Chapter 13

Laws of Science vs Law and Order

Nick stood by Judy's bedside, both holding each other's paws, Dr. Irwin's statement echoing through their minds. Trying to process what had just been told to them, something that not a single doctor or biologist could say was possible. Even Dr. Irwin himself was in awe of what he was telling them. Judy didn't know whether to scream and shout with joy or tremble in fear of the unknowns of her incredible diagnosis. Nick on the other paw, was hearing his mothers voice echoing in his subconscious, 'Boxxes, Funnies or Fobbits' and not to mention the great big 'I told you so' from her muzzle that was now inevitable. Even still, Nick was in disbelief, so much so he couldn't speak. He stood there, a proud grin on his muzzle and a heart beating as fast as a hummingbird's wings in the spring sunlight.

"Dr. Irwin, how… this can't be possible … is it?" Judy asked shocked as the tall marsupial as he balanced on his tail next to her bed.

Taking another look at his clipboard and the report from labs, he quickly nodded a couple of times.

"Mrs. Wilde, the tests were conducted four times and each time you came up positive. The likelihood of four false positives with modern testing methods and equipment next to impossible.

Judy began to grin, and her ears started to perk up a little.

"So, I really am pregnant… this isn't some cruel joke … I'm pregnant with … hybrids." She said staggered, looking down at her belly, imagining what life was growing inside her.

Dr. Irwin grinned slightly as he nodded his head a couple of times, as Nick started to weep slightly, getting choked up.

Judy looked up to her husband, his emerald eyes shimmering as he locked eyes with her. Her ears fell as Nick embraced her quickly, overcome with joy in his heart his tail wagging uncontrollably. Sobbing onto her shoulder. So happy and so relived that she was in good health and carrying inside her what he and the world thought was impossible … their baby.

"Nick are- are you ok?" Judy asked as she began to tear-up, holding nick close.

Nick pulled his muzzle from her shoulder, gazing into her eyes and trying to regain his composure as the tears dampened his mask.

"Carrots I'm better than 'ok'- I'm so happy, I … I don't know what to say." Nick replied to her, as they both began to giggle, before hugging each other tightly, tears damping the fur on their cheeks. The warmth of the moment even making their doctor tear up a bit, having never seen two mammals so happy to find out that they would be parents.

For Nick it was a moment of pure joy, so potent and powerful that it moved him like nothing else he had ever experienced. Not even the night Judy said 'yes' when he asked her to marry him. His mind was flowing back to all the moments when he was a kit. Happy memories flowing back, remembering moments of he and his father Phillip before his untimely yet heroic passing. Memories he hopes to share with their kit began to flow like a raging river.

As for Judy, she was still in shock; never did she think in any way would she be a mother of children of her own, let alone hybrids. Thinking and trying to figure out how and if this is but a very elaborate dream and that soon she will be awakened by the sharp nibble of an eager to get out of bed Anna on one of her ears.

"Doc … am I dreaming, this can't be real." Judy insisted, still not convinced. Looking at her firm little belly once again, placing her paws on her stomach, gently pressing and felling how unusually firm it was.

"How could I not have noticed" she thought to herself "When could this have happened… think Judith, think." She thought to herself again before having a eureka moment, but before she could burst out with the probable date before the wedding night a young doe in blue scrubs entered the room with a very small cart and a monitor.

"Oh, there you are Ali, thank you for bringing this up for me." Dr. Irwin told her, as she moved the small machine to Judy's bedside.

"Anytime" She said with a smile, batting her luscious eyelashes at him. He grinned back at her as she turned her attention to Judy.

"Okay honey, my names Ali and I'm sure the both of you can guess what this machine is." She said in an enthusiastic manner, powering up the monitor and the equipment using a laptop next to the screen.

"Let me take a Wilde guess." Nick said with a wink pointing their last name on the chart.

The young doe giggled a little.

"It's an ultrasound." Judy inferred, her eyes getting wide with excitement to see what was against all odds, growing inside her.

"You bet sister." Ali affirmed giving Judy a sly look from her amber eyes, a cheeky grin and cocking an eyebrow. "Now I will need you to move your gown up just below your chest. This is potentially the coolest ultrasound I will ever have done." She said as she set up the machine.

Nick looked at her confused and a little proud; confused because the young doe said, 'coolest ultrasound' and proud that he was about to get a look at their potential kit.

They both watched as the doe put her gloves over her hooves and grabbed a bottle from a drawer on the cart. She popped the cap open and squeezed glob of this clear gel onto Judy's belly; the warm felling relaxing Judy a little as she watched the nurse put the bottle back in the drawer and grab the ultrasound wand from its mount on the side of the screen.

