Author note: Sorry about the delay. I took a bit of a break I guess, I dno.

Anyway, I was waiting for one of my beta readers to respond before I posted it, and he either had no input or forgot. No worries, my other readers said there were no problems. Big thanks to them again :)

Probably more smut after this, I left it open for that reason.

Nick was driving across the country road back toward the city. The sun had set completely, and the sky was dotted with the few stars that were visible between the clouds and the still-present light pollution from the city.

Nick was grinning to himself, almost laughing, and was resting a hand on Judy's thigh. Judy was glaring out the window, refusing to look at him.

"What's wrong, Fluff? You seem mad." he asked, cheerily.

"I'm not mad." She responded without looking.

"See, I watched you say that, and your body language is really giving a different vibe." Nick, of course, knew exactly what the problem was, but he was having a little too much fun poking the bear.

"I'm not mad, I'm frustrated." She said, through gritted teeth.

"That's really just the word 'mad' with more syllables." He said, holding back his laughter.

"That's not - my god, you're driving me insane."

"Driving you mad?"

Judy put her head in her paws and made a noise of aggravation. As annoying as that remark was, she couldn't help but snicker slightly. "Sexually frustrated, Nick." She said flatly, spelling it out for him."Someone took me on an incredible date and then decided to leave me high and dry for the 20 minute drive back to town."

"Ah, okay then." He responded, still grinning. "Mad with desire." he added quietly out of the corner of his mouth.

Judy sighed loudly and slumped back against the seat. "You're insufferable." She groaned.

"Hey, you're the one that was calling my self-control into question. I don't respond well to challenges." He said, shrugging. "Also, it's more of a 30 minute drive. Stop trying to trick me into speeding. I'm an officer of the law, now." he added with a smirk.

Judy sighed again and glared at him. "It wasn't a challenge!" She said loudly.

"Of course not. I won, so it was never a challenge to begin with. I've played this game before." Nick said, no longer holding back his laughter.

"It wasn't though..." She said, defeated. She was starting to get genuinely upset.

"Hey, come on. Smiles, Fluff. I'm just teasing you!" and he gave her another squeeze on the thigh.

Judy's feelings went from upset back to frustration, and she huffed "you're always teasing me. It gets old."

"Nonsense. It's called foreplay, Carrots." He said with a smirk. "Can't you feel the anticipation? You can just-" he inhaled deeply through his nose and gave her a knowing look, "smell it in the air!"

Judy rolled her eyes. "I hate that you can do that." she sighed.

"It's a blessing and a curse." he responded simply. "With the vibes you were giving off, I almost ravaged you in that field of flowers." He winked. "But I have more self-control than that."

She put her face in her paws and rubbed her eyes. "Give me a synonym for insufferable," she said through gritted teeth. "I don't want to use the same word twice."

"Recalcitrant." He responded simply.

Judy raised an eyebrow, took Nick's phone, and after a moment said "Not really a synonym, but it actually fits better!" She then added flatly "You're recalcitrant."

"I know, thanks!" He responded.

The rest of the drive went by in relative silence, and soon the two of them were back in front of Nick's apartment. Judy's surprise meeting with her parents didn't keep her from riding on Nick's back again, and she gave him a quick kiss on the neck as he opened the door to his apartment. As they crossed the threshold and closed the door, she moved her paws down to wrap them around his middle, and began innocently tugging his shirt up and nuzzled the back of his neck.

Nick took the hint, and within moments they were back on the couch. He swung her from his back effortlessly into the cushions and pulled her into a deep kiss, just as passionate and fiery as the kiss in the field of flowers, and the recent memory stirred something in both of them. Paws were roaming, stroking any inch of bare fur they could reach. Nick rolled over and pulled Judy on top of him as she began kissing his neck. He ran his paws down her sides, and then up her back, provoking a small whine from the back of her throat.

Judy made an attempt to move from his neck back to his face, when he held a finger in front of her mouth. "You should probably charge your phone and call your parents." He sighed, smirking.

