only you //. reece bibby (stereo kicks)

Chapter 11 ~ Table for 9?

The journey is longer than I expected considering that the Pizza Hut was only supposed to be 10 minutes away from the arena.

"Tom, my little sister is probably a better driver than you. Not gonna lie." Jake mocks. Tom rolls his eyes at him and laughs.

Reece opens the car door and climbs out however he holds the door open for me too. I don't think anything of it as he's probably only doing it to apologise.

We don't have to sit around and wait for the other boys since they arrived almost 20 minutes before we did. I quickly begin walking in Charlie's direction when I hear faint shouting from behind me.

"Ella!" Reece shouts from 5 steps behind me. I stop and turn to face him as he catches up to me.

"I'm sorry..." He whispers.

I ignore him and carry on walking.

"Ella...I didn't mean for it to come out like that. Sometimes when I get frustrated or embarrassed I say things that I really don't mean." Reece sighs as he walks on after me.

I stare at him in confusion. "So you take back everything you said?"

He shrugs his shoulders. "Sort of yeah."
"Sit next to me?...in Pizza Hut." He smiles nervously.

"I'm sitting with Charlie okay, feel free to sit on the other side if you really want to." I smirk at Reece before we get over to the other boys.

"Take your time!" Chris jokes. His Irish accent is so thick it makes me giggle.

All 9 of us troupe into the restaurant.

"Table for nine?" A young pretty waitress asks. She was quite tall, with a slim build. Her long blonde hair was tied back in a neat pony tail.

"Yeah, thanks." Charlie smirks at the other boys as she bends over and grabs the menus from behind a stand.

The waitress, who's name tag reads Emily, leads us over to one of the larger tables, handing us each a menu. I end up sitting between Jake and Reece with Charlie opposite me.

"What are you getting Ella?" Barclay asks.

I shrug my shoulders.

"I don't really feel like eating, if I'm honest. I might just get a 10" pizza to share with someone."

I glance over at Charlie who is paying more attention to the waitress.

"She was so hot, if I wasn't 14, I'd definitely go there." He gets a few high fives of the other lads and a chorus of "oooo's". I can't help but laugh at him.

"I'll share with you if you want." Reece whispers softy. I smile as he shuffles his chair closer to me, handing me a menu to look at.

"You choose..." He smiles.

"No, it's fine you can pick." I hand him back the menu, Charlie raises an eyebrow at both of us them looks back over to the lads.

We both eventually decide on a margarita pizza to avoid ourselves arguing over the toppings. Whilst waiting for the pizza I rest my hand closest to Reece on my leg and my other on the table as I chat with the other boys. I'm taken aback when I feel Reece's hand on my leg as he reaches out to hold my hand. He smirks slightly. My cheeks glow an even deeper red than they previously had.

Barclay notices the change in the colour of my cheeks.

"Ella..are you okay?" He asks, drawing even more attention to me. Charlie looks at me and then at Reece, raising an eyebrow.

There is a loud thud from under the table as Charlie kicks me, causing me to let go of Reece's hand.

"Stop it." I mouth to him as he grimaces at Reece.