Chapter 10: Special nights
Judy sat down onto an ambulance, after thirty minutes of ride Judy told the nurse that she is fine and she just needs to rest, she asked for a few dollars for a cab.
"I'll give you a ride." Wormont looked down at Judy waiting for a response.
"That's really kind of you, thanks." Judy climbed onto the front seat, yawing and looking out the window.
"Tried from all this?" Judy nodded and closed her eyes, taking a quick nap.
"So did you see the difference between me and Nick?"
"Nick isn't as passionate as you, at least not yet."
Wormont smirked, and left her a question that herself yet to figure out answer. "So, where do you find him attractive?"
"Well, Nick is-, he is- he's just being himself, not controlled by the life itself, he just be what he wants to be."
"A free fox sure sounds charming, I was hoping to meet a mate something like that."
"Free to do every they want and have fun?"
"Yes, but I assume you don't have that time Judy." Wormont looked at her, wondering what she was thinking."
"Are you asking for a date?" Judy knew something sounded weird, but she for course knows that she was dealing with a fox.
"Not at all, in fact, I think I know who to take on a date.."
"Sure you do buddy." Judy rolled her eyes and start looking at the road out from the window.
"You know that white fox girl? What's her name again- oh right, Skye."
"Really? Well, she is a fox I guess, I don't want to get inside a fox's mind."
"You and Nick will share a mind one day, why don't you share your feeling with him?"
"What do you mean by 'Share a mind'?"
"You know, Nick really was crying all over you when you were gone." Judy looked back at Wormont
"Really? Never knew his heart was so easy to break."
"You two really need to talk more, you two sleep together so what's stopping you two from talking?"
Judy's eyes went back to the window."I guess deep down I've never trusted a fox."
"Even after the nighthowler incident?"
"The way he acted, I felt…. it was real. This is just the part of his trick, just like how he changed the bullet into a blueberry."
"So foxes ain't trustworthy?"
"No, but it's not like you gonna pull the gun on-" A hard cold object poked the side of Judy's head, she tilted her a little bit. It was her own handgun.
"What do you think you're doing?"
"Showing you not to trust anyone."
"Hic- What did I ever did to you?"
"Nothing, I just noticed you can't take care of your own stuff." He threw the gun back to her. "If you can't take care of yourself how can you take care of Nick at the same time?"
"What did you- Hic- just say?"
"Come on you know exactly what I'm talking about."
"Nick is special, but I'm not gonna jump in and make him my boyfriend."
"But what if he wants to?"
"Huh?"
"He's too shy to ask, you got his life back together, what else does he want? You, the mammal who got his life from shattered dreams to his daily life. Sure he is complaining about the amount of work he has to do everyday, but do you ever see the smile on his face? He is enjoying every second of that, every second that he is with you."
Judy put her head down, the car slowly stopped.
"So what are you going to tell him?"
"I don't know."
"You have to tell him something, he might be waiting in there with a surprise."
Judy exited the car, she looked back at Wormont before going in the building.
"You're right."
A walk less then seconds to Judy felt like a year, her legs was heavy as there were lead inside, thoughts around her head, trying to tear her apart. The door made a small cracking sound while opening, Nick was the first thing she was, then, the roses he was holding.
"Judy?" It sounded like a dry throat, was he crying? Judy thought, closing in. "Yeah it's me, I'm fine Nick."
"Oh, glad you are." He put aside the roses. She felt something wrong.
"You don't seem so jolly."
"I'm good."
"You cried Nick, what's it about?" Nick avoid looking her in the eyes, he didn't want to burst into tears in front of Judy but it was only the matter of time that his eyes was caught by hers. Tears fell out of him. He fell on the bed covering his head with his tail.
"I was…... too afraid of…... losing you…..." Discontinuous words came out of Nick. Judy sat there , like a dummy, just quietly stared at Nick in the shadows.
"Y-you did so much for me, but I can't do anything in return…..." Nick continued to sob, Judy still didn't said a word.
"What will I do without you? Probably still at that same place selling pawsicles." Nick didn't even want to hear himself keep talking, he pulled his tail and stuffed most of it into his ear. He started to be drowsy, he can't remember how long he has cried, but a gentle pull that removed his tail from his ear woke him up.
"You can do one thing." Nick glared up, moonlight brighten up Judy's face, two lines of tear on her face and a smile embracing him. "Be my boyfriend Nick Wilde."
"What?"
"You heard it, be my boyfriend."
"Do you want this?"
"Yes, yes I do."
Nick sat up, one paw wiped away the tears on Judy's face, pulled her head towards him. Their lips touched, something shined under the moonlight.
"How long have you been waiting for that?"
"Way too long my darling."
