Central Palace

"KELLY!" Squeals Carol.

"RAINBOW!" Squeals Kelly.

"CAROL!" Squeals Rainbow.

"RAINBOW!" Squeals Carol.

"CAROL!" Squeals Kelly.

"KELLY!" Squeals Rainbow.

"WHAT???!" Squeal the girls simultaneously.

"NINE MORE DAYS!!!" Squeal the girls simultaneously again.

"SON!!!!" Squeals Dasher in a surprisingly high pitched voice.

"WHAT!!!" Squeals Cameron, in an even higher pitched voice.

"NO." Squeals GwutGwut with the voice of a beautiful lady.

"UH WAIT NEVERMIND," rasps GwutGwut in the lowest voice he can muster.

"I THINK WE'RE DOING IT WRONG," squeals Cameron again.

The girls sigh, shake their heads, and ignore them as they head to their spot on the window seat.

"We're getting SO close," says Rainbow. "We better make sure everything is in place and ready to go!" Rainbow takes her leashies out and caresses them lovingly.

Kelly flips through her Pawsport. "I wrote all of our plans and what we need to do in my notebook yesterday, and all that we have left to do before our big day is to book our flight!"

Carol stares out the window with her Queen bling on, imagining that they are on the airplane that is flying through the sky right now. "Milk and peanuts please," she sighs dreamily.

Kelly and Rainbow look at Carol. "What?"

Carol snaps out of her reverie. She is taken aback by Rainbow and Kelly's inquisitive stares. "Huh? What's wrong? Is something the matter with my bling???"

"No, nothing is wrong," replies Rainbow, returning to her leashies again. "But I just don't think we need to pack food."

"Yeah," Kelly replies. "They'll have milk and peanuts on the plane! And plus, we're going to an all inclusive resort, remember?" Kelly jumps up gleefully at the thought of all the food they will eat.

"Um are you two SILLY? Of course we don't need to pack food! How did that even cross your mind?" Carol paces the window seat. "Oh, when we get there, we sure will be in food heaven!!"

Kelly and Rainbow smile and shrug at each other. Carol definitely has her head in the clouds sometimes, they think.

"Don't forget about the beaches, guys," says Rainbow. "Cancún is not just going to be all about food!! We'll be wading in the blue blue water and playing in the sand and sunbathing! I think THAT will be the best part, not just the food!" Rainbow pets her leashies more vigorously. She can barely contain her excitement.

Kelly's face falls and she stops flipping through her Pawsport. "Oh," she says, her ears drooping. "I forgot to tell you guys. Yesterday when I was doing more research, I found out that there will be THUNDERSTORMS and RAIN and CLOUDS while we are in Cancún..." Kelly looks away, afraid of how Carol and Rainbow will react. She hates being the bearer of bad news. She's not even a bear!

Rainbow drops all her leashies with a dull thud. Carol almost falls off the window seat.

"What?" Says Rainbow weakly.

"NO," howls Carol, anguished.

Kelly turns back around to face her friends. " But guys! It's ok! We're us! It shouldn't matter where we're going and what the conditions are! We have fun no matter what! This is why Owners chose us," she says with newfound determination. She looks up at Rainbow and Carol and hesitates. "Umm, right?"

Carol and Rainbow both firmly wrap an arm around Kelly.

"You're right Kelly," says Rainbow.

"Of course you're right," agrees Carol.

Kelly smiles and looks at her friends with immense gratitude.

"You're the best friends I could ever ask for," she says, smiling from ear to ear. "I remember when I first came to Central Palace, I thought I would never have a best friend besides Owner, who I can barely play with. I'm so glad I'm friends with you two and I'm SO glad I'm going to Cancún with-"

"SONNNN!!!!!!!!" Screeches Dasher, interrupting Kelly's emotional speech.

"I WAS CALLING YOU EARLIER!!!!!!!! AND YOU JUST LEFT!!!!! DO YOU KNOW HOW. LONG. IT. TOOK. FOR. ME. TO. FIND. YOU."

"Um, Dasher," says Carol. "We're always here on the window seat at the same spot everyday."

"WHAT," screeches Dasher. "WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME!!!"

Rainbow sighs, but she's smiling. "What is it, Dad?"

"I FORGOT!!!!!!!!!!!! I FORGOT RIGHT AFTER YOU LEFT, YOU SON OF A LOVELY KING."

Kelly giggles. "Then why did you spend all that time coming to find us if you couldn't remember what you needed to say?"

Dasher pauses. He is flustered. He turns to leave, but then he stops in his tracks. He notices something.

"WHY DID YOU ALL DUNK YOUR EYES IN WATER???" He rears his head and laughs.

"CLUMSY, SILLY GIRLS PLUS A SON," he mutters to himself.

"Um Daddy," laughs Rainbow, wiping away her tears from Kelly's emotional speech. "If you were meaning to mutter to yourself, maybe you should stop screeching, because we all heard you!"

"I WASN'T SCREECHING," Dasher screeches. "I WAS SQUEALING!!!!!"

Dasher stalks away to talk to Cameron instead.

Ah, I love those girls, he thinks.

As he is nearing GwutGwut's space, he can hear a growing chant of

NINE MORE DAYS! NINE MORE DAYS! NINE MORE DAYS, NINE!!! Emanating from the window seat.

Dasher immediately starts galloping at full speed, eyes bulging.

NEVERMIND! He thinks. I TAKE IT BACK! MAKE IT STOP!!!

The girls' chanting gets louder and gigglier. No matter what, they will be ready for Cancún and they WILL have a blast!!!