𝐷𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝐿𝑎𝑛𝑑 ~RoadTrip Oneshots~

Zoe's peace of mind🧠 ~Ot5~

TW: a bit of homophobia
Inspired by the movie 'Inside out'

No one POV
"Outfit?"
"Check"
"School supplies?"
"Check"
"Emergency kit?"
"Check"
"Little knife for assholes?"
"Check- wait what?! No"
"We need to protect ourselves from the bullies. Zoe has to defend herself" Rye defended rolling his eyes.
"I mean...we have an emergency kit in case someone gets hurt" Harper chimed in.
"No one will get hurt cause no one will bring a knife or any weapon in general" Brook said and Rye groaned in disapproval.
"I love you but you're really boring"
"We don't have tears left to cry though" Jack pointed at the rack of memories from last summer that were all a shiny and delicate light blue.
"No one will cry love" Brook smiled as always.
"We will make new memories and this year won't be like the last one" Brook was sure of it.
Last year an asshole started to bully Zoe cause of her sexuality but it got progressively worse every day till the point where she got beaten up.
That's why they moved to another city and Zoe had to change school.
It was a difficult summer for her cause she completely lost herself, she wasn't able to feel anything for the whole break and the control center was panicking.
Each one of the boys had a role, a job to do to make her feel something.

Rye is anger and it's really protective of Zoe.
No one can hurt her or else he will literally kill someone.
Harper is fear, he worries for her, as he's her second father, so he makes sure she doesn't get in trouble.
But Harper is very anxious and this anxiety is reflected in Zoe, she got diagnosed with it last year.
Jack is sadness, the main emotion of Zoe's summer.
They don't decide what emotion Zoe has to feel, it just happens.
It's like a force that pulls them towards the console, that's why sometimes more than one emotion is involved.
Andy is disgust and well he doesn't like anyone except for Zoe and his boyfriends, they are the only exception.
Sometimes his behavior is funny cause he has this typical sassiness that honestly makes your day 10 times better.
Then lastly we have Brook, happiness.
He goes around with a smile on his face 24/7, he can't help it.
He may look like the only positive emotion between them but it's not true.
Every emotion can be both good and bad and all of them are valid and of the same importance, without one of the boys, Zoe wouldn't be Zoe.

"Sometimes your positiveness makes me sick" Andy gagged but Brook kissed his forehead with a smile.
"Ok not to interrupt the happy vibes but I'm starting to feel anxious..." Harper warned but before he could throw himself on the console, Zoe's dad got everybody's attention.
"Zoe! Dinner is ready!"

-the first day of school-
"We need to breathe in and out ok?"
Everyone did as Brook said to help Harper calm down since he was attached to the console since Zoe stepped out of the car.
"We have a plan for all the emergencies also I'll make sure that no assholes will come near us" Rye reassured and it worked, Zoe calmed down even tho Harper was still glued to the console.

Classes weren't that bad and people seemed nice but Zoe kept a low profile, she didn't want any attention on her.
"Perfect, lunchtime!" Brook said excitedly.
"The cafeteria is the most dangerous place in a school" Harper read out loud from a binder called 'school dangers 101'
"I told you guys to bring the knife" Rye rolled his eyes.
"Love, we are gonna be fine" Brook said to Harp.
"And no knife" this time to Rye.
Zoe breathed in then sat down at an empty table, it's just lunch, right?
Everything was ok when a couple of people approached the table.
"Hey sorry, are those seats taken?" A boy with light brown hair styled in a quiff asked.
"Emm no..."
"Why did you do that?!" Harper was about to rip his hair out.
"Harp, baby calm down. Just sit here with me" Jack called from the soft sofa across the room"
Harper gave in and left the other 3 handle the situation.
"My name is Gabe and she's Tiana" the boy smiled.
"Zoe..." she shyly said.
"Your overall is so cute" Tiana said with a warm smile that made Zoe blush.
"Holy shit" Rye couldn't believe it.
"Here we go again...I- no I'm done" Andy looked away.
"Yes! Our girl has a crush!" Brook was over the moon.
But a wave of sadness hit Zoe and Jack slowly got closer.
"Oh no no" Andy expected thousand of tears.
"Hey hey, baby...look at me" Brook cupped Jack's face.
"She seems nice. Let's give her a chance, maybe as friends first" Brook tried to reason cause Zoe couldn't cry, not there in the cafeteria.
Jack slowly nodded and everyone let out a sigh.
"So you're new?" Gabe asked.
"Yeah, it's my first day"
"Oh I'm sorry for you but welcome in this shit hole" Tiana joked, she was funny.
"You can come to the rooftop with us" Gabe suggested and Zoe decided to join them.