Love Struck (Rewritten)

Author's Note: I'm rewriting this, due to complaints from several messages I have endured through with long responses. I will improve plot structure, development of the plot, and contain the rising action, Climax, falling action, resolution, etc. As well, I am taking classes on higher level due to a special elective course relating to writing fictional stories. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this rewrite, however, those who have read my previous stories may have to adjust to the change of tone, detail, and speed at which the plot moves. Thank you in Advance!

Chapter 1:

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"You know you love me."

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"Yes, yes I do."

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That statement always stuck to Judy's head. It didn't matter if she was asleep, at work, or even hanging out with Nick at his apartment. However, it never bothered her, as it seemed to become a trademarked message just about to them. It wasn't meant to take seriously, but even though Judy brushed if off every single time he said that to her, her mind somehow clung to that statement for no apparent reason.

Her eyes cracked open, the morning sun shining through her windows, right into her amethyst eyes, nearly blinding her. Tears stung at them as she turned onto the other side of her bed, the walls seeming to creak with the slightest movement. She yawned and stretched up, throwing her bed covers off as her ruffled fur tickled her. She seemingly then rolled off her bed, nearly onto the floor, the exhaustion from her week of work suddenly catching up onto her. She trudged to her dresser, and opening it up, she grunted in disgust. She shuffled through the drawers, and at last sighed in relief when she saw her dark black jeans and gray hoodie. She quickly ran downstairs, rushing into the laundry room, which to Judy's relief was empty.

Wasting no time, she threw her clothes into the dryer, and headed towards the public shower. She made sure she was alone, as she caught many other bunnies giving her perverted glances as they passed by her in the public showers, making Judy extremely uncomfortable. She quickly turned on the water, and bathed herself quickly in the freezing cold water. She shuddered in agony as her cold fur sagged, weighting her down as she attempted to dry off, but just to her look, the outlets were all broke.

"The joys of living in the cheapest apartment complex of Zootopia" She groaned inwardly to herself. Trudging back out once again, she grasped her clothes from the dryer and quickly dressed, beating her record time it seemed, only taking her 15 seconds to slip her clothes on, comb the remaining tangles in her fur, and walking out towards her car. Usually when Judy went out, it was with Nick, whenever she lied her way into going to the mall with Nick so she could use his debit card (Which came very helpful for the outfit she was wearing, which costed way too much for the quality of it) however today, she wanted to be alone, the silence in ears bliss to her.

Bogo purposely harassed with her all week with case after case, from a simple case blown out of proportions to her, to the dreaded more intimate and personal missions which involved the help of her newly granted partner Nick, who would always, no matter how hard she tried, humiliate her infront of all her fellow comrades at the ZPD, every single day she went into work. No matter where she went, he would be there, and always had the stupid smug smile on his face, which she grew to have a love-hate relationship with. But that wasn't the only problem she had to nick, and the hardest part was having to go to Nick's apartment every morning, and nearly slam down his door to wake him up from his infinite slumber. She sometimes would even see him slumped out in the car, fast asleep, any time they had. Whatever it was going to FurBucks, or anywhere other than chasing a criminal down or handing out of tickets in general, you couldn't trust him to save your life.

Luckily to Judy's sheer enjoyment, she watched Chief Bogo first hand scold Nick right in-front of her face, loving every moment of his screaming, which lead a large entourage to circle around Nick, making the moment even more precious. However, even though Nick was flawed in about every way on his job, he always seemed to of been the mastermind behind all of their cases. He could easily hack through many data-bases, and quickly catch a suspect's name, location, their day to day habitats, and if they were lucky enough, even stumble upon some crucial tapes from the city's local cameras.

But eventually, she grew to love Nick as a friend, he always was able to make her feel in the best of moods everyday, even with his cringe worthy puns, and somewhat perverted innuendos that he always occasionally slipped while on duty, making sure everyone heard what he was saying, just to have everyone laughing their asses off during the most boring part of their day.

Judy quickly opened her car door and hopped in, and turned the ignition on, the car buzzing to life. Judy usually walked, but it didn't hurt to cheat her system once in a while, and even though bunnies were stereotyped to be exercise fanatics (which they honestly were) they weren't shy to take a lazy route during the weekends, especially when they woke up groggy from oversleeping. That's exactly what Judy did.

She quickly drove down the streets, the hustle of the city life now being adapted to her everyday life. Even though Judy enjoyed the metropolis lifestyle, the instinct to remain on the look-out was a normal sense for most bunnies like Judy. She always darted her eyes out to the crowd as she drove, analyzing every single person she passed by, their faces seeming to integrate into her mind almost immediately, which she usually didn't like to admit, as to many, it made her look and sound like a werdio, if not, a little psychotic.

