Well, the dance is nearing the end and Chase still hasn't asked Skye to dance. But there's another chapter... What could this possibly mean? ;) This chapter is extra long as sort of a New Years present to you guys, over 4k words!
Also, HUGE thank you to JoshDD for helping me out with part of this chapter. He's written some absolute bangers, so make sure to go check him out! Without further ado, enjoy Chapter 12 of A Night To Remember!
The clock struck eleven fifty-five, but that didn't stop the party. People weren't going to finish singing and dancing until that hour hand on the clock reached the twelve. The current song came to an end and the crowd was eagerly anticipating the next, however it wasn't a song that came onto the loudspeaker.
"Alright my people, you've all been amazing tonight!" the DJ shouted into the mic, followed by cheers from the crowd, "We're gonna slow it on down for the last few moments of the night before I peace! Again, y'all been outstanding tonight, thank you all!"
A Thousand Years by Christina Perri began to play on the loudspeaker, and Chase looked at the rest of the guy pups in disbelief, while Skye did the same, but to Everest.
Rocky waved him on to go ask Skye to dance, who was only a few yards away, and Zuma nodded at him in encouragement. Chase looked over to where Skye was standing and admired her beauty, as butterflies began to swarm his stomach. He gulped.
Marshall went up to him and patted his back, "Remember, don't think. Just do it!"
Chase smiled, and started walking towards Skye. This was it. He was given another chance and was going to ask the love of his life to dance. He felt his heart pounding against his chest, full of anxiety. He felt a drip of sweat drip down his forehead. No! I can do this! He persevered. Everest saw the german shepherd approaching them and got excited, thinking that this was finally going to be it. Chase's paw was inches from tapping the cockapoo's shoulder when suddenly, darkness.
Commotion spread among the crowds as the music stopped playing and the lights went out. Chase, along with the other pups, could not see a single thing. The police pup decided to just stand still and wait, hoping that Skye hadn't seen him already. Meanwhile the other guys were raging with fury.
"GOD DAMN IT!" Rocky growled and pounded his fist on the floor
"Nah dude, I'm actually done with this," Zuma facepawed, "Tonight just isn't our night."
"Should've seen it coming," Rubble rolled his eyes.
"Poor Chase..." Marshall sympathized, "He loves her so much and built up all that courage... I feel so bad for him."
"I just cannot believe how every single thing went wrong tonight," Rocky complained, "I mean, how unlucky can you be?"
"What if it just.." Rubble gulped, "..wasn't meant to be..?"
"No!" Marshall desperately ceased Rubble's thought, "It has to be right! They both love each other, remember?"
"Let's just pray something happens," Zuma crossed his fingers, "Miracles do happen, right?"
In the midst of all the chaos, Mayor Goodway managed to find her microphone and calm everyone.
"People! People! Settle down. Everything will be okay. I'm pretty sure the circuit breaker went off due to all the lights and music we have going on here!" Mayor Goodway chuckled, "Everyone just don't move and stay calm. I'm going to go fix the issue and then we will resume what's left of the dance!"
Once the mayor finished talking, she made her way to the circuit box and conversations began to fill the air once again, creating quite a noisy atmosphere. Everest thought about the current situation for second, and decided to take a risk.
"Hey Skye," she whispered, making sure Chase didn't hear, "Turn around."
"What? Why?" pondered Skye.
"SHH! Just trust me," Everest winked, "And don't move!"
"Okay..." the cockapoo whispered back.
Once she was turned away from Everest, the husky gently pushed Skye towards the area where Chase was standing.
Suddenly, you could hear Mayor Goodway's voice on the microphone again, only it was much more distant.
"Okay everybody! The lights and music should be on right about..." She announced, just finishing up fixing the circuit box.
This short moment in time caused a rush of anxiety not just through Chase, but through all of the pups. Everest was praying that her plan would work, the guys were praying that Chase would still have the courage to ask Skye when the lights came back on, and Skye was just anxious to find out what Everest was trying to do. Chase was contemplating whether he should continue to ask Skye.
"...NOW!" Mayor Goodway finished.
Within the blink of an eye, the colorful lights flashed back on, and caused both Chase and Skye to have a mini heart attack.
'OMG Yes! It worked!' Everest exclaimed in her head.
The two pups were face to face, with their muzzles only centimeters away from each other. The german shepherd's eyes almost popped out of his skull. Skye, on the other hand, composed herself and instantly realized what Everest was trying to do, and grasped upon the golden opportunity.
