Chapter 14: T.W.I.A.F (You'll Know What It Stands For)

"I can't believe she actually broke into your apartment!"

Judy and Fru Fru were yet again hanging out at a Snarlbucks for their Saturday. However, this time she decided to invite Nina over as well. Judy had been living in Zootopia for well over two months, given it was the end of November already, and still hasn't felt that "click" with Nick's family. His mother immediately grew on her, the twins as well, and she still wasn't sure with his father…Nonetheless, Judy thought hanging out more with the family could help her establish a better relationship with them!

"You've at least bordered up the windows since then, right?" Nina exclaimed beside them.

"Don't be crazy! We aren't post-apocalyptic fanatics like you and Cooper." She argued.

"But that maniac little sheep literally climbed the fire escape into the complex!" Nina quarreled loudly, grabbing the attention of others in the shop.

"If you want…" Fru interrupted, "I can ask my father if it would be alright to lend Kolslov to help with protection. He's very reliable!"

"Oh, no it's not a bother! A-And I'm not sure if Nick would be comfortable having him follow us around all day…" She pondered.

"I was wondering why there was a polar bear watching us the entire time…" Nina mumbled skeptically.

"Is there a reason he always follows you around?" Judy asked while finishing her iced tea.

"I'm not sure," Fru replied. "He's worked for my family since before I was born. I think it's a mutual agreement between my father and him or something."

"Well, I still think you and Nick should board up your windows." Nina pouted.

"For the last time, I am not turning our apartment into some bomb shelter!" Judy asserted.

"Fine…" She mumbled dejectedly.

"Anyway, I think I'd be more surprised if Simone showed up out of the blue compared to Dawn. I'm pretty sure everyone would have expected it to happen at some point…" Judy laughed.

"Oh, that vixen sounds absolutely evil." Fru scowled.

"She's more than evil." Nina gagged, "Simone is one hundred percent villainous."

"The nerve of her after cheating on Nick…" Judy grumbled, stealing a piece of Nina's plate.

"Hey eat your own food!" She shrieked.

"It's not my fault! I have to eat something every five minutes or I feel like throwing up." Judy replied in anguish.

"And yet another reason you should blame my brother for all this." Nina proclaimed.

"Oh be quiet! We both made poor judgments but what's happening now is not a mistake." She declared.

"So you wanted to get pregnant before you even turned 18?" Nina said innocently.

"Of course not! It's just that, this turned out to be an unexpected surprise...Let's change the topic!" Judy pleaded.

"Hey isn't that him right now?" Fru exclaimed, pointing out the window. The both of them turned their heads simultaneously and saw Nick's car parked outside the Snarlbucks. With Nick himself leaning in front of it.

"I still can't believe he bought a car. Just doesn't seem like him..." Nina murmured surprised.

"He's probably here to pick me up, we have to see Dr. Firefox again today." Judy chuckled, remembering the errand.

"Well hurry on out of here!" Nina yelled.

"Oh yes, we wouldn't want to keep you waiting." Fru agreed. They ushered Judy out of the store as she hastily grabbed her things and said goodbye. She walked up to Nick and greeted him with a smile.

"Hey, Carrots, ready to go?"

"Yep! Come on, start the car already." She giggled.

"At least there wasn't anything to worry about from this visit," Nick exclaimed after they left Mercy Sahara hospital and started to drive back towards their apartment complex.

"Mhm…" Judy mused non heartedly, her mind here and there.

"Something wrong?" He asked, breaking the trance she was in.

"Oh! No, nothing entirely...I'm just worried I guess." Judy answered, fiddling with her paws.

"Why's that?" Nick questioned concerned.

"I don't know, because by the time we see her again we'll find out the gender of the kits and that would just make everything feel more real." She sighed.

"Haven't the last these last four months felt real enough?" He joked. Judy giggled at his humor and smiled.

"They have, I only have five more of them before we actually have to face the fact that we're parents…" She trailed off.

"But…?"

"But, I think I'm not ready for that," Judy added, her voice wavering.

"Carrots, are you kidding me?!" Nick blurted in shock. "You are absolutely ready for that!"

"At 16?! Nick, I expected to be headfirst into my college interviews by now and here I am already on the second trimester of this pregnancy I never thought about having." She argued. He stared at her in dismay, his muzzle slightly open.

