When Nick and Judy got back to their apartment, they went their separate ways to get changed from their uniforms and back into civilian clothes. Judy left her place and made her way to Nick's, thinking about how they acted the entire way back; holding paws, occasionally glancing at each other and giving each other a soft happy gaze, acting like they were really a couple. She was pleasantly surprised to find that no one gave them a second glance, telling her that the city had improved and interspecies couples were no longer a taboo. Judy smiled warmly as she entered her boyfriend's apartment to find Nick had already started making himself a cup of coffee while he was also making his lapine girlfriend a nice cup of tea. Judy sat at his table, pulling out a folded paper from her pockets and laid it out on the wood surface. Nick grabbed both cups of hot steaming liquid and walked carefully over to the table, setting Judy's tea in front of her.

He took a seat next to her and motioned to the paper, taking a sip, "What's that honey bunny." He gave her a smirk as she glanced softly at him, loving the sound of the new nickname, "A copy of the paper Bogo had us sign, it's the Permission slip for coworkers to date each other. It's so Internal Affairs doesn't have any headaches in the future. Anyway it gives a BUNCH of rules." Her eyes scanning over the paper reading every word.

"Like what kind of rules." Nick's ears twitched his tone uneasy. He was hoping it was nothing major or overly complicated.

"Oh just little things Nick, don't worry so much. Things like no public display of affection while in uniform or on the clock. No verbal flirting or over the top innuendos. Shield comes first, that kind of stuff."

"Shield first?" Nick cocked his head, looking confused.

"Well, ya know….while we are out on the job, we are cops first, friends second."

Nick nodded understanding, but not wanting to think about it. He wasn't sure what would happen if anything bad happened to either of them while out on patrol. Would he let Judy die or get hurt to help a civilian? Would she do the same? He shook his head to clear his thoughts as Judy took a large sip of tea. Deciding to both change his thought process, and sate his curiosity, he asked something that's been on his mind a while.

"So why tea?"

Judy swallowed her tea and looked a bit grim, "We bunnies are very sensitive to caffeine. Too much can cause severe health issues, including rapid heartbeat."

Nick looked stunned, his muzzle frozen in fear. He slowly moved his cup away from the bunny as she continued, "A little is fine, I usually have a cup in the morning, but its low caffeine blend. It's called the rabbits brew at shops, has practically a third of the usual stuff. Just enough to wake us up, and not be considered decaf."

"Wow, remind me to NEVER give you expresso." Nick swallowed, hoping to never forget that.

Judy nodded, giving him a light smile, "So anything else we need to talk about?"

"Sure…what ya want to know fluff. I'm sure there were a few things you didn't ask during our dinner." Nick shrugged, adding a smile as he took another drink, "And same rules apply, Ill be an open book for ya."

Judy beamed a bright smile as she tapped her chin in exaggerated thinking, "Kids?"

"Nope, no little Nick's running around," He smirked. Judy rolled her eyes as he chuckled, "Well ya see when I was on the streets conning mammals, having kids wasn't high on the list of goals. Like I said before, not many vixens were into the idea of dating a con, even though some vixens were doing similar jobs." He paused as he looked into his halfful cup thinking, "But I don't know fluff. Now that I've got a great job, and now a great girl…kids could be a thought later on. Although in our case….adoption would be the most likely way."

Judy nodded as she agreed, "True, but for the moment…I'm not into settling down with kids just yet. Maybe later on, but for now I'm content." She got up and poured another cup of hot tea, "How many would you be happy with if or when we get to that point?"

Nick sat back into his chair and gazed off into nowhere, staring at the ceiling for a few seconds before looking back at Judy, "2 maybe 3...no more than 4 though, don't want to become outnumbered or overwhelmed." He smiled, "You?"

"Well, naturally we bunnies are known for having half a dozen to a dozen per litter, so I guess something like that wouldn't be to bad."

Nick chuckled as he thought of Judy being surrounded by a bunch of little balls of fluff, until she broke his thoughts with a very delicate question, "You said 'most' vixens."

Nick closed his eyes and sighed, "There was…one vixen that I thought was the one ya know." He hugged his cup in his paws as he started to get lost in memories, "Meadow Skyeson. She was this really pretty arctic vixen. Nearly pure white with bits of grey, hourglass figure, bushy tail, these piercing almost white eyes…You would've liked her fluff, always trying to see the good, did her best to change my ways. At first, it was great, we were so close to each other, and she loved our little dates. I had a few odd legal jobs here and there that she approved of, but it was when I lost or left those that the fights started. Said I was feeding stereotypes, needed to push to break out of that."

Judy sat and listened intensely as Nick told her about all that was said or done, all the verbal fights, all the slammed doors, "So what happened at the end?"

Nick sighed hard, "No idea. I came home to a note, saying she was break barriers, do something no fox had done. She still loved me, but couldn't be with me. Be with a con. I never heard from her again."

"Do you…still feel anything for her?" Judy asked, feeling a pang of jealousy in her heart. It was swept away when Nick smiled warmly at her, "No not for a few years now. Hard to love those you never see."

Nick stood and offered Judy his paw, "So shall we enjoy our day off? Could go visit my mom and give her the good news."

Judy nodded as she stood, taking his paw. She grabbed her phone from her pocket and sent a short yet clear text to her parents.

-Hey mom, hey dad. Date went great, no need to worry anymore. Nick is doing his best to make me happy.

They were just out the door when her phone buzzed. Her chest felt warm as she read the response.

-That's amazing dear. We hoped…no knew that things would work out well. Can't wait for him to visit again. Love you so much Jude

Nick nodded as Judy told him what her mom said. The walked out the front door of the building to walk to his mom's paw in paw.

Later that night…

James Wolfard looked down at his lap as Jennifer was currently sleeping with her head on his lap, her body stretched out along the couch. He sighed happily as he ran his paw along her form, smiling as she murmured happily feeling the action on her fur. She needed a quiet night after meeting with her client, the deer being in a rough mood when she dragged herself into his apartment. James saw her mood lighten as she took notice of the handmade dinner on the table next to glasses of wine. They snuggled the night away watching a corny romantic comedy, the doe falling asleep quickly. James let his eyes close, smiling as sleep took him as well.