When Drudy met Bren

Okay after all the intensity of the last chapter it is nice for a fun chapter with Drudy going on a date to meet Clawhauser and his significant other. Ben finally officially coins the phrase Drudy. There are several stories about the couples first meetings and first kiss. There is an epic smooch for the ages where a lot more than just sparks fly. We finally find out what Drew made for dessert. And a secret is revealed that Clawhauser can't seem to remain conscious to accept as reality. Oh there is heavy foreshadowing at the front of this chapter so pay close attention. Scrump-delicious! As Ben says.

Zoodate: 117 P.C. - 118 P.C.

As Drew and Judy arrived home late and were putting away the food and dressing for bed their conversation from the nights events continued in earnest.

Judy: "So how bad is it going to get for them?"

Drew: "Well the sense I got was like watching the blackest storm clouds you have ever seen rolling straight toward you with flashing lightning and the crackling of energy going off every second."

Judy: aghast "That bad?"

Drew: "Definitely no kittens or rainbows in sight."

Judy: "Did you sense he harmed Marion or her family?"

Drew: "No, quite the opposite. Whatever happened he did it to help her at least in his mind. That emotion was as clear as if it had been a knife and thrown straight at my mind."

Judy: upset "Don't mention knives! Do you sense he ever meant any harm to us?"

Drew: "Never… I sensed he felt the same about us as he did about Nick when he was mentioned. It was like the opposite."

Judy: "What is the opposite of harm?"

Drew: "Help, heal? Well strangely I kept getting the sense he wanted to hug us but kept himself restrained."

Judy: "I am like Aza. I can't understand him at all. He is like one big contradiction."

Drew: "I have to say I was mesmerized by every part of his tale. The emotions and images of violence and suffering he described was beyond anything I have ever imagined."

Judy: shudders "Don't remind me. I have never heard of anything so brutal in all my life."

Drew: "What part?"

Judy: "Everything. Well virtually every part except with Marion, his rescued kids and Aza and her children."

Drew: "But they suffered terribly."

Judy: horrified "No! Not that part. Just the brief parts when they were not suffering."

Drew: "I had no idea Zootopia was such a brutal place. I am very frightened of you patrolling anywhere close to where he said those kinds of things were happening."

Judy: "No it is not. Not anymore."

Drew: "Not anymore. What happened?"

Judy: "Well that is what I meant by Reynard being a legend. I thought it was all made up but I am doubting that now. It happened before my memory. I just heard rumors. Things were always calm and peaceful in Bunnyburrow but definitely not in the heart of Zootopia. PopPop would tell me stories of Zootopia when he was younger, but I thought they were just him being alarmist like he is with foxes. He was so horrified when he learned I had wanted to go Zootopia. He said it was no place for any bunnies with any sense."

Drew: "What does the legend part say?"

Judy: "Well they spoke of Reynard being the catalyst that changed Zootopia. He was like the driving force of a revolution to build the Zootopia we know today. But I was just sure he didn't exist as the pieces of stories I heard spoke of him as if he was an unworldly deity."

Drew: "Like a god?"

Judy: "Well like a god come to earth. A god of terrible power and force with no restraints but one that fought for the righteous and innocent. He was a force for justice but the price could be colossal."

Drew: shocked "Egods! I knew he had so much more to tell us but I had no idea. He truly is The Angel of Death come to walk on the earth."

Judy: furious "How can Marion not want Nick to know him and his family!"

Drew: "I suspect it has to do with those terrible forces you mentioned."

Judy: "But his family means more than anything to him!"

Drew: "Her choice must have devastated him. I could sense sadness and regret of unfathomable depth when he spoke of that."

Judy: "But he would never do anything to hurt them right?"

Drew: "No quite the opposite. But he is a being without restraint and there are consequences for those actions."

Judy: "I wish we had more information about what happened."

Drew: "I am not sure if that would help. I am suspect Marion is missing a lot in her mind. She is still damaged and her mind fractured."

Judy: "What? But he got her back. He saved her!"

Drew: holding Judy's paws looking sorrowful "I am afraid the job was only half done. She never dealt with the many years of trauma and suffering on an immeasurable scale. All those memories were locked away."

Judy: "So… so she is still broken?"

Drew: mournful "I am afraid so. He did all he could. The only problem is until she dealt with those memories and that pain she was like an egg covered in cracks and he kept her in a basket of the softest feathers but once she left his care, his basket, and went to make a family of her own, she could easily break."

Judy: lips and nose quivering looking mournful "So there is no hope? She is broken."

Drew: hugging her "I don't know. Perhaps when we see her I might know. I really haven't tried to repair any damage like that. I can help take pain and hurt away, but a broken mind... I have no idea. I won't know until I try. I am not a psychiatrist. I can only sense emotions and react to them. Some trauma could take a lifetime of therapy to deal with."

Judy: defiant "We have to at least change her mind. We owe it to Nick. We owe it to Reynard for all he has done for all of us for all of Zootopia."

Judy: remorseful "He must have been living with such pain and devastation Nick's entire life."

Drew: "Well if there is anyone who has been used to living with pain it would be him. But the problem is his sister never has."

Judy checked her messages while Drew checked his emails. He got one from Marvin his assistant saying everything was underway for Operation Kitchen Sink. Marvin loved spy movies and he also loved some of his new human idioms. Judy came running in excited and glanced at the email. They never kept anything from each other as they consulted each other on work stuff all the time. Drew always loved to have Judy's opinion on everything.

Judy: curious "Operation Kitchen Sink?"

Drew: laughing "As in everything but the kitchen sink."

Judy: "What does that mean?"

Drew: "It basically means virtually everything. I am not sure where the phrase originated. I suspect it might have had to do with someone moving out taking everything not nailed down so they only left the kitchen sink."

Judy: "So what is he referring to?"

Drew: "The blanket approvals for pretty much anything we could dream of needing in the next nine months."

Judy: "Ah, now I get it."

Drew: "Well out with it. I don't need to be an empath to know you are excited about something you heard."

Judy: smiling "Ben wants us to meet his significant other!"

Drew: "You can say boyfriend."

Judy: "Oh… I am not that narrow minded. I just like how he phrased it."

Drew: "Good lord… this week seems to be a non-stop ride of insanity. Well it has certainly not been boring that's for sure."

Judy: laughing "What next? Nick leaves for a week and our world explodes with madness."

Drew: laughing "I guess Nick was the glue that kept us from becoming unhinged but he leaves and the world turns upside down. When does Ben want us to meet?"

