Chapter 19
Nick woke up and rolled over. He saw Judy sleeping peacefully beside him. Nick didn't want to disturb her, so he slowly slipped out of bed. He went to the kitchen to get some breakfast. Nick poured a bowl of cereal and went to the couch to eat it. Judy walked out of the bedroom in her pajamas, with her eyes only halfway open. "Good morning, Carrots!" Nick said as she walked in. Judy grumbled a bit and walked over to the coffee machine. She started the machine and went back to bed. Nick thought about the last six months. He and Judy got married in June, they went to Paris for a week, and then they bought a new apartment with two bedrooms, a larger bathroom, a kitchen, a dining room, and a living room. Bogo had given them a raise after the wedding, and gave Nick the Viper X 012 that he used during the undercover mission two years ago as a wedding present. And now, it was almost Christmas. The coffee machine started beeping, and Judy came back out of the master bedroom with her police uniform on. "Nick? Why aren't you dressed yet? We need to leave for work in less than thirty minutes," Judy said after she poured her coffee. Nick sighed and got off the couch. He put the bowl and spoon in the dishwasher and went into the bedroom. He opened the closet and took his uniform out. He got dressed in the uniform and went back out to the living room. Judy had all her equipment ready, and she was holding the keys and was thumping her foot like she does when she's frustrated. "Hurry up, Nick!" Judy said, irritated. "Just let me get my morning milk!" Nick walked into the kitchen and took a big swig straight out of the milk jug. Nick put it back and closed the refrigerator. Nick grabbed his coat and put it on as they went down the elevator. Judy handed Nick the keys as they walked to the car. They had sold both of their cars and used only the Viper that Bogo gave them. Nick started the car and drove to the station. When Nick and Judy walked in the lobby, Clawhauser was wearing a Santa hat and had a huge smile on his face. "Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! And a Happy New Year!" Ben yelled as they came in. "Likewise, Ben. What's with all this?" Nick said. "Today is the start of the Christmas holiday for the police station. I thought I would bring some Christmas cheer to work," Ben explained. "That's sweet, Ben!" Judy said. "Thanks! I wonder if I could bring some cheer to Gazelle?" Ben said. "I bet you will," Nick said. Nick looked at Judy, and he knew she was thinking the same thing. "We'll see you later, Ben," Nick said, walking off to roll call. "Bye!" Judy said, following Nick. "Bye! Merry Christmas!" Ben said as they walked off. Nick sat down on the front row with Judy as usual. "Carrots, we should invite Gazelle to the Police Christmas Party!" Nick said to Judy. "That's what I was thinking, Nick!" Judy said. "That's why I love you," Nick said, smirking. Nick kissed Judy, and let go once Bogo came in. "Assignments! As you all know, the Police Christmas Party is coming up, and we need to appoint the committee. This is the list of the members for this year." Bogo put his glasses on and picked up his clipboard. "Officers McHorn, Delgato, Wilde, Hopps, Francine, Fangmayer, Wolfard, Trunkabe. You eight will be on the party committee. There is nothing else for today. The rest of you will do your regularly scheduled duties. Dismissed." Nick was excited. He had never been on the committee before. The eight committee members went to the conference room for the first meeting. Bogo was always the chairman. Nick sat next to Judy in the conference room. "This meeting will now come to order," Bogo said as he sat down. "Ok. We need to assign specific duties to everyone. Hopps and Delgato will be in charge of decorations. Francine and Fangmayer will be in charge of seating arrangements. McHorn and Trunkabe will do refreshments." "Aw man! I wanted to do refreshments again this year!" Wolfard said. Bogo glared at him. "Wolfard? Do you remember what happened last year?" Bogo asked him. Nick remembered vividly. Wolfard had decided he would make a "sparkling fizzy Christmas egg nog." When he made it, he accidentally put buttermilk instead of egg nog, and the whole thing spilled on the mayor when Wolfard tried to get her some. "Wolfard, you will work with Wilde to get the music and entertainment." Bogo said. "Everyone sit next to your partner and begin planning." Nick got up and walked over to Wolfard. Wolfard was a white timber wolf, who usually worked with Tundratown SWAT. "Hey, Wilde!" Wolfard said as he shook Nick's hand. "Who should be the entertainment this year?" asked Wolfard. Usually the committee would invite a local band or comedian, something like that, to perform at the party. "I could do magic tricks!" Nick said. Wolfard looked disappointed. "Watch this," Nick said as he pulled the cover off his left paw, revealing the prosthetic. "Voila!" Wolfard looked annoyed. "Nick. These aren't kids coming to this thing," Wolfard said. "Ok, I was joking, Will. How about we get a celebrity to come?" Nick said. Will (Wolfard) looked thoughtful for a minute. "That might work! Who'd you have in mind?" "Gazelle." Will looked a little surprised, then smiled. "Clawhauser would faint!" Will said. "That's the point. It's a surprise for Ben. Don't tell him." "Got it." Nick put the cover back on and looked at Judy. "Looks like the girls are making big plans," Nick said gesturing to Judy and Lilly (Delgato). Will snickered a little.
