THIS MIGHT BE CONFUSING SO PLEASE READ:
Basically, first off, this IS technically the final chapter, Keep that in mind…
When I began writing the final chapter I knew it would be long, but I honestly didn’t expect it to be as long as it is.
So far I’ve just finished writing this part of the chapter you’re about to read, and it’s already 9k words, and it’s not even finished yet.
So, I’m splitting the final chapter into parts because i know how it can get tiring reading for ages no matter how good it is and I want to make this last chapter as pleasurable to read as possible for you guys.
At first I was gonna write it all out, every part of it, and then post each part at the same time so you can just read it how you please, but it’s taking too long and I thought that whilst I’m finishing writing the other parts of this chapter, you can read the first part.
So to be clear; what you’re about to read is part one of the final chapter, and the following part of the final chapter will be up when I’ve finished it.
Once all the parts are posted, consider all parts the final chapter but just split up, okay? If that makes sense?
Sigh, I don’t know if I explained that well or if you understand but enjoy anyway, and thank you for reading reunion.
Expect another part of the chapter after this, ITS NOT THE END YET!!!
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Two weeks later:
“Are you ready for this?” Harry asked Louis as they took a seat on the couch placed in front of the camera.
They were in a dimly lit studio, cameras and lights placed in front of them ready to begin recording. Everyone was behind the scenes watching, from the crew to friends and family members; ready to re-live their story from their point of view.
“Yeah, I think so. You remember everything right?” Louis replied, speaking in a hushed tone as the crew bustled around behind the equipment.
“Of course, how could I ever forget? I remember everything from the first time I met you” Harry reassured, brushing his thumb over Louis hand gently with his fingers interlocked with his boyfriends smaller ones.
“Me too, everything” Louis replied, smiling softly at Harry.
“Okay, are you guys ready, we’re filming in two minutes” The camera man called, taking his place behind the lens in his director chair.
“We’re ready” Harry replied with a nod, before kissing Louis on the lips, lingering a little afterwards.
Louis smiled and looked around the room, everyone he loved and cared for mingling with one another. The lads were sat together with smiles on their faces, and when they noticed Louis looking they put their thumbs up for encouragement. Louis’ sisters were sat on the floor talking with one another, laughing and pulling funny faces whilst taking pictures. A few of their friends were chatting with one another, drinks in their hands as they caught up, having not seen each other in months. Harrys mum and sister were looking on fondly at the couple, seeming to be talking about them but blushed and smiled sheepishly when they were caught staring.
There were many others, all chatting about god knows what, but as soon as the final que came in it became deadly silent, all attention focusing on Harry and Louis.
Both men took a deep breath as the countdown began, trying to calm themselves before they had to tell their story. It would be filmed, edited and posted online for everyone to see, to finally hear what exactly happened regarding their relationship.
“5,4,3,2,1, and recording” the director announced, it was time.
“Hi, my name is Harry Edward Styles” Harry began, biting his lip to contain his chuckle at the ridiculous opening.
“And I’m Louis William Tomlinson” Louis said with a smirk as he played with Harrys rings, leaning into his shoulder.
“A lot has happened over the past few months, and a lot of you are probably still confused at what exactly did happen. After coming out at the brits unexpectedly, we hadn’t planned anything regarding the situation, and it left us and a lot of other people confused as to what would happen next. But you deserve an explanation, and We think it’s best for us to do this properly so we can make sure we don’t miss anything”
Harry began to explain, unscripted so it felt more real and meaningful, basically just saying what came to mind so that he and Louis could tell their story in their own way. This video would be more like a conversation, as if they were telling the story to a close friend or family member.
“So I guess were just going to start from the very beginning, back in 2010, Well, if we’re not counting the time we met at a concert and battle of the bands” Louis added, eyes widening when he remembered seeing harry play with white Eskimo at the competition, even before the X factor.
“Oh shit yeh, I guess we really haven’t thought this timeline through then” Harry cut in with a laugh, “as you can tell, this isn’t going to be scripted, we’re just going to go through everything from memory” Harry continued to the camera with a shrug, everyone behind the scenes trying to keep as quite as possible with wide smiles on their faces.
“Right- well, I guess I’ll start with battle of the bands then, I remember being there with my band ‘the rogue’ in 2008, you were getting ready to perform with ‘white eskimo’ and you were taking forever to begin singing…”
2008, battle of the bands, flashback:
The room was small, just a school hall with a make shift stage towards the far end of it, but it was packed with people.
Louis stood with his band ‘the rogue’ amongst a crowd of amateur singers and bands, all holding up cardboard signs reading the name of their act on them. Everyone was rowdy, shouting and chatting with excitement before the next band would take the stage in hopes of wining the small contest.
It had been about five minutes now, and there was still no sign of the next band, causing Louis to become agitated as he acted out in front of his mates. He always was one to show off at his age, always making petty comments to gain a laugh from someone, and that was exactly what he was doing.
“Jesus Christ this is taking fucking forever, how long does it take to get some shitty singer up there?” He huffed out, his friends all agreeing with him as nobody had really stood out so far, all either having no singing talent what’s so ever or just went up there to take the piss.
“I know, whoever is up next is probably pussying out of it” Stan, Louis best friend who had come to support, replied, causing Louis to laugh and nod his head.
