Introduced (Reece Bibby fanfiction)

Chapter 6

It was now 20th February, the day I was going to the X Factor tour. I was wearing a dark green, long sleeved belly top with a black skater skirt. I had also lightly curled my hair at the bottom and applied some make up. I didn't often bother with my appearance because I was too lazy in a morning but thought that today I should try and make an effort.

I got the bus from my town to Manchester which only took half an hour and I got off around the corner from the arena. Reece had told me to go to the back entrance so that me and Jes could meet him and everyone else. Jes was already waiting for me by the entrance.

"JES" I shouted, running towards her.

"ALICE" she screamed back when she saw me. We threw our arms round each other and gave each other the biggest hug ever. I'd been waiting since last summer to meet Jes and it was finally happening. I was so happy.

I text Reece to tell him that we were outside and soon enough a door opened and he was stood there. He lead us inside to where the rest of the Stereo Kicks boys were and introduced us.

"Hey babe" he said, turning to me and picking me up. I wrapped my arms around his neck and legs around his waist, resting my head on his shoulder. He pulled back and gave me a quick kiss on the lips, before hugging me again. I must admit he gave amazing hugs. He put me down and lead me to the sofa, pulling me onto his lap and wrapping his arms around me. There wasn't enough room for everyone to sit down.

"So this is the girl you're always going on about eh Reece" Casey said. "You're right, she sure is fit." This made me blush. Me fit, definitely not.

"And so are you" I heard Chris say to Jes at the other side of the room. She also blushed. Chris gestured for her to sit on the arm of the chair next to him and they started talking to each other. Jake, James and Charlie disappeared out of the room to find some people and Casey was sat on his phone like always. Tom and Barclay were playing FIFA, which left me and Reece in another awkward silence.

"Come over here a minute" he said to me, taking my hand and walking to the corner of the room. He took hold of my arm and rolled up my sleeve. Scars and fresh cuts scattered my forearm, deeper and more obvious ones by my wrist. I looked up at Reece and saw disappointment in his eyes.

"I tried Reece, I really did try to stop, I just can't. You know things have got worse for me over the past month and I just can't take it anymore" Tears were welling up in my eyes again, why was I always so emotional? Reece hugged me and a tear slid down my face.

"It's okay baby, I know it's hard for you and you might not feel like there's anyone you can talk to but you know I'm always here for you. Doing this to yourself isn't going to help anything, even if you think it might. You don't want to become dependent on it and let it rule your life Alice-"

"It already does" I said under my breath, hoping Reece wouldn't hear. But he did, of course he did.

"Well it shouldn't, you shouldn't let it Alice. I know I've been busy with the tour lately and I haven't been able to talk to you properly but that will change soon, I promise. I'm not really meant to tell you this but in the summer me and the boys are moving into a house together so we can all be with each other and near a recording studio" The boys had been signed at the start of the year and were starting to make some new music. "And if I'm right the house is only 10 minutes away from where you live. So I'll be here for you even more and I'll be even closer to you" Reece said. I looked up at him and he had a huge smile on his face. They were only going to be 10 minutes away from me and in the same town. I couldn't believe this.

"Are you serious?" I asked him. I still had a few stray tears running down my face and tear stains down my cheeks. I must have looked awful.

"Yes of course I am, I wouldn't have said it if I wasn't" he replied, laughing a little. "But until then you need to stay strong okay because I'm not always going to be here to make you smile. Now just wipe those tears away and try and forget everything for tonight." He was really good at making me feel better. I wiped the rest of the tears away and was just about to pull my sleeves back down when Reece took hold of my wrists.

"Promise me that you will try and stop, please. I hate seeing you like this and I want you to stop this okay, for me if not for yourself. You're a beautiful and amazing person and I love you to pieces and I don't want you to ever feel like you aren't good enough" he said. I nodded as Jake, James and Charlie burst back into the room with Ben Haenow behind them. Jake looked over at me and Reece and then looked at my arms, which Reece was still holding. Shit. He's seen it. I yanked down my sleeves and looked over at Jake, he raised his eyebrows at me. I gave him a look to say "please don't say anything" and walked back over to the couch. I looked around the room, everyone was talking to each other except Jes and Chris. They were, by the looks of it, snogging each other's faces off.

"Ayy up you two" Reece said as they pulled apart.

"Go on Jes lad" I laughed, making everyone else laugh too. They just turned back to each other and started kissing again. Well at least Jes got what she came here for. The Xbox was free so me and Reece went over to play FIFA. I had played a few times before with my step-brother and must admit that I wasn't that bad. Reece however was a pro. He beat me 7-3. I hate losing so we had a rematch. I think he went easy on me because we ended up drawing 4-4. By the time we had finished it was time for the boys to get ready for the show.

We walked over to hair and make-up and were talking to a lot of other acts who were all really nice. Soon enough it was time for me and Jes to go and find our seat in the audience. I gave Reece a quick hug and kiss and wished him good luck. God he looked good. We were then shown where to go to our seats.

"So you and Chris looked like you were getting on well" I said to Jes as we sat down.

"We were, he's a good kisser too" she laughed.

The show was really good and everyone sang really well. The boys looked over in our direction a few times and Chris and Reece kept winking at us. We had planned to meet up with them backstage again after the show.