Nick was yawning at the table the next morning for breakfast. His friends noticed his tiredness and Ben asked in concern.

"You okay, Nick?"

"Yeah, I just had the weirdest dream about me and Carrots."

Gideon asked, "What about?"

"We… we were solving this missing otter case that turned into a savage mammal case and Dawn Bellwether was behind the whole thing."

"That is weird." said Ben, "Dawn could never harm anyone."

"But before we found that out, Carrots and I were our usual selves until we started getting along as the mystery went on. At one point we actually liked each other!"

Finnick let out a low whistle, "Well, we know that's one dream that won't come true."

Nick was going through the whole dream in his head and smirked at Fin, "You were in an elephant costume acting like a toddler and did this cute toot-toot noise."

Ben gushed at the thought while Gideon was on the verge of laughing.

Finnick scowled, "Like I said, that's one dream that won't come true."

Nick said, "It was a scam we were doing to get a jumbo-pop but then Carrots was actually there to help us out even though she fell for it herself."

"Are you going to tell her the dream at the dance tonight?" Gideon asked.

"No. Besides she wouldn't believe it if I told her we actually got along in this dream." there was another reason he didn't want to tell her as he remember the lines they said to each other at the end of the dream before he woke up.

You know you love me…

Do I know that? Yes. Yes, I do.

For that one moment he was happy that Carrots returned his affection even if it was just a dream. But a dream was better than nothing.

"Speaking of the dance…" Ben grew nervous, "I need help in looking my best for Gazelle."

Gideon said, "Relax, you'll be fine, besides you know the headmaster will want to make sure we look our best for these girls and to represent this school to the best of our behavior."

Nick gave out another yawn only this time he meant it. "I really hate following all of his rules. I wouldn't be here at all if my mother hadn't insisted I get a good education."

Fin started, "But aren't you also here because-" he was silenced by Nick's paw as the taller fox glared at him.

"And we agreed to never mention that again…"

The fennec gave a small nod and Nick let go.

Judy was busy rummaging through her things looking for another pen since her last one dried up.

Dawn said as she, Giselle, and Fru were heading to the door, "Judy, we're heading to class. We'll see you at lunch."

"Okay!" she waved bye as they went out. She decided she should look under the bed but as she was about to she noticed something small and picked it up. It was a listening bug. She gapped at how something like this got here but then she thought about Nicholas' casual answer from two weeks ago and her mouth dropped.

"He knew… he knew I was going to ask him!"

Fire burned in her eyes, she had never felt so violated in her life! She went to the balcony and was about to throw the bug away but then an evil idea accorded to her.

She grinned evilly at the thing, "Well, Nicholas… since you feel like you can violated other people's lives, I think it's only fair I violate yours…" she put the bug back in the room and for the first time in two weeks she was looking forward to the dance…

The boys were busy getting ready since they were due next door in an hour. Gideon had helped Ben be extra well-groomed for the singer especially if half the student body will be watching them given they still could not believe that Gazelle personally asked Clawhauser out. Nick was feeling so excited about seeing Carrots' cringing face when they would dance together that he put on some blaring music that caused the dorm next to them to pound on their walls.

Pronk called out, "Yo! Turn that music down!"

Bucky replied, "Or better yet turn it off! That's a horrible song!"

Finnick shouted, "Oh, shut up!"

The two shouted back, "You shut up!"

Gideon turned the stereo off, "I would leave them alone. After all, everyone knows they're not the brightest bulbs on campus…"

Pronk yelled, "We can still hear you though the wall you know!"

Nick commented, "Which is how you listen in on people's tutoring sessions to make sure you're getting good grades."

There was silence as the guys exchanged smirks.

Finnick softly said, "Got them."

Nick looked out the window to see the girls' school and wondered how much Carrots was dreading this right now.

Judy walked out of the bathroom wearing a seductive red dress that was tight around her curves. She also wore heavy eye shadow and bright red lipstick. She asked the girls, "What do you think?"

Dawn smirked, "Perfect."

Fru-Fru giggled, "That will certainly knock him out."

Giselle said, "I still can't believe he was listening in on us. I sure hope Ben wasn't part of it."

Judy smiled, "Don't worry. I'm sure he was just following Nick. After all, we know he's the ringleader of their group so I bet they were just following his lead. And thanks for the quick shopping trip this morning, Fru."

"Oh, it's nothing. The minute you told us about that bug and your plan to get back at that fox I knew we had to find you the right attire for it."

"Did we ever, I would never have anything like this in my closet regardless."

Giselle smiled, "Certainly not, you're a very sweet girl."

Dawn commented, "But Wilde's not going to know that you never wore something like this until tonight."

