Part 2 of Visit to the MPD, and to the Past
He took out his black leather seat which matched his black suit attire and plumped down into the chair. It was as tall as Jacks ears were standing up. His smile was bright and cheerful, regardless of the heated stare still coming off of Nick.
“Thank you for the tour, Jack!” Judy thanked with a kind smile in return. “This is an amazing precinct for only being a few years old.”
“Yeah, it’s a pretty cool place” Nick agreed in the dullest tone he could speak.
That cheeky grin on Jacks face made Nicks normally fluffy tail flare.
Not noticing Nicks flare up, Jack leaned down into his desk, pulling out a drawer and pulling out a half empty bottle of scotch. He held three scotch glasses in his paw, one for each of them.
The striped buck poured himself half a glassful before offering some to the married couple.
Judy politely declined. Besides wine, she hadn’t taken a sip of any hard liquor since the night her sister betrayed her and her trust. It wasn’t good for a baby anyways. She instead asked for water, being thirsty and still sweaty from all the walking they just did.
Jack handed her a bottled water kindly.
Nick also declined. He didn’t mind having a drink of scotch every now and then, but he wasn’t about to take a glass from a mammal who had been flirting with his wife during the whole time Jack was giving them the tour.
Jack slightly shrugged and took a long hard swig on scotch, feeling the burn of alcohol drizzling down his throat. He set the almost empty glass down on his hard oak desk.
As he was about to speak, he was interrupted by two loud knocks on his glass window door. All three looked towards the knock and saw only a pair of white furred feet. By the obvious shape of the foot and the tips of claws, it was obvious it was a type of predator.
The mammal then rushed in with a couple manila folders in her paws.
“Jack! We just got another call about a possible kidnapp-.”
By the tone of voice, it was obvious she was female. She was an arctic fox, with blue eyes that matched the bluest ocean. Her whole coat was glistening white, almost sending shimmers of sunlight from within.
She was in an urgent state of mind as she handed the files in her paws to Jack, but not before noticing Nick and Judy also sitting across from the buck.
“Oh… I- I didn’t know you had guests with you. I can come back-”
“No, no you’re fine Skye. Please come in,” Jack smiled to the white vixen, waving her to stand next to him.
“Nick, Judy, this is Lieutenant Skye Winter. One of the best officers I’ve had the privilege of working with” Jack introduced the white furred vixen in a wide grin. “And Skye, this is Nicholas Wilde and Judy Wilde, or Judy Hopps of the ZPD.”
She wore a gray dress coat, matching the gray pants that were almost skin tight. She had a slight muscular build while still maintaining a tight female physique. The bright smile on her muzzle that she showed Nick and Judy was kind and gentle.
“I’ve heard so much about you two,” she said as she reached out a paw. “It’s a real honor to finally get to meet you” she grinned from ear to ear.
To Nick, Skye reminded him a lot of Judy; Strong in character, polite, and an equally elegant smile. Her eyes were also an equal resemblance of Judy’s violet jewels, besides the difference in color. They glistened in the sunlight, almost able to put you into a trance. But Judy was much more beautiful than any vixen the world would be able to throw at him.
“It’s nice to meet you too,” Nick politely smiled back. His mood was slightly changed, as he had no grudge against Skye.
“We must be more popular than we thought,” Judy guessed, shaking the vixens paw as well with a returned grin.
“Why yes,” Jack nodded. “A lot of mammals are here because of you two. You’re practically heroes around here to many of the officers here. They consider you two as roll models.”
Nick and Judy both looked at each other with similar surprised eyes.
“Is that why there is so many fox and bunny partners here?” Judy asked.
“And hardly any bigger animals here?” Nick chimed in, slightly curious now.
The striped bunny nodded slowly. “Alone, a fox and a bunny can be great officers. With the bunnies quickness and amazing hearing to react to almost any situation and the foxes stealthiness and great sense of smell and night vision, they are very primitive officers. But put these two together, and you create an almost unbeatable team of mammals on the police force.”
“We still have officers for the larger criminal mammals, but since most of the population of Metropolis consists of smaller mammals and a third of it being rhinos and larger mammals, there’s only been a need for smaller officers.”
He was preaching like he knew exactly what he was saying. Which he knew very well.
“Well, Nick and I found that out ourselves,” Judy stated, taking hold of one of Nicks paw. They were the prefect match for each other as police partners and life partners.
Skye watched the married couple holding paws and felt her cheeks turning red. She hadn’t seen such affection, or even felt the loving touch from someone for a very long time. She had to turn away for a moment to clear her blood filled cheeks.
Jack noticed Skye’s sudden change in emotion. An ear popped up towards the vixens direction from the sound of silent whispers. Her ears were limp against her head, not making any eye contact. He knew what she was thinking right at that moment from the blushing in her cheeks.
So to break her trance, he broke her silence, “Being the first bunny and fox officers in all of the ZPD must be a very successful accomplishment for you two?” They nodded in response. “But there are… Complications with being partners, correct?”
Nicks attention was turned away from his loving smile to Judy, changing it to a complete one eighty. He shot a death glare to Jack.
“Meaning?” He asked darkly.
