To Korrasami88: Maybe, maybe not. Depends on which emotion's POV you are speaking from.

It was almost midnight, and inside Jordan's Headquarters, there seemed to be no semblance of order. Memory orbs, empty pizza boxes, and energy drink cans were strewn all over the floor while the emotions were skateboarding to heavy metal music. Except for Joy, who was sorting through a section of the memories. It was no surprise, then, that Jordan couldn't fall asleep no matter how much he tossed and turned.

A buzzing noise suddenly caught Joy's attention. "Turn off the music!" he ordered. "Our immediate attention is required."

"It's a text!" chirped Disgust. "Open it!"

1 new message from Riley Andersen

"Hey, do you want to go see Frozen this weekend?"

Fear shrieked in terror and was about to press a button, only to be pinned to the floor by Joy and Anger.

"Seriously dude? You're gonna try that again?" Anger could tell from a mile away that Fear was trying to activate the Girl Alert.

"It's been more than a year, man! We'll never get anywhere if you don't learn your lesson," sighed Sadness. This was a reference to the day Jordan first bumped into Riley at the hockey rink. Nobody wanted to speak of that day, the first one in which it really felt like a bomb had gone off in Headquarters. They especially would not let Fear, who had been their unquestioned leader up to that point, forget how he spent a whole week curled up in fetal position afterwards, and were thankful that Riley hadn't started ignoring Jordan in favor of someone on the ASB.

"Don't you understand?" rasped Fear. "It's our job to ask Riley out to the movies, not the other way around! Nowhere in the manuals does it indicate even the possibility of something like this happening!"

"Yeah, but would we have picked Frozen? It's probably another one of those stupid princess movies like always," countered Disgust, who waved an arm to demonstrate only to accidentally bump into Joy's hand, which hit a button on the console.

And Jordan replied to the text, "Great! Let me check with my parents, but I don't see any reason they'd say no."

"AAAAAUUUUGGGHHHH! Are you even kidding me right now?!" burst out Fear. "Great, now she probably hates us for that incident with her dad..."

The memory of Jordan and Mr. Andersen air-guitaring to AC/DC (yellow with two or three flecks of green) was recalled. The green accounted for Riley seeing everything and turning redder than an heirloom tomato.

"That's, like, only the 37th time we've embarrassed ourselves in front of her. And it wasn't the last time that day, either!" Joy cut off the previous memory, and replayed the scene in which Jordan and Riley crashed into each other on the ice, and Riley reached out her hand, offering to pull Jordan to his feet. The emotions had a long, contentious debate before deciding to accept, with the Girl Alert blaring in the background and Jordan's friends throwing weird stares at him.

And the same thing had also happened when Joy and Fear were arguing over whether to offer to split a large slushie with Riley, which they eventually did. Normally Anger would have cursed and ranted about the fact that it cost $6.99, but that time he simply watched in stunned silence as Jordan picked up the tab himself. Surely Riley was also aware of this absolute rip-off!

"We're going, and that's final!" said Joy sternly. "If we're lucky, Riley will lean into us when the prince kisses the princess."

Fear groaned in defeat. It seemed like he always got the short end of the stick when it came to Riley-related matters.


The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen-

It was two weeks after Riley and Jordan had watched Frozen. The sound of crackling flames followed by a screech of raw aggravation pierced throughout Riley's Headquarters. "AAAAARRRGRGHGH! Make it stop! MAKE IT STOP!"

Anger finally had to admit that he would have preferred to have the Tripledent Gum commercial back, instead of having to listen to this new memory at least once per hour. Most of his issues with the gum were related to how he had to hear it whenever he tried to recall a memory, but this...this was absolute torture. Not only would the lyrics appear as background music to every button that anybody pressed, but they also did so completely out of order.

"So what actually happened to the gum jingle?" asked Sadness.

"Yeah, I heard that Bobby and Paula got such an ear-splitting headache from you-know-what that they accidentally threw it into the Memory Dump," huffed Anger. "And now they can't get enough of sending up THIS. And before you ask, we've tried watching the gum commercial several times just to bring it back."

"Oh, like that went about as well as we expected it to," scoffed Disgust. "Wait, if we're all in Riley's head, how would they get a headache?"

Anger stared at her with a confused expression.

"But that aside," she continued, "let's recap what that link has done to us so far. We've spent nearly $20 to get the entire soundtrack off iTunes. We might be stuck with college prep classes again next year, but that's an issue for another day." Riley was quick to take advantage of the fact that her parents had not set up purchase control on her phone. (It's on now, though.) Then she spent so much time listening to it that she didn't study enough for her algebra test, which included a section that was put in specifically to determine a student's qualification for the honors track. Not surprisingly, she bombed it and has been trying to keep it a secret from her parents since. But given the way she always plugs in the soundtrack in her parents' car and refuses to let them listen to anything else, she knew it wouldn't be long before the extent of her obsession was discovered. It was over this very fact that Fear seemed ready to have another convulsion.

"But we know what we're going to be for next Halloween, right?" quipped Joy. Riley now desperately wanted an Elsa dress for Christmas-another reason why she had to keep her pre-algebra grade a secret!

"It's a shame that this came out right after Halloween," moaned Sadness, fully aware of how many other little kids would be going around next year in Elsa dresses. She knew that Riley used to love costumes that stood out from the crowd and teared up a little over the thought of the ongoing change in personality. Some of Riley's friends were already making wagers on how many such costumes would come to their doors then.