"Hey Chase," Skye greeted cheerfully.
The cockapoo's eyes sparkled in the light as she made her cute, little, friendly expression towards the german shepherd. Her beauty and cute little voice caused Chase's heart to bounce up to his throat.
"H-hey Skye." He stuttered. Before she could respond, Chase realized that this was his final chance, and decided to just go for it.
"I was wondering if y-you, uhh, I mean, if you wanted to.. uh, d-dance with me..?" Chase stammered. He blushed and looked away, feeling slightly embarrassed to ask his teammate that question. After a brief pause, Chase automatically assumed Skye wasn't interested.
"It's okay, You don't have to. I don't know why I asked, it's just-" Chase blurted out.
"I'd love to Chase." She smiled at him, trying hard not to burst out in excitement.
"Y-you would?" Chase looked back at her and tilted his head. Skye nodded at him in response.
Chase started feeling all toasty inside, as did Skye. They never imagined doing this after everything that happened that night, and they were almost in tears of joy that it was happening. The two pup stood on their hind legs, and wrapped their arms around each other, slowly swaying back and forth to the song.
Skye's head was resting against Chase's chest with her arms around his shoulders. She felt so safe, comforted, and in love while leaning against the german shepherd. Meanwhile, Chase was gently resting his head upon the cockapoo's, with his arms wrapped tightly around her. He loved Skye so much, and to hold her in his arms meant the world to him. He never wanted to let her go. Both pups gently closed their eyes and smiled, embracing each other's company. Nobody could take this moment away from them, and they never wanted to it end.
Everest had made her way to the rest of the pups who were nearly jumping for joy at the sight of the two love pups dancing. All of them had the same expression on their face. A smile, showing their happiness for the two pups who were dancing, and their satisfaction that Chase had finally overcome this obstacle.
"Aren't they cute?" Everest squealed, while walking up to the pups.
"Yeah, they really were made for each other weren't they?" Rocky agreed
"A perfect match." Rubble added.
"It took him long enough to ask her," Marshall chuckled, "I'm so proud of him."
"Yeah, that takes a lot of courage." Zuma pointed out.
"And to think when we woke up this morning, we didn't even know about Chase's feelings for Skye, and here we are, watching them have their special moment together." Rocky said in awe.
"I wonder if they will confess their feelings for each other after this." Rubble thought aloud.
"Oh, I hope they do!" Everest wagged her tail, "Skye would be so happy to hear the words, 'I love you,' come out of Chase's mouth."
"Let's take it one step at a time shall we?" Rocky suggested while chuckling, "The pups are probably worn out from just this dance. We don't need to put even more pressure on their shoulders now."
"Yeah I guess you're right." Everest complied.
"But hey, who knows. Maybe the two will have to courage to do it on their own by now." Marshall proposed.
"Only time will tell.." Rubble sighed.
The pups continued to watch in silence as Chase and Skye held each other closely, their emotions and feelings for each other clearly showing. The song could have gone on forever as far as Chase and Skye were concerned, but unfortunately, it was approaching its final verse. Even the other pups were sad to see their moment being cut short, but all good things must come to an end.
The final lyric was sung, and the song faded away. Despite this, Chase held Skye tight in his arms for a few seconds after the song had ended, trying to make it last as long as possible. When they finally let go, they awkwardly stood there for a moment, blushing at what had just happened and not making eye contact. They were both slightly embarrassed and afraid of how the other would react after their little dance.
Soon enough the next song broke the silence. However, the song that started to play, which was the final song of the night, turned out to be another slow song. The two pups slowly made eye contact once again and Chase spoke out.
"Er… um, do you want to d-dance again..? Only if you want to.." Chase choked on his words.
Skye giggled at the german shepherd's cute stutter, and suggested something else.
"How about we go somewhere alone instead. So we won't be seen by people, like Ryder or Katie, or someone," Skye asked, worried of being centred out and embarrassed in front of everyone.
"Good idea," Chase compiled. However, being his competitive self and as he was with Skye, he managed to turn it into a competition.
"But you'll have to catch me first," He added.
Skye smirked at his remark and accepted the challenge, getting into a running stance.
"Challenge accepted," she winked.
Instantly, Chase bolted off of the dance floor and directly down the hall to a decently isolated area, Skye was hot on his tail though. He turned down a couple more halls, trying to use his speed to his advantage here, and eventually came to a dead end with a door that had a bright red exit sign over it. Chase tried to make his way through the door, but it was extremely heavy and really slowed down his momentum. He had just pushed it open enough for him to squeeze through when he felt Skye pounce on his back, sending them both tumbling outside into the moonlit parking lot.
