Nick laid on his bed waiting for his mother to come home as he turned to his P.A.W. flicking it on as the controller felt much bigger than he remembered. he dug thru a collection of games near the console putting one of the Cartridges in the drive pressing the big button. Nick mashed the buttons on the fighting games as he reflected on the poor graphics.

"This is much easier than I remember" Nick stated easily winning the fight as the game which was fun at first started to bore him,

"Man, It's hard downgrading from a Pawstation 4," Nick thought to himself as restarted the fight, Nick realized it would years to fix everything, almost 2 decades to get everything back to where he was as he paused the game laying down.

"This is gonna take longer than I Thought," Nick said as there was a knock on his door.

"Nick, help your mother with the groceries," John Wilde asked politely as Nick nodded getting off the bed, he left his room walking down the stairs as he approached the front door opening it. he saw a dark green station wagon pulling into the driveway. the door opened as female fox stepped out.

"Afternoon Nick" his mother called out as Nick smiled.

"Afternoon Mom, Nick smiled walking around to the back of the car as Francine opened the trunk, nick help by getting a bag of the groceries, carrying them in.

"I'm thinking Italian for dinner," Francine said to her husband as Nick went on ahead leaving his parents to talk about dinner as Nick entered the kitchen. he pulled the food from the paper bag as he put them in the pantry and fridge. Nick was left with the empty bag as he picked it up, he might want to do something with it, as a kit he liked drawing on them as the parents walked.

"Nick, you put the groceries away?" Francine said confused as Nick turned to his mother.

"Yeah, was that a problem?" Nick asked beginning to think he might have done something wrong as she smiled.

"No sweetie, it's just usually you leave the bag on the table and I end up putting the food away," Francine said as Nick just shrugged.

"I Just thought I should do more to start helping around" Nick stated, if he wanted to change his life, life at home was the first place to start.

"Well that's good to hear, I'm gonna get started on dinner, why don't you go play outside" Francine stated as Nick nodded. he walked thru the kitchen into the living room, opening the door to the small backyard, there sat a small swingset held up by a tree branch as Nick sat on the swing backing up as he began swinging.

Nick kicked his legs back and forth, at first he was worried about waiting to redo his life but seeing his parents so young and happy put a smile on the boys face, it was things like this that made Nick appreciate his second chance as he swung up high before coming back down.

The cycle repeated as Nick kept swinging while his parents were talking in the house.

"Does something seem off with Nick?" John asked boiling a box of pasta as Francine was mixing some pasta sauce in a pan sprinkling some spices into it.

"Why would you say that Hon" she replied sniffing the mix before sprinkling in another dash.

"First thing he does when he comes in is he hugs me tightly, I got a needle in my finger because of it," John said holding up his paw as Francine smiled.

"Want me to kiss it, and make at all better" Francine gestured doing so as John smiled.

"It's Okay for Nick to hug his parents, it just means he loves us" Francine added.

"He said he really missed me, also he put away the groceries, put them away not just leave them on the table, and check out his bedroom, it's spotless" John stated as Francine smiled.

"Our son is maturing, somehow I know this day would come," Francine said as John chuckled.

"Or maybe he just wants something" John joked as Francine looked at him before he hugged her.

"I Just don't him growing up too fast he still our little tod" John added Francine and him got back to making the dinner.

"Still we should do something nice for him," Francine said as John stirred the wet noodles.

"Like what?" John asked watching the water boil as Francine tossed some dried leaves into the pot taking a whiff of the smell of the sauce.

"I Don't know" Francine admitted bringing a small spoon to the mix tasting it.

"Why don't we ask him what he wants" Johna sked as Francine looked at him.

"And ruin the surprise" she stated pleased with the sauce as John drained the water from the noodles into the sink as they prepared three plates setting them at the dining table as Francine sprinkled cheese on the three plates setting silverware beside them.

"I'll tell Nick dinner is ready," John said walking thru the living room into the Backyard where Nick was swinging.

"Son, Dinner is ready" John stated as the idea of a homecooked meal made Nick practically leap off the swings.

"What are we having?" Nick asked as John smiled.

"Your mom's spaghetti" John stated as Nick lipped is lips, the young boy entered the house with his dad sitting at the table, smelling the aroma from the pasta as so many memories flooded back to him with a sense of nostalgia.

"Smells great mom" Nick complement sitting down as his parents sat down.

"So Nick, how was school?"Francine asked as Nick smiled.

"Usual, nothing out of the ordinary" Nick lied unable to tell them about his death and being put back in time so he just played it cool taking the first bite from the pasta as he smiled making a pleasant sound.

"Mom, I have to say you outdid yourself" Nick replied as his mother smiled as the meal continued. it was 6:00 when then the three finished as Nick wiped his mouth with a napkin setting it on the plate.

"Nick, It's 6:30 on a school night, take your bath, put your PJs on and get ready for bed," John said as Nick looked down.

"Right, Bedtime," Nick said looking at the downside of being a child as he nodded.

"Okay," The boy said walking up to his room getting his PJs which were a dark green color a pair of fresh briefs and a towel. The fox approached his bathroom locking the door.

Nick got undressed stepping under the shower as he reached for the valves which were slightly out of reach.

"Right" Nick muttered glancing to a tub as he plugged the drain turning on the warm water. he reached for a bottle reading Blueberry Bubble Bath as he shrugged.

"I'm missing being an adult already" Nick muttered squirting the solution into the tub as the water bubbled up.

After Nick's bath, he left the room wearing his pajamas as he made his way back to his room. Nick laid on his bed checking the clock. it was 7:15 and he had to be asleep by 9:00. Nick crawled under the warm sheets of his bed preparing for sleep. on one paw he so hoped it was a dream. expecting to wake up at any moment Judy right next to him as he nearly avoided death, but on the other paw, he didn't want this to be a dream. he was a kid again with a happy family.

Nick dozed off waiting for the next day.