{"sf1_id":965458,"sf2_id":"GnDlwAPn","title":"Z - Court Chapter 2: \"A New Home\"","author":"Silver Teh Coyote","words":830,"posted_at":"2016-02-15T18:56:00.000Z","tags":["Bed","Cocker Spaniel","Comedy","Court","Dog","Friendship","Husky","Wolf","slice of life"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/965458-z-court-chapter-2-a-new-home","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/GnDlwAPn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/22/2c/222c83c3-c008-4895-8f55-dc9d446764f7","description":"#2 of Z - Court\n\nPilar is officially moved in to house #12, but a few messages on her phone may prove to rush things a bit...","content":"\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;My things were all in the house. \u0026nbsp;Tomorrow will be the day that I go shopping for paint, carpet, furniture, and all that good stuff. \u0026nbsp;There were so many endless possibilities of what I could do with this house! \u0026nbsp;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. \u0026nbsp;Then I thought for a bit of what I should do.\n\nThe 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. \u0026nbsp;Plus I didn't have to go out and buy one. \u0026nbsp;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. \u0026nbsp;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. \u0026nbsp;I had put the first sheet over the mattress successfully after the first two attempts resulted in a single corner uncovered. \u0026nbsp;The hardest part was over. \u0026nbsp;Putting the pillowcases on the pillows and the second sheet and covers on was much easier. \u0026nbsp;I looked at the finished bed and saw blue covers and purple pillows, the same colors I had when I was young. \u0026nbsp;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. \u0026nbsp;I felt my phone vibrate in my jean pocket. \u0026nbsp;I grabbed it to see a text message from my mother:\n\nMOM: \u0026nbsp;Did you make it there okay?\n\nWhat was I going to say? \u0026nbsp;I couldn't say just \"yes\". \u0026nbsp;I wanted to tell her how much I had missed her and dad. \u0026nbsp;I wanted to talk about her cooking and dad's stories and how they pushed me through my education. \u0026nbsp;I wanted to tell them that they were the greatest parents ever and that I was so grateful to be theirs. \u0026nbsp;But I didn't want them to see that I was upset. \u0026nbsp;They would probably worry that I was merely existing instead of living. \u0026nbsp;But I had to think of something fast. \u0026nbsp;Holding back tears, I wrote:\n\nPILAR: \u0026nbsp;Yeah, it took a while but I'm finally here! \u0026nbsp;Just made the bed and I will talk to you later about everything. \u0026nbsp;Love you both!!\n\nI sighed. \u0026nbsp;Although I knew I would see them again, I started wondering if I ever would. \u0026nbsp;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? \u0026nbsp;Then I kept telling myself to stop thinking this way before I become insane. \u0026nbsp;Suddenly, I remembered about the app Andy had told me about and downloaded it on my phone. \u0026nbsp;The app automatically opened. \u0026nbsp;After I had entered all my information and set up my profile, \u0026nbsp;I searched for Z- Court and joined the group, which automatically let me in. \u0026nbsp;I read what had been recently posted on there:\n\nAndy Quill - So the new girl just moved into house #12\n\nGerald Mires - Cool\n\nCassie Nicchi - Wait, what? \u0026nbsp;That was TODAY?\n\nAndy Quill - Yup\n\nCassie Nicchi - How do you know this?\n\nAndy Quill - She got her address mixed up with mine\n\nCassie Nicchi - Did you help her out?\n\nAndy Quill - Yea\n\nCassie Nicchi - Well that's good but I wish I had known this earlier! \u0026nbsp;Ugh!\n\nAndy Quill - why\n\nCassie Nicchi - Message me please.\n\nThree notes scaling upward with a very quick tempo sounded on my phone, and a window popped up with another message:\n\nCassie Nicchi - Hi, Pilar! \u0026nbsp;We at Z - Court want to welcome you, so please come to my house (#4) at 5 pm tonight for a gathering! \u0026nbsp;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). \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Don't worry--it will be very casual and you don't have to bring anything. \u0026nbsp;Just be yourself! \u0026nbsp;We can't wait to hear all about you! :3 \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\nAll of this loosened the grip of my fingers and thumb on my phone. \u0026nbsp;It fell from my paw and onto the floor. \u0026nbsp;I kneeled over, picked it up, and brushed the dust off of it. \u0026nbsp;Once again I was tied up with how I was going to respond. \u0026nbsp;In a flourish, I messaged her back:\n\nPilar Spanner - Hi, Cassie! \u0026nbsp;It was very kind of you to invite me over, so thank you very much! \u0026nbsp;I will be there at five :3\n\nIt looked like I wasn't going to have as much time to get things done as I had thought.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Z - Court","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/961385-z-court-chapter-1-welcome-to-springtime-hills.json"}}