"Nick what are you doing?" Judy asked, foot thumping on the ground as she stared her best friend down.
He looked up with a start from the cupboard he was looking in, bumping his head in the progress. The fox hissed in pain as he looked up at his impatient friend, who was standing there in front of him with her arms crossed over her chest, looking down at him with an unimpressed look on her face. Nick smiled up at her as he smiled, attempting to look cool, as his brain scrambled to get hold of an explanation that didn't seem too creepy or weird.
"Nothing,"
"Uh huh," she said, rasing an eyebrow at his so far normal explanation.
It had been a quiet day, one they didn't get too often, after having many crimes stretch throughout Zootopia, finally settling on a small lemming who had been behind it all, much to the surprise of, well, everyone. So the two were having a rest at home, after being excused from Bogo after solving the case, much to their relief, as they needed the break. Judy more so, as Nick got even more annoying than usual.
"You sure it' nothing, because it's usually something with you, Nick," she said, walking up to the fox as he straightened, ears lowering in embarrassment, yet another sign something was wrong. He rarely ever got embarrassed, so something had to be wrong.
"Aww, how sweet, of course there is always something about me, Carrots! I am the coolest mammal on earth!"
"Keep telling yourself that,"
"With pleasure," he smirked, patting her on the head, making the bunny emit a soft sigh, "but Carrots, I suggest a new come back other than that. Seriously you're gonna hurt yourself with that phrase," he winked, and with that, he was gone from the room, leaving behind a mystified bunny.
How could I loose this?! Out of all things?! How? I have to find it! Was all Nick could think as he searched between the couch cushions. He was quite frantic, as he had lost the most important thing to Judy. At least he thought it was, excluding himself.
The vulpine smirked at the thought, then abruptly shook his head as he returned to trying to find the lost item.
And if you are wondering what is was, this lost item from the underworld, it was none other than item that had brought the two together, sealed their friendship, caught tears and heartache moments, saved them, brought animals to justice;
It was non-other than Judy's Carrot Pen.
Where is it?! he practically screamed in his head, as the fox just caught a lamp that his tail had knocked over. He huffed as he placed it back on the coffee table, don't want another lamp gone, Wilde, he nervously chuckled to himself at the thought of the other lamp he had broken back when he was sick.
"Nick, really, what's the matter?"
"Cra- Carrots, don't do that! You scared me half to death!"
"Yeah, well you seem as if someone has already died!" she said, walking up to him as Nick glanced everywhere so often, trying to figure where the pen was. He hoped Judy wouldn't realized it was gone until he found it, and even then that she would never figure it had ever been missing.
"Nick, tell me what's going on! You're scaring me!" she cried up at him, coming to a stand still in front of him as the fox looked down at her.
"…."
"Nick…"
"I have the right to remain silent," he said, looking away from her mischievously. All Judy did was huff and thump her foot on the ground impatiently.
"Well if the suspect is refusing to co-operate, the police will have to continue with brute force!" she cried, and without warning, lunged at Nick's sides.
The fox's eyes flew open as he jumped out of the way just in time, making Judy fly head first into the couch, the bunny landing upside down on it, sliding down as she looked at Nick who was smirking at her with such smugness it made her want to wack the grin off of his face.
"Great brute force, Carrots. Ten out of ten," he said, slowly clapping as he walked up to his upside down friend.
"Except, bat doesn't really suit you. If you are seriously considering becoming one, you better practice on your flying techniques," Nick said as he bent down, leaning on his knees, meeting Judy's eye level.
"You're so irritating, Nick,"
"And you have made sure I know it," he retorted, as Judy spun around, sliding down the couch, huffing a little. Nick watched through amused eyes as she went to the kitchen.
"Oh Nick," Judy said, looking back through the doorway, paw holding the frame so she didn't fall back.
"Hmm?"
"I almost forget why I came here. I'm going to the shops to get some more-"
"Carrots,"
"Yeah, how do you know?"
"One, I know everything," he replied smugly, as his paws found their way to his pockets. Judy rolled her eyes as he continued, "and two, you rabbits are so predictable, it's kind of freaky,"
"Goodbye to you too," she said, smiling as she walked out of the kitchen, arm full of bags. Judy made her way to the door as Nick looked to the heavens.
"You seriously need that many carrots, Fluff?" he called after her, just catching the bunny before the door closed.
"I'm getting groceries too, Nick, not just carrots!" she said, sighing as Nick sat on the couch.
"My bad, maybe you aren't as predictable as I thought. Alright, take care Carrots, be back before nine," Nick said, as he picked the remote control up, pointing it at the television as he turned it on.
