Zendaya's POV

Huh! Where am I? Oh god still in this damn car. I wake up hoping that I slept long enough so that we would be at the house by now but we aren't and that makes me upset. We finally got to Texas but now I think we're lost in Dallas or somewhere, I'm not sure all these little towns look the same to me. We got into Texas around 3 am last night. None of the places we drove through looked safe to stay for three black people so we just kept driving until we found a place to sleep for the night. Now it's like three in the afternoon and we're pretty much lost in a city I'm not even sure we're supposed to be in.

"Trevor try your phone again."

"Okay Dad."

"Oh good Z you're up can you work the GPS? While you were sleeping your father got us lost."

"That shouldn't have happened if he was following the GPS like he should have."

"I was until I had to stopped for gas then I couldn't get back to the highway. Now I have no idea where we are."

"Okay pull over somewhere so we don't end up even more lost while I find out what's going on."

"Okay I'll pull into the next gas station."

We drive until we pull into one of those truck stops with a shower in it and rest for a minute so I can fix the GPS. Normally this wouldn't be such a big deal but we've gone stir crazy being in this car for so long. The only reason I'm not acting insane is because I'm not driving so I didn't have to stay awake this whole time. Everyone else gets out the car and goes in the gas station,leaving me in the car alone. My dad leaves me the keys so if I want to get out the car I can lock the car back. After looking at the GPS over I figure out the problem fairly quickly, the GPS was overheating which is an easy fix so I unplug it, turn it off and put in in a shady part of the car before grabbing the keys and going in the gas station/general store. Once I find my family in the store I tell them what the problem was the the tiny device.

"Hey."

"So what was wrong with the GPS?"

"It was over heating. I told you not to leave it plugged in or on through out the night especially if we aren't using it."

"But we've done that before."

"The car's temperature was also much higher since we essentially just drove through the desert for almost four days straight."

"Okay you're right. We'll let the GPS rest, while we get something to eat."

We go across the street to a nice little diner where I get mac and cheese and collard greens, and then we get back on the road. I try to stay awake this time but all that mac and cheese and sweet tea gave me the itus, so as soon as we get an hour into driving I fall asleep with my headphones in my ears. This time when I wake up my mom is driving through a town and my dad is on the phone. I take out my headphones and listen to the conversation my dad is having and he is talking to his new boss telling him we just got here, so we must finally be in Houston. I look out the window as we drive and take in the surroundings of my new city and I smile because we finally made it. When we got to Texas last night we cheered in sleep deprived delirium, so I know we're all happy to be in Houston to finally get out of this damn car for good.

"Well that was my boss and as soon as we have everything unpacked and we're settled in he wants to meet with me to talk. "

"Well that will most likely be in a few days because we had a lot of boxes in that moving truck."

"Yeah and most of them were Daya's clothes!"

"No they were mostly our shoe collections! All my clothes fit in my suitcases unlike yours. You had to buy all new bags because you didn't have anymore room in your old ones."

"Shut up you two! You both have way too many clothes and we had to put a suitcase of clothes in the moving van for the both of you when we left."

We both quiet down but not without me sucker punching Trevor in the arm. The rest of the ride is spent sightseeing through the windows as we're ridin through Texas. Sorry couldn't resist the Beyonce reference especially in her hometown.

"Hey Dad?"

"Yeah Z?"

"When we get to the house will the moving people already be there?"

"Nope everything should already be in the house. When we were down here finalizing a few things we asked your uncle Lux to meet the movers at the house when they got there because he lives in the same neighborhood. We gave him a key to let the movers in and he said would make copies of the keys, so all our boxes and furniture will be in the house we just have to unpack it all."

"Okay cool"

Mom makes a turn through the city and I see a dance studio with some people dancing and a guy watching over them inside. It's clear he is the choreographer with how closely he's watching over them as they dance. He must still be teaching the dance to them because he is watching them very closely. The light turns green and the studio leaves my view as we drive away. I remember when my main focus was dance, I would be in studios like that all the time just learning all the different styles that I could so I could become cross-trained in as many styles of dance I could. I started dancing in tap dance, because every little kid learns tap first, then when I was 8 I started hip hop classes. I stayed in hip hop classes until I had to learn a traditional style of dance for school so I did Ballroom until now. I can't say I hate ballroom but it is the most challenging style of dance I've ever done, so it feels really good when I get something right. We take a few more turns and come up on a neighborhood full of baby mansions and we pull up to one.

