This story has hit the 10-chapter mark. 10 chapters may not seem like much, but it says that this story has finally hit the double digits, yo. Okay, so I'm pretty sure everyone has had one of these days. You plan out this amazing thing to do one day when all of a sudden, BOOM! Rain. Thunderstorm. All of your plans, canceled. This is what is going to happen in this chapter. A rainstorm cause Nick and Judy to stay at their homes. So, what are they going to do to pass the time? Let's find out.
BOOM! Mixed with lightning and countless droplets of rain falling to the ground, that's how it was all over the city. Looking out her window in a depressing matter was Judy. Because of the heavy rain, Judy was forced to stay inside the house today. Also in the room, was Gwen. Gwen was currently just on her laptop.
"Unbelievable." Judy said in a sad matter. "Rain. Rain was never part of our 'Endless Summer' plan. Now, we're all stuck in our houses."
"Ah yes. Rain. Ruiner of camping trips, baseball games, family picnics, and of course, summer plans." Gwen said as she typed away on her laptop. "So what were your plans with the others, Jude?"
"Picnic, actually. We're were going to have it at the park and each of us was going to bring something. Now those plans are down the drain." Judy said to Gwen looking pouty.
"You can't control the weather, sis." Gwen said.
"I know. I've tried a few times when I was little." Judy said.
Judy then went to her bed and held her fox plush as she laid down.
"*sigh* I wonder how Nick's managing?" Judy asked.
Meanwhile, Nick wasn't any happier than Judy. He was currently looking out the window of his living room. He was holding the twins as he watched the rainfall.
"Look, minis. Rain. The canceller of all outdoor plans." Nick told his baby siblings sounding depressed. "Now because of it, we're all stuck home. Not that you two get out much since you're still babies.
"Dah boh gan." Vicky babbled.
"Not my fault. Grow up and you can do whatever you want." Nick said to Vicky acting like he knew what she was saying. "But... don't grow up too fast. Don't want to be old. Like mom and pop."
"Ah ree yoo caba." Toddy babbled.
"Don't know. I just know they are old." Nick said to Toddy.
"How old do you think your father and I are, exactly?" Frankie said overhearing her son's words.
"Oh! Mom!" Nick said caught off-guard. He wasn't expecting his mother to hear him. "Uhh... I was just joking around. You not that old."
"Which brings me back to my question. How old do you think your father and I are?" Frankie asked as she raised an eyebrow.
"Uhhhhhhhh... fffffffffffff..." Nick went about to say that her age was around 40 or 50. "...ffff fourty?"
"39, actually." Frankie stated.
"Oh. I was almost right." Nick said.
"Almost, but not quite." Frankie said.
Nick then turned back to looking at the window and the rain. It seemed like it was falling more and more with every passing second.
"*sigh* The rain's not letting up." Nick said looking depressed.
"The news said it might rain for a while." Frankie told Nick.
"What?!" Nick shouted out not too happy. "Aww man! We can't have that! It's summer! We are supposed to do stuff and have fun out in the world. You can't have fan in a rainstorm. Well, not without getting wet. Really wet."
As Nick looks out, he then sees someone in a black raincoat trying to cross the street with an umbrella that was turned inside out due to some winds. The figure looked like a fox.
"Man, look at this poor soul." Nick said to his siblings. "Bet he wishes he was inside."
"Dada!" Vicky said as she pointed at the fox in the rain.
"No, Vicky. Pop is at work and he won't be home for a few ho..." Nick said telling her baby sister that it wasn't their dad. But then Nick got a good look at the figure and noticed the fox's face did look familiar. "Wait a minute. That IS pop!"
"What?!" Frankie shouted out as she dashes to the window. She sees her husband getting soak in the rain. "I better open the door for him."
Frankie then rushes to the door and opened it up. John then came in all soaked and wet. He shook a bit to dry off. Frankie helped her husband by fixing his umbrella and putting it up. Nick walked over with the twins to see his dad.
