The Real Me ☾| Zalfie |

Chapter 53. (Ten years later...)

(Now 30)
Zoe://
My face froze in shock. My ears still listening to the dreaded report on my TV. My eyes were over flowing with water as I looked down at the little girl, resting on my chest. I could feel her steady breathing. The news report went on. I searched around for the remote but with no luck, I had no choice but to hear it.
'Joe Weller, released from prison' the bright red, yellow and blue title shone from the TV. I looked down at my little boy, sound asleep on the sofa with three of his toy cars piled up next to him. Tears crawled down my cheeks as my breathing quickened. I lifted up Ida and put her in her moses basket that was set up next to the sofa. With a shaky hand, I pulled a light yellow blanket over her. I grabbed a blue and green stripes blanket from the top of the arm chair and placed that over Digby.
I then crawled onto the sofa myself, I cuddled into the corner bit and grabbed my phone.
I scrolled on my contacts and texted Alfie.
'Please come home, I need you here now xx' I hesitantly pressed send and about a minute later, got a reply.
'Are the kids okay? I'm on my way back baby xx'
I typed my reply,
'Yeah, they're fine, but I'm not:-( xx' I knew that he would be quick anyway as he was only going to the shop to get bread, milk and butter then a treat for Digby but I needed him here. I hadn't had a panic attack in ages and I defiantly couldn't now that I had two kids.
I sighed and stretched my short legs out infront of me. Pulling my laptop into my lap, I began searching through Twitter. I happily looked at all the edits my fans and the zalfie fans had made of Ida and Digby.
A lot had gone on in the last five years. After the reunion, it went back to how it was in the last year of school.
Myself and Alfie got back together and Niomi and Marcus did too.
There were also a lot more people living in Brighton now.
Myself and Alfie, Marcus and Niomi, Tanya and Jim lived just outside of Brighton, Meredith and Caspar, Charlie and Joseph.
About a year after reunion, Alfie and I moved into together and almost a year after that I got pregnant with Digby. He's now is almost four and is the most gorgeous boy. He had Alfies hair and face shape but with my blue eyes and petiteness. The doctors say he's little for his age but still growing just fine. Then two years after that I got pregnant with Ida, who is now 6 months. She has very light brown hair and dark brown eyes, she's also quite petite too. We have a pug called Nala and two Guinea pigs, Pippin and Percy.
Tanya and Jim have Martha, a little miniature daxon.
Niomi and Marcus have triplets, 2 years old, Gracie, Cara and Lacey.
Meredith and Caspar have two cats, Michael and Smitch.
Charlie and my brother live in a flat opposite the sea.
I heard keys jangling and the door swinging open as Alfie came in. He stood at the door and looked at me.
"What's happened? Are you okay?" He calmly spoke. He knew that if he was calm it would have the same affect on me, even if deep down he wasn't.
"Joe Wellers being released" I sobbed as I took deep breaths and buried my head in the blanket that was over me.
"Oh baby"he came and sat next to me, cuddling me in his arms as I cried into his shoulder.
"I'm scared for Ida and Digby" I shakily spoke, trying my hardest to calm down.
"Your going to go and get ready, then Me, you, Digby and Ida are going to meet Marcus, Niomi, the triplets, Tanya and Jim at the park down the road, okay? That monster is not going to affect our lives anymore" he stroked my hair gently. I leant up and kissed him on the lips.
"I love you, I don't know how somebody has the power to make me feel completely okay again within a couple of seconds, honestly I don't, but you do" I threw my arms round his neck and hugged him tightly.
"I love you to little one" he replied softly.
"Mummy" I heard a little voice behind me.
"Are you okay boyo?" Alfie smiled.
"Yeah" he grinned as he sat up and stretched, rubbing his eyes to feel more awake.
"Come on zo" Alfie wiggled underneath me.
"Okay" I untangled myself from the blanket and got up. Alfie got up to and walked over to Ida who was starting to stir slightly.
"Come here littlest one" he scooped her up and kissed her tiny head.
"Daddy's beautiful girl" he cooed. I awed at the sight infront of me and immediately grabbed my phone to take a picture.
"Cute" I remarked, smirking I put it in my pocket and ran upstairs to sort out and touch up my makeup a bit.
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"Digby! Be careful with Gracie please!" I called after him.
"I am mummy" he turned round and smiled.
"They're so cute, you two did good" Niomi smiled gently as she cradled Ida in her arms, admiring her every move.
"Thank you very much Nimbob, as did yourself" I spoke in a pretend posh accent.
"Have you heard the news?" I sighed. I immediately felt Alfies arm snake around my waist.
She bit her lip and nodded.
"It's scary, I know that, but he can't get to you, he has no idea where you are" she said.
"All he needs to do is type in 'Zoe Sugg' to the Internet and there we go... He will know I live in Brighton, he can find out everything about me if he wants to, that's the scary part" a tear slide down my cheek.
"Zoe, I promise you that everything will be just fine, we will all protect you" Tanya added in.
"Agreed" Jim nodded and smiled. Marcus nodded too.
"I love you guys" I admitted and cuddled into Alfie.
"Shall we get the little ones an ice cream" Alfie questioned. Everybody agreed and we all stood up.
"Digby! Girls!" I called and they ran over. The little girls toddaling along adorably.
"Ice cream?" I questioned and Digby smirked happily and all the girls jumped with joy.
"Come on then, let's go!" I took my sons hand in mine but he soon let go as Alfie lifted him up onto his shoulders.
"Look at you up there monkey" I grinned. I looked backwards to see Gracie on Niomis shoulders, Cara on Marcus' shoulders and Lacey on Jims shoulders then Tanya cuddling Martha and walking Nala. I took Ida's buggy off Niomi and we all walked towards the Icecream van.
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"Goodnight beautiful" I whispered, kissing Iva's head, knowing that I would be up in a few hours and have to do all this again. I peered into Digby's room and saw him snoring gently.
"Are they all asleep now baby?" Alfie said quietly from behind me. I nodded furiously as I turn round and faced him, then smiled.
The back of my head was pounding and I suddenly felt extremely tired, "I'm going to go to sleep" I sighed as I wondered aimlessly into our bedroom and slipped into bed. I felt Alfie get in next to me and I desperately wanted to cuddle him...
But I couldn't.
My legs froze.
My head pounding.
I saw black in front of my eyes.
I dropped into a sleep.
A 'fake' sleep.
I could hear Alfie shouting.
Ambulance sirens.
People calling my name.
Then everything fell black.

A/n
I think I'm starting a new book... A kind of sequel, with the same characters but more Pretty Little Liars style ;-), maybe I'll carry this on but it's not looking hopeful,
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Georgia. Xx