The two pups landed next to each other, and started giggling at what happened.
"That was fun!" Skye laughed.
"Oh yeah, I love getting plowed over by my friends and being sent tumbling into the pavement." Chase exaggerated.
The cockapoo giggled at his sarcasm. They were finally alone, and the slow song from earlier could faintly be heard in the background due to the loudness of the speakers. Now that their little 'game' was finished, it was at that awkward stage again where the two pups started to feel embarrassed by their feelings for each other, despite neither of them still knowing that they liked each other. There was a brief pause, which Skye attempted to break and get rid of the awkwardness, but wasn't too successful.
"So…" she started, "We're alone now…"
"Yeah, I guess so…" Chase said awkwardly.
Skye glanced at him a bit, wondering if he was going to ask her to dance again, but Chase was caught staring at her again. Her beautiful magenta eyes, and that cute, soothing voice of hers gave him goosebumps. This feeling was becoming more and more familiar to him, and occurring more often. His love for her was undying, and he couldn't contain his emotions any longer.
"Skye, I can't hold it in anymore…" he blurted out, "From day one of the Paw Patrol, you've always got my attention. Whether it be your skills in flying or your cheerful attitude, it never fails to lighten the mood. Your presence just makes me feel happy and forget all the bad things that are going on at the time."
This caught Skye completely off guard. It went from complete silence and awkwardness to Chase pouring out his emotions and feelings. Skye had to pinch herself to make sure this was real as she continued to listen to the german shepherd go on.
"Skye, you're no doubt the prettiest pup in the galaxy, and I mean every word of that. You're cute, talented, funny, and just everything I could ever want in a pup. I guess I've only realized it recently Skye, but, I… I think I l-love you.." he confessed.
A brief silence followed this as Skye comprehended everything Chase had just told her. Every word Chase had said made her heart melt more and more each time they were spoken. But the emotions weren't going to stop there.
"I want you to have this," he said as he pulled out a case from his back pocket, containing the necklace Katie had given to Chase to give to Skye, "You mean the world to me Skye, and nothing could ever change that. I hope you like it."
Skye opened the case, revealing the beautiful necklace inside. She was almost in disbelief. It had her name engraved into it, it was made of diamond, and it even had a pink gem in the center, her favourite colour. Chase took it from her hands, placed it round her neck and smiled. The cockapoo looked up at him, unsure how to respond. She was overwhelmed with emotions right now, from being in complete shock and disbelief, to so happy that she was almost driven to tears. Everything had just happened so quickly.
Before either of them could speak another word, Skye gently closed her eyes, and leaned in towards Chase and pressed her lips against his as tight as she could. Chase's eyes shot wide open in disbelief. This time,Skye caught him off guard with this move, but he didn't care one bit. His lips were currently locked with the pup of his dreams. Chase slowly shut his eyes too and deepened the kiss, pressing equally as tight as she was. They took their time, embracing each other and the moment. Neither of them wanted this to end. They were in a love trance; not thinking about anything else, but each other.
Both of their eyes slowly opened as they stopped kissing. However, their muzzles were still touching as they both stared into each other's eyes, listening to the faint song in the background. It didn't even feel real. Never would the two of them imagine this in their wildest dreams.
Skye's emotions eventually took over as she forced Chase onto his back and rested on his chest, pressing her lips against his once again. She let the weight of her body enforce the kiss, while Chase lied on the ground of the parking lot enjoying every second of it. When their second kiss came to an end, they made eye contact once again and smiled.
"I love you too Chase." She emphasized by snuggling into the german shepherd's chest, which he responded to by nuzzling her. They both had stolen each other's hearts, and nothing could separate them. After cuddling with each other for a little they realized that they kind of just disappeared on their friends, and that soon people would be coming outside to go home.
"I guess we should probably go inside now, before the pups start to get suspicious," suggested Chase.
"Yeah, you're probably right," Skye stood up and sighed, not wanting the moment to come to an end, "And Chase..?"
"Yeah?" he responded.
"Can we not tell anyone about this?" requested Skye, "I don't really want Ryder, and the pups to know. I don't want to be centred out and embarrassed in front of everybody."
"Don't worry, I won't. I feel the same way," Chase admitted.
