A Paw Patrol Story

A Lost Path

I hug him. . .

"Rocky. . . Please" I hug him even tighter

"Don't leave me" My body is shaking, my heart is racing and tears start rolling down my eyes "I want to see your smile again . . . your calm eyes. . . y-you are the only one who brings m-me peace. . ."

Gently, I start caressing the side of his face "Please. . . D-Don't leave- . . . not here . . . not now . . . I-"

And slowly, I lean to kiss him. But he is not with me anymore. I break the kiss as I hug him one more time

"I-I l-love you. . . Rocky, I l-love you" I shut my eyes, pulling him tighter to me.

I could feel my pup-tag vibrate, but screw the Paw Patrol and its missions. If it wasn't for Ryder who prefers his reputation more than the safety of his crew. Or for Zuma, who didn't get here on time.

No. . . This is all my fault

It was I who recruited him in the first place. He knew I was going to play the Hero again so he followed my initiative. . .

This is all my fault. . .

And Rocky quickly starts coughing loudly, water coming out of his mouth. He then firmly grabs me by the shoulders and, with a tired smile and shaky voice, says "I'm o-okay, Marshall"

We hug. He laughed in a tired voice as I try to control my tears, pressing my face against his shoulder.

"Now. . . Let's get back to land please" I hear him say

I quickly let him go, wiping my face with one arm "Yes, sorry. Let's go"

We slowly make our way back to land. Zuma was already waiting at the beach

Once there, Skye with wet eyes quickly runs to hug Rocky. Then Chase gets closer, placing a paw on his shoulder "How are you feeling?"

I take a quick look around and see Zuma and Rubble talking to Danny, who is sitting on the sand looking down

And I see Ryder. Just walking away.

Chase helped me hook Rocky's truck to my truck and I helped Rocky climb to my truck's copilot seat, covering him with one red blanket I had folded next to a first aid kit. Then we all got back to the Lookout

There, I transform his truck back to his pup-house and I extend my paw to help him climb down.

He grabs it and slowly hops off my vehicle, then starts heading inside his pup-house still holding my paw

I just follow him. I always tried to respect his personal space by not completely entering his pup-house. I would only stay at the entrance or half my body inside. But this time, he made me come inside the house

Then, he grabs a cardboard square big enough to cover the house's entrance.

Now that I think, his pup-house is big enough for us two

Rocky slowly lies down facing the roof, and I lie down next to him

"Thank you" He exhales, glancing at me

I smile as we lock eyes.

But he slowly looks away "It's that true?. . ."

I frown in confusion "What do you mean?"

"The things you said. . . about my smile and that. . . that you love me" He looks back at me with a flushed face

My face turns red as well as we lock eyes one more time. Then I click my tongue "I-I. . . You know. . . I've been wanting to tell-" and he pulls me for a kiss