Early the following morning Sadness was the first one to enter Fears room after last night's rant. She slowly opened Fears bedroom door to find Fear slumped on his bed, not moving a single muscle.
Sadness took one step closer to Fears bed before she was startled by Fears grumbled out,"I'm awake"!
Sadness went over and sat on the side of Fears bed while Fear slowly sat up, not giving her any eye contact. Sadness went into her trouser pocket and pulled out a little teddy bear ,she handed it over to Fear who snatched it before saying thanks in a whispered tone.
"You left it in long term memory" Sadness stated, trying to make conversation. When Fear didn't respond she decided to ask him a question she was dying to know since Bravery had told her what he was doing when he Anger and Disgust had found Fear.
"What made you want to put yourself in the memory dump? Sadness asked her gentle voice relaxing Fear enough to explain to her.
Fear sighed heavily. "Sadness one thing I have realised when Bravery arrived at the scene was I got to understand how you felt for the first 11 years of Riley's life, I got to feel the agony of not being wanted, the worthlessness that crept into you from out of nowhere, the vile pain of being pushed away so much that you often wonder why you bother"!
Fear broke into sobs, tears flowing down his cheeks like a waterfall. Sadness put her arm around him which allowed Fear to cry on her shoulder. When his tears finally ceased he thanked Sadness for her kindness while sniffling.
All of a sudden Sadness looked behind her as if she was signalling someone, his suspicions were proved to be right when Joy entered his room carrying a steaming cup of coffee.
"Here's a cup of coffee, just the way you like it" Joy stated softly before handing over the cup of coffee to Fear which he accepted gracefully.
"Erm thanks Joy" Fear stammered, unsure of what was going on.
Joy then waved her hand which resulted in the other three emotions entering Fear's room one by one, Disgust was first to walk in followed by Bravery then Anger.
"What's going on"? Fear asked ,his low voice echoing slightly.
"We have something to show you" Sadness answered politely.
"Ok"? Fear questioned, still unaware of what was to come.
"I'll explain" Joy began in excitement before adding, "we knew how upset you were especially after last night so we came up with a few things to help cheer you up" Joy said, bouncing up and down.
Fear didn't respond. Joy took it as an opportunity to start with the plan. "Let's start with you Sadness "! Joy said, her eyes fixed on Sadness with happiness.
"Erm ok" Sadness began while bringing out a memory ball. She then added "remember the time Riley was with Jennifer and she was texting on her phone unaware of that car coming down the road"?
"Yeah" Fear responded still confused.
"Well if you hadn't noticed when you did then Jennifer wouldn't be alive and Riley has you to thank for that" Sadness said in the happiest tone of voice she could manage.
Joy squealed in delight when she saw a very tiny smile across Fears lips as he was given the memory ball to hold. "Your turn Disgust"! Joy called out.
"I remember when Tiffany had got with that ugly mug Joseph who had a reputation of treating girls badly, it was thanks to you that Tiffany came to her senses about it and dumped him" Disgust smiled which made Fear's smile more noticeable.
"My turn"! Joy exclaimed. "Remember that trip to the funfair and that roller coaster Riley went on with mom and dad"?
"Oh that" Fear shuddered.
"Without you the ride wouldn't have been as much fun as the fear is the fun"! Joy said, clapping her hands with pleasure. "Anger your next" Joy added.
Fear's face fell, the deep feeling of terror taking over his facial features.
"It's ok kid" Anger warned kindly before continuing. "You know when I made fun of you that time you woke Riley up because of a dream a couple of weeks ago"?
"Yes" Fear whispered, it was one of those memories that Fear desperately wanted to forget.
"The truth is if you hadn't of woken her up then she would have been distressed for days, and that wouldn't have been fair". "Thanks" Anger added.
Fear was about to reply when Bravery got there first. Fear looked at him with a blank facial expression.
Bravery sighed. "See Fear you are just as useful and respected as the rest of us, you're not worthless and you definitely don't belong in the memory dump" Bravery said seriously which made Fear cringe at his rant last night.
"Thanks" Fear said quietly, not giving any of the other emotions eye contact.
Suddenly when Fear looked up he saw the other emotions walking away he let out a loud "wait"! The emotions all turned to Fear who had his hand up.
"Look guys I'm sorry about last night it was completely out of order I was just angry and-" he was cut off by Anger.
"No we're sorry, people get angry and cry when their treated unfairly which I should know about as I live for fairness".
Fear was speechless. However Bravery still had something to say.
Bravery cleared his throat, "I also wanted to apologise as an individual. My purpose is to make sure that Riley doesn't get hurt or stressed in certain situations, I didn't think I was making you feel like a worthless idiot and I'm sorry I made you feel that way".
Stunned at Bravery's admission Fear stammered out his forgiveness. Joy squealed with delight.
"Now we have all made up lets go to hockey practice"! Joy exclaimed, gathering everyone up and rushing them towards the console in a bundle.
"As Fear would say, hockey practice has been an unqualified success"! Bravery commented as Riley walked home with a proud look on her face. Fear too had the same facial expression.
Later that evening Joy, Anger ,Sadness, Disgust and Bravery were all sat on the pink sofa near the console watching the latest scary movie. However it didn't feel right watching it.
"This isn't as exciting as usual" Joy admitted with slight disappointment taking over her positive attitude.
"Agreed" Disgust , Anger ,Sadness and Bravery said at the same time.
Bravery then had an idea. He walked up to Fear who was at the back of headquarters reading mind manuals.
"What you doing back here, you should be with us" Bravery said.
"Erm scary movies aren't really my thing" Fear replied.
"But scary movies aren't worth watching if you're even slightly scared by them , that's why they're called scary movies as the Fear is the fun", Bravery commented which got Fear up from the mind manuals and standing near the console with Bravery and Joy.
As they pulled levers and pressed buttons a new memory that consisted of three colours, yellow, silver and purple. All the emotions cheered as it made its way to the memory shelves.
"That's what I call awesome" Disgust commented in amazement.
"I second that " Anger added, a full grin filling his facial features.
Joy rushed over to give Bravery and Fear a huge hug which nearly crushed them both. Even Sadness let out a smile, truly proud of how Fear was now getting along with the others so brilliantly.
To Sadness and the other emotions times like these is what makes memories worth remembering.
Thank you to everyone who has supported me through out this fiction especially as its my first Inside out fan fiction. I am hoping to write more Inside out fictions in the future. So once again thank you everyone :)