Judy pulled the trigger and was met with a small click. By the time she registered the lack of a bang, Nick had reacted with surprising speed and strength. He reached up and slapped the gun out of Judy's paw, shoving her and knocking the wind from her lungs. The push forced Judy onto her rear, but she quickly sat up, only to see Nick quickly stumbling towards the nearby warehouse, clutching the worst of his wounds.

Jack quickly got to his feet and rushed over to Judy, faking his concern as he looked her over. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah I'm fine," she coughed, still recovering from Nick's blow. Jack reached a paw down to help her up but she ignored it and stood up on her own.

"Should we go after him?" Jack ignored the question for the moment and walked over to the discarded basket and rummaged through it, eventually pulling out a handgun.

"What were you planning to do with that?" Judy asked with a raised eyebrow.

Jack shrugged. "You never know when you'll need an extra."

Judy shook her head and gestured toward the building Nick stumbled into. "C'mon," she said walking towards the building's entrance, gun at the ready, "let's end this."

They quickly reached the entrance and took up positions on either side of the door. They made eye contact and Judy nodded in affirmation. Jack went in first, gun ready, and Judy followed close behind. As expected, the warehouse was dark, putting the two diurnals at a disadvantage. Judy looked at Jack and he signaled that they should stick together. She nodded again and they made their way deeper into the warehouse.

Suddenly, Nick's voice rang throughout the building over its still functional PA system, "Why him, Judy?" His voice was low and raspy, and he coughed before continuing. "What makes him so special?"

Judy glanced around, futilely trying to pinpoint Nick's location through the loudspeakers. "He doesn't love you, y'know..." Judy scoffed, oblivious to the slight wavering of Jack's composure. "I can see that you don't believe me," Nick continued, "Can't say I'm surprised. Keeping information classified is part of the job after all, isn't it?"

Judy, visibly confused, glanced at Jack. "What's he talking about, Jack?"

Nick chuckled. "I see you haven't told her yet, Stripes. Or was that the reason you decided to bring Judy out here tonight?"

Jack's breathing heightened despite his best efforts to stay calm, and Judy picked up on it.

"Told me what, Jack?" Judy demanded.

"Why, to tell you about his mistress of course."

Jack turned to Judy and was met with a stern, demanding glare.

"Is that-Is that true, Jack?" Judy said, tripping over her own words with how fast she'd spoken. "Well?!" Her voice rose to the point to near shouting.

Jack finally found his voice. "This isn't the time or place for this."

Judy opened her mouth to retort, but Nick spoke first. "C'mon Jack, go on and tell her all about Veronica. Tell Judy how many times you've looked at that wedding ring before going to town." The two bunnies stood there in shocked silence until Nick spoke again, his voice sounding dangerously weak. "Now don't mind me, you two, I'll just-" he was cut off by a violent coughing fit. A few seconds later he continued, his voice sounding even weaker. "Don't mind me, you two, I'm not gonna last much longer here."

Jack quickly looked to Judy. "Judy, listen. We need to focus; he's trying to distract us so he'll be able to escape."

Judy was silent as she turned away from Jack. "When this is done, Jack… we're going to have a very long discussion about us." She started to walk away, not even turning to add, "I'm going to check the east side."

Jack sighed and turned the other way. 'Man,' he thought, 'what a night this is turning out to be.'

Since Judy was going to search the east side for the soon dead Nick Wilde, Jack was left with the west side of the warehouse. To his luck, he found an old map of the facility and looked it over. The map showed the control room on the west side. He picked up his pace, figuring that the sooner Nick was out of the way, the sooner he could deal with his now-failing marriage.

This place was practically ancient. Each step on the staircase leading to the control room groaned in protest to even his light weight. When he reached the top, the door was already wide open, a bloody pawprint smeared across it where Nick had pushed it open. He entered the room, wary of a trap, but at the same time relaxed. Nick sounded pretty far gone last time Jack heard him speak. He was probably either dead or unconscious at this point.

Jack spotted Nick on the floor by the microphone he'd used to rat Jack out. Judging from the stillness of Nick's body and the large pool of blood around his middle, Jack assumed he was dead. He approached the microphone to let Judy know Nick was dead in the control room, but stopped with his paw on the button when he heard shuffling behind him.

He started to turn toward the door. "Hey Judy, was just about to-" he stopped when a paw grabbed the side of his head and slammed him onto the talk button of the microphone, his gun dropping to the floor with him.

Nick kicked the weapon away as he loomed over Jack. Jack could just barely make out Nick's smug grin through his blurred vision.

"Not dead yet, Stripes!" Nick chuckled as he raised a foot to deliver the knockout blow. Jack was barely able to react in time, grabbing Nick's standing foot and yanking it as hard as he could. Nick gave a yelp of surprise as he fell backwards and hit the ground hard. Jack immediately rose and searched for his gun through unfocused eyes. He found it not to far off by the windows on the opposite wall from the door. He stumbled over to it, almost tripping over his own feet. As he reached for it, he heard growling behind him.

"Oh no you don't." Jack knew he should've jumped out of the way of Nick's oncoming charge, but he just couldn't manage it in his current state. Jack didn't fall down immediately; Nick's momentum kept going and that, along with the weight of the two mammals, smashed into the windows. They shattered on impact and the two fell right out.

They didn't fall far, but the impact was enough to knock the breath out of both of their lungs. They both laid there for a time just trying to regain their breath. Jack hastily got to his feet, his vision began to clear and he quickly turned to face Nick, who was already charging at him. Jack got into a defensive stance.

Nick swung for Jack's head, but Jack ducked under his swing and landed a solid punch to Nick's side. Just as Jack stood upright from his dodge, he felt something tug at his feet. He looked down just in time to see Nick's tail pull his feet out from under him. Jack landed hard on his back with an audible thump. Instinctively, he brought both his arms up to shield his face. Right as he did so, Nick pounced on him landing blow after blow onto his arms, aiming a blow at his sides every so often.

Nick, realizing that this plan of attack wasn't working, raised both hands and locked them together. As he did so, the shift in weight allowed Jack to swiftly pull his legs to his stomach and kick with all his might. Nick went sailing backwards several feet, directly into the side of an old piece of machinery. His head hit the machine hard and he slumped to the ground. Jack scrambled to his feet, getting ready for Nick to charge again, but he simply lay there, unmoving.

One hesitant step at a time, Jack slowly made his way over to Nick. Jack froze and brought his fists up when he saw Nick move. He expected another lunge, but Nick's movements were subdued. Once he heard Nick sniffling, Jack stiffened and raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Are you crying, Wilde?"

