*Sigh* The last chapter :( Oh well, it's been a blast hasn't it? It was for me at least! Before you start reading I must say a major thank you to all of you readers and your reviews! I always read all of them, and they never fail to bring a smile on my face! Special thank you to JoshDD for once again helping out with this chapter, go check him out! That's about all from me for now, I hope you guys enjoy the last chapter, I know I did :)
The pups arrived home at about half past twelve, tired as can be. It was a long night of eating, dancing, and stress for some. Because of how late it was, Ryder allowed Jake and Everest to crash at the Lookout.
"Alright pups, time to head of to bed," Ryder informed them while getting out of his vehicle, "Jake, you can sleep in the guest room across the hall from me if you want."
"Cool with me bro," Jake responded.
"And Everest can-" Ryder tried to continue his sentence before being abruptly interrupted.
"She can sleep in my puphouse!" Marshall blurted out, receiving questionable looks from the team.
"Uh, I mean, if she wants to..." he tried playing it off.
"That's fine with me! Can I Jake?" pleaded Everest.
"Well, if it's alright with Ryder, I don't see why not," Jake said, waiting for Ryder's approval.
"Go for it!" Ryder gave the thumbs up.
Marshall secretly fist pumped at Ryder's response while Everest thanked him.
"It's been a long day pups and we don't know what lies ahead of us tomorrow, so get a good nights sleep," Ryder warned them, "Goodnight everyone!"
The rest of the gang responded and wished each other goodnight before parting ways.
Everybody had changed out of their nice clothes and went straight to their puphouses, falling asleep almost instantly. Not Chase though. He lied down in his puphouse and smiled. How could he go to sleep after such an amazing night? The more he recalled the moment in his mind, the better it got, and the less likely it looked that he was going to fall asleep.
Realizing that lying in his puphouse wasn't very effective, he decided to go outside for a bit and get some fresh air. Maybe that would make him sleepy enough to crash in his bed.
Chase poked his head out of his puphouse and scanned the area for any other pups. The coast was clear. He didn't think Ryder would really want him out this late and assumed the other pups were all asleep, so he tried his hardest not to make a sound. As the german shepherd made his way out onto the driveway, he took into account the beautiful summer night.
The full moon shone down on him, illuminating the night and all of Adventure Bay. The stars shined bright as well, painting a beautiful picture in the night sky. You could hear the distant crash of waves down by the bay, along with a cool breeze that echoed throughout the town. It was just so peaceful. All of this, along with what had happened earlier had Chase in a perfect mood. He made his way over to the cliff behind the Lookout so he could look at the stunning nighttime view and reflect on his night.
Only one puphouse away, Skye was in the same situation. She hugged her pillow tightly and thought about Chase's earlier words. She couldn't get them out of her head and was absolutely beaming. Most importantly, she wanted to be in the german shepherds arms again. The feeling of loving and being loved back is incomparable to any other feeling out there. Desperate and unable to sleep, the cockapoo went to go check if Chase had fallen asleep yet.
She quietly tiptoed over to Chase's puphouse, which was conveniently next to hers, trying not to wake up the others. When she got close enough, she tapped the door and softly called out the shepherd's name.
"Chase?" she whispered, "Chase, are you awake?"
When she didn't get an answer, she assumed he was asleep, but after tapping on the door one more time, it slowly creaked open revealing Chase was not inside. Skye made a puzzled look on her face.
"Where else could he be?" She quietly mumbled to herself.
Just to be sure, Skye walked into Chase's puphouse and searched it fully but to no avail. The cockapoo still wasn't tired and therefore was going to continue to try and find him. She walked outside to investigate, circling the perimeter of the Lookout. When she reached the opposite side, she saw a silhouette over by the edge cliff. It was Chase. Curious as to what he was doing out here so late, she slowly trotted over to him.
Chase stared out over the bay and the adjacent city, letting the night's cool breeze flow through his fur. He was deep in thought about everything that happened. Sure he was happy, but he started to think about what would happen now. Things like 'Are we technically a thing now?', 'Will Ryder approve of this?', and 'Will this affect the Paw Patrol?' circled his mind as Skye inched closer to him. He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't even notice Skye come up next to him.
The cockapoo came up beside Chase and gently leaned her head against his shoulder. Chase flinched, not expecting anyone to be out here at this hour let alone touch his arm, but was relieved when he realized it was Skye.
"Oh, thank God it's only you." he chuckled.
"What are you doing out here?" Skye wondered.
"I couldn't sleep." Chase replied, "I was thinking about..tonight.."
"Same," She responded.
There was kind of an awkward silence at that point, both of them thinking about the kiss. They stared out at the calm water that reflected the moonlight that shone down upon them, not saying a word. They enjoyed each other's presence, and the view, until the silence was finally broken.
"Well since we're both awake, what do you want to do? Should we talk about.. things..?" Chase asked, unsure how to go about the current situation.
"Well let's start by going to your puphouse. It's kind of chilly out here." Skye suggested, shivering as the cool breeze continued to blow past them.
