Part 2 of Wilde-Hopps Christmas. The first part was a bit short, but this one will be much longer. On the last chapter, Nick's family decided to spend Christmas with Judy's family. Things should be great. Nick, John, and Frankie aren't strangers to the Hopps clan. Well, to the ones that know them. If anyone has ever watched one of the deleted scenes of Zootopia, I pretty sure who one of the characters may be. Anyway, as I said, I need to keep my motivation going to finish this story. So don't expect an update to "Endless Summer" until this is over. Now, let's get to the chapter.
Driving down the road to Bunnyburrow was the Wildes. It seemed like snow was hitting the Burrows as well. The fields were covered head to toe with snow. As they drove, the family of foxes sung Christmas songs in a cheery matter as they make it to their destination. The Hopps' House.
As they all got out of the car and took out their luggage, Nick dashed to the front door and knocked 'Jingle Bells' on the door. As Nick and his folks, waited for someone to open the door, they see the door open. It was Judy in a green Christmas sweater.
"Nick! Mr. and Mrs. Wilde!" Judy said surprised, yet happy to see them.
"Surprise!" The Wildes all went.
"We decided to take your little invitation. Hope you don't mind us staying over for the holidays?" Nick asked.
"Of course not." Judy said happily. "Come on in."
Judy allowed the Wildes into their home. Nick, John, and Frankie took off their coats and hung them on a nearby coat hanger. Nick and his parents were also wearing sweaters. Nick was in a red sweater, John was in a blue sweater, and Frankie was in a purple one. As they look around the house, they can see by the decorations inside that the Hopps were in the Christmas spirit.
"Glad you decided to come." Judy said happily. She then goes over to hug Nick.
"Well, we weren't doing much. Plus we thought you would like to see your favorite family of foxes." Nick said breaking up the hug.
"Are your parents here?" John asked.
"They both went out to do some grocery shopping. The other family members coming over are gonna be here tomorrow." Judy stated.
"Alright. Then we'll wait for them." Frankie said.
"HEY, EVERYONE! THE WILDES ARE HERE!" Judy shouted out.
Next second, the ground started shaking. Nick and his parents didn't really seem bothered by this. A sign that they were already used to this. The stampede of bunnies all came down to the foxes.
"Hey, Nick!"
"Hey, Mr. and Mrs. Wilde!"
"You're staying for the holidays? Awesome!"
"Hey, everyone. Give us some space, please." Nick said feeling cramped by the number of bunnies around him.
Some of Judy's younger siblings didn't stay away from Nick. They liked the fuzziness of Nick's winter coat.
"Oooooh! Nick, you're so fuzzy."
"Your tail's softer like this."
"Didn't know foxes could look so cute."
Nick felt very embarrassed by this and responded by puffing out his cheeks and looking red-faced. Judy smirked at the sight.
"Ahhh. It's relaxing when the tables are turned." Judy said.
A few minutes later, after all the Hopps kids finally gave Nick some space, Nick walked with Judy to the den room where a few of her brothers were playing video games. There were four of them and they just happen to be Nick's favorite brothers of Judy. Greg, Eric, and the twins, Cole and Conner.
"Hey, guys! Look who's here." Judy said bringing in Nick.
"NICK!" The boys all shouted out.
The boys paused their game and dashed over to Nick. They all welcomed Nick by fist bumping him, giving him a fancy handshake, and a quick hug.
"Hey, dudes! What's up?" Nick asked the bunnies.
"What's up with you?" Greg asked back. "What brings you here?"
"Nick and his parents are gonna spend Christmas with us." Judy said happily.
"Oh ho! Awesome!" Cole and Conner shouted out happily.
"You came at a great time. We were just getting our game on. Want in?" Eric asked.
"Of course." Nick said eagerly.
"I'll leave you boys to it." Judy said before leaving the room.
Nick sat down with the Hopps boys and Greg passed Nick one of the controllers. They talked as they mashed on the buttons.
"Soooo... anything thing on you guys' Christmas list?" Nick asked.