“Nah mate, there’s a band going on right now, look” Another friend of Louis’ corrected, pointing up to the stage just as a band was setting up their equipment.
Louis looked up to see exactly what his friend had pointed out; a band around their age getting ready to perform. They looked average, dressed in what appeared to be a school uniform, white shirts and black ties, with headbands and bracelets for accessories; but it was the main singer that stood out.
Louis noticed he looked a little younger than himself, a baby face with clear skin and big doe eyes; though he couldn’t see the colour of them from where he was standing. He had wild curly hair, pushed back by a red bandanna and when he smiled he had two matching dimples. ‘Cute’ he thought, before pushing the remark to the back of his mind, shaking off the weird feeling in the pit of his stomach.
He noticed he was wearing the same outfit as his band mates, however he had multiple rubber bracelets along his arms, all in different vibrant colours and pushed closely together.
“Jesus Louis, Stare at the boy any longer and I’d begin to think you were gay” Stan remarked sarcastically, laughing when Louis snapped out of his trance and pulled a shocked face.
“I’m not fucking gay! I was just wondering why the fuck they’re taking so long” Louis rushed out, looking appalled at the statement. He wasn’t gay, the thought to himself. He liked girls.
“Jeez, calm down, I was only joking, no need to get your knickers in a twist” Stan replied furrowing his eyebrows together with a smirk.
“Whatever. They are taking forever though, they’ve been sorting their guitars out for ages” Louis muttered frustratingly, shaking his head and placing his hands on his hips.
“They probably don’t know what they’re doing, they look younger than most the acts here” Stan said with a shrug, looking around at the other acts.
After another minute of the band still faffing about on stage, Louis had had enough and placed his hands around his mouth as he shouted at the top of his lungs, “get on with it!”
It drew the attention of the people around him but he didn’t care, what he cared about was the small pout from the main singer, who now looked uncomfortable as he fiddled with his bracelets and looked behind him towards his band mates, saying something to them that Louis couldn’t make out.
Louis continued to watch as the boy as he stuck his thumbs up at the man to the side of the stage who was in charge of the event. The man then took his microphone and made his way on stage.
“All right, up next we have white Eskimo! Everyone make some noise as they perform ‘summer of 69′” the man announced, causing the crowd to scream whilst he walked back off stage just as ‘white Eskimo’ began to play.
Louis rolled his eyes when they finally began to play, thinking he had probably waited all that time for them to be shit, but instead, he was pleasantly surprised.
The boy who had caught his attention had a great voice for his age, his tone perfect for the song choice. They were miles better than any of the acts before them and Louis even thought they had a great shot at winning the entire thing.
As the boy sang he fidgeted in his spot, almost dancing as he held tightly onto his mic stand. Louis could tell he had a great stage presence, interacting with the crowd as they jumped and danced on the floor below the stage.
“Well, they may have taken a while but you can’t deny they’re fucking good lou” stan shouted over the loud music, and all Louis could do is nod, never taking his eyes away from the boy on stage who had his eyes shut tightly whilst he belted out the lyrics.
Louis found himself dancing and having a good time throughout the rest of the song, and when it finally ended he actually wanted to listen to more; unfortunately each band could only perform one song each.
“Thank you” the main singer muttered into the mic with a blush spread across his face, smiling widely as he walked off the stage with positive screams following him.
And of course white Eskimo won, leaving Louis with the image of the boy stuck in his mind for the remainder of the night, having no idea they would meet again in the future.
End of flashback.
“I still can’t believe you’re the one who told us to ‘get on with it’, you made me feel so fucking uncomfortable after that” Harry said with a chuckle, shaking his head at the memory.
“To be fair you were taking forever, I guess it was worth it though, you did amazing love” Louis said in a soft voice, pecking harry on the cheek.
“Thank you, you weren’t so bad yourself” Harry teased, earning a light smack from Louis in return.
“Anyway, then a year later, February 8th, 2009, we met at the script concert, which you guys already know as I said it during our own concert in that very stadium a couple years later. I actually met you in the bathrooms there” Harry said, remembering the funny story all too well from this concert.
“Yeah you fucking pissed on me!” Louis exclaimed, laughing at the memory whilst harry blushed shaking his head towards the ground as some people behind the camera also laughed.
“Oops” Harry mumbled sheepishly, with a knowing look on his face.
“Hi” Louis replied, smirking.
February 8th, 2009, script concert, flashback:
“Hey, I’ll be back in a few, I’m gonna go find the toilet alright?” Harry shouted over the music to his group of friends who nodded in response, too into the music to even really care about what he was doing.
He was at the script concert and so far it was amazing. The atmosphere was unreal and everyone was having fun dancing and singing. But he had been holding in a wee for about an hour now and couldn’t wait any longer; as much as he wanted to stay and listen to the music until the end of the show he couldn’t get over the fact that he might just piss himself at any moment if he didn’t hurry the fuck up.
Without another word he raced off in search of the toilets, trying his hardest not to to run into strangers and inevitably spill their drinks. That would be a nightmare.
He finally found them, thankful that they weren’t that far away and pushed the door open without any hesitation.
He briefly noticed there were two other people in there already. One man who seemed much older and another who seemed around his own age. But he wasn’t here to look at other people taking a piss, so he quickly walked to the urinals and did his business.
