Chapter 6: A Sweet Proposal

"Location: Litwak's Arcade, The World Of Disney, April 18th 2088"

The months passed and Crumbelina was happier then ever. Not only did she have her love, Timothy, but all of her friends supported her relationship with him.

It was now about a year after Timothy and Crumbelina had started dating. Timothy had made a big decision, one that caused him to ask Ralph to help him break a jawbreaker until it was in many pieces. Obviously, that took a long time and a lot of energy, and Ralph had to sit down for a while when he was done. When he finally regained his strength, Ralph said goodbye to Timothy and then headed back to Niceland. Meanwhile, Timothy picked up the smallest piece and headed out of Sugar Rush. As expected, when Timothy reached Sugar Rush's game portal, the jawbreaker piece alerted the Surge Protector.

"Name?" Surge Protector asked.

Timothy sighed, just wanting to leave the arcade.

"Prince Timothy Owens." Timothy replied.

"Where were you coming from?" Surge Protector asked.

"Sugar Rush... which I happen to enter every day." Timothy replied with annoyance.

Surge Protector ignored Timothy.

"Where are you heading?" Surge Protector asked.

"Out of the arcade." Timothy replied.

"Smuggling candy out of Sugar Rush?" Surge Protector asked.

Timothy quickly hid the jawbreaker piece behind his back.

"No." Timothy replied.

After all, it had worked with Ralph before. However, Surge Protector actually looked up.

"Okay, Timothy, I know that you have a jawbreaker piece. Come on, put it back." Surge Protector ordered.

Timothy was surprised.

"Whoa, wait, how did you even know? You never caught Ralph smuggling fruit out of Pac-Man!" Timothy asked.

Surge Protector sighed.

"That was different, Timothy. Back then, I knew that he wasn't getting a lot of good food. I know what goes on in every game... although, I do admit that Turbo's takeover of Sugar Rush fooled me. Anyway, since he wasn't getting a lot of good food back then, I decided to cut him some slack." Surge Protector replied.

Timothy rubbed the back of his head.

"Alright, but this jawbreaker isn't for food. I need to make something out of it." Timothy said.

Surge Protector gave him a skeptical look.

"It's a surprise... for Crumbelina. Please, I promise that this isn't for eating. I'm just taking it back to Richmond because I need metal tools instead of candy ones." Timothy said.

Surge Protector hesitated, but then gave in.

"Okay, but this is the last time." Surge Protector said. He then asked "Anything else to declare?".

"No." Timothy replied.

"Alright, then. Proceed." Surge Protector said.

Timothy walked away and Surge Protector disappeared back to his office. Timothy took out his portal key, activated a portal to the real world, and stepped through it.

"Location: Richmond, Virginia, April 18th 2088"

Once Timothy arrived back at his castle, he headed for town. Timothy bought the tools that he needed and then took everything back to the castle. He then got to work.

"Location: Richmond, Virginia, April 20th 2088"

Two days later, Timothy went to talk to Lucy and Aron, who were in the living room of the castle.

"Oh, hello, son. What are you still doing here? Normally, you go see Crumbelina right now." Aron asked.

"I know, but I just needed to ask you something important. Since me and Crumbelina have been dating for a year and we've had a good relationship, I wanted to make sure that my idea is okay with you." Timothy replied.

"What idea?" Lucy asked, confused.

Timothy honeyglowed a little.

"I was thinking of proposing to Crumbelina. I wanted to make sure that your okay with this before asking her." Timothy asked.

"Timothy, are you kidding? You don't need my and your father's permission. We want you to marry her." Lucy replied.

"What? Really?" Timothy asked happily.

"Of course. I mean, after all that you've done for her, how could we not want it?" Aron asked.

Timothy was extremely touched.

"Thank you, mom and dad." Timothy said.

Lucy and Aron nodded.

"Now go propose to my future daughter-in-law. That's a direct order!" Aron ordered.

Timothy playfully saluted.

"Yes, sir! But, I'll do it after the race." Timothy said.

"Well, yeah... oh, we'd better get going if we want to see the end of it." Lucy said.

"Right." Timothy said.

"Location: Litwak's Arcade, The World Of Disney, April 20th 2088"

So, Timothy, Lucy, and Aron headed to Game Central Station, went to Sugar Rush, and then headed to the track and got there in time to see the winner. Crumbelina was in first place, Vanellope was in second place, Snowanna was in third place, Taffyta was in fourth place, Rancis was in fifth place, Sticky was in sixth place, Candlehead was in seventh place, Gloyd was in eighth place, Nougetsia was in nine place, Citrusella was in tenth place, Adorabeezle was in eleventh place, Jubileena was in twelfth place, Minty was in thirteenth place, Torvald was in fourteenth place, and Swizzle was in fifteenth place. Once all of the racers had parked their karts, Crumbelina walked over to Timothy, Lucy, and Aron.

