Chapter 13
A/N- Hello everyone! I've got an early Christmas present for you lot! In this chapter, Nick is discharged from the Zootopia General Hospital, but with a disadvantage. Also, thanks for over 10,000 views! I hope you enjoy the chapter!
"Oh yeah, whiskers?" said Nick. "Yes, Nick?" replied Judy. Nick chuckled softly with that sly tone of his. "You know that I'm actually getting out of this place today. The doctor said I'm fit as a fiddle to start living my life again. I can leave as soon as my discharge papers are signed." Judy could not be more happier to hear that. "Really? That's great Nick! You going to be alright on your own?" Nick then looked to her in a comedic way. "No! Of course not! I'm totally incapable with what I have to deal with that God has given me the part in the cruel play that is called life! Of course I'm gonna be alright, Judes. Don't you worry a bit!" Judy started to look shyly towards him. Her eyes looking to the sides of her head. "Are you sure? I mean, I can stick around your place tonight and maybe watch some Breaking Baa-ad together? If you don't mind of course." Nick loved the idea. The fact that she has not been to his place before, it excited him more than anything. "Yes! Oh- I mean, of course you can, carrots." Judy giggled at his carelessness and started to heave her heavy bones off of his bed. "Sounds great! How about seven o'clock or so? Something like that?" Nick pointed his clawed fingers towards her in acceptance. "You've got it. Just give me some time to clean up!" Judy started to walk towards the door the led to the vast emptiness of the corridors. "Oh, Nick. I'm sure it wont be that bad! Besides, I would love to see your place." she countered as she place her grey paw on the glimmering door knob.
As the door opened, a figure was seen standing in the way of the exit. Judy could not quite figure out who it was until she suddenly realised who it was. It was the same koala bear that she was woken by when she had that carrot tea and has been getting updates about Nick for these weeks. He was holding papers between his furry arms. He cleared his throat loudly. "Mr. Wilde. Oh, and Miss. Hopps. Good to see you again." he boldly said. The animal made his way to Nick and shuffled his papers neatly in his hands, straightening them. "So, Mr. Wilde. You may know that you can go home today. All I need you to do is to sign your discharge papers and prescription forms." Nick crooked an eyebrow and Judy's ears became erect. "Prescription?" asked Nick. The koala tapped on his spectacles and read over the documents. "Yes, yes. Quite so. This medicine is called acebutolol. It lowers your heart rate very slightly, but it is a very powerful drug. It says here you need to take a dose before you do anything that would cause your heart rate to increase. This is due to the after effects on surgery we had to perform. This includes any form of exercise, eating and drinking anything with caffeine. If your heart rate increases to a point that it is at a dangerous level, you may suffer a cardiac arrest and we wont want that to happen, won't we?" Nick's jaw dropped slightly. "I guess not..." The doctor looked assuringly at him. "That's what I like to hear. This is not to make your life harder in any way, we just want you to be a happy and healthy mammal." Nick looked across the doctors shoulder to eye on a worried looking Judy with her paws clasped together. "Wilde? Mr. Wilde?" Nick shook his head and looked straight at the koala. "You okay there, Mr. Wilde?" "Y- yeah. It just came to a bit of a shock to me, that's all." The koala put his paw on his shoulder. "Hey, come on. At least it not something serious, like you are going to be in a wheelchair for the rest of your life. This is just for a few weeks and I promise, you won't need to take them again. It's just for the best for your body at the moment."
Judy started to feel more worried for Nick. She didn't want him to feel worse just because of some medicine that is now a basic animal necessity to his life. Judy opened her mouth. "I will make sure he will take it, anytime he is near me. And if he isn't I will remind him." The koala looked behind him. He smiled. "Well, aren't you a caring bunny! I'm glad you are going to be helping Mr. Wilde here while he gets back on his feet." Judy acknowledged the doctor and smiled. "Of course! I'm here to make the world a better place for him now." The doctor smiled to Judy and quickly turned back to Nick who was smiling. 'She's going to look after me and make MY world a better place? That's sweet of her.' he thought to himself. "Right then Mr. Wilde. Just sign these papers and you're free to go. Here's my pen." The doctor handed a smart Parker pen to Nick. He snatched it out and scribbled his name on the discharge paper, then the prescription paper. "Done. And... done." said Nick. The koala looked at the papers and checked his name. He has a very formal signature with joined up letters that just screamed over the sign form. "You have some very neat handwriting, Mr. Wilde." Judy looked over to Nick and gave him a approving look, in which he returned. "Why thank you, doctor. You have been good to me for the past few weeks." The koala then looked at Nick delight. "Well... I do try my best. And I am glad that I have assisted you to the best of my abilities."