Little did they know, Marshall and Everest had secretly followed them earlier when they ran outside and witnessed the whole thing, aweing at their special moment and happy that they were finally together and happy. From their perspective, it looked as if it couldn't have gone better.
"I'm so glad Chase finally built up the courage to tell her, after all the grief and worrying." Marshall smiled, proud of his best friend.
"I know!" Everest agreed, wiping a tear from her eye, "They're so cute together."
The dalmatian and husky watched the two love pups snuggle each other in silence. Shortly after, the shepherd and cockapoo stood up from laying on each other and started making their way towards the door.
"Uh oh. Looks like that's our cue to get back to the table," Marshall said, making sure they weren't seen by Chase and Skye.
"Yeah, they wouldn't be too happy knowing we watched that whole thing unfold," Everest assumed, and jogged back to the table with Marshall.
When the two spies arrived back, they were bombarded with questions from the other pups.
"Where were they?" questioned Zuma.
"Did everything go well?" wondered Rocky.
"What did they do together?" Rubble asked.
Everest and Marshall revisited the moment in their heads and sighed at how cute it was seeing Chase and Skye confess their love to one another.
"Hello? Earth to Marshall, earth to Everest?" Rocky waved his hand in front of them.
"Oh, heh, sorry," Marshall apologized, zoning back into reality along with Everest.
"So what happened?" reiterated Rubble.
"Oh my gosh! It was SOOO CUTE!" Everest exclaimed wagging her tail.
Marshall explained step by step what happened after the two left the dance floor, receiving resounding 'awes' from the rest of the group.
"I'm really happy for them. Thank God Chase finally asked her," Rocky said relieved.
"That's what I said," chuckled Marshall.
"So where are they now?" wondered Zuma.
"I don't know, they should be here soon. The reason we came running back was because they were coming towards the door we were standing by." Marshall informed them.
"Yeah, we didn't want them to know we had just watched their 'special' moment," added Everest, "Let's just wait for them to come back and pretend we know nothing of it."
The pups nodded in agreement and patiently waited for the two to show up at the table.
Chase held the door for Skye and walked alongside her as close as possible. They didn't say much on the way back, but merely enjoyed each other's company.
After turning down a couple hallways, they had finally reached the main hall where the party was just beginning to die down. It was midnight by now, the music had stopped and a few people were making their way out the main entrance. When they eventually reached their table, the rest of the pups gave them friendly smiles.
"Sooo.. Where did you two wonder off to?" Everest winked at the two pups.
"Oh, we…uh..." Chase blushed, recalling the things that happened in the parking lot and not really wanting to share.
"We had to get something from our rigs," Skye lied, "Right Chase?"
"Yeah, we did." He caught on to Skye's lie.
"I see," Marshall pretended to believe them, "Did you guys have fun tonight?"
"Yeah.. we did." Chase sighed, staring into space and thinking of Skye and him kissing. A couple of the pups glared at Chase, giving him confused looks.
"He's still in awe after winning that dance competition," Skye lied again and nudged Chase, snapping him out of it, "So how about you guys? Enjoy your night?"
"Yeah dude! The dancing was sooo much fun," Zuma exclaimed.
"Yeah, the songs that played were awesome!" Rubble added.
"Don't forget the food!" Marshall said licking his lips. This caused the other pups to giggle.
Eventually, Ryder walked over to the pups' table along with Katie once they had packed up everything they needed.
"You pups ready to go?" He asked them.
"Yep, I think so," Rocky spoke for all of them.
"Alright, well we better head home then. It's late and who knows, we may have an early morning mission to attend to tomorrow." Ryder said looking at his watch.
The pups followed their owner out the doors and to their vehicles. As they walked across the parking lot, they guys and girls kind of separated themselves, and started talking.
"Well, well, well. Look who finally built up the courage to ask Skye," Marshall playfully punched Chase's shoulder.
"Yeah! Looks like we've got a ladies man over here," Rocky winked.
"Come on guys, cut it out," Chase blushed, "Besides, I probably never would have asked her if you didn't keep pressuring me to."
"No need to thank us," Rubble jokingly insisted.
"Ha! Thank you? More like, 'thanks for making me almost have a heart attack.'" Chase chuckled along with the other pups, "But seriously, I really appreciate everything you've done."
"Anytime pal," Zuma spoke for all the pups, "If you ever need help trying to win over the ladies, I'm your guy."
"Oh really?" Chase raised his eyebrow, "What's your secret?"
It's not like Chase really needed help with that anymore, and Zuma knew that too, but he couldn't help being a bit curious.