Dr. Irwin keen to have a gaze at the one of the more unusual ultrasounds he's ever witnessed stared at the monitor and had his E-Chart ready to take note.

"Are we ready to see what you two have created?" Dr. Irwin asked Nick and Judy as the young doe pushed a button on the wand.

"Ready as we're going to be Doc." Judy told him as the doe ran the first pass of the ultrasound over her belly.

Running it over a couple times, the machine made these wired electronic noises the soundwaves pulsed from the wand with every pass until a clear ultrasound image began to appear on the screen. To their amazement there, right there on screen… was life in its purest form. What they and so many countless others thought were impossible, had been proven possible. Both Dr. Irwin and nurse Ali were in a state of shock seeing what the machine was showing them, but not as shocked as Judy was.

"I don't believe this, I'm really pregnant …" Judy said her lip trembling and her eyes wide tearing up she put her right paw over her mouth seeing the machine pick out; not one, but three kits early in their development and all of them three having strong healthy heartbeats.

"Mate, this is incredible…" Dr. Irwin blurted out as he took note of what he and his nurse were looking at. "Does this convince you, because you're not dreaming Mrs. Wilde." He pointed out as he pulled out his phone.

Judy looked to Nick to find him gazing at thee screen and then putting one of his paws on the screen, in shock but happy. Grinning like a kid that had just been given the biggest present he could have ever asked for… Nick was feeling something he'd never felt before, he felt proud of himself.

"Would ya look at that… we… we made them … Judy were going to be…" He paused looking back at Judy who was looking at her belly. "Mom and dad." He said with relief, a happy grin on his muzzle.

A few more minutes went by as they finished the ultra sound. Dr. Irwin and his nurse Ali taking notes and data of the three little ones growing inside the small lagomorph. Heartbeats and size all being considered. It was still a little to early to tell exactly how they would look or even if they would live past birth. That to be a question that Dr. Irwin couldn't answer until the day of their arrival to planet earth. Although, not sure himself of the total gestation and even how to schedule visits to check in on the little trio of hybrids. For that Dr. Irwin called in a specialist to which had over 35 years of experience; funny story this was the Doctor that delivered his little sister Shara some 29 years ago and had seen all sorts of different pregnancies.

Knowing this fact Dr. Irwin excused himself from the room to meet his superior at the elevator, leaving Ali to finish cleaning up and prepping the ultrasound for another image up in the female care part of the hospital. Judy having gotten up to go to clean the goop from her belly, left Nick alone the image of the three little balls of floof in Judy's womb in his head. The sound of the machine and the sight of little beating hearts. Made him wonder, what is it going to be like; being the father of hybrids of a fox and a bunny.

After a couple of minutes, Judy emerged from the bathroom, having cleaned most of the gel that was used on her for the ultrasound off her firm little stomach and sat up in her hospital bed. Still trying to make sense of all of this, the strange feeling knowing that inside her were three little miracles of life. Nick was already trying to come up with images of what they could resemble. He kept wondering would they look more like himself or Judy, but before he could wonder anymore about what those three little balls of floof might look like; Dr. Irwin along with a beautiful older hare. She was like what Judy's mother Bonnie looked like if she were a doctor that is. Her name engraved into a gold tag on her lab coat. Dr. Silvia S. Greenwood.

"Oh, everyone this is Dr. Greenwood, she's the head of the reproductive health department here at Zootopia Generals Female Hospital." Dr. Irwin announced as the older white doe walked around and hopped onto a chair next to Judy's bedside. Greeting her with warm eyes and a kind toothy smile, Dr. Greenwood looked at her and Nick and the Ultrasound images that were fresh off the printer. Finally speaking to Judy with a confident grin on her experienced mug.

"Mrs. Wilde, Your probably not going to believe this, but from what I'm seeing on the images from the scan and the… okay could you just stand up straight for me for just a second, I need to measure your belly and compare to my chart." She told Judy, pulling from one of her many pockets a small guide, a lose measuring tape and a ruler. Then a Calculator from another pocket along with a small notebook from her back pocket.

Nick was watching this bewildered was wondering to himself.

"Is she going to give a due date or measure Judy for maternity clothes and give us a geometry lesson?" He shrugged his shoulders and watched Judy stand up and take off the top half of her gown and began to watch as the older doe measured his wife's body.

Judy had already had an idea of how far along she was but was keen to see what this very experienced doctor was going to tell her. This also worried her a little; she had never known anyone to have kits outside species and never thought she would with Nick. What had her worried was the difference in size.

