A/N: Loving the response to this story. You guys have been great.

Disclaimer: I hid in the office of Disney's manager and ambushed him while he was screwing his secretary demanding I be given ownership of Zootopia. I was thrown out the 17th story window. Happiest place on Earth, my ass...

Chapter 26 - Change of plans

A proud rabbit stood in front of the full length mirror, her grin stretched wide as she looked at herself in her ZPD blues. She had been dying to get into these ever since they had been suspended, and, besides a little role-playing the other night, this was her first morning to do so. She could not wait to get back to the precinct and join the force. First I get my badge, then I find out who my new partner will b-. At that she broke off her train of thought. Looking over at her other partner who was still searching for his pants, she was filled with a sense of doubt. Not over the decision they had made, she would never change that if she was given eternity. No, what she felt was a pang of loss for both of them. They had been such a tremendous team, finding a rhythm no other pair could. Their thoughts flowed together as if they were connected, always knowing what the other one was going to do, always ready to wordlessly back them up. And now, they were going to be broken up. Her eyes began to water as she thought about not being with him in the car each day.

"Carrots," came her mate's soft voice. "Are you okay?" Seeing his bunny wipe her eyes and nod with a jerk of head, he sighed. "Carrots, I know you aren't. Don't ever feel you need to lie to me even to spare my feelings, okay?" This time she let out a small sniffle before nodding truthfully. Taking her chin in his paw, he raised her head to look him in the eye. "I know what you're upset about. I've been thinking about it too. But this is what we wanted. First thing in the morning, last thing at night."

Judy smiled as she raised her own paw to his cheek. "I know. But don't think for an instant I'm not going to miss my fox during the daytime."

Nick chuckled, "Nor I you, my beautiful bunny. And we both know that we can make up for whatever time we lost tonight."

"Mmmm," Judy cooed as she turned and wrapped her fox's arms around her. "I definitely like the sound of that." She patted his arms and withdrew from his embrace. "For now though, we need to get to work. Don't want to be late on our first day back. We'll grab some coffee and a muffin on the way."

"Don't forget Ben's extra box of donuts," He reminded her.

Judy rolled her eyes. "Now how could I forget that?"

"By the way Carrots. You think tomorrow we can go back to showering together in the morning? Would certainly help improve my mood." He brushed his tail over the back of her legs.

Smirking at him, she purred as she raised herself up to his ear, pulling his tie to get him closer. "Of course we can. You just have to get up earlier." Planting a kiss on his cheek she skipped out the door.

There's always a catch, he thought grimly, locking the door on his way out.

"Squeeeaa-!" Clawhauser's shrill cry echoed across the ZPD lobby. Not sure if it was the arrival of the new couple or the extra box of donuts they had brought him, most watched the scene unfold with a few smirks. "You guys are the best! And congrats on becoming mates, it's so wonderful. We all knew you would eventually, you guys were just the last to know, hehe!"

Laying the box down on the desk, Nick jumped back quickly as Ben snaked out a paw with reflexes that betrayed his overly large figure. "Thanks, Spots. Glad to be back. Enjoy em big guy. We gotta head to the bullpen."

"Ohm mmm-ay you two. Good luck!" World's most perfect couple right there. I only wish they were still partners, but I don't think Bogo will budge on this one. Clawhauser sighed before reaching for another donut.

Heading into the bullpen, Nick and Judy weren't surprised to see nothing had changed. The ZPD was nothing if not consistent unless you counted the two small officers in the middle of the room. A silence fell over the room as each officer became aware of their presence.

"Uhh, hey?" Nick gave a small wave.

"Hopps and Wilde are back!" they heard several large mammals cheer as they pounded their fists and a few slapped Nick on the back. "We were beginning to miss you," yelled Fangmeyer. "Well, mainly Hopps but you got tossed into a few conversations as well."

Nick chuckled at the good-natured jab. "Hey, without my better half I wouldn't have even come in today. OW!" He rubbed his ribs where Judy had elbowed them. "Police brutality, Carrots. Not cool."

"Technically I don't have my badge yet, so it's regular domestic violence," she grinned.

"Speaking of which..." Nick trailed off as he saw a rhino at the front purposefully not looking their way. "Hey Officer McHorndog! Nice to see you. Do anything interesting over the weekend?" Nick didn't know it was possible, but he saw McHorn begin to blush.

