Nick arrived home late that night after helping Judy with soccer. When he walked in he noticed Chase wasn't anywhere in sight. His mom was sitting on the couch watching TV.
"hey mom sorry I'm late I was with a friend, uh where's Chase?" He asked.
"Upstairs he seems quite upset today, could you see if you can see what's wrong? He won't tell me" Jade told him.
"Of course mom" Nick headed upstairs and went into the bedroom. He saw Chase on his bed crying his eyes out.
"Chase what's wrong?" Nick asked with a sad expression on his face.
Chase sniffed and wiped his eyes "N nothing Nick"
Nick sat down besides his cousin. "oh come on now you can tell me"
Chase sighed "everyone in daycare made fun of me"
"Made fun of you? For what?" Asked Nick.
Chase sniffed and began to tell Nick his story.
[earlier that day]
The day care class was sitting down in a circle Chase was sat next to a raccoon named Reece.
"Ok children" said Mrs Antler the daycare worker. "today we're going to say what we would like to be when we grow up. So I when I say your names stand up, tell us what you want to be . "Ok Adam"
A young lion stood up "when I grow up I would like to be a principal" he than sat back down.
"Lexi" Mrs Antler called and a rabbit stood up "when I grow up I want to be a carrot farmer."
"Chase"
Chase smiled and stood up "when I grow up I want to be a Fire -Fighter and rescue mammal's from fire and uh if a cat climb a tree and gets stuck I'll help them too.
The whole daycare was silent, everyone staring at until Reece broke it
"Are you joking? You're a fox don't you know foxes can't do anything expect lie steal and cheat"
Chase smile turned into a frown "but I'm not any of those things"
"Yeah but a fox could never be a Fire-fighter especially not someone like you, you couldn't fight a bunny with a broken leg."
"Yeah stick to something more foxy like, like uh oh I know stealing cause that's all you can do"
"Dumb fox thinking that he can be a fire-fighter"
"That's the funniest thing I heard"
"Yeah what's next a bunny who wants to be a police officer?"
Chase was mortified by the taunts and laughter he could no longer take it and went running away crying.
"Chase come back" Mrs Antler yelled after him but he kept on running
"Chase is a big crybaby" he heard someone yell
But there was someone who wasn't laughing . But Chase never noticed.
[back to present]
Nick pulled Chase closer to him and hugged him and Chase hugged Nick back.
"Oh Chase I'm glad you told me what happened. Now I have a question for you"
Chase looked at Nick "Do you think a fox can be a fire-fighter?" Nick asked.
Chase thought about it for a moment and nodded "yeah I do"
"So why care what everyone else thinks, look the important thing about bullies is to never let them see that they get to you" Nick said "if you get upset of angry it let's the bullies know they won"
"But everyone was laughing at me, and I just felt so sad"
"So next time laugh back, act like you don't care. I know It may seem hard but like I said crying in front of them makes bullies stronger"
Chase nodded "Ok Nick I'll try"
"Ok now let's go have tea" Nick said
Thanks for reading everyone Please review ps some of the later chapters will invole Chase in his daycare.