"Hey, guys. I'm glad that you made it in time for the finish." Crumbelina said.

Timothy grinned.

"Same here, Crumbs. Great work." Timothy said.

"Well, we can't expect anything less from our friend. She is one of the best racers, after all." Snowanna said.

Crumbelina grinned.

"Your an excellent racer too, Snowanna. Your good enough to even give me a challenge." Crumbelina said.

Snowanna grinned back.

"Thanks, Crumbs." Snowanna said.

Suddenly, Vanellope spoke up.

"Hey, racers, you know what to do now: pile on Timothy!" Vanellope exclaimed.

Timothy smirked dryly, knowing what was coming. Sure enough, all of the Sugar Rush racers, except for Vanellope and Crumbelina, laughed and leaped onto Timothy, nearly covering him. That had happened many times since they had first met Timothy, and after that, they ended up loving him like a big brother.

"Whoa!" Timothy exclaimed. He then laughed before asked "Um, guys, Crumbelina and I have something special to do today. Can you let go, please?".

Timothy kneeled down so that the Sugar Rush racers would have a shorter route to the ground. Once he did, each of the Sugar Rush racers either chuckled or giggled as they let go and ran off. Crumbelina then went over to Timothy and kissed him, and he kissed her back.

"So, what's the special thing we're going to do today?" Crumbelina asked.

Timothy smiled.

"It's kind of a surprise. And it starts with me taking you somewhere special." Timothy replied.

"Ooh, where are we going... or is that also part of the surprise?" Crumbelina asked.

"It's part of the surprise. But it's not the main part, so I won't need to blindfold you." Timothy replied.

Crumbelina grinned.

"Okay, let's get going then." Crumbelina said. She then turned to Vanellope, the Sugar Rush racers, Lucy, and Aron, and said "See you later, guys.".

Vanellope, the Sugar Rush racers, Lucy, and Aron said goodbye, and Timothy and Crumbelina left.

Timothy led Crumbelina through various parts of Sugar Rush, until they came across the candy cane forest. Timothy then stopped in front of a taffy puddle with a candy cane tree growing in the middle of it. He sat down and Crumbelina joined him.

After five minutes, Timothy spoke up.

"Um, Crumbelina?" Timothy asked.

Crumbelina looked at him.

"What is it?" Crumbelina asked.

Timothy smiled.

"I figured this was the perfect place to ask you a very important question." Timothy replied.

"What question is that?" Crumbelina asked.

Timothy suddenly got down on one knee and pulled a ring out of his pocket. Crumbelina's heart started to beat rapidly.

"Will you marry me?" Timothy asked.

Crumbelina grinned and then she started leaping all over the place.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes..." Crumbelina replied happily.

As she continued, Timothy didn't know whether to be happy, amused, or annoyed. Sure, he was happy that Crumbelina accepted his proposal and he had to admit that her reaction was kinda amusing, but she didn't give him a chance to put the ring on her finger. Meaning, he was still on one knee and he didn't know how long he could stay in that position. Finally, he decided to interrupt her.

"I take it that's a yes?" Timothy asked.

Crumbelina smiled, ran over, and kissed Timothy.

"What do you think?" Crumbelina asked.

"I think that I should put the ring on your finger and stand up before I get cramps in my legs." Timothy replied.

Timothy then stood up. Crumbelina grinned as she admired her ring... and then, her grin turned into a look of recognition.

"Wait a minute... Timothy, did you make this ring out of a jawbreaker?" Crumbelina asked.

Timothy nodded.

"Yeah, Ralph helped me with it. I wanted something that would last long and still fit the candy theme." Timothy replied.

Crumbelina, touched from what Timothy told her, kissed him again and then hugged him.

"You'll always be my best friend." Crumbelina said.

Timothy hugged her back.

"And you'll also always be my best friend." Timothy said.

They continued hugging for a while, until Crumbelina remembered something.

"Oh, what about your parents? Do you think that they will be okay with this?" Crumbelina asked.

Timothy smiled.

"Don't worry. I asked them for permission before I proposed. Turns out, it wasn't necessary because they want us to marry. They even ordered me to propose to you." Timothy replied.

Crumbelina gave a sigh of relief and then smirked.

"But we still have our other friends to tell, though." Timothy said.

"Definitely. But we should tell the other racers first, since they're closer." Crumbelina said.

"Right. So, do you want to tell them now, or hang out for a while?" Timothy asked.

Crumbelina grinned.

"Nah, let's go ahead and tell everyone. We have the rest of our lives to hang out." Crumbelina replied.

Timothy couldn't help but grin back.