The next morning, he goes on his walk again. When he stops at the coffee shop, he notices there's someone else with Niall, a curly lad.

He walks into the coffee shop, a bit hesitant.

"Hi Z-Z-... uh..." Niall says, trying to remember the name of the boy he met yesterday.

Zayn chuckles.

"It's Zayn, hey Ni! C-can I call you that?"

"Sure! All my friends call me that, but Harry calls me Nialler," Niall says.

"Who's Harry? Is that the boy next to you?"

Harry glances up.

"Y-yea I'm Harry," he says, "nice to meet you, Zayn."

"Nice to meet you two," Zayn says awkwardly.

"Harry comes with me, every Saturday. We live together. Harry goes to school though, he's in... in... uh, what grade are you in?"

Harry laughs.

"I'm fifteen, freshman year of high school."

"Oh, me too!" Zayn says, "What school?"

(I am seriously so bad at making up street names, addresses, schools, names, food, random occupations, etc, like, seriously, lol.)

"Veridian High School," Harry says.

"I go there too!"

"Oh, that's so cool! Weird we haven't seen each other before," Harry says.

Zayn looks down.

"W-well I just moved here because... because of..." he stops talking, his eyes still glued to the ground.

"I don't go to school," Niall says.

Zayn glances up, hoping Harry isn't looking at him anymore.

"It's alright, whatever it is," Harry whispers into Zayn's ear, letting Niall continue.

Zayn smiles, and nods at Harry, silently thanking him.

"I don't like school. It's boring and the kids and teachers are really mean to me. Besides, I don't need to go to school, I'm already smart enough!" Niall says.

"He's not joking, he's probably smarter than me, but he dropped out of school in eighth grade, he's fourteen, by the way," Harry informs Zayn.

Zayn just nods, not knowing what else to say.

"So, how did you guys meet? And how long ago? Niall doesn't usually open up or talk to random people that much, no offense to you, Zayn," Harry says.

"None taken, but uh..." Zayn says, scratching the back of his head, "we met yesterday..? For like, fifteen minutes. I was going on my daily walk for my- I mean, I was going on my daily walk and I spotted Niall two days ago, and then the day after, which was yesterday, I saw him again. There wasn't any other seat, no offense, so I sat with Niall."

Harry smiles.

"That's awesome, Nialler, you made a new friend!"

Niall smiles.

"He must really like you," Harry whispers to Zayn.

Zayn just smiles.

"Harry, Harry, Harry!" Niall says.

"Mhmm?"

"It's time! See!?" he says, pointing to his watch.

Harry looks at Zayn, trying to explain what Niall means.

"Don't worry, he told me yesterday."

"Oh, ok, I'll see you next week maybe?"

"Sure!"

"Great!"

"Bye guys, and see you tomorrow Ni!"

Niall giggles at the nickname.

"Bye bye!"

Zayn finishes his walk, then goes home.

My homework is getting harder! It took me like twenty minutes to finish just four pages of my pre algebra homework, which I'm definitely not used to, though I'll probably be called a slacker for saying this, or something, now that I think about it... whateva'!

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