The Student Teacher ><><>< A Louis Fanfic

Chapter 20: Nice To See You Again

Hayley's P.O.V.

This was it. Tonight on the X Factor they were cutting the number of contestants in half. That meant that there was only a 50 50 chance that Louis and Harry would make it through.

In order to not cry whenever it came on, I told my brain that Louis was just a person on TV. That he was just the cute singer that I rooted for. I wanted him to go far, and date someone like Kristin Stewart, or Jennifer Lawrence.

"It's on." Lauren said quietly. She was just as nervous as I was. I sat down on the couch next to her with a bottle of water and some popcorn. The theme song came on and we watched in silence. We saw some shots of the contestants on the screen. There was Niall and Liam practicing their pieces together in the first picture. It was so weird that they were all there together. Louis, Harry, Niall, and Liam. I had never met Zayn, but Louis told me stories of dumb stuff they did in college.

Me and Lauren sat with worried expressions as we waited for them to announce the last person to make it into the top ten. "And the last remaining spot in the next round is....

... Joe Miller!" Me and Lauren were in tears by now.

"He didn't make it. He didn't make it." Lauren said, sobbing. Both of our makeup was completely ruined. It was streaming down our faces in thick, dark lines like in the movies.

"Let's call him" I suggested and she hurriedly nodded. I found his number in my contacts and pressed the call button.

"Hi Hayley." Harry said and I could hear him crying.

"I'm so sorry Harry. Lauren would've called you, but she's a mess right now." I looked down at her sobbing and sniffling.

"I'm gonna get a flight back to New York tomorrow." He told me and I could still hear him crying in the background. "Wait" he said "Wait they're calling us back."

"Lauren, they're calling all the guys back!" she shot up and held a pillow to her chest as she once again stared at the screen.

"I have to go. Bye!" he yelled back into the phone and hung up before I could say anything. The TV showed fifteen or twenty guys standing in a cluster. They all had hope in their tear soaked eyes.

"Okay, the judges have made a decision to bring back five boys and make them into a group. You will get to complete the competition with the other contestants. Those boys are," he paused and me and Lauren we on the edge of our seats. "Zayn Malik," I smiled, because he was Louis's friend. "Liam Payne" my smile got even bigger. "Niall Horan" I was fucking glowing. "Harry Styles" me and Lauren screamed and hugged as we saw Harry cheer on TV. A few tears of happiness streamed down his face. "And the last member of the boy group is..." he paused and I wanted to jump through the screen and ring his neck for taking so long to spit out the rest of the sentence. "Louis Tomlinson!" I hugged Lauren, taking her by surprise.

"I thought you were trying to get over him." She whispered.

"I just love him so much. I can't stop loving him even if we're not together."

Louis's P.O.V.

At the moment me and Harry were embraced in a manly bro hug. "We made it." I said to him.

"I know. We did it." A smile covered practically half of his face. Three other guys walked over to us, who I recognized as Zayn, Liam, and Niall.

"Nice to see you again." Liam said to me while chuckling.

"You two know each other?" Niall asked, clearly confused.

"Yeah, mate. We met at that party for spring break last month." His eyes widened.