"Johnny, what are you doing back so early?" Frankie asked.
"Ugh. We were slow due to the rain, so I decided to close the store early." John stated as he takes off his raincoat. "Great day for our car to be in the shop."
"You're soaking wet." Nick said.
"That's what rain and a crummy umbrella will do to you." John stated.
"At least you made it home." Nick said trying to make his dad feel positive.
"Yeah. Hopefully, I won't get sick." John said as he rubbed his nose.
"If you do, I'll make you some nice warm soup." Frankie said. "You always work so hard. I don't want you to overexert yourself."
John then grabbed his wife's paw. "Oh, my dear Frankie. As a loving husband and father of three, I need to do whatever I can provide for you all." John said as he smiled.
"I know." Frankie said as she held on to John's waist. "Just make sure you don't slack on your other duties."
"Oh, I don't intend to." John said in a flirtatious matter.
The two foxes then started to make out with each other. Nick, who hated it when his parents get all mushy, wasn't a fan of seeing this.
"What is with you two getting romantic like this in front of your kids?!" Nick asked as started walking away with the twins. "Sorry, you two had to see that. Parents can get gross sometimes and us kids can't do a thing about it."
Nick then put the twins in their playpen. Since it didn't seem like Nick wasn't going anywhere anytime soon, he turned on the TV and his game system to play some video games. He picks up a controller and sat on the floor.
"Wonder what the others are up to on this rainy day?" Nick thought.
All of Nick's friends weren't doing any better enjoying their day. Finnick was stuck in his room playing loud heavy metal music. His folks weren't too happy about it. Benji was pretty upset that they had to cancel their picnic. He had bought special doughnuts to share with everyone. Since the picnic wasn't going to happen, he decided to eat a few of the doughnuts by himself. Mervin was stuck with his older brothers since three of them came back from college for the summer. It was not a fun time for him. Falisha just read a mystery book she had in the library. Aubrey just looked at the window totally bored out of his mind. Ronnie was napping on his couch. Rain makes him sleepy. Darson just threw a blue bouncy ball around his bedroom. Lastly, Flash was... Flash. Halfway in getting ready, he didn't realize that it was raining. So he got depressed as he walked back to his room... slowly.
Back with Judy and her sister, Gwen was still on her laptop and Judy just looked up at the ceiling. She then got out her cellphone and opened it up.
"Might as well call Nick and see how he's doing." Judy said as she dials the number. She puts the phone near her ear and waited for Nick to pick up.
"Hello?" Nick answered.
"Hey, Nick." Judy said greeting her boyfriend.
"Hey, Carrots." Nick said sounding a bit happy. "Nice to hear from you. Shame that we can't meet up today."
"Yeah, and the picnic would have been so nice. Why did it have to rain?" Judy asked not sounding too happy.
"Cause rain is a ruiner of days. Sports games, fun events, camping trips, and of course, picnics." Nick stated.
"My sister said some of the same stuff." Judy replied.
"Is she with you now?" Nick asked.
"Yeah. Not like she can go anywhere else either." Judy said.
"Oh. Can you put me on speaker?" Nick asked.
"Sure." Judy said as she changes her phone to speaker. "Gwen, Nick's on speaker."
"Hey, Nicky." Gwen said greeting the fox through the phone.
"Hey, Gwenny." Nick said replying back in a cheery matter. "How are things? Found a job yet?"
"Honestly, it's harder in Zootopia. I thought I could do babysitting like back home, but it's a bit on the harder side." Gwen stated.
"Really? I think there should be plenty of parents in the city that want babysitters." Nick said.
"Not compared to the bunny parents in the burrows. They also paid better." Gwen stated. "When you have as many kids as they do in Bunnyburrow, parents tend to want a night off. Then they make the dumb choice of having more kids and I charge them more. They don't like that, but they rather pay more money than sleeping too much time with the kids."
"Uhhh... exactly how much do you get paid for babysitting?" Nick asked.
