Gone | Where is Zoë Sugg?

01

9am Friday 21st of April 2017.

Zoe's POV.

I sat up slowly in the bed with a yawn, rubbing my blue eyes. Alfie must have already been up, as he wasn't in the bed and the door was slightly ajar. The past few days, Alfie had been spending even more time at his new office... When he was at home, he was constantly snapping at me and generally not being the same as usual...

I swung my legs out of the crisp white bedsheets and made my way to the shower. As I undressed, I began to think of what video to film and upload for Sunday. Probably a Q&A I thought to myself. It'll be easy enough.

As the heat of the shower hit my back, I sighed. I'll have to vlog today. I hadn't vlogged in ages and I had to be careful. If I didn't, people would start saying that I was pregnant or something silly like that.

After my shower, I got dressed into my ASOS dungarees with a cute pink sweater underneath. I then blowdried my ombré hair and pulled it up into a messy bun. After doing my makeup, still without a sighting of Alfie, I grabbed my camera from the bedside table and faced it towards me.

'Hello everybody! I hope you're all having a good Friday- well... Saturday by the time I've uploaded this!'

I turned the camera towards the window, showing the sunny sky, forgetting to block out the street. Oh well. I'll blur it out when I'm editing.

'It's such a sunny day today! I think Mark is coming round later. ' I smiled.

'Right, well I better make this bed!' I said, showing my viewers the messy bed. 'Be right back!'

I switched off the camera and made the bed neatly.

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Alfie's POV
I've found myself getting very easily annoyed with Zoe recently. I've been coming to the office to 'work' a lot. Honestly, I just can't think of how to tell her I don't love her anymore... We have a house and a dog together! Plus, if I broke up with her, people would take her side and unsubscribe from me. I've secretly always looked at our relationship from a business point of view. Who wouldn't?! I have to find a smart way to go about this...

5pm the same day: Zoe's POV
I was beginning to wonder where Alfie was. I hadn't heard from him all day. I tapped on his contact in my rose-gold iphone and waited for him to pick up.

'Hello?' he answered.

'Hey Alf. I was wondering where you are. You've been gone all day.'

'Oh, um, I'm just at the office. I'm working on The Pointless Book 3'

I could hear muffled voices in the background. I bit my lip. Who was with him?...

'Who is that?' I asked.

'Oh nobody, I'm just watching YouTube  videos while I work' he told me.

I wasn't stupid. He was lying.

'Alright then. When will you be home? I think Mark is on his way here'

'Oh great. Maybe in an hour. I'll bring food'

'What do you mean 'Oh great'? What did Mark ever do to you?' I said angrily.

'Woah calm down. I'm just a little stressed, that's all. I'll be home with pizza in around an hour, okay little one?'

'Okay...See you soon' I sighed, hanging up.

Was it me overreacting or was he acting strange? He's been constantly picking fights recently... At least I can talk to Mark...

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6pm. Marks POV
I arrived at Zoe and Alfie's house and was about to knock on the door. I hadn't seen Zoe in ages and we had so much to talk about! Before I could knock, Alfie came up the driveway with a big box of pizza in his arms.

'Hey Alfie!' I grinned.

'Hi Mate. You're just in time for pizza!'

I entered the house and Alfie closed the door behind us. We went into the living room where I saw Zoe sitting on the couch. She looked tired and a little bit weak, dark circles emerging from under the layer of foundation, her chin resting on her knees. She saw us at the door and stood up quickly, plastering a smile on her face. 'Hello boys!' She gave Alfie a quick hug and then looked at me. She wrapped her tiny arms around me and burried her head in my chest. I could've sworn I saw a tear in her ocean blue eyes for a second... Until Alfie shot her a reproachful look and she pulled away, looking at the ground.

Something is wrong here...Something is really wrong... Alfie hasn't been abusing her, has he? No way. He would never! Right?...

We all sat together and ate the pizza. Chatting and laughing like normal, only Zoe wouldn't make eye contact with Alfie. They wouldn't even sit beside each other. I really needed to talk to Zoe alone...

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Zoe's POV

A couple of hours later, we all decided to go to bed as it was getting late. I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to look at Alfie, let alone sleep in the same bed as him! I felt like something was up...like he was cheating on me.

When I hugged Mark, Alfie gave me such a piercing look...almost like a threat. But what had I done?! I didn't understand, but judging by that look, I knew I shouldn't make him even more angry. I felt too scared to go and talk to Mark with Alfie knowing... Just before we got into bed, I shot Mark a quick text.

'Meet me at the front door at 3am. I know, sorry it's so late but i really need to talk to you Mark! Don't text back or Alfie will hear. I need you!!!'

Alfie was a deep sleeper. If we both snook out while he was asleep he'd never know. I really needed to get some things off my chest.

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A/N: So here's the first chapter! I tried so hard to make it long! I reallyyyyy hoped you enjoyed it x There's LOTS more to come so stay tuned! I'll be trying to update with long chapters regularly. Comment what you think might happen! If you enjoyed this then please give it a vote. I'm trying my best to make this good as I quite like the storyline. I can't wait to write more! xxx