It was nearly noon when Judy and Nick stumbled back into her rented room at the Bungalow Arms. Judy had urged him to go to the hospital but once it was confirmed that he had no broken bones, he refused. "You know you should have went Nick, right?" she chided as she tucked him under the covers.
"Are you a doctor? No, no you are not."
"Ha ha, very funny but seriously, you remember our deal. I bring you home, you take your medication. Its only powder, it dissolves quickly and you only need two spoonfuls."
"Is this really my home?" he slyly said but hoped that she wouldn't say no after the stunt he had pulled the day before.
"Your home is where ever I am so stop stalling and take your meds."
"You know," Nick said as he shifted to get comfortable, " for a Bunny, you're awfully forceful."
"And for a Fox, you're not very clever. Medicine, now."
"You are just so cute when you put your tinnie tiny little foot down."
"Nick,"
"Are we still doing that foot licking thing, because I'm still game if you are."
"Nick,"
"Like I said, I'll do yours first."
Judy turned around as she placed her paw on her hip and pursed her lips at him. Nick chuckled and his green eyes began to glow as he looked her up and down.
"That paw on you hip isn't going to help this Darling," he smirked, " but we can try mine there if you'd like."
Judy rolled her eyes. "Uh, no, Mr. Smooth, now what is it going to take for me to get you to take you medication?" Nick raised an eyebrow and opened his mouth to speak but she silenced him with the wave of her paw. "Once again, no, so what else?"
Nick tapped his snout a few time as if in deep thought until he spied an orange and white bowl on the small dresser. "You could feed me some blueberries. I mean I could get sick if I took anything on an empty stomach, right? And I would feed myself but I'm hurt, remember? Darn it …."
"Its a bummer, yeah, yeah, I know, I know," Judy said, finishing his sentence as she turned back around. "Do you want them with sugar?" she asked sweetly and Nick thought about that for a moment. Mrs. Hopps had given him and the children some blueberries with sugar and it had been delicious. "Yes please, Cotton Tail, and don't be stingy on the sugar, thank you."
"I wouldn't dream of it," she said as she clattered about. Nick closed his eyes beckoning sleep but the constant pain he was in held it off. That being said, he still didn't want to take the medicine because he rather liked having his wits about him. The bed shifted under Judy's weight as she sat down and she patted his cheek lightly. "Come on you big baby," she said coaxingly, "open up." Without opening his eyes, Nick parted his lips and Judy began to feed the blueberries to him one at a time. They had a slight tart bitterness to them but he knew that could happen to berries if there weren't fresh and made a mental note to ask Judy to phone her parents for another shipment. He had lost count of how many he had eaten by the time they heard a tapping on Judy's door. Nick opened his eyes slowly as Judy stood.
"Who is it?" she called.
"Special delivery," a friendly voice said from behind the door.
"Special delivery?" she repeated confused and swiveled to look at Nick whose expression had turned serious. Could Travis 'Trey' the Weasel have gotten loose and sent someone after them? Despite the pain, Nick tried to stand up but Judy waived him back down. Turning her attention back to the door, she walked over to it cautiously, cracked it open and smiled. "Mr. Otterton? How are you? What are you doing here?"
The older Otter stared at the Bunny officer in wide eyed shock though the spectacles perched on his nose. "O-officer Judy Hopps? This is your address?" He looked down at the folded up paper in his paws, and then back up at her. "This your room?"
"Yes," she laughed but still kept the door cracked so that he couldn't see who else was in the room with her, "beautiful flowers by the way. I'm sure that they'll make somebody's day."
"Yours,"
"Excuse me?" Judy said, her ears drooping in confusion.
"Yours, your day and your flowers. Ni..., I mean someone, someone thought that you were, are, that you are very special to them and so they wanted you to have these. I sent my son around to deliver them yesterday but he kept saying that he didn't get an answer so I decided that I'd come by and try to deliver them. Since I know how important you are to... that person, even if, well, that is to say, that perhaps you may not know." Mr. Otter handed her the delicate looking bouquet and smiled as he readjusted his glasses.
