Are you okay? (Instagram, L.S)

20

Two months had passed since Harry released "Sign of the Times," and it was still incredible what had happened in between. He had always wanted to release music, but it just never happened. He wasn't brave enough; then, he didn't have enough money, and then he was scared again. But Niall had been supporting him forever. And then he just did it.

In the end, it didn't matter what people had to say about it, and he started to publish some singing clips of him before. Some of them went a bit viral, but his followers didn't expect his song, and he didn't expect them to react in this way.

"Sign of the Times" had hit the Spotify debut charts, and his second single, "Kiwi," had too. In his mind, this was still absolutely unbelievable."You want some Nando's?" Niall asked, putting on his coat. "Yeah sure, I'm just gonna finish this line, and then—""Nope, Harry, our new superstar stays inside and finishes his song. I'll go!"

Harry smiled fondly at Niall; having a best friend like this was the biggest blessing he could've wished for. His whole surroundings were filled with people who supported him no matter what. With people that loved him and were there for him. Harry couldn't be more thankful for it.

He finished the line of his newest song, not being completely happy about it, but he didn't want it to be his next single anyway. He had written loads and loads of songs over the last year, probably since he could write. Some of them were a lot more personal than the ones he had released, but as he got so much support and even Zayn Malik had commented on his post, he had decided to go for one of the personal ones next time.

Joe had written to him just a few minutes ago, asking when he wanted to do his next photoshoot. In the end, a lot of his success with his singles had to do with promotion. Tease it on Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram where he already had a small fanbase that he was sure would listen to everything. And those small teasers just managed to grow a hype around the unreleased song.

So if he wanted to keep up with his success, he needed to prepare the promotion for his new single already. It wasn't even fully recorded yet, and then he and Niall would have to spend nights in uni to finish the mixing and editing. Luckily, they both had chosen music technology for their A-Levels.

But the song cover was also a bit of a topic. Joe had drawn the last one; it just fit better, but for the next one, Harry wanted a photo of him again. He didn't know why, but he just thought it would fit better.

Joe was an incredible photographer, and they had already done some designs. It was a bit weird and crazy, but Harry was absolutely sure it was the right way to go. He liked being a bit different from the norm, even if that meant not gaining as many listeners as possible.

Back in 10

Harry had to grin, reading Niall's message. The boy loved foot, and Harry was totally up for it. He jumped up from the couch and started to set up the kitchen table. He was just placing two glasses next to their plates when his phone started to ring.

Expecting to see Niall's number, he grabbed it, but it wasn't Niall. It was a US number. Strange. He didn't know anyone from the US. Should he take the call? They always warned against unknown numbers, but Harry was slightly curious about it.

"Harry Styles?" he asked as soon as he pressed the answering button."Mr. Styles? Right?""Yes?" Harry asked, still confused and not knowing who was on the phone."Good, good. My name is Mr. James. I'm working for Syco Music."

And then it finally clicked in Harry's head."Oh my...""Yeah, yeah, right. We heard some of your music, made some big waves on the internet. Really good, boy. So, as we informed you, don't have a management nor a label right?""Yeah, that's right," Harry answered with a shaky voice.

"Simon would like to sign you up for his label. He's not here right now, but he wants to meet you in London next week. We think you have a lot of talent."

Harry wanted to answer, but he was speechless. Syco Music, Simon Cowell, record label. He couldn't process it, but this, this had always been his dream. His biggest dream."So, Mr. Styles, can you do next Monday at 2 o'clock? I'll send you the address by email."

"Y-yes," Harry stuttered."Good, we'll see about the details then. Bring some demos if you have them. If it works, you'll have management and a record label after it."

"Oh-yeah-thank you, thank you so much."
"Nothing's fixed yet, so calm down a bit, okay? See you then, lad.""Yeah-eh-thank you. See you then."

As soon as the constant beeping sounded from the phone, it slipped out of Harry's hand, colliding with the carpeted floor.
"Oh my god," he whispered, still not believing what had happened.

He stood there, frozen for a solid three minutes before the front door opened."Niall! I got a record label!"

A/N Sorry for the 3 days without an update, here is the first written part, I'm not the best writer, rather stay with posts and chats but here we go