"Let's just say it helped pay for a pretty good chunk of my tuition. A VERY good chunk." Gwen said smirking.
"She's one of the smart one." Nick thought to realize that Gwen actually had a good idea of doing babysitting in Bunnyburrow for money.
"If you have so much money, why look for a job?" Judy asked Gwen.
"Cause when you are paying for college, books, and an apartment, money goes fast." Gwen stated.
"Makes sense." Judy admitted.
"If anything, I may just get a job at one of the diners in the city. I think I can handle waiting tables." Gwen said.
"Or you can do what Finn and I do. Sell popsicles. We actually make quite a bit for $200 a day." Nick stated to Gwen.
"That much? What are you gonna do with that extra cash in your piggy bank?" Gwen asked.
"I would say 'Save it for a rainy day.', but..." Nick said as he looking at his window and seeing that the rain wasn't letting up. "... no one really uses the money on a rainy day, do they?"
"Ha! Good one." Judy said laughing a bit. "Oh my god. I'm turning into Mervin."
"That's not a bad thing." Nick said grinning. "Okay, put me back off speaker. Nice talking to you, Gwen."
"You too." Gwen said happily be Judy switches her phone off speaker.
Judy then put her phone back in ear range as she continued chatting with Nick.
"So, anything else you want to talk about with your girlfriend?" Judy asked as she laid down on the bed.
"Well, girlfriend..." Nick said with a grin. "... due to the rain, pop came home early. He said if the rain keeps up tomorrow, he may keep it closed too. Not much people want to go out in the rain just for a suit."
"Yeah. I hear y..." Judy said.
But before she could finish what she was about to say, a large boom of thunder made both Judy and Gwen jump up.
"EEEKKKKK!" Both Judy and Gwen screamed as they jumped up and fell to the floor.
"Carrots, are you okay?" Nick asked sounding concern.
"I'm... fine." Judy said getting back up with a twitching nose. "The thunder kind of scared both me and Gwen. We're... not the biggest fans of thunder and lightning."
"Not the biggest fan at the least." Gwen added as she got back up.
"You poor little bunnies." Nick said in a sly matter. "Afraid of a little thunder?" As Nick said this, loud thunder boomed where he was. It was enough to make him jump like Judy and Gwen. "WOOOOAAHHH!"
"Nick, you alright?" Judy asked.
"Okay. I retract my last statement." Nick said regaining his composure. "Thunder is scary when it can be."
"Not so funny when it happens to you, right?" Judy asked smirking.
"Yeah yeah. Okay, you got me there." Nick admitted. "Anyway, I guess we're both stuck in our houses for the day. Maybe things will clear up tomorrow."
"We can only hope." Judy said. "Hey Nick, wanna hit the chatroom with the others in a bit?"
"Sounds good. I'll text everyone to login in about half an hour. Sounds good to you?" Nick asked.
"It does." Judy replied. "See you on the chatroom in 30."
"See you then." Nick said.
Nick and Judy both hung up. As Nick began texting the others, Judy got off her bed to walk to her sister Gwen, who was still using the computer.
"Gwen, can I use your laptop in half an hour?" Judy asked politely. "I want to hit the chatroom with the others soon."
"I heard. Sure. But I feel that you need to get your own soon. That way you don't have to keep using mine." Gwen said as she typed.
"You know I don't have the cash for that. Out of the two of us, you the one that has all the money." Judy stated firmly.
"That's right." Gwen said smiling. "I'm the one paying rent, the one who played for all the items in this room, the fo..." Gwen ears then drooped when she was about to mention food. "Oh no..."
"What?" Judy said wanting to know what was wrong with Gwen.
"Nonono!" Gwen shouted out as she dashes to their mini fridge.
When she opened it, she saw only two tiny carrots and a half-empty carton of lemonade. Their fridge was practically emptied. Both Judy and Gwen had blank expressions on their faces.
"Gwen?" Judy said.
