You & I [Larry Stylinson AU]

Surprise!- Chapter 5

The next morning, Louis and I walked into the kitchen, hand in hand. Jay and my mom were chatting away and drinking their tea. They look over at us and stop talking abruptly.

"Good morning, boys! How did you sleep?"

"Good, mum, thanks for asking." I kissed her on the cheek. "Hey, Lou?" He hummed in response. "What do you want for breakfast?"

"Uhh, cereal's fine."

"Okay, I'll have it in just a minute." I made us both a bowl of cereal and carried it over to the table, pecking Louis on the cheek before sitting next to him.

"So... we have something to tell you guys," Jay said. Her tone was anxious, and excited, and cautious all at the same time. "You can't tell anyone, not even your siblings, because Anne and I are the only ones that know."

"Okay... what is it?" Louis asked hesitantly.

"You know that show you guys both love, where people go on and sing in a competition, and the winner gets a record label?"

"Yeah, we love that show!" They beamed.

"Well, we signed you both up for it."

I almost choked on my cereal, and Louis' jaw dropped. "What! You're kidding, right? Please tell me you're kidding."

"Nope," my mom said. "You're going on the X Factor!"

"But what if I don't want to," Louis asked nervously.

"Loulou, I know you're scared, but this will be good for you, I promise." He sighed and nodded, going back to eating his cereal. I grabbed his hand under the table, rubbing my thumb gently across his knuckles to calm him down. He relaxed a little bit, but still looked nervous.

"When are we going on," I asked.

"In two months. That's plenty of time for you both to pick a song and practice."

"Okay, thanks." Louis and I finished eating, then went up to his room and got back under the covers.

We laid there for a few minutes, in a comfortable silence. He was curled up to me, and looked so small. "Are you okay, Lou? I know you're scared."

"This will be the first time I've ever performed alone. And it will be the biggest crowd I've ever had."

"It'll also be the first time I'm there at one if your performances though. Isn't that good?" He smiled sadly.

"Yeah. That's good," he kissed me softly. When he pulled away, he asked, "What are you going to do about White Eskimo?" Oh... yeah, that might be a problem.

"I don't know... I mean, mum signed me up as a soloist, not a band. I guess I'll just let them know, and hopefully they'll be okay with it." He nodded.

"Okay. So, what do you wanna do?"

"We could watch a movie?" I remembered what happened last time we watched a movie and blushed.

He didn't seem to notice as he grabbed the remote and going on Amazon. "You wanna watch The Titanic again?" I grinned.

"Yes! I always wanna watch The Titanic." He laughed before grabbimg the remote and searching it on Amazon. As the movie began, I snuggled up into Louis, my free arm draped across his waist. He kissed the top of my head and began running his fingers through my hair. I sighed in content, Louis' steady heartbeat in my ear.

"Harry," he said softly, about an hour into the movie.

"Hmm?"

"I know our date yesterday got pretty fucked up," he said sadly. "But I was thinking maybe we could have a do over today?"

I looked up at him, smiling softly, and gave him a slow, gentle kiss. When I pulled away, resting my forehead on his, I whispered, "I would love that, Lou." He grinned.

"Good. And we won't do anything dangerous this time, I swear. We'll just have dinner and a movie." I kissed him once more, before laying my head back on his chest. I definitely cried during the movie, as usual. Louis caressed my cheek comfortingly, bringing my head up so we were eye to eye. He gave me a butterfly kiss, and I giggled. I love this. Laying here with you, just being with you. I love you. Ughh, I just wanted to say it, so bad. Why couldn't I just grow some balls and tell him?

Because I was afraid he wouldn't feel the same way. I mean, I could live with him not being ready to say it back yet, but what if he thought I was moving to fast? What if he found it creepy? What if... what if he broke up with me? I didn't know how I could live with myself, if I had pushed him away with my words. But I couldn't jusy never say it! I hate love.

"Hazza, what's wrong?" He asked worriedly.

"Nothing," I said, a little to quickly. "Just thinking."

"About what, love?" That's just it. Love.

"It's not important, come on, we have to get ready for our date," I tried to distract him.

"Okay, yeah. But, hey," he grabbed my hand to stop me from getting up. "You know you can always talk to me, right?" I looked into his eyes, and I wanted nothing more than to tell him.

"Yeah, of course."

"Good." He pecked me on the lips, before gently pushing me off. I got up off the bed and held my hand out, pulling him to his feet. He grabbed his crutches and went to find some clothes for himself, while I dug through my bag to do the same.

"Hey, remember, I have to go home tonight, so we can't stay out to late, okay?" He hummed in response and went into the bathroom to change.

Once we were both changed, we went downstairs and told our parents we were leaving. But as we headed out to the car, I realized we had a problem. He couldn't drive, and neither could I. That meant one of our parents would have to come with us. Gross.

I sighed, putting a hand on Louis' shoulder to stop him from walking. He turned around, confused. "What is it, babe?"

"Neither of us can drive, I just realized. Should we go ask your mum if she can drive us?"

"Yeah, I guess so," he chuckled. We went back inside, asking his mom if she could take us. She agreed, and we went in the car together, Louis and I sitting in the back.

"Where do you boys want to go?" Jay asked from the front, turning on the ignition.

"Uh, can we go to Nando's," Louis asked.

"Sure, no problem!" We drove away, hands intertwined and my head resting on his shouldet in content.
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Hey guysss! So that ending kinda sucked, sorry... also, I probably won't be able to post as often for a while, I've got exams coming up soon, and our teachers are giving us a shit ton of homework, so, yeah.

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I love you guys, I'm always here to talk if you need to rant, get advice, or even just talk about random shit to take your mind off of stuff, whatever you need. You're beautiful, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise<33