Wow . I'm so sorry for the late update. I've just been so busy that I literally didn't even have time to write. Well here's Chapter 7 and hope you guys enjoy it.
The sun shone through the window getting in Duncan's eyes. Bothered, the delinquent woke up, grumbling as he went to open the blinds.
"It's morning already?" Duncan mumbled, groggily. "Guess all that moving things around really wore me out." As he said this, he looked around his surroundings. Even though it's been his second day sleeping here, Duncan still can't believe how calm and peaceful the atmosphere is compared to how he used to live.
"Definitely a lot better than being on the lookout with RVB." The delinquent yawned as he made he left his room to head on down to the kitchen, where he saw Zoey already cooking breakfast. Zoey noticed Duncan coming and turned to him with a smile on her face.
"Good morning!" Zoey beamed cheerfully. "How'd you sleep? Hopefully you slept well…. unless you didn't!"
"Relax Princess Redhead." Duncan chuckled, amused at Zoey's demeanor. "I slept like a rock. We did so much moving around that I practically collapsed on my bed once I got back to my room."
"Yeah same here." Zoey giggled before stopping what she was doing for a second to glance at the redesigned living room. "But on the upside, the place looks a lot more lively than before. With you staying here, I couldn't just keep things the same. I needed to get rid of some things I didn't need anymore."
"Getting rid of things you don't want anymore, huh?" Duncan thought as he recalled what he found last night in one of Zoey's boxes. He hasn't decided on when he should confront her about it and why she still has it but for the sake of a drama-less household, it's best he not bring it up so soon. If this were Total Drama, something like that would have been a gold mine for people like Chris to exploit.
"Breakfast's almost ready so if you want, you could wait at the table or something." Zoey informed the boy as she got some plates out and placed them on the counter.
"Uh… do you need some help with that?" Duncan subconsciously asked out loud. "Stupid! Why did I ask to help?! That's not what bad guys do!"
Zoey turned to him, a face mixed with shock and joy. "Really? You really want to help out? I-I don't want burden you since you are a guest here at the moment."
"No! Say no! Say you don't wanna help, you fucking wimp!" Duncan looked back at Zoey, not wanting to disappoint her for some reason. "Yeah it's no big deal." Duncan shrugged, trying to play it cool although his face betrayed his intention.
Zoey noticed this but simply smiled even wider. "Thanks Duncan. I really appreciate how thoughtful you're being." Her words for some reason had Duncan squirming in the inside. Like his body was heating up from something within. He's not entirely sure he likes this feeling. It makes him feel like a….softie.
"Yeah yeah so what do you want me to do?" Duncan asked.
"Well you can clear out the table for me and then put the plates on top of it." Zoey explained as she took the eggs out of the frying pan before she placed some pancakes and bacon on the plates. As she was doing this, Duncan was doing as she instructed by clearing out the table, silently. Once done, he went over to place the plates on the table with Zoey following him behind. Once the food was set, they ate their breakfast in silence.
"Man. Amazing as usual, Red." Duncan chuckled as he rubbed his belly. "You'd make a good wife to some lucky bastard out there."
Zoey laughed over the delinquent's comment. "No no. I don't think I'm that special… but thanks for the compliment though."
"No problem." Duncan smirked. "So what do you have planned today?"
"Well… my hamster Miss Puffycheeks hasn't been feeling well." Zoey answered, sadly. "I tried feeding her, but she only eats like bits of it and then goes back to sleep. She's not as active as she usually is."
"Hmm…" Duncan mused before speaking up. "So I'm assuming you're taking her to some animal clinic or whatever, right?"
"Yeah." Zoey nodded. "At this point, I would need to before the problem becomes worse…. would you like to come with me?"
"Ehh. Not a big fan of doctors." Duncan shrugged. "Always feels like they're out to get me like the cops."
"Suit yourself." Zoey giggled before getting out her phone. "I'll look on my map and see if I can find any clinics around."
Duncan nodded as Zoey looked up some nearby clinics and made some calls. He had some time to take in Zoey's features. She's certainly turned into quite the beautiful lady and her red hair that is no longer in pigtails, goes past her shoulders now. It only helps to describe how pretty Zoey's gotten over the two years.
"Mike sure was one lucky son of a bitch. If the twerp couldn't barely breathe around her back then, he'd probably jizz his pants and die when he sees the new Zoey." Duncan pondered over in his head before chuckling out loud at the thought.
Zoey heard his laughter and looked over at him. "What's so funny?"
"Oh nothing." Duncan lied. "Just thinking about something I saw on TV." He could tell Zoey wasn't really buying it but she dropped it to return to her activity. "Old classic TV excuse works again." Duncan looked over at Zoey who was continuing to look through clinics. "So uh what's wrong? Not getting anybody?"
"Sadly no." Zoey sighed with frustration in her voice. "I can't believe it's a holiday for most of them. Of all the times, why now?"
