So I kinda changed the summary a bit because I feel it was kinda bit "grand" from what I foresee my story to become. I hope that's ok.

September 6, Wednesday, 2:58 PM

Judy looked at Nick with one eyebrow raised with a slightly concerned expression. "And what exactly will happen tomorrow?"

Nick was about to answer but before he could, he let out a sigh that indicated that what he was about to say might shock his partner. "You…Carrots, will get suspended."

Judy still maintained her expression as she replied, "Suspended? For what?"

The fox released a sigh of relief, expecting the doe to lash out to him to vent her anger but actually surprised to see her nonchalantly reply to his statement, which resulted in a chuckle from him. "And here I am expecting a furious rabbit companion, and In case you're thinking that you got suspended because you did something bad, no, it actually it's quite the opposite."

"So, what, the Chief suspended me for no reason whatsoever?" Now Judy's voice did start to get a little heated.

"Not exactly without reason, you see, tomorrow we'll be tasked to patrol the streets of happytown, you know, the place where I used to live?"

Judy remembered quite well after she asked multiple times to tell her where he used to live, partly as a result of a boring patrol one day, and for the fox to make his partner give up the question, the fox described how he used to live there as a child before he was on the streets alone. Living with his single mother while barely scraping life was no easy topic to indulge in, and Judy regretted a little when she asked about it, but it was too late she already asked and all she could do was cry a little while Nick finished what he had started to talk about.

Judy's ears plopped down to her head after she remembered the whole thing. "Yeah I do, and once again, I'm sorry that I forced it out of you."

Nick was easy to see this and quickly tried to cheer his partner up. "Hey hey, I said it was alright. It actually felt good to talk about it for once." Nick said with a smile.

The doe, while still sad about the whole thing, released a sigh to relieve some of the tension she built up for herself. "Ok, well, we can forget about that because for now, you can tell me all about the crap ton of things that will result in my suspension."

Now the red fox was suddenly a little unsure. "Okay, it may not be an actual suspension; it's more of a forced paid leave, at least for three days. But you made it sound like a suspension the last time you told me because of all your bickering and stuff."

Judy was now a little irritated, ready to hear the reason behind her forced paid leave. "If you're done stalling, I would actually like to hear all about it, starting now." while the rabbit said all that, she was already on the wheel, ready to start the car to go back to the precinct as they already finished their patrols, with questionable incidents.

Nick was about to explain how her suspension came to be, before a better plan came to his mind. "Why don't I tell you a story about what will actually happen in these next two days instead?"

"Where a little bit far from the precinct, so why not."

A sudden thought came to Nick, which resulted in his smirk. "Or, I could come with you to your apartment and tell you everything as a bedtime story while I tuck you in."

"Sure why not." Judy answered casually.

This resulted in Nick's current frozen state, not expecting the answer. Judy saw this resulting in a laugh with a short glance as she drove their car. "In all seriousness though, you can tell me the story now."

"But where not in your apartment yet." Nick replied casually

Judy was now debating with herself. Should I actually let Nick come with me to my apartment? I mean, I know he's just joking but, I can let him in as a 'friendly' hangout?. Judy chuckled after her thought and mumbled, "Friendly hangout, yeah right".

"What?" Nick asked.

"Nothing, and I'm still waiting on the story Nick, I'm serious this time." Judy tried to answer with a serious face but failed to do so because of her obvious blush.

Nick seeing this, he chuckled. "All right, my impatient bunny, it all started when we were tasked to patrol the streets of Happytown.."

September 7, Thursday, 10:48 AM, Happytown,

*Past Timeline*

"I'm actually surprised we can patrol here now." Nick was looking at the window while Judy was driving..again. It was already established many times who is the better driver between the two. They would randomly switch who would drive to prove to the other who is better, and Nick usually ends up in paperwork as punishment because the cruiser was crashed yet again.

"Why, are we not supposed to be here?"

"It's somewhat of a unspoken rule not to mess with Happytown in general, You see, people here just don't trust us policemen because of past incidents. Police corruption, discrimination and all that. Everyone has experienced it here at least once. " The fox, still looking out through the window, now visibly slumped with his ears down to the side of his head.

