Well, Chapter 7. The last chapter of my story. I got to say, a lot of people like this story more than I thought. From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for reading. I know that everyone wanted this to be a little longer and have ever more chapters. But I have a habit of starting stories and not finishing them. That and the fact that Nick and Judy are only staying in Bunnyburrow for a few days; Not a month. Anyway, I saved the best for last. This chapter is gonna be straight WildeHopps. Nick and Judy have a nice long talk about their relationship and see how can they make things work even if they are both very different. I feel that Nick and Judy have this very strong bond that could develop into a deep connection. That's why I ship them so much. It's like, super hard for me NOT to ship them after seeing the movie. Seriously, if they didn't want us to ship them, then they shouldn't have made them so shippable in the movie. Okay, let's start this story up. Let's get this last chapter underway.
"If the world's only gonna see a fox as shifty and untrustworthy, there no point in trying to be anything else."
"Nick, you are so much more than that."
"You'd actually make a pretty good cop."
"Ugh! How dare you!"
"Don't worry Carrots. I'll let you erase it. In 48 hours."
"You know you love me."
"Do I know that? Yes, yes I do."
Those were some of the words popping out of Judy's head. Judy was twisting and turning in her bed thinking about all the moments she had with Nick. She then finally woke up. It was the still the middle of the night. Judy got out of her bed and stretched for a bit. Her ears were currently drooping down. Judy couldn't help but have these feelings for Nick surface up. She never really felt this way before. She had to do something about it. She just had to talk to him. She had to talk to Nick. She left her room and started making her way to Nick's guest room.
Judy made her way to the fourth floor of the house and to the door of the room Nick was in. She felt awkward because she thought Nick might still be sleeping. But she just had to talk to them. Judy quietly knocked on the door three times then open the door a crack.
"Nick? Are you up?" Judy said. "I know it's late, but I wanted to talk to you."
Nick was actually still on the phone with his mother. He decided to say goodbye to his mother so he can see what Judy wanted to talk to you about.
"It's been great, but it's getting late so I'll talk to you more later. Promise." Nick said whispering on the phone. "Love you too." Nick then hanged up his phone and called out to Judy. "Come in, Carrots."
Judy then walked into Nick's room and close the door behind her. Judy, with her good hearing, happened to hear the end of Nick's conversation and was really curious on who he was talking to.
"Hey Carrots! You're up pretty late." Nick said to Judy.
"I can say the same about you, Slick." Judy said.
"I'm a fox. Foxes are use to nighttime." Nick said.
"So, who were you on the phone with?" Judy asked.
"Uhhh..." Nick said nervous to tell Judy the truth. So he joked a bit. "That was... my old girlfriend. Yeah. She decided to call me after so long and I decided to get back with her."
"Nick, your lying is getting rusty." Judy said with a straight face. "Now how about the truth?"
"Fine. Fine." Nick said. "That... was mom."
"Your mom?" Judy said looking a bit surprised.
"Yeah. It's was the first time I called her in two years." Nick said. "Her and my dad are doing great. Even talk to him for a bit too. His tailoring business actually skyrocketed a lot recently. Said something about a 'hero fox' making business good for him."
"Hmmm... I wonder who that 'hero fox' is?" Judy said slying knowing that it was Nick.
"I have absolutely NO idea." Nick said slying. He knew that his dad was talking about him.
Nick and Judy then laughted for a bit. Judy then walked for to Nick and the two of them stand by the window in his room. The two look at the stars in the skies.
"So Nick, how did you like it here in the Burrows?" Judy asked Nick.
"I'll admit, I was a little afraid on how everyone would react to me at first. But everyone's has treated me really well." Nick said. "You're brothers and sisters seem to really love me."
"Well that's good to hear." Judy said. "So... tommorrow we go back home to Zootopia. You gonna miss it here?"
"Maaaaaybe. Well, I'm sure a few of the little carrots are gonna be upset when I have to leave." Nick stated. "Most of them are quite attach to me. Not that I blame them. You're quite attach to me too, are you Carrots?" Nick asked with a smirk.
"It's more like we're stuck with each other than attach to each other." Judy stated. "But I guess that's pretty much the same thing."
"Yeah. Pretty much." Nick said.
Nick and Judy then went back to looking at the window. Nick got a long look at the large field filled with all of the crops that the Hopps grew. It made Nick think about things.
"Hey Carrots? Can I asked you something?" Nick said to Judy.
"What is it?" Judy asked.
"Why did you want to be a cop?" Nick asked. "Why did you give up the simple life here with a huge family for a busy life in the big city?" Nick then gripped his paws together. "I live in Zootopia my whole life, but to be honest, if I was in your... rabbit feet, I wouldn't mind staying here and being a farmer. So... what made you want to move to Zootopia?"
Judy looked at Nick. Then she lean down on the bar of the window and stared at the horizon looking a little sad.
"I wanted to do something that mattered." Judy answered. "Every one in my family chose to be farmers not just cause it was the easiest job to do, but because they were all to afraid to try anything else. Not me. I didn't care what it took, I wanted to do whatever I could to prove myself. Even if no one believed in me."
"That's why everyone says you're a trier?" Nick stated.
"Right. I wanted to go beyond the sterotype." Judy said. "If I didn't, then people would only think rabbits were good at two things. Farming... and..." Judy didn't want to say the next part. But she decided to say it anyway. "... reproducing."