"Yeah?" Gwen said.
"You didn't get groceries, did you?" Judy asked.
"No, I did not." Gwen answered.
"Are... you... KIDDING ME?!" Judy shouted out looking angry. "How could you forget to buy food for us?!"
"Hey! We usually don't eat much when we're here anyway. Most of the time we just go out to eat or have dinner with the Wildes. It's not my fault this is the one day I should have gone shopping." Gwen stated firmly.
Both Judy and Gwen's stomachs started to rumble.
"Those carrots can hold us off the whole day if we preserve it." Gwen said.
"Really, Gwen?" Judy asked as she picks up one of the carrots. It was at best, half the size of average carrots. "These would be considered small even for mice."
"Alright. Alright." Gwen said admitting it was a stupid idea. "Maybe a place can do delivery."
Gwen and Judy looked outside and see the rain was nowhere near stopping. So delivery might be difficult.
"Unless they have boats, I don't think anyone is coming." Judy stated.
"*sigh* Guess I have no choice." Gwen said. "I have to bare with the weather, go out, and buy us some groceries."
"You sure you want to do that? I mean, being in that rainstorm is close to suicide." Judy stated looking worried for her sister.
"It's my fault we don't have food. I just need to get enough to get us by for a day or two. Plus the grocery store isn't that far." Gwen stated as she gets out her rain stuff. "Go out, get in, get a few things, get out, and back in here. No problem at all."
"Easier said than done as they always said." Judy said. "Maybe you should wait for the rain to die down."
"Or... the streets will get flooded by then. I just need to be quick." Gwen said as she puts on a yellow poncho. "Unless... you want to be the one to do it."
Judy patted her sister on the back before saying "Good luck to you." implying that she did NOT want to go out there.
"*sigh* I know you were going to say that." Gwen said looking disappointed. "Fine. I can do it myself."
After putting on rainboots and picking up an umbrella, Gwen was as ready as she would ever be to go out in the rain. She said Judy could use the laptop, so long as she is careful with it. After eating one of the carrots and drinking what's left of the lemonade, Judy logs into the chatroom her friends set up. Like before, Nick's username was WildeBoy247. Judy's username was Hopps4Carrots. Ben's username was DonutChaser14. Mervin's username was HowlsAtJokes100. Finnick's username name was ShortAndNotStoutXXX. Falisha's username was DaStrikingTiger. Audran's username was AntlerBoyFromUpNorth. Ronnie's username was BearyFriendlyBear. Darson's username was RisingMoonLotus. The only one who didn't seem to be logged in was Flash.
Hopps4Carrots: Hey, everyone.
WildeBoy247: Hey, Carrots.
ShortAndNotShoutXXX: Hey, Bunny girl.
DonutChaser14: Can you believe the storm we're having right now?
HowlsAtJokes100: Hopefully it will die down by tomorrow.
DaStrikingTiger: Not likely. According to the news, it's supposed to rain for the next 3 days.
WildeBoy247: 3 DAYS?! ARE YOU KIDDING?!
DonutChaser14: D:
AntlerBoyFromUpNorth: Well this is gonna do a dent our Summer plans.
WildeBoy247: Right?! That's too much wasted days.
RisingMoonLotus: Easy Nicky, we still got plenty of Summer Days left.
WildeBoy247: You say that now, but wait until they start selling back to school supplies
BearyFriendlyBear: Nicky's right. We have to make everyday count. Rainy days make me
The group was waiting for Ronnie to finish his response. A few seconds later, nothing.
ShortAndNotStoutXXX: ...
DaStrikingTiger: ...
WildeBoy247: Uhhh Ronnie?
AntlerBoyFromUpNorth: I think he's asleep. Ronnie said rain makes him sleepy.
BearyFriendlyBear: I'M UP! I'M UP! Sorry. Some thunder woke me up. Hate thunder.
Hopps4Carrots: Right? Why does it get to be so loud?