"Excuse me Dr. Greenwood." She said getting the attention of the older doe who was now measuring the circumference of her belly and the firmness.

Dr. Greenwood looked up with a slight scowl.

"Yes, my dear." She answered before looking back down and taking note of her first measurement.

"Am I going to be ok, I mean will I be in any danger of … passing away while or after giving birth?" She asked nervously making Nick gasp, putting a look of fright onto his face.

"No, I don't think you will be in danger of any sort." She replied affirmatively taking her final measurement

A sigh of relief came from Nick and Judy, hearing those reassuring words from such an experienced professional

"In fact, you should be okay but, keep your physical activities to a minimum." She pointed out finishing her calculations.

Nick feared the worst already frightened by Judy's question.

"Why, is something wrong?" Nick asked franticly, thinking something was wrong with Judy.

"No, no… it's this reason Mrs. Wilde that you should slow down a bit." She told her and Nick showing them a small group of pictures of a drawing of Judy's belly growing larger and being shown not in months but weeks.

"You see Mrs. Wilde" she said in a wise gentle tone, "You're already 5 weeks along and your profile is already changing, you're already starting to show more than you think. It is from my calculations that within the next two weeks your going to start to show a noticeable baby bump and within 4 weeks you won't be able to dress yourself without some help, and finally I'd say around 10 weeks from now, you're going to be looking at me again, but inside a birthing room."

Nick and Judy's Jaws dropped, and their eyes became large as they heard the estimated time left to prepare for the arrival of not one but three newborns. It was a shock to say the least, but the next diagnosis from Dr. Greenwood was going to be one neither they or Dr. Irwin expected to hear.

"However, I do believe that being they will be about twenty percent larger than your body was intended for, I believe that If you have a natural birth, you couldn't do it again. A second time would be to be damaging to you … you would probably pass away within hours." She admitted with a sad, but reassuring looks on her face

"What about a c-section, could I survive that twice?" Judy said hoping for a more positive reply from the well-rounded Doctor.

"I don't believe you will have to worry about either actually, and to answer your question, yes you would be just fine with a c-section or two or three even; however, there is a chance that you may become unable to bier children again after these three. Due to a permanent hormonal change and physical change inside your body." She explained as she held Judy's paw.

It took some time for Nick and Judy to process the assessment by Dr. Greenwood and were devastated at the possibility of only being able to have a small litter. Nick had always wanted a big family, being that he never really had much of a family at all. As for Judy, she felt heartbroken and worried.

"What if they don't make it?" she thought to herself fearing the worst for her three little floof balls inside her, but before she could ask that question to Dr. Greenwood. The old doe answered that for her.

"As for the health of these three; I think they will be alive and well, judging by their heartbeats and the sizes so far. You just wait until they start kicking, you'll be surprised at how much those three will keep you up at night. Trust me I know, I have 17 of my own." Dr. Greenwood told them as she steeped down from the chair and onto the cold floor.

"So, when should I schedule the next visits and the possible due date Silvia?" Dr. Irwin asked as he was preparing Judy's discharge forms to be printed and signed.

"I would say next visit should be in ten days then another ten days and then every five days until the set date. Which I believe should be … today is June seventh so … Due date August fifth through the fifteenth is the window I'm predicting somewhere in there."

Judy smiled and looked down at her belly, then to Nick who had started to grin.

"So, Nicks Birthday is August Eighth and being that by then I might look like I'm going to pop, is there a good chance that these three will be here?" Judy asked as she began think of all the things that would have to be done before the triplet's arrival.

"Possible, and before I forget you will have to stop working right away Mrs. Wilde, the stresses of work during a pregnancy like this is not good for you or those three. So, I will be writing you a small letter for your employer to put you on Maternity leave and Nick on Paternity leave within eighteen days of your due date to be on paw just in case they decide to greet the world a little earlier than anticipated."

Dr. Greenwood explained before sending her notes and files to Dr. Irwin for his records along with a pre-prepared letter for Judy to give to Chief Bogo right away.

After sending her work to Dr. Irwin and having a schedule printed out, Dr. Greenwood left and returned to her place in the hospital along with the nurse who performed the ultrasound. Leaving just Judy, Nick and Dr. Irwin in the room before one last check showed that Judy's vitals were all in good standing. With that, he signed Judy's release forms and gave Nick and Judy copies of the paperwork and four photos of their triplets from the ultrasound paperclipped to the manila folder.

