Hey guys! Georgia here :) Here's a clear up because I myself am getting pre-tty confused. The first chapter is when the puberty button was hit for the first time with Fear throwing a coffee cup. The puberty button had been pressed long enough so that Riley had started the hormones and stuff however, it popped back up for some reason after a couple of months. THIS chapter is where the puberty button was pressed for the second time which means periods and stuff. As always reviews are always great as are chapter ideas! What could Riley and her emotions get up to? Could it be first kiss, first hockey tournament, first time she nearly set fire to the house? Who knows? Peace Out! TG101 :-D x
What Sadness couldn't understand was how no one noticed the puberty button had been pressed. Then again, she wasn't exactly the most noticeable emotion, so at least it made a little sense.
It happened when she was in one of her particularly morose moods whilst on dream duty. She was depressed due to a movie they had watched that afternoon at a sleepover where a little boy died due to bee stings. As she thought about it, she flopped down on the control panel, right on the puberty button.
As Sadness pressed it a little film began playing in front of the dream.
"Puberty! It contains blood, breasts, boys and...mood swings!"
"Huh?" she mumbled, looking up slightly. What was going on?
"Yes, puberty might seem like a scary time, but don't worry, it's completely natural! Puberty is your body's way of transitioning from a child into an adult, why look at little Tammy over here! Here she is before puberty!"
Sadness smiled a little as it showed a little girl around the age of seven who had blonde hair and blue eyes, swinging happily on a swing, urging her parents to push her higher.
"And here she is AFTER puberty!"
Sadness cried out as she saw the picture. Tammy was no longer the cute little girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. Instead she was dressed all in black with a morose look on her face, covered in piercings and tattoos, her hair changed to a drastic pink colour.
Sadness gasped. She had to warn Fear! But wait, that would make him even more scared. Okay, she had two options here. She could keep quiet and hope that no one would notice, or she could tell someone and have them be mad at her.
First option. First option was always best.
"Hey, does anyone know what's wrong with Riley?" Joy asked as Riley awoke ready for the day. "I've just had a heads up from the stomach and it seems there's a lot of blood."
"We're dying!" Fear screeched, running straight into Anger's fist. "Oh God...this is not good, this is not good, this is-"
"Disgusting!" Disgust cringed as Riley went to the toilet and bit her lip as she noticed the blood. "This is completely disgusting!"
"Guys! Just calm down, okay? I'm sure this was talked about before," Joy reassured, going through the twelve year old's memories. "No, nope, nah uh," she mumbled to herself as she flicked through the orbs, which showed up on the overhead projector.
"What is she doing?" Fear asked, covering his eyes.
"Aha, got it!" Joy shouted triumphantly, pulling out the correct glowing orb. "Hey, it says here the video of puberty was watched last night...okay who pressed the button?"
"I thought Fear pressed it?" Disgust asked, raising an eyebrow. "How can it be pressed when that's already happened?"
"It went back up, remember?" Joy reminded the group. "It was down long enough for changes to start happening and then for whatever reason, it went back up."
"Guess a coffee cup isn't strong enough after all," Fear chuckled weakly, yelping in surprise as Anger shoved him out the way. "Anger, use your words!"
"I'll show you words, you oversized bean pole!" Anger growled, raising a fist, making Fear cry out.
"Joy!"
Joy sighed. Sometimes they acted more like children than the grown up emotions that they were supposed to be."Okay, break it up you two! Now's not a good time for fighting! We need to work out what's going on here, both with Riley and the button. Also, has anyone seen Sadness?"
"Over here," Sadness mumbled, weakly raising a hand from where she was. "I'm too sad to talk."
"Great. Fear, can you take care of Sadness?"
"Already on it!" Fear said confidently, striding over to the blue emotion.
"Disgust, can you get Mom's attention and work out what the heck is wrong with us?"
"Way ahead o' ya," Disgust smiled with a raised eyebrow, pushing a lever, which made the control panel turn a green hue as Riley called for her mother.
"Hey Sadness," Fear smiled, sitting down next to his friend. "D'you know anything in the manuals about the whole puberty thing?"
Sadness furrowed her brow before giving a confident nod."I pressed the button last night," she admitted "I watched a video and it says that this blood would happen as would boys, breasts aaaand I don't know. I'm too sad to think."
"Oh Sadness, you're not too sad to think all the time!" Fear said softly, giving her a gentle hug "Surely not!"
"Yo Sadness, need a bit of help over here?" Disgust called, stepping out of the way to allow Sadness to do her thing.
Gently pushing a few buttons and a lever, Sadness made it so that Riley was softly crying at this new and slightly painful experience. "Mom, it hurts," she whispered softly, biting her lip.
"Oh honey, it's okay! It's all part of being a woman!" her Mom reassured her, passing a towel over. "Look, I know it's not the end of the month, but how's about we see a movie? That sound a good idea? I'd say clothes shopping, but I wouldn't risk it."
Riley sniffed and nodded, wiping her eyes. "I guess that's pretty okay...can I also get my ears pierced?" she asked, her head perking up.
Her Mom sighed and rolled her eyes. "Well...I don't see why not. But you're the one that's gonna have to look after them. Don't come crying to me if they get all infected."
"Infected? You mean we'll die?!" Fear squeaked from the console, giving Riley a thought and a purple orb memory rolling down.
"Don't worry, Mom, I'll look after 'em," Riley grinned as she washed her hands. Her Mom was so cool sometimes!
"I believe someone owes me thirty bucks," Disgust smiled mockingly, holding her hand out to Anger, who begrudgingly slapped a fistful of notes into her hand.
"Thanking you."
Riley smiled as she saw the green glinting in her ears as they passed yet another mirror in the shopping mall. It was Disgust who chose which earrings she should have, much to the protests of the other emotions. Okay, so maybe green wasn't Joy's colour, but even she had to admit they were pretty cool.
"So, what was your favourite part?" Riley's Mom asked, relieved to see her daughter somewhat back to her old self.
"The dinosaurs!" Riley grinned, roaring a little, before humming the film's theme.
"The dinosaurs were the worst part," Fear muttered. He looked over and saw Anger who had a wild look in his eyes.
"What are you talking about? It was great! The bit where that babysitter got eaten by that angry one? Best . Movie. Ever. And the way she treated those kids meant she totally had it coming."
"I liked it when she died...it was so sad!" Sadness said before bursting into yet another bout of tears. "Also the ending was so sad! Why did Blue have to die?"
"Aw come on, it came back to life. And the 3D was good!" Joy said, her face brightening.
"Yeah but those glasses with that incredibly hot guy from The Lego Movie? So tacky! I mean, what if he had seen?" Disgust argued, opening up a new thought bubble which blasted out that annoyingly catchy song from the film.
Everything is cool when you're part of a team! Everything is awesome, when you're living your dream!
"I thought we got rid of that one!" Anger grumbled, feeling slight waves of heat rise from his head.
"We did. Then we had that damn gum commercial," Disgust tutted, rolling her eyes, causing yet another song to pop up in Riley's mind.
Triple Dent Gum, it'll make you -
The song was cut short by Anger pulling apart the plug that connected the loudspeakers to Head Quarters.
"You're welcome." he grinned, folding his arms smugly.