A/N: Happy Memorial Day weekend! As a treat, have chapter 3, where Ri finally gets her proper name! :). Now, before the chapter starts, I'd like to announce cartuneslover17 as Radiant's new cowriter! You rock! :)

Disclaimer: I own the main Emotions' parents, and the setting. Inside Out belongs to Pixar.

Joy and the others sat in the library, all of them except Fear sitting in a series of wooden chairs that had been moved from a table close to the entrance. As for Fear, he was down the hallways of the bookshelves, searching for the books on names that he claimed to remember having seen before. Though the others were sitting in more-or-less a circle, they were each absorbed in their own going-ons, which Ri was carefully observing.

Anger was reading his paper again. Disgust was looking through a fashion magazine that was spread out on the table (muttering on occasion on how some outfit or other "went out of style last year". And Sadness just seemed to not want to make eye contact and be lost in her own thoughts. With Fear out of sight, Ri wondered if Fear had maybe found the name book five minutes earlier, or at least very quickly after he started. Maybe he was just pretending he hadn't so he wouldn't have to be around her.

Noticing they didn't seem the most willing to strike up conversation, Ri glanced at the band on her arm that Panic had given her. Still at 100% and fully stable.

That's one good thing, she thought.

It wasn't like there would be any dangers in a wide library such as this. Save for a risk of falling books probably, but still, nothing to be worried about. However, the one thing Ri did worry about was whether or not she was going to bond with these other emotions. Since before she could even speak, she and Joy clicked very well, being ome of the closet things she had to a companion in that immeasurable amount of time before she had awoken. As for the others, it was no guess that they were still discomforted in her presence.

While Joy sat close by her, rambling on about the wondrous things she couldn't wait to show her, Ri felt her self-esteem deflate just a little. The other four were not Joy, especially the purple one who resembled his dad so much. Despite Joy being nice to her, the prescence of the others was still awkward. Fear himself still kept some distance, which furthered Riley's assumptions he was taking longer just to avoid her. Although the thought hurt, she couldn't blame him. He was taking baby steps, like the way Ri was when it came to this whole new world. All it needed was some patience.

But if patience didn't work, was there really any hope?

Joy glanced away from Ri, furrowing her brows as she stared in the direction Fear had left. Hmm, he's been gone for a while, Joy thought to herself. I wonder what's taking him so long...

"We don't have all night to come up with a name," Disgust reminded them, swiveling her chair around. "This is supposed to be 'Movie Monday Night', not 'Name-a-Newbie Night'."

Joy couldn't help but chuckle a little. No matter what, Ri was going to get a name. "Well, tonight it is!"

Disgust facepalmed, and even Ri couldn't help but let an amused smile cross her face. It was small, and brief, but it was there.

Joy's smile instantly broadened at noticing Ri's expression, lifted even somewhat out of her sense of apartness. Ri smiled, instant bonus!

"I think you guys are forgetting one thing," Anger said, briefly looking up from his paper to Joy. "Ri has to be brought back to the lab soon, doesn't she?"

Both Joy and Ri frowned at that. Joy had rushed them out so quickly in eagerness to see the city that what time they should go back to the lab hadn't crossed their minds at all. How long would they have before they had to go back? And where was Ri going to stay? She couldn't just sleep in the lab, right?

"Well, uh," Joy hurriedly tried to come up with an answer. "We'll cross that bridge when we get there!"

"Always the optimist." Disgust commented, getting up to place her fashion magazine on the table. "Point is, we gotta finish this up pretty quick."

"Which we would have if SOMEONE had found the name book already!" Anger exclaimed with a frustrated snarl, his patience finally wearing thin as his voice rose with each word.

"I'm looking as fast as I can!" Fear protested from down in one of the aisles. Even though the library was in Disgust's house, he had looked through it pretty often when they hung out, just in case there was any disaster he had to look up.

Fear subconsciously bit his tongue the moment the words left his mouth, as if his body was punishing him for lying. He had been gazing over the same five books in front of him for the past three minutes, more focused on memorizing each imperfection in their ridges than finding what he was supposed to be looking for. In truth, he knew exactly where the name books were—third aisle left of his current position, top shelf—he had went past there several times to keep up the illusion of an intent search. But he didn't want to move forward with this. He didn't want to potentially have Joy get in trouble with Aggravation (which he knew was almost certain to happen no matter how adamant Joy was). And he didn't want to help Ri.

But with Joy's insistence, he didn't have much of a choice.

