I´m back guys! You have no idea how busy I´ve been, but also I´m super happy right now! Last Thursday I finally won the best delegate award at my school´s model of the UN! After finishing in second place two consecutive years I finally made it! During my debate I used Judy´s speech and directed it towards the topic, so you could say Zootopia guided me (jejeje). I also have finished a ton of my projects and life is starting to straight up again, plus I reached 11,000 views! Thank you everyone! I wanted to upload when I reached 10,000, but it seemed time did not allowed me to do so. Although my exams start on Monday (unfortunately) and I have other projects due, I decided to write a chapter since I´ve left you guys for basically an entire week now (thanks for staying by the way). So now here is another chapter, enjoy!
Dance with me.
"¿Nick, are you okay?" Clawhauser came to the fox that was laying at the counter. It was the ZPD´s Christmas party and all the officers were having a great time chatting and dancing with in couples, except for Nick, who sighed when the cheetah´s question came.
"Do I seem okay Clawhauser?"
"No, that´s why I´m asking."
"Well, you won the jackpot. I´m way to far from being okay."
"But why?" Nick moved his arm and signaled to the dancing floor. Clawhauser turned and saw what was the cause of Nick´s current state. The cheetah observed as Judy danced alongside a white rabbit that seemed to have black stripes across his cheeks. Then Clawhauser looked back at Nick and saw the fox sighing once more.
"Is it Judy?"
"Yeah. She and her stupid boyfriend, that Jack."
"But why are you mad about it?"
"Isn´t it obvious?" Nick looked at Clawhauser and then turned to the floor, letting his shoulders drop and match his current mood.
"Aww...I´m sorry Nick."
"Don´t worry Ben, I´ll be fine. It´s just that...honestly I thought I could handle it, but it is tougher than I thought."
"But why haven´t you told her Nick?"
"Clawhauser, telling Judy that I´m in love with her while she has a boyfriend isn´t fair for her. I wanted to, but right after I decided to tell her this dumb bunny appeared and he...won Judy´s heart." Nick passed his paw across his eyes since some tears were starting to form in his eyes. He realized he was in love with Judy six months ago, but the courage to tell her came three months later, colliding with the arrival of the striped buck.
"Nick, I´m sorry to hear that."
"Thanks buddy."
"And why did you not bring a date?"
"Because I didn´t want to. Remember that I just told you I´m in love with Judy."
"Oh, right, right. Sorry."
"It´s okay." Nick shot the cheetah a lazy smile and when the fluffy officer left he resumed his slumped position over the counter, until a cheerful voice made him straighten up and turned to see Judy coming towards him, so he immediately replaced his sadness with his smooth personality.
"Hey Nick!"
"Hey there Carrots, enjoying the party?"
"Yeah, it´s pretty fun! Jack went to the restroom, so I came to see how you were doing." Nick´s tail got stiff at the mention of the buck, but he remained calm. He wasn´t going to risk his friendship with Judy because of his jealousy. He loves Judy, but the idea of living without her, even as a friend, was way too terrifying.
"I´m doing just fine Carrots."
"Hey Nick, why didn´t you bring a date?"
"I didn´t want to. I´m not thrilled to find myself any vixen."
"Sounds fair" Then the music change into a slow song and Judy looked up at Nick "hey, want to dance?"
"But what about Ja-your boy...well him?" Nick blushed and thanked the universe that his fur did not allow Judy to see it, but he did notice how Judy crooked her head when he stuttered while giving his answer. Not giving her time to think about what made him stutter he took her paw and guided her to the dance floor.
"Well Nick, it seems that your concern has gone."
"Can´t blame me Carrots."
"And why is it that I can´t blame you?"
"Well, how can I resist dancing with such a beautiful bunny?" Nick´s eyes widened in terror when he realized what he just said and when he looked at Judy her eyes were as wide as his, but they didn´t stop dancing.
"You-you think I-I´m beautiful?"
"Ahm...well...it´s just that-"
"Nick, did you just tell me I´m beautiful?" Nick sighed seeing how a simple situation went out of his control so fast. Now he was in the place where he did not want to be. He had to tell Judy, who has a boyfriend, the truth about how he feels.