Skye’s attention was turned back to Nicks stern and lashing tone. Her eyes locked onto his emerald eyes that were glaring at Jack.
Realizing what he just said came off the wrong way, Jack lifted his paws towards Nick. “I didn’t mean ‘complications’, but challenges,” he corrected himself, attempting to keep his cool. He was getting the impression that Nick had become more agitated due to seeing the red foxes tail twitch in anger.
Nicks ears slapped down to the back of his head, showing a single on of his canines. “We manage just fine,” he sneered at Jack. He held Judy’s paw tightly.
“I didn’t mean any harm to what I said Mr. Wilde. I was just assuming…”
“It’s Nick, and stop assuming anything!” He spat in anger. His tail bristled in anger and the fur on the back of his neck stood up. “Judy and I know the struggles and we definitely don’t need some jocked up little striped zebra looking bunny telling me and my wife about things that we already know.”
He leaned forward in his chair, both of his canines now exposed. His nose was scrunched in a sneer, ears pointed back behind his head. The anger that had been boiling inside of his gut finally bursted out. He had just had about enough of Jack. Flirting with his wife and then acting like he knew what it was like to have a partner that was a fox made it even worse. This chief bunny didn’t have a clue about it.
Skye, in retaliation, was in a defensive stance over Jack, mirroring Nicks own sneer and canines.
Judy had never seen Nick act like this before, especially in front on someone that they had just met. What also surprised her was how confrontational both Nick and Skye were against each other. But Skye was standing as if she was defending something precious, kind of like how Nick would do for her…
She reached over to Nicks knee and squeezed after the brief hostility and a heaviness fell over the room that felt like it had lasted an eternity.
He blinked twice before falling out of his hostile trance towards Jack. He looked over at his bunny wife, a small sneer still on his muzzle.
“What’s your deal?” Whispered Judy, her brow tightened in confusion and embarrassment.
His breathing was heavy with heat as his nostrils flared. But seeing the look in his wife’s eyes, a look of disappointment, caused him to realize that he had let his emotions sore out of control.
“I’m sorry Carrots” he mumbled, sitting back in seat.
“I’m not the ones you need to be apologizing to,” she retorted. She was slightly upset with Nick and how he acted. She nodded towards both Jack and Skye.
There was no point in him even trying to reason with her. Not with the glare she was giving him, demanding him to do so.
He looked to the striped bunny and Arctic fox. “I’m sorry,” he grumbled in annoyance.
During the whole stare down between the two toughest foxes that Jack had ever laid eyes on, he didn’t blink once. Not even moving from his position of looking Nick dead in the eyes.
But once the red fox had apologized, he chuckled before replying, “No harm, no foul.”
Skye released her defensive position and calmed the nerves that had shocked her whole body, causing her white fur to bristle. But she kept a watchful eye of Nick regardless of whether he had backed down or not.
After a few minutes of more awkward silence, with Nick silently sitting in his chair, Skye still staring down at Nick, and Jack leaning back in his leather chair, Judy broke in.
“Is there any bathrooms close by?” She had drank the whole bottle of water before the confrontation had even occurred. And her nerves had kicked in when she thought Nick and Skye were going to fight against one another, making her bladder fill with all the fluid she had consumed.
Skye’s attention turned to Judy, more than happy to be willing to leave the room. “Yeah there’s one just down the hall. I can take you to it,” she replied with a smile.
“Thank you!”
The two females began their way out to the hallway until another pair of footsteps began following them.
“I’m coming along with you fluff.” Nick had gotten out of his chair, not wanting to let his pregnant wife out of his sight.
“No Nick, you need to stay here” Judy denied him, placing a paw on the foxes chest.
He felt defeated. “You can’t leave me here with…” He paused nodding back to Jack. “Him.”
“Nick? Please? Do this for me?” Her violet eyes grew in plea, like a puppy would do to beg for food.
He sighed heavily. “Fine.”
“Thank you slick. We’ll be back shortly.”
“We’ll be back soon,” Skye stated ready to close the door before saying, “be good you two.” She said, implying to what she said mostly to Nick by saying 'be good’.
“I’m glad to have gotten out of there when we did. The room was feeling a little…'heated’” Judy exclaimed, stretching her sore legs and back.
“Same here,” Skye concurred. “I just don’t like how your husband was acting towards Jack. It was like he had some type of grudge against him, and they’ve only just met.”
Judy’s ears drooped to her shoulders, still quite embarrassed about her husbands behavior.
“I do apologize for that Ms. Winter. But it’s just his way of protecting me when he thinks a male is getting too close to me. The only thing Jack did was kiss my paw.”
“He kissed your paw? That’s it?” Skye couldn’t help but chuckle to how ridiculous Nick now looked. “He does that to all females, being the gentalmammal that he is. He did it to me the first time we worked together.” She spoke proudly of that fact. He cheeks blushed as a gleeful smile grew on her cheek. She could still remember the day; the warmth of his paws has he held hers, the softness of the kiss on her soft paws, and the little twinkle in his eyes when he looked up to her.
“He’s also being protective due to the fact that I’m pregnant,” she smiled brightly as they walked by the stair case she had just gotten off of not too long ago.
