A/N: So… I apologize for such a bad grammar last time. Lesson learnt: Never write while listening to music. Gomen, minna! (Sorry, everyone!) As I've said it before, this chapter will involve Gideon. Number 1: Because I feel like I need to get him involve in this fic. Number 2: I'm pretty sure Nick isn't the type to get jealous. After all, foxes has no tendency to cheat even if someone they love already has a mate. How do I know this? Internet. And the fact that I'm a fox. :P

Disclaimer: I have a pet fox. Oops, I mean, I don't own Disney. I lied about the fox part too. :P

Nick woke up and rubbed his head. He looked at the time. 6 in the morning?! He sighed but smiled anyway. He was very surprise he would wake up this early. Yesterday it was around 7 and now 6? He sure wasn't being his usual urban self. But he didn't care.

He got off his bed and made it nice and tidy. Sheets all folded. Pillow perfectly placed. Then he looked into the mirror and notice some red stains on his shirt. And he just remembered. Last night… Outside…

He blushed and facepalmed himself. "At least she started it…" he said to himself.

He took off his shirt and decided to go wash up and as he opened the door, Judy was already standing outside, about to knock on it.

She blushed as she noticed him shirtless. "Oh uh…" was all she could say, after using her long ears to cover her face.

Nick raised an eyebrow. "I'm a male, remember?" he reminded.

"I know but…" she peeked a little over her ears. "I've never seen you even without shirt off…"

He looked away. "Well sorry for getting pawpsicle stains on my shirt last night then."

Judy's blush became redder because of the thought from last night but luckily Nick can't see behind her ears. "S-sorry…" she said softly.

He smirked and rubbed her head. "Wasn't even mad, Judy…" he said.

She blushed again, this time, total red. He called her 'Judy' this time. Out of all the things he's ever done to her every time, having him called her by her first name always seemed to be her favorite. She didn't dare to get her ears off because she didn't want him to see how hot her cheeks were getting.

"So…" Nick said. "Why are you up early?"

"Huh?" Her ears raised up, revealing her red face.

Nick noticed this and chuckled. "What's with the color?" he said.

"Huh?!" She noticed her ears stood up too and quickly look away. "Um…"

He rubbed his fingers on her ear which made her shivered a little. "Just answer the first question, dumb bunny," he said.

"Um… I just thought I would check up on you."

"This early?"

"Yeah. Because… I just wanna …" She kept her mouth shut tight before she could say anything else.

Nick decided to play with her a bit. "My my," he started. "Is it that time of the month already?"

Her eyes widened, blushing in full force and hit him hard but soft at the same time.

He just laughed and hugged her. "Sorry, sorry." He rubbed her back, assuring her that it was just a joke.

"Idiot…" she whispered, smiling. "I just wanna say that, maybe it's time you meet Gideon?"

"The other fox?"

"Mhm."

He gave him some thought for a while. After all, it'd be nice getting to know another fox around. Finnick was the only fox he's chatted with all this time, so, it could be a good idea.

"Well?" Judy interrupted his thinking.

"Well, he IS the only fox here. Might as well try to be friends with him too."

She hugged him tight and he rubbed the back of her head.

"Can I go take a shower now?"

"Oh…" She slowly let him go, remembered that he was shirtless. "Sorry."

The sun was rising and Nick was already helping out at the stand with Judy, while they wait for her parents to get up.

"Hand me those apples?" Judy said pointing to a bunch of apples in a wooden basket.

Nick carried them and walked to her. "Here you go," he said.

"Thanks." And as soon as she held on to it, Nick gave a quick kiss on her head. Her ears sprung up and she blushed, eyes widened. "Nick!" she shouted, a little embarrassed and took the apples from him swiftly.

He held in his laugh. "You should have seen the look on your face."

She turned away from him and got on to her work. "Can't you see we're about to work?"

"Oh come on. You were gonna kiss me DURING work yesterday though."

She just froze and blushed. "Th-that's just…!" She paused trying to think of an excuse. "Reflex!"

He raised an eyebrow and caressed her cheek from behind with his fingers. She shivered from his touch. "Oh?" Nick challenged. "I find that hard to believe."

She quickly pushed him away and smiled a bit. "I was just thanking you okay?" She lay her cheek on her arm, looking away blankly.

He rubbed her head and scratched it softly. "Now that, I believe."

She turned to him and placed her index finger on his chest, pointing at him. "But don't try to flirt during work. Okay?"