"Well here we are guys. Our new home!"

"Woah! Dad can we afford this?"

"With my new job we can."

"Wow dad this place is nice. Good choice."

"Thank you, thank you."

"Don't take all the credit. This house was my pick in the first place."

"Okay you're right. Well enough of this car what's say we go inside now?"

"Do we need to get our bags out?"

"Nah we can get them later. Come on!"

We all get out the car, I make sure to grab my snack bag, and walk toward the house so we can see our new home. Mom gets to the door and unlocks it and once we step inside we're met with white walls, a couch, and central air for the first time this whole trip.

"I asked Lux to mark off your rooms so go on upstairs and the rooms are exactly the same so no fighting."

"Yeah the rooms are pretty much the same so there shouldn't be any reason to fight at all."

"Are our beds and stuff up there?"

"Beds, dressers, and desks. You also both have separate bathrooms with showers in them."

Once we hear that we race upstairs to our rooms. All the doors have a piece of paper taped to them. I guess that's what they meant by marked off. The second door by the stairs has my name taped on it so I stop and open the door. All the boxes and bags I had in the moving truck and spread out around the room and the bed is sitting in the middle of the room. I see a letter on the bed so I sit down and see what is says.

Hey Z it's your uncle Lux. I wanted to leave this letter for you. I switched your and your brother's room, I did some measurements and found out that your original room was smaller than his so I switched them. Don't tell your parents okay let this stay between us okay, text me when you all get here. Love Uncle Lux. I love my uncle I knew he was my favorite for a reason.

daya: thank you for looking out for me

lap of luxury: i see you found my note

daya: yes i did thank you uncle lux

lap of luxury: youre welcome Z anything for you

"Hey Z!"

"Yeah?"

"Oh I thought you went back downstairs already."

"Nah uncle Lux texted me."

"What did he want?"

"To see if we made it. I guess Mom and Dad weren't answering."

"Oh. Well let's explore the rest of the house because I thought I saw a pool in the backyard from my window."

I put the note in my nightstand drawer and head downstairs to go outside, but our parents call us to the kitchen where they are.

"Hey guys come here?"

"Sup dad?"

"Go out to the car and start to unpack it will you? We'll need the room to go shopping later."

"Does that mean we're unpacking everything tonight?"

"No not everything just our bags and most of the kitchen stuff."

"Okay come on Trev."

I grab the keys from my dad and we go outside to the car. We go to the trunk and I pop it and Trevor catches any of the bags that fall out. He takes those bags inside and I take some of the other bags out of the car so there's less work to do because some of the bags are too heavy for me to carry. As I'm grabbing bags out of the car two girls walk past on the street and stop in front our house.

"Hey you guys moving in or something?"

"Yeah just got in this morning"

"Cool I'm Deja and this is Dominique. We live on this block too."

"Nice to meet y'all I'm Zendaya and that's my twin brother Trevor."

"Nice to meet to both. Listen If you ever need someone to show y'all around I live right next door and Dom is never actually at her own house so you're welcome to stop by anytime."

"Thanks we will as soon as we're unpacked and settled in, I think we'll take you up on that offer."

"Alright see you around."

"See you."

Dom and I exchange numbers and they continue walking down the street. I look back in the car see there's only the cooler left so I dump the water from it and take it inside so we can empty the contents in the fridge.

"Hey Z was that the last thing?"

"Yeah that's it."

"Did you lock the car?"

"Yeah."

"Okay well go start unpacking. We'll call you to get ready for dinner later."

"Okay Mom."

I grab my suitcase from the living room and go upstairs to start unpacking.

AN: The Colemans have finally made it to Houston!!! This damn chapter took forever but here it is chapter 8. Chapter 9 is the party with the girls and Lauren and I'm thinking chapter 10 Dinah will meet Zendaya and this story will really pick up. I don't know let me know what you think in the comments. Until next chapter,

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Peace,

Meags!