Author's Note:

I bet everyone figured I'd just go on hiatus or something after that last chapter. That seems to be so common a theme as to almost be cliché! Worry not! If I post a cliffhanger, I already wrote the following chapter! I even provide my wife with instructions to post it in the event of an unfortunate disagreement with an asteroid or excited Pomeranian dog. So yeah, Judy and a bus. Let's find out who won!

I am not now, nor have I been, nor will I likely ever be the owner of Zootopia or its characters. The depictions of the characters herein, those belonging to Disney and those I have created to pad out their beautiful world, are not for profit, but purely for enjoyment so that, for some lucky fans, the movie never has to end.

Guardian Blue: Season One

Episode 12: Residence

Everything was disjointed and confusing. Judy could barely grasp anything that was going on. She was lying down, that was a task she was completing, yes. The ground was very hot and she wanted to get up but she couldn't make herself do anything, she was stunned. Her face hurt. The back of her head hurt. Her shoulder hurt worse than the other two combined. Someone was standing over her. It was the cheetah she had been chasing. She wanted to yank some of his spots off and stuff them up his nose. He was upset. Why was he upset, he threw her bag at her. It was his fault, whatever this was. He was yelling for help. There were other people around. Everything sounded like it had an echo and she had trouble understanding everything. She could hear her own breathing. She was panting, out of breath. Had she been running? Oh yes, the cheetah. She was chasing him. Where did he go? There was a police officer. Hey, she was a police officer she thought to herself. Hello fellow police officer. Do I know you? I do, you're Wolford, funny meeting you here. Oh, you are controlling traffic and the crowds. That's a good thing, what happened? Was there an accident? There were paramedics, they would help. They put Judy on a backboard.

"Where are we going?" she asked. The lupine police officer leaned in, a look of concern on his face.

"Hospital. You got hit by a bus, Officer Hopps. Do you know what day it is?" asked Wolford as she was secured to the backboard that was much larger than it needed to be for a bunny. The two gazelles lifted her up. She looked around.

"I was chasing a cheetah. He stole my bag. I'm okay, I don't need to go to the hospital." Judy stated dizzily.

"I have your bag in the car, so we got that back. I didn't see a cheetah. Hopps, what day is it?" Wolford asked again. The large canid followed the bunny to the ambulance. Judy's hearing was getting a little closer to normalcy; there wasn't much echo to it. Unfortunately, as the stun wore off the pain set in. She hit her head, and the side of her face hurt. She held up one of her hands. There was blood on it, but she didn't know from where.

"It's Monday." She finally answered. "Nick and I just got back from holiday at my parents' house." She leaned back, groaning a bit in pain. Okay, yeah, she needed to go to the hospital. Wolford helped the gazelles get Judy loaded in the back and they began clipping and sticking monitors to her. She felt dizzy again as the vehicle started moving. Then she felt like she was going to be sick. She groaned that information to one of the gazelles who provided her with some off-pink bucket thing and she let loose in that. She then thumped back down, head spinning and everything went black.

"Judy?" The voice was familiar. Where had she heard that? Oh yes, it was Wolford, she had just been talking to him. Where was she talking to him? She opened her eyes. It was a white and grey room which was kept a little dark because most mammals were a little light sensitive when they were injured. She looked up and saw the uniformed lupine police officer standing by her bed. Why was she in the hospital? Then she remembered. She got hit by a bus. Wolford told her that. She felt a wave of fear. How bad was it? How seriously was she hurt. She never saw a bus. It was this phantom thing she had no memory of. Was it a big bus? Of course it was, it was a bus. What color was it? Why did that matter, she wasn't reporting the accident, there were officers on the scene for that. She looked back up at Wolford.

"I got creamed by a bus." She stated flatly. She looked at the bed she was in. It was so much bigger than she needed, better for someone Wolford's size. They likely did not scale down the bed sizes very far since bigger was okay, too small was not. A new voice chimed in.

