A Surprise for the Swizz- Chapter 4
Minty and Swizzle leave the mall, and Minty decides to treat Swizzle to some frozen yogurt. They drive to Frozen Yogurt & Sweet Delights, the frozen treat shop in Sugar City, just north of the racetrack.
They walk in, and choose the yogurt they want. Swizzle chooses blueberry, and Minty chooses green apple. As they top their yogurt, Minty begins to talk to Swizzle.
"Swizz, how do you feel now?" Minty asks as she tops her yogurt with candy apples.
"I feel better now. Still, I wonder what everyone's up to." Swizzle replies as he covers his yogurt with Unicorn Pop sprinkles and blueberries.
"It's good to know you're feeling better about it. And I don't know exactly what everyone's up to." Minty tells him as she pays for their yogurt and they go sit at a table by the window.
Shoving a spoonful of blueberry yogurt into his mouth, Swizzle starts to think that everyone is up to something and that Minty knows what it is. But she isn't telling him.
"Swizzy, I know what you're thinking, but I'm not going to tell you anything. You'll just have to wait and see." Minty tells him as she chews on a bite of yogurt with a candy apple in it.
Minty's phone buzzed in the pocket of her jacket.
"Excuse me, Swizz, I have to take this." Minty tells him, and steps outside.
She answers the call. "Hello?"
"Hello yourself! How's everything with Swizzle?" Sticky asks Minty.
"Good, I decided to treat him to some frozen yogurt. He's been sad part of the day and I thought taking him for frozen yogurt would cheer him up. He says that he's feeling better about all the stuff that happened yesterday. But he thinks you guys are up to something." Minty tells Sticky.
"Us? Up to something? Oh, you mean the party. Yeah, I made a sweet sculpture of your boyfriend. I'm sure he'll love it." Sticky replies, eating a sugar cookie.
"That's great. I've been keeping the whole party thing a secret from him. So, yeah. Look, Sticky, I have to go now, but I'll see you later, all right?" Minty tells her.
"All right, sis. See you later." Sticky says, then hangs up.
"Who was that?" Swizzle asks Minty when she comes back in.
"Oh, it was Sticky wanting to talk to me." Minty tells him.
"Okay." Swizzle says as he finishes his yogurt.
Soon, they both finish and walk to Minty's kart.
"Mints, thanks for the yogurt. I really needed that." Swizzle says, kissing her.
"You're welcome, Swizz." Minty says, kissing him back.
They both get in Minty's kart and Minty drives out of the city.
Meanwhile, at the castle, Vanellope is blowing up balloons while Rancis and Candlehead are hanging up candied streamers.
Gloyd and Taffyta walk in, carrying the drinks.
Rancis climbs down the ladder and runs over to help Gloyd with the drinks.
"What's up, Rancy?" Gloyd asks Rancis as they put Cokes inside a cooler.
"Nothing much, just been decorating ever since this morning. Nelly got me and Candles up extra early and we started the finishing touches after breakfast. She's been doing the balloons and me and Candlehead have been hanging up streamers we didn't get around to hanging last night because we were so tired." Rancis tells Gloyd.
"Well, your hard work is certainly paying off. I like the way the tables look and I especially love the banner. It looks pretty darn good." Gloyd tells him.
"The candied streamers look really good, Candle." Taffyta tells her friend.
"Thanks." she says, tying the last strand of indigo blue candy streamer across the ceiling.
Soon, the decorating is done, and Crumbelina arrives with the food.
"Hey, Crumbs! That stuff looks good!" Vanellope tells her, taking a few boxes of cookies to help lighten the load.
"Thanks! Wait until you see the cake later." Crumbelina tells her as she opens some food containers containing marshmallow burgers and chocolate cannoli.
They set out the food on long tables throughout the party room, and Gloyd sets out drink cups while Taffyta pours punch into a blue crystal punch bowl.
Not long after they started setting out the food, Sticky and Torvald arrive with the sculpture and music.
"Sticky! Torvald!" Vanellope squeals, running up to them. "Wow, Sticky! You did a really good job on the sculpture! It really looks like Swizzle!"
"Thanks. I worked hard on it." she says, grinning.
"And, Torvald, what kind of music do you have there?" Vanellope asks her.
"Oh, these CD's I have contain music by The Candy Crew." Torvald tells her. "He's just crazy about them, just like Minty is. And I have a CD of Top 40 hits for those who don't want to hear the same stuff over and over again." she continues, showing Vanellope the bags.
"Awesome! I like The Candy Crew as well, so you picked some excellent music." Vanellope says to her as she takes the music CD's to the DJ booth.
Jubileena and Citrusella arrive, and they become impressed by the decorations, the food, and the sweet sculpture of Swizzle.
"Wow! This place looks amazing!" Jubileena and Citrusella say at the same time.
"Thanks, girls." Vanellope tells them.
Soon, Adorabeezle, Nougetsia, and Snowanna arrive with the ice cream and snowcones. They put them in the freezer, then they join the other racers in the ballroom.
Before you know it, it's nearly party time, and everyone had already arrived. Felix, Ralph, and Calhoun arrive right before Swizzle is scheduled to show up.
"Stinkbrain! You came!" Vanellope tells him, glitching onto his shoulder.
"You know it, Baroness Booger Face." Ralph tells her, picking her up off his shoulder and setting her down on the floor. "Where's Swirl Boy?"
"He'll be here in a bit." Vanellope tells him. "Can I offer you anything to drink?"
"No, thank you." Ralph replies.
"Hammer Time? Sergeant Sourpuss? You guys want anything to drink?" Vanellope asks the couple.
"Sure, just two glasses of punch." Felix tells her.
Vanellope fixes two cups of punch and takes them over to Felix and Calhoun.
"Thank you, sweetie." Felix tells her, patting her head.
Vanellope looks at the clock.
"I have to call Minty! It's time for Swizz to be here!" she shouts suddenly.
Vanellope picks up her phone and dials Minty's number.
"Oh, it's time? All right, we're on our way. See you soon, Miss President." Minty tells her, and hangs up. "Swizz, we're needed at the castle for some important meeting. She wants us there as soon as possible." Minty tells Swizzle.
"All right, let's go and see what that's about." Swizzle replies with a sigh, and Minty starts driving to the castle.