Zootopia While We're Young Novels & Stories

OLIVIA "KIDS, we're home!" my mother exclaimed as the front door swung open. Uncle Zaldy was following my mother into the house. Zoey and I were cuddling on the couch, watching N*****x's All of Us Are Dead. It came naturally to us. There was no malice to be found. I also enjoy cuddling Zoey. Her warm embrace envelops me in comfort. Because it's the weekend, there will be no school or practice for the time being.

Even the animals looked just a little too warm as we wandered around the zoo, sipping on our plastic cups of wine from the local winery. I told my two best friends the sterile version of what happened. I had practiced it in the mirror, so I could say it without crying. I had left Dubai because the sheik's son had tried to assault me. Owen and I were broken up. It just wasn't working out. Both women nodded sympathetically, keeping quiet until I changed the subject. We wandered aimlessly, following the crowd, until we came to an animal enclosure. Adults were playing with the child-sized plastic peep hole, popping their heads up into a bubble in the middle of a prairie dog town.

“Zoe, when we’re in Italy, we’ll chase chickens together, okay?” Zoe lit up. “YES. We’ll wear dino costumes. Nonno says the village has free chickens. I’m going to give them names. One Chicken Nugget. One Parmigiana.” I lifted my phone again, pretending to check the time. I just needed something to do besides stare at the empty notifications. 10:57. If the schedule ran on time, the hearing had just started. Ash and Zoe slipped into an argument over which dinosaur was cooler: the one that could do a split or the one that could chase a chicken while carrying Lego. Their voices rose and fell, bounced off the walls, and filled the gaps where my anxiety tried to live.

Two young tigers who were trying to get close to Zia. *****

He Utter as they burst into laughter. "Really, Owen asks, laughing uncontrollably. " Oh my gosh. Those slut. Where's she even from? Dean asked. "That doesn't matter,but I think we gotta prepare. " On what? Dean asked "I'm afraid he had killed one of his members who knew of the Truth. Alex Utter as they stood dumbfounded. "What! They find it out? Owen Utter. " I'm never gonna sit down and watch them take everything. We gotta approach them and stop whatever it is that they're planning. Ajax utter and a sound suddenly pulled his attention as he turned back and found two girls and a guy laughing at... Brooklyn.

And that’s all it took for him to turn us around quickly and push me against a wall. Even when the water turned cold, nothing could keep down the flames of passion that ensued and soon after a half an hour shower turned into a two hour long love bath. You couldn’t blame us ! We were young and horny and …. ummm wolves ? “Stop blaming us, hooman,” Zumi growled. Yup. It’s definitely our wolves’ doing. T’ was nothing like our human hormones were involved :P Nope. Not at all ! We plead innocent.

At Zira’s request, they also staggered the time they slept so that at least one of them was awake at any one time. The pack felt content and proud to watch the puppies steadily and healthily grow so much in a short time. The puppies’ eyes opened. They could hear better. They started to make sounds like yips and growls. Zira decided that it was time to tell the pack of her plans. As expected, everyone disagreed. Everyone had grown up here. Nothing bad ever happened to them, so this place being unsafe was far from convincing. Zira ended the discussion by stating that she was moving to keep everyone safe and that they were free to stay behind if they disagreed. No one said anything more.

Barlen: “Zoey drank too much.” Adam: “...I know, you don't have to repeat it. I’m not deaf!” Barlen exhaled a few perfect oval smoke rings that gradually blurred and vanished into the night. He added, “Zoey always looks for water to drink in the middle of the night after drinking.” He had planned to sleep, knowing she had a graduation dinner and would probably stay in her dorm, but he changed his mind to pick her up after learning she drank too much. Adam rubbed his chest: “She’s a grown woman, can’t she manage herself?”

Now, in the backyard were five members: Nate, Kim, Luna, Zoey, and Evangeline. Zoey was sleeping on the grass floor like a baby, and Evangeline was slumped over a table. Luna, her voice slurring with confusion, said, " Shit!! You guys wasted"

The moment I see her, I can only think of one thing: rouge! Aiden grins sheepishly and places the pups down. "I apologize, Zoey. They came running to me and I just couldn't help myself." He rubs the back of his next while she huffs and picks up the small black pup. This is Zoey? It's hard to believe this girl is a mother because she looks so young! She can't possibly be older than sixteen. She meets my stare with a cool look and I look down immediately feeling intimidated. "This must be the new wolf I've been hearing about," Zoey says and looks me over. "A wolf of the night. She'll do well here I think." She looks over to Aiden. "I assume you're giving her a tour?" She raises a perfect dark