"You remember then. That's a good thing, if not much fun for you." The other voice belonged to a slender female deer standing on Judy's other side. "You are very lucky, Officer Hopps. I'm Doctor Lily Grace."

"Yep, I'm feeling totally lucky." Judy said softly.

"Are you in pain?" asked the cervine doe.

"I don't… feel anything." Judy suddenly panicked. "I don't feel anything!"

"Calm down, Judy." Doctor Grace said. "You are going to be fine. You have a concussion and some contusions, possibly tore something in your shoulder, definitely some inflammation in there, but no permanent damage. You are not feeling much because of the sedatives and painkillers. Bunnies don't like to hold still when they wake up in a weird place and they love to panic and bolt in confusion as soon as they wake up when they've been in accidents, so there are definitely sedatives in your system. They will wear off in a bit, as will the pain killers, I am sorry to say." She regarded her charts for a moment. Wolford spoke up in the offered silence.

"Bogo called Nick. He's on his way I think. He called your family before that, but he asked them to stay in Bunnyburrow as your injuries were minor. I took the liberty of charging your phone, as your mother had been trying to call it but it was dead. I thought it was broken, but it took a charge." He held up Judy's phone. The wolf was gruff and cold dealing with crime in the city, but if anyone became his friend he was generous and kind. He was one of the most social and outgoing mammals Judy knew but he kept that side of himself for after work. Nick and Judy had not been close enough with him to regard him as a friend for very long, but Wolford had a love of games, card, board games, go-karts, he really seemed like a pup at heart and as a result seemed to get along well with Nick who was good with kits. Judy smiled at him thankfully and looked at her phone. She found 37 missed calls. There were 33 from her family, and four from Nick. There were eleven messages. She took a deep breath. Her mom would be freaking out and she was still trying to reconnect to the real world, so maybe she would call Nick first. He was probably pretty worried if he was on his way back from his mom's house. She felt terrible for ruining his visit to her. He probably hadn't even gotten there before Bogo called him. Were the pies ruined?

"How long was I out?" Judy asked, pulling herself out of that train of thought.

"Only about an hour and a half. Mostly from the sedatives and pain killers."The doctor said before briskly leaving the room, seeming not terribly personable. She likely saw hundreds of mammals in a day. Judy inhaled again and dialed Nick's number on her phone. She never even heard it ring a first time.

"Judy?!" came the tense voice from the other end of the line. Judy jerked alittle. She had not expected the sheer sound of panic in her partner.

"Nick?" she asked, knowing it was him, but surprised at the level of emotion from someone whose motto was 'never let them see they get to you'. Though he had admitted in the past that she had the ability to do so, she did not expect him to sound that upset.

"Oh yes! Yes yes yes! Judy, are you okay?" Nick said, seeming suddenly breathless.

"Banged up pretty good, but nothing serious. I doubt I will be at the hospital for terribly long. I'm sorry you had to cut your trip to New Reynard short, I wish Bogo had not interrupted that." She apologized.

"Judy, it's alright, I am glad he did, he can always call with something like this, but he didn't…" Nick took a deep breath, seeming as if he needed to get his thoughts composed since he was almost hyper on the phone. Judy could not remember ever hearing him that worked up.

"Take your time, I'm not going anywhere." She chuckled a bit, and then wished she hadn't. The pain killers were definitely on their way out. She wondered if the hospital would administer some more soon.

"Bogo…" Nick continued anxiously, "…he didn't tell me your condition when he called, Ca- Fluff." He corrected himself, which seemed odd on the phone. She perked up a bit. If Bogo hadn't told Nick her condition, he might not have told her parents. They might really be freaking out. She would have to keep this call short.

"I'm fine, I had a little accident." She explained, trying to calm Nick down. He thought she was hurt badly; no wonder he was surprised that she had called. He might not have thought she would be able to. She felt better that she called him at least so that he wasn't spending his whole train ride out fretting about that. She knew how worried she would be if it were the other way around.