Nick shook softly as he answered, "It's not fair." He tried to stand again, only to slump backward. "Everything had been fine, near perfect even! Judy and I were getting along great, we were catching the bad guys, our relationship had been growing! We were growing closer, she was happy, I was happy!" Nick groggily raised his head, just barely staying awake. His limbs sagged and his breathing was fast and shallow. A cut had opened above his right eye and the blood trailed down his face. "Then you came along," he said in a low growl, "You came along and ruined everything! I lost my job, my friends, my family, and worst of all," he paused for a moment, "You took the woman I love away from me!" He raised his voice to a loud shout. Nick eventually laid his head back against the old piece of machinery. When he next spoke, his voice was in a soft whisper. "What does she see in you that's not in me?"

The two were silent for a long moment. Jack relaxed slightly and lowered his hands to his sides. Finally he spoke, "I don't know, Wilde. I honestly don't know."

As Nick lay there, Jack's mind wandered. Some things didn't quite add up. Why attack Jack and Judy in the open? Why not tell Judy about the affair? Was it to catch them off guard? Why not bring it up during the fighting?

The area around them was still silent until Nick let out a more than audible groan, one hand grabbing at his side where Jack had punched him. "Jeez, Stripes," he said in strained pain, "You punch like a Pewterarm," he said that with a pained smile.

Jack ignored the statement as another question popped into his head. Before he could stop himself, he was already asking the question out loud. "You got shot," he said, looking at Nick who raised an eyebrow at the statement. "Four times. Then you managed to run in here and have a brawl with me. How the hell are you alive?"

Nick looked back at Jack and smiled at his question. "If I tell you, Stripes, it'll ruin the surprise." Nick once again attempted to laugh, but was stopped as he hacked up some blood. He spat it to the side. He looked back at Jack, still smiling.

A sound suddenly cracked the air, the sound of metal hitting the ground. A cursing female voice accompanied it after. Soon Judy came stumbling out of a pile of loose scrap. She spotted him immediately. "Jack!" she called and rushed over to him, "There you are, I haven't-" she stopped abruptly as she noticed Nick and her face adopted a blank expression. "Oh," she simply said. Jack noticed she looked almost sad. Jack chalked it up to fond memories and ignored it.

"What do you suppose we do with him?" Jack asked. In response, he heard a gun being cocked behind him.

"What do you think?" Judy asked, walking up beside him, gun held in her right hand. She glanced down at his empty paws and raised an eyebrow.

Jack pointed upward to the control room above. "Dropped it in there," then he jabbed a thumb towards Nick, who waved, "because someone tackled me through the window before I could pick it up."

Judy pursed her lips. "Good excuse." Jack rolled his eyes. "Let's get this over with." Judy walked over towards Nick with Jack following. "Any last words, Nicky?" Judy asked, looking over her gun.

Nick looked at Judy and smiled. "Yeah," he said, sounding very satisfied. "He's about to figure it out." Judy nodded and raised her gun.

Jack looked at him and cocked his head. "The hell do you mean?" That's when Judy smiled, raised her gun, and fired into Jack's thigh. He fell to the floor and screamed in agony, both his hands grabbing at his thigh.

Jack locked eyes with Judy. "You," Jack said, wincing as another wave of pain came across his body, "you shot me!"

"Yup," Judy said ecstatically, holstering her gun and placing her hands on her hips. "Sure did, ya back stabbing, cheating mutt!" She looked absolutely relieved at finally getting to do that.

Jack sat there, dumbfounded, as he watched Judy turn back around to look at Nick with a sly grin. Then, as if he had never been shot, Nick sat up and got to his feet! He started making his way over to the pair as if he had suffered not a bruise at all.

Nick walked casually over to Judy, though he did nurse the side Jack had punched. Judy, hearing Nick's approach, looked back. "You alright?" she asked, concerned.

Nick laughed fully, no wounds stopping him this time. "Like I told you, Carrots," Nick said as he wrapped an arm around her shoulder and pushed him into his chest, "I've been paintballing before. It stings for a little bit and it's a pain in the ass to get out of fur, but that's about the extent of it," he said, his smile broadening.

"Whatever you say, Slick," Judy said softly. She'd never sounded like that when she was with Jack, even in those early days! Nonetheless, she said it no was she looked up into Nick's eyes. Slowly the faces of the two came closer and closer, until their lips met. Judy immediately grabbed Nick by the back of his neck and pulled him down, deepening the kiss.

Jack stared at this in disbelief, mouth agape. He was at a loss for words, completely shocked as he watched his wife make out with a fox!

When the two finally separated, looking into each other's eyes with hunger, Nick broke his eye contact with Judy to look at Jack. He then proceeded to laugh uproariously. "Aww, what's wrong, Stripes? Cat got your tongue?"

Judy looked over at Jack as well and giggled. "Look at his face! No shit he didn't see this coming!"

Jack still had his mouth open when next he spoke, "Wha-… When-… How?"

Judy looked back at Nick and somehow snuggled deeper into his chest. "Oh I'd say for quite some time now, Stripes," Nick answered, a hand lovingly stroking Judy's ears as they lay against her back.

SEVEN MONTHS PRIOR

Judy opened her eyes slowly. It was late at night and she laid in the bed she shared with Jack. The rabbit in question lay beside her, his back to her as she lay there. She slowly rose so that she was sitting with the help of her arms. She then looked Jack over with a critical eye. She was still a bit mad and somewhat frustrated with him from events earlier in the day, but she couldn't stay mad at him for long. Despite it all though, something was still bothering her.

So, with intentions to get through this little hiccup unscathed, she got out of bed, put on a shirt and some shorts along with a robe and made her way to the kitchen. The two story house was big enough for an entire wolf pack but it was all to Jack and Judy. With anger slowly growing inside her chest, she made it to the kitchen. When she left, she had in her hand a warm mug of milk.

She headed to the back door, opened and closed it silently, and went to her customary spot on a bench not too far away from the door. She sighed, taking a sip of her milk. It was the drink she preferred when she needed to think on something, it helped her calm her mind and focus. Her ears twitched as she heard something move on the roof behind her. The unknown thing crawled across the roof and landed on the deck with a soft thump. Judy took another sip, completely unafraid as the thing stepped up to her bench.

Most people would have at least displayed some type of reaction for a stranger walking up to them in their backyard in the middle of the night. But Judy just sat there. Finally, she looked at him and asked, "You gonna sit down or what?"