"I'm hoping we can get the new Razorforce game." Eric said. "It's supposed to be 15 hours of total awesomeness."
"That and remote control planes." Greg said.
"And toy cars. Always toy cars." Conner added.
"So, what about you, Nicky?" Cole asked.
"Pretty much the same things you guys want." Nick admitted. "But... I would be happy if I get anything that's not socks... and school supplies."
"Santa should not be giving kids school supplies." Greg stated firmly.
"Right?" Nick said agreeing. "So, Carrots said some other members of your family are coming."
"Yeah. They said they will be coming in tomorrow. Our grandpa, aunties, uncles, and many, many, MANY of our cousins." Greg stated. "Seriously, it's gonna be packed here."
"What's your family like?" Nick asked.
"Most of them are... well..." Eric said starting to feel awkward. "... they're like us."
"Before or AFTER your family met my family?" Nick asked as he raised an eyebrow.
"Before." Cole and Conner said together feeling like they didn't want to admit it.
"Soooooo... they all hate foxes." Nick said pausing the game and his ears drooping down.
"Oh. Don't worry about that. Our parents already told them about you and Mr. and Mrs. Wilde. We all know you're good, so they made sure they knew that." Greg said.
"Oh. Okay." Nick said looking happy again as he unpauses the game.
"You're important to us, Nick. We'll make sure everyone else knows that." Eric said.
"Thanks, guys." Nick said with a smile. He then changed to having a sly grin. "By the way..." Nick pushed one button and a loud explosion was heard. "... you lose."
"DAHHH! You sneaky fox!" Eric said looking mad. "One more."
"Fine with me." Nick said confidently.
The boys would play for the next hour. Nick would win most of the rounds. Okay, ALL the rounds. One he was tired of beating the guys he walked around the hall where all the Hopps family photos were. Nick looks and sees so many bunnies. Judy really did had such a big family. It made Nick feel a bit down. She had such a big family while Nick barely sees the other members of his family. As Nick still looks at the pictures, someone called out to Nick from behind.
"Nick..." The voice went.
This caught Nick by surprised and he nearly jumped.
"WAAHH!" Nick shouted out.
He then turned around to see who it was. It was Judy's black-furred older emo brother, Edgar.
"Hey." Edgar said in a monotone.
"Jeez, Edgar! You got to stop doing that." Nick said gripping his chest.
"Relax. You're fine." Edgar said to Nick.
"Easy for you to say." Nick said looking pouty. "But, it's good to see you. I feel like I haven't seen you in a while."
"So... you're saying I'm invisible again." Edgar said looking down.
"What? Oh... no. I didn't mean..." Nick said thinking that he offended Edgar.
"Relax. I'm joking." Edgar stated. "Noticing you looking up at our photos. Any reason why?"
"You're usually good at reading me. Take a guess." Nick said to Edger.
"My guess is that you're a bit envious of our family." Edger replied. "There are so many members in our family while yours must be pretty small."
"Right on the money." Nick said to Edgar. "Compared to your family, mine is small. Not SUPER small, but way smaller than yours. Not only that, I haven't seen my family in a while. My grandparents on both sides, my aunt, my uncles, even my cousins. I haven't even spoken with them in a long time."
"I see. Sorry to hear." Edgar said feeling bad for Nick.
"Naw. It's fine." Nick answered. "I'm 10. So it's not like I'm gonna cry about it. I'm okay with it just being me, mom, pop, and you guys."
"If you say so." Edgar said taking Nick's word. "Just know I'm here if you need to talk with someone. You're... really the only person I actually like talking to."
"That's... refreshing to here." Nick said smiling awkwardly. "Thanks."
Nick and Edgar then walked down the hall to head off with the others. What they didn't know was that John and Frankie happen to be listening from a distance. When they heard that their son misses the other members of their family, they started to feel a bit sad. Their son should see the other member of their family every now and then. It just didn't seem like it could happen.
Later, Stu and Bonnie finally came into the house with a few bags of groceries.
