After Tamora and Felix talk about rules, the next thing they talk about is school, which is something the Sugar Rush racers had never heard of.
"School?" Minty asks the couple.
"What's school?" Sticky asks as she looks up at Felix.
"Well, school is a place where you learn all kinds of things!" Felix says, smiling. "And you do all kinds of fun stuff at school, too!"
"Fun stuff? Like what?" Gloyd asks Felix.
"Well, field trips, science fairs, gym class, class parties, school plays, book fairs, Field Day...the list goes on!" Felix says with a smile.
"Cool! School sounds like so much fun!" Snowanna says excitedly.
"Well, you start school tomorrow, so you all better go and get some rest." Tamora says to the racers. "Let's get your sweet heads into bed!"
The racers run off to their rooms and do just that.
The next morning, all the racers come downstairs and dig into their respective breakfasts. Taffyta eats a stack of strawberry pancakes, Crumbelina eats mini cinnamon rolls, Gloyd eats a bowl of Waffle Crisp cereal, Adorabeezle eats a frozen fruit pop, Citrusella eats blueberry pancakes, Torvald eats Honey Comb cereal, Nougetsia eats a bowl of raspberry yogurt, Sticky eats a bowl of bananas & cream oatmeal, Minty eats apples & cinnamon oatmeal, Snowanna eats Trix cereal, Rancis eats Peanut Butter Toast Crunch cereal, Jubileena eats toast with cherry preserves, Swizzle eats a bowl of Fruity Crisp cereal, and Candlehead eats some chocolate chip muffins.
"So, who's ready for school today?" Felix asks the racers as he digs into his apple pie-flavored French toast.
"I am!" 14 racers said as they eagerly eat their breakfast.
The peanut butter racer, however, started to cry.
"Why, what's the matter, soldier? Aren't you excited about going to school?" Tamora asks Rancis.
"Of c-course I am, but I...I'm scared of the consequences of breaking the house rules..." Rancis says between sobs.
Before Tamora can say anything, Rancis runs from the table, crying even harder.
"Don't worry, Tammy, I'll talk to him." Felix reassures his wife. "Why don't you get the others off to school? I'll bring Rancis by when he's ready."
"Sounds like a plan, Fix-It." Tamora says as she kisses Felix. "All right, kids, let's get breakfast finished! That's an order!"
As Felix goes off to comfort Rancis, the racers quickly finish breakfast and run off to get ready for school before leaving with Tamora.
Felix approaches Rancis' room and gently knocks on the door.
"Hey, can I come in?" Felix asks Rancis.
"Yeah, sure..." Rancis says, still feeling sad.
"Hey, buddy. Mama Tammy doesn't mean bad consequences...she would just ground you or even lightly punish you. She doesn't mean to upset you." Felix says, putting a hand on Rancis' shoulder.
"If I break the rules, you'll just a-abandon me!" Rancis cries, looking at the handyman with big tears in his baby blue eyes. "You'll leave me to d-die..."
"Now, now, we won't do that...we would never do that..." Felix says reassuringly. "We won't ever threaten to do that. That's a promise. We took you guys in and adopted you, and we promise to love you and take great care of you. We're a family. We won't ever abandon you. Ever."
"You mean it?" Rancis says, wiping at his eyes.
"Absolutely." Felix says, smiling. "Now, how about I get you off to school? I'm sure you'll love it!"
"Yes!" Rancis says, brightening up almost immediately.
Felix walks Rancis into the school and takes him to the fourth grade classroom, where the other racers are sitting quietly at their desks and drawing.
"Well, you must be Rancis!" Mary says, smiling. "It's really nice to meet you!"
"I-It's nice to meet you..." Rancis says, smiling shyly.
"Everyone is drawing pictures. Would you like to join us?" Mary asks Rancis.
The blonde boy nods and takes a seat next to Gloyd and Swizzle, then starts to draw a picture of him and Felix. He was happy to finally be part of a family who would never abandon him or leave him.