Adopted by Zalfie

Chapter Four

A/N Decided to change it to first person because I keep making mistakes.

As soon as we got to the car, Zoe put the radio on and we all instantly started singing along. It's strange, but I feel really safe around them and already feel as if we're really close. I suspect it's because I've watched them on YouTube for so long.

We occasionally chat but are mostly singing along to the radio. We arrive at their house after only ten minutes, but I wish it would have lasted longer.

Climbing out, I go round to the back of their car to offer to carry something but they take all of my stuff up to the front door where Zoe unlocks it and pushes it open.

Careful to wipe my feet on the welcome mat, I step into the hallway, practically squealing in excitement. I've seen their house in so many vlogs but it's even better in person.

They take me upstairs and show me to my bedroom. Zoe explained it was used as a guest room but was now mine. The walls were plain white and the floor was pale floorboards with a white rug in the middle of the room. A pale wooden double bed stood at one end of the room, against the middle of the wall, covered in white pillows and a white duvet decorated with red and pink flower buds. The was a wardrobe at the other side facing the bed, two bedside tables either side of the bed, a simple vanity and a dresser and the side of the room that had the windows and a desk on the side of the room we had entered from. Also, where you entered there was a wall either side of you (not a very wide one) and two your right was a ensuite bathroom and to your left was a large, empty storage space that Zoe suggested could be used as a walk in wardrobe.

"We'll decorate it later, but you can make it as homely as possible."

Said Alfie. They then helped me unpack. Zoe sorted all the clothes in my wardrobe so that everything was easy to find while I sorted my makeup into the drawers of my vanity and my jewellery on top of it and Alfie took out everything else I owned and, following the instructions me and Zoe gave, put them in the correct places.

I told him I would put up my posters later, so when we were finished we went to the living room where a very excitable Nala was waiting.

I bent down to greet her and she kept up, front paws resting on my knees and started to lick my face. I laughed as I scooped her up and carried her over to the sofa, sitting down and then placing her on my lap. I petted her as Zoe tried to find something to watch on TV.

"Do you like pizza?"

I turned to see Alfie holding a laptop balanced on him arm.

"YESSS!"

He laughed as he sat down next to me, giving Nala a pat as he did, and ordered pizza online. We decided on a plain one, since that was my favourite, and a New Yorker. We also ordered hot cookies.

While we were waiting, Zoe made strawberry smoothies in jars with white and pink stripy paper straws that looked as if it should be on tumblr. Something like it probably was.

As we waited for pizza, we talked over a trashy TV show while sipping smoothies and playing with Nala. If every evening here was like that, I think I would be the happiest person alive.