"Do you really believe that?" Nick mumbled.

"I'm not sure anymore…I've already become attached to these kits, and I can't start imagining my life without you or them in it any longer. I-I just think that...everything's moving too fast.

She felt Nick was about to say something in disagreement but her phone suddenly rang loudly, perishing any plans he had on initiating it.

"Hello?" She asked, holding the phone to her ears.

"Judy! It's Sharla, I'm here with Jasmine and we thought about calling you." The ewe exclaimed energetically.

"O-Oh! Sharla, hi…"

"Is everything alright? Did we catch you at a bad time?" Her sister's voice mused from the background.

"No! No, everything's fine. I'm in the car with Nick w-we were heading back from another doctor's appointment" Judy smiled, still fumbling with her paws.

"Aw good for you!" Sharla beamed.

"H-Have you heard anything from Dawn yet?" She asked, hoping to move the conversation.

"No, not yet. My parents have been calling her cell non-stop and the only thing we found in her room before she left was her daily planner and nothing else." Sharla grimaced.

"So she still hasn't come back yet? Do you think she already went to the reform school?" Judy pressed.

"I highly doubt it. If there's anything Dawn isn't, it's not a quitter. She's most likely hiding out somewhere else until she can think of a way out of this." Jasmine added on. Judy pressed her lips together in thought. Maybe she should have accepted Fru Fru's offer earlier?

"Anyway," Sharla said, interrupting her trance. "Jasmine and I should get back to studying soon, we just wanted to call and see how you were doing."

"Make sure we're the first to know about the kits' genders too!" Jasmine squealed, just as the call ended. Judy and Nick sat in silence for the rest of the drive. Soon after, he pulled up to the apartment and she hopped out of the car. Judy turned around, expecting to see him step out as well but Nick was still in the driver's seat.

"Aren't you coming?" She asked.

"I would but there's a late shift I have to take at the company today. Some rookie messed up one of our expense reports for the month so I have to go back and fix it." He sighed tiredly, already expecting it to be a long night.

"Oh...I can leave out some dinner if you come back late." Judy suggested, leaning against the car.

"You don't have to worry about me Carrots, I'll be fine," Nick smirked. He moved forward to place a kiss on her forehead. She smiled beneath the embrace but turned to face him seriously.

"I know we're still only kids, it still feels like I've aged 10 years in the last three months." Judy chuckled. "But I don't want to do this alone, even if two years ago I never would have expected you to give me the time of day, I know that I won't have to freak out anymore if you're by my side through this…" He grinned and looked back at her with a cheerful look in his eyes.

"You rabbits, so emotional," Nick said, before starting the car again and driving down the road and out of her sight. She felt a warmness grow in her heart. With Nick, there wasn't anything to worry about.

Judy stepped out of her afternoon classes with Fru Fru placed on her shoulder. The two were strolling around the campus for a little bit until their next class. Their first one was short, meaning that she would have extra time to spare when the next one got let out.

"Even if I've been at ZU for the last three years I still haven't seen the entire campus." Fru squeaked tiredly from her shoulder.

"Well, it is pretty big," Judy exclaimed, observing her surroundings as they walked down the neverending hall. They continued like this, watching the other students pass by and remained in their watchful trance, captivated by the various aspects of the many classrooms. Judy chatted away happily with Fru until one moment when the arctic shrew pointed someone out a few feet away from them, urging the mammal to come over.

"Oh! Cynthia! Cynthia! Over here!" She exclaimed. Judy turned to see who she was calling to and flinched. A snow-white vixen walked towards them and she couldn't help but shake beneath her stare. She looked exactly like Simone. Almost identical. Their expressions, the way they walked, it was like looking at an illusion of her. But it couldn't be Simone. Judy realized this once she paid more attention. This vixen was an arctic fox-like Neve, Simone had always been a Cape fox if her assumptions were correct. Plus, their eye color was different.

Simone had striking black eyes while this mystery vixen had beautiful golden eyes. They were fixed on Judy and she instantly stood still under her gaze.

"Cynthia darling! I didn't know you were visiting today!" Fru beamed, breaking the tension.

"Afternoon Fru Fru." The fox smiled. "Taking a break from classes I see?"

