Chapter 10:

As Fast As It Starts...

Nick had never been so happy in his life. Yesterday was absolutely perfect. He'd dreamed about kissing her for a long time and now it was actually a reality. After hanging out in the park for a bit longer, they hopped back in the car to finish their work for the day. They held hands and cuddled the entire time, exchanging lots of loving kisses. To finally be able to tell her how he felt about her and be able to show it to her was the greatest feeling in the entire world and just the thought of what that day would bring them had him practically floating with happiness.

First things first, he had to do something nice for her. She was his girlfriend now, and his girlfriend was going to have nothing but the best.

Before going to the police station he went to the florist and picked out the most beautiful bouquet of roses he could find.

"For a special lady?" the florist asked.

"She's a very special lady."

He raced to the police station and of course the first person he saw was Clawhauster at the front desk.

"Ooh are those for Judy? She told me you two are a thing now."

"You bet," Nick said with a wink. "Where is she?"

"I think she said she was going to your office."

Nick went into the office as fast as he could and when he opened the door sure enough Judy was sitting at her desk. She turned when she heard the door open and her face lit up with happiness when she saw him. It was hard to say good bye to him yesterday and she spent the entire night hardly able to sleep because she missed him so much. She ran over to him and jumped into his arms.

"Nick!" She kissed him. "I've missed you so much!"

"I've missed you too baby."

She giggled. She loved hearing that from him. Baby, honey, sweetie, he had called her all of those things since yesterday and she absolutely loved it.

"I got you something."

"Ooh, what?" she said excitedly.

He pulled the flowers from behind his back. "Ta-da!"

"Oh my goodness!" She smelled them. "They're beautiful Nick!" She hugged him tightly and kissed him over and over again. "Thank you."

"Anything for my beautiful girl."

She was beaming from ear to ear. She was his girl, his love, his sweet heart. She had wanted this for so long and the fact that it was now a reality made her happier than she had ever been in her life.

The rest of the day was not as smooth though. They were assigned a mission to capture a notorious robber. However, it didn't go quite as planned. It was both of their faults really but neither of them really wanted to admit it. Unfortunately when they got back to the police station their frustrations got to an all time high after being confronted by Bogo.

"So you didn't catch the robber?" Bogo said angrily.

"Well sir if it's any consolation I came this close but someone tripped me up," Nick said throwing Judy a pointed look.

"And we would have had a stronger lead if someone hadn't lost track of them when we were following them," Judy said glaring at Nick.

"I don't care what happened, all I know is that there is a serial bank robber on the loose and if we don't catch him lots of things are going to go wrong. Both of you have until next week. If want this guy in our custody sooner rather than later. If not I'm passing the job on to someone else, am I making myself clear?"

"Yes sir," they both said disappointedly.

"You are dismissed."

They left Bogo's office and went into their own to get ready to leave and recollect themselves after a failed day at work.

"Thanks for throwing me under the bus," Judy said still annoyed.

"Just telling it like it is," Nick said with a shrug.

"Most boyfriends try to keep their girlfriends out of trouble."

Nick rolled his eyes. "We were both in trouble anyway."

Judy continued to glare at him.

"Oh come on carrots, we've been dating, what, 24 hours and I'm already a bad boyfriend?"

"I never said that…"

He crossed his arms. "Then please explain to me what the anger is all about."

Judy sighed exasperatedly. "You're impossible."

"And you're ridiculous."

"I'm ridiculous for wanting my boyfriend to stick up for me?!"

"You're ridiculous for being a dumb bunny and blowing shit way out of proportion!"

"You're a dumb fox and you're an annoying asshole! If you're not going to stick up for me why would you even want to be with me in the first place?!"

He was mad and he was hurt that she would even say that. "Judy you're so full of shit! What did I ever see in you in the first place?!"

"Well I sure as hell don't know what I ever saw in you! You're the last type of person I would ever date!"

"Oh really?! Well that's just great to know that's how you really feel. How about I just call it off before it even gets started to save you the trouble?!"

"See if I care!"

"Fine!"

"Fine!"

Nick stormed out of the room and Judy grabbed the flowers on her desk and tossed them into the trash. She was shaking with anger. Some boyfriend he was. To think that Nick Wilde would ever love her and care about her enough to not be such a jerk for once.

But as the anger subsided she replayed what had just happened. She sat down in her chair when she realized they had technically just broken up. It immediately made her cry. Of course she didn't mean any of the things she said. It had been a tough day and she said things out of anger, she was sure he did too. She went to the door to see if he was still there. Sure enough he was at the end of the hallway leaning against the wall looking deep in thought.

He looked up when he saw her open the door and gave her a hard glare. The last person she would ever date huh? Fine, if that's how it was going to be then that's how it would stay. He didn't care if he ever saw Judy Hopps again. He turned away from her and left without looking back.

Judy's face fell when he left without a word. So that was it then? After wanting to be with each other for so long, sharing their first kiss and the most blissful 24 hours ever, after everything they had been through together...that was it?

She felt like her world was crashing down around her. She collapsed to her knees and cried. What had she done? She had driven away the best thing that had ever happened to her. Maybe she really was a dumb bunny after all.