"Good call," Chase declared as the two began to head back to the police pup's puphouse.
Ever since Marshall and Everest lied down in Marshall's puphouse, they too could not fall asleep, despite everything that happened earlier. They both just laid on their bellies staring blankly at the wall with no hope of getting some shuteye. After about fifteen minutes they gave up and decided to talk for a little bit.
"Hey Marsh, you awake?" Everest asked.
"Yeah, I can't fall asleep," Marshall replied, "My mind is just too active I guess,"
"Yeah same here," the husky replied while sitting up, "What's on your mind?"
"I'm just so happy for Chase!" Marshall exclaimed, showing how proud he was of his best friend, "He's liked Skye for some time and they're finally together now!"
"Hey! I was thinking of that too!" chuckled Everest, "I'm happy for them too. They're such a cute couple!"
"I know! Thank God they played one final slow song at the end of the dance! That DJ really came in clutch." Marshall pointed out.
"Yeah! I wouldn't even want to imagine the state of Skye if Chase never ended up asking her." The husky sympathized for her best friend.
"Same with Chase, it took a lot of courage to do that." the dally said, sympathizing for Chase.
"It must have been really hard to hide-..." Everest paused and looked beyond Marshall at the door, "..hide his emotions for that long."
Marshall looked behind him and then back at Everest, "What are you looking at? What happened?" He questioned, curious as to why she paused mid-sentence.
"Can you hear that?" Everest asked, walking up to the door and putting her ear up against it.
Marshall went silent and perked his ears. He could hear that. It was very faint, but it sounded like people were talking in the distance.
"Yeah, I do hear that," complied Marshall, "Who could that be?"
"What are we waiting for? Let's find out!" Everest declared.
The two pups opened the door just a crack and peered there heads outside. As they scanned the area, in the distance they spotted Chase and Skye at the edge of the cliff. Skye was snuggled up against his shoulder while Chase gently rested his head upon the cockapoo's as they continued speaking softly to each other.
"Awwwe, they're so cute!" Everest squealed.
The two pups that were so deep in love even forced out an 'awe' from Marshall.
"What do you think they're talking about?" wondered Everest.
"I wish we could hear them," Marshall sighed.
Eventually, Chase and Skye turned around and began making their way back to their puphouses.
"Uh oh! Abort!" Everest whispered as she swiftly pulled her head back in the puphouse, trying not to be seen.
Marshall did the same, and quickly but quietly shut the door to his puphouse.
"Wow that was so cute!" Everest reiterated, "I hope one day I can have a relationship with someone that's as strong as theirs."
Hearing this caused Marshall to break a sweat. He did in fact like Everest for some time now, and considering everything that had gone on tonight, he decided to make a bold move.
The dalmatian cleared his throat, and got the husky's attention.
"So uh, Everest. I uh, have felt this for quite some time now... and I think I should tell you t-that I uh-" Marshall struggled to say.
But Everest didn't need Marshall to finish the sentence. She knew what he was going to say and couldn't be happier.
A big smile was painted on her made as she came closer to the dalmatian.
"Oh come here you!" She said grabbing his collar and pulling him in for a kiss. As Marshall felt his lips meet Everest's, fireworks went off in his mind as his body roared with adrenaline. They kissed for some time, and both smiled at each other then they pulled back.
"Heh, well that took an unexpected turn." Marshall chuckled, still a bit dazed after what had just happened, "But I'm glad it did."
"Me too," Everest winked at him.
The dally and husky lied back down and snuggled with each other, enjoying each other's company. Marshall slowly reached out his arm and flicked the light switch off, finally satisfied to go to sleep.
"Good night Everest," Marshall said softy, nuzzling her one last time before falling asleep.
"Good night Marshy," she replied, nuzzling him back. They both shut their eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.
Chase shut the door behind them as Skye made herself comfortable in his blankets. Chase sat down on his bed as well, faced her and smiled. The cockapoo smiled back as they engaged into conversation.
"Wow, you're puphouse sure is big Chase," Skye commented, looking around and enjoying the space.
"Yeah, well I am much bigger than you," he chuckled. Skye continued to look around some more when she noticed something familiar.
"Is that my bathing cap?" Skye focused her eyes on a pink piece of cloth on Chase's shelf with little white hearts covering it.
Chase's heart dropped to his stomach, and the blood ran cold inside of him.
"Uhmm… No..?" he tried lying. There wasn't much else he could say, he was caught having taken Skye's lost bathing cap.
Skye walked over to the shelf picked it up. She glanced over to Chase and gave him a look that said, seriously?
"Okay fine, you got me. I took your bathing cap." He admitted.
"Well thank you captain obvious," Skye giggled, rolling her eyes, "Why did you take it?"
Chase sighed. He was already exposed, might as well just tell her the truth.