ShortAndNotStoutXXX: Complain about thunder some other time.
Hopps4Carrots: Fine. What else should we talk about?
HowlsAtJokes100: Well, my brothers all hate being cramped in the house.
RisingMoonLotus: I don't blame them. I'm not a fan of staying in too long either.
DonutChaser14: Yeah. The weather is even bad enough that you can't even grab a bite. Good thing my mom went shopping the other day.
Hopps4Carrots: Wish Gwen had done that. We didn't have much food in our fridge. Guess that's what happens when you only get takeout and have dinner at other people's places.
WildeBoy247: What was in your fridge? Two carrots and some half a carton of orange juice?
Hopps4Carrots: Nooooo. :( It was was lemonade. -_-
WildeBoy247: Oh Carrots, so predictable. ;)
DaStrikingTiger: What are you gonna do for food, Judy?
Hopps4Carrots: Gwen went out to get groceries.
ShortAndNotStoutXXX: Does she have a boat or jet ski?
HowlsAtJokes100: LOL
DonutChaser14: Aren't you worried for Gwen?
Hopps4Carrots: Of course I am. But I'm also hungry and don't want to starve.
BearyFriendlyBear: Fair point.
DonutChaser14: Very fair point.
DaStrikingTiger: Hope she's okay.
Hopps4Carrots: I'm sure she'll be okay. Wet, but okay.
WildeBoy247: I hope so. Barring your brothers, she's one of my favorite of your siblings.
Hopps4Carrots: I know.
HowlsAtJokes: BTW, how are you siblings? Like the twins?
Hopps4Carrots: Cole and Connor are still good the last time I checked with them. Mostly gaming these days.
DaStrikingTiger: How about the gang from Bunnyburrow?
Hopps4Carrots: I spoke with Sharla recently, but only her. She already told everyone else about Nick and I.
WildeBoy247: Kinda guessed she would.
ShortAndNotStoutXXX: Bet they are still peeved at you for not seeing them when you were at Bunnyburrow, Nick.
WildeBoy247: I was trying to see my girlfriend. :(
ShortAndNotStoutXXX: Not a good excuse, bro.
AntlerBoyFromUpNorth: He's not wrong. You could have at least seen one of them. Like Gideon.
WildeBoy247: I know. I know. I'll make it up to all of them next time I see them.
DaStrikingTiger: Maybe we'll come with you too. There are friends too.
AntlerBoyFromUpNorth: Even if we're not the Zoo-Burrow Scouts anymore, we're all still friends, no matter what.
Hopps4Carrots: Right. Friends to the end.
WildeBoy247: Say, when's the last time you heard from Gid, Carrots?"
Hopps4Carrots: He's supposed to be in some Summer Camp right now. He won't be back for another 2 weeks. But there was something that Sharla said that Gideon said that she wanted me to pass on to you. He said "The next time City Boy's in town and decides not to pay me a visit, he can expect not to get any blueberry pies from me. Only rhubarb."
WildeBoy247: Nooooo! I hate rhubarb. T-T
ShortAndNotStoutXXX: HAHAHAHA!
AntlerBoyFromUpNorth: LOL
HowlsAtJokes: ROFL
WildeBoy247: STOP USING LETTERS TO LAUGH! :(
Hopps4Carrots: Easy, Nicky. Just remember to visit him and you won't have to deal with rhubarb.
WildeBoy247: I'll remember. Seriously, I am NOT a fan rhubarb.
DonutChaser14: It's fine. So long as it's with strawberries.
WildeBoy247: Strawberries are good, but I rather not have them with Rhubarb.
Hopps4Carrots: You foxes, so picky.
WildeBoy247: I resent that.
ShortAndNotStoutXXX: I resent that too.
BearyFriendlyBear: Hey, did you guys notice that Flash hasn't logged in yet.
WildeBoy247: I texted him. But...
HowlsAtJokes: It's Flash.
Hopps4Carrots: It's Flash.