Skye’s day dreaming was cut off by the phrase, 'I’m pregnant’.
“You’re pregnant?” Asked Skye, Judy nodding in response.
“Congratulations!” She happily exclaimed with a cheerful smile. “Did you get a donor?”
Skye anticipated a nod, but Judy only smiled and shook her head.
“Nope. All natural. No middle mammal, and no donor. Our baby will be the first fox and bunny hybrid in the world.”
“That’s impossible. You and Nick are the completely opposite species.” She was both awestruck and perplexed. She couldn’t get her head around the idea of an actual successful pregnancy between a bunny and a fox.
“Trust me, I was thinking the same thing when I first found out myself. And even now, I’m still trying to distinguish whether this is all real or a dream. But I’m glad it’s not. The doctor even told me that due to how evolved us mammals are, anything could be possible, including a successful hybrid between a fox and a bunny.”
She chuckled to the white foxes concentrating facial features. The pregnant bunny then looked down to her growing belly and rubbed it, smiling with the softness of a mothers touch. A mother, a label she was already used to saying for herself.
Skye was deep in her thoughts asking herself the same question over and over in her mind.
Is it really possible? How is it possible?
So many questions were rambling in her head all at once, it was making her head spin.
She began fidgeting with the tips of her claws, a calming mechanism she used when she saw Nick and Judy holding paws.
“Can…? Can you tell me more?” Skye asked nervously.
“I’d be glad to,” Judy simply replied.
Back in Jack’s office, the room was less than vibrant. There was still hostility radiating off of Nick towards Jack.
Even after minutes had passed after Skye and Judy had left, Nick was still standing by the door, facing away from Jack.
“You know Nick,” Jack began, getting uncomfortable with the silence and putting the scotch bottle and glasses back into the drawers of his desk. “I think I finally know why you don’t like me.”
Nick scoffed in reply. “Oh yeah? Do you now?”
“You’re afraid, that someone of the same species will take your wife away from you.” Jack knew he had asked the right question. Nicks tail was so simplistic that he knew when he was right on the money or not. Being the chief of an entire precinct with many other foxes, it was easy to tell.
Nicks ears and tail twitched to Jacks voice. Although the buck was right for the most part, besides that Judy would never leave him for someone else. He was more on the lines of protecting what’s his, protecting his mate and their growing child inside of her. But he wasn’t just about to admit that. Jack still flirted with his wife and he wasn’t going to let that go so easily.
“What? You mean jealous? Of you? Ha!” he cackled loudly, mocking the male bunny. “Why would I be jealous of a dumb striped bunny like you?”
Jack ignored Nicks insult and continued. Throughout his whole life, he was used to name callings from other mammals. He’s heard every derogative that you could think of. But it didn’t bother him.
Jack ignored Nicks insult and continued.“Look, I meant no harm in anything I said or did. I know that ever since I kissed your wife’s paw, you’ve been eyeing me the whole time.” He saw a look in Nicks eyes that said 'be careful what you say next’.
Watch what you say next you damn bunny, otherwise, they might just be your last. Nick could feel his claws piercing out of his paws, anticipating his next possible move.
“I just want you to know that it was all out of respect and nothing more. I introduce myself like that to all females. But regardless of that fact, I already have someone I’m very close to.”
Again, Nick scoffed to what Jack just told him. He didn’t care what he said, Nick still didn’t like him. “And I’m supposed to believe what you say? Plus, what other bunny in there right mind would want to be with a jackass of a bunny who also happens to be a worthless police chief?”
Jacks ears shot up quickly, a facial expression he only used on his own officers appeared. He was scowling towards the red fox, almost as angrily as Nick had his when he was scowling. He had been called many things, but never has he been told straight to his face that he was a 'worthless police chief’. And that hit a nerve, which rarely could ever be triggered by anyone.
He didn’t respond. The one thing he did was open up the same drawer where the scotch bottle and glasses were, pulling out a picture frame. He placed the frame facing away from Nick.
The flustered fox looked at the picture frame, then to Jack who was still slightly sneering, and then back to the wooden frame. He rolled his eyes and hissed, “A picture isn’t going to change my mind about you, Savage,”
Before Nick uttered another word, Jack flipped the picture around so the front was facing the stubborn fox. After that, Jack sat patiently for Nick to take one glance at the picture in front of him.
But Nick didn’t bat an eye, although his curiosity was on edge. But as it became too much to bear, his curiosity got the better of him.
He half expected a bunny that was almost ugly, since Nick figured the buck had low standards. But what he saw on the picture got him off guard. His jaw could have hit the floor from him being so awestruck.
The picture was of Jack, and Skye, kissing. The photo was taken off of the Muzzlechat app, a black and white filter for the background. They were filled with passion, as Nick could tell, because it reminded him so much of Judy and himself when they kissed.
“W-wait… So you and Skye are…?”
He was cut off by Jack before he could finish. “That’s right. We’re together.” His sneer was replaced with a friendly smile, the hostility within him replaced.
Nick took another look at the photo to make sure he wasn’t dreaming. As he thought, he wasn’t.