Judy: "He said tomorrow night if possible since Nick is still out of town so he figures we would not be busy."

Drew: laughing "He really has no idea."

Judy: laughing "I know… if he had any idea. He means well… he is so sweet."

Drew: "Where does he want to meet?"
Judy: "He said at their place. He said he has not told his boyfriend Brian about us being a couple. He recommends we arrive separately and you can read him to know if he could be trusted and if we should tell him."

Drew: grinning "Who knew Ben could be so calculating."

Judy: "He is just very considerate worrying about us."

Drew: "Ben is a good judge of character. I am sure he would never introduce us to someone who was a threat but I believe his caution makes sense. I can pretend to not even know you were coming."

Judy: "Are you that good an actor?"

Drew: "Well I can try. I am just not sure I could ever pull off not being madly in love with you with Ben around though. I will have to make an excuse and leave if I feel any sense of danger or deception or anything off-putting at all."

Judy: "I hope that is not necessary."

Drew: "Just a necessary precaution with the dangerous times in the air."

Judy: "I fear those dangerous times apply to Ben and Brian as well."

Drew: "Way to bring the mood down."

Judy: grinning mischievously "Well how about I bring something up instead."

Drew: confused "Huh?"

Judy: slyly "What was that about just us on a private island?"

Drew: understanding "Ah! I didn't know you had such a naughty mind."

Judy: impish "I may be miss sweet and innocent but I am still a bunny with bunny flowing through my veins and you said that is what you wanted earlier tonight so it is time for you to prove it mister!"

Drew: laughing "Yes Ma'am!"

Drew picks her up and carries his lovely little distraction into the bedroom to prove his statements earlier in the evening sincere and forthright.

Drew had a very busy day working with Marvin brainstorming vague and wild proposal requests for everything from the entire contents of Library of Congress to the entire digital entertainment content of recorded human history. They even resorted to flipping through pages of encyclopedias and catalogs trying to come up with crazier requests. They had worked several travel visas to and from the worlds. They had no idea what they may need to use in the coming months they just wanted some they could apply them to any possible need.

During his free time Drew researched anything he could find on political opposition to The Protectors as well as anything he could use to derail their meteoric rise in the polls. By the time he arrived he was tired and texted Judy that he was going to take a nap and to wake him in time to get ready for their date night.

Judy had also been busy. She had tried to talk to Honey but all Honey could talk about was how Nick was missing and how she thought some sheep had kidnapped him. Judy tried to convince her that he was on special assignment and was due back anytime. Honey seemed reluctant to talk about her theories on The Protectors with Judy and so she decided she would have to wait until Nick got back and hope he could get something out of her. Since she was on self imposed desk duty with Nick gone she decided to use her time to research everything she could on the current political situation and even went over possible scenarios for disrupting and manipulating the voting system for Zootopia.

What Drew had said bothered her about not following the rules as she hadn't really thought about her actions but now was realizing he was right. But she still wouldn't have done anything different and that bothered her. When she was little she thought the law was absolute and had vowed to make it her mission to defend the rule of law with every ounce of her being. But once she was actually in the middle of the system, she had realized it was a lot more complicated and sometimes it was about the end result than the exact letter of the law. If she had followed every rule she would have been stuck as a meter maid and the peace between predator and prey possibly irreparably damaged. She may have never met Nick and all her numerous new friends she had made in Zootopia and ultimately never met Drew. The thought of that made her sick and so had to conclude that following the law is not always absolute but she wanted to do her best to try.

She arrived home, showered and quietly changed into a nice casual outfit for the evening and did not want to wake the large form sleeping soundly in the bed. She knew he had been quite stressed out by recent events and hoped this evening would be relaxing and just fun for a change. She knew being around Ben always cheered the human up and this may be just the thing to take his mind of all the recent stresses and pressure. She was kind of curious what kind of guy had captured Ben's heart as she had no idea what his type might be. As she looked in the fridge she saw Drew had brought some dessert home from his test labs for their dinner. She decided not to look so it would be a surprise. She was still worried about Nick and Finnick as she still hadn't heard a word from them and prayed they were okay and would be home soon as she really needed her partner quite desperately at the moment. The only thing she worried about was accidentally letting anything slip about his mom or his unknown family. About the only thing she never talked to him about was her intimate life so it would be difficult to keep something like this from him especially he if sensed she was keeping something from him.

She realized it was getting late and Drew was supposed to get there first to make sure everything checked out okay so she decided to wake him. As he groggily smiled at her and gave her a kiss, was quite emphatic he wanted to do something about the fact that several parts of him were quite happy to see her. She told him there was no time and pushed him into the shower stripped him and turned on the water hopping out quickly. Something like this would have embarrassed him to death a few months ago, but they had gotten quite used to each other by now. She heard him yell as the water hit his semi-conscious form. She would have hopped in and helped get him clean fast but she was already dressed and ready to go, so had to leave him to fend for himself.

She decide to try and leave some more messages for Nick for whatever good it would do. Then she decided to call her parents instead while Drew was busy so he couldn't try and distract her like he loved to do when she was on the phone with them. She had no idea what he found so exciting about fooling around with her while she was trying to talk to them but she had long since given up understanding all his quirks.

As she saw the familiar form of her mother appear on the other end of the phone she got a big smile.

Bonnie: "Hi Bun Bun!"

Judy: smiling "Hi Mom. Where is Dad?"

Bonnie: "He is with Charles, Philip, Reggie and Felix delivering the new crops. You know how busy he has been lately trying to manage so many fields and growing cycles."

Judy: "Well it is good to see you. How are things?"

Bonnie: "Busy as usual. Becky had the three kittens and they are beautiful."

Judy: "Awww I bet she is so excited. Can you send me pictures when you have them?"

Bonnie: "Of course. What are you up to?"

Judy: "Drew and I are meeting Ben tonight."

Bonnie: "That's the big… I mean chubby cheetah right?"

Judy: "Yes Mom."

Bonnie: "Is it safe for you and… Drew to see him together?"

Judy: "He knows about us Mom. It is fine."

Bonnie: "Okay. I never know. I just hope you are careful. I hope you have fun."

Judy: "Drew should be in a good mood being around Ben."

Bonnie: "You do live a complex life dear."

Judy: laughing "You really have no idea how true that is."

Bonnie: "Well you have fun. I am sure your Father says hi."

Judy: smiling "Thanks. Bye."

Yikes!

Something had come up behind her while she was distracted on the phone and had wrapped itself and a towel around her.

