We arrived at the top of the lookout without our uniforms on. We sat in silence for a few seconds.

"R-ready for action Ryder, sir." I said taking charge.

"Thanks for coming pups. I just wanted to let you guys know that we'll be having a funeral for chase tomorrow. Everyone dipped their heads sadly and we all nodded.

"I don't expect any of you pups to help-"

"No!" I started once again taking charge.

"In dark of night, and in light of day..."

"We, the Paw Patrol, will serve Adventure Bay." Everest continued

"Fwom wunaway twains…"

"To stranded whales." Rocky added in.

"We'll rush to the rescue with waging tails." said Rubble.

"If dangers near, just give a yelp!" Added Skye.

"The Paw Patrol is here to help!" everyone said at once. Ryder smiled and gave us all back our pup tags.

"Such good pups. We'll begin setup tomorrow morning. You are all dismissed." We all ran out of the Lookout howling. Then it hit us. We were setting up for Chase's funeral! We all stopped howling and looked at each other. I shook the sadness off of me and said.

"Common' pups! We all know that Chase didn't want to be mourned over! Let's hangout for a bit. How about frisby?"

"Chase was good at frisbee." Skye said.

"Okay, what about tug of war?" Rocky asked.

"He was good at that too." Everest said in resort.

"Twaining?"

"Who's gonna coach us?" Rubble asked rhetorically. We all sat in silence for a few minutes.

"I'm gonna go clean up the beach." Rocky said standing up.

"I'll come too, I could use some suwfing wight about now." Zuma added as the two of them walked away.

"Hey, wait up! I could use some practice in my sand-building skills." Rubble said running after them.

"Pup-Pup Boogie?" Skye asked hopefully. I nodded and the three of us walked into the Lookout. We turned the game on and began showing off our moves. It was head on head.

"Let's make this more interesting shall we?" Skye asked taking the lead.

"How so?" I asked, never missing a beat.

"I win, you have to take me for a nice PG dinner." I didn't like the sound of that...

"And what if I win?" I asked back.

"You get to do whatever you want with me. G, PG, or even R. My body is yours." I was on cloud nine in a heart beat and I swear my speed quickened by 20%. I took the lead to the end, never letting her pass me. After the game, the little duck stepped forward and declared the winner

"Winner Marshall! New High Score; 1,045,364." My jaw dropped and Everest burst out laughing.

"Guess we can figure out which one Marshall wanted." She said trying to catch her breath through her laughter.

"Never, ever dropping this. Ever." The screen showed the list of the top 3 high scores. Number one was me, number two was Skye, with number three being Chase. I let out a sad sigh as the numbers came on screen. Skye's high score was 246,987 points, I had a feeling no one would be beating that score for a long time.

"Well, you won." Skye said kinda sadly.

"You okay?" I asked her worried as she looked up at the screen.

"I just miss him." I nodded

"Tell you what, before tonight, I'll take you for a nice dinner."

"PG?" I nodded. She smiled. Everest suddenly burst into laughter again.

"Really Marshall? A million points!? You- you-" she erupted into laughter again. I rolled my eyes. Skye called up all the high scores. Everests was 0. I turned to her.

"Never played before?" She shook her head whipping the tears from her eyes.

"Care to join me in a dance off?"

"Sure." While Skye explained the game, I got us all drinks. The dance off was soon under way with Everest way in the lead. I was having trouble focusing because the events happening that night were stuck in my head.

"Marshall." I looked over at my mate.

"Why aren't you winning?"

"I'm trying!" I pleaded not wanting to disappoint my mate.

"Tell you what, you win and Our dinner goes from PG to PG-13. But if you loose, it goes to G. No kissing, no drinking, no nothing." Needless to say, I ended up getting twice as much as Everest did which caused her to go on another rampage of laughter.

"What can't you get him to do?" Everest asked Skye through the tears. She just smiled as I blushed, meekly. Then I saw her eyes light up.

"I got to go!" she said running out. Everest continued to laugh her head off. This was getting annoying. A thought crossed my mind. I gave her a quick kiss on the nose. She froze. Her eyes went wide, her jaw dropped and her blush was redder than my fire truck. It was my turn to burst into laughter.

"W-why did you do that?" she asked.

"To shut you up." I said through the tears that were rolling down my face. I suddenly felt something on my lips. My eyes went wide and I broke the kiss.

"What did you do that for!?" I demanded Breathing heavily.

"To shut you up." she replied tauntingly. We both burst into laughter, falling on our backs holding our sides in pain. After we calmed down, we played a game of Pup-Pup Boogie with Everest beating me. We grabbed a snack and took a nap. I woke up about an hour later with Everest snuggled into my chest. I slowly stood up, not wanting to wake her. I walked out of the Lookout and over to Katie's for a bath. On my way, I was met by Rocky.

"Hey Marshall."

"Hey."

"Where you headed?"

"Kaities."

"Whats with the one word answers?"

"Sorry." He gave me the look of 'Really!?' I laughed.

"Okay okay. Where you headed?"

"Same as you." he replied.

You, the water hating pup, heading to a place where you always end up in a tub, next to the pup who always ends up pushing you in?" He nodded.

"Actually, I noticed that since Chase…left You haven't been nearly as clumsy as usual." I thought for a second and realized he was right.

"I guess the clumsy part of me died with Chase." He nodded sadly.

"I miss you." I stopped.

"I'm sorry?" I questioned thinking I hadn't heard that right. He nodded.

"I miss you."

"It's been what 7 hours?"

"Still, I missed you."

"How?" I asked.

"Well... we didn't see each other for a while, so I got this feeling of-"

"No, no, no. I meant how did you miss me, like as a friend or did you mean like a brother?" I asked clearing up the confusion. He stayed silent for a few minutes.

"As mates." I continued walking not knowing how to feel. I laid my situation out in front of me. So, I had Rocky who openly was admitting he wanted me to be his mate, and it was also Chases dying wish. Now I also had Skye who had apparently loved me before Chase was dead. Next up was Everest who I think has a crush on me but is keeping it hidden in order to maintain her friendship with me and Skye. Also, it looked like I was becoming the alpha pup so did Zuma have a thing for me now? Also, I loved Chase but I also love Skye, so am I gay, and we'll have issues in the future, or am I straight, and it was just childs love? I was so confused.

"Hey Sherlock Bones, whatcha thinking about?" Rocky asked bringing me back to reality.

"Love" He nodded understandingly.

"Why is a 4 letter word so complicated!? I mean like the word firefighter is longer than it but much easier to understand. Or whatever that thing is that protects us from cancer causing rays."

"The Ozone layer?" He corrected.

"Yeah! So much easier to understand. I mean like there's you and Chase, but I also love Skye, and I'm the new alpha so I think Everest and Zuma want me too, not to mention Rubble. How does he fit into all of this!? And I-I-I" I collapsed on the ground in tears while Rocky rubbed my back. He let out a sigh.

"I know that there is more to this then just choosing a mate. I also know that you think that Chase doesn't want to be mourned over or missed. I can assure you that crying doesn't make you weaker. I also know that there is a pup in front of me who is hurting more than anyone right now. I know for a fact that no one, especially Chase, will think any less of you for missing a friend, a partner, and a mate." I felt the tears begin to fall from my eyes, and all the pain I had been holding in burst out into the air.

"Why!?" I screamed. I turned around and punched Rocky square in the face. He blinked a couple times in surprise, adjusting his jaw, before I pulled him into an embrace, pouring out my emotions into his chest. He rubbed my head telling everything would be 'okay'. The next thing I remember was waking up on the ground covered in blood.