"Oh, we had a short one today so I and Judy decided to take a walk around the campus!" She explained. Cynthia turned her attention to Judy once Fru mentioned her. But the doe had currently been stuck in a trance and didn't notice.

Cynthia...the name rang in her mind as she replayed again and again. Hadn't Judy heard of her before? Somewhere in the past. It was fuzzy but she was sure of it. All of the sudden, Jack popped out of nowhere, standing beside the vixen.

"Walker! Sorry, I was held up with one of the professors and-" He trailed off until noticing who she was talking to. "Oh! I see you've met Judy already." At the mention of her for the second time, Judy finally broke from her trance and stepped back into reality. Seeing Jack stand alongside this Cynthia made her remember where she had initially heard the name.

"You're his girlfriend!" Judy shouted out of the blue, silencing the others. Jack immediately blushed at her statement and the supposed Cynthia turned to glare at him.

"You told her! I thought we promised to keep it under wraps since two months ago?!" She shrieked.

"I-I u-uh…" He stuttered nervously and Judy felt that she had said something she probably shouldn't have.

"I think our classes are about to start so we should probably…" Fru blurted, hoping to escape the situation. Judy quickly nodded her head in agreement and the two scurried away from the escalating moment. She hastily mouthed an apology to Jack and headed back to the classrooms with Fru Fru still on her shoulder.

Anyway, after her last class of the day, Judy waved goodbye to Fru Fru and headed towards public transport. Nick was still at the company today and she had time to spare so maybe the two could spend lunch together? It sounded like a good enough idea so Judy thought it would be fun enough to visit the company while she was there. And she thought she should make it up for him after yesterday. Nick had always done so much for her without hesitation so Judy should obviously thank him for all of that.

A short while later, after leaving the train, Judy walked around the district until finally finding Nick's fathers' company. The building, which was surprisingly big, had the letters T.W.I.A.F plastered across the front of it. According to everything John and Nick had told her the letters stood for, The Wilde Interspecies Awareness Foundation. The company was inspired by one of the first predators to get accepted into Zootopia mayoral council, a snow leopard whose name she couldn't remember. From there, more mammals were inspired to change the way others perceived them, and the government continued to grow.

But there's still a long way to go until the entire city, the entire world even can coexist peacefully without discrimination. And if everything Jack has informed her since then has been true then the finish line might be farther than they thought.

The company was made before even Cooper had been born yet, and only started to make bigger strides shortly after Nick turned three. And since then they worked towards inspiring even more mammals to start such a big movement. Judy fell into a daydream, imagining Nick becoming a manager of sorts here one day. She giggled at her thoughts and stepped into the building.

The floor was tiled and seemed to have been polished recently. And the walls were painted a welcoming blue. The entire floor just seemed remarkable from the first few steps she took upon entering. Judy had been so captivated by the design she didn't notice the many mammals working in front of her. Initially, she assumed the foundation would be made up of more predators than prey but much to her surprise the ratio was pretty equal!

Judy walked up to the front desk to see a feline, most likely a calico due to her fur color. Her eyes had locked into her own and she felt helplessly captivated by them. They were blue, icy almost, and it made her wonder why so many mammals in Zootopia had such beautiful eyes…

"Good afternoon!" The cat exclaimed, greeting her happily. "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"U-Uh yes! Hi! I'm um, looking for Nick Wilde...Is here right now?" Judy stuttered nervously.

"Oh I'm sorry, he left almost an hour ago with some of our new interns. I assume he was showing them the ropes by taking them with him to some of the meetings scheduled today." She explained.

"Ah...alright." Judy sighed sadly. Just then, two russet figures walked down the staircases ironically situated beside the two and her expression quickly changed.

"Judy!? What are you doing here?" Cooper, Nick's brother who was also working with the company at the moment, exclaimed. His father, who was standing beside him, instantly noticed the doe as well and smiled.

"Judy, what a surprise." He beamed.

"Hi Mr. Wilde, Cooper." She replied, smiling back. "I came here to see if Nick was free for lunch but-" Judy turned to face the feline, whose names she just realized she did not know. "Sorry, um, what was your name?" She asked sheepishly.

