Surprises

"Judy, are you sure you don't want to come over?" Her neighbors voice drowned all other sounds as she assisted them with grocery carrying. And although she smiled apologetically, she still had to decline.

"Yeah. I'm sure. Long day at work. Thank you for the invitation though, Bucky."

"Dude she already said she didn't want to come over!" His roommate, Pronk, muttered. Snapping his hoof against the apartments wood flooring, he threw his arms up, nearly knocking their grocery bags over. "Stop being so persistent!"

"I CARE ABOUT PEOPLE'S FEELINGS ALRIGHT!?" Bucky snapped, glaring at his partner, with pure fury in his eyes. "You clearly don't!"

Pronk gasped, placing the bags of grocery's on their shared welcome mat. "I DO CARE! YOUR JUST JUDGMENTAL!"

"I AM NOT JUDGMENTAL! YOUR JUDGEMENTAL!"

"I AM NOT JUDGEMENTAL!"

"YES YOU ARE!"

"NO IM NOT!"

"I CARE ABOUT PEOPLES FEELINGS!"

"SO DO I!"

The argument seemed to carry on forever. Judy consistently found herself, looking down at her watch with her free arm, holding the bag she offered to carry in the other, all well silently praying her neighbors would get the obvious hint. Eyes lingering from Pronk to Bucky, Judy forced a smile as she tried to intervene.

"Maybe some other time." The police officer suggested, holding her breath. She stepped back, where Pronk seemed to suddenly remember for the first time in the past ten minutes Judy was still in front of them.

"Of course Judy! Stop by whenever you'd like! We're practically family!" He perswayed, earning a flash of a smile from the bunny. "Thank you guys."

However as soon as she turned, she could hear their arguments clear as day once again.

"YOU TOTALLY EMBARRASSED ME!"

"NO! YOU TOTALLY EMBARRASSED ME!"

Judy rubbed her ears in hopeful bliss as she walked down the hallway to her own apartment. The sounds of their arguing, thankfully began to fade out as she got to her door.

Of course, they meant well. She knew they did. She was thrilled they were became so nice to her and when they invited her to go grocery shopping, she couldn't say no. But after a full hour of listening to arguments over everything, they got a little impossible to be around ..for a long time, that was.

Judy knew long ago that they considered her lonely. Maybe she was lonely. Not that she'd recognize that feeling if it ever occurred. Growing up with 275 brothers and sisters didn't leave room for alone time. However ever since, Nick went off to training five months ago, she felt this deep sinking pit in her stomach, that led her to believe, this is what loneliness feels like.

Fortunately her and Nick still talked, almost every day, but there was a big difference between seeing her best friend through a iPaw screen to real life. Judy was glad she had work to occupy her mind 90% of the time, but the other 10%, well...

It was difficult, to say the least. And everyday the same cycle would repeat itself. Wake up. Miss Nick. Get to work. Miss Nick. Take lunch break. Miss Nick. Clock out. Miss Nick. Drive home. Miss Nick. Sleep.

It was nice the Oryx-Antlerson's were trying to spend so much time with her, become her friends almost, but they were so hard to stand around for more then an hour at a time. And as Judy looked down in her paws, she soon recognized she still had one of their shopping bags in her hold.

Eyes lingering to their apartment, it was easy to tell they had already gone inside. However, faint screaming could be heard and considering the reasons, Judy was sure it would be fine if she simply returned it tomorrow. She couldn't deal with anymore loud obnoxious arguing at that moment.

Judy held her head as she pushed open the door that greeted her into small, overly crowded apartment. Although most animals thought it was crazy she still lived there, she loved it. It was home.

Slinging the grocery bag, on the table, Judy Hopps kicked off her shoes and collapsed onto her bed. Not even bothering to change clothing, she instead pulled up the covers and curled into the pillows.

After what she guessed was a half hour, a pounding knock on the door got her attention and immediately the bunny sat up with a start. Another knock later, Judy was pulling down the covers and muttering under her breath.

It was obvious the Oryx-Antlerson's wanted their grocery bag back. She didn't expect any less. And she obviously had the full attention of returning in the first place, but was it really that difficult to wait until morning? It would incite in another full conversation that would end with Judy being invited to something she really didn't want to go too.

"Hang on guys!" Judy frustratingly muttered towards the door. The knocking stopped for a few seconds after it. Rubbing her eyes, the officer snatched the bag from the table as she made her slow way. However, her eyes passed the clock and she suddenly noticed it was.. 4 in the morning.

"Unbelievable." Grabbing the bag now with a much firmer hold, Judy sighed as she began to unlock the door. The knocking didn't seize and she sharply shouted, "Would you give me a second?!"

The door pounding stopped after that -thank god- and Judy found herself sighing in relief. She shoved the bag forward as she pulled the door wide open, with a tired groan. "Sorry. I forget to give it back and I-"

Her mouth dropped open at that point. Staring completely frozen in place, Judy's ear's perked up forward and she stood at the tips of her toes, with wide eyes. Standing before her was not at all whom she expected.

"Nick." Judy managed to choke out, not once loosing her shocked gaze. "Wha-How."

"It's always a pleasure to see you too, Carrots." Nick greeted, smirking suddenly. He handed the bag back to her, before crossing his arms with that same smug smile. "Good morning to you too by the way."

"Your not.. Your not in training!" Right after she said it, Judy moved up, wrapping her arms around her partner's waist. Nick chuckled, hugging her back, while ruffling her ears.

She was surprised when Nick didn't give a sarcastic comment after that, instead he throughly explained. "I convinced Abby, who now loves me by the way, to give me the day off."

Judy eyed him suspiciously.

"... After I did a few thousand push ups. But it's all good. Because you know that guy Mark? Yeah. Well he had an extra train ticket, long story, so I said okay why don't I go visit Judy? She must be dying without me, and long story short that's how I ended up at your front door."

Chuckling, Judy continued to hug him, burying her face in his fur, Nick eyed her apartment curiously. "So you have guys in here? Because I can come back at some other time.."

Judy couldn't keep the smile draining from her face.

A/N : Sorry for the late update. I've been working on my new Zootopia story, 'Falling for Her', but I obviously still intend to keep updating these. Next oneshot will be uploaded within a week time.