He raised his paws up, making it look like he's surrendering. "Okay, ma'am."

"Good." And before he knew it, she pulled him by the shirt and gave him a short kiss.

Right after she pulled away, Nick looked at her with pinkish cheeks. "I thought you said no flirting."

"Yes, but…" She trailed her finger on his chest downwards. "I said 'during', didn't I?"

He smirked. "Sly bunny…" He said holding her face softly.

"Dumb fox…" They slowly brought their lips closer to each other when all of a sudden…

The sound of a truck stopped by and they quickly looked up to find Gideon Grey coming out of it. They immediately pulled away from their embrace, with barely red faces.

Gideon opened up his trunk to bring out some pies.

"Morning, Gideon!" Judy said, still a little red from just now.

"Morning, Jude," Gideon replied. "Morning to you too, Nick."

"'Sup?" was all Nick could say as he raised up his paw for the other fox.

"What do you got this time?" Judy said looking at all the pies he baked.

"Some cherry pies, pumpkin pies, blueberry pies and…"

"Blueberry?" Nick quickly interrupted with his ears brought up.

"Yea. Ah know how much you like mah blueberry pie so Ah…"

"Like 'em? I LOVE them."

The two laughed and Gideon handed Nick and Judy their orders for today. "Well, Ah reckon that should do?"

"Yeah, it'll do well," Judy said putting the last pie away. "A lot of the animals around here really love your pies. I don't quite understand why you choose to work in BunnyBurrow."

Gideon laughed. "Well, the city's no place for me. In fact, Ah actually prefer the outdoors more. Reminds me who Ah really am, ya know?"

She chuckled. "Well, I'll be honest. It's actually nice to finally see BunnyBurrow again. Still hasn't changed at all."

Gideon closed up his trunk about to leave. "Well, Ah'd best be going now. Other stores are waiting for mah pies too."

"Oh wait, Gideon, before that…" Judy pulled Nick to her. "Why don't you bring Nick along? He could use the tour AND do work at the same time."

Gideon smiled. "That actually sounds like a mighty fine idea."

Nick waved at him awkwardly. He whispered to her. "What about my blueberry pie…?"

She whispered back. "Don't worry. I'll keep it warm. It'll be less distracting with you around me." She shoved him towards Gideon and waved him goodbye. "Be good to each other!" she shouted as Gideon drove off with Nick.

Nick looked back at her and sighed. He then turned his focus inside Gideon's truck and looked around.

"Sorry if it's kinda messy," Gideon said. It wasn't messy at all though. The seats were just worn out and there's barely any dirt on the mat. As for the counter, it was just a little dusty. But Nick didn't mind. He's lived in a much bigger dump than this.

"Oh it's fine," Nick said while poking a Gazelle bobblehead. "My place is even worse."

Gideon laughed. "How'd ya two meet?"

"Well," Nick sat back. "It all started when I was just trying to buy a jumbo pop. She lent me $15 and I thanked her."

"That's it?"

"Nope. The rest is too long. So I'll keep it short. She tricked me into helping me solve a case and we became friends. At first that is."

"And how'd ya'll ended up together."

"Don't wanna talk about it." Nick pulled out a lollipawp and offered one to Gideon. "Want one?"

Gideon accepted his offer and placed it in his mouth, the same goes for Nick. "Thanks."

The two didn't speak for a while. Nick was looking at his side of the window while Gideon paid close attention to the road. In the end, Nick spoke up.

"You got any tunes?"

"Tunes?"

"You know, music? Songs? Thought we could liven up the space between us a bit."

"Ah don't know if you'll like the songs that Ah'm into." Gideon joked.

Nick noticed that there was a tape already inside. "May I?" he said before pushing the play button.

"Don't…!" But before Gideon could stop him. The song already played. "Argh!" he said covering his face in shame.

Nick's ears stood up. He knew this song. "Is this 'The Distance'?" he said which made Gideon turned to him. "By Fashion Nuggoat (Fashion Nugget)?"

Gideon smiled. "You know this song?"

"I have it on my phone too."

The two started to sing along with the slow rhythmic music. (Time for me to break the fourth wall here. If you have no idea who Fashion Nugget is, then you are too young. Unless of course if you're into classic music, be my guest. Erm, disclaimer: I was not paid to say this…)

And as soon as the song ended, the two foxes were laughing. They were enjoying their work a little too much.

