Authors Note: Soo I'm really glad people are liking this! I've kinda failed on my other stories but Im really feeling this one. Feel free to leave constructive criticism, what you want to see or don't see, or just ask questions!

Story Notes: Though I am kind of making it up as I go, I do have a plot and new characters coming in to help make the story make sense, i.e. Nick's girlfriend. So just hang tight!

P.S.- Some chapters will be up the next few hours, next day or in a week, no set schedule.

~Purple Feline

Chapter 1.

Just a Friendly Dinner

Judy had her elbow resting against car door and head on her hand as she drove their hell of a police car down the roads of Zootopia, doing morning patrol. Nick was rambling on about some new con artists that have been roaming the streets since he left the streets open for rookies. Or so he heard from Finnick, his ex con partner but still very good friend.

The lead officer had barely been listening to the conversation, save for the important parts in case Nick caught her not paying attention. Her thoughts were roaming elsewhere. Her supposed best friend has been lying to her about hanging out on some nights cause he was either sick, too tired, or needed alone time. All of it was bullshit, just to go out and be with someone else. Judy felt the pain in her chest again and she winced. What was so wrong with her that Nick couldn't hang out with or go on dates?

Woah.

Did she really just think of going on dates with Nick? Her partner, her best friend, her lover….

It wasn't until she looked up did she notice the light had turned red, did she slam on the breaks. Throwing Nick forward, then backward, his head slamming into the car seat, while Judy had a death grip on the wheels and foot hard on the brake. She looked over towards Nick who was rubbing the back of his head and slightly glaring at her.

"You know, if you wanted me to shut up, all you had to say was shut up." He said, still rubbing the back of his head.

Judy sighed, laying her head back and looking up at the ceiling of the car, why was this causing her so much stress? Nick raised a brow at how unusual she was being, and folded his arms across his chest, "Alright Judy, what's wrong?"

She knew he was being serious when ever he called her by her real name, which was very rare. Like really rare. She sighed again, looking at the red light, hoping it would turn green before he really pushed her to answer.

He just kept staring her down, "Come on Carrots, you got at least 2 minutes before the light changes."

Judy gave a small grin at just how much he knew her, and turned to look at him, she couldn't just ask if he was dating someone, it was just cause an argument. She needed to be subtle.

"Nick, I was wondering…" She stopped and looked at the light again.

"Spit it out Carrots."

Shit. She didn't know what to say, or what to ask, anything about mentioning him dating someone would just be awkward. She had to ask something else. Something. Anything!

"Would you have dinner with me tonight?"

Judy went wide eyed at what she just asked. Anything she could have said, literally anything and she chose to ask him out on a date. Awesome.

Nick chuckled, "Really Carrots? That's all you've been stressing about? Yes I will go to dinner with you."

The bunny took a sigh of relief, it wasn't as awkward as she thought it would have.

"Lights' green by the way." He simply said taking a sip of his coffee.

Judy gasped at the number of cars behind her, angrily waving and honking for her to, as they put it, "Hurry the fuck up!"

It was a slow day, a few speeding tickets here and there but nothing too exciting. They entered the academy, greeted by familiar faces and as always the very friendly Benjamin Clawhauser, who waved excitedly at the two.

"Hey guys! How was today's adventure?" The cheetah asked, finishing up some papers and food he had on his desk.

Nick looked at Judy with a smirk, "Just a few speeding tickets that need filing, and suggestions for any good restaurants tonight."

Benjamin squealed with delight, "Oh my gosh, you have to try 'The Flaming Lizard', it has awesome fried veggies and tofu" (im going to assume every animal eats either fruits/vegetables or tofu).

Nick looked to Judy who was blushing from cheeks to ears, smirking at her like usual, "Sounds good! Little Miss bunny was all worked up in to just asking me to hang out tonight."

Clawhauser looked to Judy who was now facing away from Nick and wore a disappointed face. He may not have been known as the brightest of the police academy but he knew when someone was upset about something.