"Hey, everyone! We're back from the store." Bonnie shouted out.
"Hey, mom and dad." Judy said as she walks over to them.
"Hello, Jude. Everyone stayed out of trouble? No surprises?" Stu asked.
"Trouble, no. Surprises, well, there is one." Judy told them.
"What's that?" Bonnie asked.
The next second, Nick, John, and Frankie popped out.
"SURPRISE!" The Wildes shouted out.
"WAAAAAHHHHH!" Stu and Bonnie went as they dropped their bags. Guess they were really surprised.
"Oh jeez! Don't tell me you're back to being afraid of us. Did a year of friendship mean nothing to you?" John asked.
"No. Sorry." Stu said apologizing. "We just didn't expect to see you."
"Hints, the 'surprise' part." John said.
"What brings you three here?" Bonnie asked.
"Judy invited us to spend Christmas with you guys." Nick stated.
"But I'm assuming you guys didn't know about that." John said.
"I hope we are not an inconvenience." Frankie said sounding concern.
"Oh. No. Of course not." Bonnie said. "But you know us. We don't really like surprises. A little heads up would have been nice."
"Sorry, mom. I honestly wasn't sure if they would come or not." Judy stated.
"Well, what's done is done. Besides, you three came all this way. You might as well enjoy the holidays with us." Stu said with a smile.
"Thanks, Stewie." John said smiling.
John and Frankie then walked over to Stu and Bonnie and picked up their groceries.
"Here, let us help you with these." Frankie said to the two bunnies.
"Oh no. You don't need to..." Bonnie went.
"Now now. You have known us long enough to know that we just love to help out. So let us take these to the kitchen." Frankie said.
"Okay..." Bonnie said letting them help.
"I'll help out too." Nick said picking up the last bags.
"I'll come with you too." Judy said as her way of still wanting to be around Nick.
As Nick, Judy, John, and Frankie head to the kitchen, Stu and Bonnie 'happy' faces turned into 'totally freaked out' faces.
"What are we gonna do?" Bonnie whispered to Stu frantically.
"I don't know! I don't know!" Stu whispered freaking out quite a bit. "Okay, the others won't show up until tomorrow. We'll think of something before then."
"Okay. You're right. No need to panic yet." Bonnie said.
Stu and Bonnie were hiding something. It shows with the way they were worrying. Clearly, the Wildes showing up caught them off-guard. As the two thought they were fine, they hear the doorbell ring.
"Who's that?" Stu asked his wife.
Bonnie walked over to the door and opened it. At the door was an older grey male bunny. He had glasses, a big black winter coat, and ear muffs. Bonnie looked shocked to see this old bunny. The question was, who was he?
"Dad!?" Bonnie shouted out.
"Hey, Bonnie Bon. Aren't you gonna be let your father in?" The older bunny asked.
"Of... of course." Bonnie said allowing him to go in.
This rabbit was Bonnie's dad and Judy's grandfather, Mercer Jumper. The Hopps kids usually refer to Mercer as Pop-Pop.
"Don't I get a hug from my girl?" Mercer asked.
"Oh, right!" Bonnie said quickly hugging her father.
Mercer then looked at Stu.
"Stuart." Mercer said.
"Hey! Mercer! You're here! A day earlier." Stu said nervously. "Don't take it the wrong way, but why are you here a day early?"
"You sound disappointed." Mercer said giving Stu a glare that chilled his spine.
"No! I'm not. Just... surprised." Stu said. This day for him was being filled with so much stress today.
"Hmpt! What surprises me is that you haven't lost that gut of your." Mercer said as he lightly punched Stu in the stomach. "If you want to know why I'm here, well, can't a grandpa visit his grandkids? That and I'm getting old. I can't be sure if I could make it the next day."
"Dad, you're not that old." Bonnie stated.
"I sure ain't getting younger." Mercer stated. "Soon enough, I'm gonna be walking with a cane."
"I'd be thankful if that day would be coming sooner." Stu muttered.
