AN: Feel free to Review, Follow and Favourite. I am also open to PM's if you want to contact me in that way.

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GhostWolf88: I'm glad that I have the ability to leave you speechless, I'll try not to abuse it... too much

Camoss: Admittedly, I may have over planned Nick's plan but I still feel like it makes sense. As for the fate of the Darren Case... We need to wait and see what Nick and his friends do when it comes to that topic.

Cimar Of Turalis WildeHopps: I think we can all relate to Judy there, being in a heated moment and just saying what comes to mind, no matter how much you planned what to say.

Zootopia Stereotypes

Chapter 14: Feelings

The journey towards their destination was spent in a comfortable silence, for Nick at least. Judy was busy trying to wrap her head around what Nick had done before they had left her family's house. The kiss between her ears was causing her to think about her quickly growing relationship with Nick.

They had already discussed ahead of time that what Judy was going to say would cause a disturbance in her family and she would prefer to be away from it all. That is why they had both agreed that they should go somewhere to get breakfast, despite the fact that Judy already had some pancakes.

Nick slowed down the cruiser as his eyes spotted a small building that was advertising food to go. "What about here?" he asked as he drived a little ahead of the store and brought the cruiser to a stop.

Judy raised her head from looking down at her feet and looked at Nick with a confused look for a moment until she remembered where they were and what they were looking for. Slowly standing up on her seat and looked out the window that Nick had pointed out.

Without realizing, Judy had spent more time than what was necessary looking at the shop as Nick gently placed a paw on her shoulder to gain her attention as he spoke gently with concern clear in his voice "Judy" he said simply. Hearing her name Judy turned her head a bit too quickly to look at Nick as he continued to speak "Are you ok?"

Judy had remained silent for a few seconds before she responded which only caused Nick to become more concerned and curious "Yeah I'm fine, just...thinking about a few things..." she said quieter than she would have liked to.

Nick looked her in her eyes, trying to find the telltale signs of a lie that he had learned to look out for. Judy started to blush as Nick looked into her amethyst eyes and quickly lowered her head as he ears covered her face.

Nick took a moment to look at Judy before he slowly opened his door "Ok then fluff, If you say so, I'll go get us something to eat" and when that was said Nick jumped out of the vehicle and closed the door behind him, leaving Judy to herself.

After a short moment Judy leaned her head back against the door behind her and let out a long sigh. Closer her eyes Judy spoke aloud to herself "What is happening to my life?" she let the question hang in the air, as if she was expecting someone to answer her but she continued "In just a few short days, I've had my dreams crushed, listened to someone die, started to tru-"

Judy cut herself off as the driver side door opened and a familiar red fox started to climb back in muttering under his breath before his eyes met Judy's confused one. "Nice to see you again so soon fluff" he said as he closed the door behind him, making sure not to get his tail stuck in the door.

"What happened?" Judy asked, trying to put on an act that didn't show how she felt just a moment before

"Ohhh you know, Just your average stereotypical and prejudice bunny, nothing too special" Nick spoke casually as he sat down in his seat "Let's see if we can find anywhere else to eat" he went to start the cruiser but his paw stopped when it came to contact with the key when his ears twitched at the sound of the passenger door opening "What are you doing?"

Judy turned and looked at Nick as she lowed herself on her seat and got ready to jump "Nick, as far as I'm aware you haven't eaten since dinner yesterday, I don't know how different foxes are to bunnies but that is not healthy" she jumped down onto the floor and went to close the door but she saw Nick leaning over her seat with a look that that told her he was about to argue with what she had just said "Plus their blueberry muffins are really nice"

Before Nick could make any type of argument, Judy had already closed the door was halfway between the cruise and the store. On the outside the door was bland in colour, there wasn't much colour on the building except the brown of the bricks and whatever was visible through the windows. Even the door was the same colour as the bricks around it.

Stepping into the store the sound of an overhead bell rang through Judy's ears before a cheerful voice started speaking to her "Hello and welcome to Taylor's 24/7 breakfast bar slash dinner slash restaurant, open 24 hours and 7 days a week, how may I help you?"

As Judy walked up to the counter she took her time to observe the crowd of mammals eating there. All of them were bunnies with someone else. Whether it be a date or with their family, Judy was the only bunny who had walked in alone. She caught the look on a few of their faces and they showed fear "Probably for Nick the poor thing" she thought before turning her head to the bunny at the counter

"Hi!" she had said cheerfully before looking at the selection of small food that she could take for Nick and herself to eat in the car. After a few short awkward seconds, Judy looked back at the light brown bunny that was on the other side of the small counter "Yeah can I have one blueberry and one carrot muffin to go please?"

As the bunny took his time to get what Judy had ordered from the display, Judy looked at his name tag so she could give him a proper thank you when she went to leave "Here you go, one blueberry and one carrot muffin to go" he said as he walked back to Judy with a small bag in one of his paws before he placed it on the counter and took the money that Judy had placed on the counter.

