So I'm back again with chapter four! Wow four chapters in a week, this has got to be some kind of record for me. Anyone who's familiar with my work will know that in the past, I've gone months without an update.
But I promise you, that I will try my best to keep on top of this story. Like I said in the last chapter, this story has been so successful for me. It has more follows, favourites and reviews than anything else I've ever written and I only have two stories with more views, but they have seven chapters each and have both been up for at least three years. So again, thank you so much for all your support and feedback, it's really made my day!
I'm really sorry that the last chapter was so short, but like I said it was two in the morning and I couldn't sleep because I really felt like I needed to write, but it was so hard to type on my crappy phone. I wish I had an iPhone; it would be so much easier.
I'm thinking about developing this into a longer story after I get done with the current plot, and have it be a longer story. I don't know what the plot of the will be, though. It'll just be about… well, life, I guess.
But in all honesty, I'm actually really obsessed with Zootopia at the moment. The other morning my mum asked if I wanted to go to the movies and what I wanted to see, so I told her I wanted to watch Zootopia again. She said no. But my current Zootopia obsession and Wilde Hopps shipping is starting to get close to my level of obsession with Hiccstrid and the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, which is really, really saying something.
Judy's POV
My room wasn't actually a room, so much as a barn, detached from the actual house that I had renovated into a small apartment when I was sixteen. It wasn't much, but it had a separate bedroom and living space as well as a tiny kitchenette and small ensuite. In-between meeting my parents at the park and coming back to the house, we'd gone to the supermarket to pick up some food. There was food in the house, of course, but we'd just got some basics, like milk and snacks. I'd also picked up some alcohol.
I was opened the fridge and peered inside. There was only one thing inside, a cheap bottle of wine I'd forgotten to move the last time I was here. The thing was I was sure that it had been unopened then. I frowned at the inexplicably half-empty bottle. It was strange, but I shrugged it off and started packing the food away.
As I was putting some biscuits in the small pantry, I heard the front door opening. It couldn't be Nick, because he was in the bedroom putting stuff away. Instead, it was Melody, one of my younger sisters and her friend Lola. I went to talk to them, but stopped when I heard what they were saying.
"Lola, don't worry about it. Judy's still in the city and won't be back for months. I'll find a way to replace the wine long before she even finds out we've touched it."
So that was where all the moscato had gone. I knew I hadn't opened it. The pair still hasn't noticed me and my seventeen year old sister was now reaching into the fridge. By the time she had the bottle and was closing the door, I was standing at her side.
"Hey, Mel, long time no see!"
She gasped and dropped the bottle, which I managed to catch before it smashed to the ground.
I held the bottle up to eye level. "You know, it's so strange. I could've sworn that I hadn't opened this one yet, but someone must have drunk it. You girls wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you?" my tone was sarcastic. It was perfectly clear that all of us knew where that sparkling wine had gone. I just wanted them to admit it.
"Ummm, hey big sis! How's life in the big city?" she was being purposely evasive.
I turned to Lola. "If you're not off my property in the next five minutes, you're going to regret it."
She muttered a quick goodbye to Melody and scurried out the door. I turned back to my sister, glaring, arms crossed. "Well?"
"Well, what?"
"Well, what are you doing breaking into my room, stealing my stuff and drinking my wine!?"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, just please don't tell mum and dad!"
"Mum and…Mum and dad? You're worried about me telling mum and dad? Melody, you're lucky I don't arrest you!"
Her eyes widened in shock. "You're not, are you?"
"No. Not this time, at least. But I swear to God, Mel, if I ever catch you in here without my permission again, you'll be leaving in handcuffs."
She nodded meekly. "Yes, Judy."
"What the hell were you thinking, anyway? You know it's illegal to drink until you're eighteen."
But I didn't get an answer, because Nick just had to choose that moment to emerge from the bedroom wearing police-issue tracksuit pants and no shirt.
"What's going on, Carrots?"
I groaned. "Oh, my God. Nick, would you please put on a shirt. My sister's here. And she's in a heap of trouble."
He shrugged and disappeared back into the bedroom for a moment, and returned wearing a Lion Man t-shirt.
Melody looked between Nick and I, confused. "Uh, Judy? Who's that?"
"Melody, this is my boyfriend Nick. Nick, this is my little sister Melody, who, as I mentioned, is in big trouble right now."
To my surprise, Melody shook Nick's paw without hesitation.
"Hello Nick. Judy wasn't lyingwhen she told me you were hot." She said this as if it were the most normal thing on earth.
I flew towards my sister, clapping my paw over her mouth. "Melody!"
Nick grinned, clearly enjoying my embarrassment. "Thanks, Carrots, I agree, I am quite attractive."
"Oh, shut up Nick. She's just trying to distract me and make me forget how much trouble she's in."
"What'd she do to get you so pissed, anyway?"
"She and one of her friend stole half a bottle of my wine to drink. I caught them coming back for more."
"I still can't believe my sister would do that!" It was a few hours after the wine incident and we were watching a DVD of The Dogfather before going to bed.
"What, you never had a drink when you were a teenager?"
"No! I would never!"
Nick raised an eyebrow. "Really?"
"Okay, Fine! There was this one time after my year twelve school formal. One of my friends threw an after party and had alcohol. But I didn't get drunk or anything, and I was only two days off from turning eighteen anyway. Melody only just turned seventeen last month, it's different!"
So hey, that was longer. Also, I don't know if it was too subtle, but the names I used for Judy's sister and Judy's sister's friend are actually references. Melody is My Melody, the Sanrio character and Lola is a reference to Lola Bunny from Loony Tunes. Also, Lion Man is an Iron Man pun, since it was on TV tonight and I watched it. (At least until my mum got bored with it and switched the channel.)