"Who are they from?"
"I'm afraid I can't answer that but there's a note in there."
"Thank you," Judy whispered, still confused and Mr. Otterton turned to leave but then stopped as if he had just remembered something. He touched Judy's paw with his own and she looked up from the flowers stare into his friendly and wise eyes.
"Sometimes, love can be like flowers in that it can grow in the oddest of places. And as long as happiness is there, it can flourish. I'd hate to see you loose out on a budding love because some might not understand how one so... unique could grow into something strong and beautiful. I owe you my life so let me give you some advise that might help bring happiness to yours. Please, keep an open mind and let love grow, where ever it takes root."
Judy's eyes brimmed with un-shed tears at his kind words. "I'll make sure to do that. Thank you again, Mr. Otterton."
"You're welcome my Dear, enjoy the flowers and the rest of your day."
"You too, sir." Judy called out as he walked away and she closed the door. She took a moment to look over her new bouquet of red, pink,white, and yellow roses, but also babies breath, and forget-me-nots. A note was attached to a small plastic pitchfork that stuck out from the flowers and plucking it out, she read it out loud.
"You are my best friend, better than that I could have ever imagined to deserve. Thank you for caring about me even when I wasn't worth caring about. You are purest creature that I have ever had the pleasure to meet. Thank you for showing me clarity and helping me onto the right path. Your kindness is unmatched and it abounds in more abundance than the waters roaring in every river and flowing in every sea. Thank you for teaching me that I could find peace in helping others. And I love you. I love you. I love you. And thank you for not only letting me love you but for showing me that I was worth loving too. Before I met you, I only survived, now everyday with you, I live and I look forward to living with you forever and always, Carrots.
Love,
The Partner That You Made,"
Judy was in tears by the time she had gotten to the end of the note and Nick was smiled as he opened his arms to her. "I love you too, Nick. Is this why you went back into the Otterton's shop once I pulled off? You wanted me to come back around so that you could order me flowers?"
"I had already ordered them Cotton Tail, I just went back in to tweak them a little."
"But, but I thought that you hated flowers.
"I did. Everyone who had ever given me a reason to buy them, was gone. And then in came you."
Placing the card and the flowers on the dresser, Judy climbed into the bed and under the covers next to him. He encased her in his arms as he nuzzled her ear and whispered, "Happy Anniversary."
Judy looked up at him. "Today isn't the day that we started dating."
"No, but its the anniversary of the day that we first met. I can admit that I was a minor league jerk that day but I'm hoping that you'll remember the flowers more vividly than how I treated you."
"Thank you, I will. They're beautiful, but there one thing I don't get. I can understand what each of the roses mean but why the baby's breath and forget-me-nots?"
Nick chuckled sleepily, "Why? Because they're wild flowers." Judy giggled through her tears, now understanding why Nick Wilde had given her wild flowers but Nick was beginning to noticed that he felt unnaturally tired as his ears began to droop. "That wasn't sugar on the blueberries was it?"
"Nope," she said as she petted his snout lovingly and Nick felt his body rapidly relaxing and his mind starting to drift. He chuckled again and Judy, still in his arms, sat up to give him a very welcomed kiss.
"You tricked me,"
"It's called a hustle Sweetheart," she said with a smile as she laid back down and made herself comfortable.
"Clever Bunny," he slurred.
"Sly Fox," she whispered back and he gave her body one last tight squeeze before they both drifted peacefully off to sleep.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF THE FOLLOWS, FAVES AND REVIEWS! YOU'VE HELPED TO DRIVE THIS STORY AND I DID IT ALL FOR YOU. I HOPE TO WRITE ANOTHER ONE SOON, AFTERALL, I THINK THESE TWO DESERVE A WEDDING! STAY TUNED, STAY WELL, SEE YOU SOON!