AN: Song featured: Pompeii by Bastille. A special thank to dechocolateninja for suggesting this. Thank you.
The next morning, Judy, Fru, Dawn, and Giselle sat close together with solemn looks on their faces. Ever since Judy told them what happen yesterday, the girls kept close to the bunny. Amanda made her way to the dining hall being all cheery when she spotted them and the joy died down when she approached them.
"Judy…? Did… something happen between you and Nick?"
The rabbit shook her head.
"What then?"
Dawn answered for her, "Her ex-boyfriend showed up during the date."
Amanda gasped.
Giselle added, "He even gave her two texts before the date."
"He didn't!"
Fru bitterly replied, "He did."
Amanda covered her mouth before saying, "Judy, I'm so sorry."
Judy gave a tiny smile from the support, "It's okay… I can deal with it as long as I have great friends like you to help me through."
Dawn motioned, "After what happened, I'm more determined than ever to beat Menagerie Prep since his sister's attending there."
Fru mentioned, "That goes for me too."
Amanda agreed, "Absolutely."
Giselle gave a firm nod.
Judy's smile widened, "Thanks guys…" then her smile turned into a smirk when facing Amanda, "So… how did your date go?"
The panther's cheery mood returned as she lit up while talking about her date with Bobby.
As the boys headed to the music room that afternoon, Bobby with his guitar case in paw was to pass them when he said straight to Nick.
"Hey, Wilde, tell your girl I owe her one."
Nick's brow raised, "Oh?"
"Yeah, turns out, Amanda and I had a lot in common. We're going out again this weekend."
"Hey, congrats! I'll be sure to tell Carrots the good news."
Bobby nodded and went on his way.
Gideon gapped, "Well, I'll be… That's the first time I've heard him speak."
Finnick asked, "What did Hopps do to get him to speak?"
Nick smirked, "She set him with a date."
The fennec rolled his eyes, "I get that. Just how did she manage to get him to agree to it?"
"She used her bunny charm, of course." though Nick was still baffled of how his girl did it and was just throwing guesses but his pals will never know that. "Come on, we need to get to practice."
As they neared the many practice rooms they noticed Manegement was practicing and they were sounding better than ever.
Ben uttered, "Uh-oh…"
Gideon gestured, "We're going to have to crack down if we want to make it to the finals."
They moved on to a room that was empty and started to warm-up. Then Nick began to vocalize and the others picked up the beat.
"I was left to my own devices… Many days fell away with nothing to show…
And the walls kept tumbling down… In the city that we love… Grey clouds roll over the hills… Bringing darkness from above…
But if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like… Nothing changed at all? And if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like… You've been here before? How am I gonna be an optimist about this? How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices… In your pose as the dust settles around us…
And the walls kept tumbling down… In the city that we love… Grey clouds roll over the hills… Bringing darkness from above…
But if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like… Nothing changed at all? And if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like… You've been here before? How am I gonna be an optimist about this? How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
Oh, where do we begin? The rubble or our sins? Oh, where do we begin? The rubble or our sins?
And the walls kept tumbling down… In the city that we love… Grey clouds roll over the hills… Bringing darkness from above…
But if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like… Nothing changed at all? And if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like…You've been here before? How am I gonna be an optimist about this? How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
If you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?"
When they stopped, Finnick pointed, "Bit of a mood changer, don't you think? Our last song was more upbeat."
Nick replied, "Well, when you encounter your girlfriend's ex and the girl gets hurt because of that, you would not be in the mood to sing something uplifting."
Gideon nodded, "I have to agree. If that had happen to me and my girl, I wouldn't exactly be feelin' up to singing a happy song."
Ben muttered, "I hope I never have to come across my date's exes."
Nick asked, "You know, I've been meaning to ask you, Benny. Are you attracted to females or males?" he somewhat smirked, "I've noticed you looking at quite a few of our classmates in the locker room…"
Ben stiffened, started blushing, and slightly turned his head away in embarrassment.
Gideon reassuringly said, "You can tell us, Ben. We won't judge."
"You promise?" the cheetah questioned.
The foxes nodded with Nick saying, "You have our sacred bro-mate trust."
That made Ben feel confident and sighed, "Okay, the truth is… I like both. Female and male."
Finnick's eyes widen, "You're bisexual?"
Ben nodded his head slowly, "I don't know if I should tell my parents or not. I could get away with it if I marry a female but if I find someone who's male and I feel so right with him… I don't know how they would take it."
The guys exchanged sympathetic glances. Then Nick declared, "Well, whatever happens, you'll always have us to have your back. You'll always have our support."
Gideon proclaimed, "Darn tootin'!"
Finnick made a small smile, "Eh, if Nick can date a rabbit and my cousin can be gay then why can't you be bisexual?"
Ben felt tears of joy about to escape him as he scooped them up in a group hug.
The weeks went on, the boys had passed the next three rounds and were about to make it to the fourth. The girls were working extra hard to qualify for the Academy Games while still focusing on their school work. Mr. Stripe had moved on to poetry and had assigned the class to choose a poem type to a topic that meant something to them.
Judy didn't need to think about it she knew exactly what or who her topic was going to be about. Ever since Roland made his appearance, Nick had checked on her every night before she went to sleep to make sure she was doing okay since they agreed that they shouldn't go on any more dates for time-being, mainly to avoid running to Roland again but they were also busy with school and activities that there hasn't been any time for each other on the side.
To thank him for his undying devotion she wrote the poem and handed it in. Once she got it back with a passing grade she wrote a tiny note and added to poem. She put it in an envelope and waited by the wall to see if she could spot him.
Bobby came up to her, "Yo, Hopps, whatcha doing?"
"I'm trying to see if Nick's around so I can give him this." showing off the envelope.
"Why don't I give it to him? I would like to repay you for setting Amanda and me together."
"That's sweet, but you don't have to."
"I insist." he held his paw out.
She smiled, "Well, okay, thank you Bobby."
"Should I tell him anything?"
"Just that I miss him and I plan on watching the final round."
"I'll give him the message." he walked away.
Nick sat on the bed with his cell phone light looking over the note Bobby gave to him this afternoon telling him it was from Judy with her saying she missed him and that she was planning on watching the final round. The guys and prying eyes wanted to see what Judy gave him so he decided to wait to open it. Once he was sure his roomies went to sleep he used his cell phone to light the note and began reading it.
My Opposite
By
Judy Hopps
The North to my South
The Land to my Sea
The Old to my Young
The City to my Country
The Wit to my Focus
The Calm to my Hype
The Reality to my Fantasy
The Emerald to my Amethyst
The Fox to my Rabbit
Nick found himself smiling when he saw the little note attached: As they say, opposites attract but that alone won't create an everlasting relationship. So this is how we're similar:
The Humor to my Humor
The Intellect to my Intellect
The Hardship to my Hardship
The Caring to my Caring
The Love to my Love
I hope you like this, it was originally an assignment I had to do, and of course I got an excellent grade for it but the best part of this assignment wasn't the grade… It was writing about you… Thank you for being there for me, I love you. Carrots.
Nick couldn't believe it, he was crying. Actually crying! He wiped his eyes quickly so he didn't wake anyone with his sniffling. He was so deeply touched by her poem that he couldn't set it down and go to sleep. Instead he quickly grabbed some of his textbooks to do some late night studying with one goal in his mind.
Top ten… Here I come.