Head Disease

Summary: When Riley gets a headache, the emotions must find a way to make her feel better.

Movie: Inside Out

Genre: General

Characters: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, Fear, Riley Andersen, Mrs. Andersen, Mr. Andersen

One morning at Riley's house, Riley's parents, Bill and Jill Andersen, were waiting for Riley to come home from school. Then they heard the door open.

Riley entered the house with her hand on her head. Her parents could tell that she had gotten sick.

"Riley, are you feeling okay?" asked Jill.

'No, not really," said Riley.

"Let me see," Jill said as she placed her hand on Riley's forehead.

"What is it?" asked Bill.

"She's got a headache," said Jill. "What can we do?"

"Maybe we should give her some medicine," said Bill.

"Why don't you get some rest?" Jill said to Riley.

"Okay," said Riley.

With that, Riley walked into her bedroom and lied down on the floor where her sleeping bag was.

Inside Riley's head, the emotions were wondering what was wrong with Riley.

"Joy, what's going on?" asked Fear.

"I don't know," said Joy.

"I think I know what's wrong," said Sadness.

"What is it, Sadness?" asked Joy.

Sadness took out a book from the mind manuals and opened it to page twelve. "Riley has a disease called headache," she said.

"Is it contagious?" asked Disgust.

"No," said Sadness. "But it can prevent concentration."

"So it's not so bad, right?" said Joy.

"Well, another way it that can affect you is missing school." said Sadness.

"So it is bad!" said Anger. "You should have told me in the first place!"

"We've got to find a cure," said Joy.

"What are we gonna do?" asked Fear.

"Let's try controlling her," said Joy.

"I don't think that'll work," said Sadness.

"Well, you never know until you try," said Joy.

Joy went to the console and pulled a lever.

Nothing happened.

"Did it work?" asked Fear.

"No," said Joy. "She might be too sick to feel anything."

"You've got to be kidding me!" said Anger.

"Seriously, Riley can't be happy or anything just because she's sick," said Disgust.

"Well, there has to be something we can do," said Joy.

"What do we do now?" asked Sadness.

But Joy didn't have any idea.

"Here, let me try," Fear said as he pushed a button.

Nothing happened.

"You're pressing the wrong button!" said Disgust. "Let me do it!"

So Disgust pressed another button, and nothing happened again.

"Stand back, you idiots!" said Anger.

Anger harshly pulled a lever and nothing happened again.

By now, Anger, Disgust, and Fear were fighting over the console while Sadness stayed at a corner.

Joy knew things were going too far. "Stop!" she shouted to the three emotions.

Anger, Disgust, and Fear stopped fighting and turned to Joy.

"Guys, fighting isn't gonna make Riley feel any better," said Joy. "If we want Riley to feel better, we gotta be patient."

The three emotions looked at each other.

"She's right, guys," said Fear.

"Besides, look," said Sadness, pointing to the screen that shows Riley drinking her medicine. "Riley's actually starting to feel a lot better."

"Yeah," said Joy. "I guess this was a hundred percent worth it, after all."

"So that means we don't have to miss any days of school," said Disgust.

"Don't embarrass me," said Anger.

The next day, Riley was feeling a lot better and ready for school. "See you after school," she said to her parents.

"Take care, sweetie," said Jill.

With that, Riley walked out of the house and started making her way to school.

The End