The way he looked at me

7- Tears and X-Factor

~Harrys POV~

I can't believe she actually signed me up. I knew she said she was going to but I never took her seriously about it. "Harry that's great!" Jess yelled, "Not really." I said. I mean yeah I'm already in a small group but, x-factor! That's in front of THOUSANDS of people. I can't do this. I layed down on her floor. She came and sat by me. "Harry.. You ok?" she looked into my eyes and waited for my reply onervously. I sighed and looked at her. "Yeah. I'll be fine. I'm just a little nervous." I said, she smiled sympathetically. "You'll do fine Harry. And you have 4 days to practice." She said, she smiled at me then went on to YouTube to look up songs. I hope she's right.

*Friday*

The week went by so fast. X-Factor is tomorrow. Mine and Jess' parents let us skip school to practice. Me and Jess have grown so much closer, we hang out every day after school.

I walked over to her house. Her dad was gone. That means she's alone, well at least now I can really practice. I knocked on her door. I waited about 2 minutes then she answered. She had her hair into a ponytail, no makeup, baggy sweat pants, and a purple shirt that had 'Can't touch this' written down it. She smiled and ran and gave me a hug. I laughed, "someone's excited to see me." She looked up at me. "I'm just glad your here. I missed you." She dug her head into my chest. She really did miss me. I thought. I picked her up and went inside. I shut the door then sat her down on the couch then sat next to her. Her phone started ringing, she got up and went to answer it. "Hello?" "Hey! Why are you calling? Shouldn't you be in school?" Who's she talking to? I went in the kitchen and sat at the table to watch her. She looked at me then smiled. She hopped up on the counter. "Oh yeah I forgot. So why are you calling?" "Uhh.. I don't know Chase. I doubt my dads gonna say yes." "That's not the only reason though Chase, I met new people here like you wanted me to do and I'm happy here." "You don't know what I want Chase." "Cha-" she paused and stared at the floor, whoever this Chase kid was, he was making her get mad. I saw a tear fall from her face. Ok not mad but sad. I waited a while before I went up to her. "Cha- Chase! No, ok listen you can't control my life ok listen to me! I don't care what Abby told you! She's been trying for years! It's not my fault you don't listen." She looked out the back window, looked at me then went and sat on the floor across from me. "Chase listen to me. What we felt for each other is gone. It's not gonna work with me being in London. And be-" "Chase, I lost feelings for you a long time ago." "When you kept getting sluts you didn't even know as girlfriends. I don't want that type of person to be my boyfriend Chase." Another tear fell from her eyes, she tucked in her knees than put her head in between them. "I. Don't. Care. Chase. If you liked me you could've told me instead of dating sluts." She wiped her tears and looked at me. She half smiled then stood up. "Look Chase. What's done is done. You can't change the past." "Look, I feel bad about this I really do. But I have to help my friend get ready for auditions tomorrow." "That doesn't concern you. Now I have to go." "No Chase. He's been waiting for me long enough. Bye." She hung up the phone, walked by me and sat down at the table. She sighed, "sorry about that Harry." She looked at me and then down at her hands. "Who was that? I don't like him." I said. She looked up, "you don't know him though." "I don't have to know someone to know that I don't like them." I said, I looked her in the eyes. Whoever this kid was, he has no right to make her cry. "But why don't you like him?" "Because.." I got up and stood above her so she was looking up at me, I knelt down so I was eye level to her. "Any man that makes a girl cry.. Is on my hate list." She smiled. "Thanks Harry." She got up and hugged me. I hugged her back. "Thanks for what?" "No ones ever cared that much for me before... Thank you." I felt her start crying again. I pulled away and wiped her tears. "Now lets forget about that douche and get to work!" I smiled. She laughed, "ok" we went up to her room and practiced for 3 hours. We went downstairs and watched a movie. I put in the notebook. I don't mind it, that may sound weird but it's true. She sat by me, I put the footstool up and layed it back. She grabbed the blanket next to her and put it on us. She layed onto my chest. I looked at the clock, 10:35. Wow. Halfway through the movie I looked down at her and she was asleep. I smiled. She's beautiful. Her hair was out of the ponytail. I felt her phone vibrate I picked it up. It's from that kid Chase.

'Hey Jess. I'm sorry I yelled at you. I just miss you, I told Abby what happened and told her not to talk about it. Look, Im still in love with you. I know you say you aren't with me and that's fine. I just hope you realize that's not true. I hope you aren't mad at me. I over reacted. Goodnight Jess. Love you xx'

I rolled my eyes. This kid is desperate. But I guess I would be that way with her to. I let my eyes close with that thought. I didn't even think about the audition.

"Harry. Harry wake up." I felt someone shaking me. I moaned then rolled over. "Go away." I said, "Harry your audition is in an hour. Get up." I opened my eyes and saw Jessica straddling me trying to wake me up. I smiled, "now this is what I call a good wake up." I smirked. She looked at our position and hurried to get off. I laughed then got up. "Jess don't be embarrassed. I was joking, although it was nice." She glared at me. "Get ready Styles." She said. I went up to change. I put on a plain everyday outfit. I got out of the bathroom and walked downstairs. I set my bag by the door. "Jess?!" I called. I heard honking. Huh she's fast. I locked the door.

When we got there and got my number we went in the waiting room. I looked around. I saw my mom walking in. "Hi mum!" I waved. Jess jumped, I looked at her and laughed. She rolled her eyes. "Hey Harry. You ready?" She came and gave me a hug. "I guess. I'm really starting to get nervous." "You'll do fine. Now is this Jessica?" She pointed to her. Jess got up and smiled. "Yeah, Jess this is my mom Anne. Mom this is Jess." They hugged. "Harry you're on." The guy came to get me. "Good luck babe." My mom said. I hugged her then hugged Jess. "You'll do fine Haz." She whispered. When she pulled away she smiled. I walked on stage. "Hello what's your name and how old are you?" "I'm Harry Styles and I'm 16." "What do you do for money right now?" "I work in a bakery." "What song will you be singing today?" "Isn't she lovely" "ok go ahead." I sang the song. I sat there feeling like I was gonna faint. "Ok well I thought it was really good. You hit all the notes and you did a really good job." "I think you did amazing. You hit all the notes, you had fun and you got into the song, that's what I like." "I have to completely disagree. I thought it was good but I just think you need more time to get ready." I started to get teary eyed but stopped myself. "I completely disagree with all of you.." All of them? "I thought it was the best we've seen tonight. I thought you really had fun doing this song and I think you made a good choice. Now tell me what made you want to do this song?" "Um well me and my sister used to sing it all the time. I know all the words by heart and I got the feeling that this song was the one." I said. "Well good job. Judges." "It's a yes for me." "Yes." "Im sorry I'm gonna have to say no today." "Boooo!!" The crowd was mad. I laughed a little. "Well Harry... I think you did absolutely amazing, so it's a... Yes for me congratulations." Oh my god! "Thank you so much!" I ran backstage. My mom was crying. "Told you you'd make it." She said, "thanks mum." I went and ran up to Jess. "Congrats Harry!!" I hugged her and spun her around. She laughed. I had to do this interview thing then we went home. We took Jessica home and I went and hung out for a while. "You have to be back tomorrow at 8." She said. "Ok." I smiled at her, "I can't believe I made it." "Believe it Harry. You're amazing." I went and hugged her again. Tomorrow couldn't come slower. I'm so excited!

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