The Switch
Summary: This is based off the movie "The Switch" Nick and Judy decide that it's best if they stay friends, because how badly they were treated by others when they were a couple. But being natural enemies is a big no-no. But they still have strong feelings for each other, especially Nick. Judy decides that she wants to have a kit, and Nick does not approve, and gets overprotective of her. But when he accidentally switches his…. Ingredient with Jack Savage's… *coughs* After realizing that she is pregnant, she has to move back to Bunny Burrows. 7 years past, and she moves back to Zootopia with her 6 year old kit. Everyone thinks that it's Jack's kit, but Nick can't help but sees that there are MANY similarities between him and the kit. But what will happen when when he realizes that this IS his son. Jack really wants to father his "own" kit, and Nick can't tell anyone the truth without losing the ones he love…
Ok, so if you don't even know about the movie, let me tell you… It. Is. Good. Funny. And cute. Just imagine Nick bonding with his own son that no one knows that it's his yet, and being called "Uncle Nick" while his kit acts just like him, and Nick getting over protective of Judy and oh! It's just great! I watched the movie and it was 100% better thinking of characters as Nick and Judy. And Jason Bateman is the main character AKA Nick's voice actor. ;)
Now the first chapter is going to be…. *Cough* look we got to get through the awkward stuff before seeing the kit lol, so I put it all in one chapter, and left the other chapters for the best parts! :D I'm just so excited bc of this movie! XD
Zootopia, 7 Years Ago…
'Look at us. Always rushed. Always late. I guess that's why it's called the animal kingdom. What we crave most in this world, is connection. And for some mammals, it happens at first sight. That's when you know, you know. It's fate, working its magic. And that's great for them. They get to live in a pop song. Ride the express train. But… That's not how it really works...For the rest of us, it's a bit, less romantic. It's complicated and it's messy. It's about horrible timing and fumbled opportunities. And… Not, being able to say… What you need to say… When you need to say it. At least, that's how it was for me.' Nick thought. It was his, and Judy's lunch break, and they decided to look for a place to dine at. Judy, of course was driving, while Nick was in shotgun, looking out of the window. Just watching the other mammals as they drove by.
"You're quiet." Nick spoke, trying to break the silence, while not moving his head to face her.
"Huh?-Oh yeah… Well, you are too." She said distractedly as she tried to find a place to park the cop car.
"Something on your mind?" This time he turned his head, to look her straight in the eyes.
"What? No, why-Why would you think that?" Nick smiled, and chuckled a bit, and turned back to the window.
"You're thumping your fingertips on the steering wheel again." Judy was shocked as she realized she was doing her nervous tick. She growled because she hadn't even realized that she was doing it. Once she found a place to park the car, and they both got out, went into a small diner, and took their seat.
"Come on, Carrots. You're my best friend. You can trust me. Spill the beans." Nick pushed the menu to the side, to show that she had his full attention, Judy in return smirked, and raised a brow.
"I thought Finnick was your best friend."
"Eh. He's more like a brother to me at this point. Now come on! Tell me."
"Ok! ok... " Judy sighed nervously. "What I'm about to tell you, is something I never even mentioned to anyone before. You're the first."
"Ok." Nick changed his lazy, slouched posture into sitting up straight, and leaning in a little closer to the rabbit across the table. Judy took out her phone, and showed him of a graph. It showed that a stock market was improving dramatically.
"See this."
"Yeah…" Nick didn't know where she was going with this.
"Now look at it like this." She turned her phone sideways to make it show as if the graph was doing poorly. "Now. If someone owned this stock, what advice would you give them?" Nick was completely confused at this point.
"I don't know Judy-You got to sell that, it's going down…? What-Where are you going with this again?"
"Exactly." She grinned and winked. Nick Just looked at her, completely lost. He grabbed the free glass of water on the table, and began to drink. "This Nick. This is what a woman's fertility looks like after a certain age. So I would like you to be the first to know." She tucked her phone back into her pocket, and made him wait for the big reveal. "I'm having a baby." Nick choked on his water, and started to cough.
"You're pregnant?"
"Nope. Not yet. But I'm working on it."
"What? Where's all this coming from? I thought you weren't a family bunny."
"I never said that…" She felt a little hurt from hearing his reaction. Nick took his paw and presented her, decked out in her uniform. She huffed. "Just because I wanted to be a cop, doesn't mean I didn't want to have a small family. Trust me. Living on the farm, raising hundreds of kits, is not the life for me." Nick was about to comment when Judy interrupted him. "But… One might be nice… And I don't need a guy in my life, to have a baby."
"Actually, you do." Nick was shocked to say the least to hear this news. "Are you sure you don't want to wait for-"
"I'm just ready to do this now." She slammed a finger on the table. "Life is in session."
"... is that from an infomercial?" Nick shook his head while giving her a lazy look.
"No."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Did you buy the DVD?"
