My Mate Forever

Another Epilogue, Another Day

One year later

"No, it's my turn to ride on Uncle Nick's back!"

Nick chuckled as Rachel's kits fought to ride on his back while Judy was telling her sister about her and Nick's experience being foster parents.

It was after Harvey and Channary were arrested that the ZPD realized that left Tara without a mother. Not wanting her to end up in pup services, Nick and Judy volunteered to take care of her till someone would want to adopt her.

After five months, Nick and Judy crossed paths with Gazelle and Manchas who were not only romantically public but were also married and were interested in adopting as opposed to having kits and calves themselves.

They adopted Tara and one month later Nick proposed to Judy right outside the ice cream shop where they met.

Of course, many animals in Zootopia didn't react well. And one day Judy returned to her apartment to smell several stink bombs had gone off in there and almost all of her possessions had been destroyed or ruined while foul language had been written on her apartment walls. She had to move.

Nick and Judy went to the neighborhood they saw Henry Fisher at and found a small house with a garden that seemed to be dying. The former resident was an old lioness that was moving to a retirement home.

They got married four months later and had their honeymoon two months ago. Now, they were visiting Judy's siblings in Bunnyburrow including Rachel, who couldn't be at the wedding due to her kit Pam getting a fever.

"So was our Dad on a business trip during our wedding after all or did he just not want to accept his daughter being married to a fox?" Judy asked her sister.

"Um...I'm not supposed to answer that." Rachel replied shyly. "He was busy."

"Sure." Judy rolled her eyes. "At least Mom was happy to walk me down the aisle instead."

"You eat the whole cake there Judy? You look like you ate enough for five!" Cassie joked.

"Cassie!" Rachel snapped. "That's no way to talk to your older sister."

"No, she's right. I've been eating up a lot." Judy laughed. "I've been hungry and admittedly throwing a lot of it back up for more than a month. But I'm sure it's something bad I ate at the honeymoon that's taking a while to digest."

"For more than a month? Judy I thought you were the smart one." Rachel sighed. "You're pregnant and you could have them anytime."

"What? But..." Judy winced and Rachel was shocked that 'anytime' was now.

"Nick!" Rachel called.

Nick ran from the other room and stopped and looked shocked at Judy who was on the floor gritting her teeth.

"Don't gape at us, call the doctor!" Rachel snapped.

Nick ran to the phone and ten minutes later a rabbit doctor showed up and helped Judy into a bathtub as she was giving birth. Nick looked at her in shock and betrayal.

"She didn't know she was pregnant I promise." Rachel told him.

"How could she not know?!" Nick growled at Judy's sister.

"I just didn't!" Judy hissed still in pain.

"I don't know if I'm ready to be a father so soon!" Nick gasped.

Rachel looked at Nick with sharp orange eyes and slapped him.

"Ow!" Nick yelped, putting a paw to his cheek. "What was that for?!"

"My sister could've heard you say that!" Rachel hissed through her teeth. "This is a very important day in our lives and I'm not letting you ruin it!"

Nick nodded and immediately felt bad for whining and being ungrateful, after all he did want kits. He just didn't expect it to happen so soon.

The doctor had the first kit already in his paws that was a fox-like male with Judy's eyes and bunny paws. And then a bunny-like female with grey fur and red patches. Then a grey fox-like male with Nick's eyes, and finally a red-orange bunny-like female with Nick's eyes as well.

Soon they were all nestled against Judy's shirt and Rachel paid for the doctor's service and then he left. Many of Judy's siblings were knocking on the bathroom door wanting to see her kits.

Rachel looked at the door irritated and gave a sharp SHH! to silence their siblings.

"I love them." Judy smiled lovingly at her kits. "Nick did you see them?"

Nick's eyes widened with happiness as he looked at their kits, they hadn't even thought of names that much but they'd figure it out.

They decided Nathaniel as it sounded similar to Nick for the first kit's name. The gray and orange bunny-like kit was named Astrid while the grey fox-like male was named Arin and the red bunny-like female was named Zoey.

Rachel slowly opened the door and at least a dozen of their siblings poured in wanting to hold the kits.

"Told ya that you looked like you were eating for five." Cassie snickered. "Can I be their godmother?"

"You're too young Cass!" Judy laughed before flattening her ears tired. "No wonder I've been having cravings for Yorkshire Peppermint patties lately."

"I think we have an idea on who the godparents of our kits will be Cassie." Nick told Judy's sister, thinking of Manchas and Gazelle.

"Welcome to the world Nathaniel, Astrid, Arin, and Zoey Wilde." Rachel announced with pride. "May you grow up to make your parents proud."

Nick held Judy's paw while she was still in the tub. Their life would definitely be messy as a family of six in a small house working as officers to protect the city.

But the two looked forward to facing those trials together for them and their kits.