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Enjoy the chapter! Warning: It's kind of long.
Bubblina and Barry raced to the garage to get to their karts. It was their first day being played by gamers and couldn't wait. Barry was currently ahead of his sister, but not by too much. The garage was not too far ahead. Barry smirked and started running backwards so he can taunt Bubblina. "A little slow today, huh, Bubblina?" Bubblina rolled her eyes with a smile gracing her lips. "Oh please! At least I'm not tripping over jawbreakers." Barry looked confused. He didn't trip over any jawbreakers. "Sis, I haven't tripped over anything. What are talking abo-WOAH!" Before Barry could finish. he tripped over a jawbreaker. "Well played, little sis. Well played." Barry thought.
He quickly got to his feet but by then Bubblina had made it to the garage. She was currently jumping up and down shouting, "I WIN! I WIN! I WIN!" Barry crossed his arms and frowned. "Hey, the only reason you won is because I tripped over a jawbreaker!" Bubblina shrugged. "So? I still won!"
"Whatever. Come on, we have to get ready for the arcade day." Barry went in with Bubblina skipping happily behind him. Both immediantly started to work on their karts while going over the competition. Barry and Bubblina were in it, obviously. Honey and Carnell were also in today's roster. Candlehead, Taffyta and Vanellope were also in. Bubblina tried to remember who got the last spot. She remembered one being Rachel while the other one went to either Joe or Ron.
Mr. Litwak made his daily game check routine when he noticed the Sugar Rush screen had no pictures of racers on it. Only question marks. He looked out the window to see there were no kids. Still he bent down near the screen and whispered. "Psst... racers! Hurry up and get into your places! I don't want the kids to think you guys are out of order!" At the words "out of order" everyone jumped into their slots. Mr. Litwak noticed Barry and Bubblina and asked if they were new. They quickly said hello and who they were etc. Soon after, Mr. Litwak unlocked the doors to the arcade.
All it took was for one kid, just one, to shout "Cool! 2 new racers have been added to the Sugar Rush game!" and a giant line of kids with pockets and rolls of quarters appeared in under 20 seconds. Sweet, new record! Everyone constantly played as either Bubblina or Barry.
By the end of the day, Barry and Bubblina had won a bunch of trophies, mostly gold or silver. They were both a little tired and didn't think they could make the roster race when it turned out that the next day was a holiday. That meant no roster race and everyone could do as they pleased. But this time Vanellope had an announcement to make. "Attention all girls! I am holding a slumber party at my castle and if you want to come please do! As for the guys, Gloyd has organized a Guy's Night so you won't be bored. Oh and boys, if you do anything to ruin my sleepover, you guys will have your hair done, make-up on you and your nails painted. Oh and I will put you in the Fungeon for the night! That's all!" Vanellope glitched down from her popcorn stand and walked up to Bubblina.
Bubblina was a little scared. She wanted to go to the slumber party, but didn't want anyone else to know she had some weird sleeping disorder. As she was mentally freaking out, she didn't notice Vanellope walk up to her. It wasn't until the president snapped her fingers in front of her face that she snapped out of her train of thought. "Helloooooo? Anybody in there? Bubblina?"
Bubblina flashed her a smile but Vanellope could tell it was fake. She head read the newest female racer's profile and saw how awful her backstory was. Vanellope didn't get too upset until she had clicked on memories. Instead of reading, she saw videos of how horribly Bubblina was treated by those kids. She saw videos of Bubblina getting tripped, pushed in the mud, being called names. All because she was a little bit different. The president had let one tear shed before wiping it away. Bubblina's backstory was just like her years of being a glitch.
Vanellope leaned in close and whispered. "Look, I read about your insomnia but I promise I won't tell anyone. Don't worry, I know what you've been through. Tell me when you need to take the pill and I will distract the other girls, ok?" Bubblina smiled and gave a sigh of relief. She was glad that someone she didn't tell wouldn't bully her. This time though, Vanellope actually understood what it was to be outcasted and rejected. Bubblina said she would be at the sleepover later that night. Bith went their separate ways.
Later that night, Bubblina walked up to the castle wearing her pink nightgown and her bag with her clothes for tomorrow and the pills hidden deep inside them. In her other hand was her light pink sleeping bag. Sour Bill invited her in and inside she saw she was the last girl there. All of them were wearing their pajamas and laughing.
Vanellope was wearing a mint green XL t-shirt that went down to her knees along with black slippers.
Taffyta was wearing a pink tanktop decorated with strawberries along with matching pajama bottoms and pink slippers. Candlehead was wearing a white tank top with brown pajama pants.
Jubileena was wearing a red tank top with pants that were a darker red. Citrusella was wearing the same thing except in blue. Minty and her recolors were all wearing t-shirts and sweatpants but each one in either green, teal, or butterscotch color.
Adorabeezle was wearing a blue, white and red striped nightgown while Nougestia was wearing one that was purple and pink striped. Snowanna was wearing a tanktop and purple PJ bottoms and Crumbelina was wearing a tan colored t-shirt along with tan pajama bottoms.