"No, you're right. That won't kill the mood at all." She responded, shooting him a look that was half quizzical, half glaring. "After how they treated you, they can wait."

"They're not going to like me any more if you keep them in the dark, Carrots." He said calmly. "At least shoot them a message, let them know I didn't murder you."

"They shouldn't need me to tell them-" she began, but Nick interrupted her.

"I know that, but that won't stop them worrying." He said, still calm. "And it definitely won't help our case if you keep them out of the loop. At least for the time being."

Judy sighed and buried her head in Nick's chest. "Fine" she relented. "Where's your charger?"

"In the bedroom." he winked, and quickly swooped her in his arms.

"I don't know why this couldn't have waited." She said, frustrated again, wrapping her arms around Nick's neck.

"Don't underestimate my stamina." He said, giving her a sly smile.

Judy bit her lip and rolled her eyes as they entered the bedroom. She spotted her phone on the nightstand, and the end of the charger on the other side just as Nick tossed her onto the bed. Jumping into the air, he landed right next to her, causing her to bounce. She giggled and rolled over to grab her phone and plug it in.

Judy waited a moment after plugging her phone in to turn it on. Nick had his head propped up on one paw, his other absentmindedly tracing circles in Judy's back. Just as she was about to react to this, her phone began to uncontrollably vibrate. Wave upon wave of frantic text from both her parents, numerous voicemails, and even a few texts from various siblings. The two of them simply looked at the screen, not altogether surprised.

"I guess this was a good idea." Judy said with a slight groan. Nick simply shrugged.

When the notifications died down, Judy stared for a moment again, debating whether or not to Muzzletime, and being in Nick's apartment, decided to just call them normally. She hit the call button and put the phone to her ear as Nick gave her a swift good-luck kiss on the cheek and resumed tracing the circles on her back.

The call was picked up almost immediately.

"Judy!" her mother answered. Judy suppressed a groan. Of the two, her father had been a bit more level-headed, and she was hoping he would be the one to pick up first. "Where have you been?!" her mother asked.

"I was with Nick, mom. We went on a date." She responded flatly.

"Are you okay? Is he still there?" she added the last question in a stage whisper.

Judy rolled her eyes. "We're at his apartment again, so yes, he's here. And I'm talking to you, so yes, I'm okay." Judy swore she heard a reaction when she said they were at Nick's place again, but let it slide.

"Judy, we were worried sick about you!" Bonnie said indignantly.

"Yeah, Nick said you would be." She said. "That's the only reason I called." she added that bit a little more fiery than intended. "So you can thank my fox boyfriend for my courtesy."

"I-" Bonnie began, but Judy cut her off, her anger just barely getting the better of her.

"After how you treated him, I can't believe he would still care what you thought. I still can't believe you two." Bonnie said nothing, and they both sat in silence for a bit before Judy quickly calmed down. She sighed. "Anyway, we have to work in the morning, and it's getting late. I'll talk to you tomorrow."

"Judy" she said quietly. "Thank you for calling."

"Like I said, thank Nick." She said, again, a little too savagely.

Bonnie gave a quick sigh. "Tell him thank you." She said.

Judy looked slightly taken. "Oh, uhm. Okay. I will." She said.

"We love you, Judy." There was a murmur of agreement in the background from Stu.

"You too." Judy responded and hung up the phone. She put the phone down on the bed and stared at it. "Huh." she said to herself.

"Yeah, that sounded like it went better than the first time." Nick said, smirking a little.

"I… yeah, it did. She said to tell you thanks. For getting me to call them." Judy was stunned at the relative level-headedness of the conversation. While she wasn't sure her parents were accepting yet, they weren't outright hostile either. Granted, the conversation was short, and Nick wasn't exactly present for it, but progress is progress.

Judy snapped out of it, and did her best to put on a sultry look, and leaned in close to Nick's ear. "Now, where were we?" she whispered.

Nick flipped her on her back gently and supported himself over her. "Somewhere around here, I think." He smirked, and pulled her into another kiss. He broke away and added with an even wider smirk, "And you thought that would kill the mood."