Tapping her furred fingers on the desk that belonged to Officer Clawhauser who was chowing down on his favorite cereal brand, Judy waited for her partner and best friend to come into work. She huffed as the clock read 8:37am when he was supposed to be there 7 minutes ago. Her foot seemed to be going at light speed, thumping it repeatedly against the floor as she still waited impatiently.

"Geez Jude, what's got your ears in a twist?" Asked the rather large cheetah as he swallowed his food.

She huffed again, and slowed down the rap of her foot, "Nick. He's supposed to be here by now. This isnt like him."

Her ears drooped back at the thought of something bad happening to her best friend.
Tapping her foot again at a fast pace she started to get really nervous, "Oooh maybe I should just call him."

The grey rabbit pulled out her phone, smiling as the phone turned on to reveal the screen of her and Nick. He had his famous sly grin as she had the biggest smile on her face. It was the day after solving the Night Howler case and the night Nick bought her tickets to Gazelle, it was a amazing night.

Before she could click on the picture of Nick and call him, Benjamin made a loud "Awww", making her pause and stare at him in question.

"What are you 'awing' about?' She asked raising a brow.

He chuckled as he took another bite of his cereal, "You silly," his words were mushed, still shoveling food down as he spoke, "You have a little something for Officer Wilde. "

Her eyes widened, and a blush rose from her cheeks to her ears, "Oh come on Clawhauser, be professional, Nick and I are just friends."

The cheetah only smiled slyly at her, not believing a word she spoke.

"Oh of course Judy, better make sure to call him since he's only 15 minutes late." He finished his cereal and chuckled at the still blushing bunny and went to work on some files hidden under neath his desk.

Judy only rolled her eyes at Benjamin, he didn't know what he was talking about, just trying to get her all wild up even more. Still though where was Nick? Maybe she should call him…

Suddenly the door to the front of the academy swung open and walking in with his famous smirk, sunglasses and a coffee, Officer Wilde approached Judy, who had a stern look on her face and hands on her hips.

"Mornin' Carrots, miss me?" He asked as he lowered his sunglasses to study her irritated form.

"You're late." Was the only response.

"Yeah sorry about that, I was up late and needed the extra snooze." He walked up to Benjamin's desk and knocked on the wood with his knuckles to get the cheetahs attention.

"Hey officer Wilde! Bit late huh? Some people were a little worried about you." Clawhauser said with a smile, eyeing Judy who still had her hands on her hips. Nick just kept smirking at her and eventually she cracked a smile and gave up trying to be irritated.

"Well at least you're here. Ready to get the day started?" She said clapping her hands together with a peppy attitude.

"Sure thing Carrots, one thing though? Could you go over to my locker and grab my badge?" He asked with a innocent smile, obviously trying to get his way like always.

The bunny only playfully rolled her eyes in response and went to retrieve the fox's badge. Since they've known eachother for a year now, they both trusted the other to give their codes to another. Judy quickly spun in the right numbers, grabbed the badge and went to close it when a white piece of paper caught her eye. Her eyes narrowed when her nose caught scent of perfume. Her ears twitched in curiousostiy, eyeing the paper from where the source of the perfume was emanating. Part of her inched closer to the paper but the other part was telling her to just close it. Maybe it was from his Mom? That calmed her down a little, but caught herself actually getting…jealous? Why would she be jealous? Nick was only her friend, nothing more.

Reasurring herself, she clearing her throat and closed the locker, and headed back to the front desk. She noticed Nick and Clawhauser talking, Nick was using his hands to describe whatever he was talking about while Clawhauser had his mouth open and eyes the size of saucers. Judy narrowed her eyes and quickened her pace, her sensitive ears managed to catch the words "she really liked" and "going out again".

Was Nick dating someone? The thought rang through her head over and over, and a sharp pain suddenly hit her chest. She jumped in surprise at it and instinctively grabbed her chest. Nothing was out of place, so why did it hurt all of the sudden. What was going on?

She finally approached the two who had just stopped talking and Nick smiled widely at the sight of his badge in Judy's hand.

"Thanks Carrots'! Alright now I'm ready. Nice chattin' with you Clawhauser." Nick saluted the cheetah as he walked away from the desk.

Judy stayed where she was at and just stared at the back of Nick's head, what was new with him? She looked to Benjamin who seemed to be doing everything he could possible to avoid talking with Judy.

"Benjamin." She said in a very stern and demanding voice.

The cheetah froze in place and gulped, he might have been a predator but he knew when Judy meant business.

"What was Nick talking to you about?" She asked, her purple eyes never leaving the cheetah's.

Clawhauser, twiddled his fingers together and stuttered incoherent things, his eyes darting back and forth looking for away to escape.

Judy wasn't in the mood to play, "Now."

Benjamin sighed, and looked at her as if he had just run out of food which was rarely ever.

"Nick went out on a date last night, he's been seeing the same girl for a couple weeks now but didn't tell you cause he wanted to keep it on the low."