The next morning, Swizzle sits up in his round candy bed and looks around his bedroom. He glances over at his trophies, even the one he won for his big achievement. Tears sting his eyes again as he goes into the bathroom to brush his teeth and take a bath.
He squeezes spearmint toothpaste on his blue toothbrush, and he brushes his teeth, then he runs a shower and takes longer than usual, letting his tears fall with the running water.
After getting out of the shower, he got dressed in his normal racing clothes, then he went into the kitchen. He poured some Froot Loops into a bowl, cut up some blueberries, and poured milk on his cereal.
As he eats his breakfast, he hears the familiar sound of a kart engine outside his house.
He puts down his spoon, still chewing on his cereal, but swallows it quickly when he sees someone familiar standing outside.
"Minty!" he shouts, running out his front door. "What are you doing here?"
"I thought we could just hang out today, you know, just the two of us?" she suggested as she turns off her kart.
"Sure, that would be great, Mints. Why don't you come in for some breakfast? I cut up some fresh blueberries." Swizzle tells her.
"Mmmmm...okay, Swizz. I can't say no to fresh fruit." Minty replies, getting out of her kart. She walks into Swizzle's house, and sits at the kitchen table. The two of them eat in silence.
After breakfast, the two of them wash the dishes and clean the kitchen. After everything is done, they get in Minty's Veloci-Wrapper, and they drive into town.
"So, you want to go to the mall, Swizzy?" Minty asks him.
"Sure, why not." Swizzle answers, his arms folded.
"Are you still mad about yesterday?" Minty asked, a twinge of concern in her voice.
"Yeah..." Swizzle looks down at his feet. "Everyone acted like they didn't care about my big achievement."
"I'm sure they care about your big achievement." Minty replies, looking at him. "They've just been so busy lately, you know, racing and all."
"Yeah, Mints, you're probably right." Swizzle tells her, managing to crack a smile.
They arrive at the mall, so Minty parks her kart, and the two of them get out and walk inside.
Meanwhile, Jubileena and Citrusella are working on the party invitations at Jubileena's house.
"Let's see, we have to make sure to invite Ralph." said Jubileena. "Right, and also Felix and Sgt. Calhoun, since they are his best friends." said Citrusella.
After writing out the three invitations, they throw the invitations into Citrusella's blue messenger bag, and they go deliver them.
At Fix It Felix Jr., the Nicelanders were hanging out in their apartments. Felix and Sgt. Calhoun, who had just left her game, were sitting on a bench, and they were talking. Ralph was talking to some of the bonus characters outside his shack.
Jubileena walks up to Sgt. Calhoun and Felix, and holds out two invitations.
"You're invited to a party at the Candy Castle." Jubileena tells them.
"So, will you come?" Citrusella asked.
"Well, I'll be dipped, a party in Sugar Rush! Of course we'll be there!" Felix tells them.
They hand Ralph his invitation, and he tells the girls that he'll be there.
"Our work here is done, Jubi." Citrusella said.
"Okay, then, let's get back to Sugar Rush." Jubileena says to her.
The two of them leave Fix-It Felix Jr., get in Jubileena's Cherriot, and they drive back to Sugar Rush to help with the party.
Meanwhile, at The Sugar Rush Mall, Minty and Swizzle are window shopping. After a while, Swizzle complains of hunger, so the two of them go to the food court. They get some ice cream sundaes and start eating them.
As they're eating, Swizzle looks around, and sees Torvald walking into the music store.
"Mints! Look!" Swizzle exclaims, pointing to the music store.
"What is it, Swizz?" Minty asked, taking another bite of her sundae.
"I think Torvald just went into the music store." Swizzle tells her.
"Okay, let me finish my sundae, and you finish yours. Then we'll go see what you're freaking out about." Minty said.
Swizzle nods, and comes back over to the table. The two of them finish their sundaes and throw away their trash. Then they walk into the music store.
The two of them hide behind a display of CD's and start spying on Torvald.
"Ooooh, this is perfect! Swizz just loves this band!" Torvald squealed with delight, and picked up several CD's. She also found a CD with today's Top 40 hits, in case somebody at the party requested different music.
"She picked up CD's of my favorite band, The Candy Crew! I love their music!" Swizzle exclaimed under his breath.
"Me, too. " Minty nodded in agreement.
Torvald turned around as she took the CD's to the cashier. "What was that noise?" she asked herself.
Minty and Swizzle quickly got down.
"Maybe I'm just hearing things." Torvald shakes her head, and hands the cashier the CD's. She pays for them, then walks out with the shopping bag, humming the Sugar Rush theme song.
"That was a close one!" Swizzle said. "She almost saw us."
"I know that, but don't you get the feeling that everyone is up to something, Swizzy?" Minty asked him.
"I don't know, everyone's been acting pretty strange today. Like they're up to something." Swizzle shrugs, then looks at Minty with a hint of sadness in his eyes.
"Swizz, don't look at me like that. Whatever kind of thing they have going on is probably going to be something good." Minty replied, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Now, how about I take you to Swirly Surprises, that new swirl pop store I was telling you about a few days ago?"
Swizzle lightens up and nods furiously. "Let's go!"
The two of them run out of the music store and head for Swirly Surprises, holding hands all the way.