"Well," Zuma smirked, "If there's anything a girl likes being complimented about, it's their butt."
A few of the pups giggled at Zuma's response.
"Oh really," Chase smirked back at him.
"Trust me, I know from experience," insisted Zuma, who then looked up ahead to where Skye and Everest were walking, "And you know, Skye's is looking pretty good if you ask me."
Chase didn't like Zuma saying that. Although the shepherd agreed with Zuma the same, he didn't want anybody to try and take Skye away from him. He glared at the chocolate lab and lightly growled under his breath.
"Whoa, easy! I was just playing! I'd never steal someone elses girl away from them, I swear," Zuma defended himself.
Chase realized his reaction was a little aggressive, and he knew Zuma would never do that, even if his comment was true.
"Sorry, I guess I like Skye a little too much," He apologized and chuckled.
"But that's a good thing." Rocky declared.
"Yeah, hopefully you guys will be together one day, as mates! That would be so cute!" Rubble fantasized.
"And maybe even kiss her." Marshall winked, knowing that Chase already did kiss Skye. He just wanted to see his reaction.
Chase blushed after hearing this and tried to go along with it.
"Uh.. yeah, heh. Hopefully that will happen.. someday.." He stammered. The pups rolled their eyes and smiled at Chase's attempt to pretend that it hadn't already happened.
Meanwhile, a few yards ahead, Everest and Skye were ecstatic over what had happened.
"I knew he would ask you to dance! I just knew it!" Everest exclaimed, happy for her best friend who just experienced the best moment of her life.
"I guess I shouldn't have doubted it," giggled Skye, "Thanks for keeping my hopes up. If it weren't for you, we probably wouldn't have even danced. Smart move back there when the lights turned off."
"Don't mention it, you can count on me anytime," assured Everest, "So, how was dancing with your lover?"
Skye blushed at the name, but was happy to share her experience.
"It was amazing!" She exclaimed, "When the words came out of his mouth, my heart just melted! And being held in his arms made me feel so comforted, and loved. I'm getting butterflies just thinking about it."
"Awwee, that's so cute!" squealed Everest, who then gazed her eyes upon the necklace Chase had given her, "Oh my gosh, I didn't even notice that! Did Chase give it to you?! It's gorgeous!"
"Awe, thanks Everest! And yeah, he gave it to me right before I kiss-" Skye smacked her lips shut, realizing what she had almost said.
Unfortunately, Everest took notice of what she said and smiled at her. It didn't really matter though, as she actually witnessed it happening earlier. But she went along with it anyway.
"What was that?" Everest raised an eyebrow at the cockapoo.
"What do you mean? I didn't say anything.." denied Skye.
"Oh really? So you didn't just say you kissed him." teased Everest.
Skye blushed madly, realizing she was caught in a lie with no way out.
"Fine," Skye sighed, "We ended up going outside after we danced. When we got here, he ended up confessing his feelings for me and gave me the necklace, saying that I meant the world to him. I was so caught up in the moment, and so in love that I just leaned in and.. k-kissed him. I couldn't help myself.. please don't tell anyone."
Everest's face lit up after Skye retold what happened. She may have already known, but revisiting it just made her so happy for the cockapoo. She moved closer and hugged her friend to show her joy.
"I'm so happy for you Skye! You guys were made for each other," she beamed, "Oh and don't worry, your secret's safe with me."
Skye accepted the hug and giggled, "Thanks Everest, I like to think that too."
Ryder and the pups reached their vehicles and started them up. It was late, and the only thing that contrasted the darkness of the night, was the dim moonlight that was shining down on them. It was a long night, and a few yawns started to form in the pups' mouths as they began to make their way to the Lookout. They were ready to get home and hit the sack.
"Everybody ready?" Ryder called out.
The pups nodded, and Ryder lead the way out of the parking lot and across the bridge towards the Lookout, bringing an end to a night which two pups in particular, will never forget.
GAHHHHHHHHH! THE CUTENESS OMG! I wrote this and I'm dying XD And come on guys, surely you didn't think I was actually going to make this whole story and not have them at least dance! I hope you all are as happy with this chapter as I am! Once again, huge shout out to JoshDD for the part where the lights went out; pure genius! Make sure to check out his stories!
Unfortunately, this fanfic is coming to an end :( But it was fun while it lasted, right? :) But that's not it folks! There will be ONE FINAL CHAPTER coming soon! And after that? Well, let's finish riding this wave first ;) Until next time! ~SwarmX