Everything was fine, it was just like taking any other piss he usually would; nothing special. That was until his hand slipped.
He had pissed on a strangers foot. Literally, pissed on him. Shit.
“Oops?” Harry muttered sheepishly, looking shocked with wide eyes and a slack jaw.
He finally turned to look at the poor boy he had just pissed on, and he wished he hadn’t.
He was, dare he say it, stunning. He had caramel brown hair that was swept to the side in a neat fringe, covering most of his forehead. He had clear, tanned skin and thin, pink lips. But his eyes are what caught his attention. They were the most beautiful shade of blue he had ever seen, sparkling at him widely.
“Hi” Louis replied with an amused expression, not knowing what to say.
He was broken out of his trance when the other man in the room with them walked past them, mumbling something along the lines of “put your dicks away for gods sake”. Well then, he thought.
“Shit” harry said, quickly doing as the man said and zipping his jeans back up, fumbling whilst doing so.
“I-Uh, s-Sorry, about that. I don’t normally piss on people, I swear I just slipped- I can buy you some new shoes if you want-“
Louis looked back at the boy and began laughing, finding the way he stuttered over his sentence adorable. The boy whom he didn’t know the name of yet gave him a confused look, and scratched the back of his neck awkwardly.
“What?” He asked, biting his lip nervously.
“Stop rambling, it’s fine mate, no worries. If I had to get someone’s pee splashed on me, I’d much rather have your pee than his pee” Louis said whilst laughing, pointing at the door the man had just exited out of.Â
“R-right” Harry said awkwardly, now not knowing what to do with himself. This had to be the most embarrassing moment of his life.
“Hey do I know you by any chance? You look familiar” Louis asked him, tilting his head in confusion as he studied his face, trying to figure out where he’d seen him before.
“I-Uh, I’m not sure, I don’t think so? What’s your name anyway?” Harry asked, not having a clue wether he had seen the boy before or not.
“I’m Louis, Louis Tomlinson- Hey! I think I saw you perform at battle of the bands last year! Yeah, that’s where I’ve seen you, white Eskimo right?” Louis asked enthusiastically, looking excited to be seeing him again.
“Yeah, that’s my band. I don’t remember seeing you though?” Harry replied in an unsure tone, racking his mind for any memory of the lad.
“Well, I don’t know if you heard, but I kinda shouted for you to get on with it” Louis mumbled, laughing as he shook his head.
“That was you? Holy shit, yeah I do remember. Small world I guess?” Harry exclaimed, now remembering the mortifying moment that had made him ten times more nervous to perform.
“Yup, whats your name then?” Louis asked, happy to finally meet the boy that he couldn’t get out of his head all night.
“Harry styles, nice to meet you” He said politely, causing Louis to roll his eyes sarcastically.
“Damn, you’re polite aren’t you?” Louis joked, causing harry to turn red once again.
“Well my mum taught me to always be kind and polite, so I guess you could say that yeah” Harry agreed, shrugging his shoulders.
“I guess it’s better than you being a dickhead. Anyway, how old are you, are you here with friends or?” Louis trailed off, realising they were in fact still at a concert and they were missing the show.
“I just turned 15, this is my first concert with just my mates” Harry answered, his birthday just being a little over a week ago.
“Happy late birthday then! I’m 17, but I know I don’t look it” Louis said, circling his face with his hands.
“Thank you and Yeah I thought you were my age” Harry chuckled, the boy was the same height as him, maybe a little taller, but he did indeed look younger than he was.
“Well there isn’t much of an age gap but I can see why you’d think that. But unfortunately we’re missing the show and my friends are probably wondering where I am, so I guess I’ll see you around?” Louis asked hesitantly.
He honestly wished he could spend more time with the younger boy, but he knew his friends would get worried if he didn’t show up soon; he hoped he would maybe see him in the future.
“Yeah I should get going too, and are you sure you don’t want new shoes or something?” Harry asked, pointing to Louis shoes that he had just pissed on.
“Honestly don’t worry about it mate, nothing a washing machine can’t fix. Anyway, gotta go, see you!” Louis said with a smile, waving at the boy as he made his way to the door.
“Bye” Harry mumbled, sad that he had to leave but happy to have met him.
Louis was just about to walk out the door, but stopped and spun around quickly.
“Wait, I know we just met and all, but could I maybe get your number, so we can stay in touch. You seem like a cool guy” Louis asked with a blush, taking out his phone.
“Yeah sure, I’ll put my number in” Harry agreed, a little too quickly but he brushed it off, instead taking louis’ phone and adding his contact.
“Cheers, I’ll text you some time, bye harry” Louis said once he was done, putting his phone back into his pocket and leaving the room.
Harry stood there for a second and smiled to himself, knowing he had just made a great friend, before finally heading back to the concert.
End of flashback:
“You don’t even understand how embarrassed I was that day” Harry said into his hands, cringing at the memory.
“I found it funny to be honest, you were so cute, he kept trying to buy me new shoes after pissing on them” Louis said to the camera, laughing whilst doing so.
“Shut up, right I’m gonna move along with the story because this is fucking embarrassing now. Anyway, after that night me and Louis texted back and forth over the next couple months, but we never actually agreed to meet up seeming as he lived in Doncaster and I was in Cheshire. Which sucked actually because I had just made a new friend and he was in fucking Doncaster” Harry said, waving his hands as he told the story.