The figure blinked, looking at Judy. "S-sorry," he said and sat down. Judy huffed and went back to sipping her milk. The two sat there for a while, neither saying anything.

Eventually, the newcomer broke the silence. "You wanna talk about it?" he asked Judy. Judy gave him a sideways glance, the moonlight reflecting off his red fur.

Nick looked…tired. It was hard to tell most of the time, but Judy knew him well enough to be able to notice the dark bags under his eyes and the slight sag to his body without much effort. "What do you mean?" she asked, taking another sip.

Nick glanced over at her skeptically. "Your drink," he said simply. Judy tilted her head in confusion, "it's warm milk." She looked down at the drink and then back up at Nick and nodded. "You only drink warm milk when you're upset about something."

Judy was taken aback. She hadn't ever told anyone about her reason for drinking milk and no one had ever seemed to have figured it out. But it appeared that Nick had done it a while ago. Judy looked away. "It's nothing."

"It's still steaming." Judy looked back at him, even more confused than before. "The hotter you have it," Nick continued, "the more upset you are. Judging by the amount of time you've been out here, whatever it is definitely has you pretty steamed."

Once again, Judy was taken aback at Nick's knowledge about her. Nick seemed to know an abnormal amount about her. "I'd rather not talk about it, Nick" she said taking another sip.

Nick nodded. "Very well, then. Whenever you feel like sharing, I'll listen."

And now he was being unusually patient. Judy was starting to get tired of this. It's not that she didn't like it; it's just wasn't expecting it.

Judy took another sip of her milk. When she brought it down, she gazed up at the stars. They seemed to be gazing back at her like the thousand eyes of some nameless God. Well she wasn't going to get over her issue at this rate so… "We had a fight"

Nick turned toward her and smiled slightly, as if saying that was fast. She gave him a blank look and his smile quickly dissipated as he cleared his throat. "What kind of fight?"

Judy struggled to come up with the right words. "It was a work related argument," Judy said, drinking down the last bit of her milk. Nick patiently waited.

In short, the argument had been about a recent field agent who just returned from an assignment. The agent completed the mission, but at the cost of ten civilian lives. Jack had been arguing not to do anything, just let the agent go and not punish him in any way. Judy had been the opposite, arguing to reprimand the agent, to punish him for ending innocent lives. In the end, they couldn't decide on what to do and said that they would come back to it tomorrow.

When Nick gave his opinion on the matter, he claimed that both of them were right and wrong. Judy's face displayed even more confusion. "Nick, what do you mean? How are we both right and wrong?" Nick breathed in heavily, placing a finger on his forehead, as if trying to find the right words to say himself.

Finally, Nick spoke slowly "Like I said, both of you are right and at the same time wrong." He held up a finger to Judy's opening mouth. "The reason I say that is this: Jack is right in the sense that this agent completed the mission, but at the same time he is wrong where you're right. He should be congratulated, but at the same time punished for the killing of innocent civilians."

Judy was still somewhat confused. "Okay" she said slowly "but then how am I still wrong?"

Nick gave her an embarrassed look "I… thought by the way you said it, that this agent didn't deserve any kind of reward I guess."

Judy opened her mouth to respond, but hesitated. She looked down thinking back to remember exactly what she said. 'I guess he had a point,' Judy thought, 'I did sound like all I wanted was to punish him.' She sighed, "You're right, I did make it sound like that's all I wanted." She gazed out upon the grassy yard, "I'll talk to him about it tomorrow," she said, looking back towards Nick, "Thanks for the talk, Nick. It helped a lot."

Nick shrugged, "Hey, it's the least I can do for agreeing to talk to me some nights!" he said, finally showing off his characteristic ear wide smile. Judy couldn't help but smile as well.

Ever since that one mission where Nick had 'intervened' and killed basically every criminal in that little hideout, he had come to Judy in the dead of night. Jack had already been asleep by that point and the fox asked her for a favor.

"Would it be okay with you if we were to… like… I dunno, just talk? Like as friends?" Nick had said on that first night. Judy still didn't know why specifically she accepted the request. Her best guess was that she still liked being around Nick, and with her work and Jack's needs to see to daily, she had next to no time to spare to go somewhere to talk to Nick. So Nick came up with an easy solution; he'd just come to her. They had both agreed that every night Nick would wait outside of Judy's house, but it was up to Judy if she wanted to talk or not. That had been months ago and the two have had many talks over the months. The topics ranging from politics to just them remembering funny moments of times past.

She stood up. "See you next time," he said as he got up as well. Judy bade Nick farewell as she closed the back door. She frowned, turning her back on the door and heading towards the stairs. There was another reason that Judy was upset at Jack, but she didn't feel Nick needed to know. As she entered the room the two of them shared, she sighed quietly and began to strip. Climbing back into bed, she was struck again with that other problem that only she appeared to notice.

It had been weeks since her and Jack had messed around and it was getting to the point that Judy was starting to get more angry than frustrated. Whenever she brought up the topic, Jack just seemed to shrug it off, coming up with some kind of bullshit excuse that they both knew was a lie. The most popular one being "I'm too tired". Since when did Jack Savage get tired? Her thoughts were muffled as she soon drifted off into sleep.

The next day she brought up the idea that Nick had thought up the night before. Congratulating the agent while at the same time punishing the agent for the innocents he killed. Jack seemed to like the idea which should have brought Judy some comfort but in the end it just brought emptiness.

TWO MONTHS LATER

Judy closed the door behind her and sighed as she stepped into her home. It didn't take a psychology degree to tell that she was troubled. As she passed the stair that lead upward, she plopped her work bag next to it and made her way to the back door. She didn't think about the little chores that needed to be done around the house, she just wanted to talk to someone. She didn't even care at the moment about her work clothing as she walked outside and sat on the bench. She sat there for a while waiting for Nick to arrive. She sat there until nightfall until eventually she heard a soft thump from behind her.

"You're out here early," Nick noted as he sat down. "What? The hubby having a guys night out or something?" Nick joked but Judy didn't smile. Nick noticed this and frowned. "Hey, you alright? You seem… down."

Judy sighed. "I… well I don't know, Nick," she said as she leaned forward. "Jack's been…frustrating lately."

"How so?"

Judy hesitated to tell him. "Well, for one thing I'm starting to see less and less of him," she said, now leaning back into the bench, "For another, he's starting to stay at work later and later; nowadays I'm already asleep by the time he gets home."

Nick shrugged. "I dunno what to tell ya there, Jude. Work is work and sometimes work gets pretty crazy."