"Hey Wilde." Nick looked over to see Delgato glaring at him, although with an amused smirk on his muzzle. "You broke my partner Saturday. Say you're sorry."

The rest of the bullpen were confused. "What happened Saturday?" asked Francine.

Nick grinned evilly as Judy tried to not laugh at the memory. "Let's just say there was a call sent out for a 'domestic dispute' and one very competent police rhino showed up to our front door." Seeing McHorn put his head in his paws Nick goaded him further. "Hey bud, it's not your fault. You couldn't have known it was the wrong kind of screaming," he finished as he wiggled his eyebrows. At this the bullpen lost it. Grizzoli sat there chuckling while Delgato roared with laughter. Wolford even started howling.

No one had noticed Chief Bogo walk in until his low voice cut through the noise instantly. "Well. Now that we're all here, I suggest everyone SIT. DOWN!"

Anyone not seated scrambled for theirs immediately. Judy and Nick vaulted up into their overlay large front row chair and froze under the glare of the massive Cape Buffalo. "It looks like we have two of our officers back after their recent suspension. Who cares."

"I care, sir," Nick cried out. "This savage bunny ironed her uniform a dozen times last night and twice more this morning. I had to get her outta the house!" The officers around him chuckled. Judy sent him a glare but could see in her eyes she wasn't really upset with him.

"Hmmph," Bogo snorted. "Either way, here are your badges, officers. I hate taking them away so let's not do this again shall we?"

"No sir!" they said in unison. Both small animals reached out and took their badges from the Chief. Judy shined hers a bit before putting it back on her uniform, beaming brightly. Nick was a little slower and if not for the shades he was wearing they might have seen a small tear form in the corner of his eye. This was what showed he had become a better mammal than he had been. It meant so much to him, almost as much as the mammal that had made him better that was beside him. Catching the small flick of his ear, Judy knew her fox was starting to feel a bit overwhelmed and put her paw on his leg and squeezed it to support him. Giving her a small smile he mouthed "Thanks" before putting his badge on.

"Now you too, reassignments," Bogo began before the pair cut him off.

"Wait sir, we haven't even told you our decision."

The buffalo peered over his glasses. "Hopps. You and I, this room, Clawhauser, and the entire internet knew about your decision before you left the precinct that day. Hell, I had you two reassigned 20 minutes after you walked out of my office. Now, shall we continue wasting time or should I just tell you who your new partners are?"

Judy looked down at her feet abashed mumbling something that sounded like 'partners.'

"Alright then. Judy you will be paired with Francine." At that Judy looked up and glanced over at the elephant. She gave Judy a grin and waved her over. Looking over at Nick and seeing him smirking at her, she patted his arm before hopping down and heading over to Francine to a chair that was surprisingly her size. "Now," Bogo continued. "One of the reasons you and Wilde were partnered up originally was because you are both smaller mammals. It made sense to pair you two based on size. However, now that that option is gone we've decided on a new plan. You and Francine will act in concert, being able to cover both large and small situations." Judy was satisfied with that answer and she and Francine awaited their assignment.

Bogo turned to Nick who looked at him expectantly. "Wilde you will be paired with Wolford." Nick was a bit stunned but overly pleased with that decision. He and the wolf were on friendly terms. He could easily see them working well together.

"Excellent. So what kind of awesome reason will he and I be working together?"

The Chief glared at the fox. "Frankly Wilde he was the only one who would agree to be your partner."

The room started laughing hard before suddenly calming down as they saw the fox's ears lay back and his muzzle start to turn into a snarl.

"You mean to tell me, that after all the months at the academy, the months here, proving myself day after day, not to mention helping solve the biggest case in history before I even joined, and only Wolford wanted to be my partner? Do you know what that tells me?!" The room had gone deathly quiet, most mammals looking ashamed. "It tells me...that Wolford is fucking nuts and I don't want to be his partner anymore!" The moody spell was broken as the other officers all laughed heartily. Scooting back, he gave Wolford a fist bump before joining him at the table.

"QUIET!" commanded Bogo. "Assignments..."

