Z - Court Chapter 2: "A New Home"
#2 of Z - Court
Pilar is officially moved in to house #12, but a few messages on her phone may prove to rush things a bit...
My things were all in the house. Tomorrow will be the day that I go shopping for paint, carpet, furniture, and all that good stuff. There were so many endless possibilities of what I could do with this house! It made me feel a bit overwhelmed, but a spark of excitement was in my stomach like a firefly trying to find his way out of a jar. Then I thought for a bit of what I should do.
The house at least had a queen sized bed in the basement, which was convenient because that was the same size I had back at my parent's house. Plus I didn't have to go out and buy one. My first motive was to take my sheets, pillowcases and covers up to my bedroom and make the bed, so I found the box titled "bed" and carried it down the stairs. Making a bed was not my specialty, but if I was going to get a good night's sleep in about eight hours I needed to do it. I had put the first sheet over the mattress successfully after the first two attempts resulted in a single corner uncovered. The hardest part was over. Putting the pillowcases on the pillows and the second sheet and covers on was much easier. I looked at the finished bed and saw blue covers and purple pillows, the same colors I had when I was young. It was almost as if it was inviting me to just fall back onto it and embrace its comfiness, but I had to refuse its offer. I felt my phone vibrate in my jean pocket. I grabbed it to see a text message from my mother:
MOM: Did you make it there okay?
What was I going to say? I couldn't say just "yes". I wanted to tell her how much I had missed her and dad. I wanted to talk about her cooking and dad's stories and how they pushed me through my education. I wanted to tell them that they were the greatest parents ever and that I was so grateful to be theirs. But I didn't want them to see that I was upset. They would probably worry that I was merely existing instead of living. But I had to think of something fast. Holding back tears, I wrote:
PILAR: Yeah, it took a while but I'm finally here! Just made the bed and I will talk to you later about everything. Love you both!!
I sighed. Although I knew I would see them again, I started wondering if I ever would. What if mom or dad had choked on a piece of steak and went into a coma or slipped in the shower and cracked their head open? Then I kept telling myself to stop thinking this way before I become insane. Suddenly, I remembered about the app Andy had told me about and downloaded it on my phone. The app automatically opened. After I had entered all my information and set up my profile, I searched for Z- Court and joined the group, which automatically let me in. I read what had been recently posted on there:
Andy Quill - So the new girl just moved into house #12
Gerald Mires - Cool
Cassie Nicchi - Wait, what? That was TODAY?
Andy Quill - Yup
Cassie Nicchi - How do you know this?
Andy Quill - She got her address mixed up with mine
Cassie Nicchi - Did you help her out?
Andy Quill - Yea
Cassie Nicchi - Well that's good but I wish I had known this earlier! Ugh!
Andy Quill - why
Cassie Nicchi - Message me please.
Three notes scaling upward with a very quick tempo sounded on my phone, and a window popped up with another message:
Cassie Nicchi - Hi, Pilar! We at Z - Court want to welcome you, so please come to my house (#4) at 5 pm tonight for a gathering! Everyone from Z - Court will be there, and including you there will be twelve of us--five guys, seven gals (and I see you have already met Andy). Don't worry--it will be very casual and you don't have to bring anything. Just be yourself! We can't wait to hear all about you! :3
All of this loosened the grip of my fingers and thumb on my phone. It fell from my paw and onto the floor. I kneeled over, picked it up, and brushed the dust off of it. Once again I was tied up with how I was going to respond. In a flourish, I messaged her back:
Pilar Spanner - Hi, Cassie! It was very kind of you to invite me over, so thank you very much! I will be there at five :3
It looked like I wasn't going to have as much time to get things done as I had thought.