"That's awesome Nick! Alright well hand me those tickets and I'll get them filed for you, and Judy, Chief wanted to help with these files before you left." Benjamin said with a straight face. Judy looked at him with a raised brow but nodded.

Nick looked between the two and smiled, clapping his hands together, "alright then, Carrots I'll see you tonight and I'll see you tomorrow Benjamin!" The fox waved the two off before heading over to his locker.

Judy went behind the desk and hopped on the chair next to Clawhauser, "So what files do you-"

"Are you crazy!?" She was cut off by Benjamin, who was now standing in front of her, hands on his round hips.

"Did you really ask Nick out on a date, after I told you about him…dating." He whispered the last part, in case the sly fox was still lurking around.

The rabbit looked down in shame, "I didn't mean for it….I just…I don't know why I asked him that." Her hands covered her face, and she sighed, "I was so stressed about asking him about him dating, that it just came out. I didn't know what else to do."

Clawhauser sighed and patted Judy on the back, "I'm sorry Judy, I don't know what I can do to help…maybe you should just tell Nick how you feel tonight?"

Judy shook her head, "But I don't see Nick anymore than just a-"

Clawhauser cut her off again, "Did you ever realize that you get so upset about this because you do have feelings for Nick but you keep denying them?"

Judy's ears drooped down even lower, it was true, she had been denying them, but for good reason. If she did admit it, she would start acting on them and her friendship with Nick would possibly be ruined.

Clawhauser patted her back again, "Go to dinner with Nick tonight and tell him how you feel, it's the best you can do."

With that, Benjamin took the remaining files plus the tickets and headed off into the filing room. Judy still sat there, face in hands and thought over what her cheetah friend said, what harm would it to? If he turned down her feelings she would just admit it was stupid and continue their normal lives. Yeah, that would work. Her ears suddenly perked up at the thought and she brought her face up and smiled, tonight would be great. How bad could it be being turned down?

At The Flaming Lizard

Nick and Judy sat across from eachother, holding menus up, blocking one anothers view. Judy couldn't help but keep peeking above her menu at Nick, his green eyes were scanning over his menu and Judy couldn't help but look over her choice of attire. A yellow blouse with blue jeans and pink sandals, in other words cute and innocent, and hopefully Nick thought the same to.

After about a minute, Nick put his menu down and Judy did the same, he stared at her with a smirk and rested his chin on his folded hands.

"So officer Hopps, why the sudden dinner out, hm?" He asked, still keeping his trademark grin.

Judy smiled, "I just thought it would be nice to hang out. It's been awhile since we've done this."

Nick looked away for split second and his smile faded, before Judy could ask, even though she knew the answer, their waiter who was an antelope by the name of Kala, came to take their orders.

Nick let Judy go first with a wave of his hand, Judy smiled appreciatively and pointed at her food of choice, "I'll have the steaming carrot soup, with salted broccoli."

The waiter nodded and looked to Nick, his eyes roamed over his menu one last time before he closed it and looked at the antelope, "I'll have the blueberry salad with steamed zucchini."

"Absolutely, I'll just take your menus and here is the carrot wine you ordered sir." The waiter set down the bottle with two glasses and walked away.

Judy put a hand over her heart and gasped loudly, speaking in southern style of voice, "Why Nick Wilde, you shouldn't have."

Nick rolled his eyes and smiled at her, "Of course Madame."

They both laughed and Nick starting pouring them both glasses of the carrot wine. As Judy watched the orange colored liquid fill the glass, she realized this would be a good time to tell him. Now or never. Gulping, she took her glass once he was finished and started twirling the wine around as she looked for words to say.

"Nick?"

The fox eyed the rabbit as he took a sip of his wine, she looked down at her own glass and took a quick swig before she began.

"There's actually a reason I wanted you to come out to dinner with me." She said, her eyes searching for anything but his.

She could feel him staring at her, which only made it worse, how was she going to do this?

"Well, what is it Carrots?" He asked, still staring at her.