Judy: scolding "Put some clothes on! You are going to mess up my outfit."

Drew: smiling "I feel a lot better after the nap. Sure you wouldn't like to join me in a similar outfit."

Judy: "We don't have time. You are late. My you are in a good mood."

Drew: "I can't wait to see Ben."

Judy: teasing "Well get dressed. I don't want you to send him any mixed signals dressed like that."

Drew: laughing "He certainly would be shocked. Okay my fluffy taskmistress I will get dressed to make you happy."

Judy: slyly "I didn't say I didn't want you like that. I just said you need to get going. Oh don't forget the dessert."

Drew: "You didn't peek did you?"

Judy: "No of course not. I probably wouldn't even know what it was even if I did."

Drew: laughing "True."

The human got dressed and came back in and got something out of the freezer and put it into a cooler with ice packs and got a pan and a liquid container out of the cabinet and then a box out of the refrigerator.

Judy: "You never like to be ordinary do you?"

Drew: sticking his tongue out and grinning "Ordinary. Bleh!"

Judy giggled at his imitation of her.

Drew comes over picks her up standing her on a chair and gives her a long kiss.

Drew: smiling "I am missing you already."

Judy: "Ohhhh a horrible 30 minutes until I see you again."

Drew: smiling "I can't stand it!"

It took Drew fifteen minutes by subway to arrive at Ben's apartment. He didn't quite know what to expect but his life had become one interesting thing after another lately so he certainly didn't expect anything mundane. As he wiped his feet on the doormat he saw it had two tiger paw prints on it. He picked it up and turned it over and it said "Part of the Gazelle Collection" on the back. Drew laughed and rang the bell. He heard an excited exclamation from the other side of the door and already sensed joy through the door. He didn't even know he could sense things through walls. You learn something new every day in Zootopia.

The door opened to a visage of a very overweight quite happy grinning cheetah wearing a bright green collared shirt with a darker green stripe bordered by light green stripes on its top and bottom stretched across the middle of the shirt with a white undershirt underneath. He wore dark gray pants and a red and yellow belt which was struggling to keep those pants up.

Drew: grinning "Hi Ben."

Claw: grinning wide "Hi you gorgeous hunk of delightful. Awww… I could just eat you up!"

Drew: smiling "Well save some room for dessert." Drew holds up his multiple containers.

Claw: excited "Oooh… something new from the humans?"

Drew: smiling "Would I ever disappoint the great connoisseur of desserts with something mundane? But I need to put this in the freezer."

Claw: graciously "Of course… this way."

Ben escorted him to the kitchen directly in front of the entrance. He took out his item from the cooler and put it into the freezer and then noticed there were quite a lot of baking implements all over the kitchen as well as a specialized oven. There were a great deal of molds, decorating tubes, baking pans, glass jars of every kind of filled with nuts and cooking garnish, a cake leveler, pastry bags and cap sets, cake stands and a small handheld torch.

Drew: curious "Ben, I didn't know you were so into baking."

Claw: "Oooh those are not mine silly."

Drew: realizing "Ah… so you have taken this to another level."

Claw: putting his paws up to his mouth "Oooooh I guess the cat is out of the bag."

Drew: grinning "Funny one. How long?"

Claw: "Almost a month. We had been dating about two months before that."

Drew: "Nice, so how are you liking domestic life?"

Claw: smiling "It so nice being able to see the little ball of fur whenever I am off duty."

Drew: grinning "Well how about introducing me to this special someone."

Claw: yelling to a backroom "Brian! Bring your scrumptious tush out here."

A small light brown bear with soft fluffy fur came walking out. He was slightly shorter than Ben and was quite adorable. He had a multicolored blue shirt, black pants, a tweed looking jacket and a stylish scarf around his neck. He had a sweet smile and Drew thought if he was gay and into bears this would definitely be the one he would pick.

Drew laughed thinking of that.

The little bear got an amused look on his face.

Brian: "I hope I am not that funny looking. I'm Brian Fisher."

Drew shook his offered paw and grinned. "Quite the contrary Brian. Drew Stevens. It is my great pleasure to meet a special friend of Bens."

Brian: grinning "Special… is that what we are calling it now?"

Drew: "Well you have to forgive me Brian. I am still new to Zootopia so I am not sure how they refer to things here."

Brian: smiling "You do have quite a good excuse there."

Claw: putting his paws to his mouth "Isn't he the cutest thing ever?"

Drew: smiling "Why Ben I didn't know you had a thing for bears."

Claw: confused "Oh not specific for bears. That had nothing to do with it."

Drew: grinning "I apologize that was for my own amusement. A bear is a much hairier gay human so I thought it was funny and I had to do it."

Brian: "You say things just to amuse yourself often?"

Drew: grinning "Drives Jud… I mean it drives some friends of mine crazy sometimes. I think of things that would be funny for humans all the time but no one else here would understand them."

Drew: mischievously "Speaking of that… your given name doesn't happen to be Theodore is it?"

Brian: confused "Um no… why?"

Drew: spreads his arms wide and steps one foot forward as if to say tada "Teddy Bear?"

Brian: confused "Huh?"

Drew: sighs "Nothing. I wish I had an audience. Well you look just like one."

Claw: giggling "Someone is too clever for his own good."

Drew: "I suppose. I guess you don't have them here. I wonder what you stuff here. I mean Jud… geez… I mean I have a friend that has a whole collection of stuffed bunnies. I thought you might have bears."

Claw: giggling "I have my own. I don't need one."

Brian: "Ben says you an empath?"

Drew: "Ah yes that is no secret."

Brian: "Can you sense what I am feeling then?"

Drew: "Well it really depends on how well I know the mammal and if they are able to mask the emotions and also how strong the emotions are as well as many other factors. Like right now I sense you are not sure what to make of me and are holding back a bit."

Brian: curious "Wow… like even subtle feelings then."

Drew: grinning "Well it is one reason I love being around Ben here as his emotions are infectious to me and puts me in a good mood. He is like a drug for me but without any harmful side effects except for my face hurting from grinning so much."

Claw: grinning "Compliments will get you everywhere with me. Brian you need not be so reserved with Drew. He is quite open minded about everything."

Brian: "Hmm I guess you are. Ben says you are discreet."

Drew: "Most definitely. Ben is a good friend and I would never break his confidence and I know he would not mine. We all have secrets Brian. Myself a great deal more than most."

Drew could sense a bit of relief from the bear.

Brian: sighs and then grins "Well that is good. I haven't really come out."

