Adopted by Zoella!

12: Zalfie fights

I sit at my computer doing school work in the office. It's been about a week since Louise and Darcy were over and I accidentally called Connor. All of a sudden I can here small sobs and yelling. I leave the office and creep slowly down the hallway to the kitchen. Alife and Zoe are arguing, but it's not a typical 'You were supposed to pay the bills!' or 'Feed the dog!' fight. It's a full out high stakes argument. I run past the large kitchen entrance to the stairs. One of them obviously hears my feet thumping because I hear footsteps coming after me. I slam the door and lock it, sliding down and pulling out my phone.

I curl into a ball while I search my contacts for Connor's number. I am glad that Zoe and Alfie have good YouTube friends, now they are my friends too and that seems surreal but normal at the same time.

I start to cry softly. Connor picks up on the fourth ring. "It's Connor." He says. "Connor, it's Grace."

I say, wiping my eyes. "Grace what's wrong? What's going on over there, are you okay?" He asks. "Zoe and Alfie are fighting. But like, really, fighting." I say, letting out a quick sob. "I kind of suspected." He says. He should, I don't call about fights unless they are important, and it is late at night in L.A.

"Grace." Alfie calls, knocking on the door. "Connor I have to go." I say and hang up, standing up to open the door for Alfie. "Grace I'm sorry." He says, wrapping his arms around me slowly. "Have you apologized to Zoe?" I ask. "No. I am going to do that. I wanted to make sure you were okay first and Zoe was concerned too." I nod and he lets go of me, then he leaves. I watch the door close, then decide I should go back to my school work.

I try to do my work, but I can't concentrate. So I decide to edit my video instead. Zoe comes in. She sits on the couch across the room. "You know Grace." She says  "You can't have a relationship without any fights. But you have to make that relationship worth fighting for.

I nod. 

"What are you editing?" She asks. "Just a beauty video." I say. "You know you should be doing your school work right?" She asks. "Yeah I know. I just can't concentrate." 

"It's okay." She says. "Hey, how about we take Nala on a walk down the beach and get something to eat after. Would you fancy that?" She asks. "Yeah that sounds good." I say. I look down at my pajamas. Sometimes I change into clothes before doing school work, but I got up a little late this morning so I didn't bother. "Okay, I am going to brew some tea to have with us because it's a bit chilly. You can get ready and get Nala's coat." I nod. Winter is fast approaching and it's getting much colder in England.  I jog up the stairs and go into my bathroom to take a shower and get ready. When I am done I get dressed and go into my room. Conveniently Nala is already there so I take her little turquoise doggy coat from where I left it on my dresser. I put it on her and pick her up to take her downstairs.

I go to the kitchen and Zoe hands me a to-go Starbucks mug. I take it and we head to the door to leave.