"*snort* *snort* Hehehehehehehe!" Nick couldn't help but laugh as Judy said the word, reproducing. Judy then bump Nick with her elbow.
"Stop laughing!" Judy said angry at Nick.
"Sorry. Sorry. It's just that word, reproducing. *snickering*" Nick continued to laugh some more. "I can't believe you actually said that. Hahaha!"
"Grow up, Nick." Judy said with a little red on her face.
Nick then decided to stop laughing.
"Well, among other things, it was good that you did." Nick said. "You already know that I wanted to be a trier like you, but I gave up on that. So instead, I just became a sneaky fox just like everyone saw me as."
"I know... and it didn't help that I thought of you the same way." Judy said.
"It's fine. I kinda was at the time." Nick said. "Besides, things worked out for both of us in the end, right?"
"Ha ha. Yeah." Judy said nodding.
"But... I thought you would at least like to stay close to family." Nick stated. "I mean I'm a only child. Don't you miss being with you brothers and sisters a little?"
Judy then gave Nick a straight face.
"Nick... do you know how many brothers and sisters I had when I was 9?" Judy asked.
"Uhh... 113-ish?"
"275." Judy said.
Nick eyes widen when he heard that number.
"... Wow. That's uhh... that's a lot of bunnies." Nick stated looking dumbfounded. "Seriously, you have more brothers and sisters than I have members on my family tree.
"Yes. Now imagine the number as it slowly increases days after days. Months after months. Years after years." Judy stated. "The next thing you know, you spend everyday, EVERYDAY, in long lines just to use the bathroom. Then by the time you want to take a shower, all the hot water is gone." Judy then started acted a bit more frantic. "Then on every meal, since there are so many of us, it's either eat fast or don't eat. Not only that, we have to fight for the remote everyday to see who gets to watch their programs. No one wanted to watch the shows I wanted to." Judy then grabbed Nick's arm and pulled him in him closer to her face. Judy still had a crazed look in her face and Nick started to freak out. "Do you know what it's like to share a room with 30 or so of your siblings? The constant snoring? The talking in their sleep?"
"Carrots..." Nick said trying to getting Judy's attention.
"I wasn't able to get my own room until I was 15 and enough of my brothers and sisters moved out and even then... I had to do a presentation to mom and dad why I wanted my own room, which took me a whole week to set up. By the time I got my room, mom was already giving birth to more of us. Which means, I still had deal with the same things even more now." Judy stated.
"Carrots, can you calm down now?" Nick asked.
"Right, sorry." Judy said calming down and letting go of Nick.
"Not gonna lie... you do have a lot of siblings. And I mean a LOT." Nick stated. "I always thought bunnies should make more bunnies, but not an army. Seriously, are your parents machines or something?"
"Nick!" Judy shouted not liking Nick's statement.
"I know rabbit families in the city that only have one kid." Nick stated. "Not only that, your parents aren't getting any younger. If they have any more kids, it's gonna be even harder when they hit their 70s."
"Nick!" Judy shouted wanting Nick to stop. But Nick continued on.
"Most bunny families stop around the first 100. But your parents just kept going... and going... and going..." Nick said.
"Nick, please stop." Judy pleaded.
"Right. Right. Sorry." Nick said decided to stop.
"Anyway, that's why I like my tiny apartment. It's small, the walls are greasy, and I have two VERY loud neighbors. But compared to the 300+ members of my family, it's peaceful." Judy said.
"Guess that makes sense." Nick said.
"It's hard to stand out in my family. I mean, I'm not the oldest kid. I'm far from the youngest kid. I'm not even a middle child. I'm... the slightly older, but not the oldest, younger but not that younger, somewhere in the middle of the older kids, ... kid." Judy stated.
"There is a plus side to having so many brothers and sisters. You're never truly alone and you always have family to go back to." Nick stated with a smile.
"Yeah. They all may be crazy sometimes, but I do love all my brothers and sisters." Judy said smiling. "They're all important to me."
"I'm not gonna lie, Fluff. I envy you." Nick admitted. "I wish I had at least one brother or sister. But I guess ol' Nick here is just an solo act."
"But what about Finnick?" Judy asked.
"Finnick? The two of us have always been more of business associates... but we do go out for the usual coffee every now and then." Nick told her. "We're know each other for year and like me, people judged him. So we basically looked out for each other. Huh. When you put it that way, I guess Finnink is kinda my brother."
"See? Even when you say you are an solo act, you've never really been alone." Judy said. Judy then reached for Nick's arm and holded it sightly. "You even have me now. You can count on me with anything."
"Right. Thank you." Nick said smiling.
Judy and Nick were having a good talk. But both of them had the same weird feeling in their chests. They both had to talk about it.
"Carrots... you and both know why you came here. It wasn't for just for some ideal chat." Nick said. "You and I both know what we REALLY want to talk about."
Judy started to feel her heartbeat increase. She didn't expect Nick to say that. But she knew that Nick was right to bring it up.
"Guess there is no hiding it anymore, is it?" Judy said.
"Right. We need to talk about 'us'." Nick stated. Nick then looked directly at Judy. "First off, what are WE exactly?"
"Simply put, you're a fox and I'm a bunny." Judy said.
