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Dust motes swirl in the sunbeams cutting through the classroom windows. you is rooted in the doorway, fingers white-knuckled around the doorknob, a heartbeat thrumming loud in their ears. A low current of whispers hums through the room. To one side, a clique of polished girls watch with icy disdain; to the other, athletes sprawl in their seats. But in the back corner, a group of five boys—Niall, Liam, Zayn, Louis, and Harry—is lost in warm, oblivious laughter. The teacher's voice slices through the buzz, bright and commanding.