Hey everyone, quick author's note here. I don't own Zootopia, nor do I own Guns N' Roses, or their song. This is just for fun; all rights go to their respective owners. *Sad face* Pwease don't sue me!
Judy Hopps was staring at her computer screen, her long gray ears twitching unbeknownst to her. She had just finished reading an email from her mother, inviting her back to the burrows for a weekend.
There was an annual music festival in the Burrows, usually populated by local bands, and dominated by country music, but this year there were a few big names, which her mother wouldn't reveal to her. She said it was going to be a surprise.
She glanced up as the clattering sound of Nick rolling in on his rickety office chair grew louder in her ears.
"Hey Carrots. What'cha reading?" He grinned, his tie loosened to a ridiculous length, coffee in hand, shades tucked over his ears.
She turned, sighing to face her orange partner. "My mother invited me back to my home for a weekend, but…" Her purple eyes suddenly widened, and a slight grin spread over her face. "Niiiiiiiick…"
His eyes widened a bit. "Uh… Yes Carrots?"
She dropped her ears down, giving him a puppy dog look. "Would you please come with me, for the weekend, back to my hometown? There's a music fest, and you could meet my parents…"
Nick almost immediately shook his head "Uh uh, Carrots. You want to take a city fox, into a town filled with country bunnies? You're asking for trouble…"
Her bottom lip shot out, and even though he knew she was acting, she did look pretty darn sad. "But Nick… Please? I don't want to say no, but I don't want to go alone…"
The fox groaned, covering his face with a hand. "Oh… Fine, but this is going to end poorly, I tell you…"
The bunny squealed with excitement, turning back to the computer, and typing faster than Nick could talk a sloth into running shoes. "Whoa, Carrots, did I give you the caffeinated one again this morning?"
Friday afternoon, Nick stumbled to the door as Judy was knocking. He was trying to wrangle his bags, and pull on his coat. Finally, he made it to the door, and yanked it open, giving the rabbit quite a sight.
Judy laughed as she saw Nick hopelessly entangled in his two bag straps. "Dumb fox. Do you need some help?"
Nick sighed, giving in to defeat. "Yeah, thanks Carrots."
Within five minutes, they had gotten into the rental Judy had gotten for Friday through Monday. The bags were in the back, the rabbit in the booster seat she needed, and hated, as Nick made more than a few jokes upon seeing it, and the fox stretched out in the passenger seat.
Judy smiled over at him, thinking privately how she was glad the fox had decided to come along.
Nick's voice cut through her thoughts. "Hey Carrots, easy, I know it's hard to keep your eyes off me, but you are driving, you know."
She yelped, and tore her eyes back to the road, as the golden light of the sun starting to set hit behind them. "Sorry! I wasn't staring at you! I was… Er…" Her mind raced, trying to figure out if she had said something, which would have given him a hint to the truth. Judy Hopps, a rabbit, had a major crush on Nick Wilde, a fox.
Nick laughed, shaking his head mockingly. "You can't keep your eyes off a possible male, huh Carrots? I guess that stereotype about rabbits is true…" He yelped in return as she slugged his arm.
"Hey! That's not where my mind went!" Judy said, her ears turning red.
Nick grinned, enjoying their banter. "Sure. That's why your ears are the color of my fur."
She glanced up at them, and shook her head, letting them grow back to their normal color. "Whatever, let's listen to some music."
Her finger jabbed down onto the stereo button, and almost screamed upon hearing the beginning of her favorite song from her teenage years. "OhmygodIforgotaboutthis!" She squealed.
Nick, meanwhile, jumped at her scream, tucking his ears down in fright, before letting his frown show through, upon hearing the song.
Judy grinned, mouthing the words as the opening bars to Welcome to the Jungle played, echoing throughout her car.
"Oh my god…"
She smirked over at him, before tipping her head back, and letting out a surprisingly good howl to match the one in the opening riff, only to find Nick frowning at the radio.
"Nick? Is something wrong?" She asked, a bit of concern showing in her eyes.
The fox frowned even more. "I just… don't like that type of music. And you like it? A cute, country bunny like yourself?"
She slugged him, barely even noticing the action herself. "Why Nick?"
The rust-colored cop shook his head, emerald eyes staring off towards the road. "Just… here." He jabbed a button, and sighed silently in relief as the opening notes to Try Everything started playing, causing the perky bunny to sit up, and begin singing along.
They arrived at Judy's hometown about an hour past sundown, both of them being in a better mood. She smiled faintly as the car rumbled along the rough road, pulling off onto a gravel driveway, jolting Nick around a bit.
Naturally, he decided to blow it out of proportion, to poke fun at Judy. "Jeez, Carrots, has the wonder of paved roads not yet hit this town?"
She punched him for the third time that evening, grinning herself. "Shut up, slick." She sat up straight, smiling widely as she saw about thirty of her youngest siblings plus her parents standing by their Burrow, which looked like a large mound of earth sticking up out of miles of farmland.
The house didn't look that big, but Judy knew it went for miles underground, full of passageways that twisted and turned.
She pulled up to the assorted bunnies, hopping out of the car, only to be bombarded with thirty or so balls of fluff, covering her in an instant.
"Kids! Stop climbing on your sister!" Her mother, Bonnie, yelled. Stu nodded his agreement, and began prying the tiny children off their big sister, only to stop short as a fox walked around the side of the car, and bared his teeth at Judy.
Another author's note... I'm going to try and do at least 1000 words for each chapter, sometimes more. I don't know how far this one will go, but please leave a review if you're interested! Plenty of Nick backstory, with some light NickxJudy.
