Day 3 (part 2)
"We better hope not. If she's scared of it, none of us get to go into the water." Judy looked at Nick, seriousness written all over it. "You're kidding right?" Nick hoped she was kidding, even though he doubted himself.
"Yeah I'm serious. Both of us have to take care of Jules here you know. It's too dangerous for only one of us to take care of her." Nick sighed. She was a very stubborn bunny; and there was no trying to change her mind. What she wants is what she gets.
They started to walk towards the water, Nick praying that Jules wasn't afraid of the water. Sure, coming here was to cheer Judy up, but he also wanted to have fun. If they weren't having fun, what was the point being there?
They reached the edge of the beach, one more step and you're in the water. Nick looked at Judy. "Well, here goes nothing…" He slowly started to let down Jules. Jules was kicking the air with her legs while Nick was putting her down, making both of them to panic.
Finally, Jules legs touched the water and she sat down in the water. They paused for a while, waiting for Jules reaction. To their relieve, Jules started laughing before splashing the water with her paws. "She likes it!" Nick shouted before pulling Judy into the water. They both fell down beside Jules.
"Aw, come on. Did you have to pull me in?" Judy said with a smile on her face. Nick looked at Judy before realising where she was sitting. "Uhm Carrots, you're sitting on my legs…" Judy looked down and saw that she was on top of Nick's legs. "Oh, sorry…" She got off, blushing.
They turned their attention to the kit beside them, still splashing away at the water. "Looks like someone is having fun." He smiled. "Yeah, she is."
Just when they thought that everything was fine….. SPLASH! A bunch of salty sea water went fly to Nick and Judy's face. "Come on!" Nick put out his tongue in disgust. "You splash salt water into my mouth…"
Judy just laughed. "Nice one Jules." Nick stared blankly at Judy. "And I thought you told me not to teach her bad stuff…" Judy rolled her eyes. They turned their attention to the upcoming wave a few feet from them.
A sense of seriousness hit Nick and Judy as the wave was fast approaching. They immediately turned their attention the kit beside them, scared she was going to get spooked by the wave. Nick pulled Jules out of the water right as it was about to hit her. He put her on his chest before turning to Judy. "That was a close one. She didn't see it coming. She was definitely going to get spooked by the wave."
Judy nodded. "Before the next wave, we put her in and make sure she notices the wave." Nick nodded in agreement before looking straight ahead. In a distance, he could see the incoming wave. "Okay Jules, a wave is coming up." He put her in the water once more and sat down beside her.
"There it is, Jules." He pointed to the wave. Jules noticed it coming in and just stared at it, not reacting. Then came the moment. The wave came in and hit them, pushing them back slightly. After the wave hit, they immediately turned their attention the little one. Jules just paused after the wave, not moving.
Nick and Judy feared for the worse, that she was scared of the wave, that she as going to cry, that their trip to the beach was wasted. All the sudden, the little one started giggling. Nick and Judy turned to each other just for a second, shooting each other a smile before looking back to the kit. Jules giggles slowly turned into laughs. She was splashing the water surrounding her.
"Well, doesn't someone really like waves?" Judy said, sitting beside Jules, who was now in between her temporary parents. Judy lifted her eyes off the kit and focused her eyes to the fox. "Nick, this outing was the best idea ever!"
Nick looked at Judy, smirking. "Of course it is, because I planned it." Judy rolled her eyes playfully before looking up ahead. "Here comes another wave!"
"Hahah!"
After an hour splashing around the water, they decided that they should have lunch. It was 12 o'clock anyway. They made their way back to their picnic spot. They sat down and Judy put Jules in between them. Nick reached into the basket and pulled out a sandwich. "For you, Miss Hopps." He handed the sandwich to her.
"Why thank you, Mister Wilde." Judy took the sandwich before looking down, blushing. Then, a thought entered her mind. "What is Jules having for lunch?" Nick smirked and reached into the basket again. He took out a container, a bottle and a flask. "Your dad gave me this idea, to take so mix so we can feed her on the go."
"Well then, I see you could make a great dad." She took a bite at her sandwich before looking at the fox, who was busy making the milk for Jules. "Maybe, but not too soon. Have to have some time for myself before a family." He finished making the milk and handed it to Jules. "Please don't throw the bottle this time."
He grabbed himself a sandwich ad started chowing down on it. "So, how's the sandwich? I made it myself." He said with his mouth full. Judy sighed. "Nick, don't talk with your mouth full. It's a bad habit." Nick rolled his eyes playfully at her. "It's great. The sandwich is great." Nick smiled.
They continued their lunch break, under the shade of the tree. They shared jokes while eating. The amount of laughter by them was crazy and they were lucky none of them chocked while eating. After Jules was done with her milk, they decided to wait for a while to let her digest.
Nick pulled out something from the basket. "How about we let Jules play with her shovel and stuff and we play with this Frisbee?" He waved the Frisbee in the air. Judy turned to Jules before looking back. "Are you sure it's safe? We don't want Jules to hurt herself…"
"It'll be safe, don't worry. We'll be nearby just in case. What do you say?" He started nodding at her, gesturing her to say yes. She smiled. "Okay. Give me that!" She snatched the Frisbee from Nick and ran to a position. Nick just stared at her. "You gonna play or what? Slowpoke" Judy taunted him.
"I'm coming…" He walked up to a different position and stood there. They weren't too far from Jules, only about 5 meters away. Nick gestured for her to throw the Frisbee. "Bring it on, bunny." Judy smirked. "Watch out fox, I'm coming at ya!" She threw the disk at Nick.