"It's Leah," The cat grinned. "And I was just telling Miss Hopps that he had just stepped out. But you're more than welcome to wait for him in the lobby." She offered. Judy looked at her in surprise when hearing her say her last name when she clearly remembered never giving it. Leah noticed her confused look and chuckled.

"Nick has been talking nonstop about you in the last few months. Everyone here at the foundation has been excited to meet you since!" She explained. Judy smiled at the thought of Nick bragging away about her. Which only made her miss him more.

"If you want," Cooper interrupted. "You can come downstairs with us to accounting, we were heading over to drop some profit notes just now anyway." He offered.

"Sure I'd love to! This is my first time at the company so it'd be fun having a look around." Judy exclaimed. The two lead her downstairs, papers in hand, and allied her the chance to glance around the brightly lit room of the basement while finishing their work.

There were a few desks, most likely due to the small staff. And the room sent off a more laid-back vibe. Judy liked it. The room didn't feel too intimidating. With how amazing of an impression the company gave off just from the first floor she instantly assumed the rest of them would be just as pressurizing.

There were also a few mammals at the desks but some were empty. Judy watched as Cooper handed one of the accountants the stack of papers. She was an elegantly dressed skunk. At least Judy assumed it was a skunk, this was her first time seeing one outside of the country. The mystery girl eventually noticed her standing in the room and immediately ran up to Judy.

"Oh my god, you must be Judy, right?!" She squealed. "I'm Scarlett, it's great to meet you! Everyone in accounting knows about the infamous bunny girl that stole Nick's heart." Her face went a crimson red after the statement.

"I-I u-uh…" She stuttered awkwardly, unsure what to say to that . Scarlett spoke so quickly and with such confidence that it was hard to keep up.

"Lay off the kid Scarlett, I'm sure she's got enough on her shoulders and probably doesn't need your craziness rubbing off on her." An irritated stag scowled from behind them. He was currently sorting through the papers Cooper had given them and had become annoyed by the scene the two were making.

"Shut up Zack you were just as interested in meeting her as me!" She whined, latching onto Judy. He flushed immediately, mumbling something incoherent, and then returned to his work without another word. Scarlett giggled and proceeded to focus her attention on Judy again.

"How do you like the foundation so far?" She asked before dropping her voice to a whisper. "If you ask me, Accounting is the best floor." Judy laughed and smiled in reply.

"I love it! There haven't been as many mammals out there willing to acknowledge the fact that the community here isn't as inclusive as most believe it to be. So this place is kind of like a breath of fresh air!"

"Aww, you're so sweet!" Scarlett gushed latching onto her again.

"Alright Scar you can head back to your work now and-" Cooper started to retaliate but Scarlett ignored him completely.

"Oh have you checked out the break room yet?! Sam over there always brings the most delicious food!"

"U-Uh no, not yet." Judy shrugged nervously.

"What?! Cooper, you're the world's worst tour guide I'm taking over!" She scoffed leading them both upstairs. Cooper stood there dumbfounded while Zach chortled in the background.

"W-What about your work?" He called out

"Suck it, Cooper! I'm on break!" She yelled back laughing but still dragged Judy out of there.

Scarlett led her from the accounting room back upstairs to the first floor. She waved a quick hello to Leah at the front desk before the skunk continued on her merry way and dragged them up to the second floor. She led Judy to a long hallway until finally pulling them into a room on the side.

"Hiya Sam!" Scarlett beamed, waving enthusiastically to a lemur already standing in the room. Judy quickly recognized her as Sam, the supposed mammal who brought amazing food to the break room every day. Her eyes were pretty too, a bright and welcoming yellow.

"Oh hey, Scarlett. Are you here for lunch early?" She replied smiling.

"Mhm! And I brought Judy." Scarlett grinned gesturing to her. Sam cocked her head in confusion before remembering who she meant.

"Oh Nick's girlfriend, right?" She proclaimed innocently.

"Y-Yep…" Judy answered shyly.

"Don't be nervous she doesn't bite!" Scarlett laughed, slapping her on the back.

"You guys can join if you want." Sam offered, interrupting.

"Well, that's why we're here in the first place!" She exclaimed, pulling Judy to the table set in the middle of the room. The trio sat down together, Scarlett grabbing two plates and some food from the fridge for Judy and herself.

"Are you sure this isn't against the rules? Having a guest in the break room and everything?" Judy mumbled anxiously.