She gave him a flat stare. "Do you remember that incident? When Bellwether got broken out of jail?" Nick nodded, "Well back then we were already on desk duty and even then we didn't have the amount of paperwork that Jack says he has."

Nick looked thoughtful and he rubbed one of his fingers along his chin. "That does make it more interesting."

"He even claims it's gotten so stacked that he needs to spend the night!" Judy said in an irritated tone, "He said something like 'there wasn't enough time to finish the amount I have' so he's spending the night!".

Nick's brow furrowed in confusion. "Is this the first time he's done this?"

Judy shook her head, "No, it's the third."

"This week?!" Nick asked incredulously.

Judy shook her head with more force than last time. "No no no, third of this month." Judy said. "The first time was at the beginning of the month"

"Mmkay," Nick muttered, still rubbing his chin. "Well, Carrots, if you're certain that there's no reason for him to have all this excess paperwork then…" Nick gestured wildly in an exaggerated manner. Finally he threw up his hand. "I don't know, Judy. I just don't know," Nick said, leaning back.

Judy couldn't blame him. They sat there for a while in silence, until it was unbearable. "Sooooo," she began In an awkward voice, "Have you listened to the new gazelle album?"

Nick gave a low chuckle. "Honestly, I completely forgot that she existed. I haven't listened to one of her songs in years!" He gave another low chuckle. "Last time I remember listening to one of her songs was….." He trailed off his expression, turning one of joy to one of sadness. Judy was confused at first and opened her mouth to ask what the problem was, until she remembered.

"Oh," she said instead, her large, black-tipped ears falling to rest onto her back as she looked away. The instance Nick was referring to was Judy's wedding, her being married to Jack. "Nick I…" She gulped, not knowing how to proceed. "Nick I… I didn't…"

"Ahhhh," Nick said making a dismissing gesture, "It's all good, what happened in the past happened. No point in sulking over it in the present," he said and gave a half hearted smile. Judy could still see the sadness behind his veil of happiness. There was a short silence before Nick cleared his throat and spoke. "Anyway, back to this whole 'work night' thing. I think that he just got lazy recently and just put off doing it and now his higher ups are getting on his ass about it." He paused, his face having a look of thoughtfulness. "Or," he continued, "Maybe it's as he said. Maybe he's just really backed up. I dunno." He shrugged.

Judy thought about it and sighed. "You're probably right and-" she was cut off as her phone vibrated from inside her pocket. Nick looked over as she pulled it out.

"What did he say?" Nick asked knowing exactly who it was by the look on her face as she read.

"He just said that he's sorry again for not coming home tonight," Judy said, sighing in exasperation. "And that he'll, 'make up' for it tomorrow," she said with sarcastic air quotes. Looking back down at Jack's message, she was shocked when he looked at the time. 'Jesus,' Judy thought, "It's almost 11!" She sighed again, louder. "Sorry, Nick, but I'm gonna call it a night," she said, standing.

Nick also stood. "Whatever you say, Jude." She glared at him for the name calling but eventually turned to go inside. "Hey, Judy," he said, taking a step forward. She turned to face him, slightly concerned. Nick never used her real name unless it was something important.

"Yes?" she asked hesitantly.

"Judy, I-" he gulped, just standing there for a few seconds, then took a deep breath. "Just… just give him some time, okay? I'm sure he wants to be home just as much as you do, but…" He shrugged, "Sometimes life just doesn't want us to have certain things." She could hear the sadness in his voice as he spoke and Judy thought she'd seen tears forming in his eyes.

'I thought he hated Jack,' Judy thought, 'why is he so concerned about my relationship?' Judy was so absorbed with her own thoughts she didn't notice Nick walking away until she heard him open the side door to the backyard. She started looking after him and before he could close the door she called out, "Nick, wait!" He hesitated, looking back. She could clearly see the tears now slowly coating the fur under his eyes as he looked at her. Judy hesitated before speaking. 'Do I really want to know the answer to this?' She spoke anyway "Why… why do you care about our relationship so much? I thought you didn't like Jack?"

Nick's reply was curt. "I don't."

Judy was even more confused. "Then why are you helping me?" she shakily questioned.

"Because, Judy," he said matter of factly, "He makes you happy and all I care about anymore is seeing you happy." As his own words sank in, he was thankful for the fur on his face covering his growing blush. "See you soon," he said abruptly and hurriedly walked away. Judy smiled at this rare display of emotion from Nick and simply nodded.

Judy sighed as she stared at the now empty spot where Nick had last stood. She tried to look past the gate, to try and get another look at him, but to no avail. "Why does it feel like everyone leaves me?" Judy thought, then immediately shook her head and scolded herself, making her way back inside her house. "You just need to give Jack some more time and Nick wouldn't even consider leaving."

As she closed the door behind her, Judy thought to herself, "He still has feelings for me, even after two years?" She was still dwelling on the subject when she almost tripped over her work bag. She groaned, grabbed the bag, and headed upstairs to bed. "Like Nick said," she thought as she got into bed, "just gotta give him a little more time. It'll get better."

As time wore on, it didn't get better. The more Judy left Jack alone with his 'work', the worse and worse it got. Jack started to stay later and later at work and his work nights became more and more regular. When Jack was home, he seemed distant. It all slowly built up, making Judy more irritable as time went on.

"Fucking asshole," Judy said aloud as she slammed the car door behind her. She climbed the short steps into her house, still muttering curses under her breath. "I could care less how much work he has, he could at least try and take the night off!" She was teeming with anger and when she reached her room she quickly changed into something more comfortable. As she descended down the stairs, her muttering started up again. "One day, one fucking day, is that too much to ask?" She grew louder. "Of all the days he could stay late, it should not be today!"

Angry thoughts whirled in her head. Thoughts of how unfair Jack's schedule was, how he didn't seem to be trying to take time off for her. She slumped onto the couch and sulked. Slowly, her thoughts went to the worst outcome. What if Jack didn't love her anymore? She lost all focus on her angry thoughts.

"No one remembered," she muttered into her hands. "Not my friends, not my family, not even Jack." She raised her head from her hands as her sobbing died down. "I bet Nick won't even show up toni-" she was cut off at the sound of tapping on the back door.

Judy was worried that it was a burglar, but when she went to check, she found Nick standing on the other side of the back door, a nervous smile upon his face. She gasped and rushed to the door, opening it. Within her sorry state, she hadn't noticed that it had started to rain heavily.

"Nick! How long have you been out there?" She worriedly exclaimed, closing the door behind him and fetching a towel.

