"Get up, you dumb fox!" Nick heard as he was being shaken awake.
It was getting brighter, his eyes finally opened.
"Mmmm? Oh, hey there Carrots." He said with a smile.
"What could possibly make you want to wake up a sleeping fox?" He asked.
"You've been asleep well over 9 hrs, Nick! It's mid-afternoon now." Judy replied.
Nick just yawned and said:
"It's called enjoying a day off. I've hardly had decent sleep."
"Well, I'm afraid that just comes with the territory. It's a price we all cops must pay but it's worth it."
"Heh…spoken like a true cop. It's worth every minute because I get to spend it with you."
"Are you trying to butter me up?"
"I don't know? Is it working?"
"Dumb fox…"
Nick just smiled, he still enjoyed getting under her skin though now-a-days it was more in a playful way.
"So, you going to fix me something since I skipped about 2 meals today?" He asked.
"I don't know, are you going to keep picking on me like that?"
"You know I only pick on you because I love you."
Judy smiled and walked up to Nick who was sitting shirtless in bed and gripped his paw, and looked lovingly into his eyes.
She stared into those big green, half-lidded eyes for what seemed like forever.
She finally kissed him and said:
"That's what I love about you. You keep me in my toes."
"Do you know how hard it is to keep up with a speedy little bunny?"
"I don't know, you seem to know what you're doing, or do I make it too easy for you?"
"Wait, are you saying you go easy on me on purpose?"
"Mmmmmm, maybe…"
"Aw, come on, Carrots!"
Judy giggled.
"You're such a dumb fox, sometimes."
"And I thought I was the one keeping you on you're toes…"
"Maybe you are, and maybe you're not."
"There you go again, giving me mixed signals."
"Can you keep up or not?"
"Judy, I'm up for anything with you."
"Mmm, that's my fox!"
"So I'm you're fox now?"
"Well…uh…you always have been my fox…"
They both grew silent for a moment or two. Nick, turned the phrase over in his head, almost as if he didn't think Judy would ever say such a thing about him but it shouldn't even come as that big of a surprise. They have been dating for about a month or two after all. Yet here he was, surprised by the statement as if she's never said it before.
"Wow, Judy…that's uh…that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me…"
"Well, I mean it, Nick! You mean so much to me and I wouldn't have it any other way."
Nick smiled and drank in her beauty.
"Well in that case, you're my bunny. My one and only…"
Judy returned a smile, kissed him and said:
"Thanks, Nick. I know no one cares about me more than you do."
"You mean more to me than anything, everyone else. There are millions of mammals in this city. I know every single one of them and out of them all, I choose you."
They held paws and looked into each other's eyes for awhile but were interrupted by the sound of Nick's growling stomach.
"Heh, whoops! Forgot I was hungry there for a second…"
"Dumb fox…how about I take you out to dinner?"
"That would be great, my bunny."
