"... Marry Me" asked Nick holding the ring out in his paws, he looked at Judy and expected to see happiness for shock, but insted he saw sadness.
"Judy whats wrong" asked Nick standing up trying to put his hand on Judy's sholder. Judy just pushes his paw away,
"Nick...no I can't marry you we're too different, I mean LOOK at us I'm a Rabbit your a Fox I just knew this wasn't going to work" said Judy. Nick felt a stinging feeling inside his chest, he felt betrail,anger,sadness,hurt. He couldm't move a muscle, he saw Judy start to walk away so he tried to talk to her,
"Judy please don't go...I..I..I...I.." Nick didn't have time to finish his scentence when Judy cut him off.
"Nick please just don't try and talk me out of this, and don't talk to me as anything but a friend anymore" said Judy, Nick at a loss for words just stood there as Judy walked away into the surrounding forest, presumingly heading back to the street where she could hail a cab.
Nick could hear footsteps behind him and than he felt a paw on his shoulder. Nick turned to see his grandfather,
"Nick I sorry for what happened" said Richard, Nick shook his head
"It's not your fault" replied Nick hanging his head lower than it already was. Richard just sighed and looked at Nick with a sad face.
"Listen Nick if you really want to get her back , then I would suggest leaving her alone for a little while" said Richard patting Nick's back. Nick slowly nodded and started to walk off to his car.
(2 Hours Later)
Nick had been at a bar near his apartment for the past Hour and a half consuming drink after drink, almost every other person had vacated the bar except for Nick and some guy in a suit sittting in the corner booth. Nick then heard the bar door open and close, since the bar was from the early 1940's the door was just like one on a house.
Nick didn't bother to look and up and see who entered the bar, of course he was far to drunk to really care. Nick heard someone sit down next to him,
"So, you done drowning your sorrows" asked a deep and elderly sounding voice, Nick reconised he looked up and to his shock saw his father. His father was a red fox just like him only his hair was parted on the side and you can see his fur starting to gray near the tips and backs of his ears.
"H...hi dad, how are you" asked Nick gulping nervously.
"Your not hear to catch up on how I'm doing are you?" replied his father, Nick shook his head and looked down at his drink.
"Your Grandfather told me what happened" said Nick's Father, Nick didn't say anything but just took a sip of his drink. His father then took the drink out of Nick's paws and set it on the other side of him and grabed Nick's muzzle and turned it towards his face.
"No more hiding behind the drink, just look me in the eyes and tell me whats wrong" said his father in an angry tone. Nick tried to turn his head back but his dad wouldn't let him, Nick sighed and pushed his dad's paw off of him and then looked at him.
"Listen Dad I really don't want to talk about it right now, okay" said Nick who looked at the bartender who got him another drink.
"Listen Nick I know about Judy, and I know that shes a rabbit" replied Joseph,Nick's father, Nick gasped and then looked at his dad with fear in his eyes. His dad was the president and founder of the first city wide bank and knew the Police Cheif,Mayor,and District Attorney. He could and has easily ruined people lifes with the snap of his fingers.
"How do you know about Judy" asked Nick with even more fear in his eyes and soul.
"That bunny comes into the bank every week to cash her police pay check, and as soon as I found out she was dating you I started to talk to her and get to know her" replied Joe. Nick know felt his heart thump rapidly inside his chest just waiting to burst.
"I...I think shes okay and I'm not just saying that because shes your girlfriend, but I think she would be good for you" said Joe taking a sip of Nick's old drink. Nick sighed and looked at his dad setting his drink down,
"Dad I have to tell you something" said Nick in a depressed tone of voice,
"What is it" asked Joe.
"I..I..I proposed to Judy tonight..." started Nick but his dad interupted,
"Good for you when will the wedding be". Nick sighed again,
"Dad she said no to my proposel, said she just wanted to be friends and nothing more". Joe sat there for a dew minutes and the awkward silence set in upon them,
"So thats why your here" said Joe, Nick nodded and looked back down at his drink, Joe pulled a cigarette out of his suit coat pocket.