Drew: confused "I didn't think there was any stigma with that here."

Brian: "Well not with most people but it is still something certain people I know would have a problem with."

Drew: "Well I certainly understand. I would never mention it to anyone. If I told you a secret would you be able to keep it?"

Brian: "You are not gay are you? I am kind of stuck on Benny."

Drew: "No no… you get that vibe from me? I thought you had gaydar I mean Ben picked up my secret instantly."

Brian: "Gaydar? No I just don't know your species so I have no idea. I'm also not very good at picking up who is gay. Benny knew it as soon as he saw me though."

Drew: "He has that particular talent in that area like emotions for me. No gaydar stands for "Gay Radar" in the human world. I am sorry for using all these human stereotypes and slang words as of course things would be completely different here."

Claw: "Oh… don't apologize my yummy smooth skinned buddy."

Drew: "Could you keep a similar secret for me?"

Brian: "Oh… but yes of course. I know better than most others the need for discretion in that area."

Claw: to Drew "Did you get what you needed?"

Drew: "So I suppose cross-species relations are okay for you?"

Brian: "Umm… well I am in one."

Drew: "Doesn't mean you are comfortable with others having them."

Brian: "I see. No I had no problem with that. It was just more the gay thing than the cross-species thing for me."

Claw: to Drew holding his paws pad up on each side "Well?"

Drew: "He passes all tests. I just need to ask one more point blank one."

Drew: directly to Brian "Brian. This will be the last question. If I expose a relationship I am in that almost no one knows because of the potential danger and dire consequences can you promise never to breathe a word of it to anyone but Ben of course."

Brian looked uncomfortable and a bit scared. Drew could sense this but he sensed no deceit from him so far.

Brian: "Well that is a bit of a scary question, but the answer is yes I can keep your secret. I am quite good at doing that. I have been keeping a secret my entire life from people in my family. I certainly understand your concern. But the answer is yes."

Claw: inquisitive "Well?"

Drew: "He is good."

Claw: relieved "Whew! That was way too intense! Can we have fun now?"

Drew: smiling "Of course Ben. Oh one second let me text someone very special."

Drew sent Judy a text saying "Everything all good. Come join ASAP."

Judy sent one back a short one back with a smiling face with smiling eyes and the message "couple mins."

Drew: "She'll be here in a couple mins."

Brian: disappointed "Oh… she."

Drew: "Brian what's wrong? I am taken… that is not exactly a secret… sorry."

Brian: startled "Oh… no… you misunderstand. I was just hoping you were like us."

Drew: smiling "Ah… well if it makes you feel any better, the reason I laughed when I first saw you was that I was thinking if I was gay and into bears… real bears… you would be exactly my choice."

Brian: smiling "Oh… actually that does make me feel better. I thought you were laughing thinking I looked foolish."

Drew: "Brian I want to apologize to you for grilling you. The reason will be apparent in a minute or so. I love my mate more than anything in the world… let me correct that… more than anything in two worlds. And thus why I am fiercely protective of her."

Brian: understanding "Oh I get it. Two worlds… more human humor. I don't blame you for being so careful."

Claw: putting his paws up to his face and squealing "Oh… this is so exciting."

Just then the doorbell rang.

Claw: mischievously "I wonder who that could be?"

Drew: "Well don't keep her waiting long or she will be in a bad mood and we definitely don't want that."

Clawhauser opened the door to reveal a certain gray bunny with giant purple eyes wearing a big smile, jeans and violet blouse.

Claw: excited "O... M... Goodness! We really did invite a bunny. Ho-whop! I gotta tell you, you're even cuter than I thought you'd be."

Judy: grinning "Oh ha ha Ben, you are a laugh riot."

Ben had repeated this same little bit of dialog with the slight variations to fit the situation based on their very first conversation two years ago as a constant running joke for them.

Drew: "Get in here love, come meet Brian."

Judy comes in and shakes the paw of the shocked Brian.

Brian looks at Drew and then Judy several times.

Brian: stunned "I… oh… um I never expected."

Drew: "Yes yes you are thinking the same thing everyone does when they see us. How can you two work."

Brian: "I… I wouldn't ask that."

Drew: "Oh course not, you are too polite."

Judy: "Hi Brian, it is okay. It works quite well. It just takes a few adjustments and then it works perfect in every respect. It has just taken awhile to make all those adjustments."

Claw: putting his paws up to his face and giggling "They are just adorable together!"

Drew: putting his arms around Judy "She is… I guess I just get to inherit her aura riding on her coattails."

Judy: grinning "You aren't too bad yourself… for a human."

Brian: "I just had no idea. I knew you were friends but I never see you anywhere together."

Drew: "Well that is the idea. It is very tough being anywhere with her and keeping my distance and keeping myself controlled around her."

The group moved over the sofa and Drew sat in a standalone chair and Judy hopped on his lap. After last night they found this seemed to work best for them especially in this configuration which allows Judy's eye level to be closer to Drew's and everybody else's as well as placing her right next to her source of comfort.

Clawhauser and Brian sat next to each other. Drew could tell Brian was a bit uncomfortable but Ben gave him a hug and kiss on the cheek.

Brian: "This is the first time we have met anyone so it will take a bit of getting used to."

Drew: "It will get easier Brian. Please feel free to relax and be how you normally are with Ben. We have had the advantage of being around Nick, her partner on the ZPD , quite a lot so we are a bit used to being around others."

Brian: "Oh… okay I will try."

Judy: "Brian how did you and Ben meet?"

Claw: excited "Oh I want to tell!"

Drew: "Maybe you can tell your version after Brian, Ben."

Brian: "Well I am a pastry chef."

Drew: "Story solved… next."

Claw: "Am I that predictable? No no… it is not like that."

Judy: "Did you meet him buying pastries?"

Claw: "Well… um… yes."

Judy: grinning "Case solved. I would have just gone and handcuffed you and brought you in at that point Ben."

Claw: "Well it is more than just that. I visit a lot of pastry shops."

Brian: "We would call him the The Spotted Sugar Specialist."

Drew: smiling "A title I imagine Ben would wear with pride."

Claw: "I had put in a special order of delicacies for the Chief's Birthday party over three months ago and had gone to pick them up but no one was behind the counter and… "

Judy: smiling "You got hungry?"

Claw: "Am I that predictable?"

Drew: laughing "Yes."

Claw: "Well I lean over to sample some scrumptious little morsels I saw just out of reach and..."

Brian: grinning "He got stuck."