It wasn't that he wanted to be cruel to Ri, he just didn't have the same courage his father possessed. Panic shared the same attributes as his son, but even he could take more than a minute looking Ri in the eye without flinching and wanting to hide. After all, he had been watching over her since her first forms of process. As much as Fear wanted to be like his dad, Ri still frightened him. And no doubt the others felt the same.

He just hated to disappoint Joy. She was the last person he wanted to upset...

"ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A DANG BOOK, OR ARE YOU JUST WASTNG TIME ON PURPOSE?"

He nearly tripped over his own shoes, Anger's roaring tone echoing throughout the library. He almost thought all the books would fall and create an avalanche, creating a domino effect on every shelf, completely burying them all in history and literary terms. And then they would have to spend hours trying to swim through the mess before they would be able to seek freedom. Then possibly his father would arrive here, demanding where Ri was, he'd probably have an episode seeing what harm she had been through...

"I'm coming!" he called, trying to sound like Joy. It wasn't working. No one could sound like her.

After a few moments of staring at the book he had passed various times, he reluctantly picked it off its slot. It felt even heavier in his hands as he trudged toward the others. As he found himself nearing the group, his eyes fell on Ri. Her non-particled hair draped over the side of her face, barely showing her eyes which fell to the floor.

Had she suspected anything? Had she been aware of what Fear had been doing this entire time? Oh, geez...

However, she was the least of his worries as Fear looked down at a very foul-faced red emotion. Anger grunted under his breath, gripping his newspaper as he glared daggers at him.

"Oh, took you long enough!" he growled. "Seriously, how hard is it to find a dang name from a dang book?"

Both males glanced to see Disgust inching her head into the argument. Her green eyes glanced over her shoulder, particularly on Joy and Ri who were too busy absorbed in each other. Sadness decided to join in, to try and appease both of them, especially the latter. Despite her usually mellow mood and quiet personality, she was doing a lot better compared to the three other emotions. It was simply small talk, but it was a lot better than what Fear could have done.

Making sure they were out of earshot, Disgust turned back to Anger and Fear. Her eyes peered at the latter, folding her arms.

"It's because of her, huh?"

Fear's eyes widened. He let out a scoff, which was more like a raspberry given he nearly spat in the others' face. Disgust pulled her head back, trying not to gag at the gesture.

"What, me?" the purple emotion denied, composing himself as being purely innocent. "No! Come on!"

Anger let out a scoff of his own, not buying Fear's denial. "Come on, we all know you're afraid of her."

"I—"

"You were taking so long just because you were avoiding her, right?!"

Fear felt as if walls of pressure were closing in on him. Anger's shouting and knowing he was right and Ri being only a few feet away. "Okay, okay!" he exclaimed while managing to keep his voice low. "You're right, I was hiding from Ri."

"You do realize that by staying over there, you technically are being around her longer, right?" Disgust quipped.

Fear opened his mouth to respond, then closed it just as Joy spoke up.

"Oh, Fear! You got the book?"

"Y-Yeah," he stammered, noticing the glances from the other emotions.

"Well, come on!". She waved over to him with an enthusiastic grin. "Bring it over here and I can help find a name!"

Fear felt as if the book had gotten heavier in his hands. Not just because he had been holding it for an extended length of time, but because Joy wanted him to come over there and give it to her. And to do that, he'd have to go near Ri. Who was practically right next to Joy.

Why me? he thought to himself.

The moment he and Ri made eye contact, he almost wanted to scurry farther into the library. But that would be embarrassing, and it would not only hurt Ri, but Joy as well. Sadness, from his perspective, appeared to be on better terms with said individual. Not to say they were exactly BFFs, but at least they got along better than than he ever could.

When Ri gazed into his eyes, she offered her best smile. It came out more like a wince, given that she still felt so awkward around Fear. And Disgust. And Anger. Sadness still seemed quite sweet despite her quiet attitude, one of the few to actually offer a genuine smile. At least she didn't flinch as much in the part-emotion's presence. Part of Ri wondered if she and Joy were, by any chance, related. After all, they both had blue hair and blue eyes, they almost seemed identical.

"Alright, just open that book and we can start searching!" Joy exclaimed happily as she gestured for Fear to hurry.

Said emotion gulped, wishing it could have been Disgust who did the job. After all, this was her house. But he did as Joy told him, his skin shivering as he neared Ri's side. She said nothing as he plopped the book on a nearby table. Opening it in mid-page, words greeted the five emotions and Ri.

"We're not seriously going to read every single page, are we?" Anger whined. "Who even does that anymore when we got phones?"

