Our Heart and Home

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Louis Tomlinson

Louis Tomlinson is the one person that Harry, in his twenty one years of life on this earth, has ever loved. He has opened a part of Harry's heart that he never knew was possible. The part that has unconditional love and devotion too. Has a sense of longing when they are away from each. THe part that wants to reach out to the other's heart whenever they are near. The part that becomes warm when he thinks of him. The part that classifies the other home. It didn't even stop when that night came when the heart of that person had to separate from the other.

Harry's gone through being the happiest in the world with some of his favorite people, heartbreak when he and the love of his life broke up, loneliness when he had no one but a few people, and after a while finally becoming somewhat himself again. But with the crack in that part of his heart that the love of his life had.

When Harry first tried out for the x-factor, he didn't think anything would come of it. Imagine his surprise when he got put into the band and became world famous. Harry was scared shitless when it happened. He remembers calling his mom crying not knowing what to do. Not only was he sixteen and put into a band with four total strangers that he didn't know, he was traveling away from his home for the first time without his family.

He got put into a band with four different boys Liam, Zayn, Louis, and Niall. Harry didn't know anything about these boys when he was placed into a band with them but during the X Factor he started learning things about them while they were singing together and sharing a room. They had all the time in the world it felt like. To think with time, those four boys would somehow become his family too.

Thinking about it, he thinks one of the things that made them get so close was that they were experiencing something so scary and so wonderful at the same time, together. They were going through the fear of rejection from the judges and the feeling of fear of being put into this new world that they knew nothing about. But also the feeling of excitement of going big and trying new things, and the feeling of accomplishment when all these people, fans, began to follow them through their journey on the X Factor. Then all of sudden, Harry and the boys were at the final show of their time on the X Factor. This was the show they were waiting and dreaming they would get to in their careers but thought they would never get to.

When you're on that stage and hoping your name gets called for first place, that anticipation and that dreadful feeling is what killed them at the time. Harry and the boys were standing there, holding hands waiting for their names to be called. They did get called but not the place they were hoping for. They were hoping for first but their name got called for third. Harry thinks he can say for all the boys that the feeling of disappointment of getting third was heartbreaking but also the feeling of pride and accomplishment of getting this far in the competition.

After Harry and the boys placed third on the X Factor, he and the boys somehow found themselves at his stepdad's bungalow. He still doesn't know if that was the stupidest or greatest decision they ever made. At the bungalow, Harry and the boys did everything together the two weeks that they were there. As those two weeks went by all five of the boys got even closer, they became like brothers. Or, all of them but one became brothers. Louis became something more. He became the warm and safe hug you were hoping for after being in the cold for so long, that breath of fresh air after a stressful day, or that feeling in your chest of being so happy and so whole. That's what he became.

Then before you know it it's 2012, two years later. In this time Harry and the band, One Direction, have released two albums. Take Me Home and Up All Night. Recording these albums with the boys were some of the best times of his life. They were always laughing, goofing off, and almost always together. The times they all weren't always together, Harry can admit that he was probably always with Louis. He and Lou are a long but short story. After the bungalow the two boys just kept getting closer and closer. Sometime in those two years, Harry's best friend became his boyfriend. Harry fell completely and utterly in love with his best friend. As the saying goes, what a total cliche.