Razzmatazz

Gluttony's cluster arrived at the school parking lot first. He immediately busied himself with the packed meals as Envy tried to fight her impulses to drown herself in mimosa. Greed waited by the car anxiously for the second group to reach. She had been fidgeting and picking on her lemon-hued acrylic nails as golden hour was almost over and more students were pouring into the baseball field.

"Ugh! Where are those guys? Don't tell me they got held up by the traffic stops. I knew this would happen, that diner mission was cursed," she pouted as she wiped the sweat on her forehead.

"Quite yapping, they're probably right around the corner," Gluttony's consolation was barely audible as he just gobbled down a whole soft taco in one bite.

"Ew, don't talk with your mouth open. And wipe that lard off your face. Don't ruin this picture for me."

"He's right though. Stop fussin' or you'll grow a pimple before you had your photograph taken," Envy eyed the two of them.

After a few more grumbling and stone kicking, Pride's car pulled up next to the group of teens and they got out one by one. The baseball batter came out last as he turned the car off and carried his duffel bag. Wrath had covered herself with her red leather jacket and zipped it up halfway to avoid extra eyes on her. Sloth still had his signature scruffy hair and dark under eyes as he fought to stay awake.

"Okay, now that everyone's here we can finally take a group picture!" Greed exclaimed.

"Fine but be quick. I need to report to my team in the locker room. Game's starting in 30 minutes," Pride looked at his watch.

"Um… You're not showing up in my photo looking like that."

"What do you mean? I look like this every year."

"Exactly my point. Duh. I want this year to be special!"

"He's not quitting baseball you know," Envy shifted closer to Sloth.

"Yeah, but this is the last game we'll be able to cheer you on."

"You can come to the game as an alumni you know," Lust combed through his fringe. "This is also my last year in high school."

"Fine I'll get changed real quick," Pride grabbed the clothes Greed had picked out for him.

Greed pulled him by the shoulder and lifted his shirt up, "we have no time for that! Just change here. No one's watching. I promise."

"H-hey!" he pulled down his undershirt to prevent people from witnessing him bare-chested in the school parking lot.

"Shh! You're making a commotion!" she took his jersey.

He sighed, "That was embarrassing."

Whispers and stares overwhelmed the infamous group.

"Did you see his abs just now?" a girl pointed from afar.

"Yeah, I wonder if he has any girlfriend now."

"I heard his brother lives with a chick in that group."

"Oh my God! Is that Lust? He looks so much cuter in person," a group of girl spotted the charming member.

"Wrath's here too! I've never seen her dressed like that. She's kinda hot, dude. Do you think I should try and ask her out?" a band kid whispered.

"Uh, guys. I think we better get that picture and find a seat. People are starting to notice our presence," Wrath hid behind Lust's back.

The Sins made their way into the outdoor stadium and stopped by the field gate. Greed tussled her hair to fluff her curls for the perfect shot as Envy scolded Gluttony to wipe the food stains off his face and fingers. The rest of the group positioned themselves impatiently; hoping to get it over and done with as soon as possible. Greed had forced everyone to behave themselves and pose to accentuate their best qualities.

"Hey. Hey," Greed tried to call a random student passing by. "Jason, right? Can you take a couple of shots of me and my friends.

"Uh…" the kid froze.

"C'mon, help a girl out," she blinked persuasively and held his hand softly.

"O-okay."

"Thank you. So much. I'll even introduce you to one of them if you want," she winked and ran to Gluttony's side.

"1…2…3…"

"Ugh, can't believe I'm missing the briefing to take a picture in this shirt," Pride mumbled.

* Click *

"At least your hair looks good," Wrath replied.

"1…2…3…"

"Well, people kept looking at my chest like I'm a zoo animal."

* Click *

"Same."

"Last picture!"

"Sorry…" Pride looked away; flustered.

* Click *

"Here you go," Jason handed the camera back.

"Thanks, honey. Now who do you want me to introduce you to?" she leaned closer for him to whisper in her ears.

"Owh, you naughty boy. I'll let her know. Da-duh," she blew a kiss.

"Don't tell me you still need to take a picture with your film camera," Gluttony exhaled after sucking his stomach in for the photo.

"No, don't worry. We can take out seats now. Goodluck Pride!"

"Thanks. Gotta rush," he ran to his teammates.

The group took a seat on the bench closest to Pride's base to cheer for him. Sloth sat on the outermost seat followed by Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, and Lust. They filled up the row and went on their phones to wait for the game to begin. Greed took out her film camera and started to snap pictures of the members and the arena.

A group of girls a couple of seats behind them had been murmuring among their cliques about Lust. They shamelessly took discreet pictures of him from behind. A bundle of jocks walked pass their seat and were whistling and catcalling Wrath. Her new appearance had seemed to attract many opinions and reactions from both genders.

Lust noticed Wrath's discomfort in her rigid jacket. The weather hadn't gone any cooler than it was during the day and perspiration formed around her face.

"Take your jacket off," he suggested.

"Excuse me? Have you not seen the looks I've been getting? I'm regretting my decision more by the second," she looked down at her ensemble.

"Trust me."

She looked into his eyes for confirmation, "Okay…"