'Now approaching, Bunnyburrow, enjoy your stay!'

Nick sat inside of a new, sleek, shiny train. It was boring. Nick was never a fan of public transport, though he knew it well. He hated that he knew it well, he wished he could never ever know it, he wished that he could spit on it, and turn his back. Alas, he could not. He depended on it to get him places. And sometimes, well, he just couldn't escape it's cold, boring grasp. Images of a funeral flashed in Nick's mind, images of his mother crying, images of Nick missing it, because the bus was late. Nick shook the images out of his mind, today would not be another day he wasted feeling sorry for himself, today was a day that he would remember.

Today was different. He was with someone he loved, Judy. Judy sat next to Nick on the boring train, the feel of her warmth against his arm was enough to convince him that everything was going to be okay. The happy duo were on their way to Judy's old home, to 'meet the folks' as she had put it. Nick always thought that Judy's farmer talk was really cute.

Nick wasn't actually surprised that he didn't mind this particular train ride. He hadn't met Judy's parents before, they were there the day Judy gave Nick his badge, but they hadn't met personally. Sure, they seemed like nice bunnies, but they were a little… old fashioned. They weren't blatantly against foxes, just, not really for them, either. So no, Nick wasn't exactly ecstatic about seeing Judy's parents, but he was happy cause his Judy was happy about seeing her parents, and Judy's happiness meant the world to Nick, if she was happy, then so was he.

Judy seemed to know what Nick was thinking, she gave her partner a hug and said, "Nick, I know how my parents used to be, but they've changed, trust me!"

"I do Judy, I do" Nick replied, but to no avail.

"Nick…" Judy said, with a knowing tone in her voice. "Nick, look at my ears," She continued, pointing to her ears, "I can tell your tone, you're skeptical."

"I know Carrots," He mumbled in a defeated tone, "It's just, we're dating now, and I haven't seen them since before we were, do you think they'll treat me differently?"

"It'll be O.K Nick, don't worry" Judy said, squeezing his arm. Nick looked over at her and gave her a reassuring smile.

"Yeah, I guess you're right" He said.

The train ride was basically over, and the duo came to a stop at an old, wooden train station. It was a little nerve racking for Nick to see the ocean of bunnies that waited out on the train station deck, they all mingled amongst themselves, but they came to a hush as the train doors opened and Judy and Nick walked out, onto the deck.

"Jude!" Called Judy's parents, as they -and the rest of her 200+ siblings- gave her a hug. She smiled and hugged them back, Nick stood back and watched all the excited faces.

Maybe this won't be too bad, after all Nick thought.

"I can take your bags for you, if you want, fluff" He said to Judy. Stu (whom Nick could only assume to be Judy's dad) Gave Nick a slightly confused look, and said

"I think she can take care of 'em" and ushered his daughter along. Nick followed.

"Err…" Stu started, addressing Nick "Can we help you with something?"

"What?" Nick asked, he was a little confused with what Stu meant by 'can we help you'

"Dad," Judy intervened "I told you I was bringing company!" Stu looked back at Nick, and Nick could see the worry in his expression.

"You didn't mention he'd be a…" Stu stammered, "Well, a uhh…"

"A what, dad?" Judy argued with a frustrated tone

"Well," Stu continued "A fox"

"Dad!" Judy was obviously not happy with her dad's decision of words. "He's my friend, my partner at the ZPD and he's saved my life on numerous occasions, I've never met someone more trustworthy!"

"I don't know, Judy, are you sure?"

"Dad!" Judy was not happy, anyone could tell. Before the situation could escalate any further, Judy's mom stepped in

"Judy, where is he going to sleep? Our house isn't nearly big enough for him!"

"I know, we discussed it, there are hotels around, they aren't hard to find" Judy bagan

"A fox sized hotel in Bunnyburrow?" Protested Bonnie

"Gideon Grey's a fox, mom" Judy countered

"But that's different" - Bonnie didn't have time to blink before Judy argued,

"How, mom?" Her voice was raised now "How is it different?"

"Well"- Bonnie started

"Hey, hey!" Nick interrupted "C'mon! I haven't been here 5 minutes already people are fighting over me!" He gave a big smile. No one laughed.

"Okay, sorry, bad joke" he began again "It's fine, I saw a hotel a few miles out on the train ride here, I can take a cab there when I need to get to a place to sleep"

"See mom, everything's fine" Judy chimed in

Judy's mom gave a look of defeat and agreed. Nick put out is hand to shake Stu's. With great discomfort, Stu shook Nick's hand.

"I'm Nick Wilde, nice to meet you".

"My name's Stu, and the pleasure's mine" Stu said, very unenthusiastically.

"Dad," Judy started "I'm going to help Nick get situated at the hotel, I'll be back before too long"

"Be ca-" Stu was about to say 'be careful' but he felt that that wouldn't be the best choice of wording at the moment.