After pulling through the drive through with her usual carrot latte in her small paws, she quickly gulped in, the burning sensation bringing chills as her energy skyrocketed quickly. Within 5 seconds, the coffee cup was crushed and thrown directly into the trash, several bunnies taking glances and winking as they saw her flexed muscles from her car hurtling a coffee cup at about 150 to 200 yards. It really bothered Judy, but she couldn't help but admit, she loved some of the attention. As she was driving once again on the road, her phone buzzed off quickly, Judy looking at her phone, smiling as Nick was calling, as per usual on the weekends. She picked it up, his gruffed morning voice scratchy on the phone, sounds of his bones seeming to creak as she spoke through the line.

"Hey Carrots, why didn't you wake me up?" Nick laughed on the other end of the line, Judy chuckling lightly.

"Nick, we both know how you hate it for me to show up at your door every morning and force you out of the bed."

"I know I know, but hey, I'm free today if you want to hangout, nothing much is going on."

"Sounds great!" Judy beamed lightly, shifting lanes towards Nick's apartment.

"Good, because honestly, I'm about to die of boredom... I wish I could drive Flash's car.. that would be fun doing donuts in the parking lot of the ZPD..."

"Oh, Mr. Slick here, gonna get himself arrested at the ZPD, I could actually call Bogo right now and have you two meet up if you like!" Judy laughed as Nick gulped on the other end of the line. He quickly stammered and changed the subject, Judy feeling his smirk on his face on the other-end on the phone.

"I was Joking Carrots, you gotta learn to relax a little bit. But anyway, I need about ten minutes to get ready, we can do what you wanna do, I don't honestly care."

"Nick.. 10 minutes for you? It takes you that long for me to even wake you up after smacking a pillow in your face.."

"Fine, Fine, I wanted to impress you, but oh well, It'll take me about an hours tops, if not, make sure to slam my door open for me, alright?"

"Okay Slick, I'll see you in the hour, and you better be ready, or this little bunny cop is gonna kick your butt straight outta the door."

"Oh wow, so scary, you adorable little bunnies always are sooo tough." Nick mimicked Judy on the other end, Judy smirking now herself.

"Don't push me Slick, call me adorable, cute, or anything once one more time and I'll be at your front door in less than 5 minutes."

"Well, if that's an offer, I'm willing to accept it. By the way, you're pretty cute in your ZPD outfits, no wonder all the bunnies take a look at your as-"

Judy suddenly swerved back to the right, her wheels screeching on the other end, Judy putting on her game face.

"Oh Nick you bad, bad filthy perverted fox, I'm about to show up at that damn door in 2.3 seconds!" And with that, she hung up quickly, threw down her phone, and floored it. Even though Nick definitely shouldn't of said what he said, Judy couldn't help but laugh as she drifted into his apartment complex entrance. Who said bunnies had to be good drivers every time they drove?

She found the front parking space of the predator oriented complex, the modern, white painted building with gray patios sticking out in a tower like shape. She quickly hopped out of her car, which was smaller than all of the other ones, and she locked her car doors. Upon arrival, she walked into the white, and unusually fancy lobby, with empty elevators. Before the receptionist could yell out at her for wearing her dirtier shoes on the brand new white carpeting (Which was outrageous on the price tag) She was already in the elevator, and it quickly climbed up to the 20th floor, Judy scrolling through her phone to see if she got his right door number.

"Oh Nicky Boy, here I come!"

Nick was hastily stepping out of his shower right when he heard a huge bang at his front door. He quickly realized who it was, and turned off all the lights, and slipping his clothes on, he quickly hid in the corner of his bedroom, grabbing the pillowcase Judy infamously used to smash Nick's precious face every morning out of his beauty sleep.

It didn't take long for him to hear her grasp a spare key that Nick gave to her, just in-case she was in the kind of mood that she wanted to knock Nick's door straight down, especially after a phone conversation they had just like this. It only took a mere second for her to slam the door open, mark his wall, and barge into his bedroom. She switched on the lights, laughing at how whimpish he was, but her victory didn't last long.

Suddenly in her eyes, a blur of tangled fur and a hastily dressed fox slammed her with his pillow with all his might, feathers flying everywhere as Judy yelped and laughed, as Nick pillow fought her into the corner, giggling for him to stop.

"N-nick! Please, I'm sorry, s-stop it!" She giggled, peaking open her right eye to look at Nick, who had a smug look of victory across his face.

"But seriously.. you keep wearing the sam-"

"Say it one more time Carrots, and I'll smash you with the two other pillows stashed underneath my bed." He wiggled his eyebrows, as Judy grasped Nick's hand, helping them both regain balance from the battle that just took place. After several moments of both of them silent and letting go of their hands, Nick shrugged, and Judy followed him out of the complex towards his car.

"I thought we were taking my car?" Judy asked, Nick winking at her.

"Your car is too cramped.. I don't my legs smashed up on the dashboard and have the airbag go off like last time!" Nick chuckled loudly, the memory replaying in his mind, Judy blushing slightly as Nick's somehow pearly white teeth shined in the bright sun of the late morning.