"I took it because… I was worried about you. Whenever you would go on a mission and I would be left home, a question would always cement in my mind, 'Is she going to make it back okay?' So I took your bathing cap because it reminded me of you and had your scent. It kind of relieved my stress while you were gone." Chase said looking down, ashamed at what he did, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have taken it without telling you."
Skye listened to what Chase had said and put the bathing cap back on the shelf.
"I accept your apology," She started, "But you and I both know that I'm fully capable when I'm on missions, and you shouldn't need to worry about me. We're well trained and Ryder is always there for us."
"I know," Chase sighed, pointing his ears down.
"But," She continued, "I'm flattered at how much you care about me. It's nice to know someone will always have my back." she said, walking over and nuzzling the german shepherd.
Chase's cheeks became red as Skye rubbed her face into his chest. "I'll always be here for you. And that will never change." He said, nuzzling her back.
"You made that pretty clear back on the parking lot," Skye giggled.
Chase blushed even more thinking back to what he said to the cockapoo earlier that night, "Come on, stop it." He said self-consciously. He looked away and covered his eyes in embarrassment.
"Don't be embarrassed," said Skye, walking up to him and removing his paws from his face, "I loved what you said earlier," she smiled.
"Really?" Chase smiled back. Skye nodded.
"It was pure, and straight from your heart. You really meant what you said and it made me feel special." Skye blushed.
"Well it's true," affirmed Chase. Skye giggled and blushed a bit more as she turned around to go back to lying on Chase's bed. Chase followed behind her and was reminded of what Zuma told him earlier about complimenting girls. Without thinking, he did what Zuma advertised as a good idea.
"You know Skye, you have a really cute butt," Chase blurted out.
Skye stopped dead in her tracks and turned around, raising an eyebrow at Chase. She appreciated the compliment, but it wasn't like Chase to say something like that.
Chase saw Skye's reaction and immediately realized what a dumb move that was. Stupid! Why did you say that? I knew it wasn't a good idea. He scolded himself.
"Uhh.. I'm sorry! I didn't mean it- well I did... but.. I can explain," He stammered, "You see Zuma was talking to me and he said girls liked when guys said that, and I didn't mean to-"
He was interrupted by Skye's giggling. "I don't care if you think that. Zuma's right, girls do like it."
A wave of relief came upon the german shepherd. "So.. you aren't mad?" He ensured.
"You're so cute," Skye said laughing.
This made Chase start to blush again as he got that warm feeling in his heart. "Skye, seriously you don't have to say things like that." Chase said, avoiding her compliments.
"I mean it Chase. You're nice, loving, caring, and it just melts my heart. You're strong, you're handsome, and you're extremely talented in almost every aspect. Not to mention, you're a natural born leader, and everyone looks up to you. Including me. I really mean it Chase. You're the only pup I could ever dream of being with," she emphasized, "I love you to the moon and back and it will stay that way forever, no matter what happens."
Like Skye did to him earlier, Chase leaned his head in close to hers and kissed her on the lips. Goosebumps formed all over both of them as they shut their eyes and basked in each other's presence. When they both pulled back, they stared into each other's eyes.
"Let this be a new beginning," Skye declared, "The beginning of us."
"Us? Together forever?" Chase queried.
Skye gave a worried look at Chase's slightly doubtful response. However, Chase was only trying scare her.
"I'm all in." He complied with her and smiled.
She nuzzled him, glad to hear his response. "You scared me there for a second," she giggled.
"You don't have to worry, there isn't anyone that could steal me away from you," He assured her.
She smiled and nuzzled him again, then yawned. At this point it was past one in the morning, and they were finally beginning to feel tired. They both looked at each other as their eyelids became heavy and decided that it was time to go to sleep.
"Think I can crash here tonight?" She grinned.
"Do you even have to ask?" Chase responded cheerfully. He turned off his lamp and the two pups got comfy under the covers of his bed. Skye had snuggled up into Chase's side and they both gently leaned their heads against each other, just like how they slept the previous night, only this time, they were a couple.
They shut their eyes and cuddled close together.
"Goodnight Chase." Skye whispered, "I love you."
"I love you too, Skye. Sweet dreams." Chase smiled
The cockapoo fell asleep shortly and left Chase half asleep, again, lost in his thoughts about the whole situation. Love is a weird thing. It can make you happy, sad, frustrated, and scared; flipping your whole life upside-down. It can be a hassle, but in the end it will be all worth it. Chase sure found this out the hard way, but ultimately, he had no regrets. He nuzzled the cockapoo one more time, glad to be by her side, and slowly drifted off to sleep.
And that's it! That concludes my first ever fanfic, A Night To Remember :) A little cliché, I know, but what did you expect with a romance? A lot of you wanted some MarshallxEverest, and along with the help of JoshDD, I decided to add a scene for them ;) Thank you for reading, it's been a pleasure to write. You guys are amazing and have kept me going throughout this whole story writing process, I can't thank you enough. I have not much more to say, so I will end with a goodbye. This isn't the end of me though, I'll catch you on the next wave ;) But this is goodbye for now,
~SwarmX