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An ear-splitting howl filled Pepper's ears, jolting her awake from sleep. Flustered and annoyed, she whipped her head around to see Zoe running around, obviously trying to find something.
"Zoe, what the heck did you yell for? Can't you see I'm trying to sleep?" Pepper called, her voice raspy with irritation.
"I, frankly, cannot see how you could sleep at a time like this!" Zoe huffed as she scurried past the skunk and over to a pile of toys Russell had yet to organize and put away.
"Seriously?" Giving up on hope to return to her nap, Pepper stood up and stretched out her limbs. "Okay, Zo, what's up?"
"What's up? More like what's not up! My beret's gone missing!"
Pepper looked up at Zoe's head, and sure enough, it wasn't there. Heaving a huff, she walked over to the panicked dog. "Okay, okay, it's not like it's the end of the world or anythi-"
"It most certainly is, Pepper! My beret is so very important to me; it was given to me from my mother!" Zoe wailed desperately before throwing her head up and releasing another distressed howl and running off in another direction. "Where is it?"
Sighing and rolling her eyes, the skunk began to walk away, only to stop when she noticed something black lying under Zoe's fluffy purple pillow. She trotted over and pulled out what appeared to be her beret, then rolled her eyes again, this time in amusement.
"Hey, Zoe. Guess what I found under your bed?"
"My beret?!" Zoe zoomed over and began wagging her tail a mile a minute when she saw her favorite accessory in her friend's paws. "It is! You found my beret, Pepper!" She took it and placed it back on her head, then grabbed Pepper's paws and shakes them up and down. "Thank you so much, darling! You're a fashion life savor!"
"Yeah, well..." She grinned self-consciously, looking away. "I'd do anything for a friend."
"Not just a friend," was all the dog said before nuzzling the skunk's nose affectionately. After giving it a quick lick, she trotted off, tail still wagging.
All Pepper could do was blink in confusion and astonishment, cheeks glowing a light red. Her half-open mouth was then replaced with a shy smile.