"You know what I mean, Carrots." Nick said.
"Well... we're partners at the ZPD, heroes of the city of Zootopia, and best friends." Judy said. Then she put her paws together for the next thing she was gonna say. "But according to recent events... and more than half of my family... the two of us could be... something more."
Hearing Judy said that, it was now it was Nick's turn to have an increased heartbeat. Something more? Can Nick and Judy really be something more? True, both Nick and Judy had a strong relationship as well as strong feelings for each other. But there was always one main problem.
"Sure. All your brothers and sisters seem to approve of it." Nick said.
"My mom seems to be okay with it." Judy said.
"Even your dad is fine with it." Nick said.
"Well that's surprising to hear." Judy said. "With all of that said, it only makes sense that we should try to be together... but..."
"You know what the main problem is?" Nick asked.
"We're too different." Judy stated look a bit down. "I mean, how different are we? You're a fox. I'm a rabbit."
"You're prey. I'm a predator." Nick stated.
"Not only that, the two of us don't really have anything in common." Judy said. "The only thing we have in common is that we are both members of the ZPD and the first of our kind to be recruited."
"You're right about all of that, Carrots. We are as different as night and day." Nick said. Then Nick started to grip his chest. "And yet..."
Judy started to grip her chest as well.
"And yet... you can't help but have this feeling." Judy stated. "I have the same feeling as well."
"Are the two of us gonna be serious about this? We haven't even actually dated." Nick said.
" You're right. Not even once." Judy said.
"I mean, sure the two of us hang out with each other almost everyday." Nick said. Then he continued to go on. "And the two of us doing a lot together besides ZPD cases. We have lunch, go to the movies, visit each other' s apartments, and have dinner together. But it's not like that counts as... dat... ing..."
Nick and Judy then realized something.
"Uhhh... Nick? Those ARE things two people dating do." Judy said.
"If that true... then we've been on... like 17 or so dates already." Nick said while scratching the top of his head. "Is that what we've been doing this whole time? Dating each other and not noticing?"
"It... seems that way, doesn't it?" Judy said feeling a bit awkward.
"UGGGGHHHHH!" Nick groaned. "Why is this so hard? I had a lot of things on my bucket list. But falling for a rabbit was not one of them." Nick said.
"Hey! Falling for a fox wasn't what I had in mind either." Judy said looking away. "Is... is it wrong? Is it wrong that we have these feeling for each other?" Judy then went back to looking deeply at Nick. "I mean, I was raised to believe all foxes were shady and conniving. Our ancestors were natural enemies. With all that said, being with a fox should be the LAST thing I should do. So why? Why is it so different for us?"
"You're asking the wrong mammal." Nick said. "But I do know one thing." Nick then lead down to talk to Judy directly at her face. "Clearly, the two of us need to talk about everything here and now before we do any big."
"You mean talk about everything to make sure we are not making a mistake." Judy said.
"Exactly." Nick said standing up straight. "We can't leave any corner unchecked."
"Alright." Judy said agreeing. "Let's talk."
Nick and Judy both agree to discuss the pros and the cons of them being in a relationship. As much as the two wouldn't mind being in a relationship with each other, they also knew that different species couples are often frowned upon by some. Also, if things went wrong between Nick and Judy, it could ruin the relationship they already had. So it was best to discuss everything and now was the right time.
"Where should we start?" Judy asked.
"Obvious on how others would see us. This includes the guys at the ZPD." Nick said.
"Well, I'm sure the guys at the ZPD would be okay with us dating." Judy said scratching the back of her head. "I know Clawhauser would be fine with it. He's always going on how cute the two of us are together." Judy then had her arms crossed. "You know how I am about being called cute."
"Well Benjy is the kind of guy who would be okay with anything." Nick stated. "As for the others, like you said, I'm sure they would be okay with it too. Actually, I'm pretty sure they all already have a pool on whether the two of us get together or not."
"A pool? Seriously?" Judy asked.
"We all may be hard worker, but we are all still very curious mammals. We also like money." Nick said. "Heck, if there is a pool, then I'd join in on it too." Judy then stared at Nick with a "Really?" look on her face. "You know, ... just for the sake of joining."
Judy shook her head, but went back to talking about things.
"While putting the gang at the ZPD aside, what about the other mammals in Zootopia?" Judy asked. "How would other animals think if they saw the two of us together?"
"I guess they won't be thinking 'There goes a nice looking couple.'." Nick said with a hit of sarcasm. "They will most likely be thinking 'Is that fox taking that bunny against her will? Is that fox planning to eat that rabbit?' I'm pretty sure those are what comes to mind."
"Nick. Not everyone is that superficial about you anymore." Judy said.
"Carrots, you know that isn't true. Whether I like it or not, some will still see me as a sly fox." Nick said. "But that's fine. I already told you before. Never let others know that they got to you. Even if it's hurt inside."
"Nick..." Judy said with a sad look on her face. Nick then started pacing himself.
"I mean, look at us. We look nothing alike." Nick said he stopped pacing around. "This would be much easier if I were a rabbit." Nick stated.
"Or if I were a vixen. But that's not the case here." Judy said.
"Have you even dated anyone before?" Nick asked.
"Yes. A few guys." Judy told him. "You?"
"Yeah I dated too." Nick said. "I'm assuming your dates were..."
