A.N. This one was CartoonCaster21's idea.

Jubileena had been frustrated with two things in her life. One was Gloyd: she was in love with him but he had a crush on Crumbelina. The other was racing: no matter how hard she tried she just couldn't get very good at it. Her twin Citrusella was a lot better than her. Jubileena didn't resent her sister for it or anything, but she still was a little jealous.

One day she saw Gloyd practice-race along a smaller track. Sugar Rush had various small tracks scattered around so that Racers could practice racing without using the main track.

"Hm, he's not too bad. Maybe he can help me." Jubileena said to herself.

She headed for the track.

"Hi Gloyd!" She waved.

Gloyd stopped and raised his goggles.

"Hey Jubileena." Gloyd smiled. "What's up?"

"I was wondering if you could help me with my racing." Jubileena asked. "I have been practicing but I just haven't been getting any better."

"Sure, but why me? Vanellope, Taffyta, and Rancis are the three best racers around here." Gloyd said.

"I know, but I want you to help me." Jubileena blushed a little. "Please?"

"Of course." Gloyd smiled. "I'd be happy too."

Jubileena beamed.

"Great! I'll get my kart!" She ran off.

She came back in her kart some minutes later and entered the track. Gloyd started teaching her a few tricks and they soon were racing together on the track. They ended up spending the rest of the day practice-racing.

A few days passed like this, and Gloyd got to know Jubileena more through it as well. He ended up really liking her, but hadn't given up on Crumbelina yet. As more time passed his heart did slowly start to let go of Crumbelina and move onto Jubileena, but he didn't catch on until about a month later.

It was in the evening, and most of the Racers were heading home. Crumbelina and Gloyd were two of them, and since they lived nearby they often saw each other along the way. Well Gloyd definitely saw Crumbelina, but Crumbelina tried to hide the fact that she saw him too. Gloyd had been showing his affection through pranks and Crumbelina really hated that.

Anyway, Gloyd expected his heart to pound or flip-flop or something as she passed him...but nothing. For the first time ever, Gloyd didn't feel a thing.

"What?" He said to himself as he walked home for dinner. "I don't get it, I know I love Crumbelina so why don't I feel anything for her anymore? She hasn't changed at all..." Gloyd then got it. "So I must've. But what changed? I still have been doing pranks as before, same with racing. The only thing that changed was that I've been spending more time with Jubileena-"

Gloyd froze and put a hand over his heart. It had skipped a beat the moment he mentioned Jubileena's name. He decided to test it.

"Jubileena." He said; his heart skipped a beat again.

He then thought about Jubileena, and felt his heart start to beat faster.

"Oh my programmer!" He gasped. "I've fallen in love with Jubileena?"

He continued thinking about it.

"Should I tell her...? No...Crumbelina didn't want to be with me so why would any other girl? But then again Jubileena went to me of all Racers to help her..." Gloyd groaned. "What am I going to do?"

He ended up staying up almost half the night trying to figure it out.

Anyway, by this point Jubileena had gotten a lot better at racing. She waited Gloyd by the track they had been using but he was running late. She wasn't surprised though, he had been looking really tired all day. When he finally arrived she decided to find out why even though she had a guess.

"Didn't get much sleep last night?" Jubileena guessed.

"Yeah, my mind was stuck on something." Gloyd shook his head before yawning. "Good thing I hadn't been on the roster today, I probably would've annoyed a player or two with my crashes."

"You should've taken a nap while the races were going on." Jubileena said concernedly.

"It's okay, I'll just go to bed early tonight." Gloyd shrugged.

"No, you're going to bed now." Jubileena shook her head. "I've been doing a lot better so I think I can take it from here anyway. Thank you Gloyd, really. I couldn't have done it without you." She then smiled.

"Aw sure you could've." Gloyd smiled back. "But yeah, you're right, I should go to bed now. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Bye." Jubileena smiled.

Truthfully Gloyd was relieved. Not only did he really need to sleep but he wanted to think more about whether or not to tell Jubileena how he felt.

So, he went home and took a nap. He woke up again a few hours later feeling more awake...but also hungry. It was past dinnertime so he went downstairs to eat.

"Hey son." Mr. Orangeboar smiled, just finishing dinner with Mrs. Orangeboar. "We would've woken you up earlier but you seemed really tired so we decided to let you sleep."

"It's okay, I'll just make myself a sandwich." Gloyd shrugged before heading to the kitchen to get some things out of the fridge.

"Are you okay? Normally you sleep really well but today you looked as if you hadn't gotten much sleep last night." Mrs. Orangeboar asked.

"I hadn't, had a lot on my mind." Gloyd confirmed.

"Worrying about Crumbelina eh?" Mr. Orangeboar smirked.

"Nah, Jubileena." Gloyd shook his head as he made his sandwich. "I ended up falling in love with her...I'm not sure exactly when, but I didn't realize it until yesterday."

"That's good, I never did thought Crumbelina was the right girl for you." Mrs. Orangeboar nodded approvingly. "She never liked any of your pranks. Jubileena on the other hand is also a really nice girl plus seems to like your pranks."

"Yeah...she does." Gloyd smiled. "But I don't know how to tell her how I feel."