In fact, part of "Let It Go" had actually become a core memory that powered Fandom Island, which consisted of a Scandinavian-style castle that largely resembled the one in Frozen. There was a big wedding taking place and teal snowflakes of various shapes were perpetually falling-no doubt, a homage to Riley's two favorite pairings, Kristoff x Anna and Hans x Elsa. The latter was Disgust's idea. Sure, everyone else hated that the 13th prince of the Southern Isles was nothing like who he appeared to be, but he was smoking hot and Sadness wanted to believe he could change if he'd somehow get past the way a handful of his brothers once pretended he was invisible.

Then Fear recalled an incident that took place during a recent hockey practice. Mom was repeatedly reminding Riley to put on an extra coat, to which the response was...

"...the cold never bothered me anyway," all the emotions deadpanned on cue, as if they hadn't heard it out of memory recall enough times already. Of course, Riley would have the same explanation for eating frozen yogurt or drinking a slushie on a rainy day.

This was not an experience Fear wanted to repeat after they almost made Riley catch a cold, if not for a heaping bowl of Mom's chicken soup. Sadness was the only one to pay thorough attention to Mom's reaction to Riley's new quirks and was feeling guilty about making her stress so much over the host's well-being.

But now, it was Joy's turn to recall the brightest memory of them all...

BEGIN FLASHBACK: EARLIER THAT DAY

Today was the day before the big rivalry hockey match-one that would be played at SAP Center in San Jose, no less, and followed by the Sharks hosting the Wild. The players each got a 4-pack of tickets; Riley, naturally, gave the others to Jordan and her parents despite their opposite allegiances.

There had been a big pep rally during the lunch period with various cheer routines and apparel giveaways, and Jordan's rock band was one of those chosen to perform a spirit song. But, there was a reason Jordan had to convince his bandmates, then the school's athletic director, that they would go last. He would put up with a torrent of ribbing to make his case, as some of the other guys had a hunch as to what was happening.

And right after their performance, the other band members stepped off the stage to hand Jordan the mic. "So, um...I have a...special message of support, if you will...that I'd like to share with one of the players." Jordan had rehearsed his speech quite a bit, so his emotions were surprised that they could only make two or three words come out each time they pressed a button. In particular, Fear's hands were shaking with sweat and the others had to keep a close hold on him to make sure that the infamous alert wasn't triggered at such a critical moment.

"I still remember the day I watched you play for the first time. You took the words...right out of my mouth."

"We do NOT speak of that incident, you moron!" Disgust slugged Fear in the shoulder. "Ever!"

"And since then, it's been the craziest journey of my life. You are not only the fastest skater I've ever met, you've also been my best friend. It's always a quick text or a warm hug from you that makes every day a sunny day." (It just so happened that today was nearly as overcast as the day Riley tried to...never mind.)

Anger did a facepalm. "Joy, stop this train of sentiment before we start crying!"

"You are a beautiful person...inside and out..."

"Oh, no!" moaned Sadness. Jordan was stammering again. "We've forgotten it again! We'll never get it out at this rate."

"...and there's no one else worth melting for as much as you. So, can I say something crazy?"

Jordan's lead singer and the goalie on the hockey team then emerge with a stuffed Olaf, a bouquet of multicolored roses, and a collage of Jordan and Riley.

In Riley's mind, Joy shrieked like a rabid fangirl on a sugar high. "EEEEEE! STAND BACK EVERYONE, I'VE GOT THIS!"

"Riley, will you go to winter formal w-"

In a state of near delirium, Joy pressed over 20 buttons in rapid succession, which caused Riley to leap out of her seat and hug-no, body check-Jordan so as to nearly throw both of them to the floor. No need to wait for Jordan to finish speaking here! A sound effect similar to the Wild's goal horn blared throughout the rest of Headquarters. This was probably the first time, too, that Fear hugged Anger without getting choked or thrown against a wall in retaliation. Sadness was crying (tears of joy, of course!) but Disgust did not seem to mind the tears getting all over her. When Riley was back on her feet, Joy simply stared at the screen in shock and awe. Some of Riley's teammates were blowing kisses at her and crowd was giving them a standing ovation!

"I can see it now!" she squealed, taking note of representatives from the yearbook and school newspaper snapping pictures from all angles. "We're going to win Cutest Couple this year for sure!"

Unfortunately, she accidentally hit two buttons in the wrong order, which caused Riley to say, "I could totally kiss you right now!"

"What is your problem, Joy?" screeched Disgust. "In front of the whole school? Have you lost your mind?"

Riley suddenly realized what she had just done. "I mean, I'd like to. May I? We me? I mean, may we? Wait, what?"

Fear yelped in terror. He envisioned Jordan recoiling like a turtle from Riley's sudden passionate outburst and Disgust flying completely over the edge. "Because I love you, Joy," he whispered hurriedly, "I suggest you run."

Nobody else had time to react before they received Jordan's response. Apparently, he thought the whole thing was staged!

"We may."

Disgust facepalmed in frustration. "Yep, that's who we've become now. This is worse than sharing carrots with a reindeer."

"Don't be silly!" giggled the pixie star. "We can't lose our minds if we're permanently stuck inside one!"

END FLASHBACK