I am so sorry being this late there is no excuse only that I procrastinate for everything… and also I was stuck on a part, BUT on google docs I was on page 7 for months and in a day basically wrote 24 more pages so I've been working hard lately lol-again I am SO sorry
What Have I Done
"Soooooo…." Judy looks off to the side, at the ground. She really didn't know to say. She finally worked up the courage to look back up at Jack. They were at a small cafe, having brunch. They sat in a booth with a window seat. "I'm very sorry to hear about your… Divorce, by the way…" she cringes.
"Uh." Jack starts off, pretty much in the same boat with Judy. He looks at his coffee and scrunches his eyebrows. "Thank you." He smiles kindly, "Don't worry, it's uh... " he shakes his head slowly and looks out no where in pretiruler then back at Judy "I won't get into any details how the marriage ended." he then look back at the cup in his paws and fondles with his thumbs together. "I don't wanna… BORE you with how she cheated on me…"
"Wow." Judy's jaw dropped in surprise. They seem so good together she thought.
"Just think. It's gonna be a long time before I can trust… ANYONE again." He looks up at Judy with a handsome grin.
"Yeah. Fair enough." Judy says softly the male rabbit smirks at her in warmth. "Ok, soooooo…. Listen. You have no obligation... To do ANYTHING." Judy warns him. She honestly didn't know how to say this. Jack's smile is gone but nods not as to agreeing but to show he understands. "I know that you-you… Didn't expect to do anything… Other than, uhhh. You know, donating-" she stops as her face heats up in embarrassment. But jack holds a paw to stop her
"Judy."But she keeps talking anyway.
"I was just thinking, you know, down the road, when he asks questions and-"
"Yes."
"Hum?" he nods.
"I was honored," placing a paw on his heart, "to receive your call."
"... Really?" Her eyes widen in shock, and he nods again.
"I always wondered about this…" he shrugged heartily. "You know him, and you, and… How it turned out. I mean you know?"
"Jack?" she smiles, "Do you want to see a picture of him?" He looked at her, this was completely unexpected and didn't think that that could ever happen.
"I would love that." He felt so honored. Judy takes out her phone, smiles, and paws it over "Let me see…" he grins handsomely with excitement. As he looks, he shakes his head, and expression dropped, completely impressed. "Oh… " he sighs, "He's beautiful." Judy feels nothing but pride. "I gotta say…" his eyes widen. "Judy, I… See a lot more of me in him," he looks up at her, "Then you." He shakes his head and chuckles as he gives her, her phone back.
"What?" the way she said it was high pitched like 'no way' she looks to double take. "Wow."
"My great grandmother is brown, by the way." He added to show where Jason got his coloring from two grey bunnies. "I didn't get to say this to you back then, but I really… Respect you. Your choice, and doing this, the way you want to, and you did." Judy feels touched. "Took a lot of guts. It was Courageous. And I simply don't see it that much out there." He uses his thumb and points out the window. Judy is moved by what he said and gets emotional. Her eyes start to water up and she starts to wipe them in fear of them falling.
"What?" Jack quickly grows concerned.
"No… Nothing." She looks up and smiles, "It's just…" she wipes away at eye "A really kind thing to say." No one has been showing her much support. Her best friend and especially her own family. Jack smiles while shrugs.
"Well, it's true." Both smile at each other. Not wanting to look away.
"Well. This went a lot better than I expected." Judy laughs.
"Yeah," Jack smirks again,
"Yeah…" then they both sip their drinks while going off to a different conversation.
Nick and Jason were at the aquarium in the rainforest district. When Nick asked where the little kit wanted to go, he wasn't pleased. He wasn't too found with that part of the city. Too wet, but Jason loved it, he loved looking at fish. They both watched as the water rocked back and forth in the tank. There was an octopus crawling on the glass, catching their attention.
"I always found these creatures as a mystery…" Nick spoke out loud.
"I thought they were really cool!" Jason said excitedly. "Did you know they have 3 hearts and one of the few animals that have blue blood?"
"Like I said." He chuckles, as looks at the kit. He does a double take as he noticed the young bunny looking at the tank. Head slightly tilted, with his paws behind his back. Just like himself. Weirded out, Nick changes his posture.
"I'm having a birthday party." The rather tall kit of his kind said quietly looking at Nick.
"Oh yeah?" Nick looked at him with his eyes raised. "You enjoy that," he looks back at the tank with an emotionless face. "there will be a time in your life when you're not gonna want mammals to not now it's your birthday."
"Why?" Jason's face twisted in confusion, Nick quickly looks down and sighed to himself so the kit couldn't hear.
"Because getting old sucks." He says fast, but smiles as he did a nod. Jason just looks at him, still not understanding, so Nick quickly changes the conversation.
"Sooooo… what's your fav-" But was cut off by Jason.
"Do you ever get scared?" Nick was taken by surprise. He wasn't expecting this at all.