"When you said everyone, that includes you, right?"

"Yeah, but not directly, my mom was harassed by a police on her way home from work one evening, said that she was groped by a tiger in the street while carrying bags of food her coworkers gave her, it was her birthday after all. She came home with all the food mixed and mushed up, barely inside the house and cried after opening the door." Judy watched Nick intently as he told her his story. She could feel a tear streaming down her face. But what got her shocked is the expression on the fox's face; unchanged, telling the story casually like it just happened naturally.

"Nick, that's terrible, I'm so sorry." Judy was now also sad and depressed.

As Judy apologized, Nick looked at the doe and smiled. "Hey now, none of that, it wasn't your fault."

Judy sniffed before replying, "Did she file a complaint to the officer."

"She did, and guess what happened?"

Judy didn't need a second thought as the answer came to mind immediately. "They dropped it."

"They dropped it." Nick repeated.

Judy sighed. "It's those kind of policemen that sets a bad example for us. But where here, were not them, let's show these guys what real, honest policemen should do." Judy gradually lifted her spirit up as she told all that.

Nick laughed. "At least honest to a point."

"Sure Slick, sure"

"That's a Nickname I haven't heard in quite a while."

"I just needed the right moment to let it out."

They both laughed at their antics, until they spotted something amiss near the streets as they slowly drove closer. When they finally arrived, they noticed a male fox lying on the sidewalk holding a wallet in his paw.

"Ah there it is, I was wondering when the random wasted drunkards would show up, just your usual Thursday I tell ya." Nick said with a smirk

"Nick we should help him" Judy looked at Nick intently, seemingly begging.

"I knew you would say that, let me out first." Nick then went out from his side of the car, followed closely by Judy.

When they both were beside each other, they stared at the suspicions body of reddish grey fur, probably at his late 30's wearing a striped polo shirt a pair of dirty jeans.

Nick was the first to say anything from their entranced stare. "What is with these guys and their poor fashion sense?"

Judy chuckled. "Yeah look who's talking, I have yet to see you wear anything other than your green Hawaiian shirt and striped tie combo."

Nick rolled his eyes with a smile. "I'll have you know that Hawaiian apparels never go out of season."

Judy chuckled. "Sure Slick, I'll take your word for it, you're the expert in all things hawaiin, but for now let's just get this over with."

Judy walked closer to the fox and kneelt down to inspect his pulse. "Heart rate seems a little off, let me just, ohh mYY GOODNESS!" Judy tried to lift the fox to his back, and when she did, all she saw was the red stain on his stomach.

Just as the rabbit shouted, Nick quickly came close to Judy to find the reason why. When he saw what Judy saw, he immediately bolted for the first aid kit inside the cruiser. "Judy I need you to stabilize and put pressure on stomach, but not too much!" Nick shouted as he rounded to side of the cruisers door.

"On it!" Judy shouted the reply.

Judy put her ears close to the fox's chest to check the heartbeat. "It's there, but its fading, Nick hurry up!"

Nick was now frantically searching every nook and cranny for the first aid kit, but somehow it was the best hide and seek player ever, as it was nowhere to be found. "Where the hell is it?" Nick was ready to give up as he opened the cruiser's window to relay the hopelessness of his situation. "Carrots, I can't find the freaking first aid kit, I've already searched everywhere."

"Are you sure you searched everywhere?"

"Yes I'm sure I looked everywhere, unless it's somehow in the hood of the car, then it's not here."

Judy was now full on frustrated at this point. "Just try to call for others near here and see if they can lend us their kit."

Nick was now back on frantic mode as he quickly switched on the radio to try and call for help. "10-53, calling for backup In Street 8 outside house 46, I repeat, 10-53 calling for backup In Street 8 outside house 46, please ensure first aid kit."

As Nick was inside the cruiser, both policemen didn't know is that while they were both busy, an unknown mammal was hiding besides a building, recording Judy as she tried who damn best to preserve the last remaining heartbeats of the poor fox. The mammal recording found this intriguing and at the same time heartwarming, she continued until she heard the siren of the other police car coming close and bolted her way out, satisfied of what she captured on her phone.