Judy went to reach for it but it was quickly grabbed by a black paw. The black bunny that was standing to the side of the bunny that had just given Judy her order. He opened the bag and pulled out the small box and opened it on the counter and looked at the two muffins.

"Excuse me but-" Judy started

"What's a pretty little bunny like you doing here all by yourself?" The bunny cut her off. Judy opened her mouth to talk but was once again cut off "The names Taylor, I'm the owner of this fine establishment"

Judy quickly closed the box and took it off the counter with a look of disgust before she answered "I'm not here by myself, my friend is just down the road and he gave me money so I could get something for us to eat"

Taylor gave her a judgemental look before looking at the brown bunny who had chosen to stay quiet "James, go on your break"

"But my break isn't until lunch" he responded with a bit of fear

"Are you complaining? take this break and have another later" With that said James had slowly walked towards the back and left Judy alone with Taylor "Whose your friend?" he asked as he leaned on the counter

"Who he is is none of your business" Judy snapped back

Taylor seemed to let out a little chuckle and put on a grin that made Judy even more annoyed about the situation she was in "I'm afraid it is apart of my business"

"Uhhh huh and how is it your business" Judy question with frustration clear in her voice

"One of two reasons" Taylor said casually before looking Judy up and down multiple time "One I want to know if we could meet again sometime, preferably after hours of course and...get to know each other" he said suggestively while look at Judy seductively

Judy returned the look with one of disgust and anger "Not even if you were the last mammal in the world"

"And reason number two" Taylor continued, ignoring Judy's comment "I had a fox just walk in here...and he asked for the same thing..." Taylor said as he started to lean over the counter Judy refused to move from the attempted sign of intimidation "The fox wouldn't so happen to be your friend would he?"

Knowing that if she said yes something drastic would happen and she would end up much like Nick, leaving empty-handed , Judy prepared herself to lie "No" she responded simply but when Taylor showed no signs of moving Judy decided to take her comment further "But I'm sure he would be a much better friend than you"

Taylor backed off and started to walk around the counter until he was standing face to face with Judy. He slowly reached for one of her paws and held it tightly as she tried to take it away. He slowly brought it up to his lips and left a light kiss between Judy's knuckles.

Judy quickly pulled her paw back and when she saw the crowd of bunnies watching her, she had come up with an idea. Quickly forcing a blush upon herself by thinking about a certain fox who she had left waiting, Judy put on a flattered look and pinned her ears against her back.

Taylor grinned when he saw the look on Judy's face and he slowly grabbed the same paw again "See, wasn't that bad was it?" he asked sweetly and Judy gave a slow and hesitant shake off her head which caused him to grin even wider "Much better than what any fox could do" he said as he raised the same paw so that it was between the two of them "Would you like me to do it again?"

Judy slowly nodded her head and she was thankful for his much more loose grip on her this time. She pulled her paw back and quickly hit Taylor on the lips before she shook her paw and wiped her paw against her shirt and turned to leave when she saw Nick leaning against the door with an impressed and annoyed look on his face.

This time Judy blushed for real as she slowly walked up to the fox. Nick just looked at the bunny that had just been rejected by Judy with disgust and anger before looking at Judy with a much lighter expression "Have bunnies ever heard of concent before?" he asked as he held the door open for Judy.

Judy didn't answer as she walked out of the store. They had stayed silent until they had entered the cruiser again. Nick was trying to control how he felt but after looking at him for a minute, Judy could tell something was affecting him "Nick, what's wrong?"

"Nothing Judy"

"Nick-"

"I'm fine Judy, really I am" he had cut off quickly and left Judy speechless for a moment.

She had more to say but decided to let Nick have a few minutes to himself to calm down. Once they had both finished eating Nick let out a long sigh "Judy, I'm sorry but please, trust me when I say I'm fine"

"Nick, I trust you fully but I can tell your not fine, something is bothering you" Judy said gently as she turned and looked at Nick.

Nick also turned so that they were now looking at each other and he let his paws fall onto his lap and rest on his knees. "How?" he asked simple but Judy knew what he meant

"You're calling me by my name and not some stupid nickname" she said before gently grabbing one of his paws and resting one of hers on top and the other underneath "Nick, please tell me what's bothering you"

"It's...It's nothing Judy, nothing to get worried about"

"Is it what happened in there?" Judy asked and she could feel Nick tense. She knew that she had Nick where she wanted him and she could now dive further "Is it because of Taylor?" she asked in a gentle voice as if she were talking a kit to sleep.

Nick hesitated a moment before he slowly nodded his head and closed his eyes "I didn't like what he was doing" he said simply before opening his eyes and looking into Judy's amethyst pools. He found himself calming down quickly as he looked into her eyes.

Judy let Nick have his moment to calm down before she started talking again "I don't like it either, but I'm used to it" she said which caused Nick to look at her weirdly "Nick, every day some buck tries his luck with me, some stop when I just say no, others... don't listen as much and try to push their luck"

"That...that's why...that's why I like you Nick" she said and got the attention of Nick even more as he lowered his head so that she didn't have to look up at him. Their noses were only centimeters away. Judy could feel Nick's warm breath on her face.

