Live While We're Young

~Chapter 8~

   "Don't forget this!" I handed Harry the Jack Wills sweatshirt that I wore a few nights ago.

    It was Sunday morning and I was helping Harry with his last minute packing. Harry had to leave this afternoon to go to the judges houses at a secret location. They were going to send someone to pick Harry up, since he couldn't drive. The other boys had went home on friday, so that they could see their families again before the live X Factor shows. The whole X Factor process thing confused me, but I think right after the judges houses, whoever made it through went straight to the Contestants House, where all the contestants would stay until they were voted off.

    "I won't!" he said.

    "Yea, of course you won't, Harry," I told him.

    "Harry!? Come on!! You better be down here in fifteen minutes!" Anne called from downstairs.

    Harry put the last thing in his large suitcase, "Done!"

    "Not quite, you still have to zip it," I reminded him.

    He thought for a minute, then he looked at me, "Will you sit on the top, please??"

    I sighed and climbed onto the top of the suitcase so that it would close.

    "Now I'm done!" he said as I climbed off of the suitcase and sat on the edge of his bed.

    "Did you get your phone charger?" I asked, looking at the ground.

    "Yeah, why?" he asked as he sat on the bed next to me.

    "Good, I just want to make sure I can talk to you," I admitted.

    "Don't worry about that, Tay. I'm bringing my laptop too, so we can Skype." He smiled.

    "Good," I said.

    He got up from the bed and lifted my chin to look at him. "I'll be back in no time," he said.

    "So, if you make it to the finally, I won't get to see you until then?" I asked.

    "Well, when it gets down to the last three contestants, we get a week off to come back I think."

    "Skype?" I asked again.

    "Of course, and you can text or call me anytime," he reassured me.

    "Ok..." I said as I stood up. He was standing so close to the bed, that when I stood up we were chest to chest. I wrapped my arms around him for a hug & he did the same to me. We just stood there for a minute, but it wasn't awkward, it was calming.

    "Bye," Harry whispered.

    "See you soon," I whispered back.

    "See you soon," he corrected himself.

    We pulled out of the hug & grabbed Harry's bags and went downstairs.

    "You can just sit them there," Anne said pointing beside the door. "And thanks for helping Taylor."

    "No problem," I said and smiled. Harry's cat, Dusty, walked around the corner so I picked him up.

    "Bye, Dusty," Harry said stroking him. Then, Harry turned to his mom, "Bye, I love you and thanks for always being there for me." He hugged her. He really was a mommy's boy, not that it was a bad thing.

    "I love you too, Sweetie," She said.

    Now, he turned to Charlie. "Thanks, Charlie. For everything, and for making my mom happy."

    "No problem," Charlie said.

    Finally, Harry turned to Gemma. "I know we fight, but you're my sister... and I love you," he said hugging her.

    She hugged him back and said, "I love you, too."

    Anne was in tears now, so Harry turned back to her. "It's ok mum," he said laughing a little.

    She smiled, "My little boy's growing up!" This time Harry blushed.

    We heard a honk from outside. Anne wiped away her tears & opened the door. There was a black van sitting in the driveway and nobody expected what happened next.

    "HARRY!!!"

    "TAYLOR!!!"

    "ANNE!!!"

    "GEMMA!!!"

    Four boys jumped out of the van and ran towards us.

    "Hey, guys!!!" I yelled.

    "I didn't know we were riding together!?" Harry said excitedly.

    "Neither did we!" Niall answered.

    "Come on, let's get your stuff in the car! If we take too long that dude with the fancy tie will get mad," Louis said grabbing one of the suitcases.

    They got the suitcases in the the car in a hurry and were ready to go. As they drove off I waved to them, but I couldn't see if they waved back through the one-way windows.

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Extemely short chapter, but i just wanted to include something about Harry leaving.