Another fox and bunny… Together. We’re not the only ones…
Nicks ears fell to his head, ashamed for the cruel things he had said. Inside, he was beyond happy to have found out that Judy and himself weren’t the only fox and bunny couple in the world.
“I am so sorry for all the things I’ve said to you Jack…” His words were sincere and very apologetic. He had to say an apology before saying anything else.
“Like I said before Nick, no harm, no foul. You wouldn’t be the first mammal to say what you had on your mind,” he chuckled.
“But here’s my question,” Nick began wanting more information. “How are you two able to keep it a secret with so many mammals in a precinct?”
Jacks muzzle turned complex to Nicks question. “It is hard to maintain our relationship, Skye and I, but we make do with every second we have with each other and get through any struggles we both face in life. As I’m sure you know what I mean,” the last part was meant for Nick to answer.
“Oh yeah, we had our fair share of struggles back in Zootopia,” Nick confirmed. “But it’s all worth it now knowing that we are having a child together.”
Jacks eyes went wide, not sure if he had heard Nick right. “Your wife’s pregnant?”
“Yup! I know, shocker. I was surprised myself.”
“That can’t be possible, you’re two completely different species.”
“Trust me stripes, I’ve been in that position too. All I can say is that it’s a miracle, and I’m proud to soon call myself a parent of the first ever hybrid between a dumb fox and a sly bunny.”
Jack put himself in a trance, thinking about that one slim percentage that it was possible to create life between different species.
Nick just watched Jack while he ran through his thoughts, an exact mirror image of himself when he was told the news.
Then he remembered that Judy and Skye were still gone.
“Those two sure have been gone a while,” Nick said, breaking the middle aged buck out of his trance.
“Probably got lost looking for the bathroom” Jack jested.
Nick laughed along with Jack. He was starting to like him more and more while they joked about Skye and Judy while they had the chance.
The more they talked about the girls, the more Nick recalled that manila folder that Skye was carrying before handing it off to Jack.
“Speaking of the girls, what was that folder Skye gave you? She looked pretty serious when she came in.”
Jack too, remembering the folder still lying on his desk, picked it up and straightened any loose paper that was within it.
“It’s an ongoing investigation that Skye and I have been taking on. There has been a few kidnapping reports the past couple months that have dealt with mammals who were to be known interspecies. There bodies would then be found weeks if not months later, having been tortured to death. And that’s the only lead we have thus far.”
Jack sounded defeated and frustrated at the same time. Every time they thought they were getting closer to a breakthrough, they found to be walking three steps back.
“Is that why a lot of mammals are so nervous about talking about interspecies here?” Nick asked.
Jack slowly nodded and continued. “It’s because they’re afraid that they’ll be the next victims. This crime spree is pretty known. There are those out there in Metropolis that are brave enough to stand for what they believe in. But there could be hundreds, if not thousands of mammals out here that could be inters and we wouldn’t even know it because of that one single fear. That’s also the reason Skye and I are pretty secretive about our relationship.”
Nick listened with intent. As Jack stated his own fears of coming out as an inter, it reminded him a lot of the ocelot from the groomers that had told him the same thing.
“Look Jack, I told this to an ocelot yesterday from the groomers Judy and I went to. He had the same fear as you, and I told him to not be afraid of who you are, regardless of what others think.”
“Wait,” Jack snapped, hearing 'ocelot’ and 'groomers’. “What did you say?”
“What? That you should be who you are?” Nick asked, confused to where Jack was going.
“No, before that. You said something about a groomers and an ocelot. Were you recently at one?”
“Oh yeah! Well, before our dinner date last night, we went to a grooming shop called uh… Haley’s Fur and Coat Needs. Nice place. But anyways, my groomer was a male ocelot and he was telling me about how he was scared to come out as an inter.”
Upon hearing what he had just heard, Jack whipped out a pen and any sort of paper he could find and began jotting notes down as fast as he could remember.
“Do you remember what he looked like?” Jack asked Nick, like a detective would while interrogating a suspect.
Nick was feeling like the questions were leading to more than just your random questions. They were feeling more like interrogation method questions, something Nick was normally used to asking other mammals when he was questioning them.
“I don’t remember much, but I believe that he had a white coat with black spots. And I think his name was Will, or William. But what’s he have to do with the case?”
Jack looked up, a seriousness in his eyes as he looked upon Nick with his navy blue eyes. “Because William has been the next victim of the kidnapping spree.”
Seconds after, coincidentally, Judy and Skye returned. And Judy was the first to see what looked like an investigation scene.
“Nick?” She asked, afraid that he had done something to Jack while they were gone.
Nick looked upon his wife, feeling a little defeated. “Don’t worry Carrots, I made up to Jack about the things I said. All he’s doing is asking some questions about a case Skye and him are working on.”
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An hour quickly passed with more questions and answers. Time went relatively quick for what seemed like hours to Judy and Nick. There wasn’t much information left that Jack didn’t already have. He just wanted to be sure he had all the right information.
“I do apologize for taking so much of your time, Nick and Judy,” Jack apologized sincerely. He had no intention of keeping the married couple from their time to spend in Metropolis but he needed to make sure that he got as much about the kidnapped ocelot as he could get before they left.
