05/20/2018: I WILL BE RE-WRITING THIS FIC TO CORRECT ITS FEW SHAMEFUL GRAMMAR MISTAKES, I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR THEM.

Characters : Judy H. / Nick W.

Genre : whodunit/romance/humour

Rated : M

What to expect: This is my take on the continuation of Zootopia's incredible story. I will keep it as in-character as possible, although I will give you more than a children story ;). Rated M for uncensored mature content (language, violence, sex). I wanna explore Judy and Nick's relationship, although don't expect mushy sentimental trash from me, nor hard-core porn-level sex. I wanna keep it realistic, so that people can actually relate to them. Just like what you would expect for the awesome world Disney has created, with a peep behind the curtain that veils all those adult themes for the sake of their younger audience. Also, a story is not a good story without some mysterious adventure!

Updates: The updates are agonizingly slow, I apologize for that, however the story is still going on, and will be finished, I promise (05/20/2018)

Chapter 1 – The day after Gazelle's concert

Judy let herself into her apartment. She tried not to make any noise; her crazy oryx neighbours could really hear as well as they could scream, and she didn't want to have the whole block awaken at this late hour. Although, she thought, the whole city seemed to have been at that Gazelle concert. She wondered if there was anyone left to wake up in the Grand Pangolin Arms.

She fell onto her bed, a wide grin on her small face. Even though it was stiff and squeaky, it just felt so good to finally lay down. And she had such a good time, she almost giggle herself to sleep. Maybe it was just the carrot martinis that made her so happy. Or the dance, all night long, with all of her friends. Or all the laughs she had with Nick.

When she woke up, warm sunlight was shining on her pillow. Shit. She opened her eyes, only to close them back as the sun hurt her sensitive purple irises, letting out a painful yelp. Shit, shit shit, shit. Sun was up. This meant her alarm clock didn't go off. She always woke up before the sun to get to the precinct in time.

In thirty second, she was up, dressed, her teeth were brushed and she was out of the apartment. Her head ached from dehydration and lack of sleep. She looked at her watch, while putting her sunglasses on to hide her baggy, red eyes. 6:03. She could still make it to the morning assignments. Coffee would have to wait after the subway ride. She moaned thinking of the terrible precinct machine.

By 6:28 she entered the city hall, which housed the police quarters. A familiar orange figure was watching her from the reception desk.

"Carrots! So you've finally decided to join us." Nick exclaimed. As other officers around him winced, he added a little louder "What happened? Couldn't find the precinct this morning?"

He wore that smug smile and seemed positively energetic, even though he to returned from their night out in the early hours of mourning. In fact he seemed to be the only one fully awake among his colleagues. Clawhauser was looking at his doughnut as if he was trying to see it. Francine had actually weakly hushed Nick as she walked pass him, her eyes so small that they practically disappeared from her huge elephant head. So apparently, every Zootopian was at the concert after all.

But Judy had noticed that Nick too was wearing his sunglasses, and was clutching a mug of steaming hot coffee. When she arrived next to him, he handed her a cup.

"Shut up." She took it without stopping. Nick followed her to the bullpen, still smiling.

They sat on their shared chair. After a long comforting sip, Judy dropped the cup on the desk. She took off her glasses; she knew Chief Bogo wouldn't approve. Nick did the same. She looked at her watch : 6:35. The chief was late. She took another sip of coffee, looking around for him. Some officers sniggered. She narrowed her eyes, suspecting some kind of prank. The coffee was starting to have its awaking effect on her. She shot a look at Nick; he was looking at the door, probably wondering where Bogo was too. She gulped some more coffee. Again, some sneers reached her sensitive ears.

Finally the chief arrived. Judy had never seen him so dishevelled. She knew Nick was just biting back some snarky comment.

Chief Bogo slowly put his reading glasses on his muzzle. They could almost see his irises trying to bring his paperwork to focus, as he cleared his throat. His first words came out shaky.

"Good morning officers."

"And a good morning to you too, Chief!" Cheerfully answered Nick, louder than he normally spoke. Soft complaints abounded from the officers around them.

