A Son of his own Chapter 28: Waking up with a surprise
Next day, Judy's apartment, 5:00AM
Judy's ears twitched to the sound of her alarm clock going off, she opened her eyes and immediately turned off the alarm clock that was on her nightstand.
She was wearing her pink pyjamas and was nicely curled up in her bed.
The walls were beige, the floor was made of blue carpet which made you feel like you were walking on a cloud and the roof was crimson red, a light smell of strawberries was in the air from an air freshener.
What she failed to notice, was that Nathan was curled up in the bed with her.
She gave Nathan a sleeping bag that was placed on the floor, but she guessed that Nathan likes her company.
He acted like he didn't hear the alarm clock, he was wrapped up in a ball beside Judy.
He was wearing a blue shirt and a green pair of boxers, he looked very content where he was.
Judy knows that this is original by now, but she just couldn't help but 'aw' at the little fox sleeping next to her.
As much as she didn't want to move out of her bed and wake up Nathan, she had too.
She started to get out of bed and in the process woke up the little sleeping Fox.
"Hm?" Nathan mumbled as he slowly opened his eyes and let out a light yawn.
"Time to wake up sweety" Judy said as she rubbed Nathan's head which made him giggle a bit.
"Uh, at this time?" Nathan nearly complained, he had never gotten up so early in his life.
"Yes, if you want a Grand Tour of Precinct 1 of course" Judy said as she turned on the bedroom light.
"I do, okay, I'll get up" Nathan said as he hopped off Judy's bed.
Judy's bed was a single bed with white covers, red pillows and nice soft mattress, and Judy loved to sleep in it whenever she could.
"Did you crawl into the covers with me over the night?" Judy asked as she took her police uniform out of her brown wooden wardrobe.
"Yeah, I, is it okay?" Nathan asked, on the brink of crying.
"Oh no don't cry Nathan, it's okay, I don't mind" Judy said as she rushed to Nathan and comforted him.
"Sorry, I had a nightmare in the middle of the night and I wanted company" Nathan said as he lightly sniffled as Judy hugged him.
"Oh, do you want to talk about it?" Judy asked as she rocked Nathan back and fourth.
Nathan hesitated at first but responded with a "Okay" as he looked up at Judy.
"I was, in a dark room, I wasn't wearing anything and there was a puddle of red stuff on the ground, then I see some creature appear in the dark with glowing red eyes, it just stared at me, it never moved, but everytime I moved, it growled at me as if it didn't want me to leave at all, I didn't know what to do" Nathan said as he gently cried into Judy's pink pyjamas.
Judy knew what Nathan meant by red stuff.
Blood.
"What did the creature look like? You should be able to see him since you have night vision?" Judy asked as she rocked Nathan back and forth.
"I couldn't see him at all, but he smelt very unfamiliar, but whatever he was, he was big" Nathan said as he continued crying.
"So you woke up, and you cuddled next to me?" Judy asked as she rubbed the back of Nathan's head.
"Yeah, I thought that if I did, the monster would stay away" Nathan said as he started on calm down.
"And did it go away?" Judy asked.
"It did" Nathan said as he was now back to his normal self.
Judy was glad on the inside that she helped Nathan sleep, maybe she should let him sleep next to her more often.
"I'm glad to hear that, now, I need to get changed so, can you turn around?" Judy asked as she got off her bed as did Nathan.
"Okay" Nathan said as he walked to the other side of the bed and got changed into his normal clothes consisting of a red and white t-shirt and grey tracksuit bottoms.
The two of them were now finished dressing, Judy was now wearing her police uniform and made sure her badge was placed properly.
Nathan made sure that his clothes weren't loose and was now ready as was Judy.
"Wow, you look pretty cool" Nathan said as he stared at Judy's police uniform she was now wearing.
"Oh, thanks" Judy said as she lightly blushed at that comment.
"Your welcome, are you okay?" Nathan asked as he noticed the odd face Judy was making.
"I'm fine, let's get some breakfast" Judy said as she and Nathan exited the bedroom and walked into the kitchen.
It was still dark outside, but Nathan had no trouble seeing in the dark, but when Judy turned the lights on, his eyes squinted as he prepared to get used to the lit up environment.
"I'm going to have some porridge, would you like some too?" Judy asked as she took out a box of porridge oats cereal.
"Sure" Nathan said happily as his tail lightly wagged.
Judy always liked to see Nathan's tail wag when he was happy, it made her feel so much happiness inside her and it comforted her.
She took out two orange bowls from the cupboard, poured the porridge oats into the two bowls, poured milk into them and placed them in the microwave and left them in there for the amount of time given.
Once the microwave was done heating up, Judy took out the two bowls and set them onto the worktop.
"I'm going to have some honey on mine, what would you like?" Judy asked as she took out a jar of honey.
"I would like honey too" Nathan said happily.
Judy then covered the top of the porridge oats cereal in each bowl with nice sweet and golden honey.
Nathan made his way up the stool that was placed and sat down comfortably.
Judy gave him his bowl of porridge with a honey topping and a spoon and sat beside him.
They were now in the middle of eating some nice warm breakfast, Nathan seemed to be enjoying it more than Judy.
"Wow, do you like it?" Judy asked with surprise by how fast Nathan was eating his breakfast.
"Like it? I love it! It's so tasty!" Nathan said with his mouth slightly full and his tail wagging.
"I'm glad, try not to eat too fast, else you'll get the hiccups" Judy said in a childish voice as she rubbed Nathan's head.
Once the two were finished eating their breakfast, they walked to the bathroom where they both brushed their teeth and washed their faces.
Judy had to get a new toothbrush for Nathan since he had sharper teeth than her, she always cringed at the thought of those sharp teeth, digging into her body and blood spewing out, but Nathan was a child and he was perfectly harmless.
Once they were finished brushing their teeth and washing the sleep out of them, they walked into the living room to make sure everything was in place.
"Alright, we have everything finished, let's get going to the Precinct" Judy said happily as he lightly held Nathan's paw.
They were looking out the window and there was very little cars outside so they wouldn't have much trouble getting around the city.
"How exactly do you get to work?" Nathan asked as he and Judy walked out of their apartment and down the hallway to the elevator.
"I usually walk there which doesn't take far too long, but sometimes I take the tram or a taxi there" Judy said happily as she and Nathan stepped into the elevator.
"Okay" Nathan said as he let out a little yawn.
Judy was determined to keep Nathan safe at all costs.
She did promise Nick that she would keep her safe, but the most important thing is that Nathan was the main Mammal that helped solve the Missing Mammals case.
He was the one who remembered a flower that could make any animal, predator or prey go savage and attack anything in sight, but Nathan tamed them by feeding them treats which fascinated Nick and Judy.
Speaking of Nighthowlers, Judy decided last night before she went to sleep that she would have a talk with Nathan's old parents if she looked them up in the records and drove to their house, no parent should treat their child like dirt.
The elevator doors opened and Nathan and Judy stepped out and walked out of the apartment building.
The sun was beginning to rise behind the magnificent skyscrapers of Downtown, they were still lit up and their colourful exteriors made Zootopia a Jewel on the city's peninsula.
Precinct 1 wasn't far from where Judy lived, and since there wasn't a lot of traffic, the duo would make it to the Precinct 1 building in no time.
What wonders would await them when they arrived?
But most importantly.
Will Chief Bogo tolerate Judy taking of a child? And taking him with her to her workplace?