"Sis? Why is Ryan still here?" Lance went back home, so did Lucy but problem is, Lucy's brother is here.
"Oh yeah about that, he's moving in with me."
"With 'you'? What about me?"
A set of key flew onto his face and dropped to the ground. "You get to move in with Lucy."
"That sounds like the worst idea ever." Lance picked up the keys, thinking of giving it back to him.
"We moved everything you have over there, you're welcome." Lance felt odd, these two have been dating forever, but suddenly Ryan moved in. He still remembers the fight about who's moving in with who they had in the next room he used to be in. Then he only heard extremely sound music.
"Alright, see you two later then."
"Wait, one more thing lil brother."
"What?"
"We're getting married!" He thought he heard something shattered, but to be honest, he saw this coming.
"When?"
"We're thinking this christmas."
"I'm so happy. I'll just go so you two can have some lone time." Lance clutched his teeth and inhaled, body moving out the door, just to be pushed back by Lucy.
"I was promised champagne."
"You heard of the news?" Lucy nodded and closed the door.
"If you're drinking why did you drive here?" Ryan popped open the bottle, bubbles rushing out, falling into a cup.
"It's just champagne Lance, it won't matter." She pouring the cups till the bubbles fall out to the table and handed them out.
"To Larnaca and Ryan!"
"To getting Lance out of my house!"
"Wait what? Oh dammit no."
Lance chugged his glass, he was faking the happiness. He put down the glass and looked at Lucy, who was also looking at him.
"So you're living with me now."
"I wish you were drunker when you said that." Lucy filled his glass
"Why?"
"Because I'm actually living with you, you said you'll never wanted to live with me when you're younger."
"And I still don't want you to live with me, it's a bit weird don't you think?"
"How come?"
"You, me, completely different."
"I can prove you wrong."
"Great, I'll like to see you try, I'm driving."
"I knew it."Lance put down the glass and stood up, Lucy smirked while swung the keys around her finger.
"Maybe this won't be that bad after all."
"We'll see about that later." Lance and Lucy left, leaving the couple at the sofa watching news. "You think the kids will be fine?" Larnaca said with a worry.
"They will get along just fine, maybe even better, they grown up."
"No, they are still kids. I can tell Lucy is."
"Wanna bet?"
"Go ahead."
"If I win you marry me."
"If I win?"
"I marry you."
"Deal, now let's drink champagne till our mind is empty." Larnaca took out the vodka stored under the sofa. "Bottle up!"
An intense arm pain with a breath of the jungle. Arua woke up, but she didn't want to open her eyes. Before she could completely sit up she got pushed back down.
"Ow." Whoever that was, it pushed her in the arm where the source of pain came from. She opened her eyes, a smile in the white fox's face.
"Lay down, you need it."
"What happened to my arm? Where is Mark?"
"He used you to land, you took had quite a bruise."
"Nothing time can't heal, where is he?"
"Trying to get a fish to eat."
"Good for him." Aura still sat up. "What's everyone else doing?"
"You're taking a break on this next one."
"No time to rest Kelly."
Mark flowed to the surface with a fish in his mouth.
"Jack is planning the blow up the bridge connected to the jungle."
"That's the only way in and out of the jungle by land."
"And water is too dangerous if you're not with a professional like me."
"You made a raft with wood and hang a heavy rock on it, you're no genius." Mark sat on the raft the whole thing shaked around for a near thirty seconds.
"Speaking of professional," Aura rolled her eyes. "He has a lot of potential, he might be one good assassin one day."
Kelly wasn't really listening, she was tinkering with the stone.
"What are you doing to the rock?"
"It's not a rock Aura, observe." A hook was sticking out of the bottom, she pushed it on the raft and made a huge hole on it.
"We're gonna sink." The same time the rock also opened a hole, she took out a grappling hook and shot it to the tree up at the revine.
"Let's move, and take the rock with us."
The device slowly moved all three of them up, near the top Aura can hear wood cracking.
"You're actually trying to get us killed."
"Nonsense Aura!" Mark's claws pushed into the dirt on the cliff and pushed both of them up, himself soon crawled up and rolled over exhausted, covered with mad and small rocks. Before anyone could do anything, the tree smacked down a inch closer Mark's face could've been squashed.
"What's the point of the rock again?" Kelly twisted the rock while it dissolved into air. What was left in her hands was a red shining dagger, with jewelry smelted steel that made the handle, the blade reflected moonlight as if was the day, around the edge with a portion of red drawing that seems to be bushes of roses.
"A little gift for you to welcome you to the family, hand crafted by me. Now let's hurry up, we don't want to keep Jack waiting."
Mark glared at the water and then followed up with a pace.