"Heck to the rules, Cooper can eat my tail for as long as I'm concerned." Scarlett scoffed, handing Judy half of one of the extra sandwiches that Sam happened to make. She took it graciously and just then realized how hungry she was. Waiting to see Nick took out more of her energy than she thought.

"Aww, you guys started without me!" A voice from behind the group groaned. Judy and the others turned their heads to see a tall golden retriever with a sad look on their face.

"Hey Isaac, did you just finish your rounds?" Sam asked and scooted to the side to make some space for him.

"Yep!" He grinned wagging his tail, instantly changing his expression from a sad dog to that euphoric canine aura.

"Isaac is the foundation's resident morality booster! He makes sure everyone isn't feeling that Monday blues." Scarlett explained.

"They have jobs for that?" Judy questioned, surprised.

"Only if you are some type of dog species, they always seem to make everyone around them happier." Sam chimed in. Isaac, just like everyone else that day, took notice of Judy and began to say the exact same sentence as the others.

"Oh your-"

"Nick's girlfriend, yes." Judy interrupted, feeling sort of annoyed at how many mammals had already told her that in the last 30 minutes alone.

"I thought I recognized you from the pictures he showed me," Isaac smirked.

"By now I think almost everyone here had." She sighed, eating another piece of her sandwich.

"And I'll take it you've already fallen in love with the company?" He pressed.

"You betcha!" Scarlett squealed, answering for her. Judy giggled and nodded her head in agreement.

"I've still only seen a little bit of the entire foundation." She acknowledged.

"I feel like you might enjoy relaxing out on the rooftop. Some employees take their break up there from time to time." Sam suggested, already done with her food.

"Is the entire building owned by T.W.I.A.F?" Judy asked.

"Not the entire building," Isaac made clear. "Only the first two floors, the rest is owned by this other company. We used to be situated farther in the Sahara but moved a while back so BW had to sign this new lease."

"BW?" Judy said, tilting her head in confusion.

"That's just his nickname for the founder," Sam exclaimed from the sink placed in the far back, cleaning her plate.

"Boss Wilde!" Isaac grinned cheerfully.

"Aw that's kind of cute, wouldn't it also apply to Nick and Cooper as well?" Judy questioned, cleaning up her plate as well.

"Nah we have completely different nicknames for those two kids," Scarlett smirked. The group continued to goof off for a good 15 more minutes and Judy found herself reveling in the happy environment the foundation gave off just through its employees. Sam was sweet but cared for and paid attention to all of her friends. Scarlett was energetic and had a nonstop personality. While Isaac managed to keep everyone in the room smiling, himself included.

After a little more bonding time with the group, Scarlett and Judy eventually said their goodbyes and headed back downstairs. There were a lot more mammals on the first floor than earlier but they were all too busy heading back to work from their lunch breaks to pay attention to Judy. But Leah ended up acknowledging them.

"Hey, Scarlett! Did you and Judy have a fun time in the break room?" She beamed.

"Why wouldn't we? Sam is amazing and we ran into Isaac on the way as well." Scarlett laughed, going back through the experience.

"Aww good for you. Sounds like you're showing Judy a good time here." Leah inferred chipperly.

"With me around, she'll never want to leave!" She cackled while Judy chuckled nervously even though she knew Scarlett was joking. Just then, a feminine voice pierced through the first floor grabbing the attention of Judy herself and the mammals around her.

"Goodness Judy is that you!"

She turned around to see Victoria Wilde scurry up to her, Scarlett and Leah. Judy instantly beamed upon seeing her and ran up to the vixen.

"Victoria! It's great to see you!" She beamed, even if they had already seen each other last weekend.

"I was just here to drop off something for my husband and here you are!" Victoria exclaimed, embracing her.

"I actually came here a while ago to grab some lunch with Nick but he had already left so Cooper offered me a tour while I waited," Judy explained.

"And I took over!" Scarlett bragged, interrupting.

"Nice to see you too Scarlett." Victoria chuckled and returned her attention to Judy, "Have you been waiting here long?"

"Oh not too long," She answered, taking out her phone to double-check. It was then when she noticed that it had been a while since her classes let out so she must have been at the foundation well over her expectations. "Actually...I've been here longer than I thought," Judy exclaimed.