"Alright, so you know the schedule and if you have any questions, you can call me at this direct number, its my work phone and it's on me twenty-four seven." Dr. Irwin informed Judy, writing his number onto the front of the folder. "Also put it in your phones so if something happens and you're not home or something like that; you got me on speed dial."

"Don't worry, we got this under control, I don't think Nicks mother is going to let us out of her sight now for sure. So, I believe I'm in good paws with his mom and my … mom and dad." Judy said slowing her speech down as everything hit her at once. A puzzled look on her face as Nick to hold of the file and his wife's discharge paperwork. Those words echoing in her head, 'Mom and Dad' realizing that neither her nor Nick had called their parents to tell them that they were ok, and that Judy was even in the hospital.

"Nick, tell me did you called our parents?" She asked putting on her shirt from earlier in the day.

Nicks expressing went from calm to a look of surprised in a flash. His eyes wide and his tail almost tucked between his legs.

"Uh, no, no I – I did not." He said thinking he was about to receive the wrath of the pregnant bunny. Preparing himself for the scolding of a lifetime. To his surprise, Judy didn't lose her cool, in fact he heard a sigh of relief from her.

"Thank God, they would have been worried sick; at least now though we can go home. But first we need to pay a visit to Willow and her mom." Judy told Him before taking his right paw and gently looking into Nicks eyes. "We can tell them tomorrow after we deal with work and filing all of the paperwork that Bogo will want us to do."

Nick snapped to attention when she said that she would have to do paperwork.

"Oh no you don't super bun, you're not doing any work at all, didn't you hear what Dr. Greenwood said, you don't need any unnecessary stress, it's bad for you and the triplets." Nick affirmed as they walked down the corridor towards, their friends room.

Judy rolled her eyes with a slight grin on her face.

"Oh c'mon, a little paperwork never hurt anyone." She joked as they neared Willow's room.

Nick scoffed

"What if you get a papercut and it gets infected and – and you get sick and they get sick?" Nick asked starting to sound a little panicked. Thinking of all the things that could go wrong, things that could hurt their little miracles.

"Nick relax, I can do it all from home on my laptop and just submit my part of the report to Bogo in a couple days. Safe and sound in our little home." She assured him as they arrived Willows room.

"Okay,.. but nothing sharp or pointy around you. I can't have anything happening to you or any of the kits." He said before knocking a couple of times hearing Willows familiar gentle voice.

"Its open." Willow said, before muting the tv mounted on the wall across from her bed.

Nick opened the door and ushered Judy in before him and closing the door behind them.

"Judy, oh wow girl, how do you feel?" She asked, shocked to see her friend back on her own feetpaws again so soon.

Judy began to blush, and the tips of her ears dropped as she began to grin.

"I'm better now, thanks to these amazing mammals that work here." She said opening the folder and seeing the ultra sound pics

"Was anything seriously wrong with you or did you just faint?" Her mother Carol asked her sipping on some warm tea.

"No, nothing was wrong, I just had a case of low blood sugar and low blood pressure." Judy told them taking the ultrasound pics from the folder and handing the folder to Nick.

"Well, what sort of thing could have caused you to experience that?... Your always in the gym or on the track, you're the definition of physical fitness." Willow told her trying to figure out for herself why her friend could have fainted.

Judy took a deep breath and walked over to her friend's bedside and took one of the ultrasound photos and handed it to the young tigress.

"These three were the reason… I take it they were a little hungry." Judy answered, watching her friend take the photo and look at the image.

After a few seconds, Willow gasped finally realizing what she was seeing. Tears filled her big amber eyes, in disbelief her mom walked over to see what her daughter was looking at.

"Judy are you… Pregnant?" Willow asked gleefully.

"With three little hybrids." She said happily, before she climbed up onto her friend's bed and embraced her. "And you two are the first to know." Judy told Willow and her mother, both ecstatic.

"So, I take it I can be their aunt Willow?" She asked with shimmering amber eyes and a hopeful grin.

Nick nodded a couple times.

"We wouldn't have it any other way." Nick answered with a chuckle as willow beaming with Joy hugged her mom.

For about another half hour Judy and Willow's mother talked about the pros and cons of pregnancy along with what its like being a mother. Judy taking note in her mind about everything, being only a big sister and an aunt for many years; she's seen her fair share of parental duties. However, nothing prepared her to be a mother herself. Yes, an adopted mother of a now ten-month-old Anna. Who is still her little shark toothed angel; Did test her skills as a mom, which have been sharp as Anna's baby teeth. However, adoption and bearing triplets was an entirely different ballgame.

Carol did help her feel a little bit better, helping Judy realize that she and Nick will always have help from not Just from Nicks mother and maybe his sister from time to time; but Carol offered something that nor Judy or Nick expected.