“It’s no problem” Judy replied with a shake of her paw to the buck. “We would do the same if we were in your shoes.”
“This case has been a stressful one at best,” Skye chimed in, Jack confirming with a nod.
“Will you two still be around for a few more days? In case we have any more questions?” Savage asked, opening his office door for Nick and Judy.
This time Nick answered. “Yup. We’re staying at the Aepyceros Hotel just a few blocks away from here. We have about another week before we leave back to Zootopia.”
The two entered the long hallway and were ready to leave, but not before Nick turned back around to face Jack. “You know, you two could use some time off from this case for a bit. Why don’t we all hang out tomorrow or sometime this week?”
Skye’s ears perked up to Nicks offer. She looked to Jack, who was already looking up into her direction. “I think we deserve some time off, don’t you think Jack?” The arctic fox was pleading with her sky blue eyes for Jack to say anything but no.
“I don’t know, what if something comes up while we’re out?”
As Skye was about to answer, Judy broke in. “Then we’ll help as well” she stated, implying about Nick and herself.
“In any way we can,” the red fox added.
The thought of having an entire day off excited Jack a lot, since he hadn’t had a day off in months, or years in fact. The more he thought about his decision, the more he could feel all the eyes on him, waiting.
“I guess one day won’t hurt.”
Skye smiled wide, as did Nick and Judy.
“Alright stripes, we’ll see you tomorrow.”
Nick and Jack exchanged friendly handshakes while Skye and Judy hugged.
They said their goodbyes and departed, heading back down the hallway. This time, they would take the elevator that Jack graciously pointed out to them, mainly for Judy because of her being pregnant.
“It seems you’ve made a new friend slick,” the pregnant bunny commented with a sly smile.
“Yeah,” Nick shrugged. “He’s not such a bad bunny after all. Especially since now that I know he’s an inter just like us.”
“I know! I was surprised too when Skye told me they were together.”
The elevator door opened after a few seconds of waiting, Judy entering first with Nick following right behind her, their paws locked.
“Did you mention that you’re pregnant to Skye?” Nick asked, pushing the button to the bottom floor.
“Yes I did,” she looked up to her foxes emerald eyes. “You should’ve seen her face when I told her.”
She chuckled again the memory of her new friends reaction.
“Jack was the same way. He almost didn’t believe me when I told him.”
“Me too, my sly fox.” She stood on her tip toes and kissed Nick on his furry cheek.
“At least we found out we aren’t the only fox and bunny couple in the world,” he added, returning his own kiss.
“That’s a great thing,” she agreed, nuzzling close into Nicks sweet loving scent.
In Jacks office, Skye stood next to her bunny, who was deep in thought in his leather chair.
The same question rambled on in his mind: “Is it possible?” And “should we come out?”
“Is everything alright Jack?” She noticed the movement on the tips of his ears. It was a sign that something was bugging him, a trait she had picked up since they had been together.
“Yeah,” he mumbled.
“I’m just going through what Nick told me earlier.” He was referring to both Judy’s pregnancy and the little speech he gave about just being yourself.
Skye tilted her head, curious to what Nick told her buck. “What did he say?”
But Jack didn’t answer her question. Instead, he grabbed Skye by both of her paws and brought her down to his level so he could look deep into her diamond eyes.
“What do you think about the idea of revealing our relationship?”
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After a grueling ten blocks of more walking and heavy crowds back to the Aepyceros, the fox and bunny duo finally arrived back in their AC cooled room. The two were hot and sticky from the mugginess of the streets and from all of the exhaust fumes from cars.
During the walk, they had witnessed a car accident. A car had T-Boned another vehicle at an intersection, with police and ambulances on the scene.
Judy and Nicks first reaction was to help out on the scene. But with as many officers that were already on scene, they figured they would have just gotten in the way.
“Hey Carrots?” Nick addressed while filling a glass of water for Judy and himself. He had to keep her hydrated as much as possible during these hot and humid days.
“Yeah?” She downed the glass of water in just a few gulps.
He sat down in the chair next to her, wrapping his paw around hers.
“I think it’s high time we tell your parents about the baby. And all the rest of our friends.” He had wanted to tell everyone, Finnick, Clawhauser, Chief Bogo, and anyone else he knew in Zootopia that he was going to be a father.
Judy sweetly looked into the eyes of her fox, her smile matching. “I think that’s a wonderful idea my sweet fox.”
“Plus, we’ll get to see my dad cry his eyes out.”
It was always a funny joy seeing the male bunny blubber himself into tears.
She reached into her shorts pocket and retrieved her phone. “But I have to tell you that my mom already knows about the baby, and I didn’t even tell her about it. She figured it out all on her own.”
He was sad to hear his mother in law had heard the news before him, but was glad none the less.
Judy clicked the MuzzleTime app with the contact 'Mom and Dad’ at the very top. They were her most frequently called. At least once a week they would talk just to see how things were going. How life was, any sort of interesting new things each one of them had, or just plain old gossip.
