A short little cute chapter. Sort of a request. There's a bit of soccer anyway. lol And so with this chapter it's been somewhere around five years since the start of my story. For people thinking too much crazy stuff happens to them in short spans of time, it hasn't been a short span of time. I time skip a lot. Anyway, enjoy!

Things did work out. They never could find out where any relatives lived even though she must have had some. Jennifer and her parents are rabbits after all. By all logic there should be mountains of relatives to take the little girl in. Still, none were ever found and Judy was allowed to take the girl in as her own. Two years have passed since then and they couldn't be happier.

"Uncle Pib! Uncle Pib! Over here!" Jennifer jumps up and down and waves her arms. She is just to the right of the net on the soccer field.

Nick juggles the ball from one foot to the other and kicks it over to her.

Jennifer doesn't even stop the ball. She pivots, following along with its movement and lets loose a powerful kick at the last second.

Judy jumps for the ball, but she is not fast enough to catch it.

Jennifer laughs and throws her hands in the air. "Yes!" She yanks her head around to look at Nick and grins from ear to ear. "We win!"

Nick chuckles and strides over to her. "Sure did kiddo." He ruffles her head. "Cause we make the best team ever." He gives a thumbs up.

Jennifer snickers. "Yeah, totally." She swivels to face Judy. "Wasn't that just awesome, mom?" She scurries over to Judy.

Judy beams. "Yep. You're getting really good at this, Jenny. Pretty soon you'll be the champion."

"Pssh." Jennifer rolls her eyes. "Oh, mom. I'm only five. A kid can't be the champion. The real elites would crush me."

"Well, you're my champion anyway." Judy scoops Jennifer into her arms and hugs her tight.

Jennifer giggles. "You're so silly." Still she hugs her mother back just as tightly. "Next time though you're on my team." She leans her head back to look at Nick, even if he is upside down like this. "And we'll totally take Uncle Pib down!" She grins.

Nick shakes his head. "You wish." He holds his head high. "I'm the master of soccer and no mere mortal can defeat me." At first the nickname Judy mercilessly placed upon him was nothing short of terrible, but after two years of it he has grown rather fond of the endearment. Of course only with Jenny. If anyone else dares call him that he threatens them within an inch of their life.

Jennifer snorts. "But you're mortal too. And you're no master. Don't be a dork, Uncle."

Judy sets Jennifer down. "So hey," She bends down to her level. "Wanna play again or are we done for the day?"

Jennifer hums thoughtfully and taps her finger against her chin as she puts on a show of thinking long and hard about it. "How about ice cream?" She stares with wide eyes at Judy.

Judy frowns and crosses her arms. "I dunno…"

"Pleeeease?" Jennifer clasps her hands at her chest.

Judy chuckles and shrugs. "Yeah, sure, why not." Generally she is against sweets, but it has been awhile, at least to the best of her knowledge. Sometimes Nick likes to sneak Jenny sweets without Judy knowing, but this one time won't hurt anything even if he has been doing that.

Jennifer jumps in the air and cheers. "I want strawberry. That's my favorite – strawberry." She pivots and races over to Nick. "Uncle Pib," She tugs on his shirt. "Will you carry me?" She flops over at the middle in dramatic fashion. "I'm too…tired…to go on."

Nick laughs out loud. "Oh, no. The princess is dying. We can't have that." He lifts her up and puts her on his shoulders.

Jennifer giggles. "It's called a hustle sweetheart." She holds a hand out.

Nick grins from ear to ear. "You know it." He gives her a high five. She has learned from the best after all.

The trio mosey on over to the edge of the park where an ice cream truck sets on the other side of the street. There are a few children and their parents gathered around, but this time it is not so painful for Judy. It does, however, make her pause and send her mind back to that day when she first found out she could not have children.

Nick stops as he notices her out of the corner of his eye. "Judy?" He tilts his head.

Jennifer frowns as she peers over at Judy too. "Mom?" Her voice wavers.

Judy blinks and dispels the illusion. She shakes her head and smiles once more. "Sorry, I was just thinking about something." She laughs. "Come on, let's go get the best ice cream of all."

Nick smirks. "Chocolate, obviously."

Jennifer purses her lips and narrows her eyes. "Noooo." She leans over the top of Nick and presses her face into his. In a whisper she says, "Strawberry."

"Yeah, yeah." He pushes her back into her place on his shoulders.

They get their ice creams without any hassle and settle down on a nearby bench. Jennifer sits between Nick and Judy as she licks at her strawberry ice cream. "Best. Day. Ever." She sighs.

Judy smiles to herself as she eats at her blueberry ice cream. "I'm glad you had fun." It isn't often they can spend all day playing around. So these little moments are unbelievably precious to her. Not to mention they are likely numbered. Nick won't live with them forever and after five years it won't be long until the day he leaves comes. Honestly she is amazed it has lasted this long. They're an anomaly, that's for sure – a friendship stronger than any romance ever could be. That's why when he does go, she won' be worried. He'll always come back for a visit. And that's enough.

Nick chomps down on his ice cream, but he is ever aware of Judy and the thoughts no doubt swirling in her head. It's obvious she thinks their time under the same roof is at its end, he thinks the same as well. More than anything though he worries about Jenny and what she will think of it all. He never claimed to be her father and she never thought of him as such, but he is undeniably an integral part of her life. Still, all things must come to an end, and so too must this. It isn't over yet though. So every moment like this – every moment spent with his two favorite people – is one he'll live to the fullest.

Okay, so it started out cute and ended...not so cute. It's kind of an unofficial end I suppose. Not gonna lie, I've lost the spark for this story and I won't be updating for a while after this. I need to focus on my original novel and getting published. I'll update this whenever the whim strikes me, but I won't promise frequent updates. I had one more idea I had planned to do before devoting my full attention to my novel but it just isn't going to happen, which makes me sad but at the same time I can't really help it so oh well. I just wanted to explain it all to you so you weren't left wondering what happened with this story. I figured I owed you that.

In my headcanon Nick and Judy do eventually not live together, like this chapter implies will be happening in the near future. Nick marries and has a kid of his own but he always visits Judy and Jenny as much as he can because in my mind he loves Judy more than he could ever love anyone else, he just doesn't love her romantically. So even when married Judy is the most important person to him.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the ride. I know I loved every moment of writing this story and it has become more popular than I ever imagined it would. haha You guys are amazing. Please review!