"All bunnies, yes." Judy said. "I'm assuming your dates were..."
"All vixens, yes." Nick said. "I'm guessing none of your relationships worked out."
"Nope. None of the guys I dated felt right to me." Judy said. "They also didn't like that idea of me having big dreams for a bunny. Said a bunny was only meant to be a bunny. What about you?"
"Same old. Same old. Girl wants more from you. Girl thinks less of you. Girl only likes you for your looks." Nick said. "So each of my relationships were pretty rocky. But they all were vixens."
"So none of them worked out for you either, huh? Guess we both have pretty bad luck." Judy said.
"Tell me about it. I should have been one of those guys who 'experimented' with other species during high school." Nick said.
"Experimented?" Judy asked looking a bit curious.
"You know. Didn't your old high school had a few kids dating each other... even when they were different species?" Nick asked.
"Not sure. I was more focus on my studies." Judy said.
"*cough* Egghead!" Nick said pretending to cough.
"Watch it, Slick." Judy said having a bit of a temper.
"Unfortunate for us, this isn't high school anymore. We're in the real world now." Nick said.
"... And in the real world, everything isn't easy." Judy said.
"UGH!" Nick shouted out. "It shouldn't be so hard, but it is. Why did a fox and a rabbit had to be so different?" Nick then walked toward Judy. He then notice the complete height different between them. "We're not even close to the same height. Why did you have to be... so short? You don't even reach my shoulders."
"Well, why do you have to be... so tall?" Judy shouted.
"I'm not tall. I'm average height for a fox." Nick said.
"You're still the tallest person in this whole house." Judy said.
"It's not my fault that you bunnies don't grow that much. Just be thankful you're not the smallest mammals out there." Nick stated. Nick then lifted Judy up a bit. "But I guess it still doesn't help that you're so light and easy to pick up."
"Put me down." Judy said in a bit of fit.
"Yeah. Yeah." Nick said putting Judy down. Nick then started to feel awkward for the next part that he was gonna talk to Judy about. But they had to discuss it. "Okay, I didn't want to mention this, but I think we both need to address the elephant in the room. And since Francine isn't here, we have to discuss the other thing. Kids!"
Judy's face went red at the thought that word. Kids. Why was Nick thinking so far ahead to just bring that up? Sure, Judy wanted to have some kids of her own one day. But it was not like she was planning to have kids... with a fox.
"Kids?!" Judy shouted out
"If somehow the two of us work things out and want to start a family, I'm pretty sure our kids will not be all the way rabbit or all the way fox." Nick stated. "They would either be foxes with bunny features or bunnies with fox features."
"That... would be rather weird, would it?" Judy said pondering a bit. "What would they even be called?"
"Well... we could call the bunnies with fox features boxes and the foxes with bunny features.. *snort* funnies." Nick said chuckling a bit. He couldn't help but laugh from the names a bit. "Boxes and Funnies. He he!"
"Nick, can you be serious?" Judy said to him.
"I am being serious. I mean, we would have to call them something. But I do wonder, what would they actually look like?" Nick said scratching his chin.
Judy also thought about what her and Nick's possible children could look like.
"Long ears... sharp fangs... short or long tail..." Judy said describing some of the details. Something then popped out of Nick's head.
"FINNICK!" Nick said while snapping his paws.
"Finnick?" Judy said looking confused.
"Long ears, sharp fangs, a short or long tail. Our kids could look like Finnick." Nick said.
"Heeheehee!" Judy giggled at the thought of that.
"See, I'm right, am I?" Nick said smiling a bit. "They could be a bunch of little Finnicks. All tiny and short temper, just like him."
"Heehee... please... stop." Judy said trying to hold back her laughter.
"Alright. I'll lower down on the possible chance of our kids looking like the little guy." Nick said. Judy was finally able to stop laughing. "Either way, I'm sure our kids could be really cute."
"Nick, you can't call our them cute." Judy stated, since you're not suppose to call a bunny cute.
"That's where you're wrong. Our kids would be only half bunny. The fox half, I can call cute whenever I want." Nick stated while smirking. He then lean down to Judy to face her. "Are you telling me not to call my own kids cute? What kind of father would I be if I didn't called his own children cute?"
Judy had a bit of a pouty look on her face. She knew she could just force Nick to do that. Not that it really helps anyway. Nick tends to still call Judy cute no matter what.
"Fine. I guess you're right." Judy said admitting different.
"Good girl." Nick said standing back straight.
"You know, I will admit this. With the way you've been with my younger brothers and sisters, you would actually make a great dad." Judy said with a smile.
"Glad that I impressed you with my likeability." Nick said smirking some more.
"Look at us. We are already talking about our possible future together." Judy said.
"Feels a little soon for that." Nick said. "Okay. Next thing. Physical attraction. Are we physically attracted to each other?"
"Nick, physical appearance is only fur deep." Judy said.
"Okay, but still. Are we both physically attracted to each other." Nick said. "I mean, I know I'm like the most handsome fox in existence and the sight of my face brings all vixens calling." Nick boosted. "But is a little bunny like you attracted to a fox?"