The phone rang for just a few seconds before the face of a young bunny appeared on the other side of the screen. It was Jerrod, one of Judy’s little brothers who had came with her parents to see her and Nick off at the train station.
“Judy!” The young bunny yelled out happily. He was inside the kitchen of the Hopps’ fairly large house. I’ve missed you so much big sis! How are you and Nick?“
The phone was literally bouncing in his paws, following his own hopping movement.
"It’s good to see you too kiddo” Judy replied, Nick waving in the background. “And we’re doing good. Is mom and dad around?”
“Yeah! They’re outside picking carrots and cucumbers. The crops this year have been really good!”
“That’s good to hear buddy!” Judy loved to hear how well the farm was doing even though she wasn’t there to help. Not that she doubted the success of her childhood farm.
“Are mom and dad around? We’d like to talk to them about something,” Nick implied with a smile.
“Yeah! One sec!” Jerrod replied, quickly heading out from the kitchen.
While they waited, Nick and Judy looked at each other with excitement in their eyes. The time was almost upon them to tell the big news, and they were anxious to tell the farming bunnies.
In the background, the sound of an old wooden screen door slamming shut rang though the speakers of the phone. The only thing that Nick and Judy could see was the fast pacing of Jerrod moving through green grass fields and the side of his legs.
It didn’t take long until more rustling of the phone as it was passed of through another pair of paws. Gray and white in color.
The loving face of Bonnie then appeared on the screen.
“Hi honey! It’s good to see you again!” Bonnie’s smile was as bright as ever, seeing her daughter and son in law again.
“You too Bonnie” Nick concurred, happy to see his mother in law.
“Is dad around?” Asked Judy.
“He’s in the other field at the moment. Is there something you need him for?”
“Well, Nick and I have something to announce. And I think you already know what that is,” Judy winked.
It only took the Hopps mother to figure out what her daughter was talking about. “One second sweetheart, let me grab him.” She looked away from the phone before yelling out somewhere off screen. “Stu! Come here! Your daughter is on the phone!”
Within a few minutes, the sound of fast approaching footsteps came rushing out. Stu then appeared on the screen next to his wife.
“Hey Jude the dude! How are you and slick Nick doing?” Stu asked in that same energized smile.
Whenever Nick saw Stu, whether it was on the phone or in person, he was always in a cheerful mood. Regardless of any kind of issues he or his family were going through, he was always the happiest out of any mammal he had ever met.
“Great dad! Having an amazing time here. But, besides that, Nick and I have something to tell you.”
Bonnie was already leading Stu back towards the house where no snooping ears or eyes would be able to listen in. All the children of the Hopps clan were out in the fields busy with the midsummer harvest and they weren’t going to stop until it was complete.
The closer the two hierarchy bunnies got to the house, the more fidgety Judy became. Her feet danced in the air in the seat while her finger tips danced across the table.
Nick was nibbling his claws, his nerves going through the roof. His tail was wagging from side to side, and he could feel sweat drops forming on his skin.
Once they were in the house, back in the kitchen to be exact, the two country bunnies sat down.
“So what is it you wanted to tell us darlin’?” Stu asked curiously.
To start off, Judy explained the events of what Nick and her did the previous day. Going to Haley’s grooming shop, to the walk in the Amazon Stretch, to meeting Jack and Skye, all the way to the diner date and Ovideon’s.
Stu was intrigued and fascinated by what Judy was telling him. He told her that he was so glad that they were having a good time there.
She then told her father the joke that she had told Nick to surprise him with.
Stu was a clever bunny. He was very smart. But once it came to riddles or jokes, his mind turned off. They were his weakest strong points.
He was physically thinking about the joke, placing the palm of his paw on his forehead. It hurt his brain, thinking as hard as he was about the simple joke. Bonnie on the other hand had no problem solving the riddle.
Bonnie leaned over to her husband and whispered softly in his ear.
After Bonnie retreated back, Stu’s eyes started darting back and fourth, the gears in his head starting to click.
Then suddenly, he yelled out with such excitement that the speakers on Judy’s phone sounded like they were about to blow. He swiped the phone out his wife’s paw and asked many times if she was being serious. And every time Nick or Judy would reply by simply saying yes.
“I’m gonna be a grandpa! I’m gonna be a grandpa!” Stu explained happily, bouncing up and down with that wide buck tooth smile. And being the sap that he was, he also began crying, just like Judy had predicted.
“I’m so happy for you two kiddos! Congratulations!”
Judy smiled wholeheartedly. “Thanks dad. That mean a lot to us,” she said as she pulled Nick closer so he was more visible.
“Alright kiddos, I’ll talk to you later. Right now, I’ve got a whole family to tell that they’re gonna be soon to be aunts and uncles!”
In the blink of an eye, he dashed off screen. But you could clearly hear the older bucks voice yelling out to anyone who was within a half mile radius.
“Well, I better catch up to your father before he ends up running all the way to Zootopia,” Bonnie sighed, looking off into the direction her husband dash off to. “It was good seeing you two again! Congrats and come home soon.”
“We will, bye mom!” Judy waved to the screen.
“See ya soon Bonnie!” Nick said, also waving.
