Future

Chapter 23

*Everest's POV*

We were all sat in the living room when we heard Chase and Skye making their way in.
"You sure you can manage?" Chase said.
"Chase I'm fine." Skye retuned. Both sounded as if their mouth was full. The pair walked in. Skye with three of their daughters on her back and the fourth in her mouth lioness style and Chase carrying their son, Trigger in a similar way. They lay the pups down in a fuzzy bed near the fireplace, which wasn't lit and quickly went to eat their breakfast. Lexi sat on the sofa petting Zaidy who was in a daydream.
"They're so cute." She smiled, taking a sip of her tea.
"Yeah, they are aren't they." I sighed, remembering when Samson and Aiyana were that small. We heard a sneeze and looked up to see one of the girls had crawled over and was sniffing the cold coal that was in the brick fireplace.
"Oh Cassie." I giggled.
"That's not Cassie, it's Shyla." Lexi laughed.
"You're both wrong," Chase interrupted, leaning on the door frame. "It's Xena." Skye trotted in and pulled the pup away, cleaning the soot from her face.
"How can you tell?" Marshall asked. "They all look the same."
"Well first off, Trigger is the only blonde and boy." Chase smiled.
"Cassie has a white tail tip," Skye continued. "Xena has a heart marking under her chin, Shyla has a white paw and Maggie's fur pattern looks exactly like Chase's and Well, like Maggie's."
"Roll on when they get collars because I'll just identify by colours." Rocky laughed.
"Agweed."
"Sounds good to me." Lexi added. She looked around the room and frowned.
"Hey, where's Rubble?" Zaidy's ears perked up and she turned to her owner.
"In his pup house. He's not been himself and he won't talk about it, not to me at least." She shrugged. It was completely unlike the bulldog to be this secretive.
"I'll talk to him later." Lexi said. We all nodded and turned our attention back to Chase and Skye's litter who were now crawling all over their mother, making her giggle. Chase chuckled and lay down beside her, causing Trigger to catch his scent and make his way over, snuggling into his fur. The German Shepard smiled and licked his son's head, gently grooming him and calming him down so he fell asleep. Both parents smiled at their pups who were now sleeping soundly.
"I wouldn't get too used to it," Marshall laughed. "Give it a couple of weeks and you'll be absolutely exhausted."
"Marsh!" I gave him a look to which he whined.
"Don't worry Ev, we know what's coming." Skye laughed.