"Wilde." Bogo simply warned, slowly closing his eyes. "Shut it."

"Huh, so everyone's cranky this morning" Nick muttered on the side for his bunny friend.

Judy brought her cup to her lips to hide her smile. Some colleagues downright laughed out loud. The chief let out a sigh of exasperation.

"You think you're funny, Wilde?"

"Most of the time, yes." Answered the fox with a mischievous smile.

Confused, Judy searched for the source of their amusement. She looked under her coffee mug. It read, in big black letters: 'I'M A TWAT'. She let out a frustration groan, frowning at Nick, while a couple of the surrounding cops laughed under their breath.

"Alright, ALRIGHT! Officers," the Chief continued, "time for some assignments."

While Bogo listed all their tasks, the appointed officers slowly left the room, some of them still yawning. It was going to be a slow day. Judy and Nick were assigned traffic surveillance, which usually they would have found boring, but it suited Judy just fine that day.

"Come on Carrots, lets go get you something to eat" said Nick, while letting her pass under his arm which hold the door for them.

"Who says I didn't eat this morning?" She answered.

"Your stomach." He simply said.

He wasn't wrong, it did growl in indignation.

"And you, Nick, how come you are so awake and joyfull this morning? It's not your style."

"Didn't wanna miss the show! All those roughneck mammals so vulnerable." He added dreamily. "I'll sleep later, in the car."

"Nick!"

"You know I'm joking, Carrots! I love my job. You've got to stop falling for that, you're making it to easy." He winked at her.

Her frown melted instantly. She did feel lucky to have him to tease her and make her days happier. They had arrived at their SUV. Judy reluctantly handed the keys to her partner.

"You drive today."

"Oh? Did a certain rabbit have to many drinks last night?" He chuckled while getting on the driver seat.

"Don't get use to it." She said, massaging her aching temples. "This is just for today."

Judy loved driving. She drove purposely from point A to point B, at the exact prescribed speed. Maybe sometimes even a little bit faster, although she never would have admitted it. Nick was a slow driver, like there wasn't a care in the world, and no precise goal to their day. Which irritated her. When he drove, she spent most of the time stepping on her imaginary gas pedal. But since today was going to be a lot of sitting around anyways, it was fine.

They stopped at a pastry shop for breakfast, both wearing their sunglasses back, and parked themselves discretely in an alley to watch a '4 stop' intersection close by. Mammals tended to skip this one, because it was such an important artery, crossing a small road rarely used. It seemed like no one bothered to go to work that day, so Judy had time to savour her bagel, while keeping a watchful eye on the intersection. Even if she was so tired, and even if it was boring, she could not resist a job well done. Most of the time, Nick just hang back and enjoyed watching her go, occasionally adding his slightly larger figure to hers when he sensed resistance from the civilians. Judy did not need his help to look imposing, but she did appreciate to know someone had her back.

After a successful collect of tickets, they moved to one of the highways for a bit of speed surveillance by radar. They ended the day driving across the city center, making sure that traffic lights were respected. Finally, Nick drove them back to City Hall. This was the part of the day she disliked most : parting. She loved her job, liked most of her collegues (she did still get some harsh comments on her size or sexe), and, above all, she enjoyed her partner's company. There wasn't a lot to do, all alone in the Pangolin Arms. After grabbing some paperwork to bring back home – better than doing nothing tonight –, she waved Nick and Clawhauser goodbye. They had their special 'see you tomorrow' handshake, which lasted for ever, and she was kind of tired.

"Carrots, wait!" Nick came trotting after her. She raised her big purple eyes at him. "If your not too tired, I thought maybe you would like to join me and some friends for some board games tonight."

"I don't know Nick, I really am tired..."

"Oh come on Judy. It will be fun!" He smiled.

How could she say no to that handsome face? She sighed.

"Alright. I'll go freshen up. Where do I meet you?"

"Your apartment is on the way there, I can pick you up."

"Ok. Text me when you get there."

The broad smile on her face didn't go unnoticed by the passengers on the subway on her way back.