"I heard that. Haven't lost my hearing yet." Mercer said looking mad. "Wish I had a cane to beat you with it."
"Dad..." Bonnie said wanting her father to stop.
"Sorry, Bonnie. But you know how I feel about that man you call your husband." Mercer said.
"Hey!" Stu shouted out not looking too happy.
As anyone can see, Stu and Mercer's relationship is like most when the father doesn't understand why he married the guy she did. Stu and Mercer didn't really see eye-to-eye. But their relationship wasn't... all bad. As far as fathers and sons-in-law go.
A few seconds later, a couple of the Hopps kids came over and notice their Pop-Pop.
"Pop-Pop!"
"Pop-Pop's here!"
"Hey, Pop-Pop!"
"Ahh. I wonder when I was gonna see a few of my grandkits." Mercer said as the young Hopps kids surround him. "All of you have grown since the last time I saw you. I've hope you all been good."
"They have, dad." Bonnie stated.
"Good for them. I don't want any of them to fall into the wrong crowd of mammals. Like foxes." Mercer said. "Boy, I would not want any of you getting involved with foxes."
Little did Mercer know, Nick, John, Frankie, and Judy were all a few feet behind him. And they happen to hear his comment about foxes. Their all froze and their eyes widen. They all looked at Stu and Bonnie, who tilted their heads to the right as their way of saying "HIDE!". Judy then helped the Wildes quickly and quietly ran out of sight. Once the coast was clear, Stu and Bonnie looked relieved.
"Heh heh... Good thing we don't get involved with foxes." Stu lied.
"Yeah. No foxes here." Bonnie said also lying.
"But isn't..." One of the boy Hopps kid said. Before he could finish talking, one of the other Hopps boys covered his mouth, knowing that telling their Pop-Pop about the Wildes wasn't a great idea.
"Kids, how about you talk with Pop-Pop for a bit." Bonnie said.
"Okay." The kids went as they tugged Mercer away.
"Now now. I'm not going anywhere. No need to tug so hard." Mercer said to his grandkids.
Once the Hopps kids took Pop-Pop away, Stu and Bonnie had really worried faces on.
"How mad do you think John, Frankie, and Nick will be?" Stu asked Bonnie.
"Pretty mad." Bonnie answered.
Stu and Bonnie then walked over to where Judy and the Wildes ran off to down the hall. It didn't take long for them to meet up with them. As expected, Nick, Judy, John, and Frankie all had mad looks on their faces as they crossed their arms. Stu and Bonnie could feel how mad they were at them.
"H... ey, you four..." Stu stammered.
The four didn't say anything. They all just pointed at the door on their left. They wanted to talk with Stu and Bonnie... in private. John opened the door and Stu and Bonnie quickly went in. The four followed and Judy closed the door behind them. Nick, Judy, John, and Frankie still looked mad at Stu and Bonnie as they crossed their arms and tapped on their feet.
"Stuart Hopps, Bonnibel Hopps, is there something you neglected to us?" Frankie asked firmly.
"Uhhhhh..." Stu and Bonnie went.
"Mom, Dad?" Judy said firmly at her parents.
"Stu, Bonnie, we need you to be 'Honest John' honest here and tell us the truth. Did you or did you not... tell the other members of your family about us?" John asked.
"Did we mention you, yes." Bonnie said.
"Did we mention that you were foxes, no." Stu admitted.
"Oh my god!" Nick shouted out.
"Really, mom and dad?" Judy said disappointed in her parents.
"We're sorry, okay?!" Stu said apologetically. "It's not our fault that Bonnie's dad has fox issues and that he came early."
"The question is not whether he does, but does ALL of your family have fox issues?" John asked sounding serious. "Why did you wait so long?"
"We wanted to say something sooner. We swear!" Stu said. "*sigh* Guess it's no excuse that we waited too long."
"There isn't." John and Frankie said.
"We'll tell Pop-Pop later when we get the chance." Bonnie said.
