Zoe smiled at the familiar faces she saw as she made her way off of the dance floor and towards the place she had last seen Alfie.
It was around 11:45pm on December 31st, only 15 minutes before they began another year together in love, but she couldn't find her boyfriend anywhere. They'd been invited to see the new year in with their families and a bunch of friends and fellow YouTubers by the Gleam team.
"Chummy!" Zoe called to her best friend Louise as she partied her way through a large crowd of people, oblivious to their frazzled stares.
"Chummy!" Zoe tried again and finally distracted Louise from her crazy dancing.
"Oh Chummy, did I tell you how stunning you look tonight?" Louise gushed as she ran towards Zoe.
Zoe looked down at her figure hugging mid-thigh length, three quarter sleeves silver sequin dress, her Mulberry clutch and her silver strappy high heels. She did love this outfit, but even a slightly tipsy best friend and a compliment on her hard work of outfit choice was t enough to distract her from her mission right now.
"Thank you, but I was actually wondering if you'd seen Alfie recently?" Zoe asked Louise who smirked a knowing smirk and giggled a little bit.
"He didn't come with you to dance with Tanya just now?" She teased. Zoe shook her head and tried to search for Alfie in the sea of people over Louise's head. "Hmm" Louise took on a teasing tone again "He must be up to something the cheeky boy" she giggled again sending Zoe a saucy wink before running off to find Tyler before Zoe could ask any more questions.
What did she know that I didn't? Zoe asked herself as she made her way further towards the back of the room where the glass doors - which were currently closed - led onto a spectacular balcony with a stunning view. Once she was practically at the far end of the glamourously decorated room, two laughing figures caught Zoe's eye.
"Oh and the grand kids will be so gorgeous!" One familiar voice cooed.
"Oh tell me about it" squealed another familiar voice, "I just wish they'd get on with it and start popping them out already"
"Mum? Amanda?" Zoe questioned, popping her head round the side of a booth to see her two motherly figures in a deep conversation about what she could only presume was the subject of herself and her runaway boyfriend.
"Oh Zoe!" Tracey yelped like a kid who'd been caught stealing sweets from a cupboard after bedtime.
"We were just-" Amanda started to attempt to help her out.
"It's fine, really, I quite like conversations like that myself, but right now I was just wondering if either of you had seen Alfie anywhere?" Zoe cut in.
"Oh yes we have, just follow your nose Hun" Amanda said with an excited grin on her face.
"Oh and hurry dear, there's only five minutes to midnight and our grand babies aren't going to make themselves!" Tracey half-teased.
"Mum!" Zoe's embarrassment and matching red face was enough to make her immediately remove herself from the laughing pair and work out Amanda's little riddle alone. Follow your nose, what's that supposed to mean?
Just as Zoe was starting to panic she'd be spending midnight all alone her nose picked up an unmistakeable scent from the floor beneath her feet. Rose petals. Sure enough, Zoe looked down to find dozens upon dozens of red rose petals spiralling under her feet and leading a pathway out onto the balcony. So that's what it meant!
Sure enough, Zoe 'followed her nose' all the way to the end of the pathway in a corner if the balcony surrounded by stunning plants and flowers, a place where no one else could see. She stood there for a second or two on the very spot where the petal pathway ended before she heard his unmistakably sexy voice from behind her.
"Hey beautiful. I was starting to think you wasn't going to show up." Alfie walked the few steps to close the gap between himself and his stunning girlfriend, his eyes taking in all of her beauty, his arms looping themselves around her waist and pulling her dainty body against his newly strong one.
"I couldn't find you! I thought I'd be spending midnight all alone." Zoe pouted and wrapped her arms around Alfie's neck, resting one hand lightly on his upper chest. "But this is just amazing, it's beautiful. You're so good at sneaky little perfect surprises, you are" she said in a teasing tone, but they both knew she was serious. He was amazing in her book in so many ways.
"You're welcome" he smiled at her indirect but sincere thank you and kissed her forehead gently.
"Ten!"
"Nine!"
"Eight!"
The chants began from inside the building.
"This year, with you by my side, has definitely been my best year yet. Here's to many more surprises, twists, turns, bumps, love, passion and happiness!" Alfie declared to Zoe's grinning face as the countdown continued.
"THREE"
"TWO"
"ONE"
"HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
Their lips met and moved against one another in a toe curling rhythm they had perfected long ago.
Alfie's hands ran up an down Zoe's sides, something he knew she enjoyed, and whilst one of Zoe's hands remained protectively on Alfie's broad chest, her other hand invaded his hair and massaged his head gently. Zoe's feet were lifted off the ground slightly in the passion of it all, something Alfie couldn't help but do because of his undying love for her. Love that would continue to grow each day in both 2016 and the rest of forever, as long as they were together.
Once tongues had reunited, breaths had been stolen and lips had finally been pulled apart, the couple stared lovingly into one another's eyes and managed a few rounds of "I love you - I love you more" before fireworks lit up the sky with a euphoric sense and their friends, family and YouTube family spilled out onto the balcony to join them in their celebration.
A/N
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I can't believe it's 2016 already! Thank you so much for all of the support you've all given me in 2015, I can't wait to start my 2016 Zalfie Fanfics off!
I hope each an every one of you have an amazing time seeing in 2016, and I hope the new year brings you laughter, luck, happiness, joy and love.
Thank you again, love you all - K x
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Zalfie Oneshots
FanficA bunch of random oneshots about the adorable couple that is Zoe Sugg & Alfie Deyes.