“Donny isn’t that far away from where you lived, you could have easily gotten the train or something” Louis cut in, raising his eyebrows at his boyfriend.
“At 15? I wasn’t going to get the train to Doncaster at 15 to meet someone I barely knew lou, my mum wouldn’t have ever let me anyways” Harry argued, looking over to his mum behind the camera.
“He’s right louis, plus you’re older, I wouldn’t let my baby go and see an older boy that I didn’t even know” Anne said, laughing at Louis shocked expression.
“Anne! It’s not like I was gonna murder him, he was too adorable to anyway” Louis said, teasing harry who once again hid his face in his hands.
“Can people stop calling me cute! I’m bloody taller than you now, if anyone’s cute it’s you” Harry retorted with a smirk, pinching Louis cheeks and pretending he was a baby; because he was, he was Harrys baby.
“Oi, get off me you goof, we’re supposed to be telling a story here” Louis said as he slapped Harrys hands off him, patting his cheek afterwards to get the sting to go away.
“But then of course we met at the X factor, coincidence right? It was like fate had brought us together again!” Louis said dramatically, looking up towards the ceiling and smiling, causing harry to giggle.
“Yup, we were soulmates from the beginning” Harry agreed, their friends and family members cooing at the two.
July 2010, X factor, flashback:
Louis sat nervously on the edge of his seat, hands trembling as he gripped onto the chair harshly, his knuckles turning white.
“Louis you need to calm down, they’re gonna love you” His mum suddenly said, noticing his nervous behaviour.
“I can’t just fuck-“
“Louis, language” Jay cut him off, scolding him with a glare which he brushed off.
“Sorry, sorry, just a bad habit. I’m just so nervous, what if they hate me? What if I get buzzed out, they’ll probably say no, considering how many talented people are here” He rushes out, stumbling over his words from the nerves eating away at him.
“Shush now, I don’t want to hear any more of that nonsense. You’re just as talented, if not more, than anyone else here okay. Stop putting yourself down and show them judges what they’re looking for. I love you Lou bear” She said as she rubbed soothing circles into his back, causing him to smile widely despite the butterflies in his stomach.
“Lou bear? I might have to start calling you that myself”
Louis snapped his head up at the oh so familiar voice coming from in front of him. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing. It’s harry.
“Harry? What’re you doing here? Oh my god!” Louis practically squealed as he leapt from his chair and brought the younger boy into a bone crushing hug, only to pull away a second later when realising what he was doing.
“I-Uh, sorry, about that. I’m just so surprised to see you here” Louis stuttered out, embarrassed by his actions.
He turned red as a blush coated his cheeks, looking at the ground instead of the boy in front of him. But he smiled when he heard Harrys adorable giggle.
“It’s fine lou, I was gonna hug you anyway” harry said with a blush of his own, unable to wipe the grin off his face. “And what else would I be here for? I’m gonna audition!” He continued enthusiastically, the excitement running through his veins.
“That’s great! Me too. Are you here with your band or?” Louis trailed off, tilting his head as he waited for the answer.
“Nah, they pussied out of it. So, why not go solo?” Harry replied with a shrug, his dimples popping out as he smiled.
“Ah so you’re the brave one then?” Louis teased, nudging harry with his hip.
“I guess so, oh, I’m so sorry, is this your mum? Hi, I’m Harry styles, it’s nice to meet you” Harry suddenly said, noticing the woman who looked so much like his friend sitting in front of him. He politely offered his hand to shake hers as she stood from her chair.
“Oh, So you’re the famous Harry then? Louis won’t stop banging on about you, it’s cute actually. You guys met at a concert right?” She asked as she shook his hand, already taking a liking to the boy.
“Yeah, well, technically. We saw each other at battle of the bands though, so we met when I peed on him at the urinals during the concert” Harry said without thinking, only realising what he had said when Jay burst out laughing.
“Oh my gosh yes! He told me about that, don’t worry though, I washed his shoes for him” She replied, still chuckling over the fact.
“Um, well, sorry about that, again” Harry said sheepishly, scratching the back of his neck out of awkwardness.
“Never mind, it’s a funny story. Anyway, I’ll leave you guys to catch up, it was nice meeting you Harry” Jay finally said with a smile, hugging harry and kissing Louis on the cheek before leaving with a wave.
“So, how have you been? I feel like we haven’t spoken in ages” Louis asked once his mum had walked away, focusing all his attention on harry.
“I’ve been good yeah, and I know, I missed talking to you” Harry said with another blush, causing Louis to coo at him.
“Aww harry! Didn’t realise you loved me that much, you just can’t get enough of me can you?” Louis teased, pinching Harrys cheeks.
“Stoppp” Harry whined with a chuckle, pushing Louis hands off him, but keeping them in his grasp.
“I’m only teasing don’t worry. How are your feeling about the audition then?” Louis asked, brushing off the tingle in his hands when clasped in Harry’s.
“I’m not sure to be honest, I’m excited, but nervous. I’m usually okay being in front of an audience but this is so much bigger. And it’s on television! Everyone at home will see me” Harry replied as he bit at his lips, Louis noticing the action.
