Trapped

Little One

Zoe's POV

I scanned the room looking for my best friend Louise. Unfortunately the room was crowded with unfamiliar faces that made me feel unwanted. Louise left me alone at a table to go to the bathroom, but she didn't come back after an hour, and I was getting nervous just sitting there. I was in no state of mind to be left alone right now. I scurried through the crowd of chitter chatters and found Louise talking to a woman with dark hair and blue eyes, probably a friend. "Louise! There you are! I've been waiting for you to come back for an hour! You can't just leave me like that!"

"I'm sorry Chummy! I completely forgot! I ran into an old friend and we just started talking, I'm so sorry."

I pouted and took a seat next to Louise. "I don't know anybody here."

"Then make friends. Everybody here seems friendly, and you're pretty and small, it shouldn't be hard to make a friend." She smiled and chuckled as she wrapped an arm around me. "You'll be fine sweetie." Louise continued her conversation with the woman as I awkwardly sat there, partially listening to their conversation about child care.

Five minutes was all it took for me to get bored and leave. I wandered aimlessly amongst the sweaty group of dancers in the main room. I squeezed through each and every single one of them before I could get to the other side of the building. I entered another room with less people inside. They all stopped talking as soon as I entered and looked at me as if I had something in my teeth. "Hi. Hello." I mumbled quietly as my fingers motioned a hello.

Everyone stared with blank expressions and then one of the guys stood up from the sofa that was in the middle of the room and walked over to me. He had blonde hair and rosy cheeks and he was way taller than me. His overall appearance was intimidating, but his face and tone said otherwise. "Hey there tiny, are you ok? You seem lost?" He smiled at me, showing off his perfect smile.

I didn't know what to say; I didn't want to come off as a loser with no friends...except that's exactly what it was...I have no friends here, with the exception of Louise who had just ditched me. I remained silent and wide eyed as the man in front of me just chuckled. “Come on now, I don’t bite. What’s your name?”

“Zoella Sugg.”

“Wait, Sugg? Are you related to Joe Sugg?”

Of course he knew my brother; who didn’t. I scanned around the room quickly. Some faces looked familiar, probably because I had previously seen them briefly whenever Joe had friends over. Normally, I would stay in my room or be out with some friends when that happens. I’ve only met some of his friends personally. “Yeah I’m his older sister. Actually, I think we had dinner once, well not like you and me, but like with you and Joe. We didn’t talk much; you and Joe were talking about video games while I just sat there. I mean, it was ok, I was texting on my phone anyways, so I wasn’t technically alone. And I didn’t even know you so I couldn’t dare barge in on your conversation. And-”

“Woah there,” he grabbed onto my shoulders, “relax Zoe,”

“It’s Zoella-”

“What you need is a little food for comfort. Here, come sit with us.” Before I knew it, the tall blond grabbed my wrist and led me to a table full of people my age. “Here sit down!”

He pulled out a chair and settled me in, then sat down next to me. He introduced me to his friends who greeted me as if I had known them for a long time and we were best friends. There was another blond boy who was very pale; his name was Caspar and he was from South Africa, but he lived here in the UK. There was a set of twins named Jack and Finn. They were too much alike physically, but Jack was more outspoken than Finn. I was also introduced to a man, maybe I should say giant. He was super tall compared to me, but he was the nicest of them all. His name was Jim, another familiar face from my brother’s friends.“And I’m Marcus, Marcus Butler.” He flashed me a smile, along with everyone else around the table, and I instantly felt better.