"Little accident?! He told me you got hit by a bus!" Nick fairly yelled, causing Judy to pull the phone away from her ear. He seemed upset, perhaps at the chief. "He said you got hit by a bus and you went to the hospital and told me what hospital you went to. That's it. That's all he told me. I thought you might not even be…" He stopped talking, taking a deep breath. There was a pause on the other end of the phone.

"Nick, I will be okay. I hurt my shoulder a bit, I got a concussion they said, and I have some bruises and a scrape on the back of my head, but I will pull through. Take a deep breath, enjoy the rest of your train ride, and I will see you in a little bit. How far are you out from Zootopia?" she asked.

"I'm still about an hour out." Nick said. "I dropped the pies off at the diner and I got right back on the next train out. I think it was the same one I came on honestly." He sighed again. "You keep comfortable. Rest. I will be there in a bit. I can talk longer if you want…" he offered, perhaps in case just being in the hospital was upsetting to her. She knew foxes did not do well in hospitals.

"I would not mind but I have to call my parents. They have left eleven messages and called more than thirty times, so I gotta get them to stop freaking out. Bogo probably didn't tell them much more than they did you, but it seems he at least told them my injuries were not life-threatening." She explained. There was a pause on the phone.

"You called… me first?" he asked.

"Yes, I knew you were on your way here. I…" She leaned back. Why did she call Nick first? Her parents were obviously more desperately trying to get in contact with her and more of her family would likely already know and be worried. Surely she wasn't just dreading telling them she was okay, that didn't make any sense.

"Judy?" Nick asked on the phone with soft concern. His voice made her feel better. She then winced a little. Of course. She had a security attachment to her partner. She was hurt and needed to feel safe. She smiled a bit at that. It was not a bad thing. She did feel better. At least she felt like she could deal with her parents.

"I'm here. I called you first, yes. I knew my call home was going to take way longer." She gave as a mostly honest explanation. It likely would take longer.

"Okay. I'm glad you aren't hurt bad, Judy. That was…" He gave a pause on the phone again. Judy listened carefully. "…scary." He admitted. The bunny nodded, though he could not see her.

"Well, just know I'm okay, you don't have to worry. I will see you in a little while." Nick said goodbye and hung up the phone. Judy then looked at her battery life. There was about 25 percent left. No getting out of this call. She opened her Muzzletime app. Her parents would want to see that she was alright, and that she was not just a head in a jar talking to them. They were peculiar like that. It rang a couple of times and Stu's huge nose appeared way too close to the screen. Judy had to turn the volume down on her phone, fearful it would disturb other patients in adjacent rooms.

"Bonnie! Bon! It's Judy, she's calling! Jude!" Stu's cheeks were matted, the emotional buck had obviously been crying.

"Hey dad. Sorry about that. I had to get my phone charged before I could actually call back. Bonnie's face pushed tight against her husband's as she peered into the phone.

"You have bandages on your head, how bad, Judy, how bad is your head, are you able to move your feet? Can you see okay?" Her mind seemed all over the place. She'd obviously been crying too. Judy sighed softly and answered quickly, trying to talk a bit louder and more confidently than the growing pain was making her feel. She did not want them knowing she was in pain.

"I'm fine, everything's fine." The younger doe stated adamantly. Her mom looked panicked.

"You got hit by a bus, Judy, your chief told us. He said you would be fine, but run over, Judy? You can't just be fine." She pushed in closer to the screen. Tears then rolled down her soft cheeks. "Oh Judy I'm so sorry, if I hadn't distracted you with those dumb questions about a stupid pillow of all things you'd have been able to pay attention to the road and you'd never have gotten hit! When your phone disconnected I thought you were just mad at me, I never thought in a million years – oh I am so sorry!" she sobbed. Judy widened her eyes. Bonnie thought her daughter got hit while taking to her! No wonder she was so freaked out.

"Mom-" she tried to talk.

"I should not have even considered that Nick would do something like that, I know how upset you were, I don't care about the pillow…" Her mom continued to ramble.

"What pillow?" Stu asked.

"Mom." Judy tried to interrupt again.