Claw: "Oooo yeah between the shelves. It was worse than when I accidentally sent the email of me lip-syncing Gazelle's latest song "A Kiss For You" to the whole department by mistake."

Drew: "You sent me that video. You send me those kinds all the time… how is that embarrassing to you?"

Claw: mortified "I was doing the dance steps all wrong. I have never been so embarrassed!" Ben hides his head under his paws.

Everyone else laughs.

Brian: "Well I came in and saw him but he couldn't see me… just my legs."

Claw: smiling "So I just start talking to his cute little furry legs."

Brian: "He called them his flaky little spindles of brown sugar and cotton candy and asked them to help him out."

Claw: grinning "I was sooooo hungry. I thought they were taunting me with their delightful deliciousness."

Brian: "I crouched down and looked him in the face."

Claw: grinning "I asked him to come closer… that I couldn't speak… hehe."

Brian: grinning "I got close and he gave me a kiss on my mouth."

Claw: smiling "Well he had a bit frosting still on his mouth."

Brian: "Sure. Well I had been frosting a cake."

Claw: smiling "Well it tasted extra special on his cute little furry face."

Brian: "I was quite shocked. I just stood there frozen. I mean I liked it. But no one knew… I had never done anything like that with anyone."

Drew: "Not even a kiss? How did you know you were gay."

Brian: "Well I had tried with girls of several species but it didn't seem to excite me in any way. But my toes tingled when Benny kissed me."

Claw: "I was happy to be stuck."

Judy: "You knew he was gay?"

Claw: "Of course. It was all over his adorable fuzzy face."

Drew: grinning "You sure that wasn't the frosting talking?"

Claw: rolling his eyes "I wouldn't have done it if I didn't believe he would like it. Of course I knew. How could you not? Look at him."

Judy: "Well I admit he is precious but I would have no idea."

Drew: "I would have no idea either. I would only know if I felt his emotions of attraction of a physical nature to me or another male."

Claw: "You guys are so silly. It is so obvious." he realizes they aren't kidding "Hmm well it just feels obvious to me like how it is obvious Gazelle's new album is her best yet."

Drew: "Ben I have been telling you that you have a unique ability. You were the only person anywhere to know about Judy and I, and you just looked at us and we weren't touching each other or looking at each other or anything."

Claw: excited "You guys were so perfect."

Judy: grinning "It would be nice if more shared your opinion. What happened next?"

Brian: "Well I helped get him unstuck and he asked me if I could help him deliver his order."

Claw: smiling "He was so confused about his feelings. It was so cute."

Brian: "I kind of mentioned I was working on some special pastry creations and he asked to see them later."

Drew: "That was quite a dangerous invitation."

Brian: "I didn't mind. No one appreciates my work like Benny. He appreciates it as pure art."

Claw: "Art you can eat! The best kind."

Brian: "He leaned over my back to watch me work and kissed me on my neck and I tingled all over and knew right there how I felt."

Claw: smiling "Well he did still have frosting that needed cleaning but I took him out for milkshakes after."

Brian: "And the rest was history."

Judy: "Aww what an adorable story. So this is your first relationship Brian?"

Brian: "Yes."

Drew: "I wish we had a story like that."

Brian: "How did you guys meet?"

Drew: tentatively "Umm fuzzy you want to take that one?"

Judy: "Did you not watch the news? I thought our story was sort of all over."

Brian: "Oh umm I mean I know parts of it just not details of what happened."

Drew: "See... not so famous."

Judy: "Well… I would rather talk about our first kiss instead if that is okay. The circumstances of our meeting is not really a cute story."

Claw: "Owww I have never heard this story."

Drew: confused "Are you talking about when I kissed you when you were crying because I stopped you from… you know the monster."

Judy: realizing "Oh No! I am talking about like both of us together, a real kiss, not kissing me on the head."

Drew: confused "Umm when?"

Judy: upset "You don't remember?"

Brian: "Uh Oh… someone's in trouble."

Drew: "Welcome to my life. Well things were quite a bit chaotic back then so I can't exactly remember. I really am sorry. Judy can you give me a hint?"

Judy: "It was right after you were sworn in as the ambassador."

Drew: remembering "Ah that's right. That was a crazy time we were rushing all over."

Judy: "You want to do the story or shall I?"

Drew: "You can start that one. It was quite short if I remember but I have a bit of an interesting one we could do after."

Judy: "Okay… we were in the back of limo and we had just finished the big press conference that lasted hours."

Drew: "Judy was running the whole show. I was so proud."

Brian: "Ah… I think I caught part of that."

Judy: "Drew had been sworn in and he wanted to start negotiations immediately so we stopped by the hotel and picked up overnight bags for several days and both heading right to West Plant."

Drew: "I was just going to stay there until we got the ball rolling. I figured it would take several days of non-stop talks. They would then have to take all the results to their upper leadership for approval and I would have to do the same."

Judy: "They don't need a whole play by play why we were doing it just that we were alone in the back of a limo after a crazy high pressure day so we were both stressed out of our minds."

Drew: "I lay down on the seat with my back to it… it was quite relaxing as I could completely stretch out in the limo."

Judy: "I was sitting in front of him in the middle of the seat in front of his waist."

Drew: "I started tickling you for some reason I think."

Judy: "Oh… you were trying to get me to admit the whole ambassador thing was my whole plan for you all along."

Drew: "You had made a comment the day we arrived back in Zootopia inferring that you had plans for me when I asked about what I was going to do in Zootopia now that I was stuck there."

Judy: "I meant I had romantic plans for you dummy. I believe I actually said 'I had some ideas'."

Drew: "I was clueless."

Judy: "That's why the kiss happened because you were clueless. No the ambassador thing was not planned but you wouldn't accept my answer so I lay down facing you and kissed you to stop you from tickling me."

Drew: smiling "It definitely stopped me. I was a bit freaked but I starting kissing you back. And then you started giggling!"

Judy: giggling "Hehe I couldn't help it."

Drew: "You made me think I was doing something wrong."

Judy: "You were so soft and gentle but it tickled a bit."

Drew: "I didn't know we had to orient ourselves a certain way to get it to work right."

Brian: "What do you mean?"

Judy grins and points to her big front teeth.

Brian: "Oh."

Drew: "I was just a bit shocked but I never turned away. Then I got real embarrassed because of your giggling."

Judy: grinning "You were so sensitive about that stuff back then."

Drew: "Well I have given it a lot of thought and I knew there was one perfect chance to have kissed you that I missed that I wish I could do over… a real romantic one."

