The bright rays of the sun entered the room, bringing light. Lucky was asleep on the floor until the light reached him. He awoke, stretched, and went to wake up his person.

"Dot, hey dot!" He said to her with a gentle voice as he shook her lightly, "Get up, your going to be late for school."

Dot woke up slowly, but smiled when she saw her pet. She hugged him tightly, "Good morning Mr. Chewy McFluffster! You seem happy this morning."

Lucky simply smiled back, "Well I slept great last night."

"You came back home pretty late, where were you?" Dot asked him with curiosity.

Lucky answered, "Oh, I was just at the shelter. You know, putting everything in order."

"It took you almost all night to fix the shelter?" Dot asked unconvinced at Lucky's answer.

"W-well there was a lot to do and-"

Dot stared at him, wanting to know the truth.

Lucky gave in and sighed, "Okay fine, I was with Cookie at the shelter yesterday. But I was fixing the shelter."

Dot smiled at her pet, "With Cookie? What were you doing with Cookie so late?"

Lucky's eyes widened and he swore that he was blushing under his fur.

"Oh-I-uhh."

Dot then giggled, realizing what was going on.

"Oh, no need to tell me Mr Chewy McFluffster. I know exactly what you were doing."

Lucky gulped, "Y-you do?"

Dot nodded, "Yep! You and Cookie were doing romantic stuff together!"

Lucky smiled guiltily, "N-no, well...maybe."

Dot hugged her friend once again, joyfully, "This is great! I never knew that you would be a romantic person-um..dog type, Lucky. So what happened, what did you tell her?"

"Maybe you should get ready for school Dot."

"Aww! But I want to know what happened!"

"How about this, I will tell you after I come back from work today. How does that sound?"

Dot got up from bed and giggled, "Okay, it's a deal!"

Lucky took a secret passage way from his home and went through a tunnel. He walked along the underground pathway, heading towards the shelter. After a few minutes he finally made it to Shelter 17. When he arrived he saw Cookie by herself yawning.

"Hey Cookie."

Cookie turned around and smiled, "Hey Lucky."

"Where is everybody?" The leader asked, walking towards her.

"I think we're too early, the time changed again."

"Oh yeah, I forgot that that was today. No wonder Dot had difficulty waking up this morning. So we're the only ones here?"

Cookie looked around then answered him, "Apparently. They'll probably arrive in about an hou-"

Cookie was interrupted mid sentence when she felt Lucky's muzzle on hers. She was surprised but then closed her eyes, enjoying the kiss. After a few minutes they separated, both panting for air.

Cookie smiled, "Wow, if it wasn't for that morning breath, then that would've been our best kiss yet."

Lucky blushed and pouted, "Hey! My breath's not that bad!"

Cookie raised an eyebrow and scoffed, "Please! What about the time that kid called you Sir Stinky Snout?"

Lucky grumbled and narrowed his eyes at Cookie. Cookie just laughed and hugged him, "You know that I'm joking!"

Lucky then laughed and gave a playful smirk at his second in command, "Well, your breath could be better as well."

Cookie looked at him with the same expression he had, playfulness. "Oh so now I'm the one with bad breath. I think you have it backwards here 'top dog'."

"Are those fighting words?" Lucky said as Cookie grabbed his collar, "Wanna find out?"

The boxer then pulled him towards her and kissed him again. Lucky loved Cookie's playfulness and wrapped his paws around her. Suddenly, Cookie pushed her leader to the dirt floor and landed on top of him. She kissed all over his face and they both started to laugh. They both stopped for a moment to look into each other's eyes. They both were stuck in a trance.

"I can't believe that this is real, I hope this isn't a dream Cooks. And if it is I hope I never wake up."

Cookie felt small tears coming from her eyes when Lucky finished his sentence. Her heart started pounding faster, "I hope I never wake up either."

She returned to kissing him as he reciprocated the kiss. Suddenly, they heard the sound of dogs talking in one of the tunnels. They stopped their little make-out session and quickly got up and fixed themselves. They turned to each other and started having a normal conversation, acting as if nothing had happened.

"So that's what Dot is going to do for school today," Lucky said as Cookie nodded, acting as well.

When they saw their friends they greeted them, not telling them about their little secret.

"All right team we have a lot to do today, but I'm sure we can accomplish what we need to. Now let's go dogs go!" Lucky said his catchphrase as he and Cookie went to the surface. Niblet went the opposite way to his corner where he stacked a bunch of rocks to chew on.

Squirt walked over to Strudel and whispered, "Hey, is it just me or does Lucky look happier than usual?"

"Your not the only one who has noticed. I wonder what's going on with him."

Squirt scoffed, "Maybe he get extra kibble this morning for breakfast."

Meanwhile, above the HQ. Lucky and Cookie looked at the car pulling in with a bunch of pups that needed homes. Lucky turned to Cookie and winked at her. Cookie smiled and winked back. Things were starting to look up.