A/N: Terribly sorry about the late update, its been really hectic with my work schedule and everything else that seems to be going on. I had in no way planned on it being this long before I updated, but I've been working on this from my phone and it is different to say the least. So please excuse any minor mistakes that arise. Anyways here is the next update...

The next morning…

The early morning light slowly filtered into Humphrey's room as he slept peacefully. That is until the beams of light shining through the crevices between the slates of the blinds crept across his face and interrupted his slumber. Stretching while letting out a loud yawn, his eyes slowly opened and he put his paw up to block the blinding light until his eyes had a chance to adjust. "I really need to put up some curtains or something" he said to himself as he laid there while staring up at the blades on the ceiling fan as they rotated slowly. After a few minutes, which seemed like an hour to him, he sat up and moved to the edge of the bed and began the search for his phone. After pulling up the blanket, rummaging through his pillows and visually searching his floor, he sat there and thought to himself 'where the hell can it be?' before getting up and tossing some shorts on and making his way out of his room and down the hall to the living room to continue his search there.

After checking his usual spots in the living room, he leaned against the doorway separating the kitchen from the living room and sighing frustratingly. It was only then that it hit him, 'its in the car dumbass' He thought as he shook his head and walked through the kitchen and into the garage. Upon reaching his car, he leaned inside and followed the charger cord as it disappeared under his seat until he found his phone still attached at the end. The notification light was proudly blinking blue and as he clicked the screen on, he noticed that there was five missed calls and a few messages to match. "Shit, Claws was supposed to have come over last night after she got off work." He said just loud enough for himself to hear as he suddenly remembered that important fact seeing her missed calls. He cleared out the notifications and went into his messages app, opening the ones under Claw's name first.

0012 – C –Hey I am about to be getting off work, was you still wanting me to swing by for some late night fun?

0021 – C - ?

0025 – C – I guess you are sleeping or having fun with the guys, text me l8tr

0654 – H – I had left my phone in my car when I got home last night. Text me when you get up ;)

He back out of their conversation and scrolled down to his and Kate's to see what she had to say.

2306 – K – I know that you are driving home and won't see this until you get there, but we need to hang out more often than we have been. Tonight was awesome and brought back memories of us doing stupid stuff when you first got your license.

2309 – K- Text me when you get home

2309 – K- Or you can call me if you want

2347 – K- Humph, everything ok?

2359 – K- It's really starting to worry me that I haven't heard from you by now. I really hope everything is ok.

0658 – H- Kate, I'm really sorry that I missed your texts and calls last night. Didn't mean to worry you, but I guess my phone slide under my seat when we were racing that Mustang and I totally forgot about it until I woke up this morning. :(

0659 – H- I had a lot of fun as well, more than I have had in a while I suppose. If you want, text me later and we can maybe go hang out again or something if you want.

Humphrey backed out and locked his screen before sliding the phone into the pocket of his shorts as he leaned himself against the side of the car. 'What to do...what to do' he thought to himself as he glanced around the garage. He was slightly hungry, well more than slightly but Salty was still asleep he assumed from the door being closed, and he wasn't in the mood to cook nor was he wanting to go eat breakfast alone this particular Sunday morning. As he scanned the room, his eyes came across a bunch of boxes piled up the far corner of the garage. They were his Dad's things to the race car and the other car sitting underneath the car cover beside his Camaro. He knew that he needed to go through them to see what needed to be kept and what could be sold for extra money. Deciding to put it off until after he ate or maybe even another day, he walked back inside the house and turned off the lights in the garage while quietly closing the door. Which drenched the garage back in complete darkness as there were no windows to the outside world.

"Fuck it, what is better way to spend a Sunday morning than playing some PS4?" he said quietly to himself as he pulled a bowl out of the cabinet and as well as a box of Frosted Flakes, then proceeded to pour himself a bowl of cereal. After he was done putting the cereal and milk away, he slowly made his way into the living room while being careful not to spill any of it on the hardwood floor before sitting down, turning on the PS4 with the controller and opening up COD Advanced Warfare.

30 minutes later...