Judy: "When was that?"

Drew: "During our escape from the Cryodyne labs."

Judy: "Hmm I was feverish much of that time so I have no memory. You didn't kiss me when I was unconscious did you?"

Drew: "I said I missed the chance, not that I did, and no not when you were unconscious. I was a bit busy shitting myself worrying about you dying at that point."

Judy: "Then when… oh I know… when we got back to your office right?"

Drew: "Yeah."

Brian: "When was this?"

Drew: "It is right after I was smuggling her out of the secure labs where she was being held captive. She was hidden inside my shirt and under my lab coat. You want to recreate that?"

Judy: impishly "Do I get to wear clothes this time?"

Brian: shocked "WHAT?"

Drew: laughed "We had a bit of a crazy meeting. I would have loved to use the line 'What's a cute bunny like you doing in a place like this?' when we first met."

Judy: laughing "You always want to turn our relationship into a movie."

Drew: smiling "Just in my mind. But one with a happy ending of course."

Brian: "I guess I should have paid closer attention to the news."

Judy: "Well most all of the details of that whole time in the lab are only known by a very select few. But it is not fun dinner conversation, but recreating that part would be."

Drew stands and puts Judy under his shirt hiding her ears and demonstrating how he smuggled her out of the labs.

Drew: "It was easier because I had her under my lab coat as well at the time but you get the idea."

Judy: "We somehow made it past the guards and I sensed we had made it to his desk."

Drew: "She popped out of my shirt with a giant smile on her adorable face."

Judy pops up out of his shirt ears first and then her head and they stood face to face grinning at each other.

Drew: "I was terrified but exhilarated at the time. But this would have been the perfect time if I had to do it all over but ONLY if we both had our current memories. If we didn't I am not sure that would have been a good thing."

Judy: "I might have bitten you."

Drew: "Yeah probably wouldn't have blamed you but it would have been hilarious to have seen your expression if I had."

Judy: "I probably would have just looked at you frozen in place not sure what to do."

Drew: "Well duck back down and let's do this thing right."

As Judy ducks back down and Drew pretends to walking into his office behind a desk sitting down in the chair and she pops her head out smiling right in front of him virtually touching noses and he gently leans forward brushing his lips softly against hers gently pressing them to her drinking in her essence and Judy pulls her arms out the neck of his shirt and grabs him around the head pressing him to her, tilting her head slightly and then she begins kissing him deeply and passionately. Both of them close their eyes and Drew's imagination transports him back to that moment in time on the human Earth and he holds her face in both his hands and time seems to stand still.

Thinking back to that moment in time he couldn't believe he was so narrow-minded to think that this was wrong. Something that felt this good in his heart, the heat spreading through his head, and the electricity he felt on his lips could never be wrong. He gently brushes his tongue over her oversized front teeth that come with the bunny package… that and the cotton tail. He couldn't believe he ever thought feeling those teeth in his mouth ever felt weird. They felt as natural as his own ivories now. He focuses his entire energy at the point in which they were currently connected and the world vanishes and it is just the two of them alone in the universe. The emotions in her are heavenly and flow around her as if it is a mist of pure love. He breathes in deeply feeling the mist fill his body warming every extremity. Every part of his body is tingling as if alive for the first time. He then feels the two of them almost blending together as if they were one being and he gently touches her mind with his and they blend their memories of this exact point in time.

As Judy felt Drew's mind touch hers she feels like she is suddenly weightless. She senses both of them have risen into the air. She feels all the pain and sorrow… all the darkness and suffering flow from her body freeing her soul. Tears come unbidden to her eyes as this moment of impossible love feels like it was rewriting the code of her DNA changing her, making her something more… making both of them something far greater. All the fear, all the regret, all the what ifs of her life all disappear as if they had never existed. The love flows into her and all around swirling faster and faster and she senses herself spinning. Both of them spin impossibly fast and the cloud of emotions around them converge as if they are in a centrifuge and everything they are, were and ever would be became one single entity of pure love and tenderness, of hope and joy.

A single sound broke the impossible silence that surrounded them. It was the sound of giggling… it was the sound of glee… it was the sound of impossible joy and elation. It was the sound of…

Clawhauser.

Drew and Judy both opened their eyes staring into the watery pools in front of them and carefully pulled away from each other incredibly slowly as if their faces were magnets drawing each toward the other and those faces were loathe to leave the company of their partner. They both turned to the source of the sound.

They saw the large face of the chubby cheetah holding his paws to his face staring at them giggling uncontrollably. He couldn't even speak. He tried but no sound would come out.

The bear to his side had a look of shock on his face as he stared open mouthed as if he had seen both of them sprout angel wings and white robes and then rise into the heavens.

Drew and Judy still held each other with their hands and paws wrapped tightly around each others heads and each carefully released their vice grip. Judy slowly slid out Drew's shirt and sat down stunned on Drew's lap. They both sat staring wordlessly ahead not sure what had just happened their minds reeling.

No one said anything for over a minute. The only sound was that of Clawhauser desperately trying to utter a word. Finally he succeeded.

Claw: ecstatic "O... M... Goodness! Scrumptious... Impossibly Scrump-delicious…!"

Brian: shocked "You seemed to breathe each others souls into yourselves. It looked like you were glowing. How?"

Drew: stunned "I have no idea what happened. I just imagined I was back in that moment of time and I lost control."

Judy: astonished "I felt our minds blend. I felt like we were one person… like we had become something altogether different."

Drew: "Um how long were we there? I kind of lost track of time."

Brian: "I have no idea either. Five minutes at least… maybe more. I am not exactly sure what you two are… something beyond an ordinary pair."

Judy: grinning "Ordinary we definitely are not."

Drew: "Another crazy day in Zootopia… I have no idea why I am even surprised at this point."

They hear a rumbling sound coming from the belly of the chubby cheetah.

Claw: "I'm hungry!"

Brian: coming out of his stupor "No kidding. How about we see what's for dinner."

The foursome moved over to the table with Drew and Ben facing off against each other across the table grinning.

Claw: grinning madly "I am so excited! I got to see the real Drudy finally! That passion was exquisite and divine."

Brian: serving the dinner "Drudy?"

Claw: smirking "Drew and Judy combined."

Drew: amused "Clever. You do portmanteaus here as well?"

Judy: grinning "Sometimes. Never seen one that fit that well before though."

Brian: "Fate?"

Drew: "Well I am afraid you will be the only ones using that cause I don't think Judy's parents are going to and Nick would have to use Furrots or Careless which both sound quite ridiculous although I can see the second one but we try to avoid being careless."

