I am so nervous. This is my first story on the site and while I have had two beta readers for this chapter, I still am not sure how well this will go over. I have a bad habit of shipping characters and my stories end up cheesy or long winded Thanks to Nate-Miki and my brother for putting up with this in order to proofread it. While this is a series I will warn you that they will appear mostly as one-shots connected loosely together, so occasionally the major character may change and almost every chapter has a small time skip. Obviously I don't own PAW Patrol. Flames will be used for marshmallows.

It was a relatively normal if slow day at the lookout. Adventure bay had not had an emergency in a week. Most of the pups were playing their own little games. Chase the German Shepard and Zuma the Chocolate Lab were planning their next race. Rocky the grey-furred mixed breed was working on some new gadget. Skye the Cockapoo was using her pup pack's wings to perform aerial tricks. Rubble the English Bulldog was using one of Rocky's catapults to play fetch by himself. Ryder was inside the lookout playing video games. Marshall the Dalmatian however seemed preoccupied with his thoughts. He was pacing wildly.

"Skye... or Chase?" he said as he continued pacing. Rubble took notice. Confused, he left the tennis ball in the catapult and walked over.

"Um, Marshall?" He began.

"or... Rubble!?" Marshall yelled in shock. He took a few steps back. Unfortunately, he tripped over his food bowl and kept stumbling until he hit the side of the lookout.

"Sorry Marshall," Rubble quickly said.

"I'm good," Marshall replied. "What did you need, Rubble?"

"You realize both Chase and Skye are taken, right?" Rubble asked.

"Oh you heard me, I know that, it is because they are 'taken' that I want to ask for help from one of them," Marshall explained. After a moment he asked, "Wait, did you think I had a crush on Chase AND Skye?" Rubble ignored the question, face beet red.

"I would ask Chase, he is your best friend after all." Rubble finally said.

"That is a good point. When should I ask?" Marshall asked. Rubble looked over at Chase and Zuma.

"Right now," he said. Before Marshall could stop him he called out to Chase. "Hey Chase! Marshall has a question for you!" he finished. Marshall was beet red.

"Rubble! He is busy!" He yelled.

"I also have a question for Zuma," Rubble continued a bit too quickly. Chase seemed confused, but Zuma seemed to catch on.

"We can plan this wace latew, Chase." Zuma told him.

"O-Okay..." Chase murmured. He walked over to Marshall while Rubble walked over to Zuma, looking over his shoulder with an odd mix of apology and curiousity in his eyes.

"So what do you want to talk about, Marshall?" Chase asked when he reached Marshall and Rubble was out of earshot.

"Well... There is someone I have a crush on." Marshall explained. Chase's face became understanding.

"Ah so E... ahem" Chase said awkwardly. "Who is it?" He asked. Before Marshall could tell him Rubble yelled out.

"Marshall likes Everest!?" Everyone looked at Rubble. Zuma had facepalmed. Skye was looking at Rubble disapprovingly. Rocky shook his head, looked at Chase, and shrugged before going back to his project. Chase sighed.

"So much for letting you tell us." Chase said finally.

"Wait, you knew? Marshall asked.

"You aren't as subtle as you think." Chase told him. Marshall hung his head "The others mentioned knowing about your crush while you and Rubble were on a mission on the mountain. The one with Chickeletta." Chase began to explain.

"I still want to know how she got up there without Mayor Goodway knowing," Marshall commented.

"So do I, but that is not the point, I told them afterward not to talk about it around you until you told us. I figured Rubble knew since he knew about me and Skye, guess not." Chase explained sounding somewhat dissappointed.

"Hey, don't worry about it. I was about to tell you anyways," Marshall told him. "So any advice?"

Chase got an oddly serious expression. "Don't accidentally confess. You will never, I repeat, NEVER, live it down." he said solomnly. Unfortunately his wagging tail betrayed how he felt about Skye and Marshall's teasing. "Oh and to double check, you haven't told anyone about what happened, right?" He asked with concern.

"Nope," Marshall told him. "Not that I think you would care in the end." He added quietly so Chase couldn't hear. Skye then flew over to them.

"It may be a while before he gets the chance to tell Everest. She isn't here often and it is the mountain's busiest time so she is busy helping Jake." She pointed out. Chase sighed.

"I wish I could help right now but without knowing how she feels I can't tell you the next step. It is different for everyone. Right now my suggestion is to just tell her but if you can't do that, I may need to gather data," He said finally.

"Don't you dare use your spy gear on her Chase," Marshall growled. Chase was a bit taken aback by this.

"O-Of course not." Chase told him. Then he smiled. "If you ask nicely, though, I will let you use it." He finished then took off.

"Hey!" Marshall yelled after him. "I thought you weren't going to tease me!"

"Um, not exactly... Remember, he said we couldn't say anything until you told us, which in a way you have." Skye told him. She smiled. "So now teasing is fair game lover boy,"

"Oh, well shoot." Marshall said softly.

Yes I know Zuma no longer has his speech impediment due to a voice actor change but I found it to be incredibly endearing so I am going to use it in this story. Hope it is not too hard to read. See you next time!