"That incorrigible son of mine…" Victoria sneered, shaking her head. "I can't believe he would make you wait so long!"

"N-No it's fine really!" She retaliated. "Nick didn't even know I was coming since I was planning on surprising him."

"Aw...He doesn't deserve you. Are you sure you wouldn't mind getting introduced to one of John's employees? I'm almost certain that half of them are single." Victoria suggested, almost serious which scared Judy.

"I'm fine really. Me and Nick are happy together." She reassured her. Scarlett and Leah gushed in the background.

"Daww...They're made for each other!" They squealed. And speak of the devil - rather, speak of the fox , Nick happened to walk into the building just then. Judy's ears perked up once she heard his voice and she turned around instantly, already wanting to jump into his arms after a long day. But she stopped once seeing he was slightly preoccupied with the company's interns.

"Clawhauser, buddy, the meetings go by easily if you keep it simple. You don't gotta make it too complicated on yourself, ok?" Nick was busy speaking with a cheetah larger than him in size. Height and width.

"Thank you, Nick. Ah-I mean Mr. Wilde!" He flinched.

"Nick's fine with me Ben. Remember that." Nick laughed, clicking his tongue in a cool, relaxed manner. He then proceeded to walk towards the front desk and lit up his face when seeing Judy. She ran up to him giddily and jumped into his arms.

"Hey Slick." Judy mused slyly.

"Carrots! What are you doing here?" Nick asked, a grin on his face as he bent down to kiss her quickly on the forehead.

"Well...I was going to surprise you by taking the two of us out for lunch since my classes got let out early but I came here too late to catch you." She sighed with a sad smile.

"Oh, I wished you called me. Then I would have made Cooper take the meeting instead." He groaned, wrapping her in a hug.

"Nick it's fine really. Besides, I had a fun time here, went to the accounting floor, and the break room. And I met-"

"NICK!" Scarlett yelled, coming from behind the two. "I took care of your girlfriend while you were out and newsflash, she's going to break up with you to hang out with me Sam and Isaac for the rest of her life." Judy quickly shook her head in disagreement hoping she would take the hint. Nick merely chuckled and smirked at Scarlett.

"Good to see you again Scar. By the way, did you finish looking through those profit notes yet because I'm pretty sure my dads gonna need them by today…" He said, pursing his lips. Her eyes immediately bulged as she scowled at him.

"Touche Wilde…" She gave Judy a quick hug, saying goodbye, then gave Nick one more side-eye before leaving. He walked towards the front desk with her by his side and finally noticed his mother glaring at him.

"Mom...Are you here for dad?" Nick asked nervously.

"Yes, I am...Nicholas" She answered darkly. His voice dropped to whisper so quickly that Judy almost didn't hear what he told her.

"She only calls me by my real name if I'm in trouble...Did something happen?"

"Oh no she's probably only mad that I had to wait so long for you when I told her earlier," Judy explained, shrugging.

"B-But you're not mad, right?" He pressed.

"No I told you I'm fine, we can just head out now since your shifts over...It's over right?" She asked hopefully.

"Y-Yeah! I-I'll just grab my stuff and we can go…" Nick trailed off, still glancing anxiously at his mother.

"Young man we will be having a talk about time management when I get home." She sneered.

"But Mom I don't live at home anymore…" He said in protest.

"No buts!" Victoria changed her expression from angry mother to a happy one almost instantly when turning her attention back to Judy. "Sweetheart it was great seeing you here and I cannot wait to see you both again at Tamesgiving this week." She beamed before giving one last goodbye and leaving.

After a few seconds, Nick let out a sigh of relief, getting a giggle out of Judy and Leah, who had observed the entire debacle.

"I guess I can just go grab my stuff and we'll head back home…" He sighed, bending down to kiss her once more before disappearing down a corner she hadn't even noticed before. Judy rocked back and forth on her paws anxiously while waiting for him.
All she wanted was to go back to their apartment so they could finally relax, and her trip to the company had become longer than she had initially wanted it to be. Not that Judy didn't love walking around or meeting everyone here. But in honesty, she had been on her paws all day and it was killing her. Even with the pregnancy it made standing for long periods of time worse.

"Are you going to marry him?" Leah asked, causing Judy to become flustered immediately.