Nick looked at her, expecting her to explain what she had said. When she stayed quiet he opened his mouth to talk but he saw Judy open hers so he quickly shut his and listened to her. "When we first met, you didn't give me any backhanded compliments, you wanted me to feel comfortable. When we talked you didn't stare at my body, you kept eye contact with me and stayed professional, you didn't try to get in my bed after the first day..." she paused for a second and looked at Nick with a small smile "But I did watch you climb into my room through the window"

When Nick let out a small chuckle Judy couldn't help but smile a little but when his chuckle died down, so did Judy's smile. She lowered her head and spoke again, unknowingly cutting Nick off before he could say a single word. "I would have said this earlier but... I was scared of how you would react"

Judy let go of Nick's paw and held her knees up her chest before wrapping her arms around them. "What's wrong?" Nick asked as he looked at Judy's new sitting position

Judy rubbed her paws over her legs, trying to get some warmth into them as the temperature drop started to become more obvious "Just a little cold"

Nick chuckled lightly again before he reached over and picked Judy up, bringing a squeak of protest out of her. But before she knew it, Judy was now sitting in Nick's lap as he held her tight and rested his head between her ears "Dumb bunny, did you not check the weather forecast?"

"No" Judy said quietly as she remembered that she had just put her shorts on because of the temperature when she woke up and didn't bother looking at the weather app on her phone.

"Well then, you're not going to like this piece of news" Nick said as he pulled his phone out of his pocket and opened the weather app so Judy could see it for herself. The app showed that it would be an bring a sunny and warm start to the day before it would get colder and start to rain.

Judy groaned and hit her head against Nick's chest as she closed her eyes and reflected on how dumb she had been for not checking the weather app on her own phone. Nick pocketed his phone and went back to being serious as he looked to finish the conversation they were having "Judy, I'm sorry for the way I acted, It's just...when you see someone you care about being harassed by other dumb mammals, it ticks you off. It doesn't matter how many times it happens, you still feel the same way. I may have seen it with that hare a few nights ago but that doesn't change how I feel when it happens"

Judy opened her eyes and found herself looking into Nick's own emerald eyes as he looked down at her "Nick, that's really sweet" she said as she closed her eyes and listened to the silence between them until Nick spoke.

"Fluff, what was actually bothering you earlier?" he questioned with a serious look on his face.

Judy opened her eyes and started to play with her paws as she lowered her head "I guess I was just thinking about...us"

"What about us?" Nick asked without the usual tease or sarcasm in his voice

"Just us overall, a fox and a bunny, that's never been heard of before in BunnyBurrow and I would think that Zootopia would be the same and not to mention I can't help but feel like this is all moving a bit...fast"

She said before reaching up her paws up and placing them on either side of his muzzle "Nick..." she said before closing her eyes again and taking a deep breath. She hoped this wasn't a dream and was thankful that when she opened her eyes again Nick was still looking down at her and her paws were still on either side of his muzzle "Nick, I know the last time I said this, I tried to take it back and make up some excuse but now...now that I know that you won't humiliate me, I want to be the first to say it face to face. I want you to know how serious I am when I say these world"

Nick remained silent as he nodded his head, Judy's paws never losing contact with his muzzle that had a small smile that seemed to grow with each word she said.

"Nick, I love you, I'm not sorry for it and I'm definitely not half tired and I want us both to be comfortable in this relationship so please, tell me if I'm moving too fast for you" Judy spoke but stopped for a moment as she ran her paws along Nick's muzzle and lowered her head so she was looking across the seats.

Nick placed a paw under her chin and slowly lifting it up so that for the second time in a short amount of time, their noses were mere centimeters away. Nick just smiled as he looked down at Judy and after a short while he opened his mouth to respond "Judy, I love you too and I'm still not teasing and I don't care how fast or slow you want thing to go between us, as long as your comfortable and happy"

He slowly lowered his muzzle closer to Judy's but stopped when Judy moved her paws so that they were on his nose and over his mouth. He spoke into her paw but she couldn't understand what he was saying and when he went quiet, she started to explain why she had stopped him "Nick, It's nothing bad but I think we should save it for when all this is behind us"

Nick understood where she was coming from and he raised his head back to where it was before and nodded his head. Judy removed her paws from his nose and mouth, letting him speak freely which she had quickly regretted. "Talk about ruining the mood Carrots" he teased but quickly started talking again "But in all seriousness I agree, we don't want to talk about not wanting to take things too fast and then do something stupid"

Judy shook her head at the fox and decided some small payback was in play. "Hey Nick?" she said casually which got the foxes attention. When she was sure he was focusing on her alone, Judy placed her paws back on his muzzle and quickly pulled it down so that she could place a kiss on his nose. Before he could get any ideas, she quickly pushed his muzzle back up.

"What was that for?" he asked dumbfoundedly

Judy just smiled at him "That's for kissing my head earlier"