"Ummm… Yes. Yes, I do."
"But you're a police officer! Cops never get scared." Nick looked at him hard. This was something he didn't want to brush over.
"No. That's not true. Of course, cops get scared. Everyone does. But it's how you use that fear. For example, are you ever happy?" The kit nodded, "And you want others to be happy correct?" Jason nods again, "Now if your friend is sad, how do you feel about that?"
"I want to help them feel better… so they don't feel that way."
"Well same thing with us, if we see someone in danger or in fear, we have that need to protect. And when I see something scary-"
"Like a gun?"
"Yes. Like a gun…" Nick swallowed, he wondered if he was thinking about his mom's job. "I use my fear to help me protect. If I feel this way, I can imagine that others feel even more scared than myself, thus I want to remove the bad thing so we all feel safe again." The young kit nods in understandment. "But I'm not gonna lie." Nick looked back at the fish tank, "I have a problem with muzzles."
"Oh my god…" Nick's ear turned towards Jason before looking at him himself. "I have that."
"What?" The fox said in alarm and confusion hearing about this.
"Wanting to protect others… I mean I get scared and want to stand up to others but… can't. But I don't like knowing others feel that way…" Nick felt a bit better knowing he wasn't commenting about the muzzles, but then knew exactly what he was talking about. He didn't want to pressure the kit into something, so he decided to distract him before asking.
"Hey, you getting hungry? I am. What do you think you would like to have?" Jason thought about this and started to sniff the air for ideas.
"Ummmmm…" And then he could smell the warm, inviting, comforting food. "Pretzels?" He smiles softly. Nick could smell it too and had to admit how good that smelt.
"Ok! Pretzels it is." He grinned widely. After getting their snack, they decided to walk around the district. Lucky for Nick, it wasn't rainy, so he was happy about that, though it was still pretty damp. After walking and having small talk, he decided to break the ice.
"So, you want to talk about your new school?"
"Why would I want to talk about that?"
"Because your a kit, and there's nothing else to talk about."
"Weeeeell…" Jason sighed and stopped walking while looking on the ground. But then shakes his head, and starts to walk again. "I don't want to talk about it…" Nick looks down at him and isn't happy with this information.
"What's his name." Jason was about to take a bite but stopped. He couldn't believe that this fox knew.
"Aren O'Clawner." Nick nods his head and keeps walking with Jason as well.
"Aren O'Clawner." He repeats slowly. Jason looks at Nick and sighs.
"How'd you know?…"
"Cause I've been there." He looks down at Jason calmly.
"My school?"
"What? No. Being bullied."
"Oh… But You're so cool? Why would anyone want to pick on you?" Nick knows he's in a tight spot. And tells him about what he said earlier with the muzzle thing. And what happened to him.
"You know you're gonna face him sooner or later right?" Nick confronted.
"I don't want to…" for a short while they were quite as they slowly walked before Nick spoke again.
"Well then, he's probably gonna kick your ass. You're ok with that?"
"But he's bigger than me. And he knows karate."
"Oh, so he's a karate guy, well then, just uhhhhh. Tell you what? What you do, is that…" Nick tried to think of something but didn't know exactly what to say. He's been there and knows exactly how it felt. It wasn't until he was in his 30's when his mom came to his life and turned it around. So instead he decided to lighten up the mood and try and joke around with him. "you act crazy." His voice soaked in sarcasm.
"... What?"
"Yeah, yeah. Act CRAZY!" In doing so, he started to be playful. He crouched down, growling with his claws out and act like he was gonna attack him like he was a monster. Jason understood what he was up to and started to laugh and run away as the fox chased the bunny around. Finally, Nick grabbed Jason, making him giggle. He had to admit that it was fun, but decided to calm down a bit and placed the kit on his shoulders.
"All right. You see?" He said slightly out of breath with Jason still laughing. "No one messes around with the crazies. Just look at them, like you don't give a f-..." He stopped himself as he saw the kits big innocent eyes glued on him. "Finnick."
"Like I don't give a FINNICK?" The kit's nose scrunched up and Nick nods.
"That's right. You don't give a FINNICK like you don't care what happens to you. Ok? Like you're INSANE! Crazy mammals are wild cards, very unpredictable. Never knowing what to expect. It makes others very scared. Scares even Aren O'Clawner." Jason is quite, processing all this. "Ok?"
"Ok." He signed.
Nick looked at his phone and saw that he had a text from Judy saying that she was on her way home, so the fox decided to look at the train schedule to drop off Jason. Once on the train, Nick looked out the window while the tired kit slowly dozed off, leaning into Nick's arm. Alarmed at first, he looked away from the window and to the sleeping kit. Growing up the way he did, how others treated him, made it hard for him to trust, or share real affection to others. Parents would pull their children away from him or others would say he had diseases. So he wasn't used to being having much affection. Out of instinct he almost brushed Jason away just like he did to Judy in the Canopy. Lucky though, he caught himself, and only moved a little, making the young bunny stir and snuggle deeper into him. Slowly looking off, not knowing exactly what to do.
