Nick and Judy were walking down the streets of Savanna Central. So far it has been a really quiet day, but that's a good thing, considering it is there day off. Judy never liked turning a blind eye at any of the minor offences, but she resist the urge for Nick. She doesn't want to ruin this perfect day unless something important comes up.
They had stopped by a smoothie stand earlier, and were now on their way to a park. Mainly to throw their smoothies away, they were disgusting. As they reached the park, they moved to the nearest trash bin and threw them out. They sat down on a bench. "Nick, I'm still a bit thirsty, and now that walk has made me hungry too." Said the small, grey rabbit.
Nick chuckled, noticing his own hunger. He leaned back and started to think about places to eat. Jumbeaux probably still hates him, so that's a no no. There was a diner not too far from here, but he was banned after he tried to sell them their own diner. It somehow almost worked. Wait, there's still a café a few blocks away the he hasn't tried to hustle! Or at least he doesn't remember if he did. There were quite a few of them. "How about that café down at Camel Street? I heard they got food for both preds and prey."
Judy didn't argue and agreed to head off to the café. "Alright, but those smoothies were your idea, so you have to pay for our food." Nick pretended to look hurt and placed his hand on his chest, making a gasping noise. "I paid for those smoothies!" He said with fake hurt. "Judy looked at him with a sly smile. "It was a two for one sale, and you borrowed that 10 from me, even though I saw you have a decent amount in your wallet." "Still, I was the one who gave the money." Judy laughed and jabbed him in the side.
The two had gotten off the bench and started to make their way to the café. As they walked down the road, they saw one of their coworkers patrolling on foot. They recognized the polar bear as Bernie. You might remember him from the betting pool. He walks out of the same café they were heading to, holding some coffee in his hand.
As they got closer, Judy started to wave and call out to him. "Hey Bernie!" The polar bear lazily turned his head to see who was calling him and smiled when Nick and Judy. He waved back and yawned, covering his mouth. "Nick, Judy! I didn't know you were patrolling the area too." "Actually, today is our day off!" Said Judy in her characteristic, friendly manner. Bernie looked at them with a small smile. "Oh really? Shouldn't you be at home resting, then? What are you two doing here?" Bernie took a sip a his delicious coffee. Nick replied, "We're on a date." And there goes his coffee.
As he spit out the coffee choked on, Judy and Nick looked at him surprised and with some concern. "Um, are you okay?" Judy asked, worried for her colleague. He coughed and started to breath normally again. "Yeah, i- I'm fine." After taking in a deep breath he looked at them somewhat nervously. It should be noted, Bernie is not that great at keeping secrets, and get nervous when he starts thinking about it.
"S-so, you two are on a d-date, huh?" He asked, stuttering. Judy smiled a little glad to see her friend is okay. "No, Nick is just playing around. We're just hanging out today!" Bernie has calmed down a little and nodded, taking another sip of his coffee. "Why, you betting on us or something?" This was not a good day for him to drink coffee.
He looks at the two in shock as Judy starts to laugh. "Yeah, and Clawhauser is the ringleader of it all! Haha!" Bernie was pretty much a walking earthquake machine right now. He brings the coffee cup to his face, spilling it on the ground with how much he is shaking. It was empty once it got too his mouth. "I, uh, I should get back to work! Bye!" He started to walk away, still shaking.
Nick and Judy shrugged his weird behavior off and looked for a seat. A female cat came over to them. "Hi, welcome to the Kitty Kafé! I'll be your waitress today. Let me show you to your seats!" She led them a two person stable out on the patio. She handed them their menus and left to attend other costumers. "She seems nice." Judy remarked. Nick looked at his menu and said, "That makes her suspicious." Judy rolled her eyes.
As they were looking for something on the menu, Judy's phone went off. She looked at the picture and saw it was Clawhauser calling. "Hey Clawhauser! What's up?" "Oh, nothing much. Pretty quiet without you and Nick livening things up." Nick heard what he said. "Thank's Ben, I miss you too!"
Clawhauser giggled. "Thanks Nick! Oh, before I forget, we found a lead on the perps that stole the limo's!" Judy perked up, and Nick was debating on sushi or tuna. "You got a lead? That's great! See Nick? We didn't even work on the case today, and things are still looking up for us!" Said the happy bunny. Nick mumbled something about croutons. "So, do we have names?"
Clawhauser went quiet for a moment. "Yeah, I have their names right here. The two tigers are Liona Boekhoud, and Tina Van Der Linde. Been known for shoplifting, and are kind of the violent type. And the rabbit is James Hoppa. Not much on his record. No known address on any of them. I hope this helps." Judy took in all the info and thanked the cheetah. "Thanks Ben, this is just what we need. I'll look into it after me and Nick is done with our little 'date'." She heard a fumbling noise and a loud thump.
"Did you say you and Nick were on a date?!" He said very loudly over the phone. Judy was taken aback a bit by this. "Easy there, Clawhauser! Nick was just playing around earlier and called it a date! Ain't that right Nick?" She looked up to her partner who had not even heard her. "It might go good with some pickles, but I'd have to lose the popcorn." He said, still looking at the menu.
Judy could have sworn she heard groans and mumbling coming from Clawhauser's end. "Well, if that's all, you should probably get to work, okay?" She said, kink of confused. "Alright, I'll send you pics of the perps in a bit. Bye! Have fun, you crazy kids!" He said as cheerful as ever. As Judy hung up, she received the pictures. "Hey Nick, check this out." Nick did not hear her, because he was now wondering if he should order a smoothie.
SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG TO POST. I was really bussy with TBOF i didn't have time to work on this the whole week! I hope you like it, please review!