She set her suitcases on the ground for a second, to quickly tuck a loose strand of hair behind her ear.
"Well, I guess I'm here," she sighed, picking up her cases once more. "LazyTown." She looked around her, taking in her new surroundings.
"Look out!" she suddenly heard, but before she had a chance to see who was shouting, she was knocked almost off her feet by a short, and slightly chubby, boy apparently chasing after something, or someone.
"Watch where you're going!" the girl raised her voice ever so slightly.
"Oh, I'm sorry," he hung his head, but quickly changed the topic. "But who are you?"
"I'm Lola. I'm one of Stephanie's friends. I'm new here," she replied politely. "And you are …? …"
"Ziggy," he finished for her, returning the smile.
"Okay. Who else is there in LazyTown?"
"Well, there's Pixel. He loves computers. Then there's Stingy, and he just likes...things. And Trixie's just cheeky," Ziggy's head went down again, but quickly shot back up as he continued. "And there's Sportacus! Sportacus is the hero and he saves everybody!" he started making whooshing sound effects as he tried to demonstrate what Sportacus was like. Lola giggled slightly.
"Sounds … interesting," she grinned. "Erm, could you show me where –" she consulted a small scrap of paper in her hand, "- Miss Busybody's house is, please? My parents have arranged for me to stay there with her. Is she nice?"
"Well, she's okay. Mind, she's not too great with names," Ziggy lead the way to Bessie's house, with Lola close behind him. "It's just over here." He gestured to a red house. Bessie could be seen sunbathing out in the garden, with a glass in one hand.
"Thank you, Ziggy," Lola smiled, quietly stepping over towards the fence. "Hi, Miss Busybody." She said shyly, not really knowing what to expect. She hoped that she would enjoy staying with Bessie, but she had never met her before.
"Oh, hello, erm … er …" she trailed off. Ziggy was right about the names.
"Lola," she smiled patiently.
"Ah, yes, Lola! Well, it's lovely to meet you. I can't say I've ever seen you here in LazyTown before. Are you new, or on a holiday here?"
"I'm new … Am I not supposed to be staying with you then?" Lola was feeling so confused. It was as if she had been completely forgotten about. Suddenly, Bessie's face lit up as she seemed to remember.
"Oh, yes. I'm sorry, I just haven't got round to clearing out the guest room yet. Well, I should say that Milford hasn't got round to it yet. I'm afraid I don't have any room at all." Lola tried her level best not to show her annoyance. She spun around on her heel and walked away at a quick pace. She decided to sit on a nearby wall to think about what she was going to do. She had nowhere to stay, and she couldn't go and ask anybody because the only person in LazyTown that she knew was Stephanie. She didn't know where anybody else lived though. She sighed, realising that she couldn't do anything.
"Lola?" she heard from beneath her, on the ground. Looking down, the first thing she saw was a blur of pink.
"Stephanie!" she jumped down to give her friend a hug. "I haven't seen you for ages! Well, not since you moved here."
"I know. I heard that you were moving, too, but I didn't think it would be true," she returned the hug before asking where she was going to be staying. Lola just shrugged, smoothing her long, dark hair. "Why don't you come stay with us? It'll be great. Like when we used to have sleepovers before. Except it will be one huge sleepover!" Stephanie's eyes lit up as she thought of the idea. Lola hung back slightly, rather hesitant.
"Will your uncle be alright with this?" she asked uneasily. Her best friend nodded, taking one of the suitcases, and almost running to her uncle's house. She was sure that this was going to be perfect.