Chapter 11:
Heartbreak
The engine roared over the dirt road as she drove into the horizon. Up ahead she saw the first sign for Bunnyville. She sighed. In a way she felt like she was giving up, but what more could she do? It was clear that he didn't want her anymore.
She had been so sure that they were going to be together. The day she had gotten hurt on the job and he was by her bedside in the hospital in tears gave her hope. That kiss at the park had confirmed it. But after their fight yesterday, after everything that had been said, she knew they would never be together.
She knew what was going to happen next. After she left home and went back to work they would still be partners, if he even wanted to continue being her partner in the first place. But that was all it would be. Maybe they'd still be friends. But it made her heart ache to wonder what if. What if they had really become a couple? What if she were able to come to work every day and share dozens of sweet kisses with him and then go off together on a romantic date. What if they eventually got married…?
She forced herself not to think about that. It was too late now. The fact of the matter was she had blown her chance with Nick Wilde and she would just have to accept it. No matter how far she got, no matter what she did, she always screwed it up some way or another.
And yet that kiss was...perfect. It was like a magnetic force that neither of them could control. Next thing she knew she was kissing him. His embrace was warm and strong and his lips were so soft but firm in their pursuit of hers. It was like a moment of heaven.
They had been close to each other the rest of the day and the next finally able to outwardly admit what they were to each other. Deep down they both always knew. They knew how much they meant to each other and now they had what they both wanted.
Until they had blown up at each other. If there was one thing she regretted the most in her life it was that.
She pulled into the driveway of her parents house and couldn't hold back the tears that now fell freely from her eyes. If she could go back in time, she would make sure this never happened and that she and Nick would be happy together.
After a few minutes she pulled herself together. She couldn't let anyone see her crying. They worried about her enough as it was. And she certainly couldn't let on to anyone what had happened between her and Nick.
She got out of the car and went up to the front door. Her little sister Maria opened it.
"Where's your boyfriend?" was of course the first thing she said.
Judy glared at her. "He's not my boyfriend."
Maria shrugged. "Whatever."
Her mother then came over to her. "Judy, we're so glad you're here. Come inside, you have to tell us everything."