Nick's nervous grin was still on his face when he scratched the back of his head with a damp hand. "What? Outside the door? Hmm, not long." She could faintly hear Nick try and fail to lessen the puddle he was making on the floor. As she turned back to him with a number of towels she noticed with disdain that there was a large puddle around where Nick stood, quite awkwardly.

As Judy approached, she popped the question, "What's wrong, Nick?" as she handed over the towels and went to fetch more.

"W-w-well…" Nick chattered, "I've never been in your house before, Carrots…" he said, still drying himself off. As Judy came back with more towels, he cleared his throat. "Anyway, where's good ole Stripes? Is he off getting the cake or something?" He paused, looking around "Actually… where is everyone? Are you the only person here?" he asked, taking the second batch of towels.

Nick's arrival had briefly distracted her from her thoughts. "H-he's at work," she muttered angrily.

Nick's mouth hung open at the news. He almost wanted to ask if she was joking. Judy walked forward and, without warning, wrapped her arms around Nick and tried to fight back her tears. He didn't say anything, but he did return the hug.

After some time Judy eventually calmed down and when she did, she realized where she was and what she was doing. She didn't back away immediately; instead, she stood there listening to Nick's quickly beating heart. The two stayed there, damp and awkward. When Judy pulled away, she seemed hesitant to do so. She tried to ignore Nick's disappointment as they pulled apart.

"Things going that bad?" he asked hesitantly.

"Other than Fru Fru, no one has said anything to me."

"Not even CLAWHAUSER?" Nick exclaimed, dumbstruck. Judy shook her head. Nick raised a hand to his head and scratched it, confused, "Well that doesn't…." He trailed off, looking at Judy. "Well that doesn't matter. I'm here and I remembered. So if it means anything at this point," he said, reaching a hand into his jacket pocket. When he pulled it out, it was holding a small, flat square wrapped in colorful paper.

"Ahhhh, Nick," she said trying to hide her amusement, "You shouldn't have!"

He grinned his characteristic face splitting grin, "Well today's a special day, Carrots. Now shut up and open it already!"

With a grin to match Nick's, she hurriedly opened the small package. What she found wasn't anything she had expected. It was a CD, but it was the last CD she expected.

"Panic?!" she said in disbelief, "This album isn't supposed to come out for another month or two." Judy stared down at the album made by one of her favorite artists, Caravan Palace. But as a CD? Who still uses CD's?

"Inside is a physical copy, but it also has a code so you can download the album digitally when it comes out." He somehow managed to widen his grin when he added, "For free."

Judy looked up at Nick who still had his face splitting grin on. "H-how?" was all she could say.

Nick laughed at her reaction. "Don't worry, I didn't steal it. Zoé Colotis owed me a favor," he said, leaning back against the counter, smile unfaltering. He raised both his arms up and raised a cheer, "Happy birthday, Judy!"

Judy could faintly feel the tears flowing out of her eyes. Unlike earlier, these were tears of joy. Out of everyone she knew from her family to Jack not a one had even mentioned her birthday.

But Nick did. He remembered, he cared, he went out of his way to get something for her that won't be available to anyone else for months. Judy could feel a sudden warmth in her stomach. The warmth had almost always been there, it's been there ever since that one day in the police cruiser so long ago.

"You know you love me," Nick had said, and Judy could still feel the warmth from that day. But never has this feeling inside of her been so powerful as it was now. She looked up at him, his grinning face, his caring emerald eyes that seem to always have a twinkle in them. Always ready to crack a joke, even in the most dire of situations.

"Um..." Nick's smile wavered as he noticed Judy's tears. "Are... you okay? Judy?" he said with concern, reaching an arm out. When it got close, Judy grabbed it and pulled Nick towards her. She didn't think, she just acted. As Nick closed in, giving a yelp of alarm, Judy jumped up and wrapped her arms around his neck, giving him a warm hug.

"Thank you," was all she said.

Nick chuckled at this and wrapped his arms around her waist as well, returning the hug. They stayed like that for quite some time, time where Judy started to have some questionable thoughts. Thoughts about Nick and her and them together. Instead of banishing these thoughts, Judy let them roam free, let them develop in her mind and as she pulled back, she couldn't help herself from looking into Nick's eyes as he held her.

She was breathing long, deep breaths. It felt as if her heart would burst out of her chest it was beating so fast. Being this close to Nick, she could also feel the rate of his own heart, and she was somewhat surprised to find out it was beating just as fast as her own. Judy looked up into Nick's eyes as he held her in his powerful arms. She looked into his eyes and she thought she saw something… could that something be love? She could tell by his eyes that he desperately wanted to do something.

So, without thinking, her body moved forward. She could hear Nick's slight gasp get cut off as their mouths were suddenly connected. Nick was surprised at first but soon melted into the kiss. Doing so took Judy to another world, one where only she and Nick existed. Her thoughts drifted again and soon Jack replaced Nick within her fantasy.

"I want to see him," Judy thought as she put a hand on the back of Jack's head, brushing one of his pointed ears in the process. Pointed ears? That wasn't right, Jack was a rabbit, his ears were like hers. Slowly, Judy opened her eyes and found Nick in front of her, kissing back. Judy immediately pulled back, squealing in alarm as she tore herself away from Nick's embrace. She fell onto her back with a grunt and looked back up at Nick.

Nick was startled by Judy's outburst, one eyebrow was raised and his mouth was agape.

"I'm sorry," Judy said quickly, standing and turning Nick around. He protested, asking what she was doing. "I'm sorry, Nick," she said over him, "I'm sorry, but you need to leave." Nick continued to protest for a little while longer until they reached the back door. She stopped motioning him forward and stepped back, not looking at him.

Nick gazed out the door to the rain pouring outside. He turned around to look at Judy, but she didn't meet his gaze. He sighed, turning back around. If Judy wanted him out then so be it. He opened the door, sliding it to the side with a creak. Nick had thought that he had won her over finally with the gift and with Jack being so distant to her, but in the end she was still loyal to him. He couldn't fault her for that; she was doing what she thought was right.

Nick heard Judy sniffling behind him as he stepped out into the rain. He turned to find her crying. She opened her mouth to try and say something -another apology no doubt- but it came out as a croak. Nick wanted to say something, but couldn't think of anything. He gave Judy one last glance; she still wouldn't look at him. He sighed, turning back around and finally walking away. On his way here he was annoyed that it was raining, now he was glad for it. The rain made his tears less noticeable as he walked home, head hung low.

