rescue me / larry

one / you had me at hello

[Flashback – July 2010]

Louis was leaning against the door of the bathroom stall, in- and exhaling deeply. His nerves were about to snap and his heart was almost beating out of his heart.

He knew it was his turn to go on stage to see the judges soon and he sure as hell wasn't ready. He had heard the others sing and he just knew that they all were better than him, that they had a better chance to get through to Simon's house and even though he knew he didn't make it he still wasn't ready to hear it out of the judges mouths.

Louis ran a hand through his hair as he heard the bathroom door being opened and footsteps coming into the room, but as close as he listened he couldn't hear one of the stalls being opened, which made him curious. Louis quickly flushed the toilet so it looked like he actually used the stall and stepped out of the cabin, straitening his clothes as his eyes fell upon him.

There was a boy standing by the mirror, admiring his reflection while he played around with his chocolate-colored curls, pouting as his hair did what it wanted. Louis gulped and made step towards the mirror, almost falling tripping over his own feet.

"Oops," he said as he regained his balance and the curly-haired boy turned around and looked at Louis, and Louis' blue eyes met a pair of emerald-green, almost perfect eyes as he looked up, a blush creeping upon his cheeks.

"Hi," the boy said in a raspy voice and Louis' heart started pounding even faster and it that moment something happened inside of him. His stomach started to tickle and the blush on his face got even more intense.

"I have seen you before, you were on stage right before me, right?" the boy continued talking and Louis simply nodded, not trusting his voice.

"I'm Harry," he then said and Louis smiled.

"I'm Louis," Louis replied with a shy voice and Harry smiled back at Louis, showing off his perfect teeth.

"I heard you sing, too," Louis then spoke. "You're good, you're going to make it to the house, I'm sure."

Harry bit his lip, shrugging. "I'm not sure; I messed up when I sang."

Louis sighed and took off his cardigan, handing it to Harry who took it, looking confused, but Louis simply smiled.

"I feel like you need luck," Louis explained. "This cardigan always brings me luck that's why I wore it, but I feel like you need it."

"Thank you, Louis," Harry said and smiled before walking out of the bathroom..

Louis looked after Harry and smiled, thinking about how melodic his name sounded when it left Harry's plumb, pink lips.

~

[Present time – November 2013]

Even though Niall, Liam and Zayn were with him Louis felt awfully cold and lonely that night as he sat on the couch, his duvet wrapped around him to keep him warm.

The room around him was dark right down to the light that came from the TV screen. It was just enough light to see the other person's faces, but the only thing you would see was them staring at the screen to follow the movie plot with each of the boys holding a bowl of popcorn in their arms, munching the tiny corn snacks.

None of the boys noticed how Louis' eyes weren't fixed on the TV screen, but they were looking at the wall that was in front of Louis. He was lost in his thoughts and tears were burning in his eyes, but no one noticed, everyone was concentrating on the dumb movie.