"Well definitely no pranks. I think it would be better if you tried a different tactic." Mr. Orangeboar said. "How about you make her something like a card?"

"That might work..." Gloyd hesitated. "Well, I'll think about it."

"Okay. We're going to watch a movie you want to join us?" Mrs. Orangeboar asked as she started to clear the table.

"Nah, I need to think more about what to do for Jubileena. But thanks anyway." Gloyd smiled as he sat at the table.

His parents nodded understandingly and left. Gloyd ate and thought. Making something for Jubileena wasn't a bad idea, but he wanted to do something other than a card. He did think of baking something for her, but there was a problem: he wasn't a good cook. No one else except for his parents knew about this however. You see all the other Racers were good cooks, each with their own specialty, so Gloyd found his inability to cook embarrassing. He didn't even take cooking class in school like the other Racers because he didn't want to risk the others finding out.

Gloyd became frustrated again. He couldn't think of anything better to make for Jubileena. Instead all he could think of was to at least try to bake something.

The next day Jubileena went to visit Gloyd to see how he was doing. She knocked on the door and Mrs. Orangeboar opened it.

"Hello Jubileena." She smiled.

"Hi Mrs. Orangeboar, has Gloyd caught up on his sleep yet?" Jubileena asked.

"Yes, he's feeling much better-"

"AW NUTS!" Gloyd's voice suddenly rang out from the kitchen.

"Er, except, uh..." Mrs. Oranageboar hesitated.

Jubileena, without thinking, ran for the kitchen.

"Oh Jubileena wait, I don't think-" Mrs. Orangeboar tried to protest but it was too late.

Yup, Jubileena had seen the mess in the kitchen. Batter was all over the place, and there were a few bad-looking pumpkin pies on the counter. In the middle was Gloyd sobbing with another bad-looking pie on the floor.

"Gloyd?" Jubileena asked concernedly.

Gloyd looked up and turned red with embarrassment.

"Oh no...Jubileena, uh...I can explain..." Gloyd stammered.

"Have you been trying to bake a pie?" Jubileena guessed.

"Yeah I...I mean..."

"But..." Jubileena's eyes widened as she got it. "You don't know how to cook do you?"

Gloyd hung his head.

"No, I don't." He admitted. "I'm a horrible cook."

"How come you never said anything before?" Jubileena knelt down and lifted Gloyd's head.

"Are you kidding? Jubileena I'm the only Racer who's a horrible cook. Even Vanellope is good at it and she was without a kitchen for fifteen years." Gloyd shed a few tears. "I was too ashamed to say anything."

"That explains why you don't take cooking in school..." Jubileena realized. "But Gloyd it's nothing to be ashamed about. The other Racers and I didn't start off as good cooks, we needed our parents to teach us at first."

"Never did think to ask my parents..." Gloyd sighed.

"Not surprised, you always had been the absent-minded one." Jubileena giggled.

"Yeah, even Candlehead is better at thinking than I am." Gloyd joked.

"Gloyd you know Candlehead is smarter than she appears." Jubileena smirked.

"I know I know, I was kidding." Gloyd chuckled.

He then let Jubileena help him up.

"How about I help you bake a pumpkin pie?" Jubileena offered.

"Really? You don't have to, I mean..."

"Don't worry about it, just consider it my thanks to you for helping me become a better Racer."

"Well...in that case I'd love your help." Gloyd smiled.

Jubileena helped him clean up the kitchen, and then they started to make a new pie. Gloyd did his best to follow Jubileena's instructions exactly, and by the end of the day he was able to make a pie that was at least edible though still not that tasty.

A few days passed before Gloyd finally learned enough to practice cooking on his own without Jubileena's help. It took until the end of the week before he became a good cook though, even if he still wasn't as good as the others.

The next week he invited Jubileena over to taste his latest pie. When she arrived Mr. Orangeboar led her to the dining room. She was instantly confused: where was Gloyd and his pie?

"Jubileena?"

Jubileena turned and saw Gloyd in the kitchen carrying something on a covered tray. Obviously it was the pie.

"Thank you so much for teaching me how to cook." Gloyd smiled. "It means a lot to me."

"Well, what are friends for?" Jubileena blushed slightly. "Besides, you taught me how to race better so no thanks are necessary."

"Even so, I had to make this for you." Gloyd now blushed a little as he sat in the chair next to her and set the tray onto the table.

Jubileena lifted the lid...and blushed even stronger. Written on the pumpkin pie with whipped cream were just three words: I Love You.

"Y-you love me?" Jubileena felt her heart beating faster.

"Yes, I started to fall in love with you back when I was teaching you how to be a better racer." Gloyd blushed a bit stronger as well. "That's why I was trying to bake a pie, it was for you."

Jubileena felt a tear roll down her cheek, and she suddenly hugged him.

"I've loved you for years but was scared to tell you." She admitted.

"Because of Crumbelina." Gloyd realized.

"Uh-huh...I thought I wasn't good enough for you."

"Well you are." Gloyd smiled. "You have to be because...I really do love you."

"I love you too."

They then pulled apart a little and smiled at each other. Feeling an instant attraction, their faces started to move closer to each other until...they kissed. 8-bit hearts instantly surrounded them.

And they have been together ever since.