The screen turned black once the call had ended, and Nick felt relief over flow him. “That was easier than I thought it was going to be,” Nick breathed, his heart had been racing through the entire chat.
“I’m just glad we finally told them. That just leaves us with the rest of the force and Chief Bogo.”
Nick jumped out of his chair, helping Judy down as well.
“Yay, more phone calls,” he jested sarcastically. “But those will have to wait. I’m gonna go take a shower. I’m a little sweaty after today.”
He started walking towards their bedroom, until a paw grabbed his from behind. He looked back in confusion to see Judy standing there, affectionately.
“I don’t mind if we get a little bit more sweaty,” she teased with a wink.
She had that look in her eyes. That one single look that got him every time she wanted to have sex.
“Judy,” he quietly said, hesitating on his decision. “Won’t that hurt the baby?”
“Nope, not at all slick. Plus, we’ve had sex plenty of times already while I’ve been pregnant.” She leaned into him, pulling him closer and closer down to her and her begging lips.
His ears perked up. “Oh! Well then, that changes things now doesn’t it,” he said in a lower tone, but in a mixture of his sly flirting way that turned Judy on almost instantly.
In one quick scoop, he grabbed Judy by her butt wrapping his entire paws around them. He squeezed her soft bunny butt, listening to the soft moans of pleasure coming out of her. He locked his lips with hers, pushing his muzzle as far as he could go, taking in every little bit of her as he could.
They played a game of tongue of war, a normal foreplay they would do to start out the mood, not that it was hard to get into with a pregnant bunny and a fox who will do anything for his bunny wife.
They entered the bedroom, the door closing shut behind them, leaving the fox and bunny duo alone in their lust for each other.
***********
After two rounds of love making, taking about an hour a piece, followed by a well deserved four hour nap, Nick was ready to explore the night life of Metropolis. He mentioned the idea to Judy and she had no problem with it, until Nick brought up that he wanted to go to a country bar that he had saw a few days back.
That’s when Judy protested against the idea. She became quiet and distant, not answering any questions that Nick was asking. Now, she wasn’t mad, but the thought of even going back to a bar again after almost losing Nick put her stomach in a knot. And she sure as hell didn’t trust any other mammals in the world other than Nick.
Nick pressed, but not too much to discourage his wife, just to see what had her so bothered and scared.
She eventually told him exactly what was going through her mind and why she became distant. But being Nick, he reassured her by telling her that he would be with her the entire time they would be there. He also told her that he trusted her with his life and that she shouldn’t punish herself for something she had no control over.
With a little more work and persuasion, she agreed, but strictly told Nick to watch both of their drinks just in case someone wanted to spike them and said absolutely no alcohol for her. He had no problem with her demands.
The cab ride didn’t take long since the roads were less busy, along with the bar only being a few block skips away, it only took them around ten minutes to get to it.
Once they arrived on the street corner of the bar, they could already here the music from inside vibrating off of the windows and into their ears. Being that it was a Friday night, the line exceeded far past the entrance of the bar.
The building, previously an old apartment complex, was transformed into what was now named The Foxes Liquor and Bar. The upper floors were upper extensions of the bar, five other levels of partying animals who were either drinking more than they could handle or out just to have a good time. The sign out in the front above the entrance was, coincidentally, a fox outlined in orange-red neon lights, wearing a cowboy hat and boots.
“I bet you’d look sexy as hell in a cowboy hat and outfit.” The idea made her mouth water with lust. The image of Nick as a cowboy made her already turned on hormones even more ravenous for her fox. And even though they had just did a few hours of their love making, she wanted more, credits from the growing baby.
“You horny bunny,” he teased. “Maybe I’ll buy us both a costume for role playing later this week. I’m sure there’s a costume store around her,” he finished with his go-to wink. He knew her hormones were going crazy for him, he just wanted to tease her as much as he could.
“Not helping Nick.”
“Oh you know you love it. But let’s get in there before the line gets any longer. Time to get our country groove on!” He shook his hips in response to get his body in a dancing mood.
The two waited in line for around twelve minutes before they reached the bouncer. He patted them down, like he did everyone else and passed them through. The fee was fifteen dollars a mammal, a very expensive entry but since the bar was placed in deep within the city, everything else was bound to be the same.
As the two entered, they were met with an entire room that was both a dining area and a dance floor. It was packed with mammals dancing on the wooden floor or just watching in their seats.
The many songs that played were a mix of country, hip hop, and rap. Nick and Judy knew most of the songs that played, like: Cowboys and Angels by Dustin Lynx, Roar by Catty Perry, Get Low by Lil Jon, and the very famous song by Gazelle, Try Everything.
Nick held Judy as close to him as possible, keeping to his promise that he wouldn’t let her out of his sight. Once they reached close to the center of the dance floor, that’s when Nick started getting his groove on.
He was moving his hips and tail to the beat of every song while also snapping his fingers, with one of the biggest and quite amusing smiles Judy had ever seen. He danced like a pro, or at least, he thought so. He looked more like a dancer from the 80’s doing the disco or sprinkler jig, or one of those embarrassing fathers you’d see at any dance.