"Yes Judy. I did call you beautiful and that´s because I think you are beautiful."
"Nick, why did you say you are not thrilled to find a vixen?"
"It´s because… listen Judy I know that what I´m about to say is going to make you uneasy. I didn´t want to tell you so that wouldn´t happen, but it slipped. So here it goes. Judy I´m in love with you." The bunny´s eyes widened as she heard what Nick said and how he continued declaring his love to her during their dance.
"You are the best mammal I know and you made me a better one. I love how happy you are and you always make me feel the same way, happy. Happy that I met you, happy that we are friends and happy that you are by my side. I hate to do this to you since you found a boyfriend and you seem to be quite fond of him. I really don´t want to lose our friendship, so please just, forget what I said." He let go of her, but found that she pulled him closer and she placed her head on his chest while moving, which made him move so that they could continue dancing with each other.
"N-Nick, since when do you...love me?"
"I-I realized it...six months ago."
"And why didn´t you say anything?"
"I was, ehm, gaining the courage to tell you and when I did, you met him."
"Nick, you dumb fox."
Judy looked up and smiled tenderly at Nick, but then an angry voice broke the moment and both mammals turned to see the white rabbit.
"What is going on here!?"
"We are dancing, what´s wrong about it?" Nick asked the rabbit, but continued holding Judy close to him while she just looked at her boyfriend.
"What´s wrong is that she has a boyfriend!"
"Jack, please stop, you are making a scene." Officers were staring at the three mammals since the rabbit was now screaming at Nick and Judy.
"Oh I´m making a scene? Well, how about the fact that you are still holding the shifty low life fox! Even in front of me!"
"As I said before pal, we were just dancing. If Judy wants to dance with her best friend there´s no reason she shouldn´t." Nick was starting to get pissed by the rabbit and how he was yelling at Judy.
"Oh you got some nerve fox! Piece of-"
"JACK SAVAGE! Stop it! Shut your mouth! You keep insulting Nick and you will face serious consequences!" Judy let go of Nick and confronted the rabbit, but what happened next was not expected by any of the animals that was present in the ball.
Slap
Judy covered her cheek right after Jack slapped her. After that everything happened so fast. Judy heard the growl that came from Nick and saw how he jumped forward and tackled the rabbit, then he started filling the bunny with punches that were full of hatred and Judy just stared at how Nick was protecting her.
"YOU COWARD! YOU FILTHY TRASH! HOW DARE YOU!? I´M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Nick yelled to the rabbit while he was being dragged away from the scene by Bogo. Officers went to restrain the rabbit who looked like a living mess after the beating that Nick gave him. Judy turned her gaze to the ground and gears were turning inside her head. When realization struck her she smiled and looked up to Nick and started walking towards the fox, who was now arguing with their boss.
"Enough Wilde! You need to calm down now. The mammal has been restrained, stop growling."
"How can I calm down Chief?! That scum just slapped Judy! He hurt my life mate! I will not let him get away with this!"
Bogo was left dumbfounded when he heard the words that came from the fox, just like every single mammal in the ball, except for Judy. The bunny instead of standing still and shoot a confused look at Nick, she sprinted towards him and when she reached him she jumped and enveloped him in a tight hug. When she felt Nick return the hug while getting on his knees she moved her head and joined their lips in a passionate kiss. When they parted Judy smiled deeply at Nick and joined their foreheads together while saying something to the fox.
"I love you too Nick." Nick tightened their embrace and started shaking a bit.
"Y-you do Judy?"
"Yes Nick, I love you. I realized that I love you since your graduation day, but I thought that you would never love me back because I was a bunny. I started dating Jack because I was comfortable with him, but every day that passed made me realize that the love I feel for you is stronger than anything I´ve felt in my life. I was so dumb, I should´ve noticed that you loved me back, the way you talked to me, the way you treat me, it only probed that you love me really much."
"Judy, it´s been one year."
"I know Nick, I should´ve told you."
Judy rubbed the fox´s back and nuzzled his neck, Nick following suit, until a cough took them out of their cute moment and both looked at the buffalo that made that noise.
