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Reviews:

Cimar Of Turalis WildeHopps: Poor Nick, having to make himself look like an idiot to anyone who watched him the whole night, I think he would say it was worth it though. I also back up your idea of Judy kissing Nick for each slap he had to take.

MrCrazy16: Yes, that is possible but I can not say what chapter it is going to be but I have it down for future chapters

PrinceSolaris: Don't worry, I also found the song a little odd to base a chapter on but since it was requested so I did it anyway and actually had fun writing it

Credit:

This song was suggested by Leroidatboi on A03

Zootopia Song Short Stories

Song 4: In The End

Judy woke up before the sun started to rise. That was what she had been like ever since she was a kit. Always being up before the sun and being ready for the day. Now she was up before the sun and ready to make the world a better place.

With a happy smile on her face, Judy went through her usual everyday routine. A quick shower, brushing her teeth, brushing over her fur and then finally putting her uniform on.

As she left her apartment door she picked her phone out of her pocket and started to dial a number that she had added recently: Nick Wilde or as he was called on her contact list 'Slick Nick'

Judy held the phone up to her ear and waited for an answer

"Hello?" a groggy voice answered after the third ring

"Nick!" Judy answered cheerfully which caused the fox on the other side to hold the phone away from his ear

"Carrots do you even know what time it is?" Nick askes as the sound of sheets being rustled are heard before Nick's voice again "The sun isn't even up yet and you decide to call your friend, who is a fox, who is naturally nocturnal and still trying to adapt to sleeping at night"

Judy laughed lightly before responding "Just getting you ready for when you go to the academy, granted they don't wake up this earlier but you will have to when you become my partner on the force"

There was a moment of silence, Judy was walking down the road towards the bus stop that she could use to get right outside of the precinct. Judy could only guess what Nick was doing and the only logical reason she could think of was that he was getting dressed.

"You have handed in your application right?" She asked as she took a seat at the empty bus stop

"Uhhh yeah, about that..."

"Nick, there's only one day left, I even put in a good word for you so you should be guaranteed a spot," Judy said a bit louder than was necessary which caused Nick to move the phone from his ear again

"Hey, I'm handing it in today"

Judy opened her mouth to respond but the light of the bus came into view and Judy knew that there would be other mammals that wouldn't be too happy about her having a cheerful and loud conversation "I got to go, I'll see you later yeah?" she asked hopefully

"Yeah sure but Carr-" Nick responded and was going to say more but Judy quickly hung up on him as she got on the bus.

"I got to go, I'll see you later yeah?" she sounded so hopeful and Nick couldn't bring himself to say 'no' despite what he was planning to do

"Yeah sure, but Carr-" Nick started but was cut off when the sound of the call being ended rang in his ear.

Letting out a long and loud sigh as he fell back down on his bed.

"You didn't tell her did you," a deep voice asked from the door. Nick didn't know how long Finnick had been there but he knew that it must have been for a while

Nick leaned on his elbows as he looked at the small mammal in his doorway "You try telling her that you can't join her in her dream job"

Finnick laughed a little "Ohhh it's easy, you're just too attached to her" he said before he started to walk down the hallway

"Don't you have stuff to do?" Nick asked, trying to change the topic

"Yeah, I got sleep to get back to after someone's girlfriend rang them at stupid-o'clock in the morning" Finnick's deep voice called down the hall before the sound of a bean-bag chair being sat on followed.

Nick sighed again as he put his head back on his pillow and pulled the sheets up to his chest "I told you Fin, she's not my girlfriend, she's a friend who is a girl, you know a girl friend with a space in the middle"

"You keep telling yourself that" Finnicks muffled vice called back

When Judy arrived at the precinct the sun was slowly coming up and she still had a few hours to kill before she had to be in the bullpen. She had decided to get a small breakfast at the small bakery that was close to the precinct and there she had met Clawhauser.

They had spent the next few hours talking until Judy had to leave so that she wasn't late for her assignment. She was always the first to arrive and she could probably navigate her way around the room blindfolded. She always took her seat at the front of the room and stood on it with a cheerful smile and her paws held tightly together on the table.

Slowly her brothers and sisters in blue would arrive in groups of twos and threes. It didn't bother Judy that she always entered alone because when Nick joined her, he would be with her to arrive at the bullpen.

As the other mammals chatted around her and took place in arm wrestling matches, Judy would keep her eyes trained on the door that the chief would walk through at any minute.

As if on cue, Chief Bogo had walked through and the usual cries and cheers would fill the small room.