In doing so, he made eye contact with a Fusa and smiles sheeply to her. She smiles back, looked away and then back again as if she had something she wanted to say.
"He looks just like you." She smiles warmly.
"Oh!" Nick smiles, and laughs it off, "He's not my son.", 'obviously.' he thinks to himself.
"Oh! No, no, no! Of course not! You're a fox, and he's a bunny. But if you two were the same species, well…" Laughs softly, she knew she sounded silly so she spoke again to fix herself. "But I was mostly talking about your actions, and how you two behave." Nick nods slowly to be polite. "How old is he?"
"Uhhhhh… I think he's 5? 5 I think." His nose scrunched up, as he guessed.
"Well…" she smiles, "He's a little you." then looks away. Nick smiles unconfidently and then looked off to the side in deep thought, and back to Jason.
Once they at to their stop, he woke up Jason and walked to the apartment. Judy was waiting around the corner and could hear them talking, and she smiled knowing it went well.
"My room! It's really, cool-" Jason was interrupted by a motorcycle driving past them very loudly, both mammals covered their sensitive ears at the same time.
"Come here!" Judy squeals. "Hi!" Jason runs excitedly to his mom as she squats down and opens her arms to give him the biggest hug ever, he almost knocked her down in the process.
"We went to the aquarium, and park in the rainforest district and it was really FUN!"
"Really?" she lets go of hug "Oh! That sounds like so much fun!" She picks him up as he kept talking. Nick watched and couldn't help but smile brightly.
"Nick showed me everything!" Judy gives Jason a kisses and snuggles him. She winks at Nick to say 'good job' or 'thank you', and then a thought came to mind
"Oh! Can you grab my bag?" Nick blinked and collected himself.
"Yep." he was more than happy to help.
"Oh! Let's talk more about it inside." She walks inside with Jason still in her arms, and Nick follows "What else did you see?"
Nick looks around the apartment and sees a painted picture hanging on the wall, it was obvious that it was from Jason. It was on the farm, with a smiling sun, red car, house, and many carrots planted on the ground. He could hear Judy trying to put Jason asleep in his bedroom.
"So, here's what we got." She shows him two different themed pj's. He was in a robe, standing in front of his mother as she kneeled helping him get dressed. "If you go, with the jungle pajamas, that means in your dreams; You're gonna travel to a booby-trapped wild jungle! Where you have to go on adventures! And fight off bad guys! And look for treasure!"
"But I don't want to kill anyone..." Judy was flabbergasted.
"You don't have to kill any anyone, honey..." Jason looks off and thinks
"What if I decide to go with the space one's?" he shrugs.
"Ok." Judy nods and motions her hand for him to get closer. "If you go with the space one's," She takes the PJ off her shoulder and shows him them "That means that you're going to travel to the moon. And you'll be driving on the moon, you know those really cool buggies, that have a flag coming out from the back."
"I think I'll go with the Space ones." he grins. Nick could see them through the crack of the door. He smiles warmly, she really is a great mom. He walks off, but could still hear their conversation.
"Good choice! Let's get you in bed!" Judy helps him get dressed, then tuck him cozy in bed. "Ok, and off to the moon we go!"
Nick was on the couch, snooping in a photo album. There were boxes everywhere, some not opened and others unpacked. He looks up when he hears the door open and sees Judy sneaking out; closing the door behind her.
"He's exhausted…" She whispers and takes a seat next to her partner. "What did you do to him?"
"Did you finally got him to pass out?" Nick went back to looking at the old photos and flipped the page.
"Ha, yeeeeep." she rubs an eye "I did-What are you looking at?" She was flustered to have to look at her past. Nick turns another page lazily.
"Looking at some REALLY weird photos, that for some reason you keep." he mumbles and smerks, Judy laughs a little "Like this one," he points "It's another great choice." his voice dripping with sarcasm. He takes the picture out of its sleeve and paws it to Judy.
"What! Are you kidding me?" She couldn't believe he was saying that-Well actually she could… Judy was dressed as a Playkit bunny for laughs. While Nick was in his normal attire; green Hawaiian shirt, blue and pink tie and tan pants. Nothing new. They were at a party drinking. "That's a great choice. It was funny!"
"Not really."
"So your saying I didn't look good?" She looked at him directly in the eyes. Which widened because he didn't know what to say-in fact, he remembered that he couldn't keep his eyes off her that night. "And how odd. You were the only one not in costume." She smirks at him and sarcastically added, "So not like you…"
"Yeah well, if I had bunny ears like those, I would have NO problem dressing up like that." Nick didn't know why he said that! It just came out! He could feel himself heating up! He was so beyond flustered. Judy's smirk hot even wider as she was filled with excitement. "WAIT!-Now-NO! I-"
"Really?! Huh!" She started to look around dramatically, "You know, I think I still have that outfit. It has to be in one of these boxes-"
"CARROTS! Please!" he begged.