All the songs that were being played were all pump up music and line dancing. None of which Nick had a problem with, but since they were in a country bar, he had expected more slow dancing songs for couples.
Ever since their wedding day, he had been wanting to dance with her, but it would always slip his mind.
He ran quickly over to the DJs desk, a black and white furred wolf dressed in a black trench coat and wearing a flat billed hat, requested a song just for Judy and himself. He also asked if the wolf could make a request announcement, in which the wolf acknowledged without a problem.
“Alright all of you party animals! We’re gonna slow this one down now. I have a shoutout to a one Judy Wilde from your husband. He says 'This ones for you my sweet darling bunny. This is for all the memories we are about to make. I love you.’”
The song Nick had requested was their wedding day song; Heartbeat by Prairie Underwood
“Care for a dance my cute little bunny?” He asked, holding out his paw as the beginning of the song started.
“How did I guess you were going to play this song?” She took his paw with a wide smile, her cheeks turning rosy red. She hadn’t heard this song since their wedding day.
“It’s been a while since we’ve had a dance with each other. So I thought, 'why not dance to the song of our wedding day?’”
“Just shut up and dance with me, my handsome fox.”
And danced they did. They danced like no one was looking, like they had practiced for countless hours before. They held each other close, Judy’s head resting on Nicks torso, listening to the soft beats of his heart that matched the rhythm of the song. Nick wrapped his paws around his bunnies waste, leaning his head down to the top of her head between her soft fluffy ears.
He twirled her around a few times before twirling her back into his loving arms once more. It was just like their wedding dance. The same exact movements, the same feeling of love, and a bond that no one could break.
Mammals all around them watched the fox and bunny. Some with confused remarks, some with grinning smiles on their muzzles.
Neither of the two wanted to stop, but the song soon ended, but not before the two embraced the other in a deep kiss. The crowd of mammals clapped to the two mammals who showed that different species can fall in love.
Judy was breathing heavily, some sweat droplets falling from the tips of her ears onto the floor. She knew that she could’ve danced all night if she wanted to, but her being pregnant and all, would only allow her body to use so much energy.
“Let’s get you something to drink Carrots,” Nick said without hesitation.
The dehydrated bunny nodded her head in reply.
Nick slowly walked towards the bar on the other side of the room, weaving in and between mammals but keeping his wife close. Once reaching the bar, he asked for a tall glass of water with a lemon. Within thirty seconds, the bartender returned with a twenty ounce class of ice cold water with the lemon on the side.
“Thank you Nick. I needed this,” Judy thanked kindly, taking a few sips of the ice cold drink from the straw.
“You’re welcome my sweet,” he smiled genuinely, taking a sip of the drink.
“Guys look!” A voice from within the crowd called out. Nick and Judy’s ears shot up towards the voice, one too familiar. It came from around their eleven o'clock, hidden somewhere within the crowd.
“Look it’s Nick! I told you I wasn’t lying!” The voice called out again.
Nicks eyes shot around the bar for the mammal who called him out. Then the coat of black and white stripes caught his piercing eyes, directly in front of him.
The outline of the mammal appeared as the crowd dispersed out from his view. The mammal was revealed as the zebra taxi driver, Kieran Reedgrass.
Nick felt his stomach drop, turning his insides to fire. Nick had hoped that ever since the taxi ride, he had hoped and prayed that he would never cross paths with a bully from his childhood.
Judy watched her husbands gaze towards the crowd, following his emerald eyes until she too, saw who was standing where Nick was looking. At first, her initial reaction was surprise, but was instantly turned into a sinister sneer. She clenched her fist into a ball while staring at Kieran with a death glare.
She had been wanting to get back at him for ripping her and Nick off just for being inters. And now that they were friends with the Metropolis police, she could get Jack or Skye to look into this prejudice zebra.
“Having fun dancing there? Fox?” Kieran laughed, half drunk.
Thereupon, three other mammals joined Kieran’s side; a light brown horse with a slightly messy mane, a hippo who had looked to have gained much in size around the stomach area since his child years, and a wildebeest.
They stood side by side, in the same exact order as they did when they were junior scouts.
“Yeah,” Nick replied nervously. “We-we were just leaving.”
He grabbed Judy’s paw before she could even protest.
“Nick! What’re you-?”
“We need to get out of here before…”
“Nick Wilde. Well I’ll be damned” another voice called out close to him. It was directly behind him. And Nick recognized it anywhere. Though the tone was a little deeper, the slight lisp in the mammals voice was surely similar.
He turned his head slowly around, ears drooped down to his head, a terrified look in his eyes. The mammal he saw was the one that he had nightmares about the most. The beaver, that cocky beaver who placed the muzzle on him.
His heart raced from fear. Sweat began to form on his skin Of all the animals that he has ever encountered, before and during him becoming a police officer, these five mammals, whom were bastards to Judy and a physical form of dismay for Nick.
While standing next to him, Judy’s sneer remained unchanged and fists fiercely constricted.
All five mammals from Nick’s adolescent years, the five kids who changed the innocence of a child into thinking that he was untrustworthy and worthless, were all standing right in front of him, just ten feet away.
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