A/N: Hi, everybody! I'm back! Did you all miss me? (Yeah, I'm sure you did.) Now, do you remember back in chapter 5 I would be doing duets? It's true. The first duet song Joy and Fear will be singing is "Shiny Happy People" by R.E.M. Wanna hear a fun fact? R.E.M. sung "Furry Happy Monsters" on "Sesame Street" because they wanted to change up the lyrics and the song is about monsters being happy and sad. Okay, I'll stop talking now, so sit back, relax and enjoy singing along with Joy and Fear! FYI, this chapter contains a little bit of StarNerve, so please be prepared…

Chapter 6

Shiny Happy People

Less than five minutes later, Joy came running down to the main room with another microphone in her hand.

"I got it, guys! I got the microphone!" shouted Joy excitedly, as she ran up to her coworkers.

"Wow. That was fast." Fear said, as he pointed out.

"Hey, um, Fear? What song are you and Joy gonna sing?" asked Sadness.

"I don't know yet, Sadness. But I think Joy might surprise me." the raw nerve answered.

"Maybe it could be a love song." Disgust said, taking a guess.

"Or maybe it could be a theme song from a television show. Who knows?" suggested Anger.

"Oh, Fear!" called Joy.

"Coming, Joy!" Fear called back.

He ran over to Joy just as she finished attaching the second microphone into the karaoke machine which was next to the first microphone.

"Okay, now that we got two microphones, it's time for us to pick a song we should sing to!" Joy said excitedly. "Isn't this exciting or what?"

"Oh, yeah, very exciting." murmured Fear, as he gave out a nervous chuckle.

The star dragged Fear over to the drawer where the CD's were and opened the drawer.

"So, Joy, what song would you like to sing with me?" he asked curiously.

"Hey, do you remember that song R.E.M. once sung in 'Sesame Street'?" said Joy.

"Uh, 'Furry Happy Monsters?' Are we gonna sing that song just because we feel like we're three years old again?" Fear asked, with a raised eyebrow of confusion.

Suddenly, without warning, Joy began howling with laughter and then fell to the floor backwards as the raw nerve placed his hand on his forehead and shook his head, quietly muttering to himself. Soon, the star's laughter died down and she managed to push herself back up.

"Sorry about that, Fear." she apologized, finally calming down from laughing. "I think you misunderstood me. What I was trying to say was we should sing 'Shiny Happy People' by R.E.M."

"Oh, now I get it!" exclaimed Fear, now realizing. "Yeah, I gotta admit, it's a really good song even though they changed the lyrics up on 'Sesame Street'. I'm in!"

Joy searched through the CD's while Fear ejected the disc out from the karaoke machine and placed it back into the case. The star took a CD out and walked over to the karaoke machine with Fear following her behind.

"Ready, Fear?" asked Joy.

"Yep, I'm ready, Joy." answered Fear confidentially.

They took their places just as they each picked up the microphones and once Joy inserted the disc into the machine and pressed the play button, the sound of music filled Headquarters.

"Just wait for it, Fear." Joy replied.

"Alright." he said.

When the right moment came, Joy exclaimed, "Five, six, seven, eight!"

They started to dance like they were at a graduation party and not even Sadness, Disgust and Anger couldn't help but dance a little even though they were sitting on the floor.

"Shiny happy people laughing." sung Joy happily. "Meet me in the crowd, people, people. Throw your love around."

"Love me, love me." sung Fear. "Take it into town, happy, happy."

"Put it in the ground where the flowers grow. Gold and silver shine!" Joy sung, before she spoke, "Take it away, Fear!"

"Shiny happy people holding hands…" sung Fear.

"Shiny happy people holding hands…" Joy sung repeatedly.

"Shiny happy people laughing." Fear sung proudly. "Everyone around, love them, love them. Put it in your hands."

"Take it, take it." the star sung cheerfully. "There's no time to cry, happy, happy."

"Put it in your heart where tomorrow shines. Gold and silver shine!" the raw nerve sung, before he spoke, "Your turn, Joy."

"Woohoo!" exclaimed Joy, before she sung, "Shiny happy people holding hands…"

"Shiny happy people holding hands…" Fear sung repeatedly.

"Shiny happy people laughing." she sung.

"You know, Joy, when I first listened to that song from 'Sesame Street', I remember this quote from Michael Stipe." Fear said.

"And what quote is that, Fear?" asked Joy, smiling.

"Come on, monsters! You don't have to cry, we can happy!" encouraged Fear confidentially.

Joy laughed a bit before she cried, "Whoa, here we go!"

Once again, the star and the raw nerve danced all around in a tango style while Anger, Disgust and Sadness clapped along to the rhythm.

"Shiny happy people holding hands…" sung Joy happily.

"Shiny happy people holding hands…" sung Fear repeatedly.

"Shiny happy people laughing." Joy sung.

"Shiny happy people holding hands..." Fear sung cheerfully.

"Shiny happy people holding hands…" the star sung repeatedly.

"Shiny happy people laughing." the raw nerve sung.

"Shiny happy people holding hands, shiny happy people holding hands. Shiny happy people laughing. Shiny happy people holding hands. People, happy people. People…" they sung happily.

Just as the song ended, Anger, Sadness and Disgust applauded at Joy and Fear's performance and they took a bow.

"Give yourselves a hand!" announced Joy kindly. "You're a great audience!"

She ejected the CD and placed it back into the case with the others.

"That was a lot of fun, Joy!" said Fear happily. "I enjoyed singing a duet with you."

"I'm glad to hear that, Fear. You brightened up my night." replied Joy, smiling.

The raw nerve's antenna zigzagged into a heart, grasped Joy's hands and stared into her eyes and said, "This is why I love you, Joy."

Surprisingly, Fear kissed Joy on the cheek which caused her to blush and giggle at his comment as she stared at him.

"Hey, excuse me!" interrupted Disgust. "We came here for singing, not watching you two kiss like it's a romantic movie!"

"Oh, sorry!" Joy and Fear exclaimed in unison.

"Okay, that was a bit unexpected…" said Sadness awkwardly.

"Yeah, I did not see that coming!" admitted Anger.

A/N: Aww! Don't you just love a StarNerve moment? So, there you have it, guys! The duet song that Joy and Fear sung was "Shiny Happy People" by R.E.M. If you never heard of that song, you should go listen to it. It's a very happy song and it'll brighten up your day whenever you're in a very bad mood or if you had a bad day. Wanna hear something exciting? The next chapter will be about when Joy and Sadness sing their song. Just to be clear, I'm not doing duet song suggestions because I have them with me already. You'll just have to find out for yourselves in chapter 7. I hope you enjoyed it, and please review!

THANK YOU & Have a nice day, everyone!