"Exile…what are YOU doing here?" Hunter said, quickly looking down on the ground.

"I hear some noise coming from outside and I peek my head out. I see my Comrades standing in front of the Sky Rover in such good clothes…what's is going on here? Who is having party I wasn't invited to?"

"What is happening around here? What's going on?" Came another voice as Blitz came out and joined them on the beach followed by Shag. "Why are we all out here? What's happening? Why….whoa.." he said his voice trailing away as he caught sight of Colleen. "Hello, Pretty Girl Doggie..you look stunning tonight! You all dressed up with someplace to go that I can escort you to?"

"Mind your own business, Fluffy," Colleen snapped, moving away from him.

"So, what is it, Comrades? Why are we standing here feeling like we are very underdressed? " Exile asked.

Hunter looked at Colleen,. The story was out, they were licked. "Guys? Well…it's like this. Colleen and I…we've realized that we're in love. And we're going to get married tonight. "

The silence after this announcement was deafening. Everyone stared at them with their mouths open. Finally Exile closed it and stepped forward. "You mean…Hunter...you, and Colleen..Colleen..you've changed your mind?" Colleen nodded and quietly smiled Exile slowly formed a grin. "But, Comrades, I'm afraid if you're getting married there is something very important you both forgot!"

"What's that, Exile?"

"ME!" He laughed and held his arms out. "I could not let my dear friends go get married without coming to wish my blessings on them! We ALL will go…right, Blitz? Shag?"

"Reah!" Shag immediately agreed, coming over to Hunter and Colleen and giving them both huge bear hugs!"

"Shagster, let them breathe, otherwise the can't say vows!" Exile said. He looked over at Blitz, who was standing there, his mouth still hanging open, in complete shock. "Blitz? BLITZ?"
"Huh..oh..right ja?"

"You are happy for them, yes?"

"Uh.."

"Blitz!"

"Whatever," Blitz said with a mixture of shock and sadness. "Married? They're getting married..she;s marrying HIM?!"

"Yeah, Blitz." Exile laughed. "She's getting married..to HUNTER! Isn't that wonderful? Come, Comrade, we go wash and get dressed up and we join them!"

"She…pretty girl doggie…prettiest girl doggie…but him? A lovely collie dog..with a mutt? A MIXED BREED..when I was here the entire time! God, think of what their kids are gonna look like!"

Exile dragged Blitz a foot away so Hunter and Colleen couldn't hear. "What's wrong with you?!"

"I could giv her so much more! Look at me, look at my muscles, my super claws,! Look what I can give her. Our kids could be so beautiful looking and I would take care of her.."

Exile laughed. "Blitz, I think she can take car of herself very well. Besides, what's wrong with Hunter? He's not bad looking at all, he's rather handsome. "

"Sure, take his side, Snowball," Blitz snapped and stormed off to the Headquarters.

A little while later Exile had showered and dressed in his best suit and tie. Shag had found a tie to wear himself and was helping fastion one on Muzzle. He walked over to Blitz's room and knocked on the door. "Comerade? You almost ready to go?" There was no answer from the other side. "Blitz?" Finally he put his hand on the knob. "Blitz? I'm coming in." he opened the door. Blitz was dressed in a suit and tie all right, but he sat facing the wall, his chin in his hands, and in the dark. Exile sighed and walked right up to him. "Enough." He turned on the lights and stood in front of him "ENOUGH! You are behaving like little puppy dog!" He sighed and sat down next to him. "They LOVE each other! It's not like they planned this! It just happened. They want to do this."

"Ja, easy for YOU to say, snowball!" Blitz said angrily. "YOUR heart didn't just get ripped out of your body!"

Exile looked at Blitz with sympathy. "Comrade, you don't think I was ever rejected? I've been around longer than you, I've had my share of broken heart. I've loved a good many girl dogs, who've turned out not to feel the same about me. I know what you go through. But, Blitz, it does no good just to sit here feeling sorry for yourself. It is not going to change her mind. Her mind is made up." He put his hand on Blitz's shoulder. "Thy did not do this to hurt you, you know that! No one can ever plan anything like this. That's why it's called love! It's so amazing you can't explain it. But when it happens, it happens. But sometimes it does not happen to you! I KNOW you're hurting, Comrade, but it will go away. Mine went away, and yours will too."

"How?" Blitz said. "How can you make it go away?"

'It does take time. But one of the things that helped me is realizing that there are other girls around. Plenty of birds in the sky! She isn't the one for you, but that doesn't mean that somewhere out there there isn't one!"

Blitz looked up. "Do you really mean that?"

