Chapter 21:

Favor

Judy was at home when there was a knock on their door.

She got off the couch went to answer it. When she opened the door she found that it was Clara, her long brown hair hanging loose over her shoulders and she wore a flowered maxi dress.

"Hey Clara, come on in," Judy said gesturing for her to come inside.

"Nice little place you've got here," Clara said looking around. The apartment was small but it had a homey feeling to it with candles, pictures on the wall, and the place smelled vaguely of carrots.

"Thanks," Judy said sitting on the couch. "We're kinda looking for something a little bigger now."

"We?" Clara asked sitting next to her.

"Oh yeah, Nick just moved in a few days ago," Judy said happily.

Now that she mentioned it Clara noticed the signs of Nick living here. There were a pair of sneakers and a jacket by the front door that were way too big for Judy.

"So what's up girl?" Judy asked.

"Well, you're not going to believe this but I bought a house," Clara said excitedly.

"Wow, Clara, that's awesome!" Judy exclaimed. "Where is it?"

"It's in the Bunnyville Valley. So like, it's close enough to mom and dad where I can still help out on the farm but far enough where I can kinda do my own thing, you know?"

"That's really great Clara," Judy said. She was genuinely happy for her sister. "I'd love to come see it sometime."

"Actually, that's what I came here to talk to you about," Clara said. "The house needs a few renovations and I wanted to know if you'd come by and help out."

"Oh sure. What does it need? A paint job? Lay down some carpet?"

"More or less," Clara said with a shrug. "I would ask mom and dad but they're so busy with the farm and with the little ones."

"Sure, how long do you think it'll take?" Judy asked thinking she could definitely go down for a few days, or even a week, to help her sister out.

"Maybe three weeks? Four?"

"Four weeks?!" Judy exclaimed. "Clara, I can't go for four weeks. I have a job here and Nick...I can't leave for that long."

"Oh please Judy!" Clara said grabbing her sister's hand. "I really do need the help, I can't do it all on my own. You can take a leave of absence from the ZPD. And Nick will be fine, it's only for a little while. Please Judy, for me? For your favorite sister?"

Judy looked into her sister's pleading violet eyes for a moment and sighed. "Alright, four weeks. I can't stay any longer than that."

Clara reached out and gave her a big hug. "Oh thank you Judy!"

*WW*

A few days later Judy was laying in Nick's arms in their bed.

"So you won't believe what I was dreaming about," Nick said running his fingers up and down her bare leg.

"Sex?"

He chuckled. "Well we were on a case, trying to find some kidnappers. We ended up in a nightclub full of elephants doing Michael Jackson dances."

Judy laughed. "What the hell?"

On the roof was a tropical paradise…and then we had sex."

"No more tacos before bed."

"Maybe it's not the tacos." He kissed her neck. "Maybe it's because you're so damn hot."

"You're the hot one," she said with a blissful sigh. She gasped when he felt his finger in her. "Mm Nick!" She opened her eyes and found him giving her a sly look. "You slick fox," she panted.

"You know you love me baby."

She smirked. "Do I?" She pushed him over onto his back and sat on top of him. She ran her hands up and down his toned chest. His hair was extra messy that day. He hadn't shaved in a few days and his face was covered in a thin stubble. His green eyes were half lidded with lust. He was absolutely perfect to him. "Yes I do."

He had adjusted her hips on his waist and pushed up into her. She let out a moan at the incredible feeling. He reached up to take her breasts in both hands. She leaned down and kissed him unable to resist anymore. He held her close and the room was filled with their moans as they spent the morning showing each other how much they loved each other.

Afterwards they collapsed on the bed next to each other panting and tired. She lay on his chest feeling that post sex urge to cuddle with wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead and they lay there in a blissful silence for a while just letting the moment wash over them.

Eventually she sat up on her elbows and looked down at him. "I'm gonna miss you," she said running her fingers through his hair.

He kissed her lips. "I'm not staying away from you for 4 weeks."