Rachel was wearing a red tank top and red and white striped sweatpants. Chip had on a shirt and pants that were both red with chocolate chips decorated on them. Honey was wearing the same nightgown as Bubblina, just in yellow instead of pink. Cottoney skipped the slumber party saying she had 'last minute preparations that needed immediate attention to'.
"I guess great minds think alike." Bubblina joked setting down her bag besides Honey, seeing as though they were wearing the same style of nightgowns. Honey giggled and looked down. Bubblina joined the circle of girls asking, "So what did I miss?" The girls said nothing too much and that they were about to play Truth or Dare.
Vanellope started. "Ok. Umm... Taffyta! Truth or Dare?" Taffyta thought for a moment before deciding dare. Vanellope thought long and hard for a dare. "I dare you to ignore Gloyd all day tomorrow!" It might not seem like much but Taffyta really liked Gloyd and it would practically kill her to not speak to him. She gulped hard before speaking. "Ok." She looked around the room for a victim.
"Crumbelina. Truth or Dare?" "Truth." Taffyta nodded before asking. "Is I true you have over 300 different dresses?" Crumbelina blushed before speaking in a soft voice. "Yes..." Everyone laughed knowing that fashion was Crumbelina's hobby. Sticky was asked next. To everyone's surprise, she said dare. But she wished she hadn't when she was given the dare. "I dare you to share one of your biggest secrets!" Everybody 'ooohed' and started staring at Sticky, with the exception of Honey who didn't want to make Sticky feel too uncomfortable. There was a long pause before she spoke. "I have a giant crush on Swizzle."
Everybody gasped dramatically as if this was news but everyone, except Bubblina, knew that she liked 'The Swizz'. After a while of crazy dares of licking Sour Bill and getting chased by Devil Dogs and truths of revealing embarrassing moments and secrets, it was Honey's turn to be the victim. She said truth. She didn't expect what came out of Candlehead's mouth. "Do you like Carnell?"
Honey had never felt more shy in her entire coded life. She could feel her face burning from embarrassment from the fact somebody realized she liked Carnell. Unable to say anything, she simply nodded. Every girl squealed with happiness as everyone started asking questions. "How long have you liked him? Do you think he might like you back? What are you going to do?"
Honey started to feel her shyness taking over again as attention kept being focused on her. Luckily, Bubblina saved her. "Girls, leave her alone. You know she hates it when she's the center of attention." They backed off and started to gently give her advice. Taffyta was the first person to speak. "If I were you, I would look for signs that a guy likes you. You know, stuff like blushing, stuttering."
Rachel came in immediately after. "I would try to get a little closer to him. Ask him to hang out every once in a while." Crumbelina went next. "Actually, every girl knows that you should wait for the guy to make the first move. Don't ask him out. Have him ask you out." Everybody nodded in agreement. Honey thought about it for a bit and then decided that it could work. "Ok. I guess."
Vanellope stood up. "Time for dinner. To the kitchen! Hup, 2, 3, 4! Hup, 2, 3, 4!" All the girls followed marching in a single line like how an army would.
Meanwhile. In the Candy Cane Forest
The guys had just finished doing a bunch of jumps and loops and tricks and decided to just talk. Swizzle kept rambling on about Sticky and what the girls might be doing. Everyone laughed, except Carnell, laughed at him. Swizzle blushed when realization hit him that he pretty much just revealed that he had a crush on Sticky. Carnell tuned them out. He wasn't one for talking, besides he was lost in his thoughts.
All he kept thinking about was Honey. She was incredibly pretty. He loved the way her honey blonde hair fell down her back and how her glasses framed her beautiful eyes. He loved how her nice personality worked in with racing, how she would try her best and let others win too. He also thought her shyness made her absolutely adorable.
Carnell could hear someone faintly calling his name, but he ignored it. But he couldn't ignore the jawbreaker rock hitting his head. He rubbed his head in annoyance as the other guys kept laughing. Gloyd pointed. "See?! I told you something was up with Carnell! He would never ignore someone calling his name and he would have caught that jawbreaker!" Everyone stopped laughing as they realized something was up with Carnell. Sure, they ignored him from time to time, but they could tell if something was wrong with any of their fellow racers.
Everyone started thinking as Carnell tried to get back his thoughts of the beautiful Honey. Unfortunately, he had slightly smiled and blushed, with his eyes closed which proved he was daydreaming. This caught Gloyd's eye. "Wait a minute boys. Carnell is daydreaming, proven by his eyes being closed. He is also smiling and blushing a bit. Boys, if I didn't know any better, I would say Carnell has a crush on someone!" This cut off Carnell's daydreaming as he silently groaned. He is almost always ignored and the ONE time he actually WANTS to be ignored, he has everybody's attention.
