They was looking for Mooch's bagged 2001 Chevy Tahoe as they pulled into the small parking lot at Sonic. The place wasn't unusually busy for lunch on a Saturday afternoon, as it was every Saturday as the warmer weather started to set in for the spring. The parking lot was set up as a local car hop, with a hangout spot in the middle of drive up ordering on either side of it. The main restaurant sat behind the hangout area, with the food being brought out by wolves on roller skates or blades. A lot of the younger wolves that was here for lunch already had their rides cleaned and polished up for tonight and it was looking like and impromptu car meet. Humphrey on the other hand, was one of the ones whose car was still looking dirty and it was starting to bother him some.

"There's Mooch's truck, and it looks as if there is a spot or two next to him." Salty said as he pointed across the middle of the commons area to the other side.

Humphrey nodded in response as he eased his car around to the building to the other side of the building, pulling into the spot next to the Tahoe. "It looks like spring break is almost here from the looks of everyone's rides" Humphrey said as they exited the Camaro and started to walk over to the small group that had gathered in the middle of the commons area.

"Salty… Humphrey, it's about time." Shakey joked while looking at the time on his phone, as he noticed them walking up.

"Well you know Humphrey, he drives like an old wolf in the slow lane" Salty sarcastically replied, which made everyone in earshot bust out laughing.

Humphrey rolled his eyes and shot back jokingly, "So Salty, is that why my passenger seat soaking wet after you got out?"

"Alright guys" Shaky interrupted before Salty even had a chance to respond. He motioned for them to sit down at the table in front of them before telling them what he needed to. "Spring break is only a couple weeks away, so what do you guys think about going to my parent's lake house in Sawtooth National Forest? I don't see it being anything huge, just figured it would be our group of friends and the girls going. More than likely camping, swimming if the water is warm enough and possibly throwing a party that Saturday before we leave on Sunday. What do you guys think?

"Sounds like a good time to me" Humphrey replied, while wondering to himself if Kate was going to be able to go. He always had a thing for her, but Humphrey always considered her out of his league so to speak. She was a cheerleader, while he wasn't really into sports. Cars was his thing and they always had been as that's what he had grown up around. It wasn't like he didn't like football, but he just never tried out and it was too late in his school years to start now. Humphrey's Dad and her Dad had been the best of friends, so naturally they became best of friends as well. She was also the main one of his friends to comfort him when his dad died tragically a couple years ago and even stayed at her house at the request of her Dad, just to insure that he would be ok. He knew without a doubt in his mind that they would never be together, but it didn't stop him from wishing so.

"You know I'm down and I'll ask Sweets now to see what she thinks." Salty replied, as he went to texting away on his phone. "Which have you talked to any of the girls yet to see what they think?"

"I wanted to make sure you all was down with the idea before I got any of their hopes up about going. I'll ask Janice about her and Reba, while you guys can ask the others." Replied Shaky as he pulled out his phone to text Janice.

Meanwhile at the mall…

"You ready for spring break?" Sweets asked Kate and Candy, as they was busy rummaging through the new bathing suits that just got put out yesterday.

"I suppose so" Kate replied sort of bummed "I just wish I could find something really cute to wear when we go swimming this summer."

"Still trying to impress Humphrey are we?" Candy asked with a smile as she pulled a cute baby blue top and matching bikini bottom from the rack across from Kate. "Girl you know he's back to messing with Claws again don't you? You know how he can be when she is occupying the space in his mind."

"Are you serious? After the hell she put him through this last time they dated, he is back to messing around with that?" Kate released a sigh as she replied with a bit of disappointment and slight aggravation in her voice while she walked over to the next clothes rack. "I really don't see why he doesn't find someone who truly cares about him and just leave her alone or be friends and that's it. It never works out between them two and he always ends up heartbroken and crying on the garage floor. I guess I will just never understand boys."

"Someone like… yourself?" Sweets inquired with a huge grin as she knew where Kate was headed after hearing her reply.

"Yes… well… no…. I mean…." Kate let out a growl of defeat as she stumbled on what to say. "Look I don't care who the boy is with, me or someone other girl as long as he is happy with them and they treat him the way he should be treated. He's a really sweet guy and doesn't deserve the crap that she puts him through. He's already been through enough the past couple years and doesn't need more added to it."