"Ya know, Ah thought Ah was crazy to be the only one liking these old kinds of songs."

"No, kidding? I've been into them ever since I was a kit."

Gideon stopped his truck. "Oh, looks like we've reached our stop." He pulled the brake up and got out of his truck. "Help me unload the back, will ya?"

Nick did as he was told and helped carry a bunch of pies into the store.

The bell to the door rang, which alerted the owners. "Ah, Gideon," said someone.

Nick looked over to see a sheep coming to pick up her delivery.

"Here ya go, Belle," he said placing the orders down on the counter. "A dozen of apple, chocolate and strawberry pies each of their flavor."

"Oh why thank you so much as always." The sheep look over at Gideon. "Oh, and who's this?"

"Oh him?" Gideon wrapped an arm around Nick's neck and introduced him to the owner of the store. "He's Judy's todfriend. And by todfriend, Ah mean boyfriend."

The sheep covered her mouth and gasped. "Oh. My. G. Judy's boyfriend?!"

"Eeyup. And Ah reckon he'd fit well with all of us here in BunnyBurrow."

"But he's a fox."

"Actually, ma'am…" Nick interrupted. "Interspecism is legal in Zootopia… So there's really no problem at all."

She gasped again. "You're from Zootopia?!"

"Born and raised," he smirked. (Little known fact about Nick. It's already confirmed that Nick was born and raised there. No joke. Nick was born a Zootopian and raised as one.)

"Well, welcome to BunnyBurrow." She shook his paw. "I'm sure you'll find it very nice here."

"I already love the place. It's… Actually much better than in Zootopia."

She giggled. "Oh ho you. By the way, how's Judy. Haven't seen her in a while."

"She can be noisy but, she's the kind of bunny she is."

The sheep and Gideon laughed.

"Well, she never really know how to quit to begin with after all," said the sheep.

"Tell me about it," Gideon agreed. "Looks like we're running late for our next delivery." He patted Nick on the back. "We gotta go now, Belle."

"Bye, you two!" She waved at them goodbye. "And Nick, tell Judy I said 'Hi'."

Nick smiled and just gave her a thumbs up as an answer.

As soon as the foxes were on their way to their next stop, Nick spoke up. "Hey, who was that just now? She seemed to know you and Judy for a long time."

"Yea. Really long ago. Ah'd say… 15 or 16 years ago?"

"Mind telling me a story?"

"Well," Gideon started remembering back in those days. The days when he and Trevor, a weasel, use to bully the preys. "Ah was a bully back then. But Ah'm different now."

"So I've heard. Judy told me about it."

"She has? Well, I'm sorry I hurt her. Ya know, now that you're her boyfriend and all."

Nick chuckled. "She's tough, big guy," he punched him lightly on the arm. "Don't even try to apologize even if you hurt her."

Gideon laughed. "Well, even if Ah don't need to, Ah still want to. Because Ah admit, Ah was a jerk to every prey here in BunnyBurrow."

Nick looked out the window. "Well, at least you weren't the one being bullied…"

Gideon glanced at him.

"Unlike me, preys made fun of me because I was a predator. But that was a long time ago."

"Oh… Ah'm sorry to hear that…"

Nick smiled a little. "I'm actually kinda glad that I met Carrots. I think I would have been in a slump today if it weren't for her."

"Carrots?"

"Oh, that's just what I call her most of the time."

Gideon chuckled. "You are one strange city fox."

"And you are a great baker."

After three more deliveries, it was already noon. And it was time for Gideon to head home to bake more of his pies for tomorrow's stock. Nick was getting more and more into the countryside now and it has only been four days. Even though he wasn't fit to do most of the work, but he enjoyed doing it. He felt young even. And that's not just a saying.

"Alright!" Gideon stretched his arms a little. "Looks like that's all of them."

"Only five places?" Nick actually expected more.

"Actually, before you came along, Ah already delivered the rest to the others."

"Um… How early did you wake up?"

"4 in the morning. It's what Ah do every day. Deliver them pies in many places. And after that, go home and bake some more pies for tomorrow."

Nick realized how hard Gideon was working. And he was doing this every day. Nick gave some thoughts a bit. "Can I learn how you bake pies?" he asked.

Gideon looked at him, confused. "Shouldn't you be getting back to the Hopps?"

"At least, I wanna try to impress Carrots with my baking skills…" he said. Which is not true. He just wanted to help out Gideon. Number 1: It's because this is the first time he's ever seen and met his kind. Number 2: It was just to say thanks for the blueberry pie.