Disgust rolled her eyes. "A name can't be that hard to find."

"Only if you want the name to sound really special!" Joy chirped as she gently pushed into Fear, gazing over the pages. "Hey, Ri, come over here!"

The part-emotion looked at her strangely. Feeling more reluctance than obligation, she slowly trudged toward her before she found Joy wedged between her and Fear. The purple emotion dared not look in her direction, his eyes and nose leaning toward the book, a gesture of avoidance that Ri noticed instantly. Both watched as Joy's index finger slowly trailed down the page, having opened directly on 'R'.

"Hmm...well, Rover is out of the question..."

"Unless you want her to feel like a dog," Disgust muttered.

"Just try to focus on the names that can be used for GIRLS," Anger demanded, his impatience clear. "Otherwise we'll be here all night!"

"No need to be huffy, Anger," Joy called brightly. "We'll find one!"

It was then that Sadness spoke up, raising her voice a little to be heard. "Maybe you should go back to the R-Is."

"Huh?"

"If it starts like her old name, Aggravation might not, you know," Sadness mumbled, "get as mad."

Joy paused. On the one hand, leaving Ri's designation behind aside from that first letter could boost her confidence. On the other hand, Aggravation might be so against it that he'd prevent Ri from interacting with Joy ever again, which would likely destroy what self-esteem Ri had.

In this case, listening to Sadness was a good idea. Joy flipped back a few pages to get to the R-i's.

"Okaaayy, how about Ria?" Fear asked, reading the first name he saw and just wanting to get it over with.

Joy peeked over at the meaning and instantly frowned. "We are NOT giving her a name that means 'sea of bitterness'!"

Fear looked sheepish. "It was just an idea!" He scanned down a few more names. "What about Riba?"

Joy read the meaning and looked at him queerly. "A name that means 'cattle stall'?! No way!"

"I feel bad for whoever has that name," Sadness said.

"Would Ribliya work?"

"Oh for the love of all things imaginative!" Anger exclaimed. "Could you actually read the meanings and not just blurt out every third name or so?!"

Fear flinched, falling silent.

"Calm down guys, we'll find one!" Joy assured, smiling a little at Ri. "It has to be special!"

They went down a few more names.

"Richi, no, 'powerful ruler' doesn't quite fit. Kinda like the 'e' sound of the ending though..."

"It does sound pretty nice," Sadness reasoned.

"Rickelle means 'ewe'..." Fear muttered.

Disgust arched her brow. "What's so eww about it?"

Joy started laughing a little. "He means 'ewe' as in a lamb."

"Oh."

Ri, of course, just stared in confusion.

Finally, Joy came to a stop in the middle of a page. She read over the name and meaning once, then twice more. "Riley... it means 'courageous'."

A name that meant 'courageous'? Ri wondered if that was really the right name for her. She certainly didn't feel very courageous—in fact, she felt quite the opposite, with everyone staring at her or avoiding her or both...

"What do you think of that?"

Ri had forgotten that she had been spoken to. When she lifted her gaze, she nearly gasped when all five of them looked at her. Just when she thought she felt out of place being avoided, she felt extremely awkward with everyone just staring at her like some messed up experiment. Well, she had been an experiment, but not messed up. At least, she hoped not...

She fiddled with her fingers, hunching her shoulders as she tried to form an answer. The name 'Riley' just didn't sound like it would fit for someone like her. She had not done anything "courageous", and such a name seemed more deserving for someone that was not her.

"Gee, I don't know..." she murmured quietly.

"Aw, come on!" Joy encouraged, nudging her. "I think Riley sounds like a great name!"

"It sounds so..." Ri tried to come up with the right statement, "...strong."

Joy gave her a sweet smile, her skin glowing almost too bright for Ri's eyes to take. "Well, you woke up after being in that container for so long, didn't you?" she pointed out. "That was strong right there."

Ri felt her cheeks tighten, feeling mildly embarrassed as the yellow emotion kept grinning at her. Always with the compliments, it was no wonder Ri liked her even before she could move from that container.

Both turned the moment they heard Anger groan. The red emotion was growing more impatient, rather wanting to sit on his beanbag and watch a movie than stand around in this boring library.

"Can we just stick with that name and be done with this?" he grunted. "Seriously, just stick with it and let's be done!"

"I so agree," Disgust huffed, folding her arms. "Seriously, I want to go back to Movie Night. So can we just give her the name Riley and go back now?"

