"It's OK Sadness, you'll be alright. I'll be right here to catch you if you fall."
Sadness looked up at Joy, standing there on the floor with her hand out like they do in those romance movies. Blushing, she took Joy's hand and let herself be carefully pulled out onto the floor.
Waiting until their momentum faded away, Joy said "Ok. We'll start off with starting off" and did one of those giggles that sounded like Christmas Bells. Sadness nodded, then watched intently as Joy let go of her hands, then positioned herself to be sideways to Sadness. "We'll start with starting motion while on the 'ice'. Now, take your foot and act like you're walking. You're gonna slide around in place a little, and it'll look silly, but you'll gain enough forward momentum to get started." Joy said, demonstrating the steps as she said them. She then glided back over in front of Sadness and said "OK, you go." Nodding, Sadness tried to imitate Joy's motions. And she had it going, for a while. But then her foot slid back a little too far, and suddenly the ground was rushing up to her. But then she felt a pair of arms on the shoulders, and looked up to see Joy grinning down at her. "That was great for your first try!" She said as she lifted the shorter emotion back to her standing position.
"Really?" Sadness said, regaining her balance and looking up at Joy through her glasses. "Yes! You'll be at it in no time!" Sadness nodded, then took a deep breath and tried again.
Sadness looked up at Joy as she slid unsteadily across the floor to the yellow emotion. "Excellent!" Joy said, taking Sadness's hands in her own and beginning to glide them at an easy pace around the room. "Now to maintain your momentum. Just glide, and pivot. Glide, and pivot." Sadness caught on to the idea quickly, but a new problem presented itself. She and Joy were pivoting in different directions. Neither willing to let go of the other, they struggled with this problem until they both met the other's eyes. Sadness's mind stopped giving her thoughts as she got lost in those eyes. Some amount of time passed, she'd never know how much exactly, before she realized that they were pivoting in sync. Joy must've realized it at the same time because she let out a little squeaky laugh, turned Sadness around, then wrapped her arms around Sadness before whispering "You drive, I'll steer." into her ear. Normally Sadness would've been flooded with nerves and negative thoughts at this sudden responsibility. But maybe it was the time she spent looking into Joy's eyes, or the way the emotion's arms were wrapped around her waist, or maybe she was just becoming more confident, because she just thought 'OK' and started gliding and pivoting. It was a little awkward to begin, her legs kept hitting Joy's. But, just like everything else it seemed, they developed a perfect rhythm that let them both work in harmony. Soon they were serenely gliding across Headquarter's floor, enjoying the other's presence without saying a word. Again time passed, again Sadness wouldn't know how much, but eventually the moment had to end. Joy steered them back to the controller, where the floor regained its traction, then stopped them and helped Sadness off. "I have to do this more often." Sadness said as they walked back to their rooms. "I mean," she said, looking down to the floor, "can we do that again?" Joy gave her one of those smiles and said "I wouldn't give it up for the world."