Judy walked over to Lilly. Lilly Delgato was a tiger who was normally with the detective team. "How's life treating you, Mrs. Wilde?" said Lilly as Judy came over. "Fine. How about you?" "Great." "What should the decorations be like?" Judy and Lilly got into a conversation about the decorations, and they even got to know each other a little better. "Everyone tell me your ideas you have so far," Bogo said. When Bogo had heard everybody's ideas, He wrote them down and said he would consider each one and to wait for his approval before trying to begin. When Bogo dismissed the committee, they each had to go do their regular duties. Nick and Judy where to patrol the Rainforest District today. Judy was driving this time. "So when should we adopt a kid?" Nick asked out of the blue after a few hours of nothing to do. "Excuse me?" Judy asked, surprised. "I was thinking sometime next year, we should adopt either a vixen, or a buck, or both. Maybe they could be about the same age, and they could be just little kits," Nick said. "I thought you didn't like thinking that far ahead," Judy said. Nick shrugged "Well, you kind of rubbed off on me, I guess," Nick said. Judy smiled. "I was thinking about the same thing, but I think we could do it sooner. I found out that female police officers can get similar to a maternity leave when they adopt children younger than four years old," Judy said. Nick thought about that. "Hmm. How about this spring?" Nick asked. "That's possible." Nick smiled, then frowned when he saw what looked to be a drug deal in an alleyway. Nick pointed over there. Judy parked the car and Nick got out of the cruiser quietly, and crept over to the alley. He pulled his gun out and jumped around the corner. "Freeze! ZPD!" Nick yelled, but nobody was there. He looked around. He smelled cocaine, but didn't see anyone. He looked around, but couldn't find anyone. Nick holstered his gun and walked back to the cruiser. "Was it what you thought?" Judy asked as he got back in. "Apparently my eyes are playing tricks on me again." Judy started the car and continued driving. They drove up to an intersection. Nick noticed the house down the street as Mr. Manches' house. "Hey, Carrots, we should stop by and see how the guy's doing," Nick said. Judy parked the car and got out with Nick. Nick rang the doorbell and waited. The door opened a little and they saw Manches' paw pull the door open. "Who is it?" came Manches' voice. "Officers Wilde," Nick said. Manches opened the door. His eye was completely healed. "Hello! What have you come here for?" asked Manches. "We just wanted to come and see how you were doing," Judy said. "Come in!" Manches said, opening the door wider. "Thank you," Nick said. "Ladies first," Nick said, letting Judy in first. Judy sat on the couch, and Nick sat next to her. Manches sat on the easy chair. "Would you like anything to drink?" Manches asked. "No. I'm fine," Nick said. "Me too," Judy said. "Well, how have you been doing since the Night Howler attack?" Judy asked. "Very well. Mr. Big gave me a promotion to chief chauffer." "That's great! How's little Judy?" asked Judy. "Oh, she's doing fine! She started school a few months ago. Fru Fru says that the teachers say Judy Jr. is one of the smartest kids in class." "Oh, that's wonderful!" Judy said. Nick's radio started beeping. Nick picked it up. "Officer Wilde here. Over," Nick said. "Nick, Bogo said he has approved our plan for the party. Over," Will said. "10-4. I'll be there in a few minutes. Over." "Roger. I'll wait in the garage for you so we can build the plan. Over." "Roger. Over and out." Nick put his radio back in his pocket and stood up. "I hate to leave like this, but we need to leave," Nick said. "I'm sorry to hear that. You will come back and visit soon?" Manches said. "Yes. We'll visit again," Judy said. Nick and Judy went back to the car and drove back to HQ, to meet with Wolfard.