"Maybe he thinks that you don't like him like that, you know that he's in the friend zone. Kate, the boy likes you, like I mean really likes you a lot." Candy replied as she pulled out two more really cute looking bikinis to try on." Just something to think about girl, but I'm going to go try on these bathing suits really quick." She disappeared between the racks as she headed towards the women's dressing rooms, leaving Kate with her thoughts and Sweets who was busy texting on her phone.

Kate responded with a nod as she continued to browse through the rack she was at. She was about to just give up here at this particular store and go to another store, when something in a bright pink caught her eye. 'This will do nicely' she thought to herself as she pulled the top and matching bikini bottom form the rack and looking it over. It was a pink and white bikini in a tropical print design, which luckily it was her size as it was the only that she could see in that print. As she held it up and headed towards the dressing room, her thoughts quickly went to Humphrey. 'I know that we've been friends since I could remember, but is it really not that obvious to him that I like him? I guess I should really step it up some and see where things go. He's not like most guys, he's really funny and sweet and… dreamy' she thought to herself as she tried on the bikini in the dressing room. She stood there in the mirror, admiring just how good it looked on her with the pink really bringing out the hazel in her eyes, as well as the tan and white of her fur. Wanting the others' opinion, she carefully stepped out and looked around for Sweets and Candy. Not seeing either of her friends, she was about to look around the corner when Sweets commented out of nowhere.

"Well that should definitely leave him breathless, I know it is me" Sweets commented with a laugh as she scared her best friend. "I don't think you will have to wait very long to use it either girl. Salty just texted me about going to Shakey's parent's lakehouse in Sawtooth National Forest for spring break. He wanted to know what you two think about going."

"Sounds like a good time to me" Candy replied as she walked back up onto her friends, only carrying the baby blue bikini back with her.

"Yea same here Sweets and I'll mention it to Lilly when I get home, as much as I really don't want her going. I know though that she would really like to go and if I don't extend the offer to her, then Mom and Dad will have a problem with me going." Kate responded. "Candy did you not like the other two bikinis?"

"I did, but I got to thinking about it and I already have a couple bikinis at home that I could still wear this year. This one though I just don't think I could leave without buying" Candy said as she held up the baby blue one from earlier.

"I think that's going to look really good on you this summer" Sweets winked at Candy with a smile.

"What do you two say we get out of here and grab a bite to eat somewhere? I'm starting to get hungry and plus it's Saturday. I would like to go home and get cleaned up to go hang out tonight or catch a street race. It's been a while since we have seen one of them"

"Let's get going then, I'm starving as well and I think Salty has plans for tonight by the way he was hinting around before I left this morning." Sweets replied as the three she wolves headed to go pay for their items. "Hang out Kate? You mean hang out with Humphrey" She teased, which made Kate blush under her fur.

"Oh whatever. He probably has plans with Claws" Kate responded.

"I think someone is jealous of somebody" Candy teased as they reached the cash register to pay for their stuff. Kate rolled her eyes as she pulled out the money for her stuff and waited for the other two to do the same before heading to her BMW M3. As they walked to the car, they continued to tease her about Humphrey until they got in and sat down. Then the conversation turned to both of the guys.

"I wonder what they are doing right now." Sweets said of Salty and Humphrey.

"Knowing those two, probably stuck inside the house and playing Call of Duty Advanced Warfare on the PS4" replied Kate

"Yea probably so" Sweets responded.

"It's such a pretty day outside, I don't understand how anyone in their right mind would want to waste it inside playing video games." Candy replied as she played Candy Crush on her phone in the back seat.

"Its them two, and I can honestly say there is times that Salty would rather play video games instead of... well other things." Sweets replied

After they grabbed a bite to eat, Kate dropped Candy off at her house and then proceeded to head to Humphrey's and Salty's place to drop off Sweets. They was surprised to see the guys outside when they pulled up behind Sweet's car on the street. Salty was busy cleaning out the inside of his truck and Humphrey was busy washing his car in only a pair of khaki colored cargo shorts. 'Damn he looks good with his shirt off, much better than he did last summer.' Kate thought to herself as she put the car in park. "Looks like weight lifting has really paid off" she accidently said out loud.

