Everyone had secrets in life. Swizzle Malarkey was no exception. Despite his cool exterior and aloof nature, there were things he didn't want the other racers to know. He still considered it to be just going with the flow though. After all, it's not like the others weren't hiding things. It's human. No reason to get upset about it.
So, when Swizzle finished up a long day of racing, he resigned himself to his basement/entertainment center so he could partake in one of those secrets. Unfortunately, that's when someone came to the door. When Swizzle went up, that person was revealed to be Gloyd.
"Hey Swizz, I'm gonna get Taffyta back for ramming into me earlier, you in?" He asked.
"Dude have I ever helped you prank someone?" Swizzle asked. The answer was of course: no.
"Fine. Hey, if you don't wanna do that, I heard Rancis was going out to watch the guys from Marvel vs. Capcom practice. He said we could tag along." Gloyd said.
"Ooh, tempting. I think I'm gonna pass though. Dante freaks me out." Swizzle replied.
"Oh well, see you around." Gloyd said before walking off. Swizzle made it as far as the staircase before there was another knock at the door.
"Forget something Gloyd?" Swizzle asked as he opened the door.
"What?" Minty asked, "Never mind. Have you seen Candlehead's lighter?"
"Um, no." Swizzle said.
"Figures. Listen, if you see it, please tell her. She's freaking out about it, and that just makes her judgment even worse. She almost followed Jubileena around trying to find the thing. Jubileena." Minty said.
"I'll keep an eye out." Swizzle said before closing the door. He walked downstairs and settled into his giant gumdrop beanbag chair. Just then, there was another knock. Swizzle trudged back upstairs to see who it was.
"Swizzle, I just got an invitation to dinner from Vanellope. You know Gloyd, is this a prank or is it legit?" Taffyta asked.
"He me to help him prank you, so I don't think he's done it yet. Still, maybe you should talk to Vanellope beforehand, just in case." Swizzle said.
"Thanks." Taffyta said as she walked back to her car.
Swizzle closed the door and walked back downstairs. Surely, that would be the end of the interruptions. Who else could possibly come over? Swizzle would find the answer to that question, since someone was banging on his door.
"Yeah?" Swizzle asked once he got back to the door.
"Whoa, you look ticked off. I was walking by and saw your car. I think it's leaking oil or something." Jubileena said. Sure enough, when Swizzle looked outside, his car had a small puddle of oil under it.
"How did that happen?" He asked, running to his car.
"Well, I shot the bottom of your car with a sweet seeker earlier, so maybe it's that." Jubileena said.
"Yeah, about that, why did you shoot me after Adorabreezle already flipped me onto my car's nose?" Swizzle asked.
"There's no kill like overkill." Jubileena said as she started to walk off. After fixing his car, Swizzle walked back inside. He turned to look, and no one was there. Thinking he was done for the day, Swizzle closed the door. Immediately, there was a loud pop outside accompanied by a knock on the door. Opening it, Swizzle saw Vanellope.
"How's it going?" She asked.
"Vanellope, what do you want?" Swizzle asked.
"What's your deal? You're all angry?" Vanellope asked.
"It's been a rough day." Swizzle sighed.
"Hard to hear. I just wanted to ask if you knew why Taffyta just asked me out to dinner. Did Gloyd put her up to something?" Vanellope asked.
"Taffyta got an invitation from you asking her to dinner. She talked to me earlier and I said… wait, she didn't tell you this?" Swizzle asked.
"Well, I kind of sort of almost a little bit but not really ran away when she asked me out." Vanellope admitted.
"You should go back." Swizzle said.
"K." Vanellope said, teleporting off. Swizzle slammed the door shut. That was it, the next person to come to the door was getting a verbal smackdown. Go with the flow could eat dust, because Swizzle was mad. Sure enough, there was another knock before long. Swizzle opened up the door violently to be greeted by Candlehead.
"Have you seen my lighter?" Candlehead asked, grabbing Swizzle by the shoulders. The little makeup she had was running and her clothes were disheveled. She had been crying.
"I … No, I haven't." Swizzle said, his rage completely destroyed by the pitiable girl.
"I need my lighter! How am I gonna keep my candle lit? What do I do if it goes out?" Candlehead asked, shaking Swizzle.
"You could go dip it in the diet cola volcano. I'm sure that would light it." Swizzle suggested. Candlehead let go.
"I um… I kind of… blew it up." Candlehead said. Swizzle's jaw dropped.
"How do you do that?" He asked.
"With Mentos and stuff. So, will you look for my lighter?" Candlehead asked.
"Yeah. Yeah, I'll look for your… how do you blow up a volcano?" Swizzle said, still dumbstruck.
"Thanks. Bye." Candlehead said before running off to continue searching for her lighter.
There, that was six of the ten other racers. Rancis was with Gloyd, so he wouldn't be around soon. Snowanna usually hung out with Jubileena, so if she had anything to say, Swizzle would have already heard it. Adorabreezle rarely ever did something besides exploring tracks, so she probably wouldn't be showing up. Swizzle was free.
He ran downstairs, jumping into his beanbag chair, and grabbed the remote. Swizzle laid back and switched on his TV. After a bit of flipping channels, Swizzle finally arrived on the one he cared about, the one that housed his little secret. The soundtrack blared as Swizzle cranked up the volume.
"Becoming as popular as popular can be; making my mark, making my mark in high society; I'm the belle of the ball, the star of the show, yeah; I'm the type of pony everypony, everypony should know;"
Swizzle relaxed a bit. His day was starting to get substantially better.