"Ugh! Your always so full of yourself." Judy said looking a bit angry. "Sure, some of my sisters said that you were pretty good looking for a fox. But I'm know you as this scruffy, orange ball of fuzz." Judy then started walking around Nick and looking around his features. "I will admit... your fur is really a nice color and your scruffiness gives you a sort of... rugged look." Judy then held on of Nick's paws and toke a look at it. "Wow. Your paws really are soft, yet firm and..." She then looked up to Nick's eyes. She never noticed how Nick had nice emerald green color eyes. It was as if she was in a bit of a trance. "Your's eyes. Their really..." She then stopped talking when she realized what she was about to say. She then was blushing a bit as she looked away. It finally came to her. She was attracted to Nick physically too. "Oh sweet cheese and crackers. I'm attracted to a fox. I'm actually ATTRACTED to a FOX!" Judy shouted.
"Well, can't blame you. I'm pretty much the whole package." Nick stated with a sly smirk.
"Okay. I'll admit I'm attracted to you. But what about you and all your flirting? You can't tell me after all of that, you're not attracted to this little bunny." Judy said smirking slyly.
"Those were... just some foxy quips." Nick said blushing a bit. "You know how I am."
"You and I both know that ain't true." Judy said. "So, what do you find attracted about me?"
"Uhhh... uhhh..." Nick was at a lost for words on what to say to Judy. But decide to not answer her question. Instead, he decided to ask her another question. "You know what? How about I tell you what I DON'T find attracted about you?"
"Wha... ugh! You better not say anything you'll regret, Wilde." Judy stated with a glare.
"Okay. First off, you're feet." Nick said. "Sometimes you do that... 'tapping' thing. It's like you're playing the drums with your feet."
"It's a habit I have when I'm nervous. It's also normal for bunnies." Judy stated while stomping her left foot down once.
"Next thing, your tail." Nick said.
"What's wrong with my tail." Judy asked.
"It's... small." Nick stated turning Judy around. "I mean... compare to a fox's tail, it's more of a cottonball." Nick then took a closer look at Judy's tail. "But I won't lie. Your tail DOES look pretty soft. Very... very soft."
Nick then started to reach for Judy's tail. Judy then swatted Nick's paw away.
"Don't even think about it, Slick." Judy shouted out.
"Sorry. Sorry. It's not my fault you have a fuzzy and cute little tail." Nick said.
"You can't call any part of a bunny cute either." Judy said.
"Which leads us to the next problem." Nick said. "You bunnies just don't like it when others call you cute. But you want to know something. You bunnies are cute. That's right. I said it."
"Niiiiick..." Judy said looking very angry.
"Look, it's not my fault. I just don't get why your bunnies don't like to be called that." Nick said. "Don't you know how hard it is to be with your little brothers and sisters and NOT call any of them cute? It's nearly impossible."
"If you really want to know why we don't like to be called cute. It's because it's a diminishing word for us bunnies. You know, cause we are small." Judy said. "Cute is basically how everyone in the world sees us bunnies as."
"So? There are plenty of smaller animals that are okay with being called cute. Heck, I was fine being called cute when I was a kid." Nick stated to Judy. He then started to lightly pet Judy's head. "So what if someone calls you cute? That doesn't mean they are trying to insult you in any way. Just don't think too much about it."
Deep down, Judy knew that Nick was right. There wasn't really anything bad about being called cute. It wasn't the worst thing a bunny could be called. But that didn't mean she still liked being called that.
"*sigh* Always got to use that sweet talk, do you?" Judy said to Nick.
"That's just how I roll." Nick said with a smirk. "Umm... what was I going on about again? It's seem that I forgot."
"You were trying to tell me what you don't find attractive about me. And failing." Judy said. She was right. Nick didn't really say any REAL problems he had with Judy yet.
"Fine. I'll give you something." Nick said. It toke another 3 seconds to think of something. "PAWPADS!" He then held up Judy's paws. "You don't have pawpads."
"What's wrong with not having pawpads?" Judy asked.
"Uhh... EVERYTHING!" Nick shouted out. "Pawpads are how we foxes make our marks on the world. But you bunnies don't even have any. Just... really soft paw."
"Are you done?" Judy said with a straight face.
"Not even. Next up is your ears." Nick said.
"What? Are they too long?" Judy asked looking a little peeved.
"No. It's just that..." Nick then lightly grabbed both of Judy's and lifted them up. "... sometimes there up..." Nick then lifted Judy's ears down. "... sometimes there down." Nick then lifted her ears up and down a few more times. "Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Down."
Judy was starting to get annoyed and pushed Nick's arms away from her ears.
"Will you stop that?" Judy shouted. "My ears goes up and down depending on my mood." Currently her ears were up. But by the look at her face, Judy was still looking mad. "Anything ELSE you want to say about me?"
"Boy, do I." Nick said. "Your eyes. Your eyes are... your eyes are... your... eyes..." Nick then stopped talking for moment. He stared deeply into Judy's purple colored eyes. This was the first time Nick has token a good look at Judy's eyes. Nick then lean down to Judy's face. "I... I didn't know bunnies could have an eye color like that. Your eyes have got to be the most beautiful pair of eyes I've ever seen."
Judy said starting to blush. "Rea... really?"
"Yeah." Nick said. Nick then lightly put his paws on Judy's cheeks as she continues to stare at her. "Your eyes... they're like little gems. I don't think I seen anything like them."
"Nick, you're really going big on the charm of yours." Judy said smiling a bit.
