The next day the six triplets sat outside their house, waiting for the limo to arrive.
"Now remember—" Destiny said before she was interrupted.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Dimitri 2 said. "Pretend to be you, don't furball your reputations, and don't cause a lot of trouble. We've been over this a hundred times since last night for dog's sake."
"And don't forget that you three have to be like us too," Dimitri 1 reminded them.
"Which means that you three are going to have to roundhouse, get messy, and cause a lot of trouble and havoc around the house."
The girls shared a look and gave a gulp.
"Before we go our separate ways we have to change our appearances so we'll be able to fool the humans," Dimitri 3 said.
Triple D and his two twin brothers all looked at him with panic in their eyes.
"Why didn't—" Destiny started.
"You say that—" Dallas continued.
"Sooner!" Deja Vu finished frantically.
"I thought you three of all puppies would think of that instinctively," Dimitri 3 said with a hint of confusion mixed with his panicking.
The six puppies darted inside the house panically trying to find anything that will change their appearance to look like the other. When they got together Triple D covered their lower halves with black paint and white paint for spots, their ears black with the right number of white spots on their ears, painted their eyes black, and painted a black lightning bolt on their heads. The Dimitri trio on the other hand covered every single black mark on them with white paint that the Triple D we're using. They giggled as they pawed and splattered paint on each other.
"Ahem."
The triplets' fun was short-lived when they heard Destiny's stern voice.
"Now is—" Destiny said.
"Not the time—" Dallas continued.
"For games." Deja Vu finished.
Sighing, the Dimitri trio cleaned up the mess they made under their sisters' commands and followed them outside.
Before Destiny could open her mouth Dimitri 2 cut her off. "Let me guess, you want us to finish each other's sentences like you three?"
"Yep—" Destiny started.
"And we have to—" Dallas continued.
"Kick this habit," Deja Vu finished.
"How do you do that anyway?" Dimitri 2 asked.
"If you three are truly—" Destiny said folding her arms.
"As thick as thieves—" Dallas continued with narrowed eyes.
"Then you'll be able to guess—" Deja Vu continued as well.
"What the next triplet—" Destiny continued with ease.
"Would say," all three triplets said at the same time. "Now you three try."
The Dimitris looked at each other. "Uh, um."
Destiny facepalmed in frustration. They are not going to pull this off.
"Start a sentence—" she started.
Then go all the way down—" Dallas continued.
Until you get to the last person," Deja Vu finished.
"We're gonna be late!" all three Dimitris howled at the same time.
"Well we got progress," Deja Vu said.
Destiny and Dallas followed the male triplets' gaze then shared a look of panic. It was almost time for the limo to arrive and to pretend to be each other.
"Like we said before," Destiny said.
"Don't furball our reputations," Dallas warned them.
"Yeah, don't crush our style," Deja Vu agreed with Dallas.
"And just to let you know," Dimitri 2 said. "Our buddies promised us that we're going to be having some naughty and ridiculous play time from this afternoon to sunrise."
"Naughty?" Deja Vu asked.
"Ridiculous?" Destiny repeated.
"Playtime?" Dallas facepalmed.
"So you three prissy girls are too good for playtime?" Dimitri 1 asked smugly.
"Of course not," Triple D spat back defensively.
They heard the limo pull up.
"Good luck sis!" the Dimitris told Triple D as Dimitri 3 put a paw on the scanner, unlocking and opening the door.
"Same to all three of you!" Triple D called back as the other three triplets darted into the limo.
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The dressing room was full of snarling, growling, yelping, snapping, and howling. The Dimitris were getting a makeover. They were strapped down to the chairs that they were sitting in since they couldn't keep still while they were free. But they couldn't help it. The humans were pulling at their ears, combing their fur, stamping pink diamonds on their ears and painting their nails.
"Sheesh! What's gotten into them?" a woman asked.
"Give them a minute," a man told her. "They have been working hard yesterday. Let them have a couple of minutes to themselves."
After the humans have unstrapped them and left the Dimitris jumped off the chairs.
"Oh my dog, how do Triple D deal with this!?" Dimitri 3 asked as he scratched at the pink hearts that were stamped on his right ear.
"Hope it's not an allergic reaction bro," Dimitri 1 said worried.
"Nah, I think it's only temporary."
"No wonder Triple D said that it was difficult to be them," Dimitri 2 admitted.
"Don't be such a cat," Dimitri 3 said still scratching. "This is only the beginning. It's not like this whole commercial, television thing is going to be a bust or something like that."
"We haven't even started the commercial yet and your already convinced that this is hard?" Dimitri 1 added.
"Kibble, look at what we had to go through before we even made it to the acting part," Dimitri 2 pointed out.
"True that but we're not cats. We don't back down from anything no matter how hard. Now, are you with me or not?"
Dimitri 1 put his paw out, then Dimitri 2, and finally Dimitri 3. They piled their paws on top of each other before nodding in agreement.
The three dogs scratched at the door and let out an ear splitting howl letting the humans open the door for them. Dimitri 1 sat in the front, Dimitri 2 sat down and turned to the right, and Dimitri 3 sat down and turned to the left. They lifted one paw as they closed their eyes gracefully mimicking Triple D.
"You three ready for the commercial?" the man asked.
The triplets leaped onto their feet, tilted their heads up, and gave a determined howl.