"Of course, Comrade! There might be a lovely girl doggie out there just for you! You just have to keep neck up and look. Of course," Exile added. "There's always Persia!" Referring to the head of the Space Rovers he saw Blitz looking at whenever they had to work with them.

"Persia? Do you think she'd talk to me?"

"Never know unless you try, Comrade. But, for now, let's concentrate on wedding! I was talking to Shag, and he and I thought…we should surprise our Comrades! They will walk right into their own wedding reception! We put it together while they are consummating marriage. Shag is going to bake wedding cake, and other gormet treats!"

"Can we have peppermint milkshakes? "

"But of course!"

Blitz stood up. "You know, maybe this WILL be all right in the end!"

"Of course, Comrade! Come," he put his arm around Blitz's shoulders. "Let's go out and meet them!"

As Blitz and Exile mad their way over to the main forum where everyone was gathered, Blitz saw Hunter and Colleen standing near the counter. For once he avoided gazing at Colleen's beauty and instead stared at the actual scene in front of him. Colleen's face glowed with in inner radiance that seemed to come from within. He had never seen this side of her before! She for as long as he remembered never looked like tat. He glanced at Hunter and knew where it had come from. He sighed as guilt formed in his body. He remembered all the timer he had challenged Hunter's Leadership, all the times he had been mean and nasty to him..and all the times Hunter had forgiven him or was kind to him. He sighed, finally admitting the truth, looking at the animated way Hunter's face was when he talked to Colleen. Hunter loved Colleen and Colleen loved Hunter. They belonged together. Blitz looked down. He owed Hunter, he owed him big time!

Blitz and Exile came out of the room and into the main forum where everyone else had gathered.
"OK, Comrades, I think we are all ready..."Exile began.
"Wait," Blitz said quickly. "Before anything happens I have something I need to say."
"Blitz, do you really think you have to.." Exile began.
Blitz turned around sharply. "Yes, I do." He faced Hunter and Colleen. "This won't take long, will both of you please sit down?" They looked at each other suspiciously, but sat down on the couch. "Shag..will you please get all of us some water?"
"Right," He said, going to the kitchen.
"From the SINK!" Blitz called out before he faced Hunter and Colleen. "This is tough for me to say, but I know I have to say it, especially to Hunter. I know that in the past I haven't been too nice to you...in fact I've been rather mean. CChallenging your authority as Leader...saying you wouldn;t make a good one. But the opposite is true,. Hunter, you're a great Leader..and you're a wonderful friend. If you want the truth...I was jealous. Jealous of your Leadership...and your relationship with Colleen."
"And here ya hid it so well," Hunter mumbled sarcastically.
I thought I was in lov with her and I hated the fact that she loved you. But now I'm looking at the two of you...and now I see I was wrong. Let me tell you what I see when I'm seeing you now. I'm seeing something amazing." He looked at Colleen. "I'm seeing someone that has more guts than I will ever have. Someone who's giving up everything she knows. Someone who willingly is going away from her birth home and her own Master to go begin a new life in a different place, with a diffferent home and a different Master! All to be with someone else forever!" He looked at Hunter. "And I'm seeing someone who, even though he knows he has a short time to be here and can't give Colleen the wedding he would like to give her, is still trying to make this day as special is possible to make her happy. In fact at first he ddn't want her to go at all cause he didn';t want her to give up her home! Now tat he knows she's coming, he's treating her like a Princess and I know he always will. When I see you..I see real true, unconditional love! This is love...and what I was feeling wasn't. All this time when I was making passes at Colleen and questioning Hunter...I'm ashamed of that now." Shag brought in a tray with glasses of water. Blitz assed outthe water and raised his glas sin the air. "That's why I want all of you to know I am no longer going to oppose this union, I'm going to celebrate it. I'm going to lift a glass to it, I'm going to ask God to bless it. Hunter, Colleen, from the bottom of my heart..I'm sorry.I hope you can both find it in your hearts today to forgive me. Congradulations to you both and I hope you have a wonderful life together!" Exile patted his shoulder approvingly.

Hunter stood up, touched beyond belief. "Blitz..that's…that's so nice." He stuck out his paw. "Thanks a lot, Buddy."

"Do you forgive me?"

"Sure, I forgive you. Thanks, Blitz."

Blitz turned to Colleen. " I do mean what I said. I won't act like that to you anymore. " He stuck out his paw. "JUST friends, Pr…Colleen?"

Colleen stood up and a slow smile spread across her face. "You REALLY mean that?"

"Ya, I do."

Colleen smiled and shook his paw. "JUST friends then..Blitz."

"Am I forgiven?"

"Yeah, you are. Thanks a lot."