"With all that being said, since Nick and I's mother have become quite good friends since Willow decided to give me the fright of my life, if you two would be up for it, I'd love to help out when needed." She offered.

"Absolutely, that would be wonderful; especially when we go back to work." Judy replied, surprised at Mrs. Stones offer.

After another hour, Judy and Nick made their way home, on the way dropping off the cruiser that they had commandeered after the chase and the call that brought them to the hospital. Nick and Judy picked up their car and realized that their clothes and stuff were still at their hotel rooms.

"Nick, what about our stuff at our hotels?" Judy asked as they turned onto main street.

"We can go and get them tommorrow after we deal with Chief Bogo in the morning. Hopefully he understands and goes easy on us for leaving the scene and taking a cruiser without authorization." Nick told her as they made the short trip home.

"Yeah, besides I miss Anna, c'mon let's go home and have your mom bring her home. We can tell your Mom about the news!" Judy suggested eagerly, excited about the prospects of having children of her and Nick; not to mention making Anna a big sister.

A short time passed, and Nick having messaged his mom to let them know that they would be home earlier than expected. Asked Rose to bring Anna home and to stay for dinner. Not once alluding to the news of Judy's pregnancy. The ride home was a wash with excitement between them along with moments of anxiety. Nick especially was nervous about becoming a father. For him this was much more than just being a good adopted father for Anna, these were kits that he and Judy made in a flurry of love for each other. In his mind, the three little pups growing inside Judy were the ultimate expression of their love for each other.

As they arrived at their apartment building and pulling around to the garage in the alley behind their building; Judy noticed her mom's old yellow station wagon sitting out front by the curb. Sending a shiver up her spine.

"Oh my god, Nick… my parents are here." She said nervously, not expecting them to visit for a few weeks after the first harvest of the summer.

Nick tried to play it cool but was nervous; "What if they brought the whole family?" He thought as he pulled into their garage and cut off their car.

"What are they doing here Judy, did you text them or something?" Nick asked as they got out and made their way inside.

"No, no I didn't call them for anything; they must have had to come into Zootopia for a reason." She said, puzzled as to why they would show up without calling.

"That's weird, normally they don't come here unless its something serious." Nick told Judy before getting into the elevator.

"For whatever reason they have for being here, lets just hope they're in a good mood and that its just a drop in after a 'day in Zootopia'." Judy stressed, still nervous hoping that her folks didn't catch her and Nicks exuberant chase through the city on the news.

"Day in Zootopia?" Nick scoffed, "Do you not think they saw us chasing Van Howler in a commandeered sports car through the streets, ending in a crash on live tv?"

Judy thought about what that must have looked like on the news for the world to see. An entire stadium being emptied and a furious car chase that the transporter would have been proud to see. All happening on live tv.

"Lets Just hope they were unaware and besides they might not have been in the city at that time anyways."

After a quick ride in the elevator, they arrived on the floor of their apartment. But nor Bonnie or Stu were waiting at their door. This puzzled Nick and Judy, because they didn't have a key and they don't have the code for the spare box in the office. It wasn't until Judy and Nick got to their door that they found a small note suck in the gap of the door in-between the frame.

Curious to this, Judy took the note and opened it, and look to see who it was from. Seeing it was from her mom and dad she read it aloud.

"Dear Judy and Nick, we came to visit but forgot you two were working, we met Rose and Anna by chance as she was here picking up few things you two forgot to pack for her and we tagged along to spend the day with Rose and Anna. Talk to you soon, we love you very much and our little adopted grand kit. She's such a sweetheart and an adorable little bundle of joy! Hope you don't mind us stealing your curbside parking spot for the day. Love Mom and Dad." Judy read to Nick, surprised but still confused.

"What the… why would they be coming all the way here without calling?" She thought to herself as Nick unlocked the door and stepped inside their modest apartment.

"That's a good question to ask, but I don't think you will find your answer on our welcome mat." Nick said in a smart-alecky tone as he went to the kitchen to brew a pot of coffee for them.

"Yea … I just don't understand why they would be here." She announced, walking in and shutting the door behind her and joining Nick in the kitchen.

"Maybe they just miss you, you are the only one who moved further than the county line from them. Not to mention the one with the most dangerous career choice and you're married to a fox." Nick theorized as her poured a fresh cup of coffee into her favorite mug that had 'carrots' in orange lettering on the mug and his that said, 'The Hustler'.

