Edit: Author's note

I realized I forgot to add this but I just wanