(A/N: The next chapter is here, and yes, the title is a pun. But before we get started, I got something to say; Easter Eggs ahoy! If you don't know what Easter Eggs are, they're little things that connect different movies together, like Sebastian from The Little Mermaid appearing in Aladdin. It's called the Grand Disney Unification Theory, where all the Disney movies are connected in some way to make them a part of the same universe. See if you can spot them all, and enjoy the chapter.)

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Chapter 2: An Emotional Date

It was just a small time band that started out in his parents' garage, but they were big for what they were. They managed to get some gigs at birthday parties and a few other small events, but the odds of the five members of the band known as The Players actually going anywhere was slim to none.

It was most likely just a common phase that lots of boys went through growing up. The important thing was that they were having fun with their friends. And even those that weren't in the band enjoyed their music.

Riley was one of them, and not just because Jordan was her boyfriend. True, they weren't the Jonas Brothers or anything, but she still liked the way they played. Jordan was the bass guitar player of the group, and she loved to watch him rock out on stage. And just as she came to all her hockey games, she came to all his music gigs. Today, however, was just a rehearsal. She and Jordan were going to see the movie The Good Dinosaur afterwards, so she was waiting for his band to wrap up.

"What do you guys think about that one?" the drummer asked his fellow band mates as they finished playing their newest song.

"I don't know," the boy playing the trumpet replied. "I just wasn't really feeling it."

"Yeah, it seemed to be missing something," Jordan agreed. He looked to his girlfriend. "What do you think, Riley?"

She held up her hands. "Don't look at me. My talent lies in the skating rink. You guys are the music talent."

The singer of the group scoffed. "Of course she wouldn't know; she's a girl."

Inside Riley's head, Anger sprung into action at the control panel. "What? You think girls don't have any musical talent? Haven't you ever heard of The Spice Girls, Cascada, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez? Need I go on?"

Joy placed a hand on his shoulder. "Calm down. Maybe he just meant for their group. They are a boy band after all."

Disgust rolled her eyes. "Please. Girls are their target audience. They would be wise to take advise from one."

"Don't freak out! Don't freak out!" Fear cried. "They're Jordan's friends! We don't want to get them angry and cause diversity between them and get us and risk Jordan breaking up with us and end up spending the rest of our lives alone with nothing but a bunch of cats to keep us company!"

"Oh, that's awful," Sadness muttered, looking at the floor.

Joy waved her arms. "Guys, guys, whoa, calm down, that's not going to happen. Now come on, lets not let one mean comment brought on by stress get to us."

She pushed a button, triggering Riley's response. "Well, I could ask my dad for some advice. He was in a band once."

The boy just scoffed. "As if your old man could offer any good advice."

"Oh, I got some good advice for you," Anger snapped.

"Be gentle," Fear begged.

"And add some sarcasm," Disgust suggested.

"Fine," Anger replied irritably, "lets see how this works."

Riley scowled at the boy. "Well excuse me for trying to help."

"We don't need help from a girl."

Anger began grinding his teeth together as his head threatened to ignite. "That does it! I'm using that curse word."

"Wait, look," said Joy, pointing to the screen.

Jordon had shoved the rude boy. "Lay off, man."

The boy glared at him. "We don't need your girlfriend poking her nose in our business. If she's going to come to our practices, she needs to keep her mouth shut unless she's going to cheer."

"Oh no," said Disgust, "he did not go there."

The boy on the drums struck the cymbals, drawing everyone's attention. "I think we should call it quits for today. We've been at it for a while now."

Jordan put down his guitar. "I think so too. Besides, Riley and I have a movie to get to."

The rude boy scowled as Jordan went to her side. "Fine, go! Have fun on your date!"

They ignored him as they left the garage. Jordan looked a little uncomfortable as he glanced back at his friend's garage. "Sorry about Nathan. He was being a real jerk."

"Uch, yeah, like him apologizing for Mr. Creep-o makes it all better," Disgust muttered.

"Hey now," said Joy, "we all get stressed out. Remember how frustrating hockey practice can get."

"It's fine," Riley replied. "But you guys really do sound good."

Jordan smiled. "Thanks. It's just this new song; it's giving us some real trouble."

"Well, I'm sure you'll get it. You guys have some real musical talent."

Just outside Headquarters, Teenage Boy Band Island was running. Joy smiled at that. She didn't care if Fear hoped it was a phase, she liked all the Islands. As far as she was concerned, anything that made Riley happy was a good thing.

As the two teens walked along, the conversation turned to Riley's hockey team. "So, the Foghorns are playing against the Swift Sticks in the semi-finals?"

Riley beamed. "Yeah, it's really exciting. If we win, we'll play the Bladers in the championship."

"You'll definitely win. You guys are the best."

Joy chuckled and nudged Anger. "Isn't small talk adorable?"

"As long as it doesn't lead to any awkward silences," Fear agreed.

The walk to the movie theater was rather uneventful. But when they got there, they saw that there was a rather long line.

"No, no, no, no!" Fear shouted. "Just look at that line! We're going to miss the beginning of the movie! Or worse, they'll be sold out!

"Oh dear," Sadness muttered, "that'll ruin their date."

Joy waved her hands. "People, people, don't panic. There's still plenty of time before the movie starts. These lines move fast. We'll even have time to buy snacks and play a few games. And even if they do sell out, there are other movies we can see. Or we could go somewhere else. Maybe to the park, or we could get some ice cream. Everybody loves ice cream!"

"But ice cream could give us a brain freeze," Sadness pointed out. This earned her a look from the other Emotions. "Sorry, I went sad again."

"Whoa, heads up!" Disgust announced. "It's Caprice at 3:00."

Coming out of the movie theater accompanied by her two friends was the "coolest girl" in school, the one Disgust had insisted that Riley be friends with on her first day at her new school. And while they were friendly with one another and on speaking terms, they weren't exactly friends, not like the other two girls she was always with.

Riley raised her hand in greeting. "Hey, Caprice."

Caprice glanced at her. "Oh, hi, Riley, and, um…"

"Jordan," the boy reminded her.

"Right, Jordan," Caprice muttered.

"Are you two on a date," the girl to the left of Caprice asked. "That is so cute."

Fear began to panic. "Was that sarcasm? I couldn't tell. Was that sarcasm? Tell me it wasn't sarcasm!"

Disgust tapped her chin. "Hmm, it could have been mockery for Riley having a boyfriend, respect or admiration that she does, or jealousy because she doesn't. It's too soon to tell. Best to tread carefully."

"Yeah, we're going to catch a film," Riley replied. "What'd you guys see?"

The three girls looked caught off guard at the question and shifted uncomfortably. Caprice's two friends looked to her for an answer. "Oh, um, we snuck into an R rated movie. Probably too intense for you though."

Anger rolled his eyes. "Snuck into an R rated movie, yeah right. As if I believe that."

"Don't they know the risks of sneaking into a movie like that?" Fear exclaimed. "Even if they're not caught, a movie like that could scar them for life."

Disgust, however, just smirked. "That's what the cool kids do. We really need to get Riley to hang out with them more often."

"Are you crazy?" Fear demanded. "That's a slippery slope to delinquency."

But the atmosphere suddenly changed as a somewhat nerdy boy came bursting out of the theater. "Whoo hoo! Star Wars! Greatest movie series ever!"

The three cool girls' faces fell as Riley glanced at the new boy. "Isn't that your brother?"

Caprice rolled her eyes. "My mom made me bring him."

The boy rushed over to his sister. "Sis, you should have seen it! I knew Disney wouldn't mess up the series. So, how was The Road Chip?"

The three girls' mouths dropped open, as did Disgust's. Anger, however, pointed at the screen and laughed. "Ha! I knew they were full of it."

The nerdy boy then turned to Jordan and Riley. "Hey, Jordan, my man. How's it going?"

The two boys fist bumped. "Jean, hey. You coming to the next gig?"

"Oh, you know it. I can bring the eats too. The folks are showing me how to cook these awesome snacks."

"Sounds… um, sweet."

"I know, right? There's always goods eats when your parents are the famous chefs Alfredo and Colette Linguini. Ever since we moved here from France so Dad could study under that pastry chef, dessert time has been awesome!"

One of Caprice's friends scoffed. "Wow, Caprice, your brother is such a loser."

"Try living with him," Caprice muttered. "He still believes that story Dad told him about that rat that can cook." She pushed her brother aside and walked up to Riley. "Listen, don't mention this to any of the kids at school, ok. We did not see that stupid Chipmunks movie. My brother doesn't know what he's talking about."

"Sure I do," Jean replied. "I saw you and your friends go into the theater, and that was what you bought a ticket for."

His sister's eye twitched. "No, you didn't. That was the movie playing next to them one we went into."

Quick as lightning, Jean's hand shot out and reached into his sister's pants pocket. Pulling out her movie ticket, he held it up victoriously. "Ha! See. It says so right there, Alvin and the Chipmunks."

A murderous look crossed Caprice's face. "Jean, I'm going to kill you!"

Jean yelped and took off as his sister chased after him. Her two friends shared an uneasy look before following while still trying to look cool.

"Ok, that was strange," Joy muttered.

"Posers," Anger repeated. "The whole lot of them. Riley's better off with the friends she has now."

Disgust waved her finger at him. "Hey, posers or not, they've got a good rep; that's what matters."

"Um, guys," said Sadness pointing to the screen, "we're almost there."

Both Riley and Jordan bought a ticket and headed into the movie theater. For being so long, the line had moved quickly, so they still had some time before the movie started.

"See, told you we'd have plenty of time," Joy told them.

"You want to get anything?" Jordan asked, motioning to the snack stand.

"Uch!" Disgust scoffed. "As if Riley needs the sugars and carbs."

Joy waved it off. "Ah, come on. A little snack won't hurt."

"Popcorn is actually a pretty healthy snack," Sadness pointed out.

Disgust rolled her eyes. "Fine, whatever. But no butter, that's just extra fat we don't need."

"But popcorn can get stuck in our braces!" Fear exclaimed.

His concerns were ignored as both Riley and Jordan got a bag of popcorn. Once their snacks were paid for, the two teens decided to kill some time with some arcade games. Jordan choseHero's Duty while Riley went with Sugar Rush.

"Oh, I love this game!" Joy exclaimed.

"Yeah, it's ok," said Sadness. "But why can't we ever play as the princess on the side of the game console? And who's this King Candy guy? His picture isn't anywhere."

"Sadness, it's a game," Anger told her irritably. "Who cares if his picture isn't on the console? Besides, the character selection changes everyday."

"Yeah, I know that. I just find it strange that the lead racer isn't on the game console while someone who is never seems to be in the racing roster whenever we play. It's so sad."

"They're characters in a game, Sadness, they don't get sad!"

"You don't know that, they could be self aware."

Joy pointed to the screen. "Oh, look, there's the finish line! We're gonna win!"

But she spoke too soon as one of the computer characters used their power up to strike Riley's racer, knocking her off course and costing her the race.

"Oh, come on!" Anger shouted. "Right at the end? That was such a cheap shot! This game is rigged!"

Riley slapped her steering wheel in frustration. "Oh, man!"

Joy placed a hand on Anger's shoulder. "Calm down, it's just a game."

"Yeah, one we paid for!"

"Aaaaaand… we had fun playing it, right? That's what really matters."

"Yeah, but now we're losers," Sadness muttered gloomily.

"No, no, no, no. We're not losers. We just came in ninth place… out of nine."

"That's losing!" Anger snapped. "And now we need to pay another quarter to continue!"

As Riley reached into her pocket for another quarter, a three-eyed green skinned toy alien wearing a blue spacesuit appeared in front of her, causing Fear to jump into Disgust's arms fearfully. The green Emotion rolled her eyes and dropped him as they looked at the squeaky toy.

"For you," said Jordan. "I won it in the crane game."

"Uch," Disgust muttered. "Why would Riley want that thing?"

"Oh, come on," said Joy. "It's adorable."

Riley reached up and took the alien toy. Se gave it a squeeze, giggling when it squeaked. "It's cute. Thanks." She motioned to the Player 2 seat next to her. "Want to race me?"

Taking out his cellphone, he checked the time. "Actually, we should get going; the movie is going to start soon."

"Oh, ok, maybe after it's over."

Gathering their popcorn and drinks, they headed into their theater. It wasn't too crowded, leaving them with plenty of places for them to sit.

"Where do you want to go?" Riley asked. "Top, middle, or bottom?"

"Anywhere but the bottom," Jordan pleaded. "I always get a headache when I sit too close, and the guys always want to sit right up front whenever we go."

He had once confessed to her that his fellow band mates liked sitting up close to the screen because, and Jordan had quoted, "They would have a nice close up of view of a girl's chest when she took her shirt off".

"Gross!" Disgust grumbled. "Why are boys so disgusting? Thank goodness Jordan isn't like that."

"Please," Fear muttered. "All boys are like that, even if they act like they're not. That includes Jordan."

"Hey, as long as he doesn't do it around us."

"Shh!" Joy shushed them. "The previews are starting."

Anger grinned, rubbing his hands together eagerly. "Alright, lets see what's good that's coming out."

"TripleDent Gum, will make you smile! TripleDent Gum, it lasts a while! TripleDent Gum, will help you, mister, to punch bad breath right in the kisser! TripleDent Gum!"

"Are you kidding me?" Anger shouted. "Why are they playing this during previews?"

"Weeeeell…" Joy muttered, "sometimes they play commercials before previews."

"Yeah, but why did it have to be that one?"

Both Riley and Jordan were quietly singing along with the jingle. They noticed and shared a smile.

"This song gets stuck in your head too?" the latter asked.

"Oh my gosh, like all the time," Riley laughed. "It's like someone randomly decides to play it in my head over and over."

"Sweetie, you have no idea," Anger grumbled.

"Oh, come on, it's not so bad," Joy insisted, even as her eye twitched irritably. "Look, the real previews are starting."

There was little talking after that, excluding the commentary the Emotions made about whether or not a preview looked good. Joy took an interest in the comedies while Sadness wanted to see the tragic love story, Anger wanted to see the action movie, and Disgust wanted to see the dance movie. As for Fear, well, he had passed out when a preview for a horror movie came on.

There was no more talking once the movie itself started, but midway through, Fear, who had regained consciousness, took notice of something in Riley's peripheral vision. "Guys, look! He's going for her hand! Jordan is going for her hand!"

Next to Riley's hand, Jordan's was slowly inching his closer to hers, his intent evident. Even though it was in Riley's line of vision, she was too focused on the movie to take notice.

"What do we do? What do we do?" Fear shouted, yanking his single swirl of hair. "Quick, make her want to reach for more popcorn!"

"Don't panic!" Joy said loudly. "We can handle this."

Disgust placed her hands on her hips. "You don't think this is moving too fast?"

"He just wants to hold her hand," Joy pointed out. "They've held hands before plenty of times."

"Uh, yeah," Disgust agreed, and motioned to what was happening in the movie, "but not in the darkness of a movie theater, where it can easily lead to something more."

"It's a slippery slope!" Fear exclaimed. "Right now he just wants to hold hands, but then he's going to want more! We'll be pregnant by the end of the week!"

"Please, they're 13," Anger insisted.

"So? You know what Mom said. Boys are only interested in one thing."

Disgust tapped him on the shoulder. "Um, genius, you're a boy."

"True," Fear agreed, "but we're not capable of doing that." He crossed his arms, looking proud of himself. "And I'd be too much of a coward to try it even if I could."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, calm down," said Joy. "I think we're all getting a little ahead of ourselves. Lets just take things nice and slow."

Jordan's fingers brushed against Riley's. She appeared startled for a moment, but then she smiled and interlocked their fingers. Holding hands, they went back to watching the movie.

"There," said Joy, "you see. Just a harmless display of affection."

"Yeah," Sadness agreed, "until our hand gets all sweaty."

Joy groaned. Though she had accepted that Riley needed Sadness in her life, sometimes the blue Emotion could really dampen the mood. "Leeeet's just watch the movie."

(A/N: Makes you wonder how things really went on Riley's First Date after she and Jordan left together. I'd love to see how that played out. I hope the switching between the outside world and inside Riley's head didn't get too confusing. There will be jumps like that where we go from an outside scene to an inside one. Hopefully everyone will be able to follow it. Speaking of following things, who found the Easter eggs this chapter. There were six this time. Did you find them all? One was fairly obvious. Caprice is the daughter of Alfredo and Colette from Ratatouille. She does look a lot like Colette as a child, only with darker hair and brown eyes, the same as Alfredo, if you noticed, thus I theorized that she was their daughter, the whole Grand Disney Unification thing, you know. I also noticed, amongst the children at during lunch, there was a boy in the background that looked like Alfredo as a child, but with darker hair, which is where Caprice's brother came from for this story. There'll be more Easter eggs in later chapters, so don't forget to look.)