Say Something I'm Giving Up On You

5: Bunny Terrors

"Carrots. Pssst! Carrots! Judy!"

Judy was curled up on her bead, shivering and mumbling in her sleep. Nick had walked up to her apartment the next morning to walk with Judy to work, but when she didn't come out of her room, Nick decided to sneak into it and awake the sleeping bunny.

When Judy opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was Nick looking down at her. She screamed, and instinctively, kicked him hard, like, really hard in the nose. Nick jumped back and yelped, rubbing his nose with his paw while whimpering. Judy sat upright in bed and realized that her nightmare wasn't real. The first thing she thought when she saw Nick's face was that he was about to attack her like he did in her nightmare.

"Oh, I...I'm really sorry, Nick," Judy apologized when she realized how much pain he was in. "You startled me."

"That's okay," Nick replied; his voice muffled because of the paw over his mouth. "Did you have another nightmare?"

Judy didn't want to make things suspicious by saying that she did. If she did, Nick would figure out that he was part of her nightmare and that was why she kicked him in the nose. So Judy shook her head.

"No," she said. "I'm just not used to waking up with foxes in my face."

Nick set his famous sly smile on his muzzle. "Well, you better get ready. If we don't leave soon, we'll be late for work."

"Okay, well leave my room then," Judy instructed. Nick nodded and left her room with his cute smile still on his face. Did I just think cute? Judy asked herself. Since when have I thought of such things? Shrugging off the thought, Judy slipped into her police uniform. She slipped on her police belt over her hips and left her apartment, meeting Nick outside of her door.

"I'm ready," she said. Nick's cute smile lingered on his muzzle for a little bit longer before he opened his mouth to speak.

"Okay, Chief Hopps," Nick winked. Judy smiled back at him, her eyebrows raised.

"I'm Officer Hopps," Judy replied, her eyes dancing with amusement.

"Whatever you say...Chief."

"Ugh," Judy snorted, but a giggled escaped from her lips. She walked by Nick's side as they left the building and walked down the streets of Zootopia. Judy was happy to have Nick's company by her side for the entire day and for the days to come. It was rare when there was a day that they never saw each other. Judy didn't want that to change, either.

"Hey Nick!"

The two officers turned around to see the Arctic vixen. Nick set a smile on his lips.

"Hey, Alay!" Nick greeted.

"I'm guessing that you're on your way to work," Alay said, cheerfully.

"Yeah, we are," Judy replied. "Where are you heading to?"

"Just to the café at the corner," Alay replied. "What a coincidence that we bumped into each other again."

"Yeah," Nick said. "But it's a nice one."

"I have to be on my way. See you Nick!" Alay said, walking off and waving. "See you, Officer Hopps!"

When Alay was gone, Judy snorted. "Officer Hopps?" she growled. "Are you kidding me?"

"Hey, at least she acknowledged you," Nick said, trying to lighten her up.

"I don't think that that was a coincidence," Judy said. "I don't think that any of her encounters are. What are the chances that we ran into her 3 times in 3 days? Something's up."