Bogo took his spot at his pedestal and placed the files on it before speaking "Alright, alright shut it! I have a new case, Officers Delgato and Fangmeyer you will be going undercover at a bar that has been rumored to be linked to the notorious crime boss Mr. Big in TundraTown. Officer Rhinowitz and Wolford, I need you two to take Delgato and Fangmeyer's patrol, The rest of you are on normal patrols"

As mammals started to get up from their chairs, Bogo started to head back towards the door that he had previously come through but stopped as he heard his name called

"Chief Bogo!"

Bogo could tell who it as just from the sound of their voice, It was his newest recruit who had been causing too much paperwork for him to handle. Taking a deep breath before he turned around and faced the bunny "What is it, Officer Hopps?"

Judy stopped a few steps in front of her superior and looked up at him with her arms behind her back, twidling with her paws as she spoke "Sir, you said that everyone else is on normal patrols but...I don't have a normal patrol, at least not until Nick goes through his training at the academy and joins the force" she said with a smile on her face as she thought about making the world a better place without Nick.

Bogo let out a quiet sigh that he hoped the bunny hadn't heard. It was true that she didn't have a normal patrol since she was the go-to meter maid before she proved what she could do with the Nighthowlers case. He hated to admit it but Bogo knew that putting her on parking duty or doing desk work was a waste of a talented officer. But the only problem was that he didn't have a spare officer that was near her size so that they could work together comfortably.

"Officer Hopps that is correct, you do not have a set patrol yet due to your lake of a partner so I' afraid we are going to have to put you on parking duty or..."

At the mention of parking duty, Judy's ears dropped and her foot started to tap against the floor, creating a small cloud of dust

"Or I could put you on desk duty and you can sort out some of that paperwork that is left over from the Nighthowlers case"

Judy didn't have a second thought as she quickly left the room with a salute and headed towards her office where a small pile of paperwork waited for her.

It was now the end of the day and Judy had spent the majority of her time relaxing in her office. She had finished her paperwork before she even went to get her lunch. While she had felt completely useless she still smiled as she thought about her future in the job and being able to do it all with Nick.

After a few hours of doing nothing productive, Judy decided to head to the precinct gym and pushed herself to the limit. She may have pushed herself too much as she had ended up with a pain in her shin, the same shin that was cut during her escape from Bellwether.

She was now leaving the women's locker with a bag of dirty gym clothes on her back that she would wash later.

She continued her walk past the front desk but stopped when she saw Clawhauser with a small pile of paper. One look at the top of one told Judy that it was the final list of ZPA recruits that would go through everything that she had to, only they would find it easier.

"Hey! Clawhauser!" she greeted cheerfully as she stopped in front of the cheetah's desk.

The cheetah was quickly leaning forward in his chair and resting his head in his paws as he was sucked into a short conversation with Judy about how their days had been. It wasn't until Judy noticed the time that she had finally asked the question she was planning to ask

"Did Nick make it through?" she had asked with a hopeful smile on her face

Clawhauser saw the smile and was shamed when he had to be the one to pop it. Trying to go the dumb route was the only thing he could think of about how he would be able to avoid telling the bunny the truth "Nick who?"

Judy raised a brow as she detected that Clawhauser was trying his hardest to avoid talking about something "Nick Wilde, You know, the fox that played a crucial role in stopping Bellwether"

Clawhauser opened his mouth to reply with another dumb comment but stopped and closed it when he saw Judy's annoyed face. He knew what he had to do and he didn't like that he had to be the one to say it. He would much prefer if the Chief did it. "Judy, Nick never handed in his application"

"Oh," Judy responded simply as he ears fell limp behind her. Her hopeful smile was gone and was replaced with a small frown. It didn't last long however as a small smile appeared and her ears sprang up "That's not a problem, he probably just forgot the dumb fox, I'll go find him and hand it in for him, I'll be back in an hour or so"

"Judy..." Clawhauser started but she was already gone

Judy broke out into a steady sprint as she rushed to her apartment. Once there, she had dropped her bag off and changed into a new set of clothes before exiting her apartment just as fast as she arrived.

She tried to call Nick multiple times as she ran towards the one spot where he would most likely be. Each time she had failed to connect a call with him. She didn't try sending a text as that would just slow her down.

When she had arrived at the bridge where their reunion was held. The sun was already down and all the street lights were on. The more she walked, the more worried she became that Nick wasn't there. Her worries were set aside as her ears jumped at the sound of one of her nicknames being called from below was heard.

"Carrots?"