DaStrikingTiger: It's Flash.
WildeBoy247: Yeah.
SpeedKingOfTheCity has joined the chatroom.
SpeedKingOfTheCity: Hello.
WildeBoy247: Flash! Bout time.
ShortAndNotStoutXXX: Came in a bit late. We're all close to signing off.
SpeedKingOfTheCity: Sorry.
Hopps4Carrots: It's okay. You can just scroll up and view what you missed.
AntlerBoyFromUpNorth: Anyway, let's all hope the rain stops soon and we don't have to wait 3 days, eh?
BearyFriendlyBear: Yeah. We don't want to put any more plans on hold.
WildeBoy247: Don't worry guys. Endless Summer for us is still happening for us.
Hopps4Carrots: Right. Let's not let one rainy day ruin things for us.
DaStrikingTiger: Agreed.
WildeBoy247: Alright, everyone. That's all for now. Talk to you all later.
Hopps4Carrots: Bye, everyone.
ShortAndNotStoutXXX: Peace out.
AntlerBoyFromUpNorth: Later.
DonutChaser14: Byeeeeee!
DaStrikingTiger: Chat with you more next time.
BearyFriendlyBear: Later, guys.
RisingMoonLotus: See ya.
SpeedKingOfTheCity: Goodbye.
The chat ends and everyone turns off their respected computers. After finishing his chat, Nick got up from his chair and went over to the twins' playpen. He sees the two are both napping on the floor. If there was one thing he loved, it's being a big brother to his baby brother and sister.
"Todd, Vicky, your big brother is lucky to have a lot of good friends. I hope you have a lot of amazing friends like me one day." Nick thought with a smile.
At that moment, a loud boom of thunder roared. It was loud enough to wake up the twins and make them start crying.
"WAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Todd and Vicky cried.
"Aww man!" Nick said with a scared expression.
"IS THAT THE BABIES?!" Frankie shouted from upstairs sounding concerned.
"ARE THEY OKAY?!" John shouted from upstairs also sounding concerned.
"I GOT EM! DON'T WORRY!" Nick shouted out to his parents. He then picks up the twins and attempts to make them stop crying. "Now now, minis! Don't cry. Bubba's got you."
Meanwhile, Judy closed Gwen's laptop. But now she was just wondering when Gwen was going to show up.
"Where is she? I thought Gwen would be back by now." Judy thought looking worried. Judy then hears some loud knocking on the door. "That's got to be her."
Judy then opened the door. It was Gwen all soaking wet from head to toe with a big white plastic bag of groceries. Her umbrella was missing.
"Oh my god! Gwen!" Judy shouted out not realizing how soaked she would be.
"I am NEVER forgetting to go grocery shopping ever again." Gwen said firmly.
Gwen quickly came into the room and Judy help with the grocery.
"What happened? I thought it was going to be a quick trip." Judy said.
"Me too. But apparently, I wasn't the only one that didn't have food at their home." Gwen stated looking peeved. "Also, many mammals used the store as shelter from the rain. Not only that, I had to punch an old guy for a jar of pickles."
"Jeez, really?" Judy asked looking a bit surprised as she put some of the groceries in the mini-fridge, including said pickle jar.
"Yeah. But it was worth it. Cause now we have food." Gwen said proudly.
"Did you buy any juice or soda?" Judy asked. "Cause I don't see any."
Gwen froze before putting her head down. She may have bought food, but she didn't buy any drinks.
"I'm not going back out there." Gwen said firmly.
"But what if we get thirsty?" Judy asked.
"Then drink rainwater!" Gwen said angrily.
"Okay." Judy said not wanting to make her sister any angrier.
Just your typical rainy day.
Okay. You can't say I haven't posted a chapter now. Ugh! Almost two months without a new chapter. I really need to slap myself for taking this long. Better extremely late than never. Don't worry, I've already started doing the next chapter. Hopefully, I won't take too long for it. No real promises, but I will do my best. Til the next chapter.