A.N. There are going to be two versions of GloydXJubileena (pairing) and two versions of Gloyd/Crumbelina (friendship). Two were my ideas, one was CartoonCaster21's idea, and the last one was flowerpower71's idea. Along with those will be two other pairing stories, both my ideas.
It was during the year that Ralph and Vanellope were dating. Vanellope wasn't the only one in Sugar Rush who was into dating however, there were other Racers who also wanted to date someone. For Jubileena it was Gloyd, and for Gloyd it was...Crumbelina. That's right, Crumbelina. Gloyd had gotten a crush on her, one of those 'stuck on prettiest girl' type crushes. Oh sure all the female Racers were beautiful in their own way, but Crumbelina had that high-fashion type of beauty. You know, the kind you'd see in the rich popular girls in high school. Especially in the leader of the group.
In Jubileena's case she was the only one who didn't find Gloyd annoying in any way. Sure he pulled pranks a lot, on everyone in fact, but she was the only one who really laughed them off. This was because she was a bit of a prankster herself, though she wasn't as good as Gloyd was. Because of this she didn't prank others as much - mostly during April Fool's Day really - and was insecure about being with Gloyd. What if he saw her pranks as lame? Afraid of that happening, she decided to confess her feelings to someone who could help her: her twin Citrusella.
"Really?" Citrusella was surprised. "You're in love with Gloyd?"
They were in Citrusella's bedroom, both on her bed, at their house. The house had a cherry and blueberry theme to it due to their dad being cherry themed and their mom being blueberry themed. This was also why they had completely different themes despite being twins (except for the detail that they were both pie themed of course).
"Yeah, I have been for some time." Jubileena nodded.
"Wow...okay I'm not against this or anything but I don't understand." Citrusella set her comic book aside. "Why do you find Gloyd attractive? I mean he's a prankster...not to mention a little immature."
"I know, it's just...underneath his immature prankster side is a fun loving guy who really does care about others." Jubileena explained. "He just doesn't know how to show it besides pranks. You can even tell how much he cares about you through his pranks. Harmless funny ones means he likes you, embarrassing ones means he's mad at you, and harmful ones means he hates you...I think, he never really did a harmful prank on anyone before. Not even Vanellope back when Turbo was in control."
"Yeah, got to give him credit for that." Citrusella had to admit. "So why don't you just go ahead and tell him? Maybe it'd get his mind off Crumbelina."
Yeah, Gloyd's crush on Crumbelina wasn't exactly a secret. And this was due to a problem he had when it came to showing Crumbelina his affection...
"His crush on Crumbelina is one of the reasons why I can't." Jubileena sighed. "What chance do I have against a high-fashion girl like her? The other reason is because...even though I love pranks too mine are pathetic when compared to Gloyd's."
"Don't be silly, real love comes from what's inside a person. Not how they look or what their talents are." Citrusella shook her head. "Look, just ask him to at least hang out as friends, let him get to know you a bit more. After all you do have one advantage over Crumbelina: you actually love him back."
"True...okay, I'll try it." Jubileena decided. "Thanks sis."
"What are siblings for?" Citrusella smiled, picking her comic book back up.
"A lot of good things obviously." Jubileena grinned as she jumped back onto the floor. "I hope I can return the favor someday."
"Not very likely." Citrusella sighed. "Unless Mr. Litwak decides to upgrade and add more guys to the roster. I tell you the boy-girl ratio here stinks."
"Yeah, it does." Jubileena frowned in agreement. "Oh well, nothing that we can do about it now."
"True. Good luck with Gloyd sis." Citrusella then smiled. "Knowing his pranks you might need it." She then chuckled.
"Very funny. I'll see you at dinner at latest." Jubileena smirked back.
"Bye." Citrusella waved as Jubileena left.
Jubileena wandered around Sugar Rush, looking for Gloyd. She then spotted Swizzle heading for the ice cream mountains.
"Hey Swizz." She said. "You seen Gloyd around?"
"Yeah, he ran past me about half-an-hour ago." Swizzle nodded. "He looked really upset about something...anyway, I think he left Sugar Rush and headed into Game Central Station."
"Oh dear...thanks Swizzle!" Jubileena waved as she ran off; she then sighed: "Sounds like one of his 'tokens of affection' to Crumbelina backfired again."
Jubileena headed for Game Central Station and asked around about Gloyd. Finally one of the zombies - apparently another one, it didn't seem to be Cyril - pointed her towards Tapper's. She went inside and sure enough found Gloyd. Luckily Tapper's sold sodas as well as liquor, so kid characters were allowed inside most of the time. They just weren't allowed in late at night when most of the adults hung out.
Anyway, Gloyd looked like a mess. His head was lying on the table with his hat lying nearby. Jubileena also saw lots of empty mugs around him. Tapper approached her.
"Well hello, you're Jubileena from Sugar Rush right?" He said. "What can I get you?"
"Nothing, I'm fine." Jubileena shook her head slightly. "I just came here to check on Gloyd."
"Ah yes, him." Tapper turned to Gloyd and now shook his head, but for a different reason. "Poor guy really seems heartbroken, nearly soaked himself in ginger ale. Luckily he cried himself to sleep before he could overdo it. Not that ginger ale is alcoholic, but too much carbonation can make you feel weird."
"I'll see if I can make him feel better." Jubileena headed for Gloyd.
"I hope you do." Tapper agreed.
Jubileena sat down next to Gloyd and gently petted his hair.
"Gloyd? Hey Gloyd, come on wake up." She said gently.
Gloyd winced and slowly opened his eyes.
"Jubileena?' He said tiredly. "What are you doing here?"
