Chase and Skye's Love Story

Chapter 24

Back at the table, there wasn't much the guys could do at this point, so they just accepted that they had missed another chance and hoped that there would be a slow song soon after.+

"Well, we're down to half an hour, let's hope for the best." Zuma informed the pups.

As the current slow song came to an end, Chase was slowly coming back into reality, also not noticing the slow song he had just missed. But that didn't stop him from noticing the next one. Directly after, Let Her Go by Passenger came on, causing Marshall, Rubble, Rocky, and Zuma to look up at each other in satisfaction. They had been given another chance.

Chase didn't need convincing though. The compliments that were given to him, and the nice things said about Skye seemed to do the trick. Plus, if he didn't make a move now, he knew the pups would for him.

"Guys, I'm ready. I need to go find her. Now," Chase concluded, desperate to get a dance with the pup of his dreams.

"Atta boy Chase!" Zuma encouraged him.

"Here, I'll go help you find her. We don't want to waste the song looking for her. Let's go!" Marshall offered, excited to help out his best friend. The two pups pushed away from the table and scattered around the dance floor looking for Skye.

As soon as the next song started, Everest and Skye looked up at each other, however with much different expressions. Everest was filled with butterflies, ecstatic that there was another chance for Chase to ask Skye to dance. But Skye looked back at Everest with a sad face, like, really sad. Before Everest could even blink, Skye made a mad dash for the bathroom. The husky stood dead in her tracks, absolutely puzzled at why her mood had changed so drastically. One second she was being happy and optimistic, the next, she was almost in tears and sprinting away. After comprehending all of this, Everest quickly followed her into the bathroom.

Skye found herself in a bathroom stall, blowing her nose into toilet paper. Her eyes were leaking like faucets. Luckily her makeup was waterproof, so that wasn't an issue, but something was wrong and she didn't really want anyone to see her cry. Unfortunately for her, she heard the bathroom door creak open, and saw a set of paws approaching her.

"Hello? Skye?" Everest knocked on the stall door, "Is everything okay?"

She didn't get an answer, but rather a few quiet sobs.

"Skye, please come out. What's wrong?" Everest pleaded, "I can hear you crying."

Skye eventually gave in and walked out of the stall with her eyes red and puffy.

"Sorry for running off." She apologized.

"I don't care about that! What's wrong? Is it about this whole situation with Chase?" She presumed.

"No that's not it. It's.. nothing." Skye said, avoiding the question.

"Don't lie to me Skye, you didn't just run off crying for no reason. I want to help." She insisted.

Skye sighed, "It's a long story, but basically before I was adopted by Ryder, I lived on the streets of Adventure Bay, and had a really good friend who was also a stray. Her name was Jade, and she was my first ever friend. We took care of each other, played together, kept each other company, and it made living on the streets not so bad. But one day I woke up in our little alleyway which we called home, and she was just gone. I looked everywhere but couldn't find her anywhere. I didn't know whether she got lost, was pup-napped, or was even... dead. Whenever this song plays, it reminds me of her, and how much I miss her."

The cockapoo wiped a few more tears from her eyes and whimpered after explaining the story of her friend, Jade. She had a special place in Skye's heart and really had an impact on her life, and to just lose her like that was hard.