She smiled. "Good, I wouldn't want you to."

"What the hell does Clara need you to do for that long anyway?"

Judy shrugged. "I don't know but I doubt it will even take that long."

"Well I'll be coming to visit you every chance I get."

"Good, there's no way I can ever go four weeks without your kisses." She kissed him very passionately to prove her point.

"The ZPD is going to be lonely without you."

She smirked. "You'll survive."

"Barely. Come here, beautiful." He pulled her down to him for more kisses. Four weeks away from her was going to be hell, but she had to do what she had to do. Until then he'd get all he could get before and after she was gone.

"I should get ready to go," she said after a few minutes.

"Do you have to?" he said running his hands up and down her waist, h tone suggesting they go four another round of sex.

She giggled. "Yes. We;ll make love as much as you want as soon as we can."

"I can live with that for now."

They crawled out of bed and got dressed, Nick in some jeans and a button up shirt and Judy in some ripped jeans and a tank top. They made breakfast together and by the time he had finished helping her pack there was a knock on the door that sure enough was Clara.

Judy answered the door while Nick was zipping up her suitcase. "Hey Clara."

"Hey Judy, ready to go?"

"Ready as I'll ever be," Judy said.

Nick brought over her suitcase and kissed her. Then turned to her sister. "Take care of my sweet bunny Clara."

Clara forced a smile. "Trust me, I will."

Nick pulled Judy close to him for one last kiss. He didn't want to let her go, and one more kiss would never be enough. "I love you Judy."

"I love you too Nick."

"Alright, wonderful, come on Judy. We have to go," Clara interrupted trying to pull Judy away.

She picked up her suitcase. "See you soon Nick."

She got in the car with Clara and they took the long drive to Bunnyville, past their parents house, towards the Bunnyville Valley.

"Where the hell is this place?" Judy said impatiently. They had been driving forever and the further they got the houses got scarce. At this point there were no signs of life anywhere.

"We're almost there."

A few minutes later the pulled up to a house in the middle of the valley. It was a nice house, and fairly big. It was next to a lake and had a really nice balcony. The problem was there wasn't any civilization nearby for at least a mile. And the house, however beautiful it was, did in fact need a lot of renovations. The stairs leading up to the front door were cracked and the railing was broken, the driveway looked like an earthquake had gone through it, the paint on the house was chipped, and the shingles needed to be replaced as well as several roof tiles. Judy was sure as soon as they went inside there would be more that needed to be done.

"Home sweet home!" Clara said as they got out of the car.

"Wow Clara...you really know how to pick them," Judy said still skeptical about the whole situation.

"Aw thanks!" Clara said. "This house is a dream. It's so beautiful. And I've always wanted a house by the lake You should see the view in the mornings. It's absolutely gorgeous!"

Clara gave Judy a tour of the inside of the house and everything they needed to do from completely redoing the balcony, painting every room, laying down floor tiles and carpet, finishing the basement. It looked overwhelming to Judy. She doubted they'd be able to do it all in four weeks.

"So what do you think?" Clara asked eagerly once they were done with the tour.

"Well…" Judy wondered what she could possibly say that wouldn't hurt her sister's feelings. "It certainly has potential."

"This house is going to be spectacular when we're done with it, I promise!"

"Well, alright. We should get to work as soon as we can. In the meantime, what's the address to this place?" she asked pulling out her phone.

"Why do you need to know?" Clara asked.

"So Nick can come visit me," she replied. But when she tried to text Nick it wouldn't go through. "There's no reception here!"

"Oh yeah," Clara said. "I should have told you that."

"Is there Wifi?"

Clara shook her head.

Judy looked at her in disbelief. "Well, do you have a house phone? I told him I would let him know when we got here."

Clara just shrugged. "I haven't installed it yet."

"Clara!" Judy exclaimed frustratedly.

Clara waved it off. "We'll take care of all that eventually. In the meantime you can write to him."

Judy sighed. This was going to be a long four weeks.