As soon as Riley got to school the next day, her trip to her locker was interrupted by Amanda running up to her. "Hey Riley, guess what I just did?"

"Um... What?" Riley asked, not sure what to guess.

"I got you a date with Jake!" Amanda screamed. "Now we can both have boyfriends!" Amanda had been dating since the end of eighth grade, and had hoped Riley would start soon too.

Suddenly, and the emotions in Riley's head simultaneously went, "Uh-oh." They quickly tried to think of what to do next, and Fear pushed a button.

"Oh, uh, really?" Riley asked, nervously.

"Yeah! It's going to be great!" Amanda was so excited for her friend, not even noticing her lack of excitement.

"Oh, heh, yeah. Well, thanks," Riley tried to smile, but it looked very forced. However, Amanda didn't notice this. She was too busy being proud of her matchmaker skills.

"So, tomorrow after school, you two are going to walk to the movie theater and go see whatever's playing," Amanda explained, "Its going to be so much fun!"

"I'm sure it is," Riley said, worry in her voice.

"Fear! What was that about?" Joy inquired "Riley's supposed to be happy! She's going on her first date!"

"Well she doesn't even like Jake. Fear was doing the right thing," Disgust defended.

"Dates are scary things," Fear answered, "Plus like Disgust said, Riley doesn't actually like this guy."

"I guess we're doing this." Joy said as the final bell rang. Riley went to her locker to put her things away, and then turns to find Jake.

Jake stood near her locker, and smiled when he saw Riley. "Hey," he said, "You ready?"

Riley nervously nodded. As long as Jake didn't try to make this romantic or anything, Riley could handle it. She saw movies with friends all the time. They could be just hanging out. Everything would be ok.

Jake grabbed Riley's hand as they walked to the movie theater. Oh no.

"Guys this is really gross," said Disgust, "Like holding hands? Ew!" She pressed a few buttons and Riley pulled her hand away.

"Um, could we not hold hands, please," Riley said. Jake looked at her confused, but agreed and put his hand back at his side.

"So, anything new in your life, Riley?" Jake asked.

And so, on the way to theater, Riley and Jake had a normal, friendly, conversation. And Riley felt a lot better about this whole date thing.

"So, which movie should we see," Jake asked as they reached the box office.

"Oh, you can choose," Riley answered.

Jake bought the tickets for them, and they walked inside the theater. There, they bought a large popcorn to share, as well as a drink for each of them. Riley followed Jake into the theater their movie was playing in. Riley smiled, and the two of them found seats.

Riley and Jake made a few jokes as they waited for the movie to start. Then, after a few minutes, the trailers ended and the movie logos started appearing. Riley grabbed a handful of popcorn, and planned to give all of her attention to the movie for the next hour or so.

Of course, her plan didn't go as well as she'd hoped. Three minutes into the movie, and Jake had his arm around her. Disgust wanted Riley to squirm and get him off. But she also didn't want him to think she didn't like him at all.

"What do we do?" The emotions asked each other. Disgust was ready to signal the squirming, but Joy put her hand on Disgust's shoulder, making her stop and turn around.

"What is is Joy?" Disgust asked.

"Well," Answered Joy, "I think maybe Riley needs this. Maybe this is how you get crushes. And it's not like it's going to kill her."