Claw: "Can you come up with one for us? I have been trying for one that fit as nicely as yours."

Drew: "BriBen, Brijamin… Ah! I have it… Bren."

Claw: elated "Purrrrfect!"

Drew: laughing "I love kitty humor."

Claw: "We finally have one Bri!"

Brian seems distracted by something Drew just said mentioning Judy's parents.

Brian: "That's great Benny! Judy you came out to your parents?"

Judy: "Well I didn't have much choice. They knew we were living together. Their mail was going to the penthouse floors of the government administration housing and we had just spent nearly a week together at my parents. Plus my older sisters knew immediately what happened the morning after... well you know."

Brian: "What do you mean?"

Claw: giggling "Isn't his innocence adorable? After they consummated their relationship."

Brian: blushing "Oh. Um at her parents house?"

Drew: grinning "She was kind of insistent after I finally said okay."

Judy: grinning "I was making sure there weren't going to be any take backs. I didn't give him a chance to reconsider."

Claw: putting his paws up to his face in excitement "Ooooo I have to hear this story!"

Drew: blushing "Yikes I would need a ton of alcohol for that and I didn't bring any."

Claw: unsure "Alcohol?"

Judy: looking annoyed at Drew "It's liquid that makes this one nothing but trouble."

Claw: squealing "Well get some quick!"

Drew: laughing "Perhaps another time. That is a bit over the line when it comes to a discussion topic at a couples first date with another even with how close we are."

Brian: shocked "How did your sisters know?"

Judy: "Well bunnies just kind of know those things. They put a male you hold paws with and touch all day and him staying overnight, combined with bunny sense of smell then combine with extra good moods the next morning and well bunnies are super detectives when it comes to that area. Plus they are experts at amorous body language and this one couldn't take his paws off me once we dove into the water. But they didn't tell my mom and dad. It took them about a week later to figure it out or at least ask me about it."

Drew: "I was quite embarrassed the whole time I was there because I could sense all their emotions and knowing looks."

Judy: "Didn't stop you for going back for second helpings… and third… and fourths… you get idea. "

Drew: grinning "Well not like I could take it back. Besides it was well worth any embarrassment."

Judy: realizing "So that is why you spent most of your time with the little ones that whole trip."

Drew: "Well that and they were adorable and so full of life and emotions of joy and excitement. But yeah they didn't look at me like I was doing something quite naughty to their sister."

Judy: "It wasn't that. They are used to that stuff. It was just because it was me. You know… with my history."

Drew: "Ah that makes sense now especially with your past issues in that area."

Claw: excited "I have no idea what you are talking about but it is delicious."

Drew: "Brian this meal is amazing. You have some amazing talent. What exactly are we eating?"

Claw: grinning "How did you know I didn't make it?"

Judy: "Ben come on now… if you cooked, nothing would make it to the table. It would all get gobbled up."

Claw: "Too true."

Brian: "Thank you for the compliment. We three are having Fish en Croute with Lemon Butter Sauce a wonderful fish pastry. Both Judy and us are having Pesto and Roasted Vegetable Puff Rounds and Vegetable Pastry Purses. And Ben said you would be taking care of dessert."

Drew: "If he leaves any for the rest of us."

Judy: "I hope you brought a lot extra."

Drew: "Eight plus servings worth."

Judy: "Smart."

Claw: wronged "I wouldn't take more than my share."

Drew: "Sure… it is fine Ben I took everything into account. Let me get it prepared."

Brian continued asking questions about Judy's parents and families reactions to her relationship while Drew brought a pan, portable burner and a collection of boxes to the table with four plates.

Brian: "Well when my parents call they just think Ben is my roommate and they seem to accept that."

Judy: "What makes you think they wouldn't accept the truth?"

Drew placed butter, bananas and sugar in the pan and began cooking them.

Brian: "They are quite old fashioned. The have been going to these rallies of these Protectors and getting riled up about purity and values."

Judy: "Oh my… Drew and I found ourselves at one of those. The hate we felt was disgusting."

Claw: curious "Protectors?"

Brian: "This new political group Ben. The one attacking the mayor."

Claw: "Oh… I like the Mayor. She simply is delectable. I want to bury my face in her tail."

Drew: "I agree. Not with the tail part though but she is stunning. Mayor Le Pew is the only politician I think I have ever liked in two entire worlds."

Drew adds some alcohol to the bananas and lights the mixture with Ben's handheld torch and it catches fire. Drew shakes the pan flipping the contents for even coverage.

Claw: aghast "You are burning it! Put it out quickly!"

Drew: "It's supposed to do that Ben, it is a flambé. The alcohol will burn itself out in a few seconds. There you see."

Claw: excited "Alcohol! You can tell your story then!"

Drew: "Sorry to disappoint you my joyous ample kitty but I would need far more than I brought for these."

Brian: "What is it?"

Drew: "It is called Bananas Foster." He puts the flambéd caramelized banana mixture on the plates topping each with a generous scoop of homemade french vanilla ice cream and smothering everything with a brown sauce.

Brian: "What's in the sauce?"

Drew: "Butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, dark rum and banana liquer."

Judy: excited "I love bananas so I know I will like it."

Everyone digs in and Drew is happy to see three faces displaying absolute ecstasy. He grins feeling the emotions of satisfaction. That feeling makes everything worth all the effort sourcing the items for this dish since most of them had to be brought in from the other side of the portal.

Judy: "We have to get bananas for Zootopia."

Drew: "Um… Judy you know the friend of ours we saw the other night. I believe he has the contacts and resources to grow all the exotic fruits I was wanting to produce."

Judy nods her head understanding.

Judy: "Excellent idea."

Claw: grinning like a little kid "More please!" Ben pushes his empty plate toward Drew.

Drew: laughing "I barely started mine Ben. But I will get it started while we finish." Drew puts the remaining bananas with butter and sugar into the pan to cook.

Judy: "Brian you were talking about your parents. Are they actually members of The Protectors?"

Brian: "I am not sure if there is an official membership unless you an official running for office. But they are trying to get all the people they know to vote with them."

Judy: "I am afraid the times ahead will be dark if they are elected."

Brian: "They have a whole list of people they seem to hate."

Claw: confused "Why would they hate anyone?"

Drew: gently touching the innocent feline "They are groups like these that hate everything that Zootopia stands for and wants to restrict everyone's lives and happiness."

Claw: confused "Why?"

