A white coat blew in the wind along with wild blonde hair. His arms wrapped around me in a tight hug. I pulled myself closer to his chest. He buried his face in my dirty blonde hair. His lips parted and words came out, "Its been to long, Alica, its been to long"

"Alica! ALICA!!" Sara shouted as my head snapped back.

"Hey, quit with the lovey dovey flashbacks already. We're going to Runo's with Gaby" said Sara.

"Ok, what does that have to do with...omigod, who's driving and who's phone is that?" I asked in shock.

"Gaby for both," she responded as she sent another text and started a new one, all on Gaby's phone.

That's when Gaby came down the stairs, "Hey, have you guys seen my..."

"Right here," said Sara, continuing to text with one hand while she waved the other hand in the air.

"Of course," said Gaby as she grabbed the car keys and headed out the door.

"Hey, can I drive?" asked Sara.

"NO!" both me and Gaby exclaimed at the same time.

"Give me three good reasons."

"You speed, crash any car you see, and you don't even have a license," said Gaby as she started the engine.

"I said good reasons, and I had a license"

"Ya, until you crashed into a pudding shop," I added.

"That was a fun crash," she said before remsuning texting.

None of us talked before we reached Runo's cafe. The blue haired girl was working behind the counter and greated us with a friendly smile. Dan, Julie, and Marucho were seated at their usual tabled near the door.

"Hey! What's up!?" squealed Julie, her silver ponytail bouncing.

"Nothing," I said as the three us took seats.

"Nice to see you guys again," said Dan.

"Same here," replied Gaby.

She nugged Sara in the ribs, "Manners," she mumbeled.

"Shhh, texting 500 words a minute. I'm trying to break my record."

"Good thing you got unlimited texting," I said as we watched Sara's thumbs fly.

Runo came over with drinks and stood at the front of the table, "I've got news for everyone."

"Good news first," said Sara, still not looking up from Gaby's phone.

"Ok then, good news. Joe and Alice are coming to stay with us for a while!" Runo said happily.

"Yay! That means all six of us can go shopping. You seriously need to wear something other than black, red, or gray." Julie noted as she looked me up and down. My old jeans, tottally destroyed Uggs, black-and-purple Abbey Dawn tee, and gray denim Abbey Dawn jacket. She then looked at Gaby, who wore nice Uggs, yellow jeans with an orange sweatshirt tied around the waist and a light green spagehtii strap shirt. Her gold/orange hair was shoulder length and wavy. Sara had her wild blonde hair down, along with me. She dressed similar to me, onbly she had black jeans and biker boots. A navy shirt and biker jacket (she does have a motorcycle, and that's why we NEVER let her drive a car. Normal speed: 150 mph)

"Bad news is, Alice is sick. She has a bunch of dissy spells all of the sudden. Also, there's three girls roaming around stealing other people's Bakugan," Runo continued.

I glanced over at Sara and Gaby, both trying to look as innocent as possible. Well, Gaby was trying. Sara was too busy.

"And one more thing," Runo said, worry all over her face.

"What?" all of us asked at the same time.

"Masquerade is back."