Joy turned back to Ri, reading her expression carefully. The blonde merely nodded, offering the tiniest smile of appreciation. That gesture was more than enough for Joy.

"Alright then!" she said happily. "Riley it is!"

Sadness nodded at this. "Aggravation won't sense a thing. He'll just assume it's a pet name and not think much into it." She paused. "Hopefully."

Riley smiled a little at the blue emotion's support, though she felt a twinge of unease at the last word.

"Great!" Fear muttered, forcing a smile as he tried not to look at Ri... or rather, Riley. "I guess we're done here."

"Finally!" Disgust scoffed as she threw her hands up. "Just toss that book away. The popcorn's going to get stale by the time we get back."

She then turned to the semi-emotion who bit her lip.

"Well, looks like you got your new name...Riley."

The blonde just nodded, unsure of what else to say. Disgust's tone didn't sound exactly vile, but she didn't sound interested in the newfound name either. It was almost sarcasm.

"T-thanks..." Riley herself murmured, just barely enough for any of them to hear.

"You're welcome!" Joy said eagerly, having heard Riley's quiet comment. The others hurried off to the living room again, though Joy made sure to stay with her part-emotion friend so she wouldn't feel isolated. "This is so great, Riley!" she exclaimed, beaming, clearly liking the way her friend's new name sounded. "You got your name, we all can watch a movie, I'm sure we have an extra beanbag..."

Riley was about to respond to Joy's chatter, but the group suddenly heard a pair of voices from the front hall. One was Revulsion, and the other was a dull-sounding voice that Riley recognized from her days in the containment chamber.

"OKay, where's Ri?"

"She went with Joy to talk to her friends," Panic said hesitantly. He knew that Joy was a good girl, and she knew the lab almost as if she worked there. But he also knew that Ri might be unpredictable.

"Oh, she and Joy went to the living room, they should be—" Revulsion paused, having turned and noticed the group. "Oh, there they are! Ri, you're needed. Well, Contempt and Panic too, but you especially."

"Oh come ON!" Disgust exclaimed, nearly throwing her hands up in the air. At that rate they were never going to get to watch a movie.

Contempt noticed them and gestured with his hand, not yet removing his jacket. "Ri, you need to come back to the lab. Now."

"Sorry," Panic apologized, not liking to see Ri disappointed but he knew it had to be done.

"W-What?". Riley automatically didn't like the idea. After she had just gotten a new name, and interacted with the others more, now she had to leave?

"You're staying there for the night. Aggravation's orders."

Neither Riley nor Joy noticed Fear nearly collapse in relief. She wouldn't be around them after all.

"Why?" Joy asked, hurrying up to the foyer where Contempt and Panic were with Riley in tow. "We were having fun, and—"

Panic glanced nervously at the pair, but tried to be firm. After all, this was for Ri's sake, and Ri had been kept too far away from the lab. "She'll need to be looked after to make sure nothing happens. She could be unstable since she just woke up a while ago, and even having her here was a risk." He took Ri's hand, trying to be gentle. "You need to go back now."

"But—" Joy tried to cut in.

"If you have any complaints," Contempt retorted, "take it up with Aggravation."

Joy looked from Contempt to Panic to Riley. No way was she going to abandon her new friend. "Then I'm going back with you."

"Suit yourself," Contempt said with a shrug. "Come on."

Joy took Riley's other hand and called over her shoulder as Panic and Contempt bid Revulsion farewell. "I'll be back later guys!"

"Oh FORGET IT!". Anger's head was set alight as he stormed back into the living room, the others following behind.

Riley frowned. Anger's reaction wasn't exactly helping her attempt at getting along with them.

For a moment, Fear paused and started to look back at Joy. But the moment he saw Riley, the thought left him immediately and he hurriedly followed the others. He felt disheartened, as they all did, that Joy was leaving them behind.

But at the very least Riley wouldn't be around.

As they walked back toward the lab, Riley felt that her new name was more and more unfitting. The city lights of buildings and things that sped along the roads (which Joy called "cars") and few emotions that were around (who gave her wary glances upon noticing her) seemed almost dizzying now as her mind tried to focus on anything aside from the building they were heading to. And if Contempt was right, they were gonna make her sleep there. Great.

"Don't worry, Riley," Joy assured her friend. "Everything will be okay."

Riley noticed Contempt turn at the mention of her name, and felt her heart drop like a stone. Contempt heard her name.

So had Panic. And he looked like he was about to faint from a heart attack. He hurried over to them and looked at Joy with terrified eyes.

