"What are you guys doing there?" asked Liam as he was met with Louis and Zayn standing in front of the classroom, covering their eyes. 

"I don't wanna see it" shuddered Zayn. 

"What?" was Liam confused. 

"It's gotta be him again" breathed Louis out. 

"What the fuck is wrong with you?". 

"Language, Liam! Since when do you curse? Boys, you ruined him" appeared Mr Matthews behind them, causing Louis and Zayn to drop their hands from their eyes. 

"I knew it. You lied to me!" exclaimed Zayn. 

"Did I miss something?" cocked Harry an eyebrow at them. 

"He is a liar" made Zayn big eyes. 

"I'm not. I won't be your teacher anymore" said Cory calmly. 

"Do you believe him?" asked Zayn Louis. 

"I can't even believe he still doesn't know what happened...". 

"Hahaha. We are not talking about this. We're kings" made Zayn weird hand movements, cutting Louis off. 

"Yeah, we're Kings, Matthews. You don't get to tell us what to do anymore" said Louis sassily to his teacher. 

"Get to class" told Cory him. 

"Okay, but that was the last time" pointed Louis a finger into Cory's face before Cory walked into class. 

"I knew it" grumbled Zayn. 

"Come on, let's just go inside or Niall will eat my hair" said Liam, hiding his hair from Niall as he walked into the classroom followed by Harry. 

"I know it's gonna be my Goddy again" covered Zayn his eyes again, Louis following his move. 

"Can't look" shook Louis his head as they stumbled into class. 

"Scared" shuddered Zayn. 

"Ready?" asked Louis. 

"Quick Peek," said Zayn. 

"1, 2, 3, Peek" counted both boys down and then took a quick peek at the teacher's desk. To their big surprise Cory wasn't there. It was a young-looking man in dark clothes, looking weirdly at them. 

"Did you see what I saw?" asked Zayn and covered his eyes again. 

"Oh yeah" confirmed Louis. 

"Then why are we covering our eyes?" hooked Zayn. 

"Cause its gonna go away. I don't want it to go away. It's gonna go away" answered Louis cutely. 

At the same time, both uncovered their eyes again and looked at the young teacher still being there. Zayn turned to face Louis and grinned broadly. "Yaaaaaaayyyyy". Louis couldn't hide his smile at that.  

"So, welcome to class. Due to Mr Harrison still being sick I'm gonna take over some of his classes as Mr Matthews did before. My name is Mr Stern and we're gonna have History together" introduced the teacher himself after Louis and Zayn sat down. 

"Does this mean we won't have Mr Matthews again?" questioned Niall. 

"No, you won't and from now on everyone who just talks without being asked gets punished" answered Mr Stern. "Let's get started, Belgium 1831". 

"Yaaaaaaayyy" made Liam at that.

"This is gonna be the best time ever" leaned Zayn over to Louis at the desk next to him.

"I can't believe this. Is he even really here? We should go over there and look at him up close" whispered Louis back. 

"Let's do this" with Zayn stood up and Louis followed his move because it was his stupid idea that he never thought Zayn would actually do. 

"What are you doing?" asked Harry in a whisper.

"What do I now, Harold?" hissed Louis back. 

"Well, you're the one standing up" snorted Harry. 

"Actually, it was Zayn" crossed Louis his arms over his chest. 

At the same time, Zayn walked closer to Mr Stern and eyed him curiously while the teacher had no idea what was going on. Zayn moved one finger closer to Mr Stern's face very slowly until he backed away. 

"Sit down". And the boys sat back down. "You guys strick me as a couple of people who are used to a special treatment. I don't know what your last teacher thought but I don't do that". 

"He said couple" snickered Louis. 

"Zouis is alive" chuckled Zayn. 

"My ship is sailing" sing-songed Niall. 

"Students 6,7 and 8, be quiet" admonished Mr Stern the boys. 

"Are we 6, 7 and 8?" pointed Niall at himself. 

"Guess so" replied Louis. 

"Well, you were talking so it has to be you" threw Harry in. 

"Shut up, Harold". 

"Liam-time, Sir?" raised Liam his hand expectingly. 

"Go ahead whatever you're talking about" shrugged the teacher. 

"No, this is where he takes over the class because no one else has a clue" explained Harry to him. 

"Oh, he takes over the class? And you just talk without raising your hand and these boys just do whatever they want?" tried Mr Stern to understand. 

Eleanor raised her hand at that and the teacher nodded at her. "Pretty much, yeah" confirmed Eleanor the teacher's guess. 

"You know what? I wanted to make a difference. I wanted to shape young minds. I wanted to dedicate my entire life to be an influential person who commands respect" told Mr Stern them. 

At that Zayn stood up again and moved with his finger closer to Mr Stern's face. He circled it until he touched the nose. "I quit" said Mr Stern and left the class. 

"What happens now, Louis?" asked Zayn as he sat back down, the rest of the class laughing or talking to each other. 

"Well, we'll see on Friday". 

---

On Friday the boys were sitting nervously at their desks, already staring at the classroom door. As Cory walked in he headed straight towards Zayn with his finger pointing at his face as he did to Mr Stern. "You did this," said Cory and got ready for class while Zayn was dying inside. 

"I can't believe you're gonna be my Goddy again" glared Zayn at Cory, making him look weirdly at him. Louis also just eyed Zayn for a second. "I said what I said". 

