versace on the floor 𝘓𝘈𝘕𝘋𝘖 𝘕𝘖𝘙𝘙𝘐𝘚

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Zoe loved going around the city with her old and broken bike, enjoying the landscape, visiting new places where she could buy cookies and drink a coffee and also loved watching all the people walking, smiling and sometimes crying and then ask herself "how's their life like?" they could be students with lots of friends, single mothers, teenagers in love or even millionaires, failed teachers and parents.

and then she would stop her bike next to her favorite coffee shop and take the table next to the window so that she could still hear people laughs and screams meanwhile her best friend would bring her beloved americano and cookies with white chocolate.

"earth calls zoe!" and there he is, Alexander.

"i think you should buy a new bike that thing you drive can not be called one" all her friends hated her bike, she used to dislike it too but then it grew on her and hoped that the memories it brought to her would never fade away.

"send me some money and then we will talk about it again, alex"

"isn't that internship with sky sports not working? do they even give you money?"

"shouldn't you be working right now?"

zoe didn't want to talk much about her internship with sky sports, mostly because she didn't even know where it would bring her.
when she first got the news about being accepted she had cried, she thought her dream could finally come true. but things didn't go as she expected. it's been one year now, she is about to graduate and she still hasn't got the opportunity to appear on one of those sport shows she used to watch every sunday with her grandpa.

"fair enough zoo"

"don't call me that ever-" and he left.

with a smile still on her face, she opened her laptop trying to concentrate and do the last uni assignment of her life. she was actually really sad about leaving this "uni student lifestyle", wake up early in the morning, take her bike, admire her beautiful Amsterdam, go to a lecture or two, drink a coffee, work, go out with friends til late at night to wake up at 7am and do this routine all over again. but she felt like it was just the beginning of her beautiful career, she knew this.

"so what is this assignment about? how important is football to old people?" Alex asked her with a smirk on his face knowing this little comment would make her furious.

"no it is actually about how to make Alexander Mayer a smart man but there is no cure to being dumb so"

Alex sighs "there's no fun messing with you, De Jong"

Zoe and Alex met a while ago, it was her first day at university. when she decided the degree she wanted to take she knew none of her high school friends would start this new path with her, mikky chose interior design, alexia wanted to be a stylist and luka a chef. meanwhile Zoe wanted to be a sport reporter so bad, and she would do anything to be one. so all by herself she walked through the uni cafeteria and ordered an americano, chose a table and listened to music. she felt good when she was alone, listening to her music, playlists full of bruno mars songs and some sad french songs. but then all of the sudden Alex sat on that table, took of one of her airpods out of her ear and asked "do you like spiderman?". this was a fun first interaction but the good part came when she told him "no i am more of a DC fan you know" and there, in that precise moment, Alex almost had a heart attack. they stayed there for hours messing with each other like they have had known each other for years. but when Alex dropped out of uni to open his own cafè, she felt so lost but deep inside of her, she knew she always had a friend with her who would wait with a coffee and some cookies as soon as she came back from work.

"let's go drinking tonight alright?" Zoe didn't even have to ask him this, she knew he would be at the bar anyway.

"are we celebrating something?"

"yeah, i finally had the strength to watch ironman3"

"oh yeah that's something to celebrate"

then the moon illuminated the city and like a clock remembered Alex to close the cafe.

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"Alex what the hell are you talking about? ironman is way better than capitan america"

"i think it's time to call it a day and go to sleep" Alex sighed, nobody can say shit about his favorite superhero.

the first notes from The Lazy Song made their way to their ears, her ringtone made Alex hate that song. but the man forgot about this melody as soon as he saw his best friend's face, somebody important must have called and he could understand that when she excused herself and went outside the bar.

that phone number kind of scared her but she had to answer that call. she usually doesn't like to talk to people over the phone, she wanted to see people reactions and emotions not just a plain voice over a geometric figure.

"hello, it's Mia from Skysport i think you remember me"

hell yeah she remembered her. she was the one who, on her first day there, showed the place to zoe. she seemed so sweet, she even had a desk next to her for the first two months but then she disappeared. zoe heard about a new free job in the office which was really important and high-paid.

"yes hi Mia, what a pleasure! how are you doing?"

she thought Mia changed her phone number 'cause that wasn't hers.

"sorry i have no time for small talks, we need to talk to you about a thing so if you can come to the building tomorrow at 9 that would be great" and then she ended the call.

Zoe was puzzled, not only by Mia's cold behavior but also from this sudden call at 9pm.
maybe that was the end of her dream job, which hadn't started yet, or just a great opportunity to make it start and maybe shine.

"Alex you wouldn't believe who just called me"

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hi! it's me bri <3 short thing i gotta say is that english is not my first language so i hope i didn't make many mistakes! and little disclaimer: Alex and Zoe speak dutch but i couldn't make the whole fic in a language i didn't know ehehe! also this is the first fic i have written in a while and the first f1 fic i've ever written so i am kind of excited! leave a comment or a star if you liked it and also let me know if you feel like something is missing in this fic, i need some constructive criticism!!! have a great day guys<3