There was still an hour and a half of ride and Judy was still asleep, resting her head on Nick's shoulder, who was now with his phone. Suddenly, the bunny started to slowly rub her face against the fox's neck before opening her purple eyes and realizing what she was doing. Then, Judy immediately separated from Nick and looked at him with a slightly flustered face.
"H-how long have I been...sleeping?" asked the bunny while rubbing one of her eyes.
"Just for a couple of hours" smiled the fox as he stretched.
"Oh..." her ears drooped and she looked away.
"Hey..." Nick patted her thigh "...it's okay..." he looked at Judy and warmly smiled, making her blush a little bit more "...c'mere" the fox wrapped one of his arms around the bunny's shoulders.
As the seconds passed, the blush on Judy's face turned into a confident smile that made her get comfortable with Nick's arm. A few minutes later, they were listening to music together with the same headphones, and they kept doing it before the fox decided to go for some snacks. Later, he came back with a couple of bags of peanuts and two water bottles.
"Well...tell me about your family," said the bunny after taking the snacks.
"Really?...you want me to tell you?" Nick raised one of his eyebrows before drinking some water.
"Mmhmm" nodded Judy.
"Hmm..." the fox tried to remember for a few seconds "...well we have my mother, her name is Vivienne and she told me she owns a flower shop, you'll love her, then we have my two aunts, Linda, she is a great baker, I remember she made such a great blueberry cake, and Elizabeth, my mother didn't tell me much about her so...and finally, Tom, Linda's son, I think he works in a bar but I'm not sure, and last but not least Connie, Elizabeth's daughter, she's a fashion designer and she even has her own little shop...and I think that's it, but don't worry they're great"
"Mmm" smiled the bunny.
They kept chatting until they finished the snacks, then they both relaxed on their respective seats before Nick had a look at the window.
"Carrots, come with me" he stood up and lend Judy his paw.
"What?" she took the fox's paw and let him guide her.
"I want to show you something" they both wandered through the train until walking up some stairs that led them to one of the domes on the top of the train.
"Wow," the bunny was fascinated with the beautiful landscape of the area, green fields full of colorful flowers, a pair of mountains covered with foliage, and a river between them that lead to a blue lake.
"It's called the Predators Valley," said Nick while they both walked towards the crystal.
"Predators...Valley?" asked Judy confused.
"Yeah...a long ago a group of predators emigrated from the east and settled here, but of course now they're all modern cities where preys and preds live in harmony" explained the fox while looking at the bunny, who was still enjoying the view of the landscape
"And where's Foxville?"
"Well if you follow me" Nick walked to the other side of the dome and showed Judy the area.
"There's the sea?" the bunny observed the coast.
"Yep...and there's Foxville" he pointed at a small city with white buildings that were by the sea.
They stayed in the dome for a few more minutes until the conductor made an announcement.
"Ladies and gentlemammals, we will be arriving at Foxville in a few minutes, please return to your seats and wait for the train to stop, thank you"
Nick and Judy went back to their seats and looked through the window until they arrived at the station, then they grabbed their suitcases and walked out of the train.
The station wasn't very crowded but the bunny and the fox took a couple of minutes to leave. The first thing they saw when they got out of the station was a square, with a few more white buildings that were whitewashed and decorated with many plants on their balconies, there was also a fountain, which was surrounded by green and red flowers, in the middle of the square.
"This is such a lovely place" commented Judy while they walked around.
"I told you," said Nick while checking his phone.
After 15 minutes following the fox's phone GPS, they finally found his family's house.
"Here it is...Wildes" Nick checked the mailbox before walking up a little stair and getting to the porch.
"Nick...are you okay?" asked Judy when she saw the fox standing in front of the door for a few seconds.
"Hmm..." he turned to the bunny and gave her a heartwarming smile "...I'm so glad you're here" his ears drooped.
"Ow...c'mere..." Judy opened her arms and let him embrace her "...you foxes, so emotional" they looked at each other before Nick turned around again, knocked on the door, and looked at the bunny a last time.
"Who is it?" asked a voice from the other side of the door.
"Hi, mom" answered the fox.
Then, the door quickly opened and a vixen with light orange fur and tearful eyes stood in front of him.
"Nicky..." said Vivienne with a cracking voice before both, mother and son, hugged "...ow...Nick..." she said before holding the fox's cheeks and kissing them "...I missed you so much"
"I missed you too, mom" smiled Nick before separating from her.
"Look how you've grown..." the vixen let his son wipe her tears before noticing Judy "...anyway, come in, come in...your aunt Beth is in the living room..." she let the fox walk in "...and you must be Judy," said Vivienne with a cheerful voice.
"Yeah, it's a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Wilde" she offered the vixen a pawshake.
"Oh no, dear, c'mere..." the fox's mother hugged the bunny "...and you can call me Viv" she nicely smiled.
"Well...it's a pleasure to meet you, Viv" Judy smiled too.
"Hmm...Nick told me a lot about you...thanks for everything you've done...anyway, come in" their both walked in the house before the vixen closed the door.
"Nicky!" said Beth before walking towards his nephews and hugging him.
"Hi, Aunt Beth" the fox corresponded to the hug.
"Give me two kisses..." the vixen kissed both of his cheeks before checking him "...look at you...a full-grown mammal...oh...and you brought a girl..." she noticed Judy "...a bunny"
"Aunt Beth it's not..." tried to explain Nick before she interrupted him.
"I'm not judging, honey, I'm not judging..." she walked towards the grey bunny "...hello...Elizabeth Wilde, but you can call me Beth..." the vixen shook her paw.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Beth...I'm Judy, Nick's partner" she smiled back.
"Partner...is that what you like to call it nowadays?" she looked at both bunny and fox.
"Oh..." said Judy while looking away to hide her blush.
"Partners at the ZPD, we are co-workers" Nick walked towards the bunny and rested his paws on her shoulders.
"Oh god...I am SO sorry" apologized Beth.
"Don't worry about it" said Judy.
There was an awkward silence before Viv suggested getting the suitcases and settle in their room, so the three walked up the stairs.
"Okey...so...the thing is that I prepared the guest room for Nick but since you told me yesterday that Judy was coming...I didn't have time for changing the bed..." she opened the door of the room "...you don't mind sleeping on the same bed, do you?" the vixen showed them a double bed.
"It's fine" they both answered before looking at each other.
"Great...then I'll let you settle, I'll be downstairs if you need anything" smiled Viv before walking downstairs, leaving the bunny and the fox in the room.