"It's nothing, just a pillow, probably got misplaced in the laundry, Judy I take full blame for this, I won't hear it any other way-"

"Mom!" Judy then cupped a hand over her muzzle, having not meant to yell. Bonnie shut up. "The accident was way after your phone call. My battery died when I was talking to you. I got tangled up with a thief on my way home and got hit while I was chasing him. It was my own dumb mistake, I think. I don't really remember getting whapped by the bus, but I promise I'm okay. I have a concussion, some scrapes and bruises but nothing's broken, heck I will probably be at work tomorrow." She wanted them to calm down.

"No you won't, I'm signing you off that till Friday at least." Doctor Grace had come into the room and Judy hadn't noticed.

"Who is that, is that a doctor?" Bonnie asked,exasperated.

"Yes, are you mom and dad?" she asked, leaning down to see the phone.

"Yes, give it to us straight." Stu said seriously. "Is she gonna be okay?"

"Next few days will be unpleasant without some painkillers so I will be prescribing those to her. She will need to stay here overnight for observation, that's standard when we have a hard bump on the head. She will need someone with her when she is on pain meds, mostly just to make sure she's not overdoing it." Bonnie spoke up.

"I can be there in the morning when she gets out." Judy rolled her eyes. No, she would not get better for weeks if she were under the watchful eye of her doting mother. She shook her head, flooded with a sense of dread. Not that, anything but that!

"Mom, no, you stay there, I have things under control here. I can stay with someone from work for a few days until I'm off the medicine." Her mind raced. Nick could look after her. Of course that's what her brain threw out there. Nick could not just take a bunch of days off work to take care of his partner, Bogo would blow a fuse. She would try to figure something out in the meantime. Her mother looked at her skeptically.

"You mean Nick?" she asked. "Are you sure? I mean, sure we trust him, but-" The injured doe's father spoke up, getting an annoyed look from his wife.

"Yup, him more than most, if he's the one lookin' after you, we know you'll be okay." Bonnie was probably going to say something against the idea, but Judy's father crimped her style. Judy grinned.

"I will be fine, I will let you know if I need anything, okay?" she stated insistently.

"Your daughter needs to wrap up the call and get some rest." The doctor gazed down at the phone. "I need to check her vitals for her charts and I can't do that while she's Muzzletiming." The doe held up a syringe. Judy looked at it with trepidation. She hated shots. Stu hated them more however and hated even seeing the needle. He spoke rapidly.

"Oh of course, yes, we will give you your rest, Jude. You take care, and we are just a call away, alright? You're tough, but don't try to do it all alone. You let Nick take care of you, he's a great guy. Give Nick my number so he can call us if he needs anything. We appreciate him!" He ended the video call before Bonnie could do anything about it because of how uncomfortable he was with seeing the needle.

"What's that?" Judy asked.

"Another dose of painkiller. Not as strong as what they gave you on the way over, don't worry. You will still be able to give them a call back, but I suspect you would prefer to rest instead." She smiled.

"Family." Judy chuckled and winced. Yeah, she needed the shot. She looked away, gritting her teeth as she was given the shot. For some reason it made her mouth taste funny, but the effects were quick, and she was soon relaxing more or less pain free. She watched the news for a little bit and then changed the channel to game shows. As a kit she had gotten to where any time she was sick it was something she really enjoyed watching. She never knew why, but that feeling never went away. They were so bright and colorful and distracting, perhaps, it made her stop thinking about how miserable she was when she wasn't feeling well. This time the distraction of being in the hospital made it less enjoyable.

She fidgeted, she looked at the channel guide, she tried to reach objects close enough to her bed, but a nurse told her to try not to move much. She sighed and took her phone back out. There was not a lot of charge on it but she went to her picture directory and began looking at all the pictures she took on their little vacation. Why did it end like this? Nick was clearly upset by Judy getting hurt and he had to drop what he was doing and come rushing back. The tickets were not cheap, so that was a waste. Still, seeing pictures of her partner made her feel better because they reminded her of recent happy days. Running on the grass, grabbing his tail which she knew she was never supposed to do. Her being pounced by a fox which should have been horrifying but it was actually more thrilling than anything, like the rope swing. It felt little bit dangerous but with every bit of confidence of how it would go. He didn't even feel heavy over her, just soft.