Will was standing by the door in the garage when Judy pulled up. Nick and Judy got out. "I'm going to go clock out and walk home, alright?" Judy said. "That's fine, Carrots," Nick said, then kissed Judy goodbye. Nick walked over to Will. "How do we go about inviting Gazelle?" Will said. "I think we should get a place for her to perform in the lobby. Most likely we could move the podium for press conferences out of the way and she could do it there," Nick said. "Then we invite her," Will said. "Exactly!" Nick said. "She's from Savannah Central, but she lives in a penthouse here in downtown," Will said. Nick and Will walked inside to talk some more, but Nick got tired and clocked out and went home in his car. When he got home, Judy was in the shower. "I'm home, Carrots!" Nick said when he came in the door. "Ok, Love!" Judy yelled back from the shower. Nick sat on the couch and turned the tv on. There was a recording of the Gazelle concert that he and Judy had gone to after Nick's first day as a cop. Nick watched for a while, then Judy came out with pajamas on. "I'm going to go to bed, Nick," Judy said. "Goodnight," Nick said, then kissed Judy. Nick went to the bathroom and took a shower. Nick got in bed with Judy and fell asleep beside her.
The next day, Nick and Will were moving the podium out of the way. Nick had gone to the music store a few blocks down and rented a sound system for Gazelle. He put the mic stand where the podium was. Will set the speakers on the side of the stand. Nick set the mixer up in the back of the room. "Let's look up our guest," Will said when they were done. Will followed Nick to the computer lab. Nick booted up the computer and opened the file search. He typed in "Gazelle" and got thousands of results, but the one on top was the gazelle they were looking for. "That was a little easier than I thought," Nick said. Nick clicked on her file and it had her real name, her address, phone number, birthdate, among other info. Nick got his phone out. He entered a new contact and filled out Gazelle's phone number, email, and birthday. "Here we go," Nick said as he hit dial. Nick put the phone on speaker phone and set it down on the desk. The phone continued ringing for a minute, then it stopped. "Hello. This is Gazelle speaking," Gazelle said when she answered. "Hello, Gazelle. This is Officer Nick Wilde and Officer Will Wolfard from the ZPD," Nick said. "Que pasa? Why are you calling me?" Gazelle asked. "We are calling to invite you to perform at the Police Christmas Party on the twentieth. You would need to be here by 5:00, and you would be here until about 10:00," Will said. "Let me check my schedule," Gazelle said. Nick waited for her answer. "I can come. I will be there. What songs would you like me to do?" Gazelle asked. Nick looked at Will. "Just do some of your Christmas songs," Nick said. "Ok. I will be there. Adios!" Gazelle said. "Thank you and goodbye," Nick said as he hung up. "That's settled. Now let's try to keep this a secret from Ben," Will said. Nick nodded. This could be difficult to keep from Ben. Nick left to go start patrols. Judy was waiting for him in the cruiser. "We've got Gazelle to come for the party," Nick announced when he entered the car. Judy smiled. "I knew you could do it!" Judy said. Nick and Judy patrolled Tundratown today, but they didn't see anything wrong going on. "So what should our kids be named?" Judy asked after a while. "Uh. I don't know." Judy smiled. "I think I like the name Ken," Judy said. "What about the name Nicole?" Nick suggested. "I think I like the name Nicole, but I like Ken better." Nick thought about it. "Nicole and Ken. I like it." Judy smiled, and Nick smirked and kissed Judy on the cheek. "Then it's settled. Next spring, we'll have a vixen named Nicole, and a buck named Ken," Nick said. Judy nodded. "That's the plan, I guess. We should renovate the second bedroom," Judy said. Nick rolled his eyes and smiled. When they got back from the patrol, Nick went straight to his car and waited for Judy. Judy got in a few minutes later and they went home. When they got home, Judy started making plans for the baby nursery. "We should probably look and see if they have any kids for adoption that would be for us," Nick said. Judy nodded and waved him off while she was working on designing the room. Nick went to his laptop and opened Zoogle and searched up "adoption centers in Zootopia" and came up with three places. One was just a few miles away. The others were in different districts of Zootopia. Nick clicked on the first one's website. They had almost two hundred children for adoption, all the way from newborns, to almost twelve years old. They even had a two year old female red fox, and a twelve month old male European rabbit. Nick submitted an "I'm interested. Call me" message and closed the laptop. He walked back into the bedroom, where Judy still had a notepad and was making designs. "Carrots. I've found two kids up for adoption that are just what we were looking for!" Nick said as he went in the room. Judy looked up from her notepad. "That's wonderful, Nick!" "I have to wait for them to call me before I can get more information on them, though." Judy went back to designing, and Nick went to take a shower. When he came out, Judy was already in bed, asleep. Nick crawled into bed and kissed her on her cheek. "Good night, Carrots," Nick whispered into Judy's ear. Nick set his head down on his pillow and fell fast asleep.
Author's Note:
The name for the bunny is from my Star Wars FanFic that is in the making. Look out for it soon.
