The night was quiet, not a sound to be heard apart from the occasional car to whizz past the small bunny's large but delicate ears. This didn't bother her however, she was stuck in a deep slumber after the hard week of ZPD detective work. Nothing could wake her up with the lack of sleep she was trying to catch up on.

BZZZZP, BZZZP, BZZZZP….

Well, almost anything.

Judy slowly opened her eyes, wiping them lightly as her eyes adjusted to her surroundings. She turned to her side, nearly all her body covered by the manky blanket she had been stuck with for quite some time. Judy slammed her paw on the snooze button of the alarm, desperate not to hear more of its annoying sounds. She sighed lightly, lifting her upper body off the mattress and stretching her tired limbs, yawning in the process. 'How the hell can it only be Thursday' she thought to herself, 'Can't it just be Saturday already?' Judy knew she couldn't control what day it could or couldn't be, but it was nice to fantasise her day off. That was what usually kept her going through the ZPD on a bad week, just the thought of spending her day off examining the city of Zootopia, and not having to stress or worry of Chief Bogo constantly on her case. Plus, it was the day she could properly hang out with Nick. Sure they were partners in crime as of 6 months ago, but Saturday was really the only day they could spend time together without the need of police uniforms. She preferred Nick in his green Hawaiian shirt anyway, she thought it looked quite cute on him. Well….everything about Nick was borderline adorable, but the shirt just made him even more desirable in her opinion.

Shaking the thoughts of Nick out her mind she jumped out of bed and headed into the small bathroom provided in the apartment, turning on the shower. After a quick rinse, she hurriedly dried herself off and headed towards the sink, adjusting her fur and making herself presentable in any way she could. Once she was satisfied with her appearance, she walked to her closet and examined which one of the same outfits she wanted to wear. She settled on the fourth, purely because four was her lucky number. She finished off her look by pinning her badge to her chest, wiping it until a shine was visible. Judy surveyed her final image through the small reflection of her window that looked out into Zootopia. She smiled at the beauty of the city she was born to protect since she was just a kit.

"Right, time to stop wasting time, off to the ZPD!" She trilled cheerfully to herself before grabbing her phone, Taser and other necessary equipment she needed. She locked her apartment and threw the keys in her pocket as she headed off to work. With a rather cheesy song in her heart, she had a strong feeling today would be a good day.

Judy was only thirty minutes from the police department as a sudden realisation came to her mind. She hadn't text Nick since she woke up! Damn, how careless of her. Nick usually relied on Judy to wake her up for work, so the fact he hadn't text to tell her off or make some sort of snarky comment must have meant he was still asleep. She quickly pulled out her phone and clicked on Nick in her phone contacts:

{Hey Nick. Really hoping you're awake right now! Sorry this dumb bunny forgot to wake u up, I was so busy getting ready and thinking about work that I completely forgot! Don't b too mad, alright? :)}

She looked over the text before sending it, putting the phone back in her pocket. She expected her phone to buzz anytime soon with a response from Nick being the result of it. However even after the 30 minutes it took for her to reach the ZPD from her apartment she still didn't receive a response.

Odd, it isn't like him to take this long to respond to one of her texts.

She checked her messages quickly, just to check if he had seen it at least. Maybe he was just a little cross with her or maybe leaving her hanging like he enjoys doing sometimes.

No, he hadn't even seen it. The message had certainly been sent, why hadn't Nick even bothered to read it?

Soon after she had reached the entrance of the ZPD, Judy headed towards the reception desk, just so she could quickly check in with Clawhauser: "hey there Clawhauser! How are things?"

Clawhauser looked down, instantly recognising the feminine voice that was just out of his sight. "Judy! Great to see you on yet another beautiful day" he said, his voice slightly muffled with what seemed to be a donut he continued he continued to chew.

"Sure is a great day Clawhauser! Good to see you all cheery and full of energy!" she smiled at the oversized predator, before moving onto her next agenda. "Say, you wouldn't happen to know if there's a meeting soon with the officers, would you?"

"Hmmm….let me check." He looked down onto his computer, a huge grin still planted on his face as if the sides of his mouth were held up with invisible tape. "…Umm, yep! You have a meeting in about 20 minutes up in the briefing room as usual."

Judy smiled, nodding her head. "Excellent, thanks for letting me know!" she was just about to leave to get an early seat for the meeting until she stopped in her tracks, hopping back to Clawhauser. "Say, If Nick comes through here, could you tell him that I texted him? He hasn't even responded to me, I'm just….getting a little worried. Mind telling him for me, would you?"

Clawhauser saw no need for thinking time. "Sure thing Judy, I'll tell him as soon as I see him! Don't you worry about him, alright?" He gave Judy a re-assuring smile, Judy giving him the same response. Not worry about Nick? Clearly Clawhauser didn't know her well enough. Well, nobody but Nick and her family did to be fair. She did prefer to keep her private life away from those she worked with here at the ZPD, she didn't think they would really be bothered anyway. When here, she was only required to serve and protect the animals of Zootopia, no inner thoughts of hers were going to hinder her from doing this. She popped out her phone once more to check the time. 8:45am, 15 minutes till the meeting. There was still no notification that Nick had replied, bringing her worries back to the surface again. 'I'm sure he's fine' She told herself, 'he probably just overslept and isn't waking up…at least, I hope that's the case.' She sighed lightly, texting Nick before she set her mind on the work that was sure to follow.

{Hey Nick, you better be awake! U know how cross Bogo can get if his officers r late. Hope you're doing ok and looking forward to seeing my fav partner! :3}

{xxx}

Hey guys! right, this is the first time I've ever written Fanfiction so this is kinda a bold step for me so x3. If you want to leave a review or any criticism, please do! I'm sure to have some mistakes somewhere on this first chapter so advice to help improve my work would be very much appreciated. :) Chapter 2 will be here probably before the end of this week, but I am busy with Drama and work so please forgive me if it runs a little late. Anyway, thanks for reading, see you in chapter 2!