"Can you blame me? It's those eyes of yours." Nick said smiling. "Huh. Well what do you know. I'm attracted to a bunny."
So both Nick and Judy admitted that they were attracted to each other. It seems that Nick and Judy were both willing to agree to start a relationship now. But then... Nick noticed something as he was rubbing the fur of Judy's left cheek. He sees something... he didn't expect to see.
"Huh? What's this?" Nick said. Nick slowly pushed the fur of Judy's left cheek a bit and saw claw marks on her face. Seeing these, Nick was quite shocked and let go of her face. "Are those... claw marks?"
"So, you noticed them?" Judy said to Nick as she rubs her left cheek a bit. "These claw marks were from a long time ago. My fur covers the marks so no one really notices. I... got them from Gideon when he was still a jerk. Don't worry about it too much. I've already forgiven him."
"Gideon?" Nick thought.
Now Nick didn't hold a grudge on Gideon if Judy didn't. But what did bother Nick was that Gideon was a fox. In other words, a fox was the one the one that left those claw marks on Judy. Nick started to stare at his claws. Images started to come to Nick's head. The images of what could have happen if Nick went savage. Nick had a depressed look on his face now. He then walked to his bed and sat at the front of it, holding his paws together and looking down at the ground. Judy was starting to worry about Nick.
"Nick? What's wrong?" Judy asked looking concern.
"... Judy..." Nick said. Judy's eye widen as Nick called her that. Usually, Nick would always call Judy by a nickname. But whenever Nick called her by her real name, it was serious. "When... I pretended to be savage... were you afraid of me?"
"What?" Judy said. This isn't the first time Nick brought this up.
"Were you afraid of me?" Nick asked again.
"Well... I'll admit, your acting was WAAAAAY better than I thought it would be." Judy said. "But... no. I wasn't afraid of you. Not at all... because I trust you."
"What... if... what if you were right about the whole "It's in our DNA" thing?" Nick asked. "What if one day I actually revert back to my savage instincts? What if... I hurt you?"
Judy started to feel sad as well. She walked over to Nick to comfort him.
"Nick... I know that you won't do anything to hurt me." Judy said. "It's just that... I wish... I didn't hurt you the way I did." Judy was referring to what she said during the Press Conference after the "Missing Mammals" case. "I'm... still surprised that you were will to forgive this dumb bunny."
"Don't sweat about that anymore, Judy. I already have forgiven you for that." Nick said. "But... what I want from you now is to be completely honest with me. Can you REALLY be with a predator? Can you REALLY be with a fox? Can you... really be with me?"
Judy went silent for quite a bit of time. She didn't know how to answer Nick. Like they both said from the beginning, everything was... difficult and the two of them were just too different. But at that moment, something came to Judy. Judy's ear went up and she finally she realized what her and Nick were.
"I figured it out." Judy said. "Nick, I finally figured out what the two of us are."
"Huh?" Nick said looking a bit confused.
"First off, we ARE different. Different in almost every way. But that's the point." Judy said. "Cause the two of us... are like Yin and Yang."
"Yin and Yang? You mean that black and white circle?" Nick asked.
"Yes. Exactly." Judy said. "The symbol has two halves. One white. One black, but both halves have a small dot in each of them with the opposite color. The Yin and Yang symbol means 'In all good, there is some bad.' and 'In all bad there, is some good.' In terms for the two of us, I would be yin and you would be yang. I'm yin because I always try to do the right thing and help others, but even I have a sort of a 'forceful' style sometimes. Your yang because of your past actions, but even then, you always had good in you."
"So we're like yin and yang? But what does that have to do with us being together?" Nick asked.
"Quite simple, really. Yin and Yang also represent something else. Balance." Judy said.
"Balance?" Nick asked.
"Yes. They both need each other to be complete. Without each other, neither of them can exist. Just like the two of us." Judy said. She then held Nick's paws with her own paws. "Think about it, Nick? Was it really random that the two of us just happen to meet each other when we did? Part of me believe it was fate."
"Fate?" Nick said still looking a bit confused.
"What were the chances I would have seen you at that certain time and certain place? What would happen if you weren't one of the last people to see Mr. Otterton? What would happen if the two of us DIDN'T work together?" Judy asked. "But none of those stuff happen. It was because the two of us together that we were able to do so much. All my accomplishments were because I had you to help me and others were able to see the good in you because you had me." Judy then started gripping Nick's paws a little tighter. "If... if we never met each other... then you would still had to be that sly and hustling fox that you never really wanted to be. I would have to give up being an officer and just be a farmer. Something I didn't really wanted to do. And... what's worst... the city could have been in horrible and broken state of fear and Bellwether could have gotten away with everything."
"Wow. When you put it that way..." Nick said looking up at Judy. "I'm really glad the two of us met when we did."
"Don't you see it, Nick? The two of us need each other." Judy said. "The two of us can only truly be ourselves if we have each other."
When you think about, Judy was right. Both Nick and Judy needed each other for them to be themselves. All of their accomplishments were because they were together at the time. If they weren't, then who knows what could have happen to Zootopia.
"So... what you are saying is... that the two of us are destined to be with each other no matter what?" Nick asked.
"It may be a little soon to think that... but... that's the jest of it." Judy said.
