you that way and i wouldn't have to pick fights'' he smirks
"So you want me to die alone just so you don't have to fight?'' i say being dramatic
"Well.....no.. just until you find the right person. And the right person wouldn't care if you're fat'' he says smirking and giving me a side eye.
His words hit me. He turned a joke into a lesson but it was good. I smile to myself and hook closer to him. He just looks down and smiles
We cross the road and he buys ice creams for both of us. He gets the mint chip and I get my regular chocolate chip one. On our way we try each other's ice creams a bit. It was just our thing. We've never had anything without sharing.
We finally reach his place and I take off my jacket as it was getting hot for me now. We walk in an Josephine, Harry's mom comes.
"Oh sweetheart how have you been?'' she sprints towards me and pulls me into a warm hug.
"I'm great Jo. Thank you. How are you?'' i say smiling ear wide cuz she really did always make me happy.
"I'm amazing. Its so good that you came. I started to miss you. It's almost a month i didn't see you'' she says wrapping her arm around my shoulder guiding me to the living room.
"Yeah I'm glad I came too'' i say taking a seat on the sofa
"Just sit here. I'll bring something to eat. Harry, come help me in the kitchen a bit.'' she says walking into the kitchen.
"Mom! I just came back.'' he throws a tantrum
"I'll help'' i say getting up from my seat and following her
"No sweetie you don't have to. It's okay I'll manage'' she denies
"No its fine. I help my mom too. It's really okay'' i say
"Yeah you girls have some fun time there'' Harry says going upstairs to his room.
We both chuckle looking at him.
"So how's your mom?'' Jo asks sauteing the veggies as I take out the taco shells and lay them next to each other.
"She's good. How's Anna? I don't see her around?'' i ask
"Oh she's visiting my mother. She wanted to see her. She'll be back by 7''
"I see''
"Yeah. My mother likes to spend time with her. She engages her into all those gardening stuff and Anna likes it too.'' she smiles
"I'm sure she does. How's Harry's dad? I don't see him around as much'' i say looking at her
"He's been promoted and transferred to the next city. So he comes over for weekends. And we go out for dinners or movies and stuff. He says he feels guilty for not being available but I tell him its alright. Job is important too right?''
"Yeah exactly. Its nice to know he's doing good.''
"Yes. And btw do you know if someone's bothering Harry? Bcz he does stay quiet a bit these days. I thought you guys were in a fight or something bcz as far as i know that's the only thing that bothers him. But now since you came and y'all are fine i was wondering what could it be''
"Oh... Um.. i don't know.. i guess just school stress? I'll have to talk to him about it.''
"Yeah please do. Don't ask him today tho. He seems happy.''
"Yes of course'' i nod
"Hey you guys done yet? I'm hungry'' Harry comes down and walks over to the kitchen and leans on the kitchen counter.
"Yeah just almost done. You guys go sit I'll be there in 5 mins'' she says taking the taco shells
"Yeah come'' Harry tugs me to the living room and lands on the sofa and shows me a photo.
"See I love this photo of our band'' he says handing me the phone
The photo is actually pretty good. Paul at the lead and left to him is Will and Harry. And on Paul's right, there's Jason.
"Yeah it's nice'' i say smiling at him
"I know right.'' he smiles cheekily
"Okay the food's ready. Come to the table'' Jo speaks from the kitchen
We go and take our seats. Harry sits next to me and giggles for no reason.
"What?'' i ask confused
"Nothing. Just remembered our act from first period'' he giggles again. I laugh remembering it.
"What are you guys all smiley about?'' Jo asks serving us.
"Fill her in. Will you?'' Harry says looking at me.
"Yes. What am i missing out?'' she smiles at me
I tell her and we all have a good laugh about it. The rest of the day we just talk about various stuff, me and Harry watch Harry Potter as it's his favourite series. He feels very proud of the fact that their first names are the same.
It's almost 6 when i realise that i have to go back home.
"Hey.. i should get going..'' i say stretching
"Yeah.. I'll walk you home'' he says sitting up and switching off the TV.
" No it's fine I can go.'' i get up and get into my jacket
"Nah. It's dark. I'll come with you.'' he gets up and gets into his jacket
We go to Jo's room and let her know I'm leaving
"It was so nice to see you. Come again soon alright? I'll let Anna know you asked about her'' she comes and gives me a quick hug.
"Yes sure. See you'' i say and walk out waiting for Harry.
He follows me and we walk home.
Today was a good day. One of my favourite days, if asked.
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