Drew: "Ben has a good question there. Why indeed? Somehow to make themselves feel superior? Who really knows exactly?"

Drew adds the alcohol and lights the banana mixture on fire.

Brian: "Well if you have seen their rallies you know why I have had to stay hidden."

Drew: "It is hard to even imagine this kind of group getting any support in Zootopia based on everything I have seen and experienced prior to that rally."

Judy: "We need the Gazelle Party to crush them!"

Claw: perking up "Did you say Gazelle and Party together!"

Judy: "Not exactly what I meant Ben but that would be fun."

Drew serves everyone a second helping with Ben getting an extra large cheetah's portion and everyone digs in.

Claw: "Are you going to her concert next week for the new album?"

Judy: "Oh I didn't realize it was already coming up."

Drew: "I could get us VIP tickets if you like."

Claw: eyes as big as saucers "REALLY!"

Drew: "Yes my office is offered VIP Front Row seating and Backstage tickets. They give those to ambassadors offices to entertain dignitaries. Since my dignitaries are all on an another world they won't be able to attend so we have to find something to do with them." Drew laughs at that.

Brian: "Oh we could both go out on a real date!"

Drew: "Yep, I was just worried about the appearance of being with just Judy but if we make it a big party it will not seem suspicious at all. I was hoping to get Nick to come and maybe you guys. I think I will invite my assistant Marvin. He can be my date. He will deserve it after all he has been doing this week." Drew grins.

Judy: "How come you didn't tell me?"

Drew: "I wanted it to be a surprise. Ben you interested?"

Ben stares at them with his mouth open but is unable to speak.

Brian: "I think the answer is yes."

Drew: smiling "Excellent… I will get six tickets… sound good?"

Ben still is unable to speak.

Drew: "Ben your dessert is melting. I never thought I would ever have to say that to you."

Claw: coming out paralysis "Oh My!" Ben attacks his dessert.

Everyone was busy finishing their desserts and Ben finally finished his extra portion.

Claw: "I had some strange daydream about the Gazelle concert a few minutes ago."

Brian: grinning "Yes Ben they want to take us all to the concert VIP style."

Ben swoons and Drew catches him as fortunately he was up to clean the pan. Drew and Brian manage to drag Ben to the sofa with great difficulty. After awhile they finally convince Ben they are serious without him fainting.

The couples played a few games. Drew taught them how to play charades but it was difficult for Drew to get all Judy's Zootopian references as he had only lived there for less than four months compared to the lifetime experience of the other three members. They offered to let him use human examples but Judy didn't know most of those so that was no help.

Ben had a Gazelle trivia game and matched his knowledge against all the other three but it was still a rout. If they didn't have Judy they would barely have scored anything. Drew and Brian freely admitted that Gazelle trivia was not their areas of expertise.

Ben showed them his room dedicated to Gazelle complete with cardboard cutouts of the pop star escorting you into the room. Drudy stood staring a kaleidoscope of color and collectibles. One wall was completely covered with virtually ever article on Gazelle and the other with posters and memorabilia. There was shelf after shelf of everything under the sun: numerous garments worn by Gazelle, a whole collection of figurines of her and her four tiger dancers, a full sized arcade video game system similar to Dance Dance Revolution except all oriented around Gazelle, hundreds of magazines with Gazelle on the cover, Gazelle toothbrush and toothpaste, recording session original tapes and engineer notations, bootlegs of every concert, recordings of every appearance, things touched by the star including flowers, leftover food, hotel receipts. The sheer number of items was scary and it took nearly an hour to go through. Judy was having the time of her life ooohing and ahhhing over everything. Drew was just overwhelmed by the madness of it all but since Judy was having the time of her life he was feeling amazing. There was an alarm clock where Gazelle would rise out of the floor singing various songs surround by her tigers spinning around her when the alarm went off. There was a whole closet of actual and replica clothes like the pop star had worn. There was a large number of promotion items like cardboard cutouts for various concerts and albums. There was another entire side of a closet fill with concert memorabilia, t-shirts and clothes of every kind. Drew didn't have to wonder where all of Ben's paycheck must go as it was all in this room and in his belly.

Drew finally couldn't handle any more and decided to step outside with Brian while Judy and Ben continued going through every piece talking about each item.

Brian: "Overwhelming isn't it?"

Drew: "Whew… quite a bit obsessive. I have collected a few t-shirts and items from events I attended but mainly just to remember the event rather than any obsession. I have never been one to care so much about physical objects except for a bit of amusement from time to time."

Brian: "You lasted far longer than I ever have in there."

Drew: "I was mainly there to absorb Judy's feelings or I would have run out screaming long before."

Brian: laughs "I suppose both of us are stuck with some obsessed fans. I am so happy you are able to get those tickets. It will be so fun to actually go out in public on an actual date with him although I believe he will be quite distracted."

Drew: "Well fortunately we have each other for company if they go overboard."

Brian: "I am so glad I met you and Judy. It is so nice to feel comfortable around others."

Drew: "I feel exactly the same. We have so few people we can be normal around as well. I can only dream of a day where we can go anywhere together without worry."

Brian: "I hope we can do this on a regular basis."

Drew: "I do as well… you will have to come visit us next time. I am installing a dance floor area, karaoke system and some lights just for fun. It even has some pretty cool sound modification effects that may even make my voice sound acceptable."

Brian: "Ben would love that for sure. I assume you will have the entire Gazelle library?"

Drew: "Not to worry, Judy will insist."

Brian: "I suppose we need to gather our obsessed partners unless you have another idea."

Drew: "They may be in there for awhile longer. I was quite interested in all your pastry equipment if you would like to show me how to use it."

Brian: smiling "Certainly… it would be my pleasure. It is good to share it with someone who appreciates the epicurean arts."

Brian showed Drew how to properly make a flawless pastry and they tried out some recipes.

A plump curious face appeared out of the Gazelle room.

Claw: interested "Do I smell something?"

Drew looks at Brian and laughs.

Drew: "I see how you get his attention away from that stuff now."

Brian: laughs "It is not that bad. He doesn't spend so much time in there when it is just the two of us."

Judy and Ben finally exited the room and sampled the wonderful flaky Petite Pain Au Chocolat the two non-obsessed Gazelle fans had created.

Drudy said goodbye to Bren and thanked them for a wonder diversion and promised to do this again soon most likely sometime after concert.

Drew: "Judy will let you know the details at work Ben."

Judy: smiling "Don't worry, I have a feeling he won't let me forget."

The four laughed uproariously.