"Ha... ha... ha..." Nick lightly laughed. "Sorry if my laughing seems a little unorthodox. Normally, I wouldn't really believe any thing you just said." Nick then got out of the bed, but still held Judy's paws. "But my heart's telling me your right."
"Yes. The two of us are meant for each other." Judy said.
"Unless we happen to find a bunny who's exactly like me or a fox who's exactly like you." Nick said trying to making a joke.
"Ha. Nick, you should know that's pretty impossible." Judy said. "I could LITERALLY meet millions of bunnies, but none of them could ever be you."
"And millions of vixens could fall for me, but I could never truly care about them as much as I care about you." Nick said. Nick then lean down again. "So... are we really willing to do this? Are you willing to date a fox?"
"Well you know me, Nick. I'm always a trier." Judy said with a smile.
"You sure you're not scared? Not by me, but what others would think." Nick asked.
"No. I'm don't want to be afraid anymore." Judy said. "But what about you, Nick?"
"Well you know me, Carrots. I don't really let others get to me." Nick said. "So I don't care what people think about me dating a bunny." Nick then slightly lifted Judy's head as they both look at each other. "So, to whatever the future has in store for us?"
"Yes. To whatever the future has." Judy said with a smile blushing a bit.
"Alright. Get in here." Nick said.
Nick then embraces Judy and hugged her tightly. Judy accepted the hug and wrapped around Nick's waist and leaned her head on Nick's chest. Both of them seemed really happy now. Even with all of their differences, they decided to finally be together. Nick then whispered something in Judy's ears.
"Hey... Judy?" Nick said.
"Yeah Nick?" Judy said.
"You know you love me." Nick said with a sly smirk.
"Do I know that? Yes. Yes I do." Judy said happily. "Just as much as you know you love me."
"Do I know that? Hmmmm..." Nick said stalling for a bit.
"Nick..." Judy said still waiting for an answer.
"I'm thinking. I'm thinking." Nick said to Judy. Still stalling.
"Niiiiick..." Judy said starting to get annoyed.
"Okay. Okay." Nick said finally stopping with his stalling. "Yes. Yes I do."
Happy to hear Nick say that, Judy hugged Nick a bit more. The two of them were hugging for what seemed like a very long time. At that moment, Judy and Nick started to hear some voices from the door.
"They haven't talked in a while."
"Do you think they're kissing?"
"Somebody open the door a bit."
"No way. They might notice."
Hearing those voices, Judy stopped hugging Nick and walked to the door with an angry look on her face. She opened the door and found out that it was none other than a few of her brothers and sisters. Some of them included Wendy, Maddie, and Dillian. There were at least 20 others between the ages of 7 and 15. All of them freaked when Judy opened the door. Judy was so mad at them.
"WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING HERE?!" Judy shouted out.
"Oh! Sis! We we're just... umm..." Maddie said.
"How long have you all been listening?" Judy asked still looking pretty angry.
"Long enough." Wendy said.
"I tried to stopped them, but they wouldn't listen." Dill said.
"You were listen too." One of the boy bunnies said.
"Don't try to hide it." One of the girl bunnies said.
"Look. I'll deal all of you later." Judy said to them. "But for now, all of you just go back to bed. Or I'm telling mom and dad since this is definitely past most of your bedtimes."
Not wanting to get in trouble, the kids all started to go back to their rooms. Wendy, Maddie, and Dillian did the same.
"Congrats you two, by the way." Maddie shouted out before she leaving.
Just like that, the halls were empty and everyone went back to their rooms. Judy just stood in the hallway shaking her head while having her right palm in her face.
"I can never do anything in this house without some of my brothers and sisters finding out." Judy stated.
"Don't sweat it too much, Carrots." Nick said. "It's late, anyway."
"Right. Well, guess I should get back to my room and go to bed." Judy said.
"Yeah. I'll just head back to bed myself." Nick said scratching the tip of his nose.
"Good night... Nick." Judy said with a big smile.
"Good night... Carrots." Nick said with a big smile as well.
Judy then began walking back downstairs to her room and Nick close the door of his room and headed back to the bed. He got into the covers and slowly drifted to sleep.
The next day, everyone was at the train station. Today, Nick and Judy had to take the train back to Zootopia. Judy was currently hugging her mom and dad goodbye. Dill was beside them.
"Take care, Bun Bun." Bonnie said to Judy.
"Be safe now." Stu said.
"Don't worry. I'll be fine. I promise." Judy said letting go. Judy then walked over to Dill. "So Dill, you gonna be okay?"
"I'll be fine. You don't have to worry about me." Dill said with smirk. "Besides, I know that you are gonna be seeing me in Zootopia REAL soon."
"Of course." Judy said smiling. "Take care, Dill."
"You too, sis." Dill said while giving Judy a quick hug.
Judy then realized something. Where was Nick?
"Ummm... where's Nick?" Judy asked looking around. "The train will be leaving soon."
They then hear a loud shout. It was Nick's voice.
"OFFICER HOPPS! We have another situation." Nick shouted.
"Thaaaaaat must be him." Dill said.
It seems that 15 or so of Judy's little brothers and sisters were holding on to Nick. They were all crying and pleading to him.
"Noooooo!"
"Don't go!"
"Please stay!"
"Stay just a bit longer."
"Take us with you."
"Kids, get off of Nick." Bonnie told them.
