The X Factor

Chapter 12, Week 9 Semifinal

They had gotten used to doing the video diaries. It was a lot of fun, mostly because they never knew what Louis would do.
"Hello we're One Direction and this is our video diary week one." Harry greeted. He had a hard time concentrating. Louis was wearing glasses today and he was so damn cute. Maybe he should make him wear them next time they made out?

Liam talked about their weekend before Louis cut in, making his voice sound really strange.
"Ehm, I decided to take this moment to say, ehm, the boys have told me that I have to be more serious in the diaries. So I tried to go for a little more of a small talk so I'm just trying to be more serious."

Niall continued to gush about Justin Bieber who had been on the show. Louis just had to start singing "Baby Baby Baby" and the rest of the guys sang with him.

All of a sudden Niall shouted "help" and Louis looked around like he was searching for the person in the need of rescue. Harry immediately knew that he was up to something. He started to giggle when Louis stood up and shouted "somebody needs help!" before he ripped his shirt open to reveal a Superman t-shirt underneath.
"Waaah! Superman is here!" Louis carried on, trying to make his voice sound manly.

"It's been years and years since I've pulled out the Superman card if you like. Ehm, but I think desperate times call for desperate measures and I need to use my hero abilities now because I just think...SUPERMAAAN!" Louis shouted the last part and Harry was sure he would go deaf. Louis could be so loud sometimes but he liked that about him.

They continued to answer questions from fans.
"This question is from LouisTomlinsonmad" Harry began and looked at Louis who pulled a face at the username.
"That's a silly name." Louis said in a low voice.

"Ehm, she wants to know the weirdest thing a fan has sent to us?" Harry continued.

Niall started off by suggesting the box of mushrooms with their faces painted on them that they got today. Liam pointed out that a girl tried to slip her I-phone into Harry's pocket which didn't sit well with Louis.
"Something I've tried with Harry many times." He said ironically.

"If you could marry a celebrity who would you marry?" Liam continued with the questions after Louis had talked about all the carrots he received in the mail.

"I would marry Megan Fox!" Zayn immediately shouted. It was the first time he said anything.

Harry didn't like these kinds of questions. It always made him uncomfortable. He'd probably want to marry Louis someday when he was a bit older. He settled for the next best thing, clearly a joke.
"David Hasselhoff."

Niall answered Cheryl and Liam Leona Lewis and then it was only Louis left. He pretended to think about it before he clasped a hand on Harry's shoulder.
"And I marry you, Harry, because it rhymes." He said in a really tender voice and Harry couldn't believe he just did that. What would Simon say?

They ended the recording and went to eat something before bed. Louis looked at Harry with sparkling eyes and leaned in to whisper in his ear.
"Wanna go on a date with me tomorrow?"

"Yes! But is that safe?" Harry hesitated.

"We're gonna have the date here. Don't worry, love." Louis replied before he dug in on his sandwich.

Harry wondered what Louis had planned? He was just excited over the date. It didn't really matter what they did as long as he got to spend some time with Louis.

After they had been rehearsing for hours the next day Louis told Harry to meet him in one of the kitchens in ten minutes. Harry hurried to their bedroom to freshen up. He changed his shirt and put on some deodorant before he headed to the kitchen. Louis was already there and he was alone. Harry walked right up to him to kiss him.
"So I thought that I would try to cook you dinner." Louis said when they broke loose.

"Yeah? That's awesome, Lou. I didn't know you can cook." Harry smiled fondly. His boyfriend was so great.

"Ehm, I don't actually. I can't cook but I'm gonna give it a try. Jamie Oliver says that this dish is great." Louis grinned.

"Oh, does he now? So what are you making?" Harry chuckled.

"Ehm, like, chicken, stuffed with mozzarella, wrapped in parma ham with some homemade mash."

"Sounds really ambitious." Harry smirked.

"Oh shoosh, I'm trying to be romantic here!" Louis whined and blushed adorably.

"You are. I'm just gonna sit on this counter, keeping my perfect and very romantic boyfriend company." Harry smiled and Louis put his tongue out.

Harry watched as Louis read the recipe. He looked really concentrated. The tip of his tongue was poking out between his lips and he was so cute that Harry's heart started to beat faster. It didn't look like he knew what he was doing at all but Harry didn't comment on it. Instead, he pulled out his phone and snapped a picture of him. He tweeted it with the words Louis' first cooking experience.

They small talked while Louis prepared the dinner. When it was finally ready Louis put the food on two plates and carried them to a small table. He lit up a candle and pulled Harry's chair out for him. Harry was beaming.
"Thank you, Lou. No one has ever cooked dinner for me before."

Louis' smile lit up the room. They dived in and Louis looked disappointed.
"This is awful. I failed."

"No, this is really good for your first try. I like it! Best meal I ever tasted because you made it for me, Lou." Harry answered softly and grabbed Louis' hand across the table.

"Yeah?" Louis asked sounding so hopeful that Harry fell even more in love with him at that moment if that was even possible.

They performed two songs on Friday's live show, a club classic Only girl in the World, and a song that would get them to the final, Chasing Cars and it did. They couldn't believe it! They had gone through to the final!