Gideon laughed lightly and patted Nick on his back. "Well now, why didn't ya say so? Come on! Ah'll show you how us foxes bake pies!"

Nick got back into his truck and took a ride to Gideon's home.

Evening at Hopps Family Farm

Judy was standing out in the field. Waiting for her todfriend to come home. It was going to get dark soon and she hasn't seen him all day after leaving with Gideon.

"Oh, Nick…" she whispered to herself. "What's taking you…?"

"Judy!" Bonnie called out. "Get inside! It's getting dark!"

Judy sighed and reluctantly turned her heels to her home when finally…

The engines of Gideon's truck was heard. She turned to find Nick coming out of the truck. He waved Gideon goodbye and wished him goodnight.

She ran straight for Nick and hugged him. Laying her forehead on his chest. "What took you…?" she said softly.

He brought up a… Pie in front of her. "Pie," he answered.

The pie looked terrible. The dough looked as if it wasn't baked well and it was all wrinkly.

"Made it myself. Thanks to Gideon's help. Want some?"

She stared at the pie and started smiling slowly, hugging him again but tighter. "Yes…" she answered softly.

"Okay…" He rubbed her head. "But first… Let me go? You're squeezing the life out of me…"

The Hopps family has already finished dinner and are having Nick's pie as dessert. At first, they had their doubts about it except for Judy. She took a sliced and ate it. Her eyes glimmered.

"D-did you actually bake this, Nick…?" she said, surprised.

"Yeah. It's my first time too. Is it… Okay…?" Nick was starting to get a little worried and Judy smiled at him.

"It's delicious!"

Bonnie and Stu didn't believe it at first since Judy was never the kind to be rude or lie about something. Even to her todfriend.

But they both took a slice each and indeed Judy was right. It was right down delicious.

"Carrot pie made by yours truly," Nick said, sounding all fancy.

The little bunnies took some slices as well and they all enjoyed it. Nick was a natural baker. And to top it off, it was his first pie he ever baked too.

It was so good, even Stu licked his fingers after finishing his slice. "That was delicious indeed, Nick!"

"I guess now we all know that foxes are really good bakers," Bonnie said. "It just shows that looks really doesn't matter."

They were all enjoying themselves and as they did, Judy grabbed Nick's paws from under the table. She pulled him outside so she can have a little talk with him.

As they went out, Judy just stopped and looked up in the sky. No stars. But she let out sighed and looked back at Nick with a smile.

"Judy?" Nick said. He called her Judy and she knows what that means.

"I was thinking…" she said. "Maybe… It'd be nice to be a little distracted at times…"

He raised an eyebrow and smirked. "What are you trying to say here?"

She punched him playfully. "You know what I mean, moron…"

He chuckled and held her paws. Both of them looking into each other in the eyes.

"How do you find BunnyBurrow?"

"Lively. I met a friend of yours too. Belle. She said 'Hi'."

She giggled. "Haven't seen her in a while. But thanks for telling me."

They're foreheads leaning on each other, still not looking away from each other's gaze. "So... How did you like my pie…?"

"It was amazing. And seriously? Carrot pie?"

"What?"

"Very stereotypical of you Nick." She booped his nose.

"Hey. At least I didn't call you and your family cute."

She giggled which made him did the same too. His arms wrapped around her with hers around him as wel. She lay the side of her face on his chest.

"I love you…" she whispered.

"I know. I'm awesome, aren't I?"

She giggled and hit him playfully.

A/N: And there you go. Chapter 3 done! Phew. I am so happy with this one. I really feel like Gideon needs more spotlight too so I decided to make him a slight main in this one. And in case you don't know who Belle is, it's that sheep that Gideon stole the tickets from in the movie. I don't really know her real name though so I just chose Belle.

And also, thanks so much for the support. I'm planning to finish the whole fic with 7 chapters. So don't expect much from me. Oh and also, chapter 4 will involve Judy's siblings. Perhaps it's time I show how childish Nick can be.

Anyway, this is just a thought I came up if Nick and Gideon met. As I've said before, Nick is probably not the jealous type. And I'm for sure Gideon has no intimate feelings for Judy. And as for his business with the Hopps Family Farm, my headcanon is that he's their supplier. So yeah.

If you wanna see the cover for this chapter, it's in my tumblr as usual. Ciao~!