The Nervousness

A Zootopia fanfiction

Chapter 3

Judy was still asleep at 8:00 in the morning on a Saturday, while Nick had just woke up and was heading for the door.

"Where are ya going, Nick?" She asked while rubbing her eyes.

"Oh... Just... Out." He said backing slowly to the door. He put his paw on the doorknob.

The night before Nick had woke up after Judy went to her room and heard her talking to her mother on her phone.

"Yeah, of course I can come out to see you and dad tomorrow! Nick's eyes widened as soon as he heard her say those words. He knew she would ask him to come with her to meet her parents.

"Seriously, Nick. Where are you going?" She asked looking at him sleepily.

"I'm... Uh... Having lunch with a few friends."

"Friends? Y-you don't have any friends, though." She said staring at him.

He inhaled sharply through his teeth. "Ya know, that hurts, Carrots. But I'm sure it's nothing a long run can't solve. For a few hours. Completely alone."

He stared at her, without realizing his eyes were getting bigger with every passing second.

"I'm serious, Nick. You're never up this early and you certainly don't willingly go and exercise."

She walked closer to him as he backed further up and backed into the door.

She reached up and put her paw on his shoulder.

"What's wrong, Nick?"

He sighed and went and sat down on the couch. "I'm just..."

She sat down next to him. "What's wrong, Nick? You can tell me."

He looked at her. "It's... I'm worried your parents won't like me." "I mean, we're together now. How're ya gonna explain that one?"

"I don't know. But they're just gonna have to deal with it." She said crossing her arms.

"I'm an adult now, and they have to accept that." She stood up.

"Well let's go." She said pulling Nick up off the couch.

He questioned her. "Go where?"

He realized. "Oh no." "You're taking me to meet your parents, aren't you?"

"Yep!" She said running down to her bedroom. "Get dressed, Nick!" She yelled as he saw her go into her room.

"Great..." He mumbled somewhat angrily. "First I have to meet her parents, now I have to dress nice."

He pulled off his blue shirt and his sweatpants. He reached into his duffle bag and replaced them with black slacks, a white undershirt, a white button up shirt, and a bright red tie.

Judy walked out of her bedroom wearing a light blue dress with sunflowers on it. "How do I look, Nick?" He responded. "Beautiful." "You don't look half bad, yourself." She said walking towards him.

"Alright Nick. Let's go." She said opening the door.

"Let's go down and see Dave. I got text from him a few minutes ago saying your car is ready." He said grabbing his phone and slipping it into his pocket.

She sighed. "Ugh. Dave." She said as they walked outside.

"I really don't like him." She said as they walked down the stairs.

"Surprisingly, not many people who know him personally do." He said chuckling.

"But he really is nice." He said as they walked in the direction of his shop.

She looked at Nick. "Right. I'm sure he is." She said sarcastically.

After 5 minutes they got to his shop. Nick opened the door for Judy.

They heard Dave in the back. "Nick? That you?" He said as he walked towards the door.

"Yeah. It's me, Dave." He said as he walked up to the counter.

Dave walked through the doorway and stopped in his tracks. "Oh... Uh... You didn't tell me your girl was coming here." He swallowed nervously as he looked at Nick.

She looked at Dave and glared.

"I'm really sorry, uh... Judy, was it?" "I said some really stupid stuff and I swear I didn't mean any of it."

"It's alright, Dave. I forgive you." She forgave him. In fact, she was actually starting to like him.

Nick smiled as he tapped his paws on the counter. "So the car's ready?" He asked. "Yeah, it's all ready." He handed Nick the keys. "Hey, I'll see ya later, Nicky. I gotta get back to work." He said as he turned and walked back towards the back.

"Well here ya go, Whiskers." He smiled as he threw the keys to her.

"We gotta make a quick stop, okay?" He said as they got in the car. "Sure. Where to?" She asked. She would soon realize that was mistake.

They pulled up to an alleyway where Nick got out. She could hear music booming from the van. He walked over to a van and knocked. Fennick opened the door and groaned.

"You here to bust me, Nick?" He said. "Not today Fennick." He chuckled. "I was just seeing if I left my jacket here."

Fennick walked to the front of the van and grabbed Nick's jacket. "This what you wanted?" "Yeah. Thanks, Fennick!" Nick yelled as he ran back to Judy's car.

He slipped the black jacket on and got in. It must've gone with the rest of his clothes.

"Well, let's go." Nick smiled as he looked at Judy. "Yeah. Let's go." She said as they left.