"Alright, mum, goodbye to you too. I'll be back at your set point, so you don't worry yourself too much," Judy joked, snickering at Nick through the doorway. And with that, she was gone, off to do some shopping and to get some of her 'delicious' carrots for her breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Nick quietly set the remote down after a couple of seconds, and slowly crept up to the door. He slowly pushed it open, and peeked around the corner, just to see if Judy really was gone. The fox sighed in relief as he saw her tail disappear around the corner, and quietly closed the door again, careful to be soft as not to create a big noise. He glanced over his shoulder at the TV, and then around the house.
At least I have privacy and more time to find the pen, he thought, as the vulpine made his way to the main bathroom, which was, strictly speaking, Judy's bathroom, since he had his own in his bedroom, so Judy used this one, as it was the most logical thing to do, so they didn't have any unplanned meetings whilst showering.
You did have to go through Judy's room to reach it, so that was another reason when it came to the ownership of the bathrooms.
Nick quickly opened Judy's room door, and closed it behind him, then looking in front of him.
Should I check her room? He thought, looking around the place. A couple of pictures of family, her desk, bed, bedside table- pretty much a basic bedroom, if you don't count the giant carrot pillow on her bed.
Nah, I'll do it after checking the bathroom, he answered himself, as he walked over to the bathroom door.
The fox opened the door, and sniffed around, eyes scanning to see if they could spot any sign of an orange object that was small and pen sized.
Well, there was her toothbrush and toothpaste (duh, it was a bathroom) and a face towel, which were both located on her bench next to the sink, along with a bar of soap. Who still uses these? There are other more efficient soaps out there, and carrots still uses this? Sad.
The fox walked over to the soap and turned it around in his paw, smirking as he saw a carrot engraved in the back.
Of course it's carrot soap. It's carrots in everything with these bunnies.
He placed it back down, careful to put it more or less right where it was before, so that Judy didn't notice what was up, and that he had been snooping in her room. She was a very observant animal, so Nick had to be extra cunning, as he had learnt long long ago. Said fox looked around again, over to the shower that was right behind him. His eyes flew open as a blush snuck onto his cheeks, making Nick spin around and look in the other direction. Although he didn't become very embarrassed often, this would be embarrassing to any mammal.
There, hanging on the top of the shower, were some of Judy's undergarments, hanging as they probably dried after being in the laundry. And Nick felt pretty embarrassed as to having found them, laying out in the open.
The fox took a quick glance around, and drew the cupboard doors open. There he looked around, only to be met with Grain 20 and shampoo, along with a fur dryer. Nick sighed as he closed the cupboard, and decided to scat before He found anything else embarrassing.
So that was exactly what he did, as he fast-walked over to the door, looking every which way just to make sure he hadn't missed anything, obviously avoiding staring directly at the shower.
The fox was just about to exit the bathroom, when a sound caught his ears, which perked up as he tried to scoop more of it. A door shutting, the jingle of keys and clink as they hit a tale or counter, and the soft footsteps of…
A bunny.
Uh oh. Ohhhh, blueberries I have to get out! He thought frantically, head whipping around as he looked for the easiest way out of the bathroom without running into Judy. He heard her making her way down the hall, footsteps getting closer, as Nick stood right in the open of the bathroom doorway which was parallel to the main doorway into the bedroom. He was so obvious, and Nick's heartbeat doubled.
A turn of the handle, and the fox was glued to the floor where he was standing. He briefly remembered being thankful he had closed the bedroom door when he came in, or else he would have little time.
Just as the door creaked open, Nick dove under the bed, just getting his tail out of sight before Judy stepped into the room. The fox crouched down, tucking his tail to his side so he could keep track of it, trying to calm his beating heart as he heard Judy humming.
She must be listening to music. Good, the red mammal thought, as he took tiny gasps of breath as he tried to calm down. Rabbits had a good sense of hearing, and the hammering of his heart would have surely caught her attention.
At least the mp3 player would cut any sound so Nick had a twenty percent chance of surviving this.
Not really good odds, but it was something.
Nick heard Judy's footsteps up to her bedside table, and the scrape as something was placed on to it. The fox looked to his left to see her feet right next to him, and Nick sucked in a breath as she paused in turning around. Judy stopped humming, and stopped to listen as she took an ear bud out of her ear.
Nick tensed as he waited in silence for her reaction, and after two long painful minutes she seemed safe, as the fox watched her feet make their way to the bathroom along with their owner. Nick heard the slam of a door, and even then waited a minute until he crept out from his safe refuge under her bed. He sniffed the air as he bobbed up from his crouching, and quickly stretched his legs, earning a loud crack. He sighed in relief, but then remembered where he was when the shower turned on, and Judy started whistling.
The vulpine ran out of the bedroom without a second thought, and quickly clicked the door shut softly.