“Well I’m sure you’ll be fine if you’re voice is anything to go by. And I bet everyone at home will love and support you; you’ll have all the girls cheering for you” Louis joked, making harry laugh slightly and shrug his shoulders.
“What? You don’t think girls will be falling for your curls? Impossible!” Louis continued when Harry didn’t say anything.
“I mean I wouldn’t go that far, I’ve only ever kissed like one girl before” Harry said as he fidgeted in his spot.
“Oh yeh? How was it?” Louis asked, not expecting the answer he got.
“Well, it was pretty steamy. We were up against a tree in the woods back in Holmes chapel, so, yeah, it was great” Harry said with a confident grin.
Louis laughed at the response, but the weird feeling in the pit of his stomach didn’t go unnoticed.
“She’s a lucky lady then. She’ll be watching at home, no doubt” Louis stated monotonously.
“Yeah, maybe. How about you then? Got any girls back in Doncaster?” Harry asked curiously, seeming as he had just told louis his first experience.
“Kinda, there is one girl, Hannah, we’ve got some sort of thing going” Louis replied, thinking about the blonde girl back home.
“What sort of thing?” Harry asked, chewing on the inside of his lip.
“I don’t even know, I’ve taken her out a few times and we’ve kissed and shit, but we’ve never made it official” Louis answered with a shrug, not thinking his love life was all that interesting.
“Well then, at least I’m not the only one with a practically none existent love life” Harry replied with a laugh.
“Yup, maybe we will just become a thing so we’re not both lonely” Louis said sarcastically, making kissy faces at the younger boy as he giggled.
“Perfect! We will be married by next week!” Harry exclaimed, following along with the joke.
“Of course, but you’ll have to ask me first” Louis replied with a wink.
“Alright, Louis William Tomlinson, will you marry me so we don’t have a pathetic excuse of a love life” Harry asked as he got down on one knee, holding out an imaginary ring box.
Louis laughed loudly at the boy, thinking the whole ordeal was both ridiculous and cute.
“Why of course I’ll marry you harry Edward styles, it would be an honour” Louis accepted, taking the imaginary ring and placing it on his finger just as a man from the X factor team walked up to the two.
“Hi, my name is Michael, I was just wondering if you’d both like to take part in an interview that might make the final cut of the show. It will only take a moment and you seem like a lovely couple” The guy asked, a camera team behind him.
Both their eyes widened before they burst out laughing, bending over and holding their stomachs as they cried from laughing so hard. Meanwhile, the man looked on with a confused face, not knowing what the fuck he did wrong.
“Oh, my, gosh. Mate- were, we’re not a couple” Louis wheezed our, still laughing.
“Yet” Harry added, bringing on another fit of laughter from them both.
“Oh, um, I’m sorry, so, the interview? As friends?” Michael asked awkwardly, looking back at his camera crew only to get a confused shrug in return from the majority of them.
“Yeah, yeah sorry. We’ll do it” Harry replied, finally calming down from his laughing fit.
“Sure” Louis also said with a nod.
“Great, follow me” Michael said, gesturing with his hand for the two to follow him.
“Shall we?” Louis asked with a grin as he held out his arm.
“We shall” Harry replied, smirking as he linked arms with Louis and began to follow along.
End of flashback:
“That interview didn’t actually make it into the final cut did it?” Louis asked harry, who though for a second before shaking his head no.
“No I don’t think so, shame really, it was funny” Harry replied, smiling at the memory.
“Why didn’t it get into the final cut?” The producer behind the camera asked.
“We were probably flirting too much” Louis answered, winking at harry.
“So, did you know either of you had feelings for each other right off the bat?” Their producer continued, wanting to make sure every aspect of their story was involved.
“Well we obviously weren’t an item at that point, we barely knew each other. But I know that I felt a strong connection with Louis straight away, even if it was just as friends” Harry said as he held hands with his boyfriend.
“Yeah me too, he was certainly very charming” Louis teased, looking harry in the eyes the entire time with a mischievous glint in them.
“Just my natural charm lou” Harry joked, “anyway, we spent a lot of time together through the whole process of the X factor, seeming as we were the only people we both knew whilst there, and I guess we built our friendship before we were even put together in a band with the other lads who we met properly just a few days before one direction was formed”
July 20th, X factor, flashback:
Louis and harry walked into a room full of contestants together backstage, shoving and pushing each other as they joked around.
“Aren’t you nervous for the results in a few days?” Louis asked harry as they walked around.
“A little, I really want to get through, but I guess if it doesn’t work out that way then I could either audition again another year or try get my music out there in a different way. What happens happens” harry replied with a shrug, smiling as he looked around the room full of talented people.
“I don’t get how you’re so calm about this, I’m literally shitting myself” Louis said with a laugh, picking at his nails out of nervousness.
“Don’t worry about it lou, I’m sure you’ll get through, you’ve got an amazing voice. Don’t put yourself down” Harry said, noticing Louis habit and taking his hand into his own to run circles into the boy skin, trying to calm his friend down.
Louis heart fluttered at the small gesture, blushing slightly, but he brushed it off as nothing more than a reaction due to his nerves.
“Thanks Haz, you’re a great friend, and even though we only met a little while ago you mean so much to me. I can see us being best mates in the future” Louis said whole heartedly, and he meant every word. He knew him and harry had a strong bond and he couldn’t bare the thought of not seeing him again after the X factor.
