Nick sat out on the front porch of the Hopps' homestead, still grumbling about the argument he had only a few moments before. So much for a first impression, he thought. He had been looking forward to this for weeks now, but he hadn't expected anything like this.

Behind him the screen door creaked open and shut, and Judy sat down next to him.

"Hey," she said, "you OK?"

"I don't know," he replied, "when I heard we were gonna visit your family, I thought they'd be a bit more like you- polite, willing to get to know you first, the likes. But then we show up and your grandfather gets all iffy with me like I'm a bad guy. It's like the Junior Ranger Scouts all over again."

"Well," Judy softly replied, "he's always been like that."

"… Really?"

"Yeah. One time Gideon accidentally hit a baseball onto his lawn, and when he went to go get it my grandfather whacked him with his cane for trespassing."

"Oh my god."

"He's just a bit… judgy, for lack of a better word. Besides, my parents seemed to like you."

"They gave me a blank stare when they first saw me."

"They probably weren't expecting you to be a fox. My guess is that they thought you were some bunny that worked in the spy business or something."

Nick chuckled. Judy's parents did seem to lighten up once they got to know him, and that made him feel slightly better. Her grandfather, on the other hand, well, he was just nasty, and Nick didn't appreciate that. But everyone else liked him, and besides, opinions didn't matter anyway. Through their big adventure together Nick had learned that stereotypes were nothing anyway.

"You wanna head back in, Carrots?" he asked.

"Eh… not yet. I have a feeling my parents are talking to Grandpa right now, so we might as well wait a few minutes." Judy answered.

"Oh." Nick said, "So that gives us some time."

Judy already knew where this was going. Meanwhile, the three bunnies sat in the dining room alone. Grandpa Hopps looked at his son and daughter-in-law.

"I don't regret what I said," he announced.

"Dad", Stu started, "you were a bit harsh to Nick…"

"Well, he's a fox! He deserved what he got!"

"But he's a nice guy!" Bonnie said, "And besides, we have to respect Judy's wishes-"

"Respect her wishes?! She could be with a nice bunny in the carrot farming industry! We all know that we didn't want her becoming a police officer in the big city in the first place, and when she did we all gave her our support, and how does she repay you? By bringing home A FOX!"

"Dad, calm down."

"Did I ever tell you what a fox did to me?"

"A thousan-"

"It was a long time ago!"

Stu and Bonnie gave each other a look that said 'Here we go again…'

"I was a young bunny, in fact not that much younger than Judy is right now. I was walking down the road when all of a sudden I heard 'Let's get him!' and I turn around to see not one, not two, but three foxes running towards me. I try to fend them off, and I do for a few minutes, but soon they overpowered me. They wound up taking my wallet and everything I had on me except the clothes on my back. I still have the scars on my face and the bite in my ear. And you know who was leading that group? The father of that wretched Gideon!"

"Dad, that was 45 years ago. Gideon's father eventually came to apologize, didn't he?"

"I had to beat his son and him for it though. That took another 10 years to happen!"

"Well, the past is the past." Bonnie argued, "Besides that, you never really gave Nick a chance. He really seems like a guy who'd watch out for Judy and not do anything to her."

"All foxes are the same- sly, cunning, evil. Should never trust one."

Stu and Bonnie just stared at him. He was quite stubborn in his old age, and he was always the nastiest critic in the house.

"Y'know what? Your minds have all been poisoned. I'm heading home."

The elderly bunny slowly stood up and walked towards the front door. Upon opening it, he found his granddaughter kissing the awful guest she brought home.