Chapter 1
Writers note: It's been two years since Judy and Nick were put together as partners. They have solved many crimes together and Judy has grown to see nick in a different light. Although nick is the slyest fox in Zootopia, he is oblivious to her feelings toward him. This is my first attempt at a fan fiction, so take it easy.
"Morning nick!" Judy exclaims as she bursts through the door into Nicks shabby apartment.
"Wasgoinon!" The fox yells, still half asleep. Next thing he knows is a grey blob is flying at him and wraps herself around his head.
"Get up, Christmas break has started. Chief Bogo has put all the officers except for a few, on call, so until Christmas break is over, WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT!" Judy shrieks
Nick pulls her off of his face, looks her in the eyes and says "that's all well and good carrots, but next time, can you let me put on a shirt before you smother me?"
she wriggles out of his arms and says, giggling "no, I like you better this way..." she throws a shirt at him from across the room. "C'mon you slow fox, we have things to do!" I didn't think I had made plans for today, so why is she acting like we have been planning this for months?
"Carrots, what are you planning?" Nick asks. She puts on a mischievous grin
"If today goes as plan, you might even thank me." She says as she hops out of the room
Nick doesn't like his gut feeling towards this.
"So, you wanted to go get your morning coffee before you initiate your master plan?" Nick asks. It is now 10:13 in the morning, and he is tired.
"Yeah" she says, looking him in the eyes "something like that" he's seen her like this before, and that was before he did the ice bucket challenge last summer, without him knowing about it.
"Can you give me a hint about what your planning, fluff?" he asks, knowing she hates that nickname.
"Nope" she says "but like I said, you might even thank me when it's finished. Anyway, I have a question. Do you want to come spend Christmas with my family over at the ranch? My mom always makes the best stuffing." She looks at Nick hopefully. He doesn't want to let her down.
"Why not" He says, knowing this is part of her plan "I have nothing else to do, and I don't want to spend Christmas with Clawhouser again" we both burst out laughing. Last Christmas, Nick spent it with their secretary, Clawhouser. Let's just say he likes karaoke and that Nicks not much of a singer. The videos of him were pretty funny though.
"It's settled then" she says, standing up "we leave in one hour, let's go get you packed!" she skips out the door.
"Hold on carrots!" he says, as surprised as he is excited "one hour?" he sprints out the door, paying for their coffee as he goes.
"Well carrots, I've never ridden this thing, but now I wish I had sooner" Nick says, the view of Zootopia in the distance taking his breath away.
"I know! Just imagine my first time coming to the city from a little farm in the country." Judy exclaims. Nick goes to the lounge of the train, and finds a place to sit.
"Hey fluff, I'm tired, wake me up when we get there, ok?" he asks, sitting down and closing his eyes.
"Sure" Judy says "ill set an alarm" then His eyes spring open as he feels something warm and small lean against him. He looks down and there she is, right next to him. Her head on his chest, her eyes closed.
"Well, I can't sleep now" he thinks to himself. He looks outside the train, as he sees little snow particles fall from the sky. He starts to remember the first time he saw Judy playing in the snow. It was the winter after they were put together as partners. She was in her uniform, in a schoolyard with a bunch of little ones. She was building a snow bunny when one of the little boys and some friends started throwing snowballs at her, calling her names. Nick was about to intervene, when she said "so, you guys want a snowball fight, huh?" and he just stood there, shocked to see that the kids who were making fun of her, laughing and playing and just having a good time. When we had to leave, one of them even came up to her and hugged her with the rest of the kids...
"Hey, dumb fox!" he hears, his eyes snapping awake, feeling someone pull on his ears. "We're here."
He looks up and sees Judy, with their bags, smiling at him. And he feels something hurt in his chest. He stands up, stretches out, but the pain is still there.
"Oh, hey there" he says jokingly "we're here?" he asks.
"Yeah, just arrived. I hope you slept well, because my brothers and sisters will not let you go to sleep early tonight." She says, tossing my bag at me and skips away.
"She sure is in a happy mood; I wonder what that's all about?" Nick says quietly to himself.
"What did you say nick?" Judy asks, turning around. "I thought you couldn't hear me." He says, looking out the window. "The snow sure looks pretty." he says, changing the subject.
"Yeah, but it's been a while since I've seen snow out here though." She says. "Well, let's introduce you to the family" she grimaces. The look on her face is the same one he saw just before they broke into that mob bosses lair, armed to the teeth.
"Uh oh" he thinks, as they step outside and all he sees are rabbits, hundreds of rabbits.
After what seemed like an eternity, being welcomed to the farm, Nick finally gets led to the barn. "And this is where you will be sleeping" Mrs. H says to him, Pointing at the pile of hay, with a blanket thrown over top of it.
"Ok, thank you for your hospitality, but why am I out in the barn? I saw a few empty rooms in the burrow." He asks carefully, not wanting to seem ungrateful.
"Well, we can't have a fox living in our house, no matter how short a time. I trust you understand?" she says, looking at him like a savage.
"Of course" he responds, looking at her neutrally, hoping that she won't see his anger. After she left he flopped down onto his hay, looking out the cracks in the wall at the snow, and wonders to himself what Judy is doing right now.