"One." She held out her pointer finger, "But it really was something that resonated with me. Nick, I don't-You know what? I'm going to do this. I want to have a kit. And I am in the market. For some..." She really didn't know the right words to say, and was starting to become less confident in what she was saying as she heard herself outloud. "For some….You know… And." She looked at Nick as if she wanted him do something. Which only made him question things even more.
"And…? And what?" Judy looked off to the side, and huffed, and then looked back at the fox.
"And I need you to help me find some…" She smiled sheepishly at him. Nick on the other paw, was utterly speechless. He just looked at her with his mouth wide open.
"So-So what-Are you going to have a service? Are you going to make resumes? All that stuff is crap. I heard, about this one female in Yelp City. She thought she was buying the sperm, of this amazing athlete. Turns out, it came from a homeless guy." Nick wouldn't drop the subject. Even after lunch, all the way to when their work shift was over. Judy was packing up her things and getting ready to go home while Nick kept on talking.
"Oh! You did not hear that!" She glared at him.
"Kid turned out homeless, though. She tried to sue and she lost."
"You're just making all those things up."
"Did I? Did I, Judy?"
"Why are we still talking about this!"
"Because! We are not nearly done talking about this." Nick followed her as she walked away. "... What's wrong with my sperm by the way?" Judy stopped walking and so did Nick. She didn't believe what he just said, and he didn't believe that he just blurted that out.
"... Your… sperm…"
"It works." Nick was completely flustered at this point. He really didn't know what else to say.
"Uh… Nothing. Nothing. Uh…We are best friends… Don't you think that's a little weird? That would be weird."
"It is weird. You're right. K."
"And uhhhh…."
"Careful."
"How do I put this...we are... completely different species."
"You're right. You're totally right."
"Would that even work?"
"No. No, I don't think so."
"And by the way." Judy started to walk really fast out of the doors. "This is not about you. Either you're cool about this or not."
"Uh, excuse me." Nick started to try and catch up with her. "Oh no… Please don't say this. Please." he pleaded. Judy turned around to face him.
"Life's in session." She smiled and walked to her apartment. Leaving Nick alone, shaking his head. He decided to stop at Finnick's van, on his way home. Finnick was on his way to get some fast food, and asked if Nick wanted to join. He accepted the offer, and once they were parked, he decided to tell Finn about the conversion he and Judy had.
"Look, you're jealous. It's perfectly normal." Finnick said as he tossed the taller fox's beetle burger to him.
"No, I'm not." He then reached over to get his fly fries and pop.
"Hey-" Finnick was gonna point out the obvious evidence that he was, but Nick cut him off.
"I'm not jealous." He was clearly getting annoyed.
"Hey, you have every right to be upset. She put you in the friend zone. Years ago. Six years ago, in fact. That's cold."
"Just so we're clear. Just so we're clear." Nick held his right paw up, as if to tell him to stop, whatever he was thinking. "She did not. Put me in the friend zone, ok. We put each other in the friend zone. It was a mutual decision. You know that." Nick sighed. The truth was, that they were a couple years ago. But it was hard. Being different species and dating was one thing, but natural enemies as a couple. That was a big no-no. It made them a lot less happy, doubtful, and scared, just by the lies and harassments from others alone. Especially being cops, It was just a big target on their back. So they decided to still be friends, while trying to find a love that could actually work.
"No. You had your windows open with Judy, and you Nicked everything up."
"I what? What does that even mean!" Nick said confusedly with a big mouthful of burger.
"You shared too much too soon. Quickest way to kill the romance. You got to hide the crazy, at least through the appetizers." Finnick wasn't a fan of the two of them 'giving up', he knew just how much they meant to each other, and how much Nick cared for Judy. So whenever this came back up, he wouldn't even mention the messy stuff from the other mammals. He would always make it about how it was their fault for calling it quits. Hoping to get Nick to realize not to care what others thought, other than what he and Judy thought.
"Uh-Huh, I see… So, just so that I am clear, which one of your MANY failed romances taught you that lesson?"
"All of them, and they are special, in various ways."
"Yeah, exactly. So ok, I appreciate you giving me this kind of advice, but I'm fine."
"Are you?"
"Yeah."
"Are you? Because I don't know why the hell you bring her up so many times. Or, how over protective you are of her." Finnick took a sip of his drink.
"I am not over protective."
"So you're ok with this whole baby thing?"
"No! Of course not." Finnick leaned back, and lifted his paw to present that his point was proven. "Oh, come on. That's just common sense."
"So the fact that she's single, and wants to have a baby, and STILL only wants to be friends with you; You sure you're ok with this?" Nick didn't say anything back, he was too busy thinking. And the fact that he had food in his mouth. Once he swallowed, he got back up.
"I better go."
"HA! So, it is true."
"Uh, no. I need to get to bed. Some of us have work at 6:00 in the morning."
"Yeah, but not everyone gets to be partners with their crush at their job."
"GOODBYE, Finnick." And with that, Nick slapped the door shut, and made his way home with the rest of his dinner.
"Please don't tell me that you invited Nick." Debbie whined. She was a groundhog. She and Judy met because of work. Her boyfriend was giving her some trouble, and Judy pretty much helped her out of it. As a favor, Debbie said that she would be her new best girl friend. Judy really didn't complain, all her friends were guys anyway. Nick, Finnick…? Ben, and just a few others she would talk to at work. So she felt that it was good for herself to have at least one friend that was her gender. But she mostly felt bad for Debbie. She was loud, obnoxious, and rude. She had a LOT of fake friends, and Judy (not liking to see any horrible thing happen to any mammal), decided to be her friend. Even if it was hard not to get offended by whatever she had to say.
"Of course I did." They were face timing, Judy left her phone face up on the desk, so that they could still talk as she changed, and got ready for bed.
"But he's so annoying! You know he hates me!" Debbie pouted.
"Oh, he does not hate you."
"Yes, he does. And uh. He is a party pooper. He doesn't dance or have fun. He just stands somewhere, eating or drinking. AND he just makes rude comments all the time."
"Listen. I know Nick can be a bit blunt. But at least he tells it like it is, you know what I mean?"
"I don't know… he doesn't say much. And when he does, it's not nice! I don't know why you like being around him."
"Well, the reason he's not too fond of large crowds is because he's an introvert."
"A what?"
"It's the opposite of you. You're an extrovert. And I'm an ambivert." Judy said as she walked back to pick up her phone.
"I still don't know what the hell that means." She looked at Judy like she was the stupidest thing in the world.
"Ok… you for example, gets your energy from being around other mammals. The more you talk or be around others, the better you feel. For Nick; when he is around too many mammals, he feels as if he's suffocating. And it drains him out. Makes him more nervous. But when he's with someone, one on one, he opens up, and shows just how wonderful he really is… oh! And I'm more in the middle of you two."
"Well then, if that's true, why doesn't he ever get a REAL girlfriend."
"It's like when he becomes too close or attached to something, he walls up. He just doesn't want to get hurt. But there is nobody out there that I trust more. He's always been there for me, and always has my back."
"Yeah, I get it Judy. He's your BFF. He's a really good guy. Totally undateable." Debbie said soaked in sarcasm, as she rolled her eyes.
"What? No! He's dateable. I mean, come on… He's just, taking his time, that's 's gotta be some vixen out there for him…" At this point, the bunny's heart was full of sorrow.
"I hope this party doesn't suck." The groundhog complained. "Judy! If this party gets Nicked up again, you're going to have to find a new friend."
"That's a little harsh, don't you think… we can still be friends right?"
"Oh, no, yeah, no. I was talking about dumping Nick, then me and you can be BFFs!" Debbie smiled pridefully, only making Judy feel uncomfortable.
"Look, I'm sorry, I need to get going to bed. I have work tomorrow, and-"
"Yeah, yeah. Job. Saving the city,ehhhhhhhh…. it's too much work for me. I don't know why you ever even want to BE a cop. When I was lit-" Judy couldn't take anymore, and finally turned off her phone. Finally, peace and quiet. She made her way to her bed, with her dozens of rabbit stuffies, and snuggled into them. Falling fast asleep.
It was friday night, and Nick and Judy were walking with each other to Debbie's apartment. Nick was wearing a blue hawaiian shirt, with a red and yellow tie. Judy had a black, fitting dress on, and carrying a purse on her shoulder.
"You really should have gotten Debbie a gift." Judy judged.
"Oh, come on!" Nick looked at her like 'Really.', normally he would have gotten a gift for someone, even if he didn't know them well. But he sure did know Debbie.
"It's her 30th birthday, and she's really vulnerable right now." The bunny whined.
"I don't know. I think me being there at all would be… what's the opposite of a gift?" He looked down at her as she laughs. "The only reason I'm going is so that you're not alone with that female." He then paused for a moment… He remembered what Finnick teased him about him being over protective. He mentally kicked himself as Judy changed the subject.
"Oh! Hey, so this is where I'm at." She pressed both paws together. " I want a donor that I can meet." She then spread All her fingers, while they were still together. "You know? I want someone who's eyes I can look into. I want to be able to shake his paw." Nick rolled his eyes, but remained quiet. "And, you can't do that in the bank. Right?" Nick was completely unhappy. It took a lot of willpower not to blurt out his opinion. "I also want it fresh. You know? I don't want it frozen, I want it-" Nick interrupts her, not wanting to hear all the details.
"Ehhhhhhh! Ok, I think I got the picture Carrots."
"Sorry…" she laughed embarrassedly.
"What kind of qualities would you be looking for exactly?"
"Uhhhh…" she never really thought about it. "SENSE OF HUMOR!" Nick looks at her with an eyebrow raised. "Most important."
"And I'm not funny?" He half joked, while smirking. "By the way, why do females say that sense of humor is the most important thing, we already know that, that's a lie." Judy was speechless, and didn't know what to say exactly.
"Uh, ok." She chuckled, and then looked devilishly at the fox. "Well then, height."
"Oh, now you're just trying to make me mad." Judy laughed, while punching the lower part of his arm, where she could reach. Nick laughed too, and admitted that it felt good. They finally made it to the party, and Judy left to go talk to some friends. She invited Nick to come with, but he said that he was going to find a place where he could get something to snack on. He felt awkward as it is, being at a party full of just small prey animals. And then just following Judy everywhere while she talked and had a good time, while he mostly just stood there, pulling out a few comments here and there, putting on a happy face and acting like he was fully engaged, and having a wonderful time. No, he decided it was best if he did his own thing. He was also the tallest mammal in there, so everything was low reached, or making him feel like he had to crotch down. The music in there was so loud that he could literally feel the vibrations in his chest. He walks over to pour himself a drink, when Debbie comes over, completely drunk.
"Come on! Nicholas Piberius Wilde! Aren't you gonna come dance with me!" She mocked, but at least trying to be friendly. Nick looked over at the snacks that they had, all prey food. At least there were nuts and berries that he could enjoy.
"No," Grins politely, as he finished pouring the liquor all the way to the top. "I'm not birthday girl. But thank you for the kind offer." Debbie rolls eyes.
"You are such a buzz kill." She then started to claw the air with both paws for dramatic effect. Nick's eyes went wide as he looked into space. He also moved his lower jaw to the side, as he pushed all the air out of his lungs.
"You know, I just didn't want to break your flow. You're doing so greatly killing it over there." He points.
"Uh!" she sighed bitchfully and stomping her foot, but then she changed her attitude. "Awwww! You dressed up for my party!" She flicked his tie with one swoop of her finger. That's so nice." She smiled generously. "It's nice," she commented full of disgust and sarcasm.
"You're welcome." It took all he could do, not to call her out on how fake she was being.
"Hawaiian shirt, with another. Mismatched. Tie." She forced a laugher, as she walked away. Nick looked at his outfit, not caring. He takes a sip of his drink and looked for Judy, which didn't take long. She was laughing with a tall rabbit. His fur was long, wavy and black. He decides to intervene when he saw them flirting.
"You know? That is so funny." Judy giggles.
"Hi." Nick interrupts, as he gets in between the two, facing Judy. Completely ignoring the guy."I'm bored. Let's get something to eat."
"Nick." Judy points to the bunny next to them. "This is Alex," Nick quickly, and impatiently, twisted his body to look at the mammal from behind. He flashed a fake smile and turns back at Judy. "He's a uhhhh, he's a director/screenwriter, is that correct?" The rabbit nods and grins trying to show that he's impressive.
"Hey, Double Threat!" Nick said cheerfully.
"Hey, Nick." He smiles with a big toothy grin, but then looked back at Judy, checking her out and biting his lower lip.
"This is my police partner, he's one of my oldest friends" Judy continued.
"BEST friend in fact," Nick added quickly. "And yes, we are partners." He turns back to Judy "Seriously though. Come with me. Now."
"I think I'm gonna stay." Judy said while trying to keep a happy face. But both males could tell that she was getting she is getting irritated.
"I don't think so." Nick said while shaking his head.
"What?" Judy looked at him in disbelief.
"Let's do it." He points thumb behind him over his shoulder, sighed, and gently pushes her away. "One second, ok." As they leave, Alex points finger, winks and clicks his tongue. Acting as if it was the coolest thing ever.
"Oh, you hear that? You just got finger-"
"I HEARD it!" she hissed at Nick. The fox keeps guiding her through the house, until he takes her to a bedroom, where there is a balcony outside the glass doors. Nick opens the door for her to go through.
"Please." he said politely.
"What is it?!" Judy demanded.
"He's married." Nick said confidently as he pulled the door close.
"Divorced." She looked away from him, and crossed her arms.
"Then he's lying." Nick said quickly as he moved closer to her.
"How do you know that?" She looked at him, still with crossed arms.
"Cause, there's a DENTED line in his fur, where his ring should be." Judy looked at him, not knowing what to say next. The fox closed his eyes. "PLEASE don't tell me that you're even CONSIDERING that guy as a donor." Judy was pretty embarrassed to be honest, but didn't want that to show.
"Alright, fine. You know what?" She was as stubborn as her partner was. She started to shrug and dig through her purse. "I don't know. I don't know. I might actually do it." She really didn't, though, but she hated the fact that Nick's judgement was better than her own. She pulled out a small notepad, and pen.
"What are you talking about… ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!" Nick was getting furious at this point. He snached the two items she was holding, and chucked them over the balcony.
"HEY!" But he kept talking, not letting her have room to speak.
"You're gonna let Captain DOUCHE be the father of your child." His muzzle squinched up, as he raised his left shoulder. "That's enough for you."
"I don't know yet." She looked away from him, and talked fast. "I don't know yet." looking back at him. Nick was completely dumbfounded at her actions. And started to walk off.
"Ok, you know what? You're on your own." he went back through the doors to go inside and closed them.
"Oh, yeah. Ok-" She sighed and winced as she heard the doors shut behind her. She was getting very emotional, and looked around a bit, before collecting herself, and made her way back to the doors to get back inside. But as she tried to open it, she noticed that it wouldn't budge. "... Nick." She growled. She then hit the glass door with her paw. "NICK!" she pounded the door repeatedly to try to get his attention. Nick on the other paw, was walking through the hallway, trying to act casual, as he heard her call his name. Once he was out of the hallway, he quickly made his way to the radio nearby, and turned the volume up, to help drown her voice. He looked back to the hallway to make sure she didn't unlock the door somehow, and then he was off to look for the tall bunny. He quickly spotted him, talking to other females, making Nick feel even more disgusted. He grabbed a present, and ripped off part of the wrapping, not giving a crap. And found a pen.
"Alex! Alex! Hey!" Nick hollered on the top of his lungs. The rabbit turned around. "Judy left."
"What?"
"Yeah, Judy left. She had to go."
"Where?"
"To her mansion. Ok." He made Alex turn around, as he used his back to write the address on the paper. "Now, she has a lot of bodyguards there. But what would really turn her on, is if you tried to sneak in, without them knowing. She's an officer, so any sort of crime, really gives her the thrills."
"Wait, now hold up." he turned to face the fox. "She's rich?" His whole face glowed with envy.
"Oh yeah. Tons, TONS of money. Now, if you DO get caught, it's fine, it's fine. Just demand for Judy, and that no one has to get hurt in the progress. Simple as that." He gives him Mr. Big's address. Knowing that the shrews would be very overprotective of their own little Judy. "And, she digs you."
"Ha, she digs me.' Alex scoffed while smiling.
"You bet your sweet ass she does. Now, though, you gotta go RIGHT. NOW. Go. Seriously." Nick pushed Alex towards the door, and hollered "Don't forget! She's a cop! She doesn't like any sign of weakness! So if you get caught, don't back down!"
"NICK!" Judy kept banging on the door as loud as she could. "NICK! COME. ON..." shewhinned, as she finally was giving up. In doing so, she leaned into the glass, and slowly started to slide down.
They felt the party, shortly after Nick unlocked the door for Judy, once he felt that it had been long enough for Alex to get away. Once outside, Judy walked ahead, pissed and fast. All while Nick walked calmly and cool, as if his actions were was no big deal.
"You sent him to MR. BIG!" She screamed.
"Yep. Now that would be a sight to see."
"I can't believe you!" She couldn't even look at him. "I wasn't even going to go through with it you know! It was just an idea!" She yelled, "I wanted to let it breathe." Nick remained quite. "God. What is up with you lately! Why are you acting so weird!"
"I'm not."
"Yes. You. Are." Judy said slowly, Nick finally had enough of this and just exploded. And walked fast, making Judy walk behind him.
"I don't think you should do this! You know!" He shouted.
"Do what?"
"THE WHOLE BABY THING!"
"Oh! Stop it!"
"It's not right!"
"Will you just stop!"
"It's not natural." At this point they both stopped walking, and Nick turned around to face the grey bunny. "What if you met someone? Huh? TOMORROW. Alright, or maybe six months from now. You guys fall in love, and by the time you realize it, it's too late." Judy looked up to him, her eyes screaming with frustration.
"Why is this so hard for you to understand." Her voice dripped with venom. Nick shifted his weight, and look impatient. "Look. I'm not going to wait around for this perfect bunny, that I know doesn't exist. Ok. But this wasn't my plan either!" she pointed to herself. "I didn't grow up in Bunny Burrows, dreaming that I was going to put an ad out, for a sperm donor. But I'm here. And it's scary. And I can't count on you. I can't ask for your support," Nick was looking anywhere else then the bunny in front of him. "without you just BLURTING out comments, and judgements." Nick nodded, "You're supposed to be my friend!" She looked at him, waiting for him to respond back.
"Yeah, well… Yeah." He shrugged and looked at her, still nodding his head. She looked at him, with hurt in her eyes. Her ears dropped and she tried her best not to break down in front of him. In return, she shook her head. "I think we should… Take some time." She made a motion with her paw, like she was pushing the ground. "I think we need a timeout." She walked off to the edge of the street. Nick looked down, unmoving.
"Already learning how to speak mommy, huh?" Judy turned around and looked at in in disbelief. Glaring.
"Wow." she said quietly, she then raised her paw "TAXI!"
"See ya later." Nick yelled. As Judy got into the car. "I'M NOT JUST YOUR FRIEND, JUDY! DEBBIE'S YOUR FRIEND!." he turned away to walk home. "I'm your partner…"
It was the weekend, and Nick jogging by the road, trying to keep up with his fitness for work. Well, more like sprinting. He has a lot on his mind, and he was trying to keep his mind and body distracted. Finnick spotted him in the neighborhood and slowly slowly drives up next to him. "Dude." He yelled through the open window.
"Yep?" Nick said out of breath. He didn't even bother to look at his friend.
"Let me guess, Judy issues?"
"What? No, no issue, we just haven't seen each other for almost a week now." Nick said trying to breath.
"What about work? Isn't she married to her job? You guys work with each other everyday."
"She decided to use her time looking at old files and doing unfinished paperwork." Nick stopped talking for a bit to try and get air back into his lungs. "She said that we are in a time out."
"Time out? What are you? Six? Grown ups don't go in time out, grown ups have breakups."
"Not helping." Nick threatened.
"Ah, so she is the problem."
"Look. I did some stupid things at a party, alright? She has every right to be mad at me." Finnick nods, not knowing what else to say. "Look, I need to get home. I'll see you later." and with that, Nick turned a corner and made his way back to his apartment. Once in the building, Nick made his way to where his mail is, and finds a pink envelope, with a pink ribbon tied in a bow. He quickly opens it up, and noticed that it was an invitation to a party. Judy's to be exact. An insemination party.
Nick makes it to the party at debbie's house again. This time alone. He cringed. Not only because him and Judy still haven't talked since the last party, or because of the theme of the party he was going to, but also because he just didn't like the idea of Judy doing any of this. He sighed as he walked through the doors.
"Aloha!" A female possum said happily by the entrance.
"Hi-" Nick said back but was interrupted as she gets on her tippy toes and make him bend over as she places a lei around his neck, tasting his patients. "Ta-Ha, You're so sweet" He laughs 100% fake, and then keeps on walking away. Once he was out of her sight, he quickly tugged at the necklace, only to make it break. Flowers covered the floor. He was PISSED. He then goes to get a drink or two. He looked around, and it felt just like the last party, only that there were a lot more bunnies at the party. Which was completely understandable. After a couple of drinks, drunken Debbie comes along. Making Nick's night even better.
"Hey, Nick, want me to top you off?" She slurs holding a whine bottle. She tries to pour wine into his glass but he pulls away.
"Uh, no, no. No, no, I think I'm gonna stick to the hard stuff tonight." Debbie rolls her eyes at his comment. "Hey, so, who does this? A party of insemination. I mean, is there even a doctor here today?" she looked at him as if he was the stupidest mammal that ever lived.
"Yes." she pointed to a sloth, drinking and having a good time. His fur was green, from all the moss that was growing in it. He just looked unfit to do the job.
"That Guy? Did he practice out of a camper?" Debbe ignored his comment.
"It's a bunny thing, alright. I don't know. Judy said it's one of the traditions, her parents and family are making her follow. Think of it as if it's a bachelorette party. Only its celebrating having a first kit.
"Hummm… Charming."
"Nick, what is wrong with you? You have this thick negative energy, that pops off like fleas." She dug through her purse "Here, try these, it will make you a lot less anxious." She showed some pills. Nick's cop's instincts kicked in.
"What's this?"
"Relax, officer. Their herbal. 100% natural and LEGAL." She pulls them out and gives him 5.
"If I take one, will you walk away?"
"You know, I should change the guacamole, it reminds me too much of your green hawaiian shirt. Really giving out the wrong vibes." She then walked off. Nick looks down at his favorite shirt, and rolls his eyes as he places a pill in his mouth, and takes a drink. After 10 mins, he leaves in search of food. He found some chip and dip, and digs in. On the 3rd chip, he accidentally dropped it on his shirt, making a mess. He grumply gets up to the kitchen to go clean it off.
"Unbelievable. Come on." He huffed as he scrubbed away, leaving a very noticeable stain on his shirt. His tie hung loose around his neck, making his whole appearance messy.
"This is a strange one." A male voice said behind him. Nick turns around as sees a grey rabbit smiling all cool like, but not in a bad way. He looked like a nice guy, well put together. "Huh?" He was pretty tall, had blue eyes, and black stripes all around his body.
"Only bunnies do it like this." Nick joked.
"Yeah," The rabbit chuckles, "Ain't that the truth."
"I'm surprised that Judy did this, though. It's not like her to do thing the bunny way."
"Really? Huh. Yeah, I don't know her that well." The rabbit shrugged. Nick was still scrubbing his shirt "Can I get you a drink?"
"Uh, yes, yes you sure can." Nick goes to throw his napkin in the trash and goes to get the drink. "Thank you bartender." He then reaches out to shake his paw."Nick,"
"Jack. I'm the eh, donor." He gives out a weak chuckle. Nick realizes who he is, making his heart sink. Quickly releasing his grip.
"Oh… Yeah, Jack the donor," He says slowly. "I'm Nick, the BEST, friend. Partner in fact."
"Oh," Jack clicks their glasses together. "That's ok," He smiles all cool, and takes a drink.
"... Great." Nick voice cracks and gets high pitched, as he takes a drink himself. Jack looks awkward and nervous as female bunnies check him out all through the party.
"Hi." A group giggle, as they walk past. Jack smiles politely, but just feels way too weird.
"I feel like the blue ribbon bunny." He laughs, as Nick is looking down. Trying to act like he didn't even notice, as he quickly turns to look at the ladys, and back to Jack.
"Bet you're used to that, huh?" he flashes a fake smile "Hey, let me ask you this question. Um. Why are you doing this?" Nick leans on island, and scrunches up face in confusion.