She took a deep breath, "We've been friends for awhile now, hell best friends, and in the time we've gotten to know each other, I-"

Suddenly Judy was cut off by the sight of a white furred animal that walked by her, took a seat next to Nick and promptly landed a kiss right on his cheek. If her chest didn't hurt before, it did now, only this time it didn't go away. Judy did her best to maintain her composure but the more the strange woman sat there, the more Judy saw red.

Nick cleared his throat, "Judy, I also wanted to tell you something tonight. This is Lily, my girlfriend."

Lily, who Judy could now see as a white fox, smiled kindly at the rabbit and nodded her head, "Hello."

Judy swallowed her pride and what ever else she was about to say that would have been less then appropriate and smiled back, "Hi."

The two foxes smiled at eachother and Nick turned his attention back to Judy, "I know we haven't been hanging out as much but I wanted to spend some alone time with Lily, but I wasn't ready to tell you yet."

Lily chuckled, "Yes, Nick has spoken very highly of you and wanted to wait for the right moment to tell you. Tonight was perfect, and I am so glad to finally meet you."

The hidden enraged bunny, just kept smiling and put her hands in her lap, twisting her shirt so tight she could feel it about to rip. She cleared her throat, "It's very nice to meet you to, I'm so…happy for the two of you."

The two foxes smiled brightly and Judy, while still twisting her shirt, grabbed hold of her phone, unlocked it and typed a message before putting it back in her pocket. Hoping the message she sent would be answered soon, she took another sip of her wine, trying her hardest not to spill it on Lily's perfect white fur.

"Judy thanks again for-" Nick's sentence was cut off by Judy's ringtone, the song "Try Everything" by Gazelle rang out and the bunny quickly pulled it out of her pocket.

"I'm sorry I have to take this." She said in a montone voice.

Nick raised a brow, "Sure."

The bunny quickly left the table and headed towards the bathroom, she couldn't stand a minute being there or she'd lose it. As soon as she entered the lady's bathroom, she answered the phone.

"Judy? What's going on? Are you okay?" Came the voice of Clawhauser.

"No, no I'm not." Judy could feel tears starting to form but she held it back, "Nick brought his girlfriend tonight."

"What?"

She sighed, hating to have to repeat what she dreaded, "Nick brought his girlfriend."

Clawhauser gasped, "Oh gosh Judy, I'm so sorry, no wonder you wanted me to call you."

"Listen Benjamin, I need an excuse to leave, every time I look at her, and him, together…its driving me nuts."

There was a moment of silence before the cheetah responded, "Tell Nick I called, and say Bogo needs the Artison's case done by tomorrow morning and I really need you here. Once you leave come to my place and we can talk things over okay? Call me when you're done."

Judy sighed, and nodded, "Alright, thanks Benjy."

"No problem, Jude."

She hung up the phone and exited the bathroom, returning to the table while the two stared at her question. She noticed her food had arrived but looking at Lily again made her lose her appetite.

"What was that all about?" Nick asked.

She didn't sit down, hinting at that she was about to leave, "Clawhauser called, Bogo wants the Artison's case done by tomorrow morning and Clawhauser needs my help so unfortunately I have to cut this night short." In her mind she was jumping up and down that she was leaving.

Nick's ear folded back, "You sure?"

Judy nodded and eyed the bottle of carrot wine, "Which means I'll be needing this." The bunny took the bottle and put it at her side, not caring if Nick's precious girlfriend didn't get a glass.

Nick raised a brow at her, it wasn't like her to plan on getting wasted while doing work. Sighing Nick got up and went over to hug her, Judy would have loved this but she couldn't give him a full hug, and he noticed it. "See you tomorrow then."

Judy nodded again and looked towards Lily who was still smiling, "I'm sorry I have to leave on short notice but duty calls."

Lily got up as well and went to hug the bunny as well, a hug that was very unwanted, "Of course, I understand. Perhaps some other time?"

Hopps smiled, "Sure, alright take care guys." She lied through her teeth.

And with that, Judy turned around and left the restaurant, finally letting the tears she had been holding back, fall.