Judy was not sure when she fell asleep, but she woke to the sound of her doctor's voice.

"You have some visitors, are you awake, sweetie?" Doctor Grace, while being terribly busy, did seem to have a sweet manner about her if she tried. The small doe looked at the taller doe and nodded, stretching a little. The pain killers were still in effect but her shoulder felt tight and her face felt heavy. That was going to hurt a few days at least. As the doctor retreated to go tend to other patients, her partner appeared at the door. He moved in slowly, as if afraid of alarming her or waking her or something. She had expected Nick so she was not surprised to see him, but she was absolutely shocked to see Vivienne with him. Suddenly his correcting himself on the phone earlier and not calling her Carrots made perfect sense. The vixen stepped in, looking warm and kind. Her smile showed she was just happy to see the bunny was okay. Judy sat up, smiling back. She was comforted to see the older vixen as she entered. Seeing her getting up to greet them, Nick seemed to almost flicker across the room in how quickly and quietly he moved, and he was up on the oversized the bed, sitting beside her, perched at the edge.

"Now hey, don't get up, just relax." He put his hands on his knees. "How are you feeling?" He leaned in, looking at the bandage on her head. There was gauze on the back where she scraped it, and there was a patch pasted tightly with tape she knew her fur was going to hate over her left cheekbone. The left side of her face was swollen a bit which she could tell when she blinked. Nick trailed claw-tips almost too softly to feel through her fur. "Yeah, that….probably doesn't feel great. What happened, Judy?" he asked with slight anxiousness.

"Vivienne didn't have to come out here too, Nick, I'm sorry I've messed up everyone's whole day." She sighed, feeling both a little helpless and a lot guilty. It was Vivienne who spoke up.

"Nonsense, Judy, you are family to us, there's no way we would just leave you laid up in a hospital all alone and not come see you." The vixen said, coming a little further into the room, though she seemed hesitant to get much closer. Judy considered again that Nick had said hospitals make foxes terribly uncomfortable. But they were both here anyway. And Vivienne called her family. That made her heart swell with happiness. She had bunny family, and fox family. It was a nice, close feeling. Nick spoke up again, a little louder, getting her attention back.

"Seriously, what happened, how did someone with your attention to detail and your lightning quick reflexes have a city bus sneak up on her?" The male fox seemed very adamant for an answer. Judy looked over on the chair in the room where he bag was sitting.

"Someone snatched my bag. I was chasing them. I was almost caught up to him and he threw the bag back at me and knocked me down in the street. I got up and got ready to go after him again and never saw the bus. Fortunately I don't think the speed limit's over 25 right there, so… I got lucky?" Judy looked up hopefully and found Nick's eyes were wide with shock. So that didn't comfort him at all.

"You got… what, you got mugged? Then hit by a bus?" he asked, back teeth showing as he gritted them with a fearful expression.

"It's not as bad as all that Nick, I put my bag down because I was trying to turn my phone back on because my battery died when mom was talking to me and I wanted to message her so she didn't think I just hung up on her and he picked it up right as I put it down, he didn't attack me."

"Except to knock you down in the road in front of an oncoming bus!" Nick narrowed his eyes and actually bared his fangs a bit protectively. Sammie's words came back to her. He'd fight for her. He'd protect her. Judy sighed.

"He came back to try to help, I don't think he meant for that to happen." Judy explained. She remembered that at least.

"So he was arrested?" Nick asked.

"No, I think he fled right as help arrived. Not really surprising.

"What did he look like? Did you make a statement?" her partner interrogated.