"Hopps, Wilde, I need to remind you that you are in public." Both broke the hug and Nick stood up quickly, until the words of the buffalo calmed them down.
"Congratulations to both of you."
"Thank you Chief." Judy smiled and took Nick´s paw and gave it a squeeze, but then the buffalo talked once more.
"No Hopps, thank you. You have made this humble mammal win a big amount of money."
"What do you mean Chief?"
"What the Chief means Nick is that most of us had a betting pool on you. We placed money on how much time it would take for the both of you to become a couple. Both the Chief and I placed our money on a year and you have earned each of us a lot of money."
Judy was left with her mouth open when Clawhauser explained the reasons of the buffalo´s happiness. Nick had the same expression over his face, but he managed to get words out of his mouth.
"Wait, are you saying that you guys knew we would end as a couple?"
"Well, it´s just that you fit together too good, so we assumed it would happen sometime."
Judy smiled and squeezed Nick´s paw. Laying her head on his arm and looking up at Nick she smiled even more and talked to the three mammals, but kept looking lovingly at Nick.
"Yeah. We do, don´t we?"
"Sly bunny." Nick gave Judy a kiss in the space between her ears and leaned his head over hers. Bogo and Clawhauser left the two and they just held each other for some time.
"Hey Nick, would you like to continue our dance?"
"Would I like to dance with the most beautiful bunny in all of Zootopia?" Judy blushed and hid her face in Nick´s chest while he ruffled her ears. "Well of course I would. Let´s go Judy."
Both went to the dance floor, but the music did not feel appropriate for their dance, so they headed towards the DJ who looked at them with a confused face.
"How can I help you?"
"Hi, do you think you could play the slow song that was on some minutes ago?"
"Of course! But do you know the name of the song?" Judy tried hard to remember the name, but it happened to be out of her reach.
"It would be Can´t take my eyes of you, from Ferret Valli."
"Okay, I´ll play it."
"Thanks."
"You know the song´s name?" Judy asked Nick while they walked to the dance floor.
"Yeah, it´s a classic. I prefer the Valli´s version since it´s the original piece."
"Wow, I always imagined you would like heavier music. More like hard rock or something like that."
"I do like that music Carrots, but there are some exceptions that have caught my ears."
"You keep surprising me Nick."
"As you surprise me Carrots. I can´t believe that you have been in love with me for a year. I should have told you when I realized."
"I should have told you too." They shared a quick kiss then the music started and so did their dance.
"I need to ask you something Nick."
"What is it?"
"Do-do you really see me as, you know…your life mate?"
"Ye-yes I do Judy. I don´t see myself with anyone else but you. The idea has not even crossed my mind. I know it sounds silly, but it just seems to me that´s how things are supposed to be."
"Oh Nick. It´s not silly, it´s really sweet."
"Y-you don´t happen to feel the same, do you?" Judy´s eyes widened and she was about to talk, but a mumbling Nick beat her to it.
"Sorry. W-we just opened up and I-I´m already making you uncomfortable. It´s okay if yo-" He was cut short by the kiss that Judy gave him and before he knew it she broke the kiss and leaned her head over Nick´s chest and nuzzled it, their dance not being cut by their interaction.
"Nick, I see you as my life mate too. I realized it when you leaped and started punching Jack. I knew at that moment that you will protect me of everything that could harm me. That you care so much about me that you would risk everything for me. I love you Nick and I want us to be together for all our lives."
"Judy, you couldn´t have said something better than that. I love you and I promise you that I will be with you forever."
They shared a sweet kiss and their dance was coming to an end. The song signaled its ending and both mammals broke the kiss and stared at each other, smiling tenderly and knowing that their lives were now connected in the happiest way possible.
THE END
And there you go. Hope you guys liked it and thanks to everyone who has read even only one of my chapters. I will be absent for another week probably (those darn exams). By the way guys, I want to let you know that I HATE Jack Savage. I totally do, but anyway, that´s the chapter! The original song is from Frankie Valli, so that you guys know. :) Also, since I started writing my fiction and school decided to mess with me, I have had a difficult time catching up with the fictions I read and also with some comics. Seriously, I need to start reading them or I´ll have a lot of stuff to catch up to.
Have a nice day everyone!