Hey, everyone! Chapter 1 of 'Try Everything' is finally up! I've been wanting to do a fic of this story ever since Zootopia came out, but haven't gotten around to it until now.
Enjoy!
Love you all,
~BelieveUnique :*
Chapter 1
~Judy~
Putting her tazer back in its holster, Judy strutted over to the police car, where the wolf sat in the back, growling. Nick slammed the door shut and clapped his hands together, leaning against the police vehicle.
"That was a pretty good one, don't you think?" Nick grinned and lowered his sunglasses, staring down at her.
Judy shrugged. "I guess so. Seemed pretty… good."
Nick nodded and took the glasses off, ruffling his hair. "We just gotta get back to home base now."
Judy snorted. "Home base?"
Raising his eyebrows, Nick crossed his arms. "Yeah, home base."
"Don't you mean Head Quarters?" Judy suppressed her laughter.
Nick nodded. "Head Quarters. Home base. Same thing."
Laughing, Judy shook her head. "No… not same thing."
It took a moment, but eventually Nick caught on to what she was saying. "You… are so immature sometimes. I never expected this from innocent little Carrots."
Scoffing, Judy leaned forward. "Innocent little Carrots? I can make a dirty joke every once in a while."
Nick rolled his eyes and kicked himself off the car, strutting to the driver's side of the car. "You didn't even make the joke, you just laughed at something I said." He shut the door behind him.
Judy crinkled her nose and ran up to the passenger's seat door, swinging it open and jumping in. "I did, too, make the joke. I do have a sense of humor."
Glancing at her, Nick started the engine and rolled down the snowy tundra road. "I didn't say that you didn't have a sense of humor, Carrots. You're just… less direct about it usually."
"Less direct about it?" Judy crossed her arms. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Nick shrugged. "It means that you're just not the type of person who goes out and parties or gets drunk, or, for that matter, thinks anything dirty in their pure, innocent mind." He raised his hand at the last part, as if it were some heavenly thing to have a pure, innocent mind.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Judy leaned forward at him, uncrossing her arms. "You don't really do that kind of stuff, do you?"
Nick simply adjusted his glasses.
Judy sat back in her seat. "I can't believe my best friend leads a second life I didn't even know about."
"Well, it isn't like I do it on a regular basis, Jude. But sometimes I go out to bars, or to parties. But the point is –"
"The point is that you don't even tell me these things and you've been my best friend for what, a year and a half now?" Judy frowned. "And why don't you invite me along?"
Nick groaned. "You just don't seem like the type of person who would enjoy that, you know? Cute little country girl going out and drinking? I don't think so. You probably couldn't handle one beer."
Judy chuckled. "You would actually be surprised."
"Why are you laughing?" Nick sharply turned his head towards her. "You mean you have drunk before?" He gasped sarcastically. "Wow, I would have never expected this from you, Carrots. Completely reckless and irresponsible. Why hadn't you told me this before? We have been friends for over a year." He leared at her, smirking. "Why didn't you invite me along?"
"Oh, shut up." Judy blushed and leaned into the seat, folding her arms once again. "I just don't know why you don't think I'm capable of all that stuff."
Nick sighed. "Judy, it just isn't you, okay? There isn't anything wrong with that. You're just… you."
Judy nodded, but she didn't really agree. Something about the way Nick was acting made her feel… weird. As if she wanted to impress him all of the sudden. And she felt jealous of all of the people who could be in Nick's life that she didn't even know about. Now that she thought about it, she really didn't know that much about Nick. Sure, he knew plenty about her – nearly everything, in fact. But she knew next to nothing about him. Nick was just not an open guy.
They stayed silent for a moment until Judy broke the silence. "You know, if we are going to be best friends, we need to know more about each other."
"What do you mean?" Nick asked, keeping his eyes on the road under his sunglasses.
"I mean that we shouldn't keep anything from each other anymore." Judy smiled. "That way we can trust each other more."
Nick shrugged. "I guess so." He shifted in his seat, obviously uncomfortable.
Judy leaned forward. "You need to promise to tell me what is going on, alright? You know I'm always here for you. We're best friends. I don't ever want you to feel alone."
A smile crept onto Nick's snout. "I don't ever feel alone, Carrots," he uttered, shifting the shades.
