The majority of the family gathered around the large table. As everyone got themselves situated in their seats, Judy took her load off in a chair that was right in the middle of the table, an occupied seat waiting beside her. A series of aromas filled the room, the source of them being the plethora of various dishes that were scattered abroad. Judy inhaled the fresh and pleasing scents as her mother walked by, carefully carrying a tray that contained one of the delectable dishes that they would be enjoying.

The rabbit looked around at her family, encircled humbly around the dining room table. Her parents happily taking their seats after finishing up the preparations, the youngest of her multitudinous siblings squirming and shifting in their chairs trying to get comfortable.

"Gosh, I almost forgot about how great this cooking was," Judy thought out loud. "This alone was worth the travel."

"Well, don't you worry," Bonnie replied. "There's plenty more where this came from."

"Yeah, pretty sure Nick is going to love this too." As the words slipped out of her mouth, she got curious as to where her fox happened to run off to. She hadn't seen him since some of her youngest siblings took complete control of him, dragging him away to another room for what had been a great amount of time. "Speaking of, where did he-"

Thud!

Her inquiry was cut short, the sounds of commotion from behind her provided the obvious answer she needed. She could hear her fox clumsily bumping into a nearby table, nearly knocking over some well-placed decorations that were laying idly upon it.

"Ouch!" the misfortunate vulpine exclaimed upon hitting the table.

The joyous squeals of delight coming from some of her youngest siblings (who, from the sounds of it, were undoubtedly giving Nick a bit of a hard time).

"Okay, off you go," he compelled.

The little bunny, who was originally clinging onto Nick's fluffy russet tail, grabbed hold of Nick's paw and dragged him swiftly to his designated seat (which luckily was positioned right next to Judy). Bonnie chuckled as she continued to get the rest of everyone's food in order, Judy sat there shaking her head at Nick, setting down the plate of food she just got filled up.

"Geez," the fox whispered to his companion, clutching onto his tail as if he was providing it some sense of security. "My tail is killin' me from those little guys."

Judy grinned. "Pretty sure you and your tail will live, Slick," she replied.

Nick glanced at the empty white plate in front of him, then over to a piece of paper folded up like a greeting card appeared to be right by his napkin. He hadn't noticed it until now, and decided to see what it said on the inside of it. Getting a glimpse of the card, he revealed a simplistic doodled depiction of himself, the words "Special Guest" scribbled sloppily below it.

The fox looked up at Bonnie, who just took her seat back down and started to take a bite of food. He then turned his attention to where some of Judy's siblings were seated. The young bunny that was a few chairs away from view smiled upon Nick opening up the paper card, waving a paw excitedly to him.

"W-what's this?" Nick managed to say.

"Oh, just something the little ones made," Bonnie said. "They told me that they wanted their 'Uncle Nick' to have a special seat at the table."

"Heck," Stu chimed in, "you should've heard how much they were talking about you."

Some of the young rabbits seated around nodded their heads in agreement, and Nick felt an unexplainable sensation rushing within him. Nick could completely sense the welcoming sincerity that filled every bunny in the room.

"Thank you," he managed to say. "Just thank you."

The fox grinned widely, and with that the "Special Guest" started to joyfully help himself in digging into the wonderful array of farm-grown food.

Author's Note: This is the first story for me to write that featured more characters than just Nick and Judy. This was how I pictured a family dinner, whether that be during the holidays or just whenever Nick would visit Bunnyburrow for some sort of occasion, at the Hopps Family Farm would be. In my opinion, I really enjoy the concept of a supportive and welcoming Bonnie and Stu. And that was the image I was trying to go for here. :)

Hope I did a decent job at creating the scenery here, and hopefully this one put a smile on your face. As always, let me know your thoughts.

'Til next time! :D