The Boy Next Door

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Katie's POV.

"Mum" I shout as I walk, through the masses of people at arrivals at Heathrow Airport. Reaching her I pull have into a tight hug, now towering over her; I have the advantage of hugging her, with tight squeeze she lets me go.

"I can't believe how old you look, how pretty you are." She weeps with a slight squeeze of my cheeks.

"Mummmm... Stop it, I saw you last Christmas, I'm 20 years old I stopped growing 2 years ago." I moaned.

"Katie, Katie katieeee!!" Alice screamed. She practically threw her drink at Ryan, her dad, my stepdad, and jumped into my arms.

"Hey fluff, I bring her close to my chest, I miss my little sister, I don't get over here a lot but when I do I make, we spend as much time as possible.

"I miss you." she mutters in the chest.

"I messed you too, fluff but I'm going to stay for a bit." I stuttered as I tried to hold back the tears.

"You are?" She asked, looking up at me, her sparkling hazel eyes look up at me. She takes after our mum brown hair, hazel eyes, rosy cheeks and short in height whereas I take after my dad, blonde hair, blue eyes, and tall.

"Umm, hmm." I murmur, unable to talk without crying.

"So your not going back to America?" She asked full of hope. And that's it, the flood gates open and tears start Rollin down my cheek.

"Nope" I cry.

She brings her tiny hand to my cheek wipes my tears away with have nimble fingers and then taps me on the nose, this makes me laugh.

"Hey" I say tapping her on the nose, "What was that for?" I ask.

"When I'm upset you wipe my tears away and you tap me on the nose, and it always cheers me, I thought it would do the same to you." She mumbles.

"Alice, it did, it make me very happy." I said, she smiled with my words.

"Hey, you two cry-babies, I would like to say hello to my favorite step-dad!" Ryan laughs.

I put Alice down, and she heads towards my mum.

"She's your only step-daughter dad!" She says walking past her dad and grabbing hold of my mum hand. My mums mouth opens in shock and she looks at Alice and shakes her head, with a laugh. Alice's words creases to amaze me.

"How much sass has that 6 year got!" I laugh.

"Too much!" Ryan agrees as he braces me into a tight hug.

"Wonder, where gets it from?" My mum laughs.

Ryan laughs while poking me in the side.

"Welcome back Katie!" He laughs and kisses me on the head and releases me from the hug.

"Hey, hey I did not come back here to get bullied!" I laugh.

"Don't worry Em, I will protect you... Maybe." She laughs and runs ahead. I have missed that, when Alice was little she couldn't say Katie, but she could say my middle name Emma and since then she has always called me Em, and I loved it.

Ryan takes my luggage and I run after Alice. Grabbing her, I tickle her and whisper into her ear.

"I need a Starbucks!" I whisper.

"ME TOO!!" She screams.

3 and half hours later.

As we pull into the drive, so many memories flood my mind. This was my grandparents house and when they died earlier, this year my mum and Ryan moved back up to Doncaster from London and into the house. I hadn't been here since I was 10, that was the year I moved to Chicago to live with my dad, I came back every year but they always made the effort to come down to me, so I hadn't seen this house since then and 10 years difference it hasn't changed a bit, the old wooden stable door hadn't changed and the plague on the floor was still perfectly up against the wall, The William's Cottage still painted, in white letters the same ones my grandmother had painted it all them years ago. The plant pot my and cousin broke playing football was still there glued together by my grandfather. And then I walk closer bent down and it was still there where me and grandad had craved it into the brick, the best grandad and the best granddaughter are here. I talk I step back soaking in my childhood, looking up at the houses, I spent most of my fist stages in life, took a deep breath and breath up.

"I'm home" I smiled.

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Really looking forward to sharing this story with you, I have been thinking about writing this one for a long time.

Hope you enjoy reading it. My update days are Sunday's and Wednesday's

See you soon

-K xxx