THE NEXT DAY

Judy tried to listen to the album, but no matter what she did, whenever a song started to play, all she could think of was last night's kiss. She should've felt ashamed of it, hell she was surprised that she was able to look Jack in the eyes and not be completely wracked with guilt.

Lust. That was the best way she could describe how she felt about the whole situation. After months of Jack ignoring her and Nick giving her all kinds of attention, finding out that someone wanted her -really wanted her- just as much as she wanted them set Judy off. Judging from Nick's behavior, there was no doubt in her mind that he wanted Judy. Despite her suspicions that Nick had feelings for her, the revelation was still somewhat shocking.

At the time, Judy had been terrified that Nick developed romantic feelings towards her. She hadn't exactly known at the time and had jumped to conclusions. And if Judy was completely honest with herself, she would've admitted that she had similar feelings towards Nick.

She sighed as she leaned back in her office chair, her inner thoughts rampaging across her mind. No matter how hard she worked, no matter how much she consumed herself in something else, her mind always drifted back to last night. That night, that hour, that room, that man. That tall, strong, loving, careful, gorgeous man. She sighed again but this time in frustration. She looked down at the pile of paperwork on her desk, and after a quick train of thought decided that it can wait.

She spun her chair around so it was facing the window, which overlooked Savannah central. She leaned her head back, trying to calm her nerves as well as her thoughts. "First thing's first," she thought, "What's the problem?" Immediately her mind answered that she and Nick had kissed. That in itself didn't bother Judy, not much anyway. It was the fact that she was married that bugged her.

"What would Jack say?" she thought, listing all the problems she saw in her head. "What would the public think, what would my friends think, am I gonna burn in hell for this, what would my family say, what was…" Her mind trailed off as she found the real reason as to why she was so bothered. It was the feeling she had when she'd kissed Nick.

She had felt something similar during the early days of her relationship with Jack, back when he would actually spend time with her. But now that Judy was thinking of it, it felt… hollow to Judy, as if nothing was really there. It felt different with Nick, more complete, and it bothered her to no end. She shouldn't have been having these kind of thoughts; she should've been trying to figure out how to fix her marriage.

Judy jumped in alarm as a knock came suddenly at her door. "Come in" she said, making it look like she'd been working. The person who came in happened to be her secretary, a small male sheep named Han. "What is it, Han?" she asked, pretending to shuffle through some papers.

" ?" he stated, "Um, are you gonna spend the whole night here?"

Judy looked at her clock and sweet macadamia nuts it was almost 10:00! She had been so caught up in her thoughts that she completely lost track of time. "T-thank you, Han, I just lost track of time. You can go; don't worry I'll be right behind you."

Judy left before Han. She forced herself to focus on driving as she made her way home. It was practically her house at this point, what with Jack all but living at work nowadays. The moment she closed the door to the garage, the thoughts and feelings, which had been bottled up and building, returned full force.

She thought of the possible repercussions: what her coworkers, or Jack, or her family would say. Were predator/prey relationships even accepted? The only thing she could be certain of was the fact Nick didn't seem to pay any mind to the difference in species.

Some time passed as Judy tried to seek the answers through her thoughts. She was interrupted by a tapping sound, and she glanced about herself, but couldn't find the source. The tapping came again, louder and more forceful this time. It was loud enough to give her a good idea of where it was. She snapped her head forward again and slouched down on the couch.

The tapping came again, just a tad more forceful this time. "Judy?" a voice came from the outside. It was muffled a tad by the door. Judy refused to look at the back door where she knew Nick would be standing. "Judy, please, I just want to talk." She refused to move. "Please, it's important." She remained seated, giving no indication that she'd heard him. Finally she heard Nick sigh, it sounded reluctant. When he spoke, he sounded as if he didn't want to say the words, "It's about Jack."

She slowly got to her feet. When she turned around, Nick was still standing at the back door. He looked like he didn't want to be there for once. She got up and walked to the door, looked into Nick's eyes for a long moment, and then opened the door and asked, "What about Jack?" Nick looked away. "Don't you look away from me, Nicholas Wilde!" He sighed looking back. "What about him, Nick?" she asked through gritted teeth.

Nick sighed again, Judy was starting to get annoyed by now. "Can I come in?"

Judys gaze was stern. "No," she said curtly, "you will tell me here and now, Nick."

Nick looked more nervous by the second as he stood there. "Woooooh, goddamn how to put this…"

"Just say it already, Nick, I don't feel like seeing you tonight."

She heard him sigh again, she was really getting sick of him sighing. When Nick spoke again, he spoke fast. "Jack's cheating on you, Judy!"

Judy froze, her eyes going wide as the air escaped from her lungs. The two stood there for a long moment, neither moving nor speaking. Slowly, Judy turned around to look Nick in his eyes, but he wasn't looking at her. "You're lying," Judy said, and Nick looked at her sharply. Before he could say anything however, Judy continued, "He may have been neglecting me these past few months, but that does not mean he's cheating on me!" She said these words through clenched teeth and in a low, threatening whisper.

Nick's eyes started to give off a pitying look. "Oh, Judy," he said in the same whisper she had been using, "You have to believe me, I swear it is true! All these work nights he's been having are actually him visiting his mistress!"

Judy's eyes flared to life with rage, the feelings she had towards Nick earlier had been shoved to the side. "How dare you talk about him that way. How dare you, Nick." She spun, putting her back to him again. "Get out of here, Nick, and don't come back. I never want to see you again!"

She didn't see it, but she heard Nick stumble back in shock, "B-but, Judy…"

"GO NICK"

"B-but.." She spun back around, facing him once again. She opened her mouth to give him a real shouting fit, something that'll drive her words through his thick skull. She opened her mouth, and froze. Nick stood there looking as tired as Judy had ever seen him, his clothing was dirty, disheveled, and torn in some places. His eyes seemed to give off a haggard feeling as he looked Judy in the eye. He was holding something up for her to see, something small. A USB flash drive. She looked up into his eyes. "I have proof."

"Ohhhhh, Jackie!" said the unfamiliar voice. The voice was muffled, no doubt they were on the other side of a wall or door. The voice was clearly feminine and she seemed to be enjoying the company she was having. That company just so happened to be Judy's husband.

"Yeah, you like that?" came Jack's voice, just as muffled but just as clear. "You like it when I rock your pussy, Veronica? You like it when I rock you senseless?" Judy sat on the couch in silence, not looking at the laptop in front of Nick. After a few more minutes of hearing the adultery, Judy asked Nick to turn it off. She still sat there trying to process what she had just heard. She was trying to convince herself that the male voice in the recording wasn't her husband and she was starting to be successful.