Judy sighed, her ears begging to droop

"Maybe you're right; it could be nothing… besides its nice they're hanging out with your mom and spending time with Anna." She replied, feeling a little calmer and cheered up about her parent's impromptu visit.

"Yeah, its nice to finally see them taking an interest in…" Nick said before being cut off by a stern knock on their door.

"Who is it?" Judy yelled

"A retired nurse, a business vixen, two farmers and a kit that needs a diaper change!" A soft yet strong female voice came from behind the door.

"Sounds like a sitcom for ZBC's fall lineup." Nick joked as he sauntered to the door

"What's the password?" He asked arriving at the door with a smug grin on his muzzle.

"I can make one up, but it involves me kicking your butt now open up, your daughter really needs a new diaper. Now Nicholas let us in!" Rose ordered from the outside their door.

"Oh, alright if you insist." Nick said jokingly opening the door then being handed his daughter. Getting a whiff of the stench of a stinky diaper.

"Judy, Help!" Nick pleaded, his eyes beginning to water.

"I'm on the phone! You can do it, don't be such a baby." She chided, joking with him and his weak stomach.

"It's radioactive!" He complained before going to change little Anna's soiled diaper.

"Oh, don't be such a wuss Nick, be happy its only one; not like me and Stu having to do four or five all within a few minutes of each-other." Judy's mother joked before joining Judy in the kitchen.

While Nick went off to change little Anna's diaper, Judy figured since her mom, dad and Rose were here, Judy texted Nick's sister Aerial to join them. After a quick few seconds, she replied that she'd be there in a couple minutes. Then it hit her, Judy thought this would be the perfect moment to tell everyone that she was pregnant. But she wanted to build it up and surprise them all; but how she still didn't know.

About twenty minutes passed before the pizza guy delivered two steaming hot pepper and onion topped pie's. One with a garlic crust and the other stuffed with mozzarella. Judy used what was left of their cash in her purse to pay the $26 dollars and the 5-dollar tip to the young Mule that delivered their dinner in such quick time. By then Nick had not just changed their little ball of floof's diaper but gave her a bath as everyone asked Judy about what happened today with the car chase and the arrest of the master crime boss that was Villa Vanhowler. Seems the diaper wasn't enough to contain the mess that that little floof had made.

Sporting some new clothes Nick and Anna rejoined the rest of them in the living room, all of them chowing down on their chosen slices of Mama Fangia's fineist.

"Hey, save me and shark bite some, we haven't even gotten a slice and you guys have almost eaten two whole pies." Nick laughed as he grabbed a plate from the kitchen and a couple slices for himself, and some mashed carrots and turkey for Anna to enjoy for her dinner.

"Well you should have changed her diaper faster slick!" Nicks sister yelled from the living room.

"Hey, you have no idea what nuclear baby poo is like!" Nick replied joking with his younger half-sister before joining them. "It was so bad I had to give her a bath." Nick shook a little at the thought of having to do that again. Which he remembered, he will probably most certainly will be soon. Not just for Anna, but three little one's of their own. With Anna in one arm and their dinner balanced on another, they rejoined the family.

"Oh, quit complaining and enjoy your dinner, I'm done so you eat and ill feed the sweet little wannabe shark." Nicks mother told him as he sat down on the floor after Rose had whisked Anna over to her highchair.

Nick and Judy sat next to each other, both really not saying anything to one another. Nick could tell she was anxious but couldn't think of a could way to tell her parents and his mom along with his sister the good news. At the same time Judy was already thinking of how she could tell them, but she was stumped. Its not every day you can tell your family that you're expecting and from what the doctor said, this would be their only chance to share such wonderful news. Thinking hard, she got up and went to the envelope that had the ultrasound pictures inside and showed Nick the envelope; instantly getting his attention.

Nick stood up from the floor where he was sitting and took the envelope and opened it. Seeing four different pictures inside from her ultrasound along with some paperwork.

"Hey everyone." Judy addressed the family in a happy yet nervous tone. "I'm glad you all showed up the way you did, it was an especially wonderful surprise mom and dad that you guys came to see us and that you are spending time with Anna and Rose."

Bonnie smiled at Rose, from one grandmother to another.

"Oh, absolutely Jude, Rose is a delight and so is the cutest little girl I've ever known that wasn't my own." Bonnie stated lovingly to her daughter.

"Well I'm glad to hear you say that mom, that means allot to us." She said smiling, glancing up at Nick and nudging his side, queuing him to finish.

"Well, its been a day I know we won't forget, what with the police chase, the bomb threat, officer being shot; oh, and Judy being admitted in the hospital." Nick said trying to be pass all the crazy events of the day off as just every day business as usual; but when he said Judy being admitted to hospital the family instantly was in shock and was fearing the worst.

