It was dinnertime for Riley Andersen and her emotions. Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust and Fear are all eating pizza. But while dinnertime with her friends was one of Sadness' favorite times of the day, she wasn't enjoying herself tonight, so she just sat in her seat and barely ate any of the pizza since she sat down at the table.

Although she had managed to put on a good face while working with the other emotions to control Riley's actions during the day, Sadness felt slightly sick since she woke up in the morning, and tonight she felt much worse. She felt very hot, certain that she was running a fever, and she had an uncomfortable feeling in her stomach that didn't make her want to eat any food.

Sadness kept her eyes on her plate that had two pizza slices when she saw Joy looking at her with concern. "You okay, Sadness? You haven't eaten any pizza since we all sat down at the table."

"I think I'm sick," Sadness replied. "I'm hot, my head hurts, and my stomach hurts." Then she lets out a very loud cough that a sick person would do.

Joy walks over to Sadness and places her hand on her friend's forehead. Her eyes widened as she exclaimed, "Oh, dear! You are sick!"

Sadness could only sit in her seat, feeling low on energy. "Why don't you go on to your room and rest? I'll have Fear give you a checkup."

Sadness stood up from her seat and started to walk away from the table. But the pain of her stomachache made her not get too far and fall to the floor. Luckily, Joy was in front of her as she got up from the table and quickly got Sadness before her body hit the floor. She carried Sadness to her room, and when she got there, she put Sadness in her bed.

"Be right back. I'm going to get some ice for your head and a thermometer. Then I'll tell Fear to give you a checkup." Then she left the room to get the said items. She returns with the ice and thermometer. Then she puts the ice on Sadness' head and puts the thermometer in her mouth.

"Fear will come give you a checkup as soon as he's done eating dinner. Until then, I'll stay with you."

Shortly after, Fear entered the room with a medical kit. "Alright, Dr. Fear is in the house!" He takes a stethoscope out of his kit and puts it to Sadness' heart. When he finishes, he takes out a bottle of medicine, pours some out on a spoon and gives it to Sadness. She had no problem swallowing it, although it tasted disgusting to her.

"There," Fear said when he decided he was finished. "You should feel better in about 12 hours." Then he left the room.

Several hours later, Joy and Sadness are still together in Sadness' room. They watched TV and entertained themselves to pass away the time. Sadness didn't feel any better than she had earlier in the evening. She drank lots of juice to help cure her illness. She felt her stomach rumble.

"Joy," Sadness asked Joy. "Can you go get me some applesauce? They can help cure my illness."

"Sure thing," Joy replied and left to go get the applesauce. She returns with a jar of applesauce and gave it to Sadness, who ate from the jar with a spoon as much she could.

Several hours later, it was time for Sadness and the other emotions to go to sleep. Joy thought of something and then briefly hesitated before she asked, "Would you like me to stay with you tonight, Sadness?"

Sadness became surprised upon hearing that question. "But aren't you worried that you might get sick, too?"

"Yes, but I'm more worried about how soon you will get better."

Sadness felt touched at what Joy told her. "Then yes, I do."

"Cool," Joy replied. "I'll go get my sleeping bag and I'll be right back." She ran to her room to get her sleeping bag and returned to Sadness' room with a sleeping bag and pillow in her hands.

The two emotions made their selves comfortable and slept peacefully throughout the night. Sadness was sleeping in her bed while Joy was sleeping next to the bed in her sleeping bag.