It was the end of the school day and Olivia was very excited. She was going over to Bailey's house for a play date for the first time at the end of the day. As soon as Mrs. Jones said they could start packing their bags, Olivia rushed over to her coatrack next to Bailey's and whispered to her excitedly. Bailey grinned and whispered back. The bell rang and the two girls ran outside.
"Hi mom," Bailey said running over to a woman who looked like her except older and with darker hair. Olivia's mom and Bailey's mom had talked a few times after school and then they had decided that Bailey and Olivia could have a playdate.
"I am so excited, I am so excited, I am so excited." Joy chanted.
"This is going to be pretty fun, hopefully."
They all got into the car and drove to Bailey's house which was fifteen minutes away.
"That's a nice house, at least on the outside," Disgust said.
They got out of the car and Olivia followed Bailey into the house.
"It's a nice house inside as well," Disgust said.
"Certainly much cleaner than our house. No toys everywhere. No paper cluttering the tables." Anger said.
"Would you two like a snack?" Bailey's mom asked.
"Yes, please," Bailey responded and the two girls sat at the table while Bailey's mom carried some sliced up apples and crackers with cheese over to the young girls.
"Yum!" Disgust said, pressing a button.
Olivia grabbed a slice of apple which she shoved into her mouth and ate quickly then grabbed some crackers and cheese.
"I really like this food!" Anger said.
"So do I," Joy said. "We should eat apples more often."
Soon, the two girls were finished eating and they ran up the stairs to Bailey's bedroom. The room was painted a bright shade of green and all the bedding and curtains matched.
"Green's my favourite colour," Bailey said. "As you can tell by my bedroom." Bailey laughed and gestured around her room.
Joy started to laugh. "That sure is funny!" As the others looked at her oddly she pressed a button.
Olivia let out a laugh. "I can tell, that's true."
"What do you want to play?" Bailey asked. "I've got dolls, dress up, stuffed animals, a video game console, we could play outside in my backyard. You can choose."
"What's a video game console?" Fear asked.
"Um, a game that involves videos?" Sadness asked. She pushed a button.
"What's a video game console?" Olivia asked.
"Oh," Bailey said, a bit surprised. "It's like for playing video games." When Olivia still looked confused, Bailey continued on. "On the TV instead of showing a movie or show there will be this game that you play. Most of the time you get a little character who you move around or something like that. It's fun. Want to play that?" Bailey asked.
"That sounds fun," the emotions all agreed.
"Sure," Olivia said. "Let's play some video games." The two girls went downstairs into the basement and Bailey turned on the TV.
A few hours later, after they had playing a few levels of a video game and then played with Bailey's dolls followed by going outside, Olivia's mom showed up to pick her up. Neither Olivia nor Bailey wanted Olivia to leave but after the two moms finished their conversation she had to return home.
Joy was eager to tell their mom the news about how much fun they had and playing the video game console.
"We had lots of fun!" Olivia said during the drive home. It was a twenty minute drive since they live almost right across from each other with the school in the middle. "We even got to play a video game."
"Oh, really? Does she have an older sibling?" her mom asked.
"No, why?" Olivia asked.
"It's just that video game consoles are fairly expensive, especially to get for someone so young."
"Oh. Well, we also played outside. We dressed up as fairies and pretended to fly around through her mom's garden. It was a big garden and there were lots of roses. There were also pathways in between so we didn't step on the flowers." Olivia continued on with a detailed description of everything they had played.
