Chapter 3

Nick and Victoria had finished their meal having been very satisfied with how it tasted, Nick had paid the bill and they were now on their way out of the door. They got to his car and got in ready to finish the night off by going and seeing a movie at the theater.

"Hey Nick we don't have to go to the theater if you don't want to go ". Victoria looked over at Nick seeing that he was giving her a questioning look.

"Is there some issue with the date, are things not going the way you want them to ", Nick wasn't all that worried about making a relationship out of this or anything but he did at least want to make the night enjoyable of the vixen.

Victoria had taken a claw file and was filing down her claws." Oh no it's not that Nick it's just you seem distracted about something it must be something to do with work you are a cop after all ." She just smiled at the tod.

Nick didn't want to admit it but he was distracted about something but it wasn't about work. He was still thinking about the text that Judy had sent him it was so out of the blue for her to sent it and it just caught him off guard . He did not know that he was letting it show that he was thinking about something else.

He felt bad for making Victoria feel like he was not paying attention. Yes he was thinking about Judy but he was still on a date with Victoria so for now at least he had to get Judy out of his head, however hard that may be and focus and show the vixen that he was with right now a good night.

"Well Victoria if you'd rather be taken home I can take you home" he looked over to see her reaction as he brought the car to a stop at a red light. The vixen seemed to be thinking on the question he had just asked.

She looked over to the tod," I think tonight is over but you can make it up to me and watch a movie on a date night number two"

Nick was lost he hadn't even expected there to be a second date, he wasn't terrible on the date tonight but he was not good either he did not really try to make the date extraordinary or anything just an ok date. Noticing that the female fox had been watching him since she made her comment waiting for his answer. Nick did not know what to say and he knew but would never admit it but his heart only had room for Judy. He knew this was a little odd of him but he did not care, but it did not help the fact that he could not be with her.

He thought to himself if he could not be with Judy the best course of action would be to for him to pursue this with Victoria at least for now, given the fact that Victoria was great mate material. A horn started blaring from behind their car, the light had turned green so nick moved forward to make the horn stop. Nick could see out of the corner of his eye that Victoria was still looking at him waiting for his answer to her invitation to a second date.

"A second date could be fun, since I do owe you a movie and I'm not a fox who likes owing mammals things", the vixen only smiled at his response to her offer, Nick noticed that she seemed very pleased that he had agreed to have a second date with her.

Victoria grinned thinking that if the tod had agreed to the date then she was on a fast track to making him hers and all hers. She didn't have to think about that bunny anymore because there was no way that she was any kind of threat to her in terms of making the tod her mate. She would make him fall for her it was only a matter of time.

Judy woke up with a startle to the slamming of a door, realizing that it was just her noisy next door neighbors returning home from wherever they had been. They were the biggest reason she wanted to move out of her apartment. The doe looked over at the alarm clock she kept on the window sill, the bright numbers read nine thirty.

Judy had fallen asleep after she sent the text to Nick, she had been exhausted from a day of paperwork and emotionally exhausted from her talk with her mother and thinking about Nick. She can admit that she thought about the fox quite often but this time it was different, she could not help but feel torn on the inside knowing that Nick was on a date therefore making him that much more out of reach of her in a romantic way.

She didn't know if Nick was still on his date or if he had made it home already, she was debating if she should try texting him again or not. Both the officers had the day off tomorrow and she wanted to ask him if he was free to hang out some time maybe even get lunch. The rabbit finally decided that against her better judgment that she probably should not text him right now and that she would try in the morning.

Judy rolled over in her bed her mind instantly making her think about her fox partner, she was wondering if he still was on his date or if he had made it home and was asleep, but she knew that Nick was a mammal who stayed up late most nights seeing as how red foxes were nocturnal. She pulled the blanket closer and closed her eyes waiting to fall asleep, she didn't want to keep thinking about Nick well at least for now he had been on her mind for enough today.

With that last thought the rabbit was ready to fall back to sleep when she heard her neighbors start yelling at each other to shut up, this arguing had keep her up on many occasions but tonight she was so tired that it seemed that not even their yelling was going to keep her up.

Nick parked the car on the curb just across the street from Victoria's apartment, seeing as the parking lot was full. Nick always hating crossing streets at night if there were no cross walks. It all steamed from a fear that he gained during his days as a con artist, he had almost been run over a total of three times two of them in the drivers defense just hadn't seen him since it was dark. Although the third time the driver had tried to hit him, he had heard the driver yell some light profanity along with specieist as the car swerved and tried to run him down. He had lucky jumped out of the way just in time.