"Fucking doctors. Always looking for an excuse to lay at home and get fat." Duncan spat out as he twirled his switchblade in hand. "There's gotta be one clinic that's open."
"I'm hoping so…" Zoey trailed off as she continued searching. She hasn't gotten a lot of leads so she decided to expand her search to other neighboring cities in Canada. As with the ones in her town, most of them were closed for their holiday. As she began to lose hope, she saw one that caught her eye…and it was opened!
"Duncan! I got a lead." Zoey screamed, happily. "Apparently there's one in a part of Toronto! It's not that far off so I could get there in less than a hour!"
"Wow. Good for you, sunshine." Duncan deadpanned. "As for this guy, he's heading to catch some more Z's. Catch you later." With that, Duncan went back to his room with Zoey not really noticing over her joy of finding the one clinic to help her hamster.
Topher was dialing up Ella to see what she had planned for this weekend. Ever since the lunch date, he's been wanting to spend more time with her and getting to learn about her more. Usually, Topher never really cares for people unless they help him with his rise to fame but with Ella, she's different. She's got this positive vibe that just gets people wanting to be her friend or just be around her. Topher got a taste of that feeling and it felt great especially to how he was living before.
"Hello? Ella answered.
"Hey Ella, it's Topher. I wanted to see what you've been up to." The boy explained.
"Oh Topher! It's wonderful to hear from you again! Well I've been helping my aunt and grandma around the house. Just doing this and that along with taking care of some errands. What of yourself?"
"Same. Just been running some errands of my own." Topher chuckled.
"I see." Ella giggled. "How is Chef 2.0.? I hope you're treating that adorable creature with love."
"Oh don't worry I am. Topher said. "Now that we got that out of the way, what do you have planned for this weekend?"
"This weekend? Hmm. Well I have to attend a coworker's son's birthday party and I have other things I must take care of. So in short, it would seem I am busy unfortunately."
"Oh… I see." Topher mumbled, disappointed at the news since he was hoping Ella was free to hang out this weekend.
As if she could hear and see Topher's disappointment, Ella quickly responded. "But. I am free for next weekend. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. If you want, we could do something on one of those days."
"Next weekend huh? Well maybe we could watch a movie or something." Topher said.
"A movie sounds wonderful! Maybe a movie with lots of singing and some romance. Or maybe both!"
"Uhh we'll see what we can do." Topher chuckled, nervously at Ella's choice for movies. "So what are you doing now?"
"I'm getting ready to head to work. We're one of the few clinics in Canada that isn't taking off for the holiday since our boss believes it could be good for business."
"Wow. Sounds cool." Topher responded. "If that's the case, then I'd better let you go. I'll talk to you when you get off or something."
"That would be great. Until then, farewell Topher!" With that, she hung up leaving Topher to his thoughts once again. While he might not be able to hang out with Ella this weekend, they made plans for next weekend. And for a movie no less. He doesn't know why he feels so giddy over a movie date. But again, this is Ella and her magical powers usually has an effect on everyone to make them act all fuzzy and soft….at least that's what Topher likes to believe.
"Ella… you're one hell of a woman." The boy chuckled heading over to the kitchen.
After driving for little over an hour due to being lost with directions, Zoey finally arrived at the clinic. She went to find parking and then went outside with a little animal cage in hand, which held her hamster. She took a good, long look at the entrance to the place.
"So here we are, Miss Puffycheeks." Zoey smiled. "This place doesn't look so bad. Either way, we're lucky we found a clinic that's opened so let's go." She walked inside the clinic and made her way to the receptionist. As she did so, she was almost run over by a girl, with black hair.
"Hey! Take it easy!" Zoey complained, barely getting out of the way in time.
"Oh my! I'm so sorry!" The young woman said. "I do hope I didn't harm you or your pet."
Zoey saw the sincerity and apologetic look on the woman's face so she decided to drop it as her face softened up. "It's ok. Everyone makes mistakes. Why were you in such a rush?"
"I got stuck in traffic so I lost a great deal of time." The woman sighed. "I'm just hoping I don't get in too much trouble for it."
"I'm sure if you explained the reason, they would cut you a break." Zoey advised.
"You're right. I could only hope they understand." The woman smiled before smiling at Zoey. "But thank you umm?"
"Zoey." The redhead chuckled. "What's your name?"
"I'm Ella." The young woman beamed. "It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Same here!" Zoey smiled. "And Ella's a really nice name."
A/N: I'm going to stop it here for today. Pretty short chapter but meh. Ella and Zoey meet for the first time. What lies in store for them? And what of Duncan and Topher? What of all the other guys who've been in limbo for like two or so chapters? All these will be answered as the story progresses . Hoping to get Chapter 8 done by Monday or so since I'll be busy for the next couple of days so I won't be able to post a chapter daily like before. Maybe I'll get the chapter out a little earlier than Monday and maybe not. We'll see. Hope you liked this chapter. Until next time.