Francine and Judy had been assigned to patrol the Rainforest district, the idea being they could settle in as partners and learn the ropes of each other. They quickly found themselves in a groove. They both admired each other and were already friends before this and got along great. The day was rather dull so they exchanged stories on family and friends. What sister was seeing whom, which brother was getting into sports, usual chit chat. Eventually things turned to their respective relationships with Francine hanging onto every word as Judy laid out the last two weeks for the elephant, keeping out some of the more personal things like with her father (although she did mention the taser incident which made Francine laugh hard enough they had to pull over). All in all it was a rather productive day for the rabbit and her new partner.

Meanwhile in Sahara Square...

"Dude," laughed Wolford. "You fucked a bunny."

Nick grinned. "Yep. Yep I did."

Immediately upon arriving home, Judy had slammed the door shut and launched herself at her fox. She kissed everywhere she could reach before hauling herself up his body, locking her legs around his waist. Nick wasted no time in getting past his shock as he firmly grasped her ass, returning each kiss with eagerness. Judy grasped his head with both paws and dragged him to her neck, letting his muzzle press into her skin, feeling him nuzzling her fur. "Niiick," she moaned into his ear. "Bed." Nick carried her to their room, her thighs still locked around him. As he began to lay her down, she let go and planted her feet on the bed. With a large push, she flipped him on his back as she straddled his chest. Looking at him with lust in her lavender eyes, she stood over him and slowly peeled off her uniform, dropping the garments over his face one by one. The last to go were a pair of black lace panties which he helped her slide them off. As Nick worked on getting his clothes off, Judy crawled up further placing herself directly over his muzzle. Getting the obvious hint, her fox slowly dragged his tongue over her hot sex. The bunny moaned as she began rubbing her paws over herself. Nick barely had his pants off before Judy was reaching back and stroking his hard shaft, He could tell she needed this bad. Moving his paws between her legs, he separated her folds as he drove his tongue inside her. Rewarded with the sounds of her panting, he alternated between licking her and driving forward until he started feeling her shake before she clamped down on his tongue as she came.

Feeling content for the moment, she turned to focus on her fox who was in desperate need of release. We can't have that, can we? Sliding herself down to his shaft, she grasped it with both paws, moving them up and down. As his head thrashed around, Nick began his own panting causing Judy to smile. She stuck her tongue out and ran it from the base of his shaft to the top watching him shudder with pleasure. She could tell he was getting close, but she wasn't going to let him cum yet. Pulling away, she noted the whimpering the fox was making, his arms stretching out to her.

"Don't worry, sweetie. I'll take good care of you." Moving up his body, she paused as she straddled his hips. Looking down at him, she saw the emerald eyes of the male she loved, consumed with lust and longing. Grasping his member, she positioned it at her entrance, rubbing it back and forth across the lips of her sex. She watched as Nick's eyes fluttered at the sensation, wanting to please him the way he did her. She slowly pressed down, letting his size fill her once more. She slid inch by inch until he was fully inside her. She began raising her hips up and down, slowly milking his shaft. She knew he would like nothing better than to grab her and ravage her but she was pleased by his willingness to wait.

After a few minutes of slowly teasing him, she started earnestly fucking him, driving down harder and harder with each time she raised up. She felt him start thrusting back into each of her movements. Grabbing the two large paws of her fox, Judy placed them on her hips, allowing him to pull her down into each of his thrusts as she resumed running her hands all over her torso. She felt him start to grow larger and knew he would soon cum inside of her. Pulling up, she readied herself. Nick saw what she was planning and grabbed her hips to steady her. As she began to feel the beginning of her orgasm, she dropped down hard, slamming the knot through and into her, blinding her and her mate as they lost themselves, cumming together.

Their orgasmic high fading, Judy snuggled into the chest of her fox, ready for their 'mandatory cuddle time.'

"Hey Carrots? Was the fact we were separated all day the reason you jumped me tonight? Not that I'm complaining, mind you."

Judy sighed as she looked up at him. "Partly. I miss you out there, Nick. Francine's nice and a capable partner, but she's just not you."

"Yeah. Wolford's the same way. I like the guy but his sense of humor is either dry or overly dirty. Nothing in-between. I wish there was something we could do."

Even in the dark, Nick could see the evil smile that crept across his mate's face. "Oh there is. And I have a plan."