"Judy, I know you're upset and I know you're angry with me and I can also tell you want to be left alone. So I'll just leave then." She didn't look at Nick as he stood up and made his way to the back door.

Was that someone else? Or was that really her husband? No. Not her husband anymore. To Judy, Jack was just… Jack now, nothing special about him. 'Wait,' she thought, 'Nick is leaving DO SOMETHING.' She tried desperately to think of some reason for him to stay, but could only come up with one question. "Nick?" she said softly. He had made it to the back door and had one paw on the other side of the doorway. She still didn't look at him, but she knew that he was now looking back at her.

"Yes?"

"Do you love me?"

Judy could've sworn she felt him flinch when he heard that. At first she thought he was either just gonna leave or say that he didn't. Nick stood there for a time, trying to find the words he wanted to say, until he finally shook his head and muttered, "No more running away," then he stepped back into the house. "Yes".

Judy finally turned around and looked at Nick, her mouth was hanging open slightly. "How?" she asked softly, walking around the couch and slowly making her way over to Nick. "H-how? How are you able to feel that way towards me after everything that's happened? You lost your job, your friends, even most of your family disowned you! All because of me!" She walked right up to him to the point to where their chests almost touched. "So I'll ask again," she said in a very low whisper, "How can you possibly love me?"

Nick looked down, away from Judy's face. When he spoke, his voice was so soft that even though Judy was this close to him she had to strain her ears to hear. "Do you stop loving your favorite show just because something bad happens?" Judy was more than confused by his statement and she took a step back. Before she could question, he moved on. "Do you stop loving your favorite food just because it gave you food poisoning?" Finally he looked at her, right in the eyes. Judy could see a mass of emotions pass over his face: anger, embarrassment, sorrow, anxiety, pain, but the more powerful emotions at the moment were made abundantly obvious to Judy. Determination, and love. When Nick spoke again his voice had risen just a tad and was filled with sorrow. "Do you stop loving someone just because… just because they… choose someone else? I don't think so."

Judys mouth was agape with shock at what he just said and she stuttered, "Nick I-I…" but he cut her off.

"Believe what you want, Carrots, but no matter what happens, no matter what you do, and no matter what people say," he took a step towards her so they were now chest to chest, "I will always love you. Judy." The two stood there for an extended moment until Nick sighed, "I'm sorry for bringing you this news and I've overstayed my welcome, I should go." He turned to leave.

'STOP HIM,' Judy's mind shouted at her. But…why? What was the point? She had cheated on Jack once, she wouldn't… if what Nick said is true then Jack was the one who cheated first, which means… Judy didn't cheat… she was just… making it even.

Six months. Jack has been having his little "work nights" for around six months now. And in all of that time, he hadn't laid a single hand on her, and Judy, being the loyal wife that she was, hadn't even looked at another man. And here Nick was, completely willing to love her and please her where others weren't. Judy thought back to all the months she had spent with Nick, all their talks, conversations and all the things that Nick had helped her get through. She didn't know when Nick had discovered these feelings for her, more than likely long before her marriage to Jack.

Nick had reached the door. Judy had to make a decision right now, otherwise she feared she'd never see Nick again. "What do I do? We can't have our regular talks at night anymore, not after this. Jack's been cheating on me this whole time? Would that make this any worse? Do I…?" Her mind trailed off at that question. This whole time she had asked herself if Nick loved her. The question that she now faced was whether she loved him. And just like that, like a snap, Judy made her decision. "Nick!" She said loudly rushing over towards him. Nick turned, surprise showing on his face as he regarded the quickly approaching Judy.

"Judy?"

When Judy reached him, she flew herself into his arms and he caught he,r shock now spreading across his face. Before he could say anything, Judy spoke in a rush of words and emotion. "Don't go, Nick, please don't go," she was trembling at this point, "I didn't mean what I said, Nick, please don't go."

Nick stood above her, completely shocked; he didn't know what to say. He opened his mouth to try and say something, but only half finished words came out.

"Besides," Judy said, pulling back a little and looking down in embarrassment. Her ears also flopping down to rest on her back, "I was unfair just now."

Words finally came back to Nick. "W-what do you mean?"

Judy's head was still down staring at his lower chest. "You told me your feelings, but…" Her trembling grew even more intense and Nick raised his hands to hold her. Comfortable and safe in his arms, Judy looked up. "But I have yet to tell you mine."

Nick gazed down at Judy, softly stroking her ears lovingly. "You don't have to say anything you don't want to, Judy."

Judy smiled, "Fine then, I guess I'll just show you." With that, she grabbed two handfuls of Nick's collar and pulled. This brought her face to face with him, his eyes had widened and he looked both terrified and excited. Judy leaned forward.

It was a soft kiss at first, but unlike last time, Judy didn't pull away. With him still holding Judy, Nick walked back into the house and closed the door behind him. Judy didn't pull away. In fact, as Nick neared the couch, she pulled him closer, deepening the kiss. When they bumped into the couch, Judy finally pulled her face back and gasped for breath. She was breathing heavily and so was Nick. They stared at each other for an extended moment, wondering who'd make the first move.

Judy acted first. "Upstairs, big boy," she said in the best seductive voice she could muster.

Nick got a worried look on his face. "Are you sure, Judy? I mean…" he was cut off by another kiss. When they pulled away again, they were once again breathless.

When Judy was next able to speak, she said "I haven't been touched in around 6 months Nick, I'm tired of waiting," she indicated the stairs which were not far off, "Now move it, foxy."

Nick smiled as he began to make his way to the stairs. "Your wish is my command, Carrots."

That night, despite two years of near constant sex with Jack. Judy never felt the amount of pleasure she felt that one night.

ONE MONTH LATER

Judy's glum and nervousness nearly completely melted away when she received the text from Nick. Judy had to pull her phone close to her to hide what the message contained. She didn't even want to begin to imagine what would happen if someone caught her looking at messages from Nick. The message was, of course, another picture of Nick's dick.

Ever since that first night over a month ago where the two of them made love for the first time, Judy felt truly alive. Sure, she had felt this exact same way when she and Jack got together, but with Nick it felt more… real.

She was about to respond to his lewd message when the door near her opened. A beaver stepped out and looked at Judy. "Mrs. Savage?" He asked.

Judy stood and faced the beaver, "Yes?"