"Please? Well, your one egger bunny aren't you?" she breaks out in laughter close to tears. Nick grounds in embarrassment. "You would look good in it too," She said in a calm and serious tone, making the fox's ears twitch.
"Wha-"
"That was our 2nd date." She said looking back at the photo, Nick nods slowly still extremely flustered what just happened. "Right?"
"Yeah… Your right, and, and-didn't you make us dance?" He was trying to turn the tables around.
"Yeah, yes. I did make us do that."
"AND." Judy whimpers, making Nick know he has her right where he wants his prey to be. "... You kissed me at this party." he looks at Judy slowly, making her laugh and get embarrassed.
"Pfffft… I. Did. No-ok yeaaaaah."
"YEAH!" He yelled with the biggest grin ever.
"Ok, ok." she puts her paws up in defenses "Just to let you know. I was in character. I was a playkit bunny. Please…" she rolls eyes.
"Big kiss..." he added looking back at the album.
"Do you remember! That you disappeared from me that night?" Nick wasn't happy that she brought that up, let alone he did that. "You were supposed to take me home." the red mammal was quiet, but tries to brush it off and act cool.
"Me heading for the hills, when things get a little too intense, doesn't sound like me." He still didn't look up, but Judy was staring at Nick, memorized. She regrets all the time with her best friend lost. At first, when looking at him, she felt happy, then sad, and now longing. Nick keeps talking, totally oblivious that he's being watched.
"Wasn't this the trip I was supposed to go on," He points to a random picture, and looks up at her and then quickly back at the photo. "Wasn't it your third..." But then he realized that she wasn't even paying attention to what he was saying, but him entirely, he slowly looks back at her, "Ummmmm…." right into her eyes. It felt as if the world stopped. Nothing else mattered but now. "Ummm… Everything ok?" he asks softly, but Judy just keeps staring but then something breaks the spell.
"MOM! I think I want to be an explorer in the jungle!"
"I gotta… I'm gonna…" they both get up.
"I'm going-I got to get into my own PJ's too." he hints about going home.
"Ok!" she runs off into the bedroom.
"I'll see you at work in the morning."
Nick was on his couch, in his pj's. He was doing something on his laptop and watched the news. Gazelle was being interviewed for her new album. A new song was being played. The fox groans, and shifts how he sits. Every time he sees or hears anything about her, he had… Problems. He wasn't even fond of her music, so it frustrated him that he would get this way, to begin with. He tried to think when this all happened, looking at the T.V., he saw them show all the different magazines she was on the cover of. Then, it hits him. Freaking out he goes and calls Finnick.
"Hello?"
"Hey Fin, I'm uhhhhh, freaking out right now… Ummmm…" he's not knowing exactly how to word it.
"Yeah?" Nick could hear laughing on the other side, "Yeah no-You put in my mouth" the older fox demains playfully and flirtingly.
"... Hello…?
"Hello, yes." it sounds like food is in his mouth "One sec-" There were giggling sounds on the other end of the phone and Nick put two and two together.
"Are you eating? Want me to call you back?" he says unamused.
"No, no, I'm fine. Tell me what you're freaking out about."
"Well… You know… I think that duh… Ummm…. That I-" he was having a hard time saying it because not only did it seem impossible, and starting pacing faster and faster. "That-dat-dat-dat-dom. Ok! STAY WITH ME HERE OK. I've been thinking about Jason a lot lately. And ummmm… There's these similarities-and-and-and-coincidences, that I mean… I gotta tell ya. I haven't even run this stuff by Judy yet… She's uh…" the pacing stops.
"Whoa, whoa" Finnick was considered and fully alert "What's going on here?"
".., Some how-"
"Yes." Nick takes a big breath and paces again.
"This kit is mine." Not only how it could have happened-if it was true-was completely wrong and messed up, but also could a fox and bunny even make a kit together? "Like he's more me than the body trainer."
"... The kit. Might be yours? Body trainer? I don't know why, but but vaguely… What your saying… Hummmmm… Hummmmm… Where are you now? Come over here."
"Hang on!" Nick was at Finnick's place, he was standing and pacing, while Finnick was sitting in the dining room chair. "Why didn't you tell me this BEFORE!" the red fox hollered.
"Because-Now don't get mad at me Wilde. Because I didn't know it was relevant to tell you before-I'm giving you everything I have! This was seven years ago!" Nick wasn't even looking at him, he was looking at the floor he was pacing on. He had his paws on his hips. "You were so drunk, and talking gibberish! I didn't know that-that Try Everything minis the body builder that's Just a song man! What does this even mean?!" Nick stops and looks up at his friend.
