"So I have some news…" Nick Wilde leaned forward closing the space between his friend Judy Hopps and himself. The noisy coffee shop echoed around the odd pair as the grey rabbit took a sip of her own beverage. While still recovering and coming to terms with their recent ended relationship the pair had resolved to stay involved in each other's lives and work towards being work partners again.

"I swear if you tell me you found a vixen I will kill you myself Nick Wilde…" Judy threatened. She meant her words to come off as a joke but there was still some hurt in her voice.

"Oh goodness no Carrots!" Nick threw up his paws in defence almost spilling his coffee. "I am not looking for anything right now… Well not anymore anyway, I found an apartment!" Judy breathed a sigh of relief. She had understood that the fox was spending far too much money staying at an extended stay across town and knowing his less than stellar credit history Nick's chance of getting a lease was close to zero.

"That is awesome news! Where is it?" The rabbit smiled.

"It's actually a few street's up…" Nick said. Something was off. His body language seemed more conservative than usual. The fox was hiding something. Years of working together and spending time together had helped the rabbit pick up on Nick's body language and subtle changes. The fox prided himself on his 'not letting them get to you,' attitude but if someone took the time the officer became an open book.

"Oh really?" Judy said. This area was close to a college campus and was far from cheap. "...Who's your roommate…" The rabbit guessed.

The fox took a quick swig of his coffee before continuing. "...Gerard… Actually…" Nick looked guilty, like he had just confessed a deep dark secret. Judy took another sip of her coffee buying time as she tried to place the name…

Her eyes shot open! "Gerard! As in the cuddly wolf down in Evidence!?" Judy spat. "How did that happen!?" The rabbit stifled a giggle as she imagined the big fluffy wolf who was known as being a morning person and a hugger rooming with the night owl fox who could barely wake up after four cups of coffee and tended to great other mammals with a quip.

"Well he has been training me and helping with any questions I have about evidence handling… I mentioned that I didn't have a permanent place lined up and he happened to have an extra room." Nick chose to skip over the massages and hugs to prevent further outburst from the rabbit.

Judy smiled and raised her cup at the fox. "You know people are going to start rumors…"

"That's why I wanted to tell you first Carrots… Kinda get you ready… And since we have been spending so much time on communication I figured we should be totally honest with each other…" Nick felt a pang of guilt in his stomach. He wanted to say more but wasn't quite sure of his feelings at the moment. If the foxes hutches were right Nick was starting to develop a crush on his 'Marshmallow.' A crush he really didn't need right now as he mended his friendship with his ex-girlfriend.

"Oh Nick I appreciate you thinking of me, but I'm a big girl. I can take care of a few nasty rumors." The grey rabbit gave the fox a confident smile.