"Nick, calm down, I will make a statement later to an on duty officer. You are here now, off duty, with a friend. I just want to not think about that stuff right now." She laid back indignantly. She did not l want him to make a fuss over her. Nick sighed softly as well, and looked at his knees. Judy saw his mother standing off behind him, still be the door, hands crossed in front of her looking a bit tired from the train ride perhaps, and watching the younger fox. Nick spoke very softly, perhaps feeling bad that he'd hassled her about the attempted theft of her bag. They were certainly not on duty right then.

"You're… Okay though, right? Nothing… messed up too bad?" he asked. Judy folded her ears back, looking at Nick as he looked down at his hands which rested on his knees.

"Nick, I promise, I'm fine. Are you okay?" she asked. The fox sitting on the edge of her bed cleared his throat and gave his usual confident smile that he liked to hide behind.

"Yeah! I'm fine, Fluff!" Judy saw motion past him and glanced up just enough to see Vivienne shaking her head with a concerned look on her face. Judy's eyes darted back to Nick, who was holding up his phone.

"Nick?" she asked. Did his mother shaking her head mean… he was not fine? Judy worried. The fox beside her looked up then back to his phone.

"Sorry, I told Bogo I would text him when I got here." He ticked away at his screen with his claw-tips as he often did. Judy glanced back up at Vivienne. She was gesturing. Did she want Judy to come over there? She wasn't supposed to get out of bed. She realized what the vixen was pantomiming finally just as Nick sent his message to Bogo. She was making hug motions. Judy was supposed to hug him. His mother wanted Judy to hug her partner. The bunny's heart sank. He was really upset. She sucked in a breath and moved carefully up onto her knees.

"Nick." The distracted fox looked up, seeming surprised to see her close, he turned to face her, hands moving to her sides.

"Hey, you should be lying down." Nick said caringly. Judy put her arms around him. If his mother thought he needed this, she was not going to deny it. Vivienne would know. He paused a moment, as if stuck, not sure what to do, hands still cupped at her sides.

"I'm okay Nick. Thanks for rushing out here. I'm sorry I made you worry so much." There was a little jerk from Nick, and Judy at first thought he was going to pull away, but his arms slipped around her and he shivered a bit. She closed her eyes and hugged him a little tighter, and he held her close too, bringing his legs up to actually slightly curl himself around her, his tail drawing up and almost engulfing her with fox. It was pretty much the way she'd seen Vivienne hug him when she brought them back together. She put a hand over one of his ears, feeling terrible knowing how scared by this he must have been to need this. At the same time she was completely aware of how that comfort and bliss flooded her in a tsunami of warm contentment at being held this completely. She hadn't been held like this before, the reason being a bunny could not hold her this completely. This was certainly not going to help her attachment issues. Even though she had been the one hurt, Nick seemed to have taken a little damage as well so she didn't have it in her to try to get him to release her. Judy looked over his shoulder at Vivienne who nodded to her, still seeming concerned, but she did smile at least. She was glad. She heard her partner's strained voice again.

"He said a bus, Judy." Nick whispered. Judy's heart went to her throat again, and she tried to push his rare showing of emotion out of her head. He could be emotional with her. Hje had been before. It was allowed. She was safe for him. She nodded at that. "A bus." He continued. "I know you are strong and I believe in you and everything, Fluff, but bunny versus mass transit generally ends one way. That's what I saw in my head as Bogo told me… And he couldn't tell me more." He pushed his cheek against hers and she winced. He pulled back a little. "Sorry. That side huh?" He lightened his grip. He looked at her while she was only barely winning a battle within herself not to cry, and he sat back a little, seeming to be a little less… lost-looking. Judy spoke up, wanting to be positive and cheerful and lead the conversation more about what was happening tomorrow not what happened a few hours ago.

"So, hey, I should be out of here in the morning, so I won't be here long. But here's the catch, the doctor does not want me to be alone when I take my painkillers, so I need to try to make arrangements with someone in the meantime…" Nick's expression faltered.