"Atta girls! That's what I like to hear!"
The trio stood on top of a cliff. They looked down at a man who was wearing clothing that was similar to hercules in one of those storybooks that their other siblings would read.
"Just climb up," the director told the man.
The muscular man climbed up the mountain until he was nose to nose with the dalmatians. The three dalmatian pups whimpered as they huddled together in fear. The man put out his hand and nodded his head at them reassuringly.
Dimitri 1 cautiously walked over to the man. The other two followed his lead. Dimitri 1 sniffed his hand and gave a whimper as he stood back up.
"Trust me."
His voice was like an angel. His eyes were calm and reassuring. Those words was enough for Dimitri 1 to give him his paw. The man held him in his arm and did the same for the other Dimitris. He climbed down the mountain gripping them tightly so they won't fall. Once he reached the ground he put them down gently.
"And cut!" the director said.
He gave the puppies a pat. "You all did good. You three deserve a break."
The Dimitris howled in relief as they ran around in circles chasing each other. "We're free, we're free, we're free!"
"After the break we'll start on Jump Jet Pizza."
Dimitri 1 stopped in his tracks once he heard pizza. His two brothers bumped into him. Pizza? This couldn't get any better than this! The triplets howled as they jumped up and down in excitement.
"Looks like someone is excited," the woman said looking at the three dogs' enthusiasm.
"But they have to wait until the break is over. Meanwhile we have to undress them."
The Dimitris quickly slinked into the dressing room before the humans could touch their collars. Once again the humans started to undress, comb, and pull at their ears. But this time they were forced to wear strange pink suits.
"Why are we wearing pink when we're all boys?" Dimitri 1 asked.
"Well we are replacing the girls so..." Dimitri 2 answered.
"I just hope we can get some pizza after this," Dimitri 3 piped up hanging his tongue out.
"Especially since we're delivering it," Dimitri 1 added. "They have to let us get some!"
"But seriously why didn't they wait until it was time to actually do the commercial to do this extra stuff?" Dimitri 3 asked.
"Because they didn't want to do this all over again when it's closer," Dimitri 2 answered.
He stood up and nudged Dimitri 1 towards the door then Dimitri 3. "Let's go. The faster we finish this commercial the faster we get to eat the pizza."
With a sigh the trio padded out the door which was cracked. The females gushed over how cute they were and started to rub and pat them.
"Yeah, I guess we are kinda cute," the trio said to themselves.
"I wonder how Triple D are doing pretending to be us?" Dimitri 2 said.
"They're probably bailing out once they see what we have to go through," Dimitri 1 assured. "We're almost done anyway. Triple D promised that it'll be until three o'clock. It's two-fifty now. We only have ten minutes until they release us. Then it'll be Triple D's turn to really be us."
"And they better not embarrass us in front of our crew."
"Speaking of that, I think we should call them."
The Dimitri trio barked and ran to the phone. They whined at the humans as they scratched at the table.
"I think they want to use the phone," a man said.
"Alright, we'll give the girls a little break," a woman said shaking her head.
Once the humans left Dimitri 2 picked the phone up and placed it on the floor. Dimitri 1 dialed the numbers then looked around to make sure that the humans were truly gone.
"Hello?" asked a male's voice.
"Is it Dylan or Delgado?" Dimitri 3 asked. "We can't tell because there is too much noise going on."
"It's Delgado. And what has gotten into Triple D? They broke all the dishes, nearly flooded the house, and why are they dressed like you three? And aren't they suppose to be at work, where are you three anyway?"
"We decided to trade places for a day and it sounds like they're nailing our behavior down to a T," Dimitri 2 said.
"Are you serious?" Delgado brought a paw to his snout in frustration.
"It's not that bad. Just wait until they start hanging out with our crew tonight."
Delgado threw his lips in a snarl as a growl started to rumble in his throat. He pinched his snout near the eyes as he tried to calm down.
"When you three get back I'll deal with you later myself since it was kind of your idea in the first place."
The Dimitri trio weren't too worried since the pup couldn't walk but they knew that they were going to get a earful from him with the Triple D once they get back home.
"Fine, just go easy on them."
"As long as they're not ruining our reputations as the tricksters then we can pretty much care less," Dimitri 2 said bluntly.
"Fine but I'm definitely not gonna go easy on you three when you get back!"
Delgado angrily slammed the telephone hanging it up. With a growl he darted over to Dallas who was behind a plant on top of a table. She bumped her side on the pot making it tip over. Delgado threw a pillow at the pot softening the blow.
"Dallas no! Destiny stop messing with the pictures! Deja Vu don't wet the plant with your leg up! Gah!"
"Oops!" Deja Vu said unapologetically.
"Where's Dylan when you need him?"
Delgado ran over to the ditzy pup who nimbly jumped out of the way. The pup nearly crashed into the pot then darted to where Destiny was.
"Don't throw them!"
The Triple D threw the pictures off the wall.
"Fetch!" Delgado cried as he looked up and ran under the shadows of the pictures.
The puppies ran with Delgado as they followed the flying pictures. They jumped and caught them with their teeth before returning them to Delgado.
"Thanks guys. Please put them up."
The puppies did so before running around the house.
Delgado ran this way and that as he tried to catch the trouble making triplets who were now running around the house trying to find something to wreck.