Nick stretched his paw out and caught the Frisbee, not needing to move his legs at all. "I have to admit, you throw hard. Catch!" He threw the Frisbee back to Judy. She put her paw out to catch it but missed it and instead fell down. Nick couldn't help but laughed at her. "Ha! Judy! You all right? I see you have pretty good catching skills!"
Judy frowned. "Nick, it's not funny! You didn't even throw at me, you threw way beside me," She got up and dusted some sand off her. "Well, the wind blew it off course…" Nick defended himself. "Yeah, sure…" Judy turned around and picked up the Frisbee. "Catch this, fox."
Nick was caught off guard and he failed to catch the disk. In the end, tragically the Frisbee hit Nick in the nuts. "Ow!" he shouted, putting his hands on the area. He fell to his knees as Judy gasped in horror. In the meanwhile, Jules saw what had happened and started, laughing.
"Nick! Are you okay?" Judy rushed to where Nick was. Nick slowly turned to Judy. "Why, Carrots?" He said voice a little wobbly. Judy started to pat Nick's back. Sorry, Nick. I didn't mean to-"
"It's okay, Carrots, it was the wind." He cut her off and gave her a smile, even though in some pain. They just stayed there in silence for the next minute before Nick looked back up. "Well, you want to continue playing with Frisbee?"
"No! Not after this. Besides, I think we need to change Jules…" She gestured to Jules, who was starting to cry. They ran up to her. "Where do we change her?" Nick took the back pack and put it on. "Here." Judy replied. "Now, hand me the bag." She put he r paw out.
"Wait, you're kidding right?" Nick protested. She was kidding, right? "No, now hand me the bag." She repeated. Nick was going to protest, but admitted defeat. "Here…" He sighed before giving it to her.
They went through the usual stuff while changing her diaper, only this time in public. Surprisingly to Nick, nobody cared about it. He thought everyone would be looking at them, but then came up with the conclusion of 'nobody cares that you're changing a baby'. They put Jules back in her swimming suit and packed her changing gear back.
"So, wanna back to the water?" Nick turned to Judy, their eyes locked with each other for a while. They were gazing into each other's eyes. Judy then turned away, feeling her checks warm up. At the same time, the same thing was happening to Nick. Judy decided to shrug it off. "Yeah," She stood up and picked up Jules, "Lead the way, Nick."
It was now 6 pm and the sun was setting. As much as Judy and Nick wanted to see the sunset, the last train back to the city would be arriving in 20 minutes; they picked up all their things and made their way back to the station. At 6:20, they boarded the train and were off.
When they reached the city, the sun had already set. The three of them were walking back to the apartment. Well, two of them were walking. The streets were still actually quite crowded and a lot of mammals we walking on the side walk, given what time it was.
They finally made it to the doorstep of Judy's apartment. Judy unlocked the door and entered the house, Nick following after with Jules. They set the things down at the corner of the room before looking at each other. "Okay, we have to shower Jules now." Judy pointed to the bathroom.
"Really? Can't we do it tomorrow? I'm so tired now…" Nick protested once more. Judy just sighed. "No, we can't shower her tomorrow. She's gonna be stinky. You have to shower to you know…"
"I can shower tomorrow to you know…" Judy was getting impatient. "Nick, my house, my rules. Now I'm gonna get the tub filled halfway for Jules," She walked into the bathroom. Nick stood there with Jules. He decided to go sit down on the couch, which he did.
5 minutes later, Judy returned from the bathroom. What she saw made her want to collapse on the floor. "Nick! The couch is going to be sandy!" Nick immediately got up and looked at the couch and sure enough, sand was all over it. He quickly picked up Jules from the couch and turned to Judy. "Oops…"
"Nick, why do have to make things more complicated. When I'm done I just want to go to bed but now I have to clean the couch!" She threw he hands up mid sentences. Nick just stared at the ground, feeling like a nine year old getting scolded by his mother. "Sorry Carrots. I'll clean it up."
"You better….. Now let's just get Jules showered already." She walked back into the bathroom. Nick carried Jules into the bathroom. The bathtub was halfway filled and was full of bubbles. "Get her shirt off and put her in." Judy gestured him to do so, no longer having any madness in her tone. Nick did so and put Jules in the bathtub.
Jules immediately started giggling and pushing the bubbles around her, playing with it. Nick ran out of the bathroom and came back seconds later with his phone. "I have to take a picture of this." He opened the rear facing camera on his phone and Jules turned to his phone. She smiled at it and Nick took a photo of her. "Done."
They proceeded to showering her. It was hard because Jules kept throwing bubbles at them when they tried to scrub her but ten minutes later, they were done. Judy dried off Jules while Nick made her dinner. After dinner, she was put in her crib and almost immediately fell asleep.
"Well, what a day it was, huh?" Nick smiled at her. "Yeah, it was great fun," She paused and looked at Nick, giving him a warm smile. "Thank you for cheering me up."
"Hey, that's what partners are for." He looked around the room before turning back to Judy, his smile disappeared. "Now I can't help but feel that something is missing…" Nick and Judy looked around the room and were thinking, what was missing. Judy all the sudden gasped at realising something.
"Nick, the stroller!"
Hey guys! I am so sorry for updating so late. 1 week later to be precise. I am very busy now and hope to be able to stick to the schedule. Please, do leave a review and I will update soon. Adios!