Nick crossed his arms and gave a sly expression towards the koala. "Well that's what everyone can do, is to try their best. And I give that a solid ten out of ten there buddy! The next person who will have you as their doctor, believe me, will be happy to have you beside their slowly dying body." Judy frowned and cursed under her breath. "Nick!" she hissed through her buck teeth. Nick flinched and looked to the doctor who was laughing quietly. "Ah, no worries. Sometimes you can't help but let one phrase slip through the canines, huh? Anyway, I'll confirm the admission office that you have been let go. I hope you have a great day Mr. Wilde!" Nick smiled and said "Bye." to the doctor as he vanished through the bright corridor. Nick sighed in relief to the fact that he was finally going to walk again. He then laughed nervously to the bunny who was thumping her foot furiously to the ground. "I- I'm sorry. That was immature. I shouldn't have said that." Judy sighed and couldn't help but feel sympathy for the fox. "I'm sure you didn't mean it. You were trying to make a joke. But at least think twice about what you say in a place like this. I was sure that doctor thought that was a sick point, but he had a sense of humour like you I guess." Nick looked to the bunny with a funny look on his face. "You know what I'm not sorry for?" Judy's nose twitched and one eye widened. "What?" Nick pulled out the same pen that the doctor let him use to sign his release forms. "His nice, expensive, smart pen. Why, I think I might keep this as a souvenir." he smiled with the same half-eyed lidded face. Judy laughed because if she was mistaken, he will never give it back to the koala. "Sly fox!" chortled Judy as she punched the fox on the arm playfully.
Nick then started to get out of the bed and let his feet touch the solid ground again. He felt wobbly to start with but then started to stabilize with the help of Judy putting his arms on her small broad shoulders. "Wow, I feel like a cub again! Well, I need to get out of these ragged clothes and get changed." Judy scoffed loudly with her hands on her hips. "Like your outside clothes aren't already ragged enough!" Nick scoffed back and started to walk toward the clothes hanger where his Hawaiian shirt and grey pants were. "Whatever! I'm gonna call a Zuber when I'm finished. I will see you in a few minutes I guess?" he said plucking the shirt down from the hanger. "Okay, ya dumb fox. I'll see you in an hour!" said Judy jokingly. Nick mocked her in a comedic voice that made Judy's sides split and started to burst out in laughter as she made her way to the door.
A few minutes later, Judy was still laughing but it was dying down. There was something about Nick's humour that always got to her. But what was it? She would think this every time that she would let her laughter escape her gut. Judy then took out her phone to glance at the wallpaper that greeted her with absolute love every time she would turn it on. She smiled at it and rubbed her finger over the area that Nick was shown. The door suddenly opened and Judy turned off her phone and glanced to the door to see Nick in his usual getup. His lime green Hawaiian shirt, his silky blue and red tie and his grey pants with... Judy eyed the middle of Nick's body, his flyer was still not done. Embarrassing. She could see his white boxers through the gap. She looked stupidly to Nick "Uh, Nick... I don't wanna be rude but... your flyer is undone..." Nick's eyes widened and they started to drift to his middle to see that she was indeed right. His face started to heat up and redden. "Oh, shucks! Oh, I'm so sorry you had to see that!" he exclaimed as he tried to do the zip up on his flyer. It took a few tries until he managed to do it up. Something then clicked in Nick's head. "Uh, why were you looking there anyway, whiskers?" Judy immediately grabbed his tie and pulled him towards the exit. "Let's just call this cab, okay?" she said trying to hide her face with her free arm. "Okay, okay! Just let go of my tie!"
A/N- Nick is finally out of his bed that he calls prision and is ready to start living his life again! I hope you enjoyed the chapter! You are supporting me just by reading the novel! Next chapter wont be posted until after New Year. Remeber, all reviews are welcome! Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Cheers! :-D -RetractedEmotions