"What does this mean? The body builder is Jack! Jack's the donor! Sorry that I didn't tell you that before." He went back to pacing.
"Ok, ok… So what this means… He's the donor… and minis him… But try everything?" Nick was getting worse and worst the more he thought about it, it was if he could remember more and more from that dreaded night.
"Ahhhhhhh!" He mushed his paws on his face in embarrassment and frustration. "Ooooooooooohhhhhhhh My god!-Holly shit!" His paws then moved throughout his whole head, making his fur look so very ungroomed. "You don't think that I could have…" he stopped and looked at Finnick, His fur was such a mess. "That I… " He sighed not wanting it to be true.
"What?! That What?" He was really getting freaked out.
"That I traded Jack's… MMMMMMMM! You know! For my-..." He nods but points to the front of his pants. Finnick looks at him as if he was crazy and then looked up at the side. Trying to understand and wrap his mind around it.
"Uh… Huh." He says very quickly. "Uh huh. Wow. How-how would that even happen… Was there access to his… to it? I don't even know how-"
"Is there access? I mean I don't know… I-" He stops, and look unfocus remembering. "Uh oh…"
"Oh geez." Finnick rolls his eyes. Nick calmly walks slowly to take a seat next to the smaller fox.
"I think there was access…" he whispers.
"Is it… Is it starting to come back?" Finnick wasn't sure if he wanted to even know how it happened. Nick dropped his head on the table and placed his paws on top of it.
"Oh my god….." He whines. "Oh my god… Oh my god… I think I got Gazelle in the bathroom… I…"
"Gazelle was at Judy's fertilization party?"
"Oh my GOD!" He sat up and rubbed his paws down his face and leaned deeply into the chair. "I switched it." Finnick couldn't believe what he just heard. He cringed and closed his eyes.
"... Aie…-OH! That's oh my god…"
"I KNOW!-AHHHH I hijacked Judy's preGNANCY!" once again he buried his face in his paws. Then he heard some weird sounds coming from the other fox.
"Pppppppppmmmmm-BA! HA HA!" Nick's now claws, slowly crept down and glared the deadliest glare there ever was. "I'M SORRY MAN I REALLY AM! I tried keeping it i-HAHAHAHAHA!"
"IT'S NOT FUNNY!" Nick stood up and yelled. He looked like such a wreck.
"No, no! You're right! You're right!" He said wiping a tear or two. "It's just-"
"How did I not remember that?!"
"Well! It's bec-hahahaha! It's because Ha ha ha! It's because, you were SO drunk. And-And You repress everything.
"My God! I'm a horrible mammal." Nick stood up and started pacing around again. "... I got to tell her." He stopped. "Oh, Finnick I have to go tell Judy." He looked at the time and quickly grabbed his jacket and keys.
"Oh!" At this point, Finnick realized just how badly this has become and jumped off of his chair. "Oh no! No! NO! Telling Judy? Oh, that's… Uhhhh.. That's. Wow."
"It's the right thing to do ok Fin." He said completely emotionless as he put his coat on.
"Yes, yes! But don't you want to start by talking to a lawyer first?"
"What?" He stops and thinks what friend just told him. His mind was running so fast that he wasn't even paying attention to anything else. "N-no. I don't need a lawyer. I need to tell her." Determined, he rushed to the door.
"Yeah, but-ahhhhhhhhh… Ok. But before you go though, Ummm."
"Ok." Nick stops before walking out and turns around.
"If this is true though… Here's some great news." The tall fox waited impatiently for what else his friend had to say to him. "Congratulations! You're- you're a father!"
"That's not helpful." He snarled as he slammed the door on his way out.
Nick knocked at the door. And waited. No answer. He knocked again. It was only 9:45, so she shouldn't be in bed. He was about to knock again when the door opened. By Jason. 'What's he doing out of bed?' he thought.
"Hi Nick," he said rubbing his eye. Nick looked at Jason in a whole new light. He was breathless, and couldn't even think. This was his son. He then squatted low to be at Jason's eye height
"Hey, buddy…" He said slow and calmly… "What are you doing awake?"
"I couldn't sleep…"
"Couldn't sleep...Well, that sucks… Hey, why did you open the door? You shouldn't open doors-"
"I put a chair to the door and looked at the peephole and saw it was you." He then walked away
"Oh...Where's your mom."
"Taking a bath. MoOoOoOm! Nick's here!" He shouted as he headed to the couch. Nick stood up, walked in and shut the door.
"Uhhhh… Ok?" Judy's voice was muffled from the bathroom door. Jason then took the remote and flipped through random channels. Nick was back to his pacing and was getting impatient and very nervous. He didn't want to chicken out now that he was all pumped. Yet the channel flipping wasn't helping at all, finally, he walked up to the back of the couch and asked with tension in his voice.
"So uh. What are you doing?"
"Watching T.V."
"No, your not-You're just flipping through the channels." Back to the pacing.
