Two week Trial part 2

DAY 1-MORNING

He was secretly being stalked.

The vulnerable fox laid in the open, his body sprawled out on the couch, unaware of the danger creeping up above him. A warm ray of light blanketed his face, though this did not stirred him. His whiskers danced in response.

He looked peaceful. A unique sight to witness.

For a moment, she paused in her attack. It would seem that she was having second thoughts. But a large grin contradicted her hesitation. She slowly leaned down, her lips next to his ears.

"Nick, it's time to wake up..." She whispered before launching her deadly attack. She pounces, her knees colliding against his stomach. "Time for breakfast!"

Nick's eyes sprung open and screamed, his arms instantly reacting and protecting his head from the imaginary threat. A loud laugh echoed in the room, making Nick slowly come to his senses. He rubbed his temple as he tried to get his vision to focus. His tail wagging and the fur standing on end, becoming a large puffball, almost like how a cat's tail looks when it gets scared.

"Nick, calm down-it's me!" Judy giggled.

Nick blinked a couple of times, before making his head fall on the arm rest. "You almost killed me!" He clutched his chest, his heart still pounding from fear.

She nodded acknowledging that fact as her laughter slowly died. "I didn't expect you to scream like that." She giggled, relaying the scene her mind. He gave her an unamused scowl, lifting his head lazily up to her.

"And I didn't expect a bunny on my stomach. Speaking of, as much as I like being used like a chair- off, off, off..." He motioned her away, even though she jumps off, sitting on him did not cause any discomfort. She was actually very light. She could walk across his back and he wouldn't even feel any pain. He got up, scratching his head towards Judy, who was wearing a grey tank top and dark blue sweatpants. Completely different from what she wore to bed. "You mention something about breakfast?"

Judy hopped happily into the kitchen. "Yes! and after, we are going running!"

That explained the clothes. He stretched out his arms, popping his shoulders as he walked into the kitchen. "Excuse me? no, no, no today I'm going to spend a satisfying day out in Sahara Square and drink some lemonade in the sun." He said holding his signature half-lidded gaze. He took a seat at the table, leaning back with a smirk plastered across his face. "You're welcome to come along and do some sunbathing with me."

Judy gave him a pity laugh, placing a bowl of food in front of him. "oh no, no, no, "We" are going running for an hour and after we can go to Sahara Square." She sat down from across the small table for two, picking up a spoon for her own bowl. "Now eat up, this will give you plenty of energy."

Nick glance down and almost retched. In front of him, in the bowl, was a pile of dark mush that looks like something a bird coughed up. Judy blinked hearing him gag. Nick covered his mouth and nose finally getting a wiff from the monstrosity.

"What is that?!" he demanded.

She gave him a blank look. "It's oatmeal." and took a bite. Nick pushed it away.

"No, that's something they give out to prisoners."

She swallowed. "Don't be silly."

She pushed it back towards him. "It's good for you! Its whole grains, I even mushed up some blueberries in it."

"Why would you waste perfectly good blueberries?" he cried out childishly. He pushed it away. "I would rather have that for breakfast! That's healthy!"

Judy got up from her seat, forcefully pushing the bowl back to him. "I used it all when I mixed them in, just try it! It's just like cereal but hot." He gave the breakfast a grimace, making Judy roll her eyes. "It's not that bad."

Nick didn't believe her for a second. He slowly picked up a spoonful of mushy oats, it's grey color made his stomach flip flop. He glanced at Judy who was eating it with no problem. He gulped. Beads of cold sweat ran down his forehead, his sniffed at the muck on the spoon and reeled back when he saw it bubbled. For breakfast he grabbed whatever he had in the freezer or went out to get some fast food. He usually are fried spiders stuffed in between two pancake bread, drenched in delicious syrup. But oatmeal? Even his mother never we feed him that.

He mentally prepared himself. He imagined fried tarantulas and shoved the spoon into his mouth. His eyes widened and gagged.

It was the worse thing he had ever eaten. Judy gave him a smile, not noticing his silent battle of him trying not to retch on the table.

"See? isn't it good?" She smiled sweetly, already done with her meal.

Nick, not wanting to offend her cooking, gave her a silent nod. She giggled and picked up her empty bowl going into the kitchen. While her back was turn, Nick spat out the oatmeal into a pot that held a small tree beside him. With his eyes on Judy, he skillfully emptied the contents into the dirt and swiftly buried it. He wiped his mouth putting on a smirk.

"You're right, Whiskers, that was pretty good-" He said with the taste still lingering. He was compelled to spit. He lifted himself up from his chair and passes her his empty bowl. Her ears sprang up in delight.