"Whoa big brother hold on, did you just day Judy was admitted to the hospital?" Ariel asked franticly, in shock "What the hell why didn't tell us!?" She asked, yelling at her older brother, concerned for her friend and sister-in-law.

Nick then turned his attention to his now vexed mother, this being the second time this sort of thing has happened.

"What happened, Nichols Pribieus Wilde, answer your mother; what happened and what was wrong?" She pressed, nearly in tears for not being told what had gone on. "Answer me you two!"

Judy's father looked at her with a disappointing glare, wondering why they were hiding that from them and Nicks side of the family.

"Jude, why didn't you tell us you were in the hospital, you could have called us; or Nick could have." He stated handing his granddaughter over to Judy's mother.

Nick took a deep breath and held Judy's left paw.

"Look, a lot happened today that we honestly never thought would." Nick stated, addressing his and Judy's family.

"Yeah, like for one" Judy said looking at Nicks mother

"Rose, Willow woke up and Carol were the first to see the photos were about to show you and yes before we left to come home; I told her to wait and tell you about the what is on the photos." Judy explained before being interrupted.

"What photos are you talking about?" Rose inquired, keen to know what her daughter in-law was talking about.

"The reason I was admitted was because, I fainted in Willows room not long after she woke up. See Nick and I had been through a very intense day. At one point we almost died in pursuit of a very dangerous criminal and thankfully the car we commandeered was quite fast. Weirdly I kind of want one now, it was that awesome. Also, we crashed the car ending the pursuit." Judy explained before looking to Nick gesturing him to finish the story.

The families in shock of what they were being told, were like enchanted now by this story that was being told to them. Both Bonnie and Rose had a terrified look on their faces when they heard that their Son and Daughter crashed a commandeered vehicle in the course of ending the pursuit.

"After making the arrest, we went back to the car the car we used, and Judy's phone was ringing. It was in floor board of passenger side where I was sitting, and it had eight maybe nine missed calls; anyways it was Dr. Shezno and he informed us that Willow was awake and was asking for us. Ecstatic we sort of left without permission and probably are going to face the wraith of Chief Bogo tommorrow. We took a police car and went to the hospital; and as she said she fainted." Nick explained trying to remain calm leaving out the gore for a later date, he handed the last of the explanation to Judy with a gentle nudge and a sly grin.

Their families in shock and awe, enchanted by what they were hearing listing for the explanation for all of what had went on this very exciting Monday.

Judy paused nervously; starting to sweat a little.

"Well c'mon what happened next?" Ariel asked, getting somewhat excited. Like a child being read a bedtime story.

"I woke up two or three hours later; something like that and not long after threw up my breakfast. Which being all I ate was a granola bar and a biscuit; it wasn't much." She said trying not to seem to be excited now. "I had low blood pressure and low blood glucose and Rose, I'm sure having been a nurse for many years, you know what that can do to someone with a high metabolism and also a mammal that is not necessarily supposed to be exerting herself umm… so much with so little to fuel her body and because of what's inside." Judy stated trying not to be awkward but unable to help it as the eyes of her family began to burrow into her.

Nicks mother hearing this started to put together the story in her mind, using her experience to guide her. She knew that Judy would have leveled off on all her vitals and her Blood sugar by the time she had woken up. However, in her mind two very important details were clanging like church bells in her mind making her guess what was going on.

"Judy… you mentioned photos … are they of you and Nick?" She asked starting to grin.

"Yeah, in a way yes … yes they are." Judy stated, cringing her toes and scratching her neck a couple times trying to hold in her excitement.

"Does my son have anything to do with it?" Rose asked her eyes starting to water just a little as a very unlikely but hopeful thought came into her mind. She thought to herself "She couldn't be … could she?" Her ears perked up as Judy answered her question.

"Yes… he does; he very much does have something to do with this." Judy answered, so nervous and trying not to ruin the buildup. Hoping that her mom or Rose would figure out what they were going to say before they could.

Bonnie started to smile and laugh a little before shaking her head a couple of times; having already beaten Rose to figuring out what was happening next. On the other paw, Stu was getting more anxious and nervous by the second fearful that they were about to be told some unsettling news.

Nick and Judy took a deep breath together and looked at their family and with glee in his voice Nick finally said it in his own cunning way.

"Anna" Nick said looking at their cute little adopted daughter in the arms of Judy's mother "You're going to be one cool big sister you know that." He said smiling at her. Nicks mother hearing that started to weep tears of joy as his sister Ariel lost her composure, shocked and thrilled.