"You guys better listen to her." Nick said. "Besides, I have to go back to Zootopia."
"Can't you stay just one more day?" A boy bunny asked.
"Sorry, I can't." Nick said.
"Two more days?" A girl bunny asked.
"Nuh uh!" Nick said as he shook his head.
"Five more days?" Another boy bunny asked.
"You kids are bad at negotiating." Nick stated.
"Ummm... I'm leaving too. Aren't you gonna say goodbye to your big sister?" Judy asked them expected a hug.
"Meh." They all said.
"It's not like we don't have another hundred older sisters." One of the boy bunnies said.
"Well..." Judy said feeling slightly stung from that comment. "See if I miss any of you."
"Alright you little carrots. Time to get off me and go back to your big carrots." Nick told them.
All the kids were sad, but all got off Nick and went back to Stu and Bonnie.
"Bye Jim, Milly, Kevin, Freddy, Lily, Amanda, Frank, Mikey, Zack, Debbie, Brenda, Nate, Julie, Harvey, and Victoria." Nick said knowing all their names now. "I better check to make sure that none of them are hiding in my suitcase." Nick shook his suitcase a bit. Didn't feel like anyone was in it. "Okay. Guess I should get on the tra..."
As Nick said that, he felt a certain little bunny grabbing on his tail. He knew right off the back who it was.
"Suzy?" Nick said before turning around.
It really was Suzy grabbing on to his tail again. But looking at her face, Nick noticed that she was crying and had a sad look on her face. Nick then lean down to her.
"Hey now. What's with all the waterworks?" Nick said to her. "Are you crying because I have to go?"
"Uh huh." Suzy said.
"Are you gonna miss me?" Nick asked.
"Uh huh." Suzy said.
"I'll visit you and the others again, if you want." Nick said. "Also, you can visit me in Zootopia... with your parents permission of course. But you have to promise to be a good girl, okay?"
"Okay." Suzy said wiping the tears from her eyes.
Nick then took out a piece of folded paper from his pocket and opened it up. It was the drawing from before. Nick then show her it.
"You drew this, right?" Nick asked Suzy.
"Yeah." Suzy said nodding.
"Would it be okay if I keep this?" Nick asked. "Just thought I should ask you before I go."
"Sure. I made it for you after all." Suzy said.
"Thank you." Nick said. He then folded the drawing and putting back in his pocket. "Remember now, be good."
"I will." Suzy said smiling at Nick. She then gave Nick a hug. "Goodbye Nick. I'll miss you."
Nick wasn't expecting the hug from the little bunny. But accepted it and did the same.
"I'll miss you too, Mini-Carrots." Nick said before ending the hug.
Nick got up and went to Judy.
"Ready to go, Nick?" Judy asked.
"Whenever you are, Carrots." Nick said.
"Now you take care of yourself and our daughter, Nick." Stu said.
"I will." Nick said nodding.
"Oh. We also got you some of these." Bonnie said. She then gave Nick a small basket of their blueberries.
"Blueberries!" Nick shouted out happily. He then already threw a few of the blueberries in his mouths. "Mmmmm... I love these so much."
"If you even come by to visit again, we'll be sure to give you all the blueberries you can eat." Bonnie said.
"You're making harder and harder for me to want to leave now." Nick stated.
"Nick, we still have to go." Judy said.
"Right. Right." Nick said. "Well Stu, Bonnie, everyone. Thank you and goodbye."
"We'll see you soon." Judy said.
Nick and Judy then hopped aboard the train as everyone waved and shouted out goodbye. The train then started to move and head to Zootopia. Nick and Judy waved goodbye from the train's windows until they weren't able to see them. Judy then looked at Nick and it seem that Nick was doing his best not to cry.
"Woah! Nick, are you okay?" Judy asked.
"You... you bunnies! Your emotions are contagious." Nick stated. "This was all part of your plan, was it? Taking me to see your loving family and making me care about all of them."
"Yes. This was all part of my evil bunny plan." Judy said joking around with a smirk. "Once more, I've even trapped you into a relationship with me as a bonus."
"You devious little bunny." Nick said playing along. Nick then went back to talking normal "Overall, I had a great time. I'm actually gonna miss those little carrots."
"Don't forget. You promised Suzy that you would visit them again." Judy said.
"Yeah. I don't want to break my promise to Mini-Carrots." Nick said. He then toke out Suzy's drawing from his pocket and open it up to look at it again. "You know Carrots, before I met you... I still thought I was gonna be nothing more than a sly, shifty fox. Even now, I still think I am. But if your brothers and sisters can like me, especially a little bunny that drew this, how bad can I be?"
"You got some of that from 'Wreck-It Rhino', did ya?" Judy asked.
"Hey! We can't all come up with ORIGINAL sayings." Nick stated.
Nick and Judy started laughing. They both then looked out the window and saw the outskirts of Zootopia again. The train would reach the stop at Zootopia real soon.
"So... back to Zootopia." Judy said. Nick then held onto one of Judy's paws.
"... And to whatever the future has in store for us." Nick said smiling at her.
End
Well guys! That's the end of the story. To be honest, I think I want to do way more Zootopia stories in the future. I have like 6 or 7 other ideas for Zootopia stories. One of them might be a story where Nick takes Judy to meet his parents. But that's gonna be in the far future. That's all for now. Thanks for reading.