He had let Victoria out of the car and after locking it they were on their way across the street to the vixen's apartment. Nick saw out of the corner of his eye that Victoria kept looking over at him as they walked.

"Take a picture it will last you longer ", only seconds after he had said what he thought to be one of the cheesiest and most cliché things to say, did he see a flash of a camera looking over to see the female fox with a wide grin.

"I guess I will have to take you up on your generous offer of a photo Mr. Wilde", the vixen laughed at Nick's blank face. "Why do you look so lost Nick you said to take a picture"?

"While I do know I am rather attractive and it's hard to resist this great looks "Nick waving his paw gesturing all over with a grin.

"I did not expect you to take such a cheesy line like that so serious", the tod was at a loss for words that she had taken his picture so suddenly over a dumb joke like that.

"Well if I am giving the opportunity to get a picture of an attractive tod like yourself ,then it would quite a waste not to take it", the female gave him what he thought to be a rather suggestive smile. They had finally reached the door to Victoria's apartment, as she looked though her black clutch bag to receive her key and unlocked her door.

"Well Nick I had a real fun night tonight we can talk later about when we will make our next date night "the vixen gave the tod a sly wink.

She opened the door to the apartment turning to the tod she quickly leaned in and gave the tod a quick kiss on the side of his muzzle before swiftly turning on her hind paws and entering her apartment only turning back to say goodnight.

Nick could just barely see the deep red blush on her elegant white fur as she shut the door behind her. He stood there lost and dumbfounded, he was caught completely off guard, he didn't really know when but he had placed his paw where he had received the kiss.

Victoria watched Nick out of the peephole in the door, she saw that he was still standing there dumbfounded with his paw on his muzzle staring at the door to her apartment. She was very satisfied with his reaction it was just a sign that he would want more and she would exploit that and make him her mate.

The Next Day

Judy had woken up at five in the morning like she did every day, she was out for her morning run. The doe preferred running in the early morning since there were less mammals out which allowed her to run that much longer.

The rabbit officer was able to run a good five miles today before the city started to wake up and all the mammals started preparing for their days. She was feeling relived that she had the day off today which was rare for her since she loved her job, but the last few days Chief Bogo had placed her and her partner on paper detail. This was a much better job than a meter maid but it was extremely boring and she hated doing.

After returning to her apartment and showering Judy picked up her phone to check for any notifications from any of the social media she used. She then decided that she would send Nick a text to see if he was doing anything with his day off, in hopes that he would not have plans. After she had sent the text she picked up the book that she keep on her nightstand and began to read, knowing that she wouldn't get to far seeing as Nick normally responded quite fast given if he was awake he might have slept in she had no idea what time he might have gotten home last night.

Just thinking about Nick having a date the previous night made Judy's chest hurt. It hurt her to think that he was with some other female but then again it wasn't as though she had any rights to him or anything, but it still hurt all the same. She had put her book down now thinking about what it would be like to be on a date with the sliver tongued tod.

She wondered if he would act like least of a jerk and make less snarky quips to everything she had to say, but as she thought about it she would actually be rather sad seeing as how those actions of his were one of the things she loved about him. Though she would never tell him that he would just take that as an excuse to be even more obnoxious but that's what made the fox who he was.

Judy had realized that she had sent the text to her partner about thirty minutes ago, she looked to her clock seeing that it read ten thirty normally the fox was up by now and would have seen her message and replied to her. Maybe she would try calling him but she would wait just in case he was still asleep.

Nick had woken up at about nine, when he woke up he tried to just roll back over and get more sleep since he had the day off with no plans though he could not seem to fall back to sleep so he got up instead and turned on the news to see what was going on today. He sat there watching the news for about an hour and half the events of last night's date still on his mind. Well not so much as the whole night but the end.

He wasn't going to linger on it to much that was just a way for her to show that she had a good time so that's a good thing at least. Nick decided that he was going see that Judy was up too since they both were off today. He grabbed his phone and started to text her then he got a fun idea, he got up and grabbed his keys and wallet. The tod had decided that he would just show up and the bunny's apartment and surprise her. He had turned off his television and was on the way to the door, when he opened the door he saw a muzzle of white fur standing outside his apartment.

"Hey Nick, how are you"

Author notes

Thank you to those of you who are reading and liking the story so far, I'm still working on my writing skills to make the story better. There's going to be more drama to come I hope you readers like what happens.