The other police finally arrived as it made its way near both the fox and the rabbit.

"Finally, thank you" Judy was now relieved as help finally came.

"Sorry were late munchkins, were just not as lucky to be patrolling near Happytown." Francine answered with a smile as she exited the cruiser, followed closely by Wolford, after giving Judy a sloppy salute, which Judy was already used to as its just your classic Wolford, sloppy.

"I'm just glad you guys are here now, come on help me out and where the hell is Nick?"

"Right here Carrots." Judy found Nick walking towards the busy policemen assisting the elder fox.

"Thanks for calling backup Nick, this guy should've been a goner by now if it wasn't for you. You should feel proud of yourself." Judy said as she stood up and fixed Nick's uniform as she told her gratitude towards the fox.

Nick saluted with the same sloppy manner as Wolford and said, "All in the days work of an honest police…uhmm…..fox..guy." He then brought down his arms in a quick and disciplined manner, seemingly proud of what he has done.

The gray doe laughed. "Well, you know what this means, reports and paperwork, let's just get a head start on it." Judy grabbed Nick's arms as she dragged him to the cruiser as they drove back to the precinct.

After arriving, a minute barely passed before Bogo's voice came booming around the building. "Hopps, Wilde, my office, now!"

They both stared at each other, both in understanding of their current situation.

"Goodie let's find out what the hell we did wrong this time." Nick was mildly irritated every time there called in by Bogo, never knowing beforehand what they're called for.

Both coming up the stairs and now staring at the large door housing the mad water buffalo.

"I'm sure it's nothing too serious, we know we know we didn't do anything wrong." Judy assured the fox.

Nick chuckled. "With Buffalo butt, anything could go wrong, I thought of all people you would know."

"I heard that." Bogo said through the closed doors. "But in a way, your right something is wrong. For now just come on in."

Nick took note of Bogo's unusual 'less irritated 'greeting before opening the door together with Judy.

"Sit" Bogo was looking at his smartphone on his hooves, focused as to what is shown.

"A new Gazelle video came out so soon? Or did she give you an unreleased video personally? Damn I wish I could be lucky as you chief." Nick was prepared to accept the brunt of his joke. But what he got was an irritated snort coming from Bogo.

"If you're done Wilde, I could show you both what it is I'm looking at. It concerns the both you." Bogo looked at Judy. "Specifically you, Hopps."

"Chief? Why?"

"To answer that, let me just show you" Bogo handed his phone to Judy, which was like a huge tablet in her paws.

Judy pressed the play button on the video and immediately was shocked at what she saw. There in the video, was her treating and trying to save the down fox. But what caught her eye was that it was uploaded to Furbook, and already had 3k+ likes and a thousand shares. As she scrolled through the comments, what she read made her heart melt and fill her with joy.

'There's still hope for mammal kind'

'Someone better give this bunny a promotion'

'This is what Zootopia is all about, prey helping predators, and vice versa'

Judy didn't have time to scroll through the 400+ comments before Bogo demanded his phone back. "Okay fun's over, give it back." Judy handed the phone back as she wiped some tears on her face.

"You should feel proud Hopps, it's not everyday a police gets this amount of publicity, especially in a good light. So as a reward I'm giving you a 3 day leave, with pay ofcourse."

Judy now in attention, ears upright. "What? But Sir I can't accept that, I'm just doing my job."

"Yes I know, I'm not doing just because of what happened, you didn't even use your paid leaves yet, and by the end of the month you can't use those anymore, and the I.A. is bugging me because they don't accept the absurd reason why one of my men isn't taking any day offs because she actually hates having nothing to do, and it is absurd if you ask me. Besides, if you keep patrolling so soon, people will no doubt distract you as some will recognize you, since you're very recognizable, being the first rabbit cop and all."

Judy was contemplating on what to decide when a paw came to her shoulder in an assuring manner, "Carrots, if I were you, I'd take the offer, or more like order in this case. You earned it." Nick smiled as he squeezed his paws on the rabbit's shoulder.

Judy reached out to Nicks paw and squeezed it herself, not exactly knowing why she did it, and suddenly a thought came to mind.