"I knew that you would love it!" She said placing it in the sink. Normally he wouldn't lie to Judy, but he didn't want to hurt her feelings either. He needed to choose, and he rather not eat the oatmeal. He could always eat something else later.

"now we can go and run!" She exclaimed jogging passed him. His ears went down. "Don't forget to bring plenty of water!"

Nick ran his paws down his muzzle, letting out a soft groan, following her he forced himself to sound excited. "I won't!"

It was only two hours. What could happen?

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He felt as if he was dying.

Sweat was dripping off of his fur, his shirt was soaking wet and the heat of the sun made it unbearable to continue. He clutched on his chest while he wheezed. Desperate to get oxygen, he seriously thought that he needed an oxygen mask!

Judy watched him as he was leaning over, his paws over his knees. They only been jogging for an hour and it looked like Nick was ready to keel over. It was a good thing they made it to a nice and shady park to rest. Nick chugged down his water, immediately finishing it to the very last drop. But that did not quenched his unbelievable thirst.

"Maybe you should sit down Nick..." Judy mentioned slowly handing him her own water bottle. She flinched when he snatched it like a ravenous animal. "Okay...you seriously need to sit down."

With a grip on his shoulders she pushed him along towards a large oak tree. The grass was nice and lush while the branches from the tree provided a wonderful amount of shade.

Nick immediately collapse on his back, his chest rising up and down heavily.

"Running..." He began with a gasp. "Stinks!...I...hate...it!"

Judy sat down beside him, her knees coming up to her chest. "It's because you're not used to it...see? I told you, you're unhealthy."

He sat up, finally regaining his normal rate of breathing. "Look whiskers, no offense but this!...is not my thing!"

"Well, if we keep at it you might-!"

He cut her off with a swift motion of his paw. "No! I am done..." He took another breath. "No more jogging."

Judy frowned. "What about you being my jogging partner?"

"Find some other animal." He responded swiftly. "I enjoy my semi-sedentary life." And with that his decision was made. Judy crossed her arms seeing him lay right back down on the grass. She still needed to do another hour of running. The timer on her watch was ticking and she wasn't going to let Nick stop her but now it's going to be twice as boring without him. She could find another partner but who can she find in such a short notice?

"Miss Judy?" Her ears swiveled from the sound of her name and the familiar country accent. Her head turned to find her ex-bully, Gideon Grey. Gideon was a fox, like Nick. A bit round around the belly but she wasn't one to judge. He was like that since they were children.

"Gideon?" She smiled as he strolled up to her. He was wearing blue sweatpants and it looked like he was walking for a while. "What are you doing here in Zootopia?"

Nick lazily lifted his head towards Gideon. He was too tired to speak and he laid his head right back down. Ignoring him but listening to the conversation.

"I just moved here, my pies sure are gettin' popular! Animals just love'em." He smiled, patting his stomach lightly. "But I didn't expect to see you and Nicholas to be here." He said showing a concern look at Nick. "Ooh boy! He sure is winded isn't he?"

"Just ignore him." Judy said crossing her arms again, giving him a quick glare. "He just wants attention."

Gideon placed his paws on his sides giving her a hum. "First day running eh? I was like that too, but after a few days I gotten better." He smirked in accomplishment. Judy's ears perk.

"You run?"

"Sure do, thought is time to get rid of this pot belly of mine."

Judy let out a wide smile. "Do you need a running partner?!" She asked him excitedly. Nick's head shot up. Gideon rubbed his chin in thought.

"Well shoot, I sure do! It gets mighty boring when I'm doing just myself." Nick whirled at Judy for her response.

She stood up, her ears springing forward. "Me too!"

Nick eyes widen. Did he got replaced? He snorted. Well he did said he didn't want to run. Why would he care what Judy does with Gideon?

Judy stepped forward, going as far that her nose almost touched Gideon's. Nick's eye twitched.

"Great! This is going to so much fun!" She exclaimed.

Gideon took a step back, becoming a bit flustered, scratching the back of his head.

"W-well, I am honored Miss Judy. But what about Ol' Nicholas?"

Nick open his mouth, raising his finger to respond.

"Don't worry about him, he said he hates running anyway." Judy smiled, she quickly grabbed Gideon's wrist. "Let's go partner!"

And she rushed forward, dragging the poor pudgy fox along. Nick say up, watching the two of them start jogging side by side on the trail. Judy didn't even give Nick a second glance when she and Gideon ran out of view. Nick frowned hard. He couldn't understand why he was so irritated. He sat there in silence and decided to just wait for Judy to come back. Without Gideon.