"BIG SISTER! JUDY YOU"RE PREGNAT!? Ariel shouted out with glee, overjoyed at the news. Her mouth a gob in shock.

"Yes, yes I am!" Judy shouted out with glee before running to Rose hugging her and then her parents.

Nick grabbed the folder containing the ultrasound images from the kitchen counter and handed a photo to his mom and Judy's parents and his sister Ariel.

Her parents taking a moment to look over the pictures, seeing the three little balls of floof, growing inside their daughter. Staggered that what had been said to be impossible; was in a photo being seen with their own eyes.

"I don't believe this, this is fantastic Judy, I'm going to be a granddad of the rarest kits in the world." Stu told his daughter joyfully.

"Judy, dear when are they due and what are they boy or girl or a mix?" Her mother asked, keen to know when she needed to start making blankets and newborn clothing.

"Dr. Greenwood said around August fifth at the earliest but who knows, this has as far as anyone knows this has never happened before." Judy replied to a smiling Rose Wilde who was doing everything she could to hold back the tears before looking back to her mom.

"There's so much to get ready and so much to do; we better get to work Stu we have three cribs to build and a bed for this little angel." Bonnie pointed out happily kissing Anna on her forehead before handing Anna to Judy.

"Yeah, and not much time to do it… speaking of I can't wait to get home and tell all your brothers and sisters about the soon to be new additions to the Wilde and Hopps family." Stu bragged as they said their goodbyes.

"Wait you guys aren't going to hang around a little longer?" Nick asked concerned as to why they were leaving so soon. Seeing as usually Bonnie and Stu spend the night with them and steal His and Judy's bed. Forcing them to the air bed packed away in the bedroom closet.

"Well…" Stu said, "We have a long drive ahead it it's going to be ten o'clock before we get home and tommorrow is a big day for the farm and our pocket book."

"Yeah, National Growers Festival starts tommorrow and we have lots to do if we're going to make enough money to keep the farm going." Bonnie pointed out. Hugging her daughter and granddaughter before heading to the door.

"Oh, right I almost forgot… its been a couple years since I've helped, is there anything we can do this weekend to help… you know me and Nick." Judy asked as she walked with her mom and dad to the door.

"OH no, honey you have enough stress on you and Nick. Your mother and I along with your brothers have it covered Jude. You just focus on getting ready for those three little blessings that you and Nick were given." Stu stressed as he grabbed their car keys.

"Oh alright." Judy said sounding disappointed, her ears begging to droop down and a frown appearing on her otherwise cheerful face.

"Oh, now don't be all down in the dumps Judy… you're going to be a mom. Not just of a little fox, but your own little miracles." Bonnie told her before kissing Judy's cheek and saying goodbye and leaving out the door with Stu for the long drive home to Bunny Borough.

Judy shut the door after seeing her parents get in the elevator at the end of the hallway on their apartments floor. Happy and yet starting to feel homesick a little, as the realization of what was happening hit her. She nearly broke into tears until she turned around to see three very joyful and happy red foxes (one holding her adopted daughter who was a fennec fox) so four foxes. Three discussing possible names and what the triplets might look like. Joy and glee filled the humble abode of hers and Nicks.

Sure, she was nowhere near her family in Bunny Burrow, but at that moment Judy realized, that this is her family. A bombastic sister in-law who is a cunning business mammal, her mother in-law, a veteran nurse with an artistic passion, to Judy Rose was the most amazing and inspiring vixen she's ever met and not to mention A handsome, sly red fox who is holding her first little bundle of joy, cradled lovingly in his arms. Telling her about all the perks of being the older sibling. Being the boss when he and mommy wouldn't be home and getting to have first pick of what movies and games to play.

She then started to think to herself

"I wonder will they look like him or me … or a mixture of both?" Judy thought to herself before finally shutting the door, not before hearing Nick and his little half sister Ariel getting into a small tiff about a name.

"Judy, c'mon, we want to know what you think, what species are you going to name them, you are the mother after all … Boxes or Fobbits, which is coolest?" Nick asked having gotten into an argument with his little sister about what he and his wife would name the new hybrid species.

She looked at her belly and felt how firm it was, a little bump could be felt under her soft fur. The warmth of that feeling making time stand still for just a moment before Judy looked over at her vulpine family.

Without missing a beat Judy answered them with a calm grin and a gentle yet firm reply.

"Fobbits, they will be Fobbits." She told them before she locked eyes with Nick once more and then embracing him tightly, knowing that their little family was about to grow by three.