AN: My editor was too busy to correct anything in this chapter and I couldn't wait any longer, and thanks so much for the reviews, favorites, and follows so far! I hope you keep enjoying the story!

It was a quarter to seven as Judy checked her alarm clock and was finishing applying the make-up that Fru-Fru and her bought after an afternoon of shopping and catching up. Fru-Fru gave her some great tips of what to use to match the dress she was wearing and also some dating tips as she had confessed to her girlfriend it was her first ever date especially with the fox she loved. Being a married shrew, Fru-Fru knew what she was talking about so Judy trusted her advice.

She took a deep breath as she faced the mirror, she was wearing a long red dress, earrings, a single gold chain, eye shadow, and blush. She said to herself, "Okay, don't be nervous… Just because it's your first date doesn't mean you have to be scared. You know Nick enough to not have to worry about anything… we'll both have a good time tonight, we get to meet Gazelle in person! What could be better?"

A voice from the thin wall behind her said, "Nothing."

Another voice followed, "That is so unfair! She gets to see Gazelle in person, why don't we ever get to do stuff like that?"

"It's also her first date."

Nick's right, I really should move out of this place… Too many nosy neighbors… A knock came at the door, Speaking of which…

The voice had read her mind, "Bet that's her date right now."

She rolled her eyes as she headed to the door and quickly checked herself to make sure she was looking good. When she had opened the door she saw the fox was dressed in his finest, have a black tuxedo and black tie, he was holding a bouquet of roses while gawking.

She giggled, "Hi. Those are for me?"

"Uh…" he stammered before coming back to his senses, "You look amazing…" he handed her the flowers.

"Thank you." she quickly set them in a vase. "You look great yourself."

"Ready to go?" he held his paw out.

"Yes." she took it as they headed down the hallway, Judy took a quick glance back of the neighbors watching them from their door.

She said to her date, "Think you can help me find a new apartment next week?"

"Oh?" he smirked, "The neighbors giving you trouble again?"

"They mean well, but they can be so snoopy."

He chuckled, "Can you blame them? After all that's a thin wall between you and them."

"I guess. I just wish they would mind their own business."

"Listening in on you is their business."

"Thanks… that makes me feel so much better now…"

"Well, it just means that I'll be helping you find a new place." he held the car door open for her and she smiled at him as she stepped in.

Nick had shotgun this time, as it was part of their agreement, on-duty, Judy drives, off-duty, Nick drives.

"You have the address to Gazelle's penthouse apartment?" she asked him.

He took out the sheet, "Right here, it's a good thing Ben has good handwriting, or else we would have gotten lost."

"When we get there, there will be a security guard asking for names, it's a good thing the Chief had the agent write us on the list."

"Let's face it, Carrots, you're a lucky charm."

"I am lucky, lucky to have you by my side."

The fox smirked back at her.

The penthouse party was in full swing as animals, predator and prey, was dressed up, drinking champagne, and eating at the dessert table.

Nick whistled as he took in the scene, "Fancy digs…" he looked up to see the large chandelier.

Judy whispered, "It belongs to a famous celebrity, what did you expect?"

"Speaking of celebrity…" he moved his partner's head toward the crowd of animals mingling with Gazelle wearing a long red sequined dress.

Judy gasped, "It's her, it's really her…"

The famous singer started walking to where Judy and Nick were and Judy panicked and ducked underneath the table.

Nick followed after her and asked the bunny, "Carrots? What are you doing?"

"I was…" she took off her left earring and planted it on the floor, "looking for my earring, I dropped it."

"Judy, don't tell me you're scared of meeting Gazelle?"

"No! No, why would I…" she stopped when she saw the 'not buying it' expression on his face. She sighed, "Yes, I'm scared… It's just I'm such a huge fan and if I say something to her, I might offend her…"

He smiled, "Hey, if you do you do… Gazelle is just an ordinary animal like you and me; she's not some goddess that's going to smite you for saying the wrong thing. Besides, we still have a job to do, and we're not going to be able to do it if you're just going to hide all night."

She took a deep breath, "You're right. You're absolutely right!"

"You know I am."

She started crawling out, "I thought making you an officer would deflate some of that ego of yours… and I…" she looked up to see Gazelle staring back at her. "Miss Gazelle! I was just… looking for my earring!" she nervously chuckled and she could her partner's stifle laughter that she wasn't doing a very good job covering up.

But Gazelle was smiling, "Officer Hopps, is it?"

Judy was blushing, "Yes?"

"I remember you from the rally, and I've heard how you discovered the truth that predators were going savage against their will."

"Well, it wasn't just me…" she looked at her best friend.

Gazelle faced Nick, "Yes, Officer…"

"Wilde. Nicholas Wilde at your service." he gave a corny bow causing Judy's eyes to roll.

"I've also heard how you helped Officer Hopps solve the case, we're quite lucky to have you with the police."

Judy had to ask, "I don't suppose you know why we're here? Your agent called the station asking to give you addition protection."

She lowered her voice, not wanting anyone around them to hear. "Yes, it was at my request we bought in the police due to the… incidents…"

Nick whispered back, "Yeah, the chief told us of your so-called accidents."