“Same with me, it’s weird how close we’ve become in just a few days, but I know that no matter what happens I’ll always stay in touch with you” Harry agreed, grinning so wide he thought his face might split in half.
“Don’t go forgetting me when you’re big and famous then. I can already see it, Harry styles, international pop star. You’ll be selling out arenas all over the world, I just know it” Louis said dramatically, causing harry to giggle.
“Oh stop it, I’d be lucky to even win this, never mind become famous” Harry replied, shaking his head at the thought.
“Don’t be silly, here look, sign this for me, I want to be the first person to ever get your autograph so when you make it big I can brag about you” Louis said with a laugh, grabbing the nearest pen and paper and holding it out for Harry.
“That won’t happen but sure, whatever you want lou” Harry replied with a grin, rolling his eyes playfully as he took the paper and pen and signed his name with a note to Louis.
“To lou, my biggest fan and man crush, I’ll never forget you – Harry styles”
“Oh, So I’m your man crush am I?” Louis teased as he read the note, eyebrows raising.
“Of course, how could you not be? Just look at them eyes!” Harry said sarcastically, although he knew deep down he meant every word.
“Aww harry! Well, I guess you’re mine then. Just look at those curls!” Louis mimicked, ruffling Harrys hair as the boy tried to get away.
“You’ve ruined my hair!” Harry squeaked out, messing with his hair to try and get it back into the position it was before.
“Oh please, you only need to run your hand through it for it to get back to normal” Louis argues, looking pointedly at harry.
“Yeh yeh, whatever. Should we go talk to the other contestants?” Harry asked, gesturing to the other people mingling about the room.
“Sure, lets go” Louis said with a nod before pulling harry with him to a group of lads.
“Alright lads, I’m Louis, this is harry, we thought we’d just come and say hi” Louis said enthusiastically to the group, not caring if he don’t even know them, he was a social butterfly.
“Hi, I’m liam Payne, nice to meet you” one of them replied, smiling kindly.
“I’m Zayn Malik, this is Niall” another boy said, and gestured to the blonde besides him.
“Nice to meet you too. How’s it been so far for you then? You know, with the whole contest” Louis asked, wondering do their experience had been different from his so far.
“It’s been pretty good, they seemed to really like me when I auditioned. But I did this like two years ago and they sent me away saying I was too young and inexperienced, so I’m pretty familiar with the whole thing” Liam explained.
“Really? I don’t think I’d have the guts to come back after being rejected” Louis stated, surprised.
“I wasn’t going to at first, but then I realised why not? Because I’ve got nothing to loose and they did tell me to come audition again so why not now?” Liam replied, shrugging his shoulders.
“True, I think I’ll come back in a few years or something if I don’t get through in the next results” Harry interjected, nodding at Liam’s words.
“Yeah you should, but I think you’ll get through anyway, I heard your audition” Niall said, smiling politely at harry and giving him a pat on the shoulder.
“Thank you” is all harry replied with, glad that people actually liked him and his music.
“Yup, harry here has the whole package” Louis said with a smirk, putting an arm around his shoulder and looked expectantly towards the other lads.
“I’m sure he does. You two seem close, do you know each other or something?” Zayn asked, looking at the two with squinted eyes.
“We met once last year at a concert and then met again here on the first day, so yeah, I guess were pretty close now” Harry replied, smiling at the lads and then Louis.
“Oh yeh, he pissed on me at the concert. Quite the first impression” Louis teased, the lads laughing whilst harry blushed.
“You just won’t let that go will you?” Harry groaned, shoving Louis away lightly.
“Nope, and I never will” Louis replied, laughing at the now embarrassed boy.
“Alright, well I think the producers are calling everyone over now so I guess we will see you around” Liam suddenly said, looking at the contestants who were now leaving the room.
“Yeah Okay, see you” Louis said with a nod, taking Harrys hand and pulling him along with him once again.
End of flashback.
“What were your first impressions of the lads then?” Their producer asked from behind the camera.
“Well we obviously didn’t say much the first time we met them because it was a busy day, but they seemed nice, and of course we were all around the same age so we had similar interests and stuff” Harry answered, looking at the lads who were smiling.
“Yeah, we only properly got to know each other when we were put into the band together, but obviously it worked out in the end” Louis added, sticking his tongue out at the three men across the room.
“I guess we should talk about the band getting out together then” Harry said, Louis agreeing.
July 23, X factor, flashback:
All of their hearts sunk when the lost of names had finished; their own not being a part of said list.
All harry wanted to do was go and hug the living daylights out of Louis, but sadly the boy was further down the line than him.
“I’m sorry guys, you’re all so talented but it’s just not your year” Simon said with a blank face, making the fact that they didn’t get through all the more real.
Harry burrowed his face into his hands, frustration and sadness taking over his body as tears escaped his eyes.
He followed the long line of contestants or now, ex contestants, off the stage and instantly went in search of Louis.
“Oh my god Harry, come here mate” Louis called, and instantly Harry threw himself into the boys arms as he sobbed.
“God I knew this would happen, I just knew it lou” Harry wept, shaking as the sadness enveloped him.
