„So... you love Zuma?", Ryder repeats and thinks about this whole situation while he still watches the little pup in his arms, „A little bit surprising but I think it is great. But I somehow always thought you and Skye were having some sort of a relationship going on... You two are so close and you are always worried about her and you are always happy with her and all these secret conversations between you two." The name of the only female member of the Paw Patrol sends a chill down the furry back of Chase and he begins to giggle a little bit and only a few seconds later he loses all control and begins to laugh. "Me and Skye? She is my best girlfriend and I love her but as my gossip girl, as my support or even as my sister. She always talks with me when I have a problem or when I'm feeling down and sometimes we talk about rumors or we laugh about funny situations and jokes or stories we heard", Chase explains laughing and Ryder slowly understand everything but one thing bothers him now. "Have you told Skye about your crush on Zuma?", he asks the German Shepherd as he ends his long lasted hug and just stares at his friend with a confused expression. But, as he already assumed, Chase just shakes his head and slowly focuses the floor again but the brown-haired captain of the Paw Patrol won't let him get carried away again so he instantly places his hand underneath the furry chin and raises it up again so their glimpses meet. "Why haven't you told her about it? As you said, she is your best girlfriend?" "That is the thing Ryder... She is my best girlfriend but I know that she has a crush on me. Marshall told me that he heard Skye and Rubble talking about me and then he heard her saying that she really likes me and she even used the words ''crush'' and ''love''... You understand?", the police pup explains and the boy can see that this topic is making him depressed, sad and just uncomfortable. He feels horrible and is confused when he thinks about the whole problem with the crushes and relationships. His best girlfriend loves him but he just sees her as his friend. But he fell head over heels in love with the handsome, fun-loving chocolate brown Labrador... This is just too much for him! Ryder also thinks about the construct and finally sees the problem here. "So you wanted to talk with me about it because if you told Skye about your crush... you might break her heart and lose her as your support and friend... Damn! That surely sucks! I guess it can really bothers you that the only female dog in our whole team has a crush on you, right?" Chase nods in agreement and lets out a quiet sigh followed by a even quieter whimper.
"Oh Chase, don't feel sad for her. You must care for yourself in these kind of situations and to relinquish your love is just not fair! She must accept sooner or later that you will never feel the same way about her as she feels about you... you know what I'm saying?"
A pretty good advice! This is pure wisdom guys! Always remember that.
The words let the thoughts of Chase running wild like a rabbit when a fox, a dog and a eagle chase after it. "Hm... I really shouldn't let Skyes feelings change me or stopping me from my own will and my own feelings... He's right! I must tell Zuma everything! And I mean everything: My feelings, why I feel this way and why I finally make this confession!" With a smile on his face Chase stares at his buddy and wags his tail from the left to the right and back to the left as fast as he possibly can. The words really encouraged him to finally say what he always wanted to say. But Ryder likes to know one more thing before he discusses with Chase how he should do it and when. "Chase? Can I ask you a few questions about your crush on Zuma?", he asks carefully but his friend wastes no time and, almost excited, answers with a loud and happy bark and a long howl. "Okay... I want to know how it happened? When did it start and when have you noticed that it is love?" "A very good question", the brownish pup thinks and begins to remember every little second of his journey of love, confusion and acceptance.
"It all began when you told us that we would get a new member and that this pup is a water-loving Labrador. You also told us that the name of this pup was Zuma and I instantly liked this name. It sounded sassy, individual and a little bit exotic. I thought, that this new pup would surely be a lot of fun and that we would like him. Then he came but I, to be honest, thought he was a girl... He looked pretty cool and even beautiful with his chocolate brown fur and those yellow-golden eyes and I thought I would get a stomachache and I felt the sweat on my forehead, around my neck and even on my front paws! Suddenly Zuma talked to me and he asked me if I could show him around and I agreed without even hesitating for one second. His voice was so girly and he had this cute accent I just couldn't resist. That made it even more obvious for me that he must been a girl. When we walked through the station I analyzed his body shape, his four paws and legs, his teeth and again his eyes. I lost myself in them and I felt like I was flying through the sky or like I was swimming in the most beautiful ocean... It was just wonderful. These feelings grew stronger each second we had together until... his first mission. You, Zuma, Skye and I helped Captain Turbot and after we made sure everything was alright you said we were all good pups. Then you went to Zuma, petted his head and then... you said... Good boy..."
