Rocky's POV

Gasp.

No. No no no no. Marshall and Everest?!

"MARSHALL!!" I growl.

Everest backs away slowly, and leaves me alone with Marshall.

"Face it Rocky, Everest likes me, not you. She chose me over you."

I remain speechless. I was the one who rejected her.

I thought I was saying in my mind.

But I was saying it out loud.

"Exactly," said Marshall. "You chose to end your relationship with her. So there's nobody to blame but yourself."

"B-but, but"

"No, Rocky. If you really loved her, you would've taken her when you had the chance." Marshall walks out of the scene, leaving me alone.

She chose me over you. I rejected her. I ended it all. Is it possible to still love someone after you rejected them? I don't even want Everest! What am I seeking for?

Revenge?

No. It can't be. I wouldn't hurt anyone. Even if it is Marshall. Just because he's a two-faced, backstabbing lying little-

You know what? I've had it. All my stress is getting to me. I need to go back to sleep.

The following morning...
Alex and Mr. Porter were the first ones to wake up. In fact, Alex was the first, and Mr. Porter woke up when Alex knocked the tent over by jumping up and down in it.

Zuma woke up before I did. He was outside, doing something. In fact, everyone woke up before I did. I had the last tent that was still standing.

It was a cold, cloudy morning.
Most of the folks have already left. Only Ryder and the rest of the pups were waiting on me. I yawn. "Good morning."

Ryder smiles. "Ready to go?"

I nod and take down my tent. I put it in the back of Marshall's fire truck, along with the rest of the tents. Then we head back to the lookout.

Chase's POV
It started to rain. We all run inside the lookout. Marshall and Rocky were glaring at each other.

"Kay, pups," said Ryder. "Anyone wanna play hide-and-seek?"

Zuma wagged his tail. "I'm an expewt at that game!"

I nod. Marshall volunteers to be start by being it.

"One. . . Two. . . Three. . ."

I try to run and hide under a beanbag, but Rubble was sleeping on it, and it was impossible to lift. What did Rubble eat for lunch?

I run and hide into a closet, but Rocky and Zuma were already hiding in there.

"Eleven. . . Twelve. . ."

I quickly run down to the basement and hide in the storage room. If I know one thing, it's that Marshall is afraid of the dark. So this would be that last place he would check.

I hide deep inside some empty cardboard boxes. I hop inside one. It was really small and cramped. But I felt something soft under my paw. It felt bouncy. So I jumped up and down.

Skye giggled quietly. "Chase, stop it! We're gonna get caught!"

"Sorry, didn't know you were in here," I say.

So I was hiding with Skye in the exact same spot.

"Great minds think alike," she says, probably smiling.

I blush slightly. Thank goodness it's dark in here, or she would've seen me.

She licks my cheek and I blush. We continue to hide in the box for a couple of minutes. I start to get a little bit claustrophobic in this small area. If I was getting claustrophic, I wonder how Skye, whose face I'm probably sitting on, can still breathe down there.

"Skye, I gotta get out of here."

I can't move at all in this tight box. So I try to tip the box over by rocking it back and forth. Eventually, the box tips over, and we both fall out.

When Skye fell, she fell ontop of me. I guess I should've gotten her off, because when Marshall turned on the lights, he got the wrong idea.

But I enjoyed her presence.

Marshall slowly backed away and purposely left the lights back on. He was disgusted. He thought that we did it.

Skye and I burst out in laughter.

I felt a bit bad for Marshall, but hey, we didn't say anything.

Still ontop of me, Skye smiles and looks into deep my eyes. I gaze back into her deep, deep, magenta eyes. Oh, you're just so beautiful. I just want to tell you how beautiful you are.

Skye lowers her head onto mine. Paws around my waist, she pulls me in closer to her. I bring my head really close to Skye's. She smiles. She brings her mouth closer to mine. And then they touch.

Rocky's POV
Zuma and I were in this cabin for what seemed like weeks. I'm starting to wonder if Marshall forgot about us.

I was starting to get tired, and I started to lean against the closed door. I slowly let more and more mass of my body lean against the door.

Until I put too much.

The door flinged open, and Zuma and I came tumbling down. Marshall, Chase and Skye were all looking at us.

I wipe off some dust of my shoulder. "Yes, we hid in Ryder's closet, okay?"

The other laughed. And we continued to play in the rain.

(A/N: Thank you for reading! Are Skye and Chase gonna admit feelings for each other? Is a new relationship gonnna bloom? Comment your thoughts below! Thanks for reading!)