"I thought you quit" mumbled Nick not even batting an eye, his father was always very fickle when it came to smoking. He always said he was going to quit and the one or two times that he accually did, he was always moody so Nick,his Mother, and his sister all gave up trying to make him stop smoking. Nick really did care about his fathers health, even after he got kicked out and cut out of his fathers will.
"I tryed but with the board urging me to retire I havn't had a peaceful moment to my self in a good few months" replied Joe taking a drag of his cigarette.
"So hows Mom" asked Nick taking the last drink from his glass,
"Shes doing good, but she is planning on retiring next month" replied Joe putting his cigarette out in an ash tray. Nick look up at his father,
"Well dad I have to go back home" said Nick standing on his feet about to lay down money for his drink when his dad stopped him. Joe shook his head and layed down his own money,
"Son I have been meaning to tell you this but I've had a hard time finding where you were so I might as well tell you now" said Joe looking Nick right in the eyes.
"My doctors have informed me that I have stage IV Lung and Throat Cancer and that I have 4 months to live at best, so I'm putting you back in my will" said Joe looking sad as he anncounced this news to nick. Nick's eyes widened and he gasped and look at his dad,
"Now I don't want you to fret over me, I just want you to go home and get a good nights sleep you understand" said Joe, Nick nodde and walked out of the bar. The Unknonwn figure in the corner booth stood up and walked over to Joe.
"I know that was hard for you but you needed to do it sooner or later" said the figure. Joe sighed,
"I know dad but I can't help but feel that this was the wrong time to come back into his life" replied Joe. Both Richard and Joe stood there both of their minds on Nick and how he was doing.
(Back at Nick's Apartment)
Nick was just arriving at his aprtment complex, his head was still wirling from his dad's announcment. As Nick entered his apartment he saw the small packet of cigarettes laying on the counter where Judy had left them earlier that night. He slowly reached over to grab them when he stopped himself,'No' he thought ' I won't make the same mistake my dad did'.
So Nick went and sat down on the couch and pulled the ring of of his suit pants pocket, he set it down on his coffee table and looked at it. The longer he sat there staring at the ring he felt tears begin to well up. He tryed his damndest not to cry but eventully his walls broke and he layed down on his couch and cryed his eyes out.
(7:00 A.M. The Next Morning)
Nick had cryed himself to sleep on his couch, he was enjoying a nice dream until he heard a faint knocking, he thought it was part of the dream at first but it just kept getting louder and louder and then he woke up. Someone was knocking on the door to his apartment, Nick still felt like junk from the other night, and the coupious amounts of alchol were giving him the hangover of the century, but he knew whoever it was would not go away until he went and answered the door.
When Nick opened the door there stood his grand father in Kahki Pants and an old bowling shirt that looked like it was from the 40's. A Cigarette perched between his teeth,
"So" he started, " You want to talked about it", Nick sighed and motioned him inside.
Richard entered Nick's apartment, Richard went and opened Nick's living room blinds. Nick sheilded his eyes from the intnese bright light.
"Hangovers a bitch isn't it" asked Richard, Nick nodded. Richard sat down on Nick's couch and patted his paw on the other part of the couch signaling from Nick to come and sit down. Nick went and sat down on the couch next to his grandfather.
"So why did you want to talk to me" asked Nick in a monotone voice hoping to get ride of his grandfather so he could weep in scilence.
"I think its you who ought to do some to do some talking" replied Richard. Nick tryed to act tuff and not show any emotion but then it got to him, he put his face down in his paws and started to softly cry to him self.
"There there let it all out" said Richard in a soothing tone, they sat there for a good 15-20 minutes, Richard just let Nick get all of the sorrow out. After about 20 minutes Nick's stopped crying and looked up at his Grandfather,
"What do I do" asked Nick,
"You go and talk to her and try your damndest to get her back" replied Richard. Nick with knew found confedence got on his suit jacket and started to head out when he looked back at his grandpa,
"Thanks Grandpa, for everything" said Nick. Richard smiled and nodded at Nick and motioned for him to go. Nick left the apartment to go and find Judy, Richard sat there on Nick's couch and mumbled to himself.
"You've done good you old fool, you've done good"
( A/N Sorry for the short and confusing chapter I have not been feeling up to writing the past few weeks, but I am getting back into the swing of things so please be more patient in the future so Ta Ta for Now)