The whole story is just beautiful and Ryder almost can't believe that his best friend Chase, the one who is always serious and who hates sentimental things, tells him all that. Surely he could just make something up but it sounds so real, so true, so... personal! "Oh... Then you realized he wasn't a girl but a boy...", Ryder suggests and his furry pal just nods and explains, "Yes... I felt strange when I heard the b-word and I felt even stranger when my tummy suddenly felt all funny! I thought I was just sick but when we came back and I laid in my bed... I was alright. I was feeling better again but my mind was out of control... The only thing I could think about was Zuma and Zuma alone! His fur, his body, his voice and especially his golden, gorgeous eyes. That night I couldn't sleep so I went outside and sat there underneath the night-sky and the full-moon in his most beautiful light all alone. But I wasn't alone for long... No, a certain pup sat next to me and also stared at the moon. His brown fur almost absorbed the white light and made his whole appearance shiny and sparkling. It was Zuma and he just sat there, silent and peacefully. Until I stood up again and attempted to leave, then he focused me and I saw his face again. He seemed sad or maybe just tired but it somehow stopped me from going away and leaving him alone in the darkness of the night.
So I returned to my old spot and sat there for almost two hours but it was pleasant. Me and Zuma talked, we laughed together and he even placed his left front paw on my shoulder and left it there for almost a whole minute. My body was shaking from my hind paws to the peak of my nose, my whole face was hot as lava and almost as red too! And my tummy was feeling stranger and stranger every minute I sat there with him alone in the night. But it wasn't an uncomfortable strangeness... It was somehow pleasuring, a little bit confusing but also really, really interesting. Only a few thoughts went by until I realized that this feeling was the famous "butterflies in one's stomach" but I tried my best to lower the meaning of it. That was the moment I knew I liked this male pup a lot... It wasn't love, I thought, but I was on a good way of falling for him.
The next days these feelings came back almost every time I saw him, talked to him or played with him. Once, when we were all playing, he laid next to me and his left paw touched my paw and even held it for a few seconds until he smiled at me, giggled a little bit and got up to take a break from the whole action. That was the moment when I had this feelings again but they were way more intense! My whole body was burning, my heart was beating almost nonstop, my brain was completely turned off and only the pictures of Zuma smiling, holding my paw and giggling were in my head. I just knew that I were blushing the whole time and even after that when I first met him again... But I didn't cared about that.
Only a few weeks later we two laid in the sun and just relaxed when I felt him hugging me tightly. He began to cuddle with me and he even licked my left cheek! When I took a closer look at him I saw, that he was sleeping and must likely dreamed of something very good. That moment I just laid there with a red face, the fastest beating heart I've ever witnessed and the strong feeling to just stay here with him forever after. That moment I knew it wasn't just liking him or liking him a lot... I fell in love with the Labrador and my love only grew from that moment on without a break! And now I am here... to finally find the guts to tell him my feelings."
"Wow... That was the most romantic story I have ever heard! I didn't knew you could feel all these different emotions! I mean I know you can feel them but how you described it... Breathtaking!" Ryder sits on his rear-end and stares at his friend with wide eyes and an impression, that say something like ''Oh my god! This was awesome, awesome, awesome!''. "Now I will help you to finally get what you always desired and no one will stop you! Are you ready big boy?" With a loud bark the pup shows his excitement and his waggling tail supports this. "Thank you Ryder! You are the best!", he shouts with a big smile on his face and tears of joy in his brown, glittering eyes.
(I hope ChaseXSkye-fans won't hate me now ... I love that pairing but this explanation was perfect for my story :3 Sorry again!)