Dysphoria /1/

Chapter 6

"We're in," Vanoss shouted and ran up the stairs to change. The rest of the boys, excluding Delirious, followed after Vanoss and got ready for their day out.

Delirious rubbed the back of his neck nervously. In truth, he wanted to spend some time alone with Alice. The two were best friends for about twelve years before Chroma had broken up and he wanted to get that friendship back.

But there was also this new feeling. Well, it wasn't exactly new. Out of no where, this strange feeling made him happy when she hung out with him. He knew that he liked Alice, but had no experience at all with girls since Alice was the only girl his age that he hung out with.

"Sorry, Ally. I really did want to catch up with you today," Jonathan apologized, showing off a nervous smile.

"Its fine, Jum Jum. How about we ditch these losers after getting hot chocolate? Like old times," Alice offered.

When they were younger, the adults of the gang wouldn't let them do much so being the rebellious teenagers they were, they used to sneak out a lot. They either went to the park, the shopping center, or just out for a walk.

Delirious laughed much too insane for just a simple ditch. "Yeah. Once we get to the park, we run."

The blue eyed boy recieved a nod in response.

Wildcat came down the stairs first, followed by the rest of the uninvited members. Alice and Delirious were pushed outside as everyone crowded around the front door to find their shoes.

Since there were nine of them, they had taken two cars. It didn't matter who went with who since they were all going to the same place.

First, the two cars stopped at a local starbucks where everybody grabbed a warm drink since it was a little colder than they had expected it to be. Then it was off to the park. The group remembered to bring a few footballs (A/N:American Footballs) and basketballs.

As soon as Delirious and Alice stepped foot outside the car, they took off running. They could hear shouts behind them and from what it seemed, they were chasing after them.

"I turn left, you turn right. Meet you by the tennis courts," Alice said between breaths. Delirious heard her and went the opposite direction she went. By doing that, they had lost the group. "Didn't spill."

Delirious looked at the panting girl raising up her Starbucks and taking a long sip.

"I can't hear them anymore so they probably went back to the basketball courts," Jonathan said happily. "Since we're alone, want to tell me what happened after I left."

"Well, everyone else just did the same exact thing until I was alone at the docks." Alice said, thinking back to the gang base near the waterside. "With the money my dad left me, I bought a nice house here. But I basically lived in a gang my entire life, so the days were awfully boring."

"You were always complaining that you were bored back in Chroma too," Delirious added.

"I know, but being alone in a house doing nothing was horrible so I did some work."

Delirious laughed again. "Work? You mean hacking into our entire security system, knocking out two of our members, tricking us, and leaving without a trace."

Alice nodded with a bright smile on her face. "That's how I got here, so tell me how you stayed at the top."

"After I left, I was just wandering around trying to find a place to stay. I got mugged by this huge guy, but Vanoss came out of no where and beat him down. I owe a lot to him," Jonathan mumbled the last part. "He had brought me here and I was doing the same thing you are now."