(A/N: Ok, cool, this story gained some attention. Just so you know, if you haven't seen the short Riley's First Date, you may be a little confuse, so I recommended seeing that first; it's only like 5 minutes. This chapter is from Joy's point of view. The rest of the story won't be liked that though, just this one. I'm not too found of point of view stories, but that's just me. I felt it worked well this time though, so, here we go.)

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Chapter 1: Puberty Days

Oh, hi! Ha, ha. Sorry about last chapter. Things got a liiiiittle crazy. I would have explained things sooner, but we've been working overtime ever since Disgust hit that button.

So, in case you didn't know, I'm Joy. Yes, thee Joy. No, not your Joy. I belong to Riley Anderson. Hmm, you don't know Riley? That's weird, we're in her head right now after all.

Well, let me fill you in on a few things. This, all around you, is Riley. She's 13 now, meaning she's going through a looooot of changes, both physically and emotionally. That means that me and the others have been really busy.

Hmm, what others? Why, Riley's other Emotions of course. We're physical manifestations of her feelings. I thought I explained all this when I told you about Riley's move to San Francisco. Uch, did your mind workers throw away your memories of that time? Sigh. Ok, I'll give you a quick recap just in case those memories have only faded but are still in there somewhere.

As I said, I'm Joy, one of Riley's Emotions. As such, it's my job to make Riley feel happy. The same goes for Anger, who makes Riley feel angry, Fear, who makes her feel afraid, and the same goes for Disgust and Sadness.

Oh, speaking of Sadness, the two of us aren't at odd's ends anymore. You see, the five of us are meant to make sure Riley lives a good life. As such, I really didn't see the need for Sadness. While each Emotion makes Riley feel something different, our goal is mostly to make her happy. Therefore, I didn't see the need for Sadness since she's the opposite of happy and seemed to be hindering our goal.

But I learned that there are times when a person needs to feel sad in order to get through and move on from certain things in your life so you can feel happy again afterwards, because bottling things up really doesn't work so well since those thoughts never leave you. So, yay, we're a team!

Huh? Why are two of Riley's Emotions boys? Huh, I never really thought abut it before. I guess it's because Riley's a bit of a tomboy. You ever see this girl play hockey? She's amaaaaazing. So, yeah, some of us manifested as boys. It's not weird or anything, it just means Riley's not super girly or anything. And we all love her exactly the way she is.

What? You think we control Riley like she's some kind of robot or puppet. Ha! No, no, that's ridiculous. You're funny. No, Riley's the one in control. We make her feel things based on situations, but she's the one that makes the decisions. I mean, sure, we can put ideas in her head, but she's the one that chooses to act on them and such. The same goes for us Emotions. We make her feel a certain way, she decides what to do with those feelings. And as we learned from the time Riley almost ran away, only certain Emotions can get ideas out of her head.

And, of course, there's her personality that manifests into the various Islands just outside of Headquarters. We have nothing to do with those. So you see, we don't actually control Riley. She can still function without us; she just wouldn't feel anything, and would live a very dull life. So… yeah…

Aaaaaaanway, I mentioned Riley's Islands of Personality. These are created from Core Memories from important moments in her life. Without them, she would have no personality, a bit of a blank slate if you will, almost acting on instinct alone. That'd be very dull and depressing.

But as you can see, we have our fair share of Islands, even more than the last time you were here. In fact, even the older ones have expanded and improved, because now they have more Emotions powering them. As I learned from my little adventure with Sadness, memories can bring forth more than one type of feeling. This was why Sadness felt compelled to turn certain memories sad. Yup, it was a confusing time for us all, but we've finally got things under control.

Or as close to under control as can be. Ever since Disgust pushed the PUBERTY button, things have gotten a little crazy. And get this, after she pushed that button, this hidden compartment on the control panel opened to reveal another one, this one's labeled MENOPAUSE. We have no idea what it does, but after all the trouble PUBERTY has given us, we won't be pushy this new one any time soon. Maybe when Riley is about 50 we'll see what it does.

Whatever PUBERTY triggered, it's been causing a lot of changes in Riley. Yeah, I know I said that already, but it's true. And hormones are definitely flying. Clouds of it come in through the air ducts, and when we Emotions end up breathing it in, we get a little crazy at the control panel, especially Anger and Disgust; mostly Anger.

But that doesn't mean things are bad. On the contrary, things are great! Our little Riley is growing up, and we're so proud of her. She's doing well in school, she's a valuable member of her hockey team, and she's got wonderful new friends. Oh, and get this, our Riley has a boyfriend! That's right, a boyfriend. I'm very excited about it, and have certainly been busy at the controls whenever she's with him. Anger, Fear, and Disgust have been too, but usually only when Mom and Dad try to get involved with her relationship.