"W-What...I-I u-um...h-huh" She stuttered, unsure how to answer the question but Leah quickly started laughing it off.

"Relax I'm joking! You just really seem to like him. Plus, he has seemed happier lately, you're both good for each other." Leah smiled. Before Judy had time to give any form of response Nick finally returned and instantly intertwined his paw with hers.

"Ok, I got everything. Ready to go?"

She sighed and looked into those beautiful green eyes of his. Yet again proving her theory that almost every mammal in this city had beautiful eyes. Seriously, what was up with that? Anyway, Judy grinned widely and walked out of the building with Nick's paw in hers.

"Yep, let's go."

"So you met Zack?" Nick laughed while the two finally trudged into their apartment after a long day.

"Well I didn't meet him, he just kinda told Scarlett to shut up and went back to work," Judy explained, taking off her shoes, which also served as socks. What they are she will never truly know.

"That sounds like Zack."

Judy moved towards the kitchen feeling in the mood to make some tea. After having to drop coffee and almost every other caffeinated drink that was bad for her she had slowly, not entirely, learned to become accustomed to tea. Her favorite was obviously jasmine.

"Do you want anything to drink? I'm already making tea so I could make you something too?" She called out, waiting for a reply.

"Yeah, I could have some - Ah...dang it." Nick groaned.

"What is it?" Judy asked, concerned.

"I forgot to grab the mail on the way up, I'll get it real quick and be right back." He explained. The only thing she heard after that was the jangling of their keys and the door quickly closing. She sighed, shaking her head, and returned to waiting for her water to boil.

After 5 very long minutes of waiting, the pot finally whistled or did whatever it did when the water was done boiling and she mixed it in with her tea. (You may be wondering why in the world am I describing Judy making some tea while she waits for Nick to come back with the mail? Yes, I know it sounds stupid and boring but wait….like seirously wait, because something happens in the next two seconds so just ignore all of this like right now )

Judy walked over to the couch, cup in hand, and was about to grab her book to do some light reading when Nick finally came back.

"Oh hey! Is there anything for me?" She asked sitting down. He didn't answer right away, his face dazed and sort of in a trance.

"Hey...is everything alright?" Judy questioned standing up and walking over to him.

"Hm? Y-Yeah! J-Just saw a letter from Dr. Firefox that's all…" He mumbled, fumbling with the mail in his paws.

"Wait what? Did it say anything bad?" She exclaimed.

"No! No, I didn't necessarily read all of it…just a skim and..." Nick trailed off.

"Show it to me! Obviously, something in that letter is making you freak out, your tail is perked up all nervous like!" Judy demanded, gesturing to his appendage. He tried playing it off but reluctantly gave the letter to her, watching anxiously as she read through it.

There were two envelopes, one of them already open so she looked through that one first. It was a letter, handwritten by Virginia, nothing long but Judy read it nonetheless.

Hi Judy! Nick!

This letter may be a tiny bit unconventional but I, unfortunately, have my phone and computer in the shop so this was the only way I could contact you . Anyway, I was looking through your last ultrasound data and pictures and it turns out that there was something I didn't notice before. This is entirely my fault and I deeply apologize for that! I've said it many times before, this type of pregnancy is rare and new to me but I will make sure this never happens again. But besides that, what I've been trying to explain is that according to your last ultrasound I was already able to tell what the gender of the kits will be. And I know I previously said that I wouldn't be able to tell until your next visit but again, this one's on me and I am sorry for that. The latest pictures and data, including the written genders from me, are in the next envelope because I couldn't fit everything. The choice of reading through is entirely up to you! If anything else turns up I will let you know!

Sincerely,

Virginia Firefox

Judy's eyes bulged. She thought she had maybe read some words wrong, mixing up gender with gander, or goner. The possibilities are endless right? Anyone could have read a word wrong and jump to the weirdest, impossible, conclusions. Judy quickly read over the paper again and when it said the exact same thing she did it again for a third time. Again, the same thing…

She finally acknowledged that it wasn't crazy, the words were right. Judy looked up at Nick anxiously, unsure of what to say.

"Should we look through it?" He asked. Her voice wavered at first, not entirely confident with the answer herself, and yet it still came out.

"I don't know…"

To Be Continued…