"Nooooooo…? I'm watching all the channels all at once." Jason shrugged. Nick was so tense at this point, that he snapped.
"Guess What!" He then snatched the remote way from the kit. "Ok, listen."
"HEY!" Jason quickly turned around quickly in the couch and face the fox. Nick leaned on the back of the couch.
"We are gonna have to do this better," He pointed back and forth between them both quickly. "Ok? Because we are gonna be into each other's lives for a very long time." He started to collect himself better at this point. Jason then looked at Nick every hard.
"Why are we gonna be in each other's lives for a very long time?" Nick had no idea how to answer this.
"... Ummm, ummm… because… uh… I'm-I'm… I'm y-your mom's friend.
"... Well. That doesn't mean your friends with me." Jason's eyebrows lowered showing he wasn't pleased. "So give me the remote!" He was fast to grab it when Nick pulled away faster.
"Nope! No!" he stuck his pointer finger out in the sign of the number one and moved it to the kit.
"Yes!" Jason was getting more and more frustrated and reached out further to the device.
"No." His voice was stern with authority.
"Yes!"
"I said no Jason!" Judy then walked in and looked confused to what was going on. "No!"
"Yes!"
"Nick?" Judy pitched in.
"Yes!" His ears quickly laid on the back of his head as he turned around and saw a very upset bunny.
"What are you doing?" She crossed her arms.
"I-I-I need to talk to you." His eyes were wide. He didn't know how he was going to tell her this.
"Uhhh, ok?" she then looked at the remote and he was quick to paw it back to Jason who only glared.
"Outside." he then walked to the door, wanting her to follow.
"Uhhhhh ok." her jaw was slightly open as she watched him go and then shook her head in confusion. "I'll be right back honey." she said to her son who went back to switched the channels again.
Nick opened the door from outside the apartment.
"Ok-so outside outside?"
"Almost there." he leads her to the sidewalk. "Ummm… ok-soooo ok, ok… I don't know how to say this… I'm just gonna say it." He took a deep sigh. "You know you're my best friend, in my entire life. Umm…" he slowly shook his head. "This is the hardest thing I had to say...You know I wouldn't do anything to hurt you, Judy." She kept looking at him without breaking eye contact. "We've been friends for a very long time… The last thing I want to do is lose you… Ok? But… Just… Things have to be said." Judy closed her eyes. "These last few days… I've been feeling… uncomfortable."
"Just-Stop." This shut the fox up right away. He looked at her intently. "Nick. I think I know exactly what your gonna say." His heart jumped.
"I don't think you know what I'm gonna say." He shook his head as Judy started fiddling with his jacket.
"Since we've been back, and we have known each other for such a long time. And clearly, we missed each other. I'd be lying if I said there hasn't been… Something between us." Nick realize what she was talking about. This was completely something he wasn't expected for and stopped thinking. "I mean sometimes-sometimes I feel it too!" She grabbed his paw and kept looking at him.
"... Something between us?" he repeated slowly.
"Yes!-That's, what you're trying to tell me right?" Nick couldn't believe this… Was she really telling him that she was interested in getting closer to him? He wanted this for so long! But he was so flustered he couldn't think properly and just kept staring "... You have feelings for me," she paused for a bit waiting for an answer. "right?"
"... Not exactly… But… " His jaw dropped slightly trying to process all of this, he was answering her first part of the question first but got suck on the second part. Judy looked at him in shock and got embarrassed right away.
"Oh my god…" She looked at her paws holding his and freaked out. She quickly let go and placed them on the side of her face. Nick being slow at the moment and just watched what was happening completely frozen in place. "I-I'm just so-ahhhh!" she then quickly rushed to the door. She turned around to say something but realized she didn't know what to say. "I'm-I'm Just really-... It's complicated. Nick… I'm sorry. I really want this to work," Nick was still unmoved not really knowing what to do "but I'm also doing this thing with Jack-But I really am not-Ah! You know!"
"Huh?" This broke the spell when he heard Jack's name. Judy then opened the door. "What?" He said slowly.
"I'm sorry! You know what? Let's just forget this ever happened. Let's goodnight it. And ummm.. I'm sorry-you get it!" she then walked in the door itself and got embarrassed by her mistake. She quickly then went through the door and shut it. Once inside she took a deep breath in and out. She couldn't believe she did that! But she knew she had to collect herself, and went to the box to call up to her apartment and pressed the button. "Jason! Please unlock the door!" She forgot her keys, and it was past 10:00, so the outside doors locked her out.
"NO!" was the response she got back. She then jumped hearing a knock on the other side of the door that leads outside where Nick was. Unlucky for her it was glass.
"A Jack thing?" He wasn't happy about this at all.
"You know. This is not a good time. Not a good time." She went back and pressed the button. "Jason! Open the door now! Jason!"