"You. Named. Her?!". He hisse each word as if even saying it caused a threat of everything around them exploding.

"She deserves a name!" Joy pleaded in an equally hushed voice. "Continuing calling her Ri would be like calling you 'Father of Fear'!"

Panic frowned. He could sympathize, he really could. And Joy did have a point—Ri did deserve a name.

But he was certain Aggravation would kill them for it. Or at least threaten to.

Ri noticed Panic's unease, which only fueled her own. She liked Panic, and realized that he supported and cared for her (though defending her might be another matter). Contempt, however, she worried about. He'd tell Aggravation. Affectionate nickname or not, he might catch on.

And Riley was afraid how he'd react if he did. After all, Aggravation was head of the whole operation. Meaning he was in charge of her. She really didn't want to meet the guy again, especially after a failed attempt to even win his son over. Like father like son.

She felt Joy grip her hand tighter, as if assuring her that there were no demons for her to face. Just her first night as herself. As Riley. Or Ri if they were forced to throw away the other name. The blonde swallowed as Contempt regarded her for a moment before looking away, almost as if the new name had no affect on him. Maybe like Joy's friends he didn't care either.

It almost felt like no one did. She still mentally clung to those who actually considered her, like Joy, Delight, Panic, and maybe even Revulsion. And probably Sadness, at least she had been able to stand in her presence longer than any of the others had. Riley was thankful for that, even if it was still a small process. After all, the blue emotion hardly batted an eyelash when Anger bitterly chose their precious movie night over even watching her be taken away. Judging by his fouler mood, she couldn't help but assume they secretly blamed her for taking Joy away from them.

The four emotions had been incredibly disappointed when Joy chose to accompany her than enjoy their weekly Monday Movie Night. As if there wasn't enough to dislike about Riley, that was yet another point to add to the list of why she would never fit in with them.

But deep down she was glad Joy never left her. The little blonde was still frightened over where exactly she would be staying for the night. Every day she had been "forming" in that container, and it chilled her to imagine if that was to continue being her "sleeping quarter". And where was Joy going to sleep? She had her own home, her own bed. It made Riley feel rather guilty that Joy was making all these sacrifices just for her.

She held Joy's hand tighter, as if trying to steady herself. She was feeling a little tired...

"Hey, Riley."

She blinked and looked to see said emotion offer her a mellow grin. The aura that surrounded her form seemed rather brighter than usual, almost comforting.

"I'll be with you all night, okay?" Joy told her gently.

Riley wanted to smile, but the guilt was still bubbling at the pit of her stomach.

"I'm sorry you had to miss hanging out with your friends," she told her apologetically.

Joy scoffed, followed by a mild snort. "Oh, don't worry about it! The movie we picked up was going to be boring!" She leaned toward Riley, inching toward her ear. "It was Fear's turn to choose this time."

Riley pressed her lips together like a ribbon, suppressing the urge to giggle, an action that caused Joy to grin in turn. Knowing the usually anxious bundle of nerves, his choice of movie probably lacked a plot and any action sequences. And that would earn major disapproval from the others, especially Anger and Disgust.

"And besides," Joy said, her smile practically glowing brighter than she was, "this is more important. So don't be sorry, okay?"

Riley swallowed, her throat dry with anything else she could possibly say. There was a tightening feeling in her chest, and something wet almost seemed to form around the edges of her eyes. Still, she gave the yellow emotion a brief nod as they resumed following the pair of scientists.

Somehow she felt a little stronger after what Joy just told her.

The familiar building closed into her view as they reached the front doors. She felt her heart race nervously, the lab simply intimidating her. Soon they would meet up with Aggravation, but Riley reminded herself that she would also see Delight again—and hopefully her, Panic, and Joy would be able to support her.

She felt her steps grow a little heavier, almost as if the gravity itself was pulling at her weight onto the ground. She checked her bracelet. It was at 98, and if Panic's words were any indication that was less than perfect but still okay. Yet she somehow felt a little worn out. This either was normal or there was something to to really be concerned about...

She supposed she'd find out when she got there—she knew that if she alerted Panic he would freak out. Better to wait... she hoped.

Feeling thankful for the new name and yet wondering if Joy's friends would ever accept her, Riley was so lost in thought that she didn't notice the bracelet drop a couple more percentage points. She just made sure to stay close to the one main friend she had.

A/N: That's it for this chapter! Next time, look forward to seeing exactly how Riley's future arrangements change, and what's up with that percentage drop. ;). Hope you enjoyed and remember to review!