*Alright, if you thought the last chapter had a big twist, wait until you see what I have planned ahead, here's the next chapter, you'll be surprised of what happens ;)
Chapter Four: Close Call
The rest of the night was slow and quiet; the dreams that were projected were not too appealing either of the two love-struck emotions. Eventually, Disgust became so bored from viewing the uninteresting visions that she decided to fall asleep, right on Fear's lap. Fear maintained being awake since he was technically the one on dream duty, despite his constant yawning.
Eventually, morning arrived, and Riley awoke to get ready for school. Fear was obviously groggy from staying up all night, and because of this he planned to get a cup of coffee once the other emotions were awake. Just as Riley was getting out of bed, Disgust began to awaken.
"Oh, what a night," she said, still laying her head on Fear's lap. "I just hope that nothing unexpected happens during the dissection today in Science class."
"Yeah," Fear replied softly, "But the real thing I'm worried about is what the emotions will think of our relationship once they discover."
Just then, as if on queue, the door to the sleeping quarters swung open, and a certain, jocular emotion sprinted out at the speed of light.
"Alright, today's going to be a GREAT day people!" Joy shouted, "Riley's going to preform her first dissection, and once school's over, she's off for the upcoming weekend! Wow, this is going to be AMAZING!"
Joy looked down from the railing and noticed the two emotions sitting at the console together, taking in note of Disgust laying her head on Fear's lap.
"Disgust, I didn't know you were up early, I thought Fear was on dream duty tonight, why are you sleeping with him?"
From that question, Disgust was now wide-awake, realizing that Joy had just noticed her sleeping with the nerve.
"Oh no, if Joy finds out that I secretly like Fear, then our relationship will be blown, and she will just keep badgering me about it until I confess," Disgust thought, "I have to hide the fact that I like the nerd."
Just then, Disgust sat up and opened her eyes wide and then pushed Fear away from her space.
"Eww, get away from me you pervert," she scolded at him.
"Hey, what was that-" Fear said before looking into Disgust's eyes, he could tell that Joy had just seen the two of them sleeping together, and that Disgust was sending him the message that they had to revert back to their original relationship with each other prior to Fear's confession the previous night.
"Oh, then why did you come out to the console last night while I was on duty?" he pretended to scold her.
"Duh, umm...because I couldn't sleep you twit." she replied, "I also like watching the dreams you know right?"
Fear just rolled his eyes in disbelief, only to then spot Disgust giving him a slight smile and a wink.
"Well, that explains it," Joy said, "Even I can't sleep on nights I'm not on dream duty, maybe because I'm too excited about what will happen the next day. Anyways, let's get to work people, Riley has a big day ahead."
Joy then sprinted down the stairs to join the two emotions at the console, but after seeing that sight, something suspicious ran in her mind.
"That's strange," Joy thought, "Disgust never wakes up in the middle of the night whenever she isn't on dream duty, she never admitted it before either. But the bigger question is why was she sleeping in Fear's lap? I think something strange might be going on between her and Fear. I might as well try to investigate them further without them knowing so.
"SO, I think for tonight, I'll have you be on dream duty Disgust..." Joy said aloud.
Disgust raised a brow, "Umm...okay?"
The green emotion then turned to Fear, and the two of them just stared at one another in confusion.
"Okay, well let's just wait for Anger and Sadness to arrive and then we'll all be set of the day ahead of us."
"No need to," Anger replied, descending from the staircase at the same time Joy said that. Like Fear, he was groggy as ever. "I heard, this scream last night in my dream, it sounded awfully like you Fear."
Fear just made an awkward smile, "Um yeah, well I think I'm just going to get some coffee before the day starts, I'll be right back."
The purple emotion then dashed to the kitchen of the headquarters.
"Um, yeah, and I just realize, I forgot to put on my makeup, I'll be right back as well, I don't want to look like I got out from the wrong side of the bed."
And like Fear, she dashed back up to the sleeping quarters to put on her makeup. Passing by Sadness along the way and accidently causing the blue emotion to spin around before recovering.
Anger raised his brow, "Okay, that was very unusual. How long have those two been acting like that?"
"I don't know" Joy replied, "I only noticed their behavior when I woke up. But I do agree something's up with the two of them, and because of that, I arranged to have Disgust go on dream duty tonight."
"Umm...what does that have to do with their strange behavior?" the red emotion asked.
"Well, I noticed that Disgust was sleeping with Fear this morning on the console, when I asked her about it, she lashed out at Fear and told him that she did so because she liked watching the dreams," Joy whispered to Anger.
"Disgust, sleeping with Fear? I thought those two didn't get along very well." Anger replied.
"I thought so too," Joy answered, "But the strangest thing of all was that she was sleeping... in his LAP!"
"Oh ho ho, I think we they may have a little secret they don't want the rest of us to know about," Anger smirked.
"That's why my plan is to have Disgust go on dream duty tonight, and if Fear decides to come on out as well, we may be able to find out what's going on between the to of them."
"That sounds like the most devious plan you ever came up with...I'm in" he raised his thumb.
"Good, just meet me in my room tonight, where we'll prepare for the investigation," Joy told the short red emotion, "Until then, don't give out any evidence that we're on to them...or else... they'll be on to us."
"Got it," Anger smiled.
After the two suspicious emotions finished their conversation, Sadness walked up to the console next to Anger.
"Hey," she waved stiffly, "What did I miss?"
"Oh nothing Sadness," Joy replied, winking at Anger, "Nothing at all."
Oh boy, it looks like we got the problem in our midst. It seems now Joy and Anger have suspicions on Fear and Disgust, what will happen next? I appreciate everyone whose following along with this story so, and I love to hear your thoughts about it. I'll have the next chapter up not long from now (though not today), so stay tuned, this is only the tip of the iceberg! :)