“Fuck them. Fuck them harry for not seeing how bloody talented you are. You’re gonna make it some day, I just know it. Please, don’t give up on this, you’re too amazing to throw your gift away just because some idiots couldn’t see your potential” Louis said in a some what angered tone, feeling sympathetic for harry but furious at the judges for not putting this damn boy through.
“But what about you? Your talented as well, you deserved to go through lou, I can’t believe they don’t put you through” Harry argued, shaking his head in disbelief at the situation.
“It doesn’t matter, I don’t think I’d get through anyway so I didn’t get my hopes up. I’m not surprised I don’t get through, the other contestants are miles better than I am” Louis replied unbothered, he knew he could go into his acting career anyway.
“Stop it, don’t talk like that. You’ve got just as much talent as any one else here” Harry said with a furrowed brow, angry that Louis can’t see how amazing he is.
“It doesn’t matter now anyway, it is what it is. Come on, we can walk out together” Louis said with a sad smile, taking Harrys hand into his own as they made their way towards the exit of the studio.
“Wait! Nobody leave, I need all the boys and all the girls in separate groups over here please” A producer called, causing the lads to stop in their tracks.
“Oh for fuck sake, what do they want now?” Louis groaned, rubbing his hand across his face.
“I bet they just want some good material for tv, get us all fucking crying on camera for their own benefit. God they’re so selfish, they don’t care if we’re all miserable as long as they get some good footage out of it” Harry ranted, anger taking over him once again.
“I’m sure it’s nothing like that Haz, come on let’s just see what they have to say” Louis said calmly as he and harry walked back over to the group of rejected boys.
They were surprised to see Liam, Niall and Zayn in the mix of contestants when they stood with the group, they thought for sure they would have gotten through.
“What the fuck? How did you lot not get through?” Harry asked in shock, furrowing his brows.
“I don’t know mate, it was their decision” Liam answered, he looked visibly heart broken by the news he had received just a moment ago seeming as he had been rejected yet a second time.
“What do you think this is all about then?” Niall asked, gesturing to the group around them.
“They probably just want to make some good television, get us all on camera looking miserable and shit” Harry grumbled out, shaking his head.
“Calm down Haz, it’s probably nothing like that” Louis said quietly, rubbing the boys back just as the producer began to speak.
“Okay, five of you are being asked to go back on stage, I’m sorry if your name is not on the list; Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson. Please make your way back on stage, the rest of you are free to leave” He said, causing the lads to look up in shock.
“Holy shit, what a coincidence” Louis said with his mouth agape.
“Oh my god, come on let’s go!” Harry suddenly exclaimed, ushering the lads to follow him immediately. His entire demeanour has changed with in a second, the excitement running through him at What this could possible mean.
Once back on stage they noticed another group of girls on the opposite side of the stage to them, only four instead of five like them.
The judges were sat patiently at their desk just like they had been a moment before, with smiles on their faces indicating there must be some good news.
“Hello, thank you so much for coming back. We know judging by your faces that this must be really hard, we’ve thought long and hard about it and we’ve thought of each of you as individuals. And we just felt that you’re too talented to let go of” Nicole began to say, causing each of the lads to look at each other with happy but confused faces.
“We think it would be a great idea to have two separate groups” She continued, the statement hitting them like a ton of bricks.
“We’ve decided to put you both through to judges houses” Simon finally said with a grin.
Harry fell to the floor with his face in his hands, wiping away tears of happiness that had fallen due to the utter shock of the revelation.
The other lads jumped into a hug and bounced around on their feet as they had a mini celebration, before Niall noticed harry and hovered over him as he patted his back.
“Guys, guys listen. This is a lifeline, you have got to work ten, twelve, fourteen hours a day every single day and take this opportunity. You’ve got a real shot here” Simon interrupted as they finally stood still with their arms linked as they listened to the man who had just given them a second chance.
“Don’t take this lightly, you can leave” Simon dismissed, and as soon as the words left his mouth Louis jumped into Harrys arms as they laughed and spun around; taking each other in.
Harry proceeded to carry Louis off the stage, missing the slight grimace and pointed look from Simon.
End of flashback.
“I’ll never forget that moment” Harry said with a look of awe on his face, staring at his boyfriend.
“Me neither. The fans picked up on that pretty quickly. Even when we really were just friends they were shipping us together, I remember just the day after that it was all over Twitter. People were sending me dm’s asking if we were a couple; it was mad” Louis said with a laugh, shaking his head at the thought.
“I know, we just made a joke out of it after that, you know, pretending to be a couple and all that when we really weren’t. Back then we weren’t lying, we really were just good friends. I guess that started to change after we spent a while at my dads cabin” Harry stated to the camera.
Flashback:
“Oh my god harry, this place is sick” Louis gasped as he looked around the small cabin that Harrys dad owned.
It was a bungalow of sorts, having three bedrooms, a kitchen, sitting area and bathroom. There was also a pool outside which they were all excited to use as long as the weather was alright.
“Isn’t it. The rooms are pretty big so we can either all share one or pair up, although one person would have a room to themselves if we did that” Harry said as the lads placed their luggage in the sitting room.
“How about we have a pair in one room and a three in the other, so we all have someone in a room with us. To be honest I’m sure we will end up falling asleep anywhere whilst here” Liam suggested with a shrug, all the lads agreeing with him.
“Yeah alright, how about me, Liam and Zayn in one room and Harry and Louis in another” Niall asked with a grin, pointedly looking between Harry and Louis.
