Author's notes: Thank you all for the comments you left, it means a lot that you would go out of your way just to say i'm doing a good job or your helping me critique my work. As i'm sure you've all waited long enough, here is chapter two. Enjoy.

Judy was mad, no she was furious that Nick had left her alone at the movie theater without a ride home. The walk hadn't been too bad, or at least it wouldn't have been if it wasn't already getting very windy out do to the season. Out of all the things that were making her mad that night, the one that stuck out the most was the fact that she thought her and Nick were really connecting but as soon as she got too close, he just built up another wall to keep her out. But a pit in her heart soon sunk just as she thought that.

"That's it" she thought. As soon as she gets home the first thing that's going to happen is Nick is going to get a very angry phone call from a very angry bunny. She stormed off even faster towards home to do just that.

As soon as she reached her "humble abode" as she liked to call it, Judy grabbed her phone from the desk and dialed Nick's number. It rang, then it rang again, it did so several more times all the while an anxious rabbit was tapping her foot at a quickening pace. Soon it went to voicemail.

"Hi you've reached Nick Wild, if you're calling about a hustle i'm sorry to tell you but i'm done with all that, otherwise just leave a message at the tone. BEEP"

Judy all but yelled "NICK WILD YOU INSUFFERABLE FOX, BY THE TIME I GET MY HANDS ON YOU YOU'LL BE BEGGING FOR URSULA TO TAKE YOU BACK TO POLICE TRAINING." And then she ended the call and slammed the phone back down on her desk with all her might.

"OH GOD THE NERVE OF THAT FOX" she screamed.

"HEY WOULD YOU KEEP IT DOWN OVER THERE" came her next door neighbors. "SOME OF US WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO GET SOME SLEEP."

Judy was about to retort but instead decided on just getting some sleep herself. As she thought Judy finally decided to go to Nick's house tomorrow and PERSONALLY give him a piece of her mind. Sleep finally overtook the tiny ball of rage as she drifted off into the depths of her own mind.

10 YEARS EARLIER

Nick was was walking down a dark alley in the forest district. Times were tough at this point for the fox. He had just started to get into hustling bigger jobs. It was more out of desperation than greed as he desperately needed a place to stay and food. He had been barely staving off starvation as it is. He had just met up with one of his conning buddies to divvy up the money from their latest pool, swindling some money from a mob boss. All went pretty well and now they were skott free. While his buddy, a skunk that was now very cold in his hind area, headed home, Nick was making his way to a cheap motel he had been staying at.

Only a couple blocks away He thought he'd cut through a patch of forest to speed up the trip as rain had just begun to poor. As Nick he was making his way through the sound of a low growl caught his attention. The sound seemed to come from behind him and as he turned to see what it was the fox was greeted by a tall shadowy animal that the sound was resonating from. Before Nick could even mutter a word the creature pounced atop him with horrific strength.

PRESENT DAY

Nick awoke to a thudding sound coming from what sounded like his front door. " Well at least i made it home last night" he groaned. He had a splitting headache and his room looked like a war zone. Before he could even get up to check the front door he heard the most terrifying scream of his life.

" NICK WILD GET YOUR FLUFFY ASS OUT HERE", Judy yelled through the apartment door. She knew Nick heard her, and maybe some of his neighbors as well. Right as her knuckle was inches away from releasing another loud knock the door opened to a very disheveled and tired looking fox. He was still wearing his shirt and pants from last night, but they were covered in holes. All the anger Judy had pent up disappeared, almost.

"Oh my god Nick are you okay, what happened to you?'' she said, voice filled with concern.

For once in his life, Nick wasn't sure what to say. 'I can't tell her what happened or she'll think i'm a nutcase, he thought, but I don't think i'll be able to lie my way out of this one either'. "Yeah i'm okay, I just had a long night after the movies. Which I left you at didn't I?" His face took on a very shameful expression.