"No. You have to do it now." Frankie said firmly. "The sooner you pull the bandage out, the off you are."
"Right..." Stu and Bonnie admitted.
"Unless the bandage was already pulled by someone else." Nick stated.
What Nick said was true. Stu and Bonnie didn't have to be the ones to tell Mercer. One of their kids may tell him. If they haven't already. The thought scared both of them enough to quickly run out the room chanting "No no no no no no no!".
"Uhhhh... should we follow them?" Nick asked.
"I think we should." Judy replied.
Nick, his parents, and Judy quickly followed the worried bunnies. They go back to the main hall where Mercer was and...
"What's this about you befriended a family of foxes?!" Mercer shouted out.
... it was too late.
"Oh. So you know now?" Bonnie said as her ears drooped down.
"So it's true?" Mercer asked.
"Yes." Bonnie admitted. "In fact, they are here right now."
Nick, John, and Frankie then walked into the room.
"Dad, this is the Wildes." Bonnie said introducing the foxes. "This is John, Frankie, and their son, Nick."
The Wildes then friendly wave at the old rabbit. Mercer looked a bit disgusted.
"Unbelievable. How long?" Mercer asked.
"A year. Closer to a year and a half." Bonnie answered.
"Judy and Nick hit it off and... it was the same for us with John and Frankie. As well as all of our other kids." Stu added.
"So, you knew these foxes for that long, huh?" Mercer asked.
"Pop-Pop, they're not just foxes. The Wildes have been our best friends." Judy stated. She then looked at her siblings. "Right, everyone?"
The Hopps kids all nodded their heads. Mercer still had quite a disbelief about this. He's the kind of bunny to believe what he believes and he believes that any and all foxes are bad news. The other kids knew things might be going south, so they all left the room.
"Bonnie, didn't I taught you anything?" Mercer asked his daughter. "Remember what I said. All foxes fur are red because they were made by the devil."
"Hey! We are offended by that remark." John said firmly. "Besides, many foxes fur aren't even red."
"Our fur is more orange than red anyway." Nick stated.
"Dad, the Wildes have been nothing but great friends and have done a lot for us. They are like family to us now." Bonnie stated sincerely.
"Yeah, Pop-Pop. Nick and I have become the best of friends and I trust him more than anything." Judy stated as she held Nick's paw.
"Hmpt! You sure they are not all just trying to gain your trust?" Mercer asked still not trusting the foxes.
"They wouldn't do that." Judy stated.
"Yeah. If we wanted to 'eat' any of them, we would have done that by now." John stated in a joking matter. Frankie then hit John with her elbow. "Oww!"
"I know what I know." Mercer said. "And what I know... is that I DON'T trust these foxes. So, I'm keeping my eyes on all of you."
Mercer then left the room muttering to himself. Everyone felt awkward about that.
"He seemed nice." Nick said with a hint of sarcasm.
"Sorry about it." Bonnie said to the Wildes.
"It's fine. It's just... been a while since we heard comments like that." John stated.
"*sigh* Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to invite you guys." Judy said sadly.
"No. It's our fault for not telling him sooner." Stu said. "We stalled it out for long enough."
"Still, maybe we so go." Frankie suggested.
"No. You guys are staying. Like we said earlier, you're family too. So when the other members of our family come tomorrow, we will tell them about you too." Stu said.
"Thanks, Stu." John said with a smile.
"No problem. For now on, no more secrets and no more surprises." Stu said boldly.
As Stu said that, the doorbell rang. Even though some of them were a bit concerned, they still had to see who it was. Bonnie walked over to answer it and was shocked to see who it was. It was hundreds of bunnies outside of the door and on the fields. It was clear that those were some of the other members of Stu and Bonnie's family and that they also decided to come earlier. The rabbits were in all shapes, sizes, and ages. A female brown furred rabbit in her 30's was at the front.
"Hey, Bonnie. We all decided to come a day earlier." The brown furred bunny said happily. She then looks inside the house and sees the Wildes and nearly freaks out. "Ahhh! Bonnie, there are FOXES in your home."
