Chapter 15

Yo peeps, ever known what it's like to be constantly burning inside with rage? That's me all the time. Sometimes it's just like little embers left at the end of the night, where I can get happy or sad just like anyone. But if you stoke my fire up, add some fuel, I can get out of control pretty fast. Insult the way Harry thinks and talks? Boom, you'll have me heating up so fast that you'll need some Aloe Vera for your burn. But like any fire, I can die down pretty quickly, or my anger could spread onwards like a forest fire out of control. A sudden explosion of anger that dies out quickly, or a raging inferno that lasts for days on end, all of these are what I do best.

Being one of two girls up here, I've got to prove that not all girls just fly off the hook at any old snide remark, so I keep the fire low most of the time, but this time was not one of those days. Harry had just completed his end of year exams, and results had just come in to say whether we could carry on into year 13 or have to repeat a year. Of course, we didn't try hard enough, so when we were told to repeat, I knew it was fair play, but Sadness, he seemed to think that Harry's life was over, and had made Harry feel bad all day. Luckily Harry had just entered REM, so when the argument got going we weren't just ignoring him, leaving him without any input.

"What do you mean there's no such thing as a happy ever after? How dare you even suggest that Harry will never be able to succeed in life!"

"I was just…"

"I don't want to hear any excuses Sadness! You're nearly always making Harry feel sad for no apparent reason, yeah, sometimes it's good to cry, but why do you insist on making him feel bad about himself?"

"Whoa guys! I think we can all figure this out, I'm sure Sadness meant well-" Joy said as he tried to hop in and break it up.

"Oh no you don't Joy, you ain't pushing no shit onto me. It is clear how Sadness feels about this, he doesn't want what's best for Harry, but I do!"

And that was when Disgust got involved.

"Look who's talking! I don't know if you've noticed gal, but you certainly have some serious flaws when it comes to thinking what's best for Harry. Let me see...oh yeah, the time you made Harry think everything and everyone was able to read his mind. That's the kind of thing Fear would do, but you managed it somehow."

"Oh yeah? Well, you're no prize pumpkin either! I distinctly remember you letting Harry eat off the floor because of a stupid 'Ten second rule' that doesn't even exist!"

"Well, nobody's perfect Anger, especially when they dress like you!"

Joy sniggered behind his hand, trying to cover it up but I noticed alright.

"Oh, so you think that's funny? YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY!? Well I'm not the one that dresses like an effing magician. And you, Barf-bag Barbie, I think it's about time you stopped criticising other people because they dress differently to you. I think it's because you're jealous that I can pull off leathers and a choker. Green is the colour of envy girl, and you know what? You wear it well."

I was in the zone, I haven't lost a single argument up here in Headquarters ever, and if you ask me, I will always win, but that didn't stop them from trying. The only one that had the common sense to keep his mouth shut was Fear, with him sitting as far away from the scrap as possible.

Disgust knew she was beat, her mouth opening and closing like a clownfish, unable to come up with a comeback to that glorious insult I just dealt. I turned to Sadness now, and I had calmed down quite a bit, but not completely

"Now, I think that what you made Harry think was the dumbest thing you have ever done. Putting Harry down like that was a disaster, and now Harry'll think he's not gonna pass his A-levels, and he'll never be able to achieve his goals in life. It was pretty dumb and I hope you don't do it again."

And I think that Sadness knew I was trying my best to not go full blown aggressive against him, but he started crying a little anyway. I always got ticked off when he cries like this, but I held it in, I had literally just went full attack mode against all of them.

"Yeah...I guess so *hiccough* it's just that I...I couldn't help it…*sniff*, at least we didn't make a core memory…"

"Well, that's true…"I pondered this, and even though I'd been blasting him for the last five minutes, I went back to liking him again. It is literally impossible to stay mad at the chubby little blue guy for long. "You know what Sadness? I think I'll have to agree with you there, sometimes it's a good thing to not make a core memory, and I think both Disgust and I can testify"

"Uh huh"

"And Sadness?"

"Yeah?"

"Apart from that, I think you did good for Harry today."

Sadness gave a rare smile, and proceeded off to his sleeping quarters, followed closely by Disgust.

"You, know what? All this arguing has made me tired. I think I'll hit the hay too. G'night boys!" And as I ascended the stairs to my part of the sleeping complex, I suddenly got the feeling that, maybe I was a bit harsh on Sadness, but then again, he must be used to it by now.

"I just hope he didn't take it personally"

But I never dwelt on this feeling. I entered the small bedroom of mine,heading straight to my bed. If I was going to worry about such things, I was certain it could wait until morning.