The boys tried figuring out who he liked, ruling out Vanellope, Taffyta, Sticky, Candlehead, Crumbelina and Bubblina for obvious reasons. Suddenly, Gloyd remembered something. "Guys, I think I have something that might help." Everybody watched as Gloyd dug out a portable DVD player and DVD from his backpack. "So, I had watched a re-run of the last roster race, the one Honey won, when I noticed how Honey won. Carnell was in second and he had- you know what, just watch."
Everybody gathered around Gloyd's DVD player as he hit play. Carnell's eyes widened in realization at what was being played. It was the part of the race where Carnell had missed Honey with the sweet seeker. And from the angle of the camera, you could clearly see that he had missed Honey on purpose. Everybody turned to Carnell with a smirk on their face as Carnell angrily glared at Gloyd. It didn't do anything but make Gloyd's smirk wider and throw his hands up in the air in defense. "Hey, it's not my fault you started crushing on Honey." Everybody else nodded in agreement. Embarrassed, Carnell decided to leave and go home so he can daydream about Honey in peace-
He stopped his mind in mid-thought. I mean so I can think of driving techniques. Yea that was totally what he meant. With the new resolve in mind, he turned to leave the forest when all the other boys dragged him back. Gloyd, now being the unspoken leader of teasing Carnell about his crush, spoke first. "Hold up a minute Lover Boy, where do you think you're going?"
With no emotion showing, Carnell answered, "Going home." Gloyd shook his head no. "You are not leaving until we give you advice so you don't look like a complete idiot in front of Honey." Carnell scoffed at this. "Yes because you NEVER looked totally stupid in front of Taffyta." Carnell countered sarcastically. Gloyd blushed when he thought of the time he ruined the door frame of his garage section because he had been staring at Taffyta.
He shook his head. "That is not the point right now. Right now, we are giving you advice. Advice #1: Do not do anything stupid in front of your crush." Carnell laughed, something he rarely did. "You mean like ruin your garage section doorframe, like you did when you were caught staring at Taffyta?" Everbody laughed. Swizzle stopped laughing first. "Advice 2: Look for signs a girl likes you." Everybody said this was a good one. Carnell rolled his eyes. When was he going to need this?
Rancis went next. "Advice 3: Let the other make the first move." This time all the other boys took sides about whether or not this was good advice. By now, nobody was paying attention to Carnell. He started to creep away into the night. He didn't worry about getting lost because he knew Sugar Rush as well as Honey. He smiled thinking of her. He was almost out of hearing range from the arguing boys when his phone beeped, meaning he had gotten a text. The loud noise got the other boy's attention as Carnell started to run, while pulling his phone out.
He saw it was Honey, who was probably texting him a goodnight message like she usually did, but before he could see what it was, Gloyd came and snatched it out of his hand. He immediately stopped and turned back as Gloyd read the text. "Awww... it's a goodnight text from Honey." Gloyd announced to the other boys. Everyone started laughing as Carnell noticed a long candy cane branch with the end lined up with Gloyd's hand. He stomped on one end making the other one go up and hit Gloyd's hand.
Gloyd felt the phone go up in the air and saw Carnell catch it. Carnell smiled and ran. Since he was a lot faster than any of the other racers on foot, he made it home in no time. He got changed into sweatpants and a t-shirt and climbed into bed with Honey still on his mind.
The other town in Sugar Rush...
All the kids were packed up with enough money and supplies to last 2 months away from home. The red-headed girl started to look uncertain. "Mike, maybe this isn't such a good idea." The brown haired boy, Mike, looked towards her. "What makes you say that, Amber?" Amber shrugged. "It's just that I've never been away from home before and, make fun of me if you want, I am a little scared." The 2 other boys and the other girl started to snicker but a glare from Mike silenced them.
With his group quiet, Mike turned back to Amber. "Don't worry, it isn't so bad. Plus we get to see Bubblina again." Amber grinned and said, "Let's go." The other 4 cheered and waited for the train to pull up. After a few minutes of waiting, it finally came. Mike went on first, followed by Amber, then the black-haired boy, Derek, the brunette girl, Courtney, and finally, the sandy blonde haired boy, Luke.
The announcer's voice came through the loudspeaker. Attention passengers, we are on a non-stop trip to the Sugar Rush Race Tracks, where you can meet the 2 newest racers, Barry Bubblestein and his little sister, Bubblina Gumdrop! That is all and enjoy the trip.
The 5 kids smirked when they heard Bubblina's name. They might not have been speaking but they were thinking the same thing. 'We're coming, Bubblina. We're coming...
Alright in case anybody needs a little help with organization here are the kids names
Brown haired boy-Mike, he is the leader
Sandy blonde haired boy- Luke, He is Mike's right hand man
Black haired boy- Derek, he is best friends with Mike and Luke
Brunette girl- Courtney, she is the one to go to if you want to know secrets
Red head girl- Amber, she is best friends with Courtney and also knows about secrets
Those are the 5 kids and their names. Read'n'Review!