Nothing Special (Stereo Kicks/Reece Bibby/New Hope Club)

It's really you

When I got home, I knew that now was the time to say something about what I had discovered the other day. I ran upstairs, grabbed the pieces of paper and walked back donwstairs wanting some sort of explanation as to what I had found. I strolled into the living room and stood infront of the tv so my mum couldn't watch it anymore. "You alright love?" She asked as she turned the tv off and looked at me. "I dunno, I need you to promise me something...promise me that you'll tell me the truth." I said, calmly. "What? What's going on? You've been acting really strange lately." She said, honestly looking confused. "Just promise me." I pleaded. "Ok, I promise I'll tell the truth." She smiled. "What's this and do you care to explain what the hell is going on?" I asked, raising my voice slightly.

"Where did you find that?" She asked, standing up. "I found it the other day, I was in your room getting my guitar and I found this on the floor." I said, crossing my arms. My mum stood there, her eyes glued to the floor...she didn't say a word. "Well?" I asked. "You weren't meant to find out this way." She said simply. "Ok then, when was I going to find out, and Josh. Or were we not meant to find out at all, we have a sister out there and you didn't think to tell us." I shouted. "You were meant to find out when you were both older, me and your dad decided to tell you when we thought the time was right. We both wanted to tell you when you thought you would understand better." My mum explained. "I'm 16 Mum, maybe you need to start realising that I'm not a kid anymore...What if the time was never right? What if you made the wrong decisions?" I asked, sitting down. My mum sat down beside me and placed her arm over my shoulder, hugging me.

"We were always going to tell you." She said quietly. "When did this happen?" I asked, wanting to know. "Me and your dad were going through a rough patch, we split up and then this happened. He started seeing Jenifer which is Ellas mum, then we got back together and he told me a few years later, just after Josh was born. I couldn't quite get over the fact it happened, but I had to eventually. Jenifer decided that she would keep Ellas last name as Henderson because she didn't want her to have the same last name as your dad. Then me and your dad decided to split and that's when I put the pieces of paper in my room. Your dads always had contact with Ella ever since she was born and he said one day he wanted you to meet her and stay in contact for the rest of your lives. Thats why he gave me the pieces of paper and the phone number on the back." She explained, making everything finally make sense.

"Can I call the number?" I asked, quietly. "Of course you can." My mum smiled as she kissed my forehead. I grabbed my phone and dialled the phone number. After a few rings, someone answered. "Hello?" I said but it came out as more of a question. "Hello, who's this?" Someone asked on the other side of the line. "Erm...My name's Millie...is this Jenifer?" I asked. "Yes, it is...can I help you?" She asked polietly. "Erm...well I'm sorry to be bothering you but I'm Millie...Millie Jones and I've just found out that my dad had a baby with you...I believe her name is Ella." I said, hoping she would know of me. "How can you prove it?" She questioned. "My dads name is Michael Jones and you are Jenifer Henderson, you had a child called Gabriella Michelle Henderson, she was born on the 12th of January 1996 in Tetney." I confirmed.

She gasped..."It really is you." She said in disbelief. "Do you have anyway I could speak to Ella, I know she is a very busy women but I only need to speak to her briefly." I spoke. "Erm...you can call her if you wish." She said. "That would be lovely." I smiled, realising after wards that she couldn't see me. After recieving Ella's number, I said thank you and ended the call. I started to get butterflys in my stomach and I got a bit shaky but I still managed to type in her number. RING RING RING RING RING RING "Hello?" I heard on the other side. "Hello is this Ella Henderson?" I asked, polietly. "Yes, who I am speaking to?" She asked. "Erm...I'm Millie Jones. I've just spoken to your mum and she gave me your number because there's something I need to tell you. You've already been told this but I've only just been told about this recently. My dad is basically your dad. So we're sisters, I've got...I mean we've got a young brother called Josh whos 13."

"Wow! Is it really you?" She asked, sounding very shocked. "Yep, it's me." I smiled. "Hi...Oh my god, I can't believe I'm speaking to the younger sister I've always wanted." She said. We carried talking and catching up with each...we may need to have a few conversations to catch up on 16 years. Whilst I was on the phone to Ella, my mum went and got Josh down from his bedroom to come and speak to Ella. He was really excited that he's got another older sister and I couldn't wait to tell everyone that my sister was Ella Henderson.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter :)