Nick was happily playing on his phone tapping away not paying attention to Judy's driving. He didn't have to, he would glance up every few minutes and knew exactly where they were. Judy seemed quite content to his quietness as it meant he wasn't teasing her for a while. Not that she disliked the teasing but simply could take a break at times. Even for her, his sarcasm was too much once in a while.
"Carrots do you think $5 is too much to spend on a game for my phone?"
There goes the silence.
"Well I would say yes because who spends that much time on their phone but yours is practically glued to your paws so why not go ahead." Judy chuckled to herself catching Nicks playful glare out of the corner of her eye.
"Well you complain I stare at you too much so I'm just killing time over here."
Judy grumbled quietly as she knew anything she was about to say would fall into his trap. "That's because you should be watching for speeders or criminal activity while I'm watching the road."
"You're doing fine fluff as your eyes are already on the road and seeing everything around due to your keen sense of situational awareness." Nick snickered on the last part knowing he got her good the prior day by sneaking up behind her and sending her into the air by saying boo. Judy bit her tongue as to not feed him anything else that he could use as a weapon and suddenly hit the brakes at a red light sending the fox flying forward till his seatbelt caught him.
"Oops, didn't see that red light in time for me to slow down." Smiling she casted a quick glance over at her partner who was busy collecting himself and slightly chuckling nervously. And click he gets the point. For the next thirty minutes before the returned to the station the two bickered back and forth playfully. Pulling into the station's garage they were glad the day was over as tomorrow was their day off after a full week of work.
"So movie night at my place?" Nick asked raising both eyebrows a few times.
"Oh ya who doesn't want to end up smelling like your apartment complex and feel sick? No, movie night at my place and don't forget to bring popcorn!" Judy yelled as she headed to the locker room to shower. Nick's ears went flat as he knew she had a point. He really needed to move to a nicer place. Giving in he smiled and headed home to get ready.
It wasn't long before Nick's phone lit up revealing a text from Judy. Okay I'm ready you can head over and bring the POPCORN you forgot last time! Snickering to himself he grabbed the popcorn bag and checked himself over. Nice jeans and a solid colored button up…not exactly what he preferred but he knew she would be overjoyed to see him dressed differently that his usual attire.
Anything to see those amethyst eyes sparkle. Snap out of it Nick! Sheesh what has been with you lately?
Truth be told Nick was playing on his phone more and more because it was killing him to look at her at all anymore. He wanted desperately to express his feelings for her that he only recently had come to realize he even had. That and a good smack on the head from Finnic's bat helped too. Heading out finally he made the twenty-minute walk to her apartment in twelve-minutes for his unusual fast stride. Catching his breath and fixing his fur he knocked on her door stealing a quick glance around the area.
This new place is really in a great location, close to work, no pesky neighbors.
The door opened and a grey ball of fur beckoned him in. "You brought the popcorn right?"
"Oh crud, I knew I forgot something!" Nick chuckled getting a less than amused look from the rabbit. "Alright alright here you go." She already had it out of his paws by time he finished his sentence and thrown it in the microwave.
"So Carrots what are we watching tonight?" Eyeballing the mess that was the movie cases everywhere he surmised she had a hard time debating.
"Oh it's a fun one, it's called Ferret Bueller's Day off." Judy beamed with quite the optimistic look. "It's from your time you old fart!" Laughing she grabbed the now down popcorn and poured it into a big bowl.
"Hey I'm not old! Your only eight…ish years younger than me kiddo." Judy whipped around with a glare that made Nick immediately wish he could retract his statement.
"Kiddo? Listen here slick this kiddo saved your old butt more than once." A smile quickly formed as she couldn't hold it anymore and started laughing as the two climbed onto the small couch. Throughout the movie Nick commented on similar things he had done as this Ferret displayed in the movie as well as taking note of things he hadn't but maybe should or should not do in the future. Judy half listened but by the end of the movie was clocked out with her head resting on her paw. As the credits rolled her arm gave out causing her to slide her head off her paw and into Nick's lap with a soft thump. Surprisingly it didn't even wake her. Nick smiled sheepishly wondering if he should wake her or not.
She looks so beautiful, she obvisouly cares about me to why can't I just tell her how I feel?
Because you're a coward.
Oh gee thanks you're so helpful.
I'm here for you…even if you don't like the obvious answer. Just tell her, she clearly feels the same.
Pushing the self-answering thought aside he very carefully brushed her ears and rubbed them slowly.
"mmmm" Judy quietly moaned as she turned and snuggled into his chest. His tail instinctively wrapped itself around her like a blanket and he wrapped an arm around her to cradle her head releasing the strain on her neck. A slight purr came from her and he smiled while letting out a quiet yawn before his head hung low and he too quickly passed out.