Judy smirked, "And we're going to keep it that way…"

The dance was underway as girls had got their guys on the dance floor among them was Priscilla with Flash as they were dancing in slow mo. But Nick was at the punch bowl as he was wondering where Carrots was. He turned to his friends, "Well, guys, I believe that I just been stood up, the nerve of that bunny!"

Finnick rolled his eyes, "The dance just started so she's still probably getting here."

Ben then pointed, "Look, here comes Gazelle now."

"Which means Judy can't be far behind." said Gideon.

Heads turned as the singer entered the room along with Dawn who was carrying Fru-Fru over to Finnick.

The fennec then held out his paws as Fru did a tiny curtsy before climbing into them. Dawn said she had to go find her mother and Giselle smiled at Clawhauser who was trying to stay calm as possible as she took his arm and led him out on the dance floor with some mammals watching them being Bogo and Lionheart as they still couldn't believe it.

Nick turned to the shrew, "Say Fru, have you seen Judy?"

"Oh, don't worry Nicky, she'll be here any moment," she looked at her partner, "Finnick, would you like to dance?"

He merely shrugged and replied, "Sure." and they went out on the floor next to Ben and Giselle.

Nick just watched them with a smirk.

Gideon was drinking his punch when something caught his eye and he coughed. And he wasn't the only one to have reacted out of shock. Bogo had looked and gapped.

"Is that…?"

More heads turned including Clawhauser and Finnick who dropped their mouths at the same time uttering, "Hopps…?" while their partners merely smirked.

Nick had been oblivious to the scene when a voice said.

"Nicholas Wilde…"

Knowing who it was he smirked and started to face her but the moment he did, his jaw dropped. "Ca-Carrots? Is that you?"

She smiled in a flirtatious way. "Uh-huh."

"But-but you're… you're…" he was utterly speechless.

She kept on giving that sultry smile, "Beautiful? Gorgeous? Dazzling? Sexy…?"

Nick gulped, he wanted to give her a snarky comment that was the opposite of those words but he found he couldn't, for she was everything she said she was and more.

"You know, Nicholas… I was quite surprised you accepted my invitation… I didn't think you would say yes… but I've had a lot of reflecting these pass two weeks…"

"Have-have you now?" he nervously said.

"Oh, yes…" she grabbed for his tie that moved his head close to her face causing his eyes to go wide, "But I don't think I should say it here…" she started him pulling out to the doors that lead to the gardens.

The guys had been watching on in shock then Finnick looked down at Fru and said, "She found the bug, didn't she?"

The shrew gave a quick knowing nod.

Ben voiced, "I told him it was a bad idea."

She took him by a fountain where she let go of his tie. "As I was saying… I have done a lot reflecting…"

"What kind-of reflecting?" he questioned finally gaining some of his confidence back. Judy had taken him completely surprised by dressing up like this. What's more it was distracting because her dress was clinging on to her curves. Everything about her right now made her so enticing that it was hard not to snatch her up at that moment.

"I've been thinking about our rivalry, how it got started, and I couldn't believe I didn't see it sooner. We were made for each other!"

His brow went up, "How do you figure that, Carrots?"

"Because, we're both have our wits to get pass any obstacle, we're both natural born leaders, we're smart students or how else would we be here? And lastly…" she threw her arms around his neck while saying in a husky voice, "you're extremely attractive…"

He found himself growing nervous and tried to get out of the bunny's grip. But she was stronger then she looked and she moved her face close enough for their noses to touch, they were just inches away from their lips.

Nick had pictured having kisses with Judy but not like this. He tried to get away again when suddenly she held out a familiar tiny object.

Oh crap…

Judy stepped back and wore an evil smirk, "You know that was a new low even for you, Mister Wilde. So I had no trouble going into a new low…"

He should have known. Judy Hopps would never act this way. Those damn hormones messed with his brain from seeing it clearly. He looked on in worry as to what she was going to do next.

"But now the question is… what should I do with this…? Handing over this to your headmaster would be a very good idea…"

He frowned, "Well, it would be my word against yours. You have no proof I put that in your dorm."

"Yet the look on your face said otherwise when you saw this… but you're right, I have no solid proof of this bug being yours. So… I'm going to gave you a warning…" her eyes burn with hate and grabbed his tie again, "If you ever do anything this stupid again, I would not hesitant to make your life very miserable… Got it?"

For a moment his eyes flickered with fear until he gave a nervous smirk, "Crystal."

With a huff she pushed him back, but without realizing her own strength Nick started falling into the fountain, and quickly he grabbed her to stop himself but she ending up falling in too. When they emerged from the water, Judy was fuming and demanded.

"What did you do that for?!"

"Me?! You were the one who pushed me in!"

"But you pulled me in!"

"Not on purpose!"

"Yeah, right!" she got out and started fast walking back into the school with a soggy Nick right behind her.