Judy quickly hopped into his Fur Fussion Sport, and quickly buckled, the seatbelt hanging limply at her frame due to her smaller stature. Nick quickly started up the car and drove back on the street, Nick spotting the tire marks of where Judy entered into the complex.

"You told me you would arrest me? By the marks of your tires in my parking lot, It looks like a hypocritical bunny got a hold of flash's driving habits." Nick teased at her, Judy tugging down her ears slightly, blushing slightly harder once again as his paw brushed onto hers briefly as he brought down the center armrest.

"Slick, I'm a bunny, I have an excuse!" Judy scoffed jokingly, punching Nick lightly into the arm.

"I know, you bunnies always have an excuse. But before we even resume our 'conversation' I'm starving.." Nick stated, his stomach and Judy's both growling suddenly, both of them chuckling as if their minds were wired on agreeing they were starving.

"Yeah.. we need to go somewhere to eat like now.. you know what happens when I get hungry.." She growled in a jokingly manner, flashbacks in Nick's mind by the time she nearly scratched him too death as he gorged down on both of their meals during duty. Nick stiffened up and threw the car into 2nd gear, Judy bursting out laughing, seeing actual fear etched across his face.

It was fun how Judy could easily scare him back. Both were good hustlers, but Nick knew he couldn't deny Judy was always the best at it, it was how they even got paired up in the first place. And he knew never to mess with an aggravated bunny that hasn't eaten since yesterday, because it wasn't going to end well if you didn't get food A.S.A.P.

Nick adapted to Judy's behavioral stats, seeing her emotions as if it was a completely filled book. And as Nick and her pulled into the driveway of a diner and quickly ordered their food from a drive thru, he could see her fidgeting slightly, her foot seeming to lightly tap in a nervous manner as they parked. Nick didn't mind, as he expected she most likely chugged down several cups of carrot lattes, as she usually did. But his mind couldn't help but feel a twinge of concern in her mood, but Nick quickly brushed it aside as Judy devoured her food, Nick not far behind.

After a frenzy mess of sloppy burger wrappers, and fries all over the seats, they at last reclined back, their stomachs begging for no more food, feeling as if both were about to pop. These were the moments Nick enjoyed, just him and Judy. He loved her gentle caring behavior, and how they could do anything together, and it was always a blast.

Nick felt as if his heart nearly skipped a beat as his hand touched Judy's briefly, their claws intertwined just the slightest bit, both of them quickly letting go, turning their faces away from each other. Nick gulped slightly as he touched his hand, the slightest scent of Judy entangled into his fur. He smiled and suddenly reclined back, and put the car back into first gear, Judy looking at him in confusion, obviously enjoying the silence of just her and Nick together.

"Nick..." She groaned as Nick chuckled, pulling out of the driveway.

"Not today Carrots, we're not sitting in a car all day, I actually have another plan into mind.." He whispered into Judy's ears, Judy suddenly panicking slightly.

"Nick... Nick... what are you- OH MY GOD!" She screamed as he put the car into sports mode, drifting through the corners, horns honking at his car. Judy slammed into the arm-rest, Nick laughing as Judy screamed loudly. To Nick, it sounded like music to his ears.

"YOU WEREN'T KIDDING NICK, I GET IT! JUST PLEASE, SLOW DOWN!" But Nick was having way too much fun with this and his little joy-ride. He swerved the car and did a doughnut in the alleyway. He then rushed out back onto the street, and did one more drift, his tires squealing, smoking as he started to slow down. But Nick made a bad mistake. Right behind them was a police cruiser sitting in the corner, the tinted windows suddenly flashing different colors as the sirens turned on. Judy slumped in her seat, devastated as Nick nervously chuckled. He pulled to the side of the road in the far left lane, Nick's palms sweaty on the steering wheel.

He was thinking of some many excuses, so many ways to get himself bailed out of getting a ticket. Judy on the other hand was just one second away from pointing the finger at Nick, wanting so badly not to be involved in whomever was pulling in over. Judy was hoping it was a weekend intern, who filled in and didn't really know anyone at the ZPD, but her hopes were shattered as a large buffalo walked up to the window. Nick gulped as he rolled it down, Chief Bogo's face emotionless as she starting writing a ticket in his hand. He quickly slammed it into Nick's paws, crumpled, and was about to walk away when he said,

"Can't wait to see you in my office, both of you on Monday. We're gonna talk about your 'joyride' I caught on the security cameras." And with a smirk on his face, he walked off, hopped back into the cruiser, and left off, without making any sound. As Nick looked at Judy, he could of sworn her fur turned a different color, a reddish tint now visible. She gripped Nick's shirt and tugged her muzzle into his almost, screaming.

"Sweet Cheese and crackers Nick, I'm going to kill you!"

Ahh, the joys of having a bunny an over reactive bunny as your best friend.