"Damn it Humphrey" Salty said to himself as he awoke to the sound of machine gun fire and random grenade explosions that vibrated the house. Still mostly asleep, he laid there for a few more minutes before sitting up on the side of his bed and glancing at the clock before deciding to give his friend some hell. He let out a huge sigh and stood up before making his way down the hallway towards the stairs that led into the living room where Humphrey was busy getting his game on. 'I can't be too aggravated at him I suppose, as it is my own fault I stayed up too late last night.' He thought to himself as he trudged slowly down the stairs while leaning sleepily on the rail. 'Still, its crack thirty in the fucking morning, which is way to early to be...What The Fuck?!' His thoughts were quickly interrupted as he stopped in the doorway, totally unnoticed by Humphrey. There sat Humphrey in a pair of silky black boxers covered with pink hearts, a huge bowl of Frosted Flakes in his lap and the home theater system cranking so loud the neighbors down the street could hear. He had on his Turtle Beach Elite 800 headset, a black Stetson Cowboy hat, and was totally oblivious to the world outside of the game and the war and peace bowl of cereal that he was choking down between kills. Salty laughed at the sight before him before disappearing back up the stairs to grab his phone to take a picture. "This should be some good black mail" he softly said to himself as he returned to the door way with his phone in his paw, before making sure the flash was on and lining up the 'perfect' shot. Suddenly a bright flash of light shot across the room and was quickly followed by two more just for good measure. Humphrey turned quickly to see what the source of the flashes were, only to the have his look of puzzlement immortalized as Salty took another picture with a blinding flash. The next instant, Salty was making a mad dash back up the stairs to the safety of his room as Humphrey was slamming down the bowl of cereal to give chase.

"Salty! You better delete those pictures right now!" Humphrey growled as he appeared at the top of the stairs in time to see Salty disappear into his room with the door slamming shut behind him, effectively locking Humphrey out. He quickly reached the closed door and tried the door knob instinctively to no prevail, knowing that it would be locked. "Salty..." Humphrey softly growled as he leaned his back against the door.

"Oh come on Humph, I bet the world would love to see how you game on Sunday mornings when you think everyone is asleep. I got to say those boxers and the cowboy hat made it Bro." Salty laughed as he leaned his back against his side of the door.

"Salty..."

"Facebook would love it..."

"Salt..." His voice taking a more threating tone.

"I can see the headlines Bro, Humphrey the Gamer of the Year." He laughed while totally ignoring Humphrey's threatening tone.

"I swear if they make it to the internet, you won't have to worry about a condom ripping ever again..."

"Shit.. how could I forget Instagram, yes that would get so many likes on there. Shit Humphrey you could be Instagram famous."

Humphrey proceeded to close his eyes and took a deep breath before responding calmly "Go ahead Salty..."

A slight moment of confusion came over Salty when he heard his friend say go ahead. 'Did I hear him right?' He pondered to himself before replying with a bit of confusion in his voice. "What do you mean by go ahead?"

"I mean I don't care, go for it Salt. Remember though, I have pictures of you drunk and in one of Sweet's lacey pink thongs at our last party a few months ago." He let his voice trail off, knowing that he made his intentions clear.

Salty's face turned red at the sudden reminder of that night. How could he forget that there was pictures and that his best friend, Humphrey, had the most incriminating ones and was now using them against him. "Fuck me..." He whispered to himself. "You wouldn't dare.. Remember you promised that you wouldn't ever let anyone outside of our group see them." Humphrey stood there in silence, letting his friend on the other side of the door sweat while knowing he had already deleted those pics of Salty off his phone. Salty had a million and one scenarios playing out in his head and none of them ending the way he would like. He knew that if he pretended to delete the pics and Humphrey found out, he would expose Salty in all his pink thong wearing sexiness. He stood there, listening to Humphrey breath calmly on the other side of the door. While it became apparent his head that Humphrey was ok with showing off the pics to the guys. So he took a deep breath and sighed heavily before giving in. "Aight bro, look I'll delete the pics and I would prefer if you would do the same. We can even do it together." Hearing this, Humphrey knew he had him where he wanted him and waited about 30 more seconds before replying. "You go first, and then I'll delete the ones I have." Salty unlocked and opened the door, with Humphrey almost falling backwards as he was still leaning on it. Salty proceeded to show him his phone with all the pictures in question checked and then hit the delete option, effectively deleting all evidence except for one that he slyly copied into another folder. The one of Humphrey's shocked expression. "There, now you do the same" Salty replied as he looked at Humphrey who was now smiling. "You never had those pics did you..." It was finally all coming together and Humphrey then shook his head before replying with a huge smile and a wink "I deleted them along time ago."

"I hate you right about now" Salty replied softly with a hint of betrayal, knowing that he had been tricked.

"Suck it up buttercup and play with me in some Call Of Duty. Hell we can even go one on one if you think you got the game."