"That's it, Nick can have the 3 day leave, he was much more helpful than me, he was the one who tried to look for a first aid kit and called for backup after all." Judy forced a smile as she was hopeful Bogo would take the bait.

"Yeah, no, first of all, Wilde already used ALL if his leave, and then some." Bogo was blunt about Nicks unannounced day offs. "And even though you think Wilde is a big help, the public didn't know that. Did you saw him in the video? No, you didn't."

"That's…kind of unfair isn't it?"

"No carrots, it's not, like the Chief said, I already used all of my paid leaves, and personally? You could use the vacation."

Judy knew this was not something she could just escape from, so she just decided to accept it to save time and energy rather than continue bickering an already lost battle. Judy sighed before answering "Okay, fine, I'll take it. But who's gonna be Nicks partner?"

"That's my problem to bare, not yours, now go, enjoy your vacation. Dismissed"

Judy saluted before leaving her seat and walking towards the door. While she opened it she glance and Nick as he waved a little goodbye to Judy as she waved back before going out, slumping and her ears down.

After the door was closed, the fox and the buffalo were in staring contest. After a while, Nick broke the ice.

"Wolford?" Nick asked.

"Wolford." Bogo confirmed.

Back to the present

"That's it? All because of a stupid video?" Judy asked as they were nearing the precinct.

"I still think it's absurd why you don't voluntarily want vacations."

"Nick I already told you, I-"

"don't like sitting around with nothing to do. Yeah yeah, classic response." Nick interrupted. "Okay here's the thing, since you want having 'no vacations', I'm asking fora favor."

"What favor?" Judy was now intently listening to Nick.

"When we take our patrol to Happytown tomorrow, I'm giving you two choices, either don't save the stabbed fox, or let me save him."

"Slick, are you somehow jealous of what I'm about to achieve?" Judy was smirking as she looked at the fox.

"What? No, look what I want is for you to accompany me on Friday, and if all things repeat itself, then you're bound to have that vacation, which leaves me yet again, alone."

"And why would you think doing it yourself won't get you a vacation instead? Which leaves ME to be alone."

As they finally arrived at the precinct, Judy maneuvered the cruiser as Nick continued. "No, like I said many times, I've already used all of my paid leaves, And I doubt the public will give me the same response as yours, I'm not a cute rabbit after all." Nick smirked as he said the last couple of words.

Judy blushed as she finally parked there cruiser. "I swear if you tell me I'm cute one more time."

"What? It's true."

Judy looked at Nick expecting a smirk, but instead, she found the fox staring at her eyes, at the same time she looked at his emerald eyes.

Nick coughed after seemingly aware of what he's doing, which resulted in both of them looking away from each other. "Well, to add to what I said moments ago, the reason I want you by my side this Friday is that I need my partner for it, and if you want to know why, Its another long story. So please just trust me on this."

It was Nick's time to beg as he hoped Judy would understand the situation there in.

"Of course I trust you, you saved my life many times already"

"You're giving me too much credit carrots."

Judy opened her door to get out of the cruiser as she continued with a smirk, "I just like seeing you flustered, it's a nice change of pace from all your slickness, and giving you credit is one of the ways."

"Evil bunny"

"Charming fox" Judy said in a seductive manner

That was NOT how Nick envisioned Judy to answer. He stumbled momentarily when he attempted to open his door and looked at the source of his difficulties. She was laughing hysterically. 'I wish I knew how she could recover from an awkward situation that fast. Well, at least she's enjoying herself, that's good enough for me. '

Little did he know that Judy was far from being recovered from her last actions. 'Oh my God, I over did it, but it feels kinda good when Nick looks at me like that. Damnit what on earth am I thinking? There are more pressing matters than whatever this is. Nick is in a crisis and he needs me, and I'll be more than his shoulder to lean on, I just hope he agrees on me on that.'

Nick was now on his way to his shared cubicle with Judy, intending to discuss about future matters, and what lies in store for both of them.

'I just wish im not doing the wrong thing here..' Nick knew the question on his mind can only be answered by the same thing screwing with him, time.