only you //. reece bibby (stereo kicks)

Chapter 16 - That Northern Accent.

I unlock my front door and head into my house. The faint whiff of bacon intoxicates my nostrils as I make my way to the kitchen.

"Hey dad!" I shout before kissing his cheek.

"Hey bud." He smiles. "How was school?"

"Shit, like always."

"Ella!" Dad and Mum both whine in unison.

"Language." Dad shouts before taking the bacon slices and putting them into a plate.

My little brother Mason sprints into the kitchen at the sound of bacon being fried. He stands on his tip-toes to be able to reach the counter.

"Pass me one..." He demands.

Mason is literally only 10 yet when it comes to attitude he gives me a run for my money.

"No." I stick my tongue out at him, which he is quick to return.

"Mum! Ella's bullying me." He whines.

"No I'm not, he's being annoying." I defend myself.

Mum rolls her eyes before looking over to Dad chuckling.

"Ella, give Mason some. Mason...stop being annoying and go sit in the living room!" She shouts.

We obey since getting in an argument with Mum probably isn't the best thing to do at the moment.

I take out my phone and FaceTime Reece.

"Hello?" I say, waving at the camera

"Hey." He grins.

"Were those your friends?" His raspy northern accent sends shiver down my spine.

"Yeah, yeah." I laugh.

"The guy, Zac, does he like you?" His voice is sterner, with a hint of worry on his face.

I immediately laugh even harder.

"God no! We've been friends for ages, just like me and Charlie." I grin.

"Oh okay, good..." A sigh of relief escapes from his mouth.

"So where's Charlie?" He enquires.

"At home. He didn't come to school today." I huff.

"I'm so glad I've finished school."

"You lucky thing!" I groan.

The fact that Reece is a bit older than me makes me even more nervous.

"Weirdly enough, I actually miss it." Reece smiles half heartedly.

"But you miss me more." I joke.

"Of course I d-"

Reece's little sister creeps up behind him. She's absolutely adorable. Her blonde hair is left loosely to cascade over he shoulders.

"-Lexi, go play downstairs." He interupts himself.

"She's adorable." I smile sweetly.

"Adorable yes, but also she's annoying."

I giggle. "That's how I feel about my little brother Mason."

"So you've got two brothers?"

I nod. "And a sister. But she's a lot older than me."

"If she's as hot as you then it doesn't matter." He smirks, raising his eyebrows flirtatiously.

"Idiot." I run my hands through my hair to hide my rosy cheeks.

"Reece, you know because you've already done your GCSE's...can you help me with my homework." I ask.

Reece chuckles to himself.

"Yeah, alright then."

I take my English book out from my bag before placing it on my lap.

"Define a metaphor." I shout since I put my phone on loud speaker.

Reece pauses. "Right a metaphor is describing something as if it's something else. So instead of saying Ella is beautiful, I'd say Ella is a butterfly." A massive smirk creeps into his lips.

"Since when are butterflies beautiful?" I raise an eyebrow.

"Since they got compared to you." He smiles smugly.

"Smooth." A smirk creeps into my face.

"Aren't I just."

"No you're not, you're annoying." I joke.

"Touché."

I look up at the clock to see its almost 11pm.

"Reece, I'm gonna have to go. I have so much more homework to do." I sigh, to be honest I wish I could talk to Reece all day, everyday.

"Okay. Goodnight Ella Smith, I miss you lots and lots." He blows a kiss to me so I pretend to catch it, giggling whilst I do.

"Goodnight Reece Bibby, I miss you t-"

"-Ella have you got a middle name?" He raises an eyebrow.

"Yeah, my full name is Ella Louise Smith...I hate it." I huff.

"Why? It's a lovely name. My middle name is Jamie, after my dad...if you were wondering." He laughs awkwardly.

"Aw it's a lovely name." I mock in a high pitched voice.

"No, Ella I'm being serious. You have a lovely name." Reece smiles sweetly at the camera.

"So do you."

We carry on talking until the early hours of the morning despite the fact that I told him I had to go earlier. In fact I fall asleep whilst on FaceTime to Reece which is pretty embarrassing. He probably heard me snore and everything causing me to mentally face palm myself.

As soon as I get up the next morning I see I have a text from Reece:

"Goodnight Ella, you're currently snoring away on FaceTime. But it's okay, you look adorable. *attachment*"

The attachment is a screenshot of me asleep whilst we were on FaceTime. I giggle and cringe at the same time, it's such an awful photo.

To Bibbeh💘:
"If you show anyone that photo then be careful because I'll have to get payback😂😉xxx"

Reece replies quite swiftly, meaning he's on his phone:

"Too late😏xxx"

I'm added into a groupchat with Casey, Charlie, Reece, Tom, Barclay, James, Jake and Chris. Before I can even type a message, Reece sends the photo with the caption "isn't Ella adorable😉".

"I hate you." I reply.

From Chris:
"Aw! Ella you look so peaceful."

From Casey🐙:
"Loving that piece of hair that's looks like a mono brow😂"

From Jake:
"This is Reece's way of flirting, he probably has a whole folder with photos of you😂"

Jake's message sends me into floods of laughter.

From James:
"HAHAHAH JAKE!!!"

From CJ😎💘:
"😂😂😂"

From Barclay:
"lmaooooo"

From Tom:
"I'm trying to sleep, all of you shut up😂"

From Barclay:
"Put your phone on silent then you idiot!!"

From Tom:
"Will do...mum😂"

To Barclay, Tom, Bibbeh💘, CJ😎💘, Chris, Casey🐙, James and Jake:
"You're all idiots😚😉"

I really can't wait to see the boys again.

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