Joy ran up to the Imaginary Boyfriend Generator.

“Hey!” she said, addressing the Imaginary Boyfriend, who sat slowly plucking petals off a flower. “Did you mean what you said before?”

“I would die for Riley! I would die for Riley! I would die—” the boyfriend replied.

“Yeah, yeah, okay, Haircut,” Joy said. “Time to prove it.”

Joy scooped up the Imaginary Boyfriend and put him in the bag she had gotten from Bing Bong. Then she turned on the generator and a bunch of imaginary boyfriends began to pour out. They moved down the conveyor belt, shouting, “I would die for Riley!” Joy caught each one in the imaginary bag.

“That’s good,” she said, putting the last boyfriend in.

As Sadness floated up ahead on her cloud, Joy ran past her and yanked on a twisty palm tree made from balloons, pulling it from the ground. With careful aim, she untied it and used the rush of air from the balloons to blow Sadness and her cloud back toward the Memory Dump.

Joy sped up, running along the cliff’s edge, parallel to Sadness, as they both moved closer to Family Island. Joy finally stopped, her eyes on Sadness, and aligned herself with Family Island. All of a sudden, Joy dumped the bag and the boyfriends poured out. Their momentum pulled Joy to the top of an incredibly tall tower of imaginary boyfriends.

“This is crazy,” Joy said to herself. “No! Be positive.” She took a deep breath. “I am positive this is crazy.”

The tower of teen boys swayed as Joy gazed at Headquarters in the distance. She looked out at the trampoline on Family Island, then back at Sadness, and calculated her strategy. “NOW!” she shouted.

On Joy’s command, the boyfriends took out their cell phones to take a photo, tipping them forward and launching Joy onto the trampoline. She bounced off and ricocheted into the air, flying toward Sadness. Then she grabbed Sadness midair and carried her along!

“Joy?” asked Sadness, stunned.

“Hang on!” shouted Joy as they soared through the air like birds.

SPLAT! Bull’s-eye! The two hit the back window of Headquarters!

The other Emotions ran over. “It’s Joy!” exclaimed Disgust.

Fear, Anger, and Disgust tried to open the window but it wouldn’t budge.

“Stand back!” shouted Anger. He threw a chair, but it bounced right off.

“That worked,” said Disgust.

“Well, what would you do, if you’re so smart?” Anger said, annoyed.

Disgust’s eyes lit up with an idea. “I’d tell you…but you’re too dumb to understand,” she said.

“What?” Anger asked.

“Of course your tiny brain is confused,” Disgust went on, mocking Anger as she tried to get a rise out of him. “Guess I’ll have to dumb it down to your level.”

Anger let out a giant, angry roar and flames came out of his head. “AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!”

Disgust, who had quickly put on a welding mask, picked him up and used his head like a blowtorch, cutting a hole in the window. They pulled Joy and Sadness up from the ledge and back into Headquarters.

The others were so relieved to see them. “Thank goodness you’re back, Joy!” said Fear. “We were just trying to make more happy memories. That’s all we wanted to do.”

Joy looked at the screen, watching as the bus driver shut the door and pulled away from the station.

“Joy, you’ve got to fix this,” Disgust demanded. “Get up there.”

Joy turned and looked at Sadness. “Sadness, it’s up to you.”

“What?” the others said in unison. “Sadness?!”

Joy hushed them and gave Sadness a look of encouragement.

“Oh…I can’t, Joy.”

Joy pushed Sadness toward the console. “Riley needs you.”

“Okay,” Sadness said nervously. She took a deep breath and set her hands down on the console. The blackness receded and the idea bulb flickered off. Sadness gently pulled it out as Joy, Anger, Fear, and Disgust watched in amazement.

Inside the bus, Riley’s expression changed from listless to sad. Then she stood up, gripping the seat in front of her. “Wait! Stop!” she shouted. The bus stopped and Riley marched up to the front. “I want to get off.”

She got off the bus and ran toward home.