"Yes you did and i'm still angry about that, but I want to know what happened to you before I start yelling about our date last night." As soon as she said that she regretted it. Last night had been special for her because she got to spend time with Nick, but she still wasn't sure how he felt about it.

Nick was trying to process what Judy had just said. 'Had she considered last night a real date' he thought. He didn't necessarily dislike what she said, it just caught him off guard. Trying to recover quickly he put his emotional mask on and realized Judy was feeling embarrassed by what she just said, which was made obvious by her bright pink ears. "I had some plans with Finnick last night and I completely forgot about and didn't remember them until we left the theater" he said while doing his best to look convincing.

Judy wasn't satisfied with his answer and decided to push, "So what happened to you and all your clothes?"

Nick's brain had woken up (for the most part) and he could finally think straight enough to make a convincing kie, "I met Fin at a bar and he got pretty drunk while we were there, he tried to get into a fight with a porcupine and I got my clothes shredded breaking them up. Then I carried the little toot toot back home and walked to my place." Although he looked calm, Nick was completely terrified Judy wouldn't believe him.

'He should know by now that I don't believe his lies' she thought. Although when Nick did lie, it was usually for a good reason. But Judy wouldn't let him off the hook so easily. " You're really losing your grip Nick, now tell me what really happened."

Nick was defeated, but he still couldn't tell her what happened. "Look Judy, I owe you an answer but I really can't tell you what happened. Just know that I can't tell you for a really good reason and it's for the best if I don't" he said sincerely.

Judy wanted to know what happened, but she had no choice but to trust Nick on this. "Fine, but we're going out for breakfast to make up for leaving me and you're going to pay for it."

"You know fluff, you'd make a great hustler one day. And if we're going for breakfast you might as well come in while I get changed.''

As she moved closer to him to enter through the door she noticed what look like part of an old scar that was poking out of a tear. Before she had a chance to ask about it he spoke, "Alright just wait right here for a moment'' he stated before leaving to go to his bedroom.

After he had left Judy started gazing around his living room, it consisted of a simple looking couch situated across from a small flat screen. Part of the living room connected to a small kitchen that had a fridge and stove. The rooms were pretty bland but surprisingly clean for how much of a slob Nick was.

The only real decoration in the room was a small photo of three foxes, it looked like two of them were a couple and the kit was probably 4 or 5 years old. Then Judy realized it must be Nick and his parents. They were all smiling and seemed to be on a picnic. They were in some grassy field with a familiar looking bridge in the distance. While she was looking at the picture Nick had snuck up behind her.

" I was five when we took that picture" Nick said causing Judy to jump up and turn around.

"D-don't do that to me" Judy stammered. "And sorry if I was snooping around, I just really like that picture"

"No it's okay, and sorry for scaring you. I figured you would want to know a little bit about the picture."

"You're forgiven, and I do. Are those your parents in the picture?''

"Yeah, it was taken a long time ago. That's actually the same place you came and found me after the press conference" Nick said.

"I thought it looked familiar, I haven't seen that place in over a year."

"Yeah, i've had a lot of memories there growing up. I used to go on picnics with my mom and dad. It used to be so much fun" he said fondly, yet he looked kind of sad at the same time.

Judy was happy Nick was opening up to her like this. "Hey Nick, how come your parents didn't come to your police graduation ceremony."

Nick looked at the ground and sighed. "Sorry carrots but that's a memory i'll have to tell you about another day, I want to stay relatively happy while we eat breakfast. So are you ready to go?"

The way Nick spoke about his family made Judy start to feel sad, but she tried to at least look happy for Nick, "Yeah i'm ready to go".

And with that they made their way out of Nick's apartment to go find a place to eat.

Author's notes: Hey everyone i'd like to thank you all for the reviews you left because they really help inspire me to write more for you all. I know this chapter's a little slow paced but I know the next one will prove to be much different. I would also like to thank my friend Alec for reviewing the previous chapter to get it up to standards. I always welcome reviews from you guys and I hope you have a wonderful day.