"It has become unnerving… Once, I can understand, but so many strange things have been happening that I do not think it's a coincidence."

Judy inquired, "Do you think there's someone who would intentionally hurt you?"

"I do not want to believe that, I am much loved by my fans, that I do not know who would."

Nick had a pen and paper out, "That reminds me, we have a friend that is one of your biggest fans, in fact, Officer Hopps here is also a huge fan."

"Nick!" her cheeks went red with embarrassment, "You didn't have to tell her that!"

Gazelle however was giggling, "It's alright, I am use to it," she took the pen, "What is your friend's name?"

"Ben Clawhauser." Nick replied.

Gazelle wrote and handed the autograph back which Nick and Judy read it and their eyes widen.

Nick cleared his throat, "Gazelle, no offense, but if we give this to him, he's liable to get a heart attack."

Gazelle just giggled as a spotted leopard came up to them.

"Gazelle, it's time for your speech."

"Thank you Carlos."

"And are these the cops we requested for?"

"Yes, sir," spoke Judy, "Officers Hopps and Wilde."

"Excellent. Now if you'll excuse us." he lead the popstar to the middle of the room where the chandelier was and he tapped a glass to get everyone's attention. "Thank you all for coming, as we celebrate the eight years of growing success of Gazelle's music career. What started as a young soloist in her high school's choir is now one of the hottest singers around! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, Gazelle!"

The crowd applauded as did Judy and Nick.

Gazelle spoke, "Thank you my friends, as I never would have made this far without your support and the millions of animals I am proud to call fans…"

She kept on speaking as Nick noticed how crooked the chandelier was looking… That's odd… it wasn't like that before… then he saw it was slowly slipping and it was on top of Gazelle! With one quick move he pushed her out of the way just as the chandelier had fallen!

There was screaming and Judy had to shout, "Everyone remind calm! ZPD is on the case!" she rushed to where Nick and Gazelle was, "Are you alright?!"

"We're fine, Judy."

"Yes, thanks to this brave officer…"

"You better call the Chief; this was no ordinary accident…"

"How do you know?"

"I checked out the chandelier when we came in, and it wasn't the same when Gazelle was speaking…"

"Got it."

The chief and the squad had arrived at the crime scene in no time, and began questioning guests and investigating the broken chandelier.

"I commend you on a job well done, Wilde." Chief Bogo told the fox.

"Thank you, sir, that's very big of you to say." he smirked knowing he was reminding the chief of his bigotry ways of when Judy was first enlisted.

Gazelle told the chief as he was mustering his professional stance as much as he could, "I want to thank you for sending Officers Hopps and Wilde, I fear things would have been different, had they not been here…"

Bogo nodded and told his small officers, "You two clean up nice and it looks like I made the right call sending you in. From now on, I want you to protect Gazelle 24/7. I'll take over for the rest of the night, but I want you back here bright and early tomorrow morning. So if you were planning on doing anything else tonight, I suggest you forget about it and get some rest."

"Yes, Chief." Judy said, and she looked over to Nick who didn't seem so happy about the new order and nudged him to respond.

He begrudgingly said, "Yes, sir."

"So much for dinner…" Nick said behind the wheel.

"We'll just have to try again after the case."

"Is this what all our dates are going to be like from now? Work getting in the way?"

She sighed, "Being a police officer wasn't going to be easy, we have to protect the city of Zootopia."

"I took the job so I could be with you, Carrots. You know how great a team we are."

"I know…" she chuckled, "I would still be a meter maid if it weren't for you…"

"I was under the impression you were going to be fired…"

"Well… yeah. You really saved me back there when the Chief was throwing the book at me."

He sighed as he wrapped his paw around her. They didn't need to say anything else on the car ride.

"Tell me everything!" Fru-Fru was on video cam with Judy's phone.

"Well, we didn't get very far… You see a chandelier nearly came down on Gazelle!"

"Whoa!" both her neighbors said behind the wall.

"Oh my goodness! Is she alright?!"

"Yeah. Nick pushed her out of the way in time."

"Gracious!"

"I can tell you when he picked me up; he was shocked to see me in my dress and make-up."

"Aww! I told you so!"

"And he gave me roses."

"That's so sweet!"

One of the voices said, "When do you think you'll go out again?"

Fru-Fru said on the phone, "Neighbors again?"

Judy sighed, "Yes…"

"You really need to move out, girl."

"I know, that's why Nick's going to help me look for a new apartment once everything with Gazelle has been straightened out."

Fru-Fru gave a sly look, "You know if my father heard you said that, he would think that you were moving in together…"

"Well that's certainly not the case, but does he have a problem of couples living together before marriage?"

"Well, Daddy is a traditional shrew… After all he took pride in me getting married."

"That is true…"

"When do you think we'll hear your wedding bells?"

Judy blushed, "Not for awhile, that's for sure… but… I have no doubt in my mind that Nicholas P. Wilde is the one for me!"

Fru-Fru clapped her hands together.

"Aww…" the voices said.

Judy drowned them out as she imagined her wedding, at the station or her hometown. She was wearing a white gown and was walking down that aisle, to where her groom was. Her best friend, Nick Wilde.