He breathed a sigh of relief as he made his way to his room, closing the door behind him as he entered. Nick turned around and then let out a big groan, as he slid down the door, on to the ground, where he tilted his head back and leant it against the door, staring up at the ceiling as he though and thought about where in Zootopia that pen could be.
He went over all the places he had been with it, and sorted through all of the animals he had seen when he had it. Nick narrowed his thoughts down until he had one specific location that had a ninety-four percent chance of containing the beloved pen.
Okay, so maybe he just randomly picked that percentage, but hey, it was something! And quite accurate in the fox's mind.
Without hesitation, he got up and opened the door, speeding through it. Nick's ears went up as he heard the shower stop, and made his way to the living room couch, where he sat down and waited. Knowing Judy, she would get dressed quick and pronto, out of her room in three, two-
"Hey Nick, I was wondering where you were!"
"One,"
"Huh?"
"Nothing," the fox said as he looked over at his friend who was dressed in a loose cream top and black tights. He would always wonder how she had packed so many clothes in that tiny suitcase.
"Well, I got a new alarm clock when I was at the shops, and it is adorable!" Judy continued, shrugging off Nick's cut in, making the mammal smirk as he rolled a shoulder back. The bunny walked up to sit next to him, sighing as she sat down on the soft couch. Nick chuckled at her, as he remembered what she had just said.
"It's carrots shaped, isn't it?"
"…"
"You know I'm right, fluff, and I know it too, so just spill,"
"Alright ok don't get your tail in a knot!" Judy cried in experation at Nick's teasing, "how did you even know?"
"Well did I know specifically? No, no I didn't. But I'll tell you one thing," he said, leaning in closer to her to whisper, "you are so predictable," making Judy huff in embarrassment more than anger.
"I take it as a yes," he said, smirking in victory at her reaction.
"Yes, you won, nickname," she said, smiling up at him. Nick frowned a warning down at her, as he brushed off the annoying nickname and continued, looking at the black screen of the TV.
"I have to go fetch something from the ZPD now, actually,"
"What? What would you need to get?" Judy laughed at that. Nick was the type of mammal to avoid work, not go to it as a little field trip.
"Something,"
"Alright, I'll go with you then,"
"No!" Nick yelped in alarm, clamping his muzzle shut at how frantic that sounded, holding his mouth tight with his paws as he looked down at his friend. Judy raised an eyebrow at his sudden outburst.
"I mean, no, I can, go. By myself. I'll be quick anyway, and you're probably tired after shopping," he said, reassuring her as the bunny sighed.
"Alright, I'll stay here, since shopping is so tiring," she said, flopping on to the couch as Nick smiled and ruffled the fur between her ears, glad he didn't have to search with her tailing him.
"Thanks fluff. I'll be back before you can say baffling blueberries," the fox said as he got up and made his way to the door, not after grabbing his wallet from the coffee table. Just in case, "And umm, where are the keys?" he said, after looking at the keys Judy had dropped on the counter. There were the keys for the apartment, the keys for their ZPD office, keys for Judy's suitcase but… no car keys.
"Nick, there's no car, remember?" the bunny called from the living room, looking over the edge of the couch expectantly at Nick, who just stared back in confusion.
"It went to get its service done? Remember? I just dropped it off?" she prompted, as Nick raised an eyebrow at that.
"Really? Humph, I probably wasn't listening, hehe… I'll just catch a taxi, then. See ya later Carrots, I'll be back!" he called over his shoulder, as Nick slipped through the apartment door and closed it with a click.
"You are getting so confusing, Nick. I really don't understand you sometimes…" Judy said to herself.
Uh oh, good job Nick, you did the most insane thing ever. I mean, how do you manage to loose the carrot pen?! It's insane, honestly... Anyway, hello my dear... friends? Can I really call you that after doing this to you?
I AM SO SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED! I went on a holiday to... (confidential information) but yeah, I didn't have my laptop which was hell, because I kept getting so many ideas, and thing is, I forgot half of them.
Yeah, I hope you enjoyed this, and it will be continued, so don't kill me! It was for you I posted it in parts so I had something to update and that you had something to read so- yeah.
Also, I have... CHANGED THE COVER! OooOOOooo. Ok I have done that WAY too much, but this is the final one. Credit goes too- oh wait, it goes to me I drew it. Tee hee... I hope you like it, and if you do, put it in a review, which I REALLY NEED. It really does give me a boost of energy and motivation, cause it gets tough...
Hope you enjoyed this (grapes I am repeating myself :L Uggh) and PLEASE REVIEW ANY SUGGESTIONS OR ADVICE! It really helps, any advice I get. As long as it is legit. Anyway, until next chapter, Carrots!