"Ms. Merriman will see you now"

Judy nodded as she followed the beaver and entered her boss's office. A few quick steps and she reached another door with the chairman of the ZPI name plaque across the door. She opened the door, Lucinda Merriman sat regally in her high backed chair. She was currently typing away at her keyboard, working on some project that Judy was more than likely not authorized to see. Merriman noticed Judy and nonchalantly turned her computer off. That done, she motioned for Judy to close the door and take a seat. Judy did so hurriedly, you did not keep Merriman waiting -she found that out by someone else's misfortune.

"You don't come in here often, Hopps; what'd ya do?" she said in a foreign accent.

It twisted her insides to say it after finding out what Jack's been doing, but she had to keep up appearances. "It's Mrs. Savage now ma'am."

The pig snorted a laugh and waved a dismissing hand. "Yea yea, I know, but you were Hopps before joining us and Hopps is easier to say quickly," she eyed Judy, "I thought I already explained that to you."

Judy blushes slightly. "I guess I forgot ma'am."

Merriman gave a short chuckle, "Ah, no worries, but in all seriousness, Hopps," Merriman leaned forward and clasped her hands together, "Why are you here? I'd say out of the two years you've been here, you've stepped foot into my office no more than four times."

Judy bit her lower lip. She needed to be careful about what she said. After her and Nick's first night as lovers, the first thing Judy wanted to do was divorce Jack. Though at that point, who wouldn't? But thanks to Nick's silver tongue, he managed to convince Judy to stay her hand until he found something more incriminating, that way she and Nick can actually gain something from the divorce. What Nick found wasn't anything he or Judy had expected.

As it turned out, Jack's mistress worked for a rival agency. Worst part yet is that Jack knows, Nick has snuck into Jack's mistress' house on multiple occasions to find some new information. One night, Nick had snuck in and overheard the two talking about the benefits of leaving Jack's current agency in favor of his mistress'. Just like after their first night together, the first thing Judy wanted to do was go to the higher ups and have them both captured, but once again, Nick convinced her to wait. He had said that it would be more satisfying to both of them if they could take Jack out on their own terms. He had to also confirm to Judy that when he had said "take out Jack" he did not mean kill him. So for the past month, they've been thinking up a plan to have Jack humiliated, along with him losing any credibility.

Judy looked over at her boss, took a deep breath and explained to her the plan.

PRESENT DAY

Nick smiled in satisfaction as he watched the secret service guys drag Jack away. They've already been informed that they captured his mistress, Veronica. He walked alongside the two secret service goofs, Judy had said to him over and over again that they were not the secret service but Nick didn't believe her. An organization that keeps itself hidden from the general public? And offers its services to others? That, in Nick's book, was the very definition of secret service.

He stopped just outside the warehouse to see the thing that brought him so much pain be put down. Not physically, obviously, but spirituality. As the two SC goofs put Jack into an armored truck, he glanced over to his living goddess. Just like the day he met her and on the day she had come back to him all those years ago, she was beautiful. Lovely grey fur that was soft to the touch, a perfect body with nice curves and sensual hips. Beautiful large amethyst eyes that can manipulate any man or woman into doing whatever she wanted of them.

Nick stared at her for a long moment, she was currently talking to one of her superiors at the moment explaining exactly what happened. Sadly her back was to him so she wouldn't be able to notice him. But her boss, a rather tall pig who seemed to take everything as a joke, did notice him. The pig cut her off and gestured towards Nick. They said a few more words until the pig gave off a roar of a laugh and walked away.

Nick's smile broadened as she approached. As she did, an elephant passed Nick, close enough to be in arm's reach. Nick casually reached out and plucked the jar of peanuts that the elephant carried at his belt. He swiped the jar with a deft hand, a hand experienced at picking pockets. As the elephant walked away, completely unaware of what just happened, Nick turned back around to face the oncoming Judy, who -he might add- had a bemused smile on her lips.

When she reached him, he already had the jar opened and was chewing on a few. "Want some nuts, Carrots?" he asked. His words were a little muffled due to the food in his mouth.

Judy cringed, "Nick what have I told you, you shouldn't talk with your mouth full! it's disgusting and rude!" she said giving him a scowl.

Nick shrugged, still chewing. His goddess she may be, but Nick wasn't gonna wait on anyone to pass down a good ol snack. He finally gulped down the peanuts. "Sorry about that," he said giving her a sarcastic smile.

Judy looked at him and sighed, now looking down. "What am I gonna do with you, Nick?"

"Oh I dunno," Nick said, grabbing another handful of nuts, "You could maybe let me join your secret club."

Judy looked back up, an annoyed look on her face. "It's not a 'club', Nick."

"Ahhh, sure it is! You see, club is the same as organization right? It's just that the word organization is the more fanciful way of saying it," Nick said with a shit-eating grin on his face.

Judy couldn't help but smile at his silliness, but then got a questioning look on her face. "Are you serious about this, Nick? Do you really want to join?"

Nick shrugged again, "Don't have any reason not to. All I can see are positives in joining your little club."

"It's not…" She trailed off, noticing his grin again. She gave him a scowl as she continued, "They've got to be pretty big positives to outweigh the idea of getting shot at and possibly dying."

"Yeah. It is."

Judy frowned, "Wait, 'It'? As in… you only have one reason to join?"

"Yeah," he said softly, "It'll let me spend more time with you."

"Awww, Nick, that's so sweet!" she said, clutching her chest with her hands. "Well I guess I could talk to my boss and see what I can do."

"Good to hear," Nick said as he reached out and pulled Judy in for a very loving hug.

ONE YEAR LATER

DING

A car revving up its engine.

DING

A silent crowd eagerly anticipating what is to come.

DING

Fur against fur.

DING

Two figures before a podium.

DING

A priest standing before the two.

DING

The priest looked at the two and, despite his opinion on this relationship, said the words. "By the power invested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife," The priest looked down upon the fox and bunny standing before him. "You may now kiss the bride." Without a moment's hesitation, the fox swept the bunny off her feet and landed a deep kiss on her lips.

When the fox pulled back, he gazed into his wife's eyes and asked, "Are you ready?" In response, the bunny nodded. With that, the two made their way out of the church and onto their new life.

AUTHORS NOTE: First of all IM SORRY FOR THE UNGODLY LONG DELAY I actually had the draft done a month after posting chapter 2 my excuse for the delay is the fukin four god damn editors this thing went through kudo it comment on it please I've had writers block ever since finishing this and I'm hoping this will help thank you all for reading this and for those coming back and who've been waiting all this time I love each and every single on of you ❤️