"We could use the money…" Jack winced.
"I'm sorry, We?"
"Yeah, my wife and I," He points to a brown bunny. "She's right over there" Nick looks.
"Wow. She's beautiful."
"Yeah, thank you. She's the light of my life, she's my uhhh... Yeah, she's my soul mate."
"Oh man, she is lucky to have a guy like you in her life."
"Yeah, it's a little tough, living on a trainer's salary. I'm a workout trainer." Chuckles, "Funny, when I was little, I wanted to be a spy, can you believe that?" He laughs even harder, "A rabbit as a spy, so stupid." He shakes his head.
"Stupid as a bunny being a cop?" The fox raised his eyebrow.
"Oh! No! no , no, no, no, no, I didn't mean it like that. I think it's cool that she is a cop. I just don't think that there is as many spies in the world as there used to be, that's all." Out of nowhere, Debbie comes by and rubs Jack's shoulders, making him feel even more uncomfortable.
"It's game time. Ready?"
"Ummmm." Jack looks really nervous "Ok."
"We have a nice room, and well, you know." She slurs.
"Duty calls. Good talking to you Nick." He then walks off, leaving Nick unamused.
"Isn't he great!" Debbie said excitedly, full of lust. "Make way," she said loudly and obnoxiously, "It's happening mammals!" Nick looked at her with disgust as she walked away into the crowd. Nick decided to look for Judy. He went from room, to room, until he found her sitting at a window sill, looking outside. She looked so worried, yet so beautiful. He didn't want to disturb her, so he sneaked in, and made his way to sit next to her on the other side of the sill.
"What's going on in here?" He smiled warmly at her.
"The truth?" She asked not even moving. He nods. "I'm freaking out." She looked at him, as if to ask for help. "I really thought that having a party would, you know…" she looked away "Make it fun, but it's uh… It's just really depressing." she looked back at him.
"Come on." he gently nudged her.
"You think I'm crazy, don't you."
"I think... " Nick looked at her, just soaking up all her beauty, "You want to have a kit, and I think that's natural." He shrugged a little. His voice was so calm and soothing, that it really melted all of Judy's fears away. "You're not nuts." She nods her head, showing that she understands. "You're ok." He grins slowly at her, but it's a big grin. One that he didn't even know that it was happening.
"Thank you…" She scoots over, and gives him a small, loose hug. "Oh, Nick, thank you…" He places his paw on her shoulder, back area, and rubs it. "You get it." She sits up straight, and gives him a kiss on the cheek, making all his thoughts stop. She then placed her head on him. Which for their height, was his stomach, lower chest area, and snuggled deep. Nick was still so flustered, that he didn't even move. "Ok, well." Judy leaned off of him, "I should probably be out with the crowd. I'm gonna be fine. I'm just a little emotional." she gets up, and walks out of the room, as Nick watches her go. "Bye" she whispers. At that moment, Nick felt so happy, and peaceful.
"You look fantastic…" he said as she was completely out of earshot. But then he was alone again. All the bad feelings come crawling back again. He digs into his pocket and pulls out the remaining 4 pills. But decides not to take anymore and puts them back. He gets out of the room, to get another drink or two, making him even more buzzed and feeling a lot worst. Out of worst judgment, he takes out the rest of the pills, and swallows them with the remainder of his drink. He then starts to get really loopy, and his fur gets really messy. Just going in all sort of directions. His clothes look really loose around his body, and he starts to fumble everywhere he goes. Not too soon after, he needs to use the bathroom, and makes his way to the door. It was locked so he knocks.
"Yes. I'm in here! Excuse me, use the other bathroom." Nick nods head, even though the mammal from the other side couldn't see his actions, and goes of to the next bathroom. His eyes are lazy, and he almost falls when he gets inside the room. His vision is blurry and out of focus. But makes his way to go pee. Once that was done, he walks up to the sink, turns the water on and puts water on face. He looks for a towel, and in doing so, sees the seed container warming up on it's own little heater. Without thinking, he picks it up, unpleasantly, and unscrews the lid. The lid drops on the floor, as he looks inside.
He then looks at the label. 11/24, Jack Savage. There was other stuff written, but the fox really wasn't paying too much attention. Not knowing what he's doing, or really doesn't care. He Leans on the sink, with the faucet still running, and playfully (High/drunk as fuck) put the open container too close to the running water, and once its about to get water mixed inside, he pulls it away. Laughing and making weird sounds. Like, "Ohhhhhhhh-AHHHHHHHH…. Wwwwwooooooooaaaaaahhhhh-ha ha haha ha…" He laughs so hard, his eyes close, but he then repeats the process, "Heeeoooo-" There was a knock at the door, and made Nick jump, and get very startled, causing him to let go of the container, and having it fall into the running water.
"Somebody in here?" a voice asks. Nick freaks out, knowing that he fucked up.
"I'M IN HERE!" he yelled panicked, as he quickly turns the water off.