"But seriously, Matthews. How's this possibly happening?" asked Louis. 

"I like that it's happening. The other guy didn't want to give me Liam-time" remarked Liam. 

"Yeah, He didn't like it at all when we talked" added Niall. 

"It's true. It's like he wanted to talk all the time" nodded Louis. 

"I don't think he knew that History class was supposed to be about our lives" pointed Zayn out. 

"It's about our lives?" asked Harry surprised, making everyone groan at his obliviousness. 

"Galileo. Everyone believed that the sun revolved around the earth. Except for him. Everyone thought they were the centre of the universe and that everything else circled around them" started Mr Matthews the lesson. 

"I know somebody who circles around me. A little too closely" threw Zayn in. 

"Oh me too" mumbled Louis under his breath. 

"Is that what you think is happening here, Zayn?" questioned Cory. 

"We're Juniors. In four months we're gonna be seniors. We should be able to head off and explore without you" replied Zayn. 

"Okay and you guys think you're ready?" checked Cory.

"Born ready," said Louis. 

"I'll get there" grinned Zayn. "We should transfer out of here". 

"I don't think so" disagreed Louis with him. 

"Yeah, I like him" agreed Liam with Louis.  

"I like what he teaches us and I like how we're talking right now and he doesn't stop us when he could if he wanted to" said Liam but then frowned. "Wait, why don't you stop us?". 

"Yeah that's interesting isn't it?" was all Cory said to this. 

"We think we're the centre of the universe. We think everything revolves around us. We depend on the sun for light. For warmth. Every morning. Every day. And when it's gone we sleep, trusting that in the morning it will always come back again" came Liam back to the lesson topic and everyone listened to him. 

"Well done, Liam" smiled Cory at him. 

"Don't ya think Louis is like the sun?" leaned Niall over to Harry. 

"Excuse me?" paled Harry visibly. 

"He's right. He is the light of our group. Something we depend on without him knowing that and we always trust that he is there for us every day. Taking something for granted is not a thing you should ever do" agreed Liam with Niall.

"Shouldn't we talk about the lesson instead?" tried Harry to change the topic. 

"Oh that's what we're doing" said Liam. 

"You wanna let us in on your talk?" asked Cory interested. 

"Umm Nah, nothing important" waved Harry the matter off. 

"Liam?". 

"We talked about taking something for granted that is always there" answered Liam against Harry's protest, making Louis and Zayn turn around to them. 

"That's a very interesting topic, boys. Every day we take things or people for granted without even noticing it. But we shouldn't because our biggest mistake is taking something for granted and not appreciating it. See what is right in front of you before it's too late. Before it's gone. Don't act like you're the centre of the universe and you can't make mistakes or hurt someone. Carelessness hurts the most". 

---

Later that day, Louis and Niall walked out of the locker room to meet up with the other boys. On their way, they passed ways with Nick and Aidan. After everything that had happened before Louis never thought he could be okay with these two but now they actually were. Life can be funny. 

"Nialler, Tommo, wait. We're gonna have a party at the end of the month. Wanna come?" asked Nick the two of them friendly. 

"Isn't it a bit early to ask now? The month has barely started" grinned Niall. 

"We wanna plan everything right so that nothing goes wrong and everyone knows in time" explained Aidan. 

"Actually not the worst idea" Louis had to admit. 

"What isn't the worst idea?" came Zayn and Liam over to them with Harry walking behind them talking to someone. 

"They're gonna have a party, Zaynie Baby, and want us to come" batted Louis his eyelashes jokingly. 

"And you're really planning on cheating on me with them?" gasped Zayn. 

"Sorry" chuckled Louis. 

"You can come too though. All of you" offered Aidan to the rest of them. 

"Thanks. We're gonna be there" accepted Liam politely.

"Always so polite" snickered Louis. 

"Ey, be nice to my man" slapped Zayn Louis against the head. 

"That Zouis Ziam Triangle is amusing me" grinned Nick. 

"No triangle here" held Louis his hands up. 

"Yeah, it's a foursome with Niall" laughed Zayn. 

"Does Eleanor know about this?" played Nick along. 

"What she doesn't know..." smirked Niall entertained. 

"Yeah, we're gonna have a lot of fun at the party. See you, guys" high-fived Nick all four of them, nodded at Harry and then left with his brother. 

"What the hell was that? What happened to them?" spoke Harry up. 

"Oh, you mean now that they're no longer brainless puppets on a string?" snapped Louis at him and had no idea why. Zayn gently placed a hand on Louis' back.

"They're proper nice. Party is gonna be fun" told Niall him nonchalantly.

"Not sure if I'm gonna be there" mused Harry, looking at the person next to him. 

"Go and have fun. It's okay. Maybe I'll even come with you" said that boy next to Harry. 

"Excuse me but who are you again?" eyed Zayn him suspiciously. 

"Zayn" tried Liam to stop Zayn from doing something stupid after seeing Zayn's face at the closeness of the two boys. 

Niall, Liam and Louis looked expectingly at Harry while Zayn already glared at him and took Louis' hand for comfort. Harry blushed slightly and the boy wrapped an arm around Harry's waist. "Guys, this is Max. We met during the holidays". 

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Soooo, I'm trying to get somewhere with this but I have the feeling I'm failing. Let's see if I can manage. 

Question of the Chapter: What was Cory really talking about and who is Max?

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