"I'll stay with you, Judy, I just need to make sure you don't exit the apartment through a window or something, I can manage that." He smiled helpfully. Her chest tightened. Helping her would make him feel better against whatever dark thoughts had made him so upset, but she didn't want him to have to do that. He rubbed his chin. "So, we get you out of here, we go to your apartment, and maybe just do a bunch of movies or something as you recover, I know Bogo would understand, it's just a few days, right?" Nick asked. "I have two days off accrued still." Judy's eyes widened as she remembered something oh so critically important. She could not believe she hadn't even thought about it once.

"We can't go to my apartment." She said with a distant, lost tone.

"What, did you buy a loaf of bread? Put it out on the fire escape, then I will fit in there just fine, tail and all." He explained. Judy saw Vivienne's expression drop as if she thought really it was that small.

"Har har, Nick." Judy said, rolling her eyes. "No, I don't have my apartment, that's the problem." Nick's eyes went very wide.

"What? What do you mean you don't have your apartment?" he asked.

"Just what I said. While we were in Bunnyburrow apparently the city condemned my building. It's locked down. I was heading back to your place to wait for Francine to get home and see if I could stay at her place…" Judy began to explain but stopped as Nick bared his teeth a little and put his fingers on his temples as if he suddenly had a headache.

"Wait, hold on, hold on… I was out of the city for an hour and a half and you ended up wandering the streets homeless, got mugged and then run over?" he asked incredulously. Judy flattened her ears back and decided not to tell him she got into a fight with her mom too. All together it did sound pretty pathetic. She grumbled.

"Not one of my better days." Judy glowered at Nick.

"You're staying with me." His tone was flat and blunt. The doe widened her eyes in surprise.

"Nick, I can't ask you to do that. I can get it figured out." The fox looked at her blankly.

"You aren't asking me to do anything, I'm telling you." He stated.

"You don't have an extra bed, Nick, I can't – "

"I will take the couch. This is not a debate, Judy. You are around me all the time; we already know one another's mannerisms, habits, all that. You would do nothing less than this for me and you know it." The vulpine crossed his arms in front of her defiantly, as if to dare her to think of another option. She looked back at Vivienne and she just shrugged. No defense there. Judy sighed at that and lay back down.

"Okay, you win." She murmured.

"Damn right I do. Now I must make a victory lap… to the restroom. I have had to go since I got on the damned train in New Reynard. Be right back." And with a shuffle, Nick was out of the room. Vivienne drew closer, as if Nick being there was somehow keeping her back. She hugged Judy gently as well.

"I am so glad you are okay, Judy. That was a real scare. Please don't get run over anymore." She stated. The bunny sighed softly at that again.

"I'm sorry again for you having to come out here. Are you going to try to get back tonight? It'll be crazy late getting home." She felt so guilty.

"No, I'm staying the night at Nick's apartment, I don't have work tomorrow or the next day so that's covered." She explained. "Thanks for comforting him a bit. Judy I didn't come just to see you, I came because I … I was worried about him. I haven't seen him as upset as he was in like… ever. I didn't want him to be alone. Bogo really should have called him back and updated him or something. He was absolutely panic-stricken." Judy frowned at that. Maybe she wasn't the only one with an attachment. She shook that thought away.

"Are you okay with me staying with him for a little while, Viv?" she asked. "Till my apartment mess gets sorted?" The vixen looked at her blankly.

"I imagine I would be fine with that, I don't live there." She laughed lightly. Judy then furrowed her brow, not sure why she asked that. She felt like her mom would be against it, but she had her own reasons. Vivienne didn't really have any. Judy then smiled weakly.

"You don't worry about your son sharing his home with the undisputed source of disasters natural and unnatural?" the bunny asked.

"Oh, when you put it that way…" She hugged Judy again. "Nah, it's fine, maybe your disasters always cancel each other out when you are around one another. It seems like things are better for the whole city if you are running around with him. Maybe next time he visits, you come on down. Annie wants to see you again." Judy blushed slightly at the playful consideration that she could not leave Nick's side, and she laughed, wincing a bit in pain.

"Okay, I will come visit soon, I promise." she stated.