"I came looking for you, I wanted to see if you wanted to hang out." Jubileena explained. "I think I just got my answer. Crumbelina rejected you again didn't she?"
"Worse, she hates me." Gloyd sniffled. "I tried giving her chocolates but I couldn't keep from putting a rubber spider in the box...she got so mad that she tossed the chocolates in the trash and said that she'll hate pranks forever." He started sobbing again.
"*Shhhhh*." Jubileena said comfortingly as she rubbed his upper back. "There there, just because she'll hate pranks forever doesn't mean that she'll hate you forever. You just have to give her a chance to see your non-pranking side. The side of you that actually does care about your friends pranks or no pranks."
Gloyd stopped sobbing and looked at her with surprise.
"Yeah...maybe you're right...thank you Jubileena." He actually smiled. "You...you always have understood me better than the others..."
"Well...truthfully I like to do a bit of pranking too." Jubileena blushed slightly.
"Really? How come you never told me this before? We could've pranked people together." Gloyd sat up and wiped an eye.
"Because...because my pranks aren't as good as yours." Jubileena hung her head.
"Oh...oh come on I don't care how good they are or how clever they are." Gloyd shook his head. "Making sure they don't hurt others is the most important thing."
Jubileena looked up a bit surprised and smiled.
"Thank you Gloyd...you know, I've never hated you and I never will." Jubileena admitted.
"I'm glad of that." Gloyd smiled. "Maybe I should forget about Crumbelina for now and just hang out with my friends. Speaking of which you, uh, wanted to hang out earlier..."
"I still do...if you want to." Jubileena blushed slightly again.
"I do." Gloyd placed a hand on her shoulder, making her heart skip a beat. "A lot."
Jubileena just smiled.
After Gloyd paid his bill he and Jubileena left Tapper's. Gloyd didn't want to go straight back into Sugar Rush again, so they paused to think of where else they could go. Finally they decided on Fix-It-Felix Jr. They hadn't seen that much of the game before and wanted to see more of where Ralph came from.
They went inside and headed for the lake, just wanting to be by themselves for now. As they hung out Gloyd started to like Jubileena a lot and seemed to forget about Crumbelina.
He didn't realize it himself until about a couple weeks later, when he and Jubileena were pulling a prank on one of the citizens: putting a fake gumdrop with the real ones. When the citizen decided to take a bite it exploded confetti out the top. The citizen was startled but then just chuckled, realizing Gloyd must have set it up.
Gloyd and Jubileena laughed after the citizen left.
"See? Your pranks aren't as bad as you thought." Gloyd smiled.
"I'm glad of that." Jubileena smiled back.
Gloyd then felt his heart skip a beat. He had never realized before how pretty Jubileena looked when she smiled.
"Jubileena I...uh, thank you. A lot." He said. "For hanging out with me I mean. These past couple weeks have been the most fun I ever had. You know, I think I even got over Crumbelina. I mean I still wish she'd think better of me, but I don't need her for a girlfriend anymore."
"Really?" Jubileena was secretly happy. "Got anyone else in mind?"
"Maybe...if she'll have me." Gloyd blushed slightly.
"Well..." Jubileena didn't know what to say to that at first; she didn't know who he was talking about but she didn't want to lose her chance.
She made her decision.
"To tell you the truth I...uh...think that any girl who can see you as more than an immature prankster is the girl for you." She now blushed. "And whoever she is...I think she's really lucky."
"What if the girl is...you?" Gloyd blushed a little stronger.
Jubileena looked at him with shock and dropped her mouth open.
"Wha-what?" She gasped.
"I know, you probably only see me as a brother or something but-" Gloyd was cut off as Jubileena hugged him; he then became concerned as she seemed to sob. "Are you okay?"
"Okay? Gloyd I...I love you." Jubileena admitted.
Gloyd now dropped his mouth open.
"You do?" He couldn't believe it.
"Yes, I've loved you for years." Jubileena nodded.
"How come you didn't tell me before?" Gloyd asked.
"I didn't think I had a chance because you were stuck on Crumbelina. Plus I thought you wouldn't like my pranks enough to want to be with me. I guess it was a foolish fear but...but I have admired your pranks that much."
Gloyd now felt like an idiot. All those years he wasted...if he hadn't been so stuck on Crumbelina then he and Jubileena would've probably been a couple before now. Vowing not to waste any more time, he hugged her back.
"I don't care about the quality of the pranks, I just care about us being able to have fun doing them." He said.
They stayed like that for quite some time until Jubileena managed to compose herself enough to let go.
"So does this mean that...?" She grinned.
Gloyd smiled.
"That's right, we're a couple." He said.
They just smiled at each other, until they felt a force drawing them closer. They realized what was happening due to fantasies of doing it (though with Gloyd it was with Crumbelina at first) and so just relaxed and let their feelings take over.
Sure enough, they kissed. It was like someone had struck them with a giant joy buzzer. 8-bit hearts appeared out of nowhere and surrounded them. When the kiss ended a bit later they just grinned at each other for a while before deciding to go do their next prank.
Word soon spread around that Gloyd and Jubileena were dating. Crumbelina was relieved, knowing that this would mean that Gloyd would be leaving her alone now. Citrusella was overjoyed, glad that her sister finally got her love. The other Racers were happy for the couple as well, especially Vanellope, Rancis, and Swizzle. Rancis and Swizzle were glad that Gloyd finally found someone who loved him back, and Vanellope's joy was more of an empathy joy. After all being in love herself meant that she knew how happy Gloyd and Jubileena were. And one of her most favorite things was to see her citizens happy.
As for Gloyd's friendship with Crumbelina...well that's another story. Literally, it's the next story in this series. XD