Huh? Who is it? Oh, his name is Jordan. He and Riley first met at one of her hockey games when she accidentally bumped into him. Turns out his sister is on Riley's hockey team. The two of them hung out together and eventually started dating. And let me tell you, when Jordan came to pick Riley up for their first date, it was aaaaawkward. Her parents were all over her about it. Disgust certainly had a field day at the controls.

First, Mom tried talking in modern day children slang. She actually used phrases like "awesome sauce" and "fo sheezy". Yeah, it was really weird, but nowhere near as bad as realizing that she had left Dad alone with Jordan. When we realized that, I don't think I've ever seen Fear so freaked out before.

Fortunately, there was nothing to worry about. Dad didn't get all super protective and give Jordan the boot like Fear thought he would. Unfortunately, Jordan must have mentioned how he was in a band, which in turn sent Dad on a trip down memory lane to when he was in a band. When Riley found them together, they were rocking around the kitchen. And let me tell you, Riley may be into the whole teen boy band thing, but that was kind of creepy.

So, the date went well, but once Riley got back, things got really… weird. The good news is that both Mom and Dad love Jordan. The bad news is that they decided that this meant it was time for her to have The Talk. Now that was awkward. Fear and Disgust were at the control panel the entire time while the rest of us just stared with our mouths hanging open. Fear actually passed out before it was over. And just like that, Riley was traumatized for life, and the mind workers tore down the stork employed baby factory in the sky that was located in Imagination Land.

On a more appealing note, ever since Jordan and Riley became official, we got a new Island. Yup, you guessed it, Romance Island, and it's one of my favorites. The Core Memory for this one is actually all five colors because, let me tell you, being in love is joyful, heartbreaking, aggravating, frightening, and awkward. So all five of us play an important role, although it is mostly yellow, as are most of Riley's memories pertaining to Jordan, not to brag.

So, as you can see, things are going great. Riley's been living in San Francisco for about two years now. She still keeps in touch with her friends back in Minnesota, but she has great ones here too. Her relationship with her parents, while a little strained due to her hormonal mood swings, is just as good as before. And, of course, her love life with Jordan is flourishing. They've been together for almost a year now, but have only recently become official. And though they're young, we don't see any end in sight.

They still have yet to kiss though, and I am super excited for that. Fear's afraid that Riley's new braces are going to get in the way though. What, I didn't mention that? Yeah, Riley ended up getting braces. Disgust was very upset about that. But it's only for two years, and it'll be worth it in the end. Just like when we moved, we've got to get through the bad and tough times to make it to the good times. Sometimes that means that you can't always be happy all the time. It wasn't easy, but I've learned to accept that. But that's ok, because sometimes you need to feel sad, or angry, or whatever. It helps you deal with and get through your problems so you can be happy again afterwards.

Yup, things are great, and they're only going to get better. Just wait and see. Nothing is going to go wrong.

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Things were horrible. So much had changed, and they were not happy about it. Ever since the move two years ago, nothing was the same. The memories came in to Long Term with no traces of Riley's old life in Minnesota, the Islands of Personality multiplied so much that they no longer knew their way around them, and different parts of Imagination Land, their home, were being destroyed while new ones were created as Riley grew and matured.

They didn't like these changes, but it was the third one that was the real problem. Having come from Riley's imagination meant that they would change with it. Or worse, be left behind. And as Riley grew up and moved on from her childhood, she was leaving many things behind, including them. And that which Riley stopped paying attention to and caring about began to fade. So in order to make room for newer things, the mind workers tossed them into the Memory Dump to be forgotten.

Well, that wouldn't happen to them. They wouldn't be forgotten, not like that pink cotton candy idiot, Bing Bong. They were more important, more meaningful than that toddler-invented imaginary friend. Riley needed them, and they needed Riley. Only they could make her happy.

So they came up with a plan, a plan to make Riley remember them, and to only think about them and them alone. It wouldn't be easy, and would require a lot of planning and patience, but it would be worth it in the end. Riley would belong to them, and they would be her everything. Nothing would come between the two of them.

"Wait for me, Riley. Soon you will be all mine."

(A/N: Ok, I know most of it was a recap, but I also threw in some original stuff. I also tried to explain things from my understanding since it seemed like a lot of people were confused by the movie, from why some of Riley's Emotions were boys, to why she needed to feel sad, etc. We also got to meet the villain towards the end. Kind of. As great as the movie was, it lacked a villain. Not saying it needed one, but I saw the potential for one if a sequel was ever made. The actual story itself will start next chapter, which will be longer than this one. I hope you're looking forward to it. Until next time.)