"What Jack thing?" Nick asked this time opening the door with his body peeking through. Judy crossed her arms just overwhelmed with everything.
"We've been just hanging out lately." She turned away. He walked in all the way and was getting over offensive.
"What? Like dating?" his face was completely stern and showing hints of jealousy.
"Uhhhh yeah. Yeah, I guess!-I don't k-JASON!"
"Did you tell Jason?" Now he realized just how bad this all was… How he could lose them. He was scared and hurt, and it showed from his voice to his face.
"Wha-SHHHH!"
"Does Jason know who-"
"I set specific rules." Judy was getting annoyed how pushy he was being, and just wanted this day to be over. "Jason just doesn't like me dating anybody, so that's why he's doing this." She pressed the button again. "Jason!-" *BUZZZZZZ* went the buzzer. She Quickly rushed to the door and into the hallway.
"Where did Jack take you. How many?" Nick snapped and followed her just as quickly behind.
"A reading. And I don't know! A couple!" she snapped back.
"A booking reading?"
"Will you please…"
"What was the book about?"
"I don't know! It was a kayak!" She got to her own personal apartment door, and starting knocking trying to ignore the fox, and get away from him.
"A kayak? That sounds fun." He spat with sarcasm.
"JASON! OPEN THE DOOR RIGHT NOW!"
"Sounds like a great day." Added Wilde.
"Open it yourself!" The kit yelled back. She turned the door knob and saw that it was unlocked and opened the door and sighed in frustration. Jason was sitting on the floor with his back on the wall not too far from the door.
"Ugh! You both are driving me CRAZY!" She rolled her eyes and walked passed him, and swinging the door behind her, where Nick stayed behind. It didn't latch shut and slowly reopened itself. Nick and Jason both looked at each other without anything to say. The cop's tail lay on the floor in a sad manor. His body slumped.
"She's mad…" Jason spoke. His voice sounded sad, and he sighed. Nick blinked not knowing what to do. So he slowly walked inside and took a seat next to the kit. "She got a boyfriend…"
"Two dates doesn't make a boyfriend," he growled as quietly as he could control looking out of nowhere. The kit sighed deeply again.
"I'm six by the way…" Nick looked at the kit and quietly said,
"What's that"
"You told the lady on the bus today that I was five. But I'm not. I'm six." His voice was so cute. "My birthday's tomorrow…" The fox smirks and nods. "Are you still coming to my party?" Nick froze. He was happy that the young kit asked him this. He smiled more kindly and finally said,
"Yes, Jason. I'll be there." The hybrid grinned back at him, happy to hear that his friend was coming to his party. Nick sighed. "I better go… Take care of your mom for me ok?" Jason just sat there. Nick got up and shut the door behind him. It's not like he won't see her again. They had a job to do tomorrow morning. That would be fun.
Unfortunately for Nick, Judy's first day at work wasn't what he hoped for. She was still getting put into the system and situated. There was still a lot to do before he could have his partner back. So in the meantime, it was desk duty, and he didn't get to see her at all. After work, he stopped by the store and got a gift for Jason, and went to the Rock Climbing Center. Where the party was at.
Nick walked in and saw balloons, and mammals all shapes, sizes and ages, climbing walls, and holding ropes. He kept walking, looking for his two favorite bunnies. He heard Judy's voice talking to someone, and he followed it.
"Hey." He greeted,
"Hi!" she said cheerfully as if everything was where it should be. "How are you?"
"Good," he smiled back at her but wanted to break the ice. "Can we talk about-"
"You know. Nick, I really don't want to-just please, forget that."
"But,"
"But?"
"It's worth talking about." They both stopped when the heard a zipping sound and someone dropping right next to them.
"Oh!" Judy still tried to get off topic, and acknowledge the grey bunny with strips.
"What a party!" Jack said with enthusiasm, Nick realize who it was and was surprised to see him here. "Who said a party can't be inverating?" Judy laughed heartily,
"Nick, you remember Jack," She smiled.
"Yes-" He nodded.
"Baba ganoush!" The male rabbit pointed then shook paws.
"Baba ganoush?" The fox was completely lost.
"Baba ganoush, all over your shirt! Judy's party few years back."
"Yeah… What a memory…" Nick mentally rolled his eyes. "Hey, where's Jason? I want to give him his gift."
"He's right over there," Judy pointed.
"Put it on." one of the workers tried to get Jason to wear the harness. He shook his head stubbornly. "Seriously."
"No…" The kit still shook his head.
"Hey!" Nick looked at Jack, breaking his focus from his secret son. "Let me take that for ya!" He seemed so proud.
"No it's ok, I got this."
"Nah, really come on! I'll put them with the other gifts!" He smiled his perfect guy shinny toothy grin.
"Ok. You got it."
"Great!" He took the gift and jogged it to the table.
"Jack's here, and in charge of the gifts." Nick and Judy kept talking as Jack went to Jason to help with the harness.