"You're on fuck face" Salty replied as he shoved Humphrey out of his bedroom and slammed the door behind him before walking over to turn on the tv and PS4, while grabbing his headset and settling down on his bed to challenge his best friend in a private match. Humphrey on the other hand, made his way to the fridge to get the necessities of the gaming world... Mt Dew. After gathering up his supplies and getting back onto his spot on the couch, he grabbed his half eaten bowl of cereal, put his headset back on and prepared for the long battle that was about to ensue. They agreed on 20 minute matches and unlimited kills, but Humphrey insisted in the biggest maps of the game. Which made things difficult for Salty who preferred close quarters and medium sized arenas to play in. Undoubtedly giving Humphrey the advantage as he favored big open maps and the overwatch load out.

After playing for about an hour or so, it was a pretty close between them in the number of wins. It wasn't long though before Humphrey's mind began to wander to other thoughts as they played, with Kate being the target of his thoughts. He was laid up in a window keeping an eye out for Salty's character, with a claymore protecting his back side in the game. 'I don't understand why she makes me so nervous when we are alone together, not a bad nervous though. ' He thought as he was lining his sights up for a head shot on Salty's character, who was attempting to sneak around towards Humphrey's location. "Boom motherfucker!" He hollered into the mic as he let out a maniacal laugh.

"You know nobody likes a camper Humphrey." Salty replied as he was switching to a different load out before his character respawned on the opposite side of the map. He was one kill from tying it up, but two from winning and the clock was winding down. Thinking quickly he engaged Humphrey in conversation, a tactic that was dirty but may prove to be just enough distraction that he needed to get the win. "So... how was your date with Kate?"

"What date? We didn't go on a date."

"The one you guys went on last night" Salty replied as he silently neared his target.

"I believe you are mistaken good sir, as it was you and Sweets that went on a date..." Humphrey said as he let his voice trail off. It had been about a minute since he last saw Salty's character and had a feeling that he was closer than he wanted him to be. Meanwhile Salty was sneaking around behind Humphrey's position in the game with a flash bang in his paw. He let out a laugh and continued with his distraction. "Well you two did hang out last night didn't you? Or did you hold up in your room again while pawing at the fantasy of her fine ass sliding up and down on your cock?"

"That was one time and yes we hung out and drive around a bit before I took her home, but thats still no date. We even raced a Mustang that I thought was going to hand me my tail." Humphrey replied as he scanned the screen for his opponent.

"You are right as it was one time that I walked in on you, but no telling how many times you have done it before or since then." He laughed as the got closer to his target. "So why don't you ask her on a date? "

"Because she only likes me as a friend..."

"Oh what the fuck ever... Humphrey you need to open your eyes and see what's in front of you. She has a thing for you, yet your too blind to see it." Salty replied as he pulled the scope up and put Humphrey's head in his cross hairs. Humphrey rolled his eyes in response even though he knew Salty couldn't see it. Salty, on the other hand, was watching the timer count down the last thirty seconds of the match while Humphrey was totally unaware Salty was below him with his sights on Humphrey's head. Humphrey was already celebrating his victory and called it too soon. "Well I guess that's another win in the bag huh Salt?" He laughed as the counter started on the last ten seconds. All of a sudden a rifle shot came through the headphones as Humphrey's character fell to the floor and Salty's character runs into view for a celebratory tea bag. "What The Fuck!" Humphrey hollered... "Where the hell were you?"

Salty laughed hard before replying as the match ended with a tie. "I told you to see what's in front of you." Humphrey just sat there dumbfounded, watching the events play out in front of him from the kill cam and unwilling to believe he was totally oblivious to Salty sneaking up on him. Suddenly he came across the mic "One more round? I mean we can't just end on a tied game can we?" he asked.

"Ok, but let's make this round interesting with a small friendly bet." Salty replied.

"What do you want to wager?"

"If you win, I will leave you alone about Kate."

"And if I lose?" Humphrey asked curiously.

Salty sat there for a second before replying. "You have to ask her out on a date."

A/N: Well what do you think? Unfortunately my updates wont come as often as I would like, as we are in full swing at work and my next official day off is Christmas Eve. I promise they will come though, hopefully sooner than this one did... Hopefully. I want to thank everyone for the views, follows, favorites and reviews so far, it means a lot to me. Also in the four chapters that have been published, we topped the 1,000 view mark. :)

One last thing, I want to give a huge thank you to Ncham9 for all his help so far.