PAW Patrol: Pups with a Night to Remember.

Chapter 25: No Regrets (Part 1)

The pups arrived home at about half past twelve, tired as can be. It was a long night of eating, dancing, and stress for some. Because of how late it was, Ryder allowed Jake and Everest to crash at the Lookout.

"Alright pups, time to head of to bed," Ryder informed them while getting out of his vehicle, "Jake, you can sleep in the guest room across the hall from me if you want."

"Cool with me bro," Jake responded.

"And Everest can-" Ryder tried to continue his sentence before being abruptly interrupted.

"She can sleep in my puphouse!" Marshall blurted out, receiving questionable looks from the team.

"Uh, I mean, if she wants to..." he tried playing it off.

"That's fine with me! Can I Jake?" pleaded Everest.

"Well, if it's alright with Ryder, I don't see why not," Jake said, waiting for Ryder's approval.

"Go for it!" Ryder gave the thumbs up.

Marshall secretly fist pumped at Ryder's response while Everest thanked him.

"It's been a long day pups and we don't know what lies ahead of us tomorrow, so get a good nights sleep," Ryder warned them, "Goodnight everyone!"

The rest of the gang responded and wished each other goodnight before parting ways.

Everybody had changed out of their nice clothes and went straight to their puphouses, falling asleep almost instantly. Not Chase though. He lied down in his puphouse and smiled. How could he go to sleep after such an amazing night? The more he recalled the moment in his mind, the better it got, and the less likely it looked that he was going to fall asleep.

Realizing that lying in his puphouse wasn't very effective, he decided to go outside for a bit and get some fresh air. Maybe that would make him sleepy enough to crash in his bed.

Chase poked his head out of his puphouse and scanned the area for any other pups. The coast was clear. He didn't think Ryder would really want him out this late and assumed the other pups were all asleep, so he tried his hardest not to make a sound. As the german shepherd made his way out onto the driveway, he took into account the beautiful summer night.

The full moon shone down on him, illuminating the night and all of Adventure Bay. The stars shined bright as well, painting a beautiful picture in the night sky. You could hear the distant crash of waves down by the bay, along with a cool breeze that echoed throughout the town. It was just so peaceful. All of this, along with what had happened earlier had Chase in a perfect mood. He made his way over to the cliff behind the Lookout so he could look at the stunning nighttime view and reflect on his night.

Only one puphouse away, Skye was in the same situation. She hugged her pillow tightly and thought about Chase's earlier words. She couldn't get them out of her head and was absolutely beaming. Most importantly, she wanted to be in the german shepherds arms again. The feeling of loving and being loved back is incomparable to any other feeling out there. Desperate and unable to sleep, the cockapoo went to go check if Chase had fallen asleep yet.

She quietly tiptoed over to Chase's puphouse, which was conveniently next to hers, trying not to wake up the others. When she got close enough, she tapped the door and softly called out the shepherd's name.

"Chase?" she whispered, "Chase, are you awake?"

When she didn't get an answer, she assumed he was asleep, but after tapping on the door one more time, it slowly creaked open revealing Chase was not inside. Skye made a puzzled look on her face.

"Where else could he be?" She quietly mumbled to herself.

Just to be sure, Skye walked into Chase's puphouse and searched it fully but to no avail. The cockapoo still wasn't tired and therefore was going to continue to try and find him. She walked outside to investigate, circling the perimeter of the Lookout. When she reached the opposite side, she saw a silhouette over by the edge cliff. It was Chase. Curious as to what he was doing out here so late, she slowly trotted over to him.

Chase stared out over the bay and the adjacent city, letting the night's cool breeze flow through his fur. He was deep in thought about everything that happened. Sure he was happy, but he started to think about what would happen now. Things like 'Are we technically a thing now?', 'Will Ryder approve of this?', and 'Will this affect the Paw Patrol?' circled his mind as Skye inched closer to him. He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't even notice Skye come up next to him.

The cockapoo came up beside Chase and gently leaned her head against his shoulder. Chase flinched, not expecting anyone to be out here at this hour let alone touch his arm, but was relieved when he realized it was Skye.

"Oh, thank God it's only you." he chuckled.

"What are you doing out here?" Skye wondered.

"I couldn't sleep." Chase replied, "I was thinking about..tonight.."

"Same," She responded.

There was kind of an awkward silence at that point, both of them thinking about the kiss. They stared out at the calm water that reflected the moonlight that shone down upon them, not saying a word. They enjoyed each other's presence, and the view, until the silence was finally broken.

"Well since we're both awake, what do you want to do? Should we talk about.. things..?" Chase asked, unsure how to go about the current situation.

"Well let's start by going to your puphouse. It's kind of chilly out here." Skye suggested, shivering as the cool breeze continued to blow past them.

"Good call," Chase declared as the two began to head back to the police pup's puphouse.