Judy woke up the next morning with an elephant sized headache. her blankets must have bunched up around her waist because there was a heaviness around her ribcage. She tried to push them off but it didn't work. instead they got heavier, like they were holding her captive. reluctantly she opened her eyes and screamed when she saw an arm wrapped around her.

"AHHHH!"

"AHHHH!" nick screamed falling off the bed onto the floor. judy pulled the covers up to cover herself even though she was in an overgrown hoodie. her eyes darted around the room and landed on the half naked fox on the far side of the bed.

"Nick? what am i doing in your apartment?" she asked

"uh" nick had not even woken up and he was already being asked to explain himself? people nowadays didn't even have the decency to wait until after he had his coffee! sheesh

"Nick why am i in your bed?" judy asked as the night before came dotting back into her mind

"you don't want to know." nick said getting up and walking out of the room. he came back a few minutes later to see judy hiding under the blankets.

"Judy, what are you doing?" he said shaking his head and sitting on the edge of the bed next to her with the first aid kit. he pulled the blankets down off her head and took the torn peice of shirt off her forehead. judy never responded. she just sat there as nick washed the cut on her forehead with alcohol and put a patch like bandaid over it.

"talk to me carrots." nick said after closing the kit. judy turned away from nick. "I text the chief and told him we wouldn't be in today, McHorne and DelGato are covering for us." still she said nothing "what's wrong?" nick asked in frustration "If you don't tell me then i don't know how to fix it!" judy curled up into a ball and pulled the blankets over herself once more. then it dawned on him. she was crying because of lastnight.

"Judy, it's okay..." he said sitting full on the bed indian style

"No it's not! it's humiliating!" Judy finally said from under the blankets "i finally want to tell you i love you and you are on the dance floor kissing that, that vixen!"

"Two things. first she kissed me, i was the kissee, she was the kisser, and two, did you forget i told you that i love you?" he said that second thing really fast so she wouldn't be able to understand it.

"It didn't matter if- huh?" judy pulled the blankets down and looked at him curiously.

"Yeah that's right fluff, she kissed me and i didn't return the kiss in fact i pushed her away." nick said rocking back and forth "i practically ran over to the bar and was gonna ask you to say we were under cover!" this made judy laugh sadly. "Thankfully you play an amazing drunk! we came back here to watch movies and you hit your head on the coffee table when you got up to get some popcorn." Nick was lying and judy knew it, but she liked this version of last night better "i tell ya, if you hadn't shown up at the party when you did i'd have been a goner for sure!" nick said smiling at judy "i couldn't let you walk all the way back to your apartment with the possibility of getting a concusion. so after you changed out of your dress into my old hoodie you took the bed and i took the couch."

"So how did you end up in here?" she asked wondering what his explaination was going to be.

"you were having nightmares, you asked me to sit by you for a bit, i must have fallen asleep. sorry for scaring you cottontail."

"Thanks for being there for me, nick" judy said "I think im gonna go back to sleep." her head stil hurt like hell.

"ok," nick said and he got up so she could lay down. he was almost out the door when he heard her call to him.

"Nick?"

"What's up fluff?"

"Will you sit by me?" judy asked "Just in case?" she added quickly

"What are friends for?" nick said sitting down next to her. she fell asleep quickly and when he was sure she wouldn't wake up if he moved he went to the kitchenfor coffee. she caught him in the lies, and he knew it, but he also knew she didn't really remember what happened so it would be fine. then he made a mental note not to get that bunny drunk unless he was prepared for the craziness that was Judy Hopps. he looked at her from the kitchen table. yep he was in love and so was she. he stared at her with warmth in his eyes and looked at a small box he had on the counter. he'd tell her, tomorrow when he took her to lunch.