"Starting now! No more surprises starting now!" Stu shouted out.
During that whole day, things were... awkward. Stu and Bonnie finally explained who the Wildes were and while a few of the bunnies were okay with the Wildes, others still kept their distance from them. So to say things were okay would be a lie. The Wildes did do their best to convince the other Hopps family members that they were good mammals. It wasn't easy for a pack of bunnies that had foxes on the top of their fear list. But, even with that, everyone manages to get through the day.
The next day was Christmas Eve. One day before Christmas. After an... awkward breakfast, John and Frankie were in their guest room on their cellphones. They both looked very worried as they both tried to call someone.
"You getting anyone, Frankie?!" John asked looking freaked out.
"No! Nothing!" Frankie said looking as freaked as John.
"They actually picked up our last call, so why aren't any of them picking up now?" John asked before ending the call.
The two then hear a knocking on the door. Frankie opened it up to see that it was Stu and Bonnie.
"Hey, you two." Stu said already sounding apologetic.
"Stewie, Bon, what is it?" John asked.
"We wanted to apologize again for everything." Bonnie said.
"It's fine. You already apologized like a hundred times." Frankie stated.
"No. It's not fine." Bonnie said as she and Stu walk inside the room. "We should have told them all long ago. They have no right to treat you like the way they do."
"Like we said, we're used to it." John stated.
"That's the problem." Stu said. "They don't know you as we do. We and all the kids trust you and the others should do the same."
"We know that you two aren't the kind of foxes to keep secrets." Bonnie stated.
John and Frankie both flinched as Bonnie says that. They responded by saying "Riiiiight..."
"Yeah. You two are kind, honest, and unlike us, you don't keep secrets from us." Stu added.
While all the compliments were nice, both John and Frankie felt that they slightly didn't deserve it. They had to tell them.
"We can't take it. Stu, Bonnie, we have to tell you something." John said looking worried.
As John was about to talk, a loud scream was heard from the front. Concerned about the scream, The two sets of parents quickly ran to see what was up. As they ran up to the front, as well as Nick, Judy, and some of the Hopps kids, they see one of Stu's brother with brown fur and white spot falling down to the ground.
"What's wrong?" Stu asked.
"The... the door!" Stu's brother stammered as he pointed at the door.
Stu looked at the door and sees an elderly female fox.
"Goodness. You would think he had seen a ghost or something." Said the old vixen.
"Gam-Gam?" Nick responded.
"Gam-Gam?" Judy, Stu, and Bonnie responded.
Since Nick called the elderly Vixen Gam-Gam, she must be Nick's Grandmother. But what was she doing here... at the Hopps' residence.
"That's... what we wanted to tell you." John said as he awkwardly scratched the back of his head.
"See... yesterday, we heard how upset Nick was not seeing the other members of his family." Frankie said sounding awkward as well. "So, to make him feel better we kinda..."
"Before you told us that you didn't tell the rest of the family about us, we... called our families up to visit." John said.
It wasn't just Nick's grandmother. Outside of the house was about 20 or so foxes at the front. All members of John and Frankie's family. A huge family of foxes... was outside of a house filled with bunnies. Realizing who big this was, Judy pulled Nick away from everyone else so they could... slightly freak out in private.
"So... your family of foxes..." Judy said twitching.
"... And your family of bunnies..." Nick said also twitching.
"... are all gonna be..." Judy said.
"... in the same house..." Nick said.
"... for Christmas." Nick and Judy said together.
"Sweet cheese and crackers!" Judy said already knowing this is gonna be a crazy day.
"Well... this is certainly gonna be a Christmas to remember." Nick said with some sarcasm
Nick was right. This... would be a Christmas the two would never forget. Even if they wanted to.
Sooooo... that happened. I bet you all thought it was only gonna be just the Hopps clan. Nope! The Wilde clan's in this too. You can all tell that things are gonna be awkward in the third and final chapter. Until then, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.