“Them two in a room alone all night? Good luck getting any sleep then boys” Zayn joked, the rest of them laughing in return as harry and louis blushed.
They all knew of the bond the two shared, they were the closest pair out of the band and it was no secret that they indulged in a lot of flirting even if the two themselves made a joke out of it.
“I’m not sure if I could handle harry during the night, he seems like he knows what he’s doing” Louis teased, winking at harry who shook his head towards the ground with a grin on his lips.
“You’d better get used to it then” Harry played along, causing Louis to raise his eyebrows in both shock and amusement. “Anyway, come on I’ll show you the bedrooms” Harry continued, gesturing for the lads to follow him.
“We have three, and I’ll give you three the biggest one seeming as there’s more of you, me and lou will take the second biggest, it’s just across the hall from you” Harry explained, pushing open the door of the room that Liam, Zayn and Niall would be staying in.
“Cheers Harry, the rooms amazing mate” Liam thanked, taking his bags into the room and placing them by the bed, followed by the other two.
“Right no problem, me and lou will go sort ourselves out, if you need anything just come get me” Harry dismissed, beginning to walk towards his bedroom with Louis.
“Don’t get too frisky!” Niall shouted behind them, causing the boys to laugh loudly.
“Can’t promise you that Nialler!” Louis shouted back, harry was glad his back was towards the boy so he couldn’t see his red cheeks.
“This is our room” Harry said as he pushed another door open, revealing a large room with a double bed, a tv, a wardrobe and two tables on each side of the bed.
“Looks cosy” Louis muttered with a smile as he wheeled in his suitcase, leaving it beside the bed before he jumped on top of the white sheets, sinking in the mattress comfortably with a sigh.
“Oh yeh, just make yourself at home why don’t you” Harry joked, grinning at the older boy who was down spread out across the entire bed.
“Was already planning on it hazza, now come here a sec” Louis said with a devious smirk, gesturing for harry to come towards the bed.
“Why? What’re you doing?” Harry asked with a confused face, slowly walking towards the bed with hesitance.
“Just come here, wanna check something” Louis replied nonchalantly.
“O-kay?” Harry said with his brows furrowed, taking more steps towards the bed until his knees hit the edge of it.
Louis suddenly attacked him, pulling the boy down onto the bed with him as harry squeaked in surprise, falling over Louis and into the sheets with a groan. Louis laughed loudly when seeing harry had face planted into the mattress, half his body laying on top of Louis’ as he struggled to move.
“Jesus Christ Lou, you scared the shit out of me” Harry said as he turned to look up at Louis, smiling none the less.
“Oh shush, don’t pretend you don’t like being on top of me” Louis said with a smirk, loving the banter they had.
“Don’t get so full of yourself lou, who said I wanted to be pulled on top of you?” Harry asked with a quirked brow, leaning his head on his arm propped up on the bed.
“Well you haven’t gotten off of me yet, so that’s a pretty big indicator” Louis quipped back, grinning when harry blushed and shifted off him slightly.
“You have an answer to everything don’t you? I just can’t win” Harry said with a huff, rolling his eyes at his friend.
“Of course I do, I’m the sass master from Doncaster!” Louis replied dramatically, pointing to himself with a smug smile.
“Yeh you don’t need to say that again, anyone can see that. But what am I then?” Harry asked, tilting his head as he waited for the reply.
“Hmm, you’re Holmes chapels biggest flirt that’s for sure” Louis said as he ruffled Harrys curls, smiling fondly at the lad.
“Oi, What have I said about messing up my hair!” Harry squawked, pushing Louis away.
“But it’s made to be played with!” Louis argues, laughing as harry pushed his down on the mattress, trying to get at his own hair.
Harry laughed as he straddled Louis lap, their hands were clasped together as harry tried pushing down, Louis trying to push him away.
“Hey its only fair for me to mess up yours!” Harry said through laughter, still desperately trying to get at the older boys fringe.
“Is it fuck Harold” Louis gasped back, slowly getting tired arms from the pushing. Louis smirked and as harry pushed harder, Louis dropped his arms down to his sides, causing harry to topple over against him, his head in the crook of Louis neck.
“What the fuck is going on- oh shit! Jesus Christ we were only joking about getting frisky” Niall screeched as he walked in on the scene, that being harry in top of Louis, looking as if he was giving the boy love bites. “Fucking hell, anyone can turn gay with how horny they are these days” Niall muttered to himself as he walked out the door, presumably running off to tell the other lads.
“Damn it” Harry whispered as he climbed off Louis, a blush spread onto his cheeks once again.
“Well then, how’d you suppose we get out of this one?” Louis asked from the mattress where he had propped himself up on his arms.
“I doubt we can, they already assume there’s something going on, now they’ve seen that they won’t let it go” Harry replied, smiling at the boy.
“Oh well, they can believe what they want, we are just mates after all” Louis said with a shrug, although he strangely felt like he was lying to himself. He had only just met the boy for God’s sake.
“I- yeh, you’re right” Harry replied hesitantly, his stomach seeming to drop, though he didn’t know why. “Best friends?” Harry added adorably, his eyes shining with hope.
“Course Hazza, Best friends” Louis replied, standing up to pull the boy into a bone crushing hug.
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