"Ok, sorry…" and the mammal left. Nick looked into the sink, half focused. He huffed, as he reached in and grabbed the now cleaned, empty container. He falls to the floor, and leans up against the toilet.
"Ah, fuck." With his right paw, he cradles his head. Then he got an idea. He looked at the container in his other paw, then he looked down at himself, then he looked back at the container. He got up, and sat on the toilet, and saw a bunch of magazines on the side. He picked up the stack, and looks through them, one by one, until one captures his interest. Gazelle.
Nick wakes up, to find himself in Finnick's van, confused and not remembering at all how he wind up there. He realized that he has a massive headache, making him whine a bit in pain. Then he feels something being thrown at him.
"Hey! My head, please…" He whimpers.
"You need help. You're falling apart, man! What the hell was that last night?" Nick looks at Finnick, confused, because he didn't remember any of it.
"... What are you talking about?"
"Showing up at my van, in 3:00 Am, completly drunk, plastered. What is that? Not to mention, throwing up everywhere! You owe me big."
"Whoa, whoa, what?" Nick scoffed, as he slowly sits up from the floor of the van.
"Yeah. And weird mumbling-It wasn't pretty." Nick stared at the tan colored fox not believing this.
"Wha-..." He smiled confusedly, "What was I saying?"
"Oh, I don't know." Finnick shivered and shrugged, he then used a mocking over the top, Nick voice. "Body trainer… Wooing noses… I don't know."
"... Fin. I don't remember any of that."
"How can you not remember?" The smaller fox was just as dumbfounded, "You don't remember singing as many Gazelle songs as you know. Wait I thought you didn't like her music."
"I don't…" Nick was getting really freaked.
"Well, you sure knew a lot of of her songs." he then started to laugh, "Got ya on camera too!"
"Hey! Hey! Can I see! I want to know what I was like-"
"Nah. You're just gonna delete them, no. They make EXCELLENT blackmailing motivation."
"I just remember going to Judy's party, and after that, I uhhhh…" Nick closed his eyes, and shook his head, trying to remember something. "I don't know…"
"Well, I'm telling ya, you need help." Finnick pointed. Leaving the red fox even more confused.
It was the weekend, when Nick and Judy are at his apartment, watching some movie on tv. Judy insisted they watch it, but Nick couldn't get into it.
"Uh. Do we HAVE to watch the 2nd half." Nick whined as the commercials came on.
"Oh come on! It gets better." she persisted.
"Do you promise?" Nick asks her, making her laugh at his comment. "And I'm not even making a joke." She still chuckles "You know, it's really unbelievable," He then talks about the movie and how bad it is. Listing out all the flaws. All while Judy gets quiet, and sighs.
"I'm pregnant." Nick stops for a bit, but then continues,
"... You know because he's so-"
"Did you hear what I just said?" Judy asked, making him look at her.
"... Yeah…" He was happy forher, but wasn't expecting that. He getsquiet, and goes deep in thought.
'She went on to tell me, that she was moving back home to Bunny Burrows. Something about, better place to raise a kit and loving grandparents, family, traditions.'
"You're leaving…" Nick said full of sorrow. "What about your dream of being a cop here in Zootopia? What about us?"
"My parents are really pushing me to do this…" she looked away.
"Why are you all traditional lately huh!" he didn't mean to yell at her, but he was hurting. "I thought you didn't care what everyone else did. You made your own traditions. Your own life!"
"I KNOW!" she screamed as she started to cry. Nick wanted to comfort her, but didn't know if that was a good idea, knowing that he wasn't making this easy on her. "I know… I'm so scared Nick, I don't know what to do! I should have listened to you…" Nick not caring anymore if it made thing worse, he leaned in and gave her the biggest, warmest, cuddliest hug he could give. "I think this is all because I was in heat…" Nick hushed her to know that it was ok.
"Look, this is all going to work out. I can help and-"
"No. Nick. I can't stay here." Nick let go and looked at her in confusion. "You know I can't. If it was bad between us before when it was just us. What do you think it will be like with a kit in the mix?"
"We can make this work…" His voice sounded so broken.
"No. We can't… Besides, me being a single mother, and cop… what if something happens to me? What if the kit becomes a target? What about money? Oh Nick! I really didn't think this through…" She starts to cry again.
'It really ruined the rest of the movie, which is a bummer, because it really did turn out great. Two weeks later, she left… She got a little choked up, as the moving trucks pulled away. Probably realizing the gigantic mistake that she was making with her life. We promised to stay in touch, but who are we kidding. She was a single mom, and I lived as an officer in Zootopia. No longer partners… or best friends… There were christmas cards, and emails but… Not much else…'
Over the years, Nick's life stayed exactly the same. He got a new partner at the Z.P.D. But they really didn't say much. Definitely didn't get the job nearly as good as when he was partners with Judy.
'And after 7 years. 2 failed relationships, one big case. Numerous dates. She finally came back.'
Ok yes, lol I apologize lol but PLEASE come back! The rest really will be adorable! Because that's when Nick see's his son! :D