Judy turned and saw the red fox that she was looking for. "Ohh Nick, there you are," she said as she went down the small hill so that she was now at the same ground level as the fox

"What are you doing here?" he asked as he rubbed his eyes to adjust them to the ever growing light that made it harder for him to see after walking through the pitch black dark for a while.

"I came here so I could get your ZPA application," Judy said casually as Nick tensed up slightly "You being a dumb fox forgot to hand it in"

"Carr-"

"Don't worry though, I had a quick talk with Clawhauser and I'm sure that it would be ok if you handed it in now, hurry before it get too la-"

"Judy, please," Nick said. Judy stopped as her name was said. Her actual name. Not some nickname, but her actual birth name. A clear sign that what Nick was about to say was something serious.

Judy stood right in front of Nick Causing him to have to look down at her and her to look up at him. "What's wrong Nick?" Judy asked as she placed a paw on his arm.

Nick took a deep breath and lowered himself onto his knees. His head was now level with Judy's, neither of them being in an uncomfortable position to look into each other's eyes. "Judy, I'm not going to be a cop," he said, not losing eyes contact the whole time

Judy's smile and ears dropped for the second time. But much like with Clawhauser, they both returned quickly "Nice try Nick, need to think of a better hustle that a surprise graduation behind my back"

"I'm not hustling you Judy," Nick said quietly.

In an instant, Judy's ears and smile dropped again. This time staying down. She opened her mouth to talk but no words came out except a jumbled mess "Wha..wh...Ni...Why not?"

"It's simple Judy," Nick said, neither losing eyes contact with the other "I'm a fox, we are not meant to be cops"

"They said the same about a bunny, yet here I am" Judy tried to argue as she felt tears filling her eyes.

It hurt Nick to see her cry. Hurt him even more knowing that he was the reason behind those tears. "Yes I know and I am proud of you for it, really I am," Nick said as he carefully wiped at a tear that was rolling down her cheek. "But you heard what Bogo said, 'do you really expect me to trust a fox?'" he said as he recited what was said by the buffalo at the tram station.

"I trust you Nick," Judy said quietly as her emotions were slowly becoming too much for her to handle.

Nick slowly pulled Judy into a hug as she openly cried on his shoulder. "I know you do Judy, but one mammal's opinion does not change a whole city's"

Judy wrapped her arms around Nick's neck as her legs started to shake and she felt she was going to collapse soon. Nick only held her a little tighter.

"Bu..But you...st...topped Bellwether" Judy said between sobs.

Each sob pulled at Nick's heart. He didn't like doing this but he knew that he couldn't be a cop "That doesn't matter though Judy, I could save a hundred kits from a burning building, steal from the ungrateful rich and give it to the poor and stop Bellweath all in one day but it won't matter to anyone" he said before he took a pause. He could feel his own eyes becoming glossy as tears built up in his eyes "Do you know why?"

Judy knew the answer. She could see where Nick was coming from but that didn't mean she liked it or that it had to be true "Be..becau...because you're a... a fox" she said, still sobbing at his shoulder. The shirt covering it was now soaked through and Nick could feel her tears on his fur.

Nick gave a nod of his head and just to make sure Judy knew, he answered verbally "Correct"

Judy suddenly pulled her head back and stared Nick straight into his eyes "But Nick, you...you can pro..prove them all...wrong...you could be the...the first fox cop...like I was the first bunny"

Nick remained silent before he slowly stood up. Judy's eyes followed him as he moved. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a slip of paper "I'm sorry Judy" he said as Judy slowly took the paper and began unfolding it.

It was Nick's application, all filled out with the necessary information. It wasn't until Judy looked at the bottom that her heart had dropped. There was a red stamp in the corner that stuck out from the rest of the paper. It simply read "Denied"

"I tried to hand it in while you were off nursing your leg" Nick stated as he rubbed at his eyes "You should keep it...as a reminder of what things could have been" he stated before he started to walk off.

"Nick!" Judy called and waited for him to turn around and face her before she continued "Prom...promise we'll still talk" she said desperately as her sobs slowed but were still evident.

Nick managed a small smile as he responded "I promise"

After that, Nick kept his promise. He and Judy still talked regularly, both in person and over the phone.

It took a while to get used to the information but after a month and a half, Judy had reluctantly accepted the truth. His application was pinned on the board behind her desk. The only thing that wasn't covered by anything else. The bottom where the red stamp was had been cut off, it didn't hold any important details so it wasn't a sacrifice.

The only sacrifice that was made was that of a perfectly good cop, lost because of stupid speciest stereotypes.

Song: In The End
Artist: Linkin Park
Album: Hybrid Theory
Release Year: 2000