"Fantastic! Ok!" He beamed as he tightened the straps.
"I don't want to climb the wall…" Jason said.
"What?" Jack's smile disappeared. "No, I promise you, it's gonna be fun."
"I don't think so…"
"Jason. The whole reason we're having your party here is to climb the wall." Jack was disappointed hearing this. "We don't want the wall to go to waste, now do we?" He smiled his toothy grin again. "You feeling it?!" Jason just sighed.
"Where Does Jason really want his party?" Nick asked Judy arms crossed.
"A kill shelter."
"What?"
Jason thought to have his party at the shelter, it would help them get adopted." In Zootopia birds and reptiles were pets.
"Smart."
"But this is good for him! It gets him out there and athletic, and-" She stopped when she heard her child shouting. She looked and saw him high on the wall. "What is he doing."
"GET ME DOWN!" he was gripping the wall for his life, too scared to move.
"Jason! That's too high-he's too high!" she told the kangaroo holding the rope.
"Just let go, man, the harness will hold you," he responded.
"Just do what he says and let go!" Judy yelled back.
"WHAT IF IT BREAKS!"
"The most important thing is to have FUN!" the kangaroo suggested. Nick calmly looked around on the ground and picks up a harness not really knowing how to put it on.
"I DON'T WANT TO!"
"I'm gonna go up there!" Judy demanded.
"Nah, it would be too much trouble. All he has to do is let go, he's safe." the worker said.
"Jason!" Nick said calmly and fumbled with getting the harness on. "Just count to three and let go!"
"I'M SCARED!" Just then Jack pops in and quickly hooks himself to one of the ropes like he was a hero saving the day. Nick rolled his eyes, he's a hero saving lives every day at work.
"I got this!" Jack started climbing the wall quickly and swiftly, "I'm coming buddy! I got it guys don't worry!"
"It's not Everest chef, relax." Nick spit out and got an elbow in the stomach from Judy.
'GET AWAY FROM ME!" If the kit wasn't scared gripping the wall, he would have scooted away.
"It's ok, I gotcha."
"NO!" Nick was watching the whole scene take place. If he wasn't so jealous of the guy he probably would have laughed at the whole situation.
"I'm gonna take you down ok."
"STOP!"
"I'm gonna help ya!" Jack wrapped his arms around the frightened bunny and pried him off. "I got him!" he then started to climb down with a thrashing bunny in his arms.
"Let go of me you big Jackass!" Nick looked at Judy who just glared. "Let me go!" Jack finally got them on the ground, and let go of little Hopps.
"Whoa, whoa whoa-"
"I HATE THIS STUPID WALL! AND THIS IS THE WORST BIRTHDAY EVER!" Jason yelled, being so frightened. Jack felt awful. When he was little, it was one of his favorite things to do. And now here he is trying to give his 'son' the same experience he had growing up. Jason then ran off into Judy's arms, leaving Jack stunned. "Mommy, I don't want to be here…" he said shivering. Judy petted his fur in his head to try and calm him down.
"Oh baby, I'm sorry… are you ok? You're fine…" Jack watched, longing that he could help comfort the little guy. And then he saw that.
Nick was too busy watching Judy comfort her son, that he didn't see a little shaking paw reach out and grab his thumb. Shocked, he looked down thinking that he meant to get Judy's paw, but then he pulled him closer. He looked up and met eyes with Jack. Judy broke the hug and tried to distract him by taking him over to the presents. Still holding Nick's paw and not wanting to let go.
"Come on sweetie, let's see what you got!" Jason looked right at Jack as Nick let go of his paw and patted his back and watched the mother and son walk to the table. Jack walked up to Nick and also watched the two bunnies walk away.
"Boy, been an unfortunate one for ya buddy?" Nick spoke. "He'll be alright you know." But inside he felt like leaping in the air. Everything that Just happened. Getting rid of Jack was gonna be easier than he thought. But he remained calm and cool on the outside.
"Yeah!" Jack tried to stay positive, "Yeah…" His grin was weak trying to stay afloat. He looks back at Nick and says, "Hey, I don't know you very well, What do you say we get a drink afterward?"
"Ummmmmm… Well I-"
"Great!" he then patted Nick's shoulder and walked off. Nick shifted his feet not liking what's about to happen.
"Well shit."
Ok so I just want to say that the playkit (playboy) thing with Nick-on tumblr there is a popular thing in the fandom called "Spicy Nick Day" and it's him wearing girl clothes or being sexy, and there are some to have him in a playboy bunny outfit and he looks pretty good I might add, lol
I'm sorry for being slow tho… but thank you for sticking around and still reading! If you haven't yet watch the actual movie lol Its so cute. Plus you get to hear Nick's actual voice as a plus lol
But PLEASE stick around for the next chapter! My favorite part is coming up and it's pretty much the whole reason I wanted to write this story for how cute it is.
