Harry was nervous. He had always wanted to become a singer. It was his lifelong dream. While other kids wanted to become cops or teachers or doctors or vets, Harry wanted to become a singer.
His mom, Anne, supported him in his dream. In fact, she was the one who made Harry get up early in the morning to go to London and audition for the X-Factor, one of the biggest and most popular talent shows in the UK.
Now, Harry stood in line nervous as he went in with a bunch of other kids into the audition room.
He was a wreck now. He liked to sing, but he was only used to singing in front of his family and close friends. He wasn't used to singing in front of other people, especially judges that with one simple button can change a kid's life.
Harry was now in front of the line, anxious to perform in front of the judges. He didn't want to do this. His social anxiety was getting the best of him, and he didn't want the judges to see a totally awkward kid that gets all shy and nervous when speaking.
But then he thought of his ten-year-old self. The ten-year-old that would spend hours in his room singing a song that he liked. The ten-year-old that would put on big performances in front of his close friends and family. The ten-year-old that would get bullied for singing since it was considered a "girly activity." The ten-year-old that was desperate to become a singer one day.
He didn't want to let his ten-year-old self down. He was doing it for himself. He was doing it for the many years he has been singing instead of playing sports like the other boys. He was doing it for his family members who have told him that he had an amazing voice and could do some amazing stuff if he put his mind to it. He was doing it to show everyone else that he could make it. He wanted to make people proud.
Maybe he'll remember all these thoughts once he ends up becoming a famous singer and ends up performing in front of thousands of people every night. He'd probably laugh these thoughts off and wish to go back in time to when he was auditioning for the X-Factor to tell the nervous boy that he would be alright, that he would make it.
So that's when he decided to give it a shot and see if he could make it.
He walked into the room with some fake confidence on. He learned that if you fake confidence you are most likely to be able to obtain it for real.
When he stood in front of the judges, he scanned their faces to see if he could recognize anyone.
There sat the familiar judge Simon Cowell in one of the seats. Harry has heard about him before but he had never expected to meet him in person.
He continued to look at the other judges until one caught his eye.
It was Louis Tomlinson. He was famous for being a singer. He was the youngest out of the five judges sitting there being 26 years old. He had short brown hair with a fringe covering part of his face. He had bright blue eyes as blue as the ocean. He looked adorable sitting there as a guest judge.
Harry knew him because Louis was actually one of Harry's favorite singers. Harry knew that Louis was going to be one of the guest judges for the X-Factor this year, yet he did not expect him to be the one judging him.
Harry has had a celebrity crush on him since Louis himself was on the X-Factor, which was five years ago. Harry had been loyal to Louis ever since, receiving a lot of bullying from his classmates saying how Louis made "girly music" and being a fan was "for the girls."
But meeting him was something Harry had never expected to do. Great, now Harry was even more nervous than before.