Nick stirred in his bed as he heard the annoying dings of his phone. It was the perfect morning to relax without any distractions. Right now, though, that wasn't the case.

The fox stretched out his arms and picked up his phone on the nightstand. His tired eyes made out a flood of text messages that were from Judy.

Nick, where are u?

Earth to Nick...Judy wants to know where u are…

Chief Bogo is going to kill u if you don't get ur butt here this instant!

NICK WILDE! GET TO WORK RIGHT NOW! YOU'RE ALREADY L8 AS IT IS!

What is Judy talking about? Everybody knows that Saturday is my day off! Nick thought as he swiped the messages away. He looked at his home screen, and nearly dropped the phone when he read the date and time.

8:00 A.M.

Wednesday

Nick had slept in too late! He was supposed to be the work at seven o'clock, but now he was a half an hour late. Sleeping overtime also made him confuse the days.

There was no time to think. Nick had to get ready for work, pronto! He jumped out of bed and went straight to the bathroom door. He didn't even bother showering and got right into uniform.

Nick managed to brush his teeth and comb his fur. Although, a few red strands did stick up on his head, but he was too busy to notice.

He plunged into the driver's seat and pulled into the road. Punctuality is very important in the life of a police officer, and like Judy texted, Chief Bogo would never appreciate Nick coming in late. Maybe he would get to work in a decent amount of time.

And then again, maybe not.

As Nick went farther, he had to suddenly freeze behind a conveyor belt of cars. Great, now he was stuck in a traffic jam! The last thing he needed!

In Zootopia, a roadblock was something hard to come out of. It can take animals minutes, even hours, just to get through!

Nothing was good right now.

Fifteen minutes later, Nick was on the road. At first, the cars were running kind of smoothly, but the time he came farther into the city, he was stuck again.

He groaned and slapped his hand onto his forehead. He couldn't take this anymore.

Nick looked out the window and spotted a coffee shop that looked empty. Not that eating was the most important thing in the world right now, the fox could really go for a coffee and a donut.

And maybe, Nick speculated, the roads will be clear by the time I made my purchase!

He drove to the drive through and made his order. When he came out, there were more vehicles on the street than there were before!

Oh boy…

When Nick finally pulled up at the station, he saw Judy, quite aggravated, tapping her foot on the pavement.

"NICK! You're late! Very, very late! Two hours and thirty minutes late! How could you be like this!"

"Well, at least I'm here now," Nick said, looking smug.

"COME ON! Let's go and deal with the chief and get to work NOW!" Judy shouted, dragging her friend into work.

Nick sighed. If only today was Saturday...

A/N: Whew! It's definitely been a while since I've uploaded a one-shot to this specific collection! Anyway, kudos again to Bluewolfbat for the idea.