"You need me to splash some cold water on you before we get out of the car or should I just have Humphrey hose you down with the water hose?" Sweets asked Kate with a smile. "He does look really good though I might add if that's ok"

"Oh shit, I totally didn't mean to say that out loud…." Kate replied as she blushed a deep and noticeable red under her fur. "I'll be ok I think" They both laughed about the comment as they got out of her car and headed up the drive.

"You didn't find anything did you Baby?" Salty asked sarcastically as he saw the bags that she carrying with her up the drive.

"Nope, just figured I would carry some empty bags to give you the false hope that I actually bought something" she replied while leaning in for a kiss. Kate on the other hand, walked over to Humphrey and checking him out as she went.

"Care to wash mine after you are done with your car?" Kate asked him jokingly, but was surprised at his response.

"Only if you really want me to" Humphrey replied as he picked up the hose.

"Really?" she asked while trying to hold back the excitement inside. 'I just wish I was inside the car when you was soaping it down' she thought to herself with a smile as she watched him finish spraying the last of the soap off his car.

"Under one condition, you got to help me dry off my car real quick so I don't have water spots on her. I want her looking good tonight when I go out cruising, not looking like it's has tiny polka dots all over it." Humphrey replied as he tossed her a chamois (which is a towel for drying cars) and went to work drying one side of the car. He looked up over across the hood at her to see her wiping the it down and smiled. "Kate, it works a lot better if you get it soaking wet and wring it out first."

"I knew that" she replied a little embarrassed as she pulled the towel away from the car and wetted it before reattempting to dry the car again.

After drying the car off, Humphrey took a step back and looked it over one good time. "She looks almost as beautiful as this one girl I know." He said with a smile as he looked at Kate.

"Well she must be one of the most beautiful girls in the world, because this car is absolutely gorgous cleaned up." She replied with a slight blush as she caught Humphrey looking at her out of the corner of her eyes. She sat the towel down in the bucket next to the car, before asking "You still want to do my car? You don't have to Humph."

"I want to, but I would really like it if you helped me wash it. As far as beautiful, she's the prettiest girl I have ever known." He replied with a smile as he climbed inside his car to move it back into the garage to make room for her car in the driveway. She was red at his comment, hoping it was her he was talking about, but thinking it could've been Claws. She figured she would ask him in due time, but for now she had to get her car moved into the drive way so they could wash it together. She eased it into the driveway backwards before stopping with enough room to move around as they washed it. Humphrey walked back out of the garage, picked up the hose and started spraying her car as she grabbed an extra rag from the pile in the garage. They went about washing the car while talking about nothing in particular, but after a few minutes Humphrey let his normal playful side come out. A side that had been shoved into the corners of his mind for sometime now.

"HUMPHREY!" Kate screamed out as he "accidently" sprayed her back some with the water hose.

"My bad Kate" Humphrey replied with a smile before doing it again as he was supposed to be rinsing off the side of the car she had just washed.

"Humphrey one more time and I swear…." Kate hollered back at him in a playfully angry voice. Just then she had an idea and looked over at the bucket full of soapy water before walking over it.

"You swear what Kate?" Humphrey asked while laughing and not really paying attention to what she was doing. Which would prove to be a wrong move on his part as she was sneaking around the other side of the car to come up behind him. He stopped spraying the car off when she didn't respond and looked around, not noticing her crouched behind the bumper. "Kate… Hello?" He asked curiously as he began to walk towards where she was at. All of a sudden Kate saw her opportunity and leaped out from behind the car carrying the bucket of soapy water with a huge smile while trying to keep herself from laughing. Humphrey noticed her and attempted to spray her with the hose as he backed away, but got entangled in the hose and fell backwards. She threw the soapy water all over him as he fell backwards and landed on the ground. Unfortunately her foot slipped on the wet grass and she ended up falling on top of him, with her face mere inches from his with a complete look of embarrassment on her face. Both their hearts raced and neither one of them said a word as they stared into each other's eyes. They laid like that in the wet grass for a few minutes laughing about the whole thing with Kate putting her soapy rag over his face before sitting back in the grass at his feet. Humphrey leaned up onto his arms before saying anything. "Well that was about awkward"

"I'm sorry Humphrey, I didn't mean for all that to happen." Kate replied 3 shades of red emitting from underneath her fur.

"Kate, its ok. No need to apologize, as it was actually really fun." Humphrey said with a nervous laugh before tossing the soapy rag into the now empty bucket. "What do you say we get up and finish your car now?"

Inside the house…

Salty and Sweets had been watching the whole thing from inside the house, and could tell that the feelings was mutual between those two outside. It was obvious to anyone who was just walking by as they washed the car and played around. They might have even thought that those two was more than friends.

"You know I think they are just what each other needs" Salty said as he watched them get up and finish washing the car off.

"They just mesh like two gears made specifically for each other, but neither one will tell the other how they feel. Maybe they will figure it out before it's too late Babe." Sweets replied as she laid her head on his shoulder with a sigh.

"Yea maybe so, they deserve to be happy" Salty replied.

Back outside…

As they finished drying off her car, Kate turned to Humphrey and asked "Are you planning on racing tonight Humph?"

"Wasn't really planning on much of anything to be honest. I figured if I got out at all, I'd go cruise the strip or hangout with everyone in the warehouse district." Humphrey replied as he stood up from drying off the front bumper. He looked her over, thinking about how she had really filled out with her hourglass figure and just the right amount in her chest. He smiled to himself as he broke from his thoughts to finish answering her question. "But if something came up that seemed like fun, I would roll with it. Why, what's on your mind?"

"Oh nothing, I just wanted to be there to watch if you was going to race tonight." she replied as she nervously played with her keys.

"Well…. How about I pick you up when I head out in a few hours and we can see what happens? It has been a while since we have hung out and it would be nice to chill with my best friend. I'm truly sorry if I have seemed distant as of late, but I honestly haven't had the drive to do much of anything lately." He finished picking up all the cleaning supplies and started to put them away while Kate leaned against the frame of the garage door opening.

"It's a date" Kate replied jokingly as she walked over to give him a hug. Humphrey blushed at her response to his question before wrapping his arms around her and picking her up until her feet no longer touched the ground. They both closed their eyes, embracing the moment and squeezing each other tightly before Humphrey sat her back down on the ground. A huge smile came across their faces as they broke from the hug. "Humph, I guess I'm going to head home, get dried off and cleaned up."

"Kate" Humphrey stopped her as she went to walk to her car. "You're pretty wet, how about I let you borrow a pair of jogging pants and a t shirt, so you don't have to wear those wet clothes home?"

"I would love to Humph, but I can just imagine how my Mom would react to me coming home in some boy's clothes." She replied with a laugh

Humphrey laughed and replied "Yea I forgot about your psycho crazy and overprotective Mom. Hang on and I'll get you a towel to sit on." He opened the door and hollered into the house "Salty, can you bring me a towel or two?"

Without missing a beat came "Are you sure one towel will do?" from Salty

"Yea Humphrey, it looks like you got Kate really soaking wet out there in the yard when you guys were laying there together" Sweets chimed in just as quickly as her and Salty starting laughing hard at the comment. Which caused both Humphrey and Kate to turn 3 shades of visible red from underneath their fur.

"Just bring me some towels!" Humphrey playfully snapped, though completely embarrassed by their comments. He then turned to Kate and said "I'm really sorry about them."

"Why? I mean I am standing here leaving a puddle in your garage floor." Kate laughed as Salty appeared a few seconds later in the doorway with a few towels. She took one and started to dry off her fur, before turning to him and replying "Thank you for the towels Salty."

"You're welcome Kate" He replied still laughing before disappearing back into the house.

After she was pretty much dried off except for her clothes, she looked at Humphrey with a smile and said "So I guess I will see you in a few hours?"

He nodded in reply and said with a smile "Yea I'll be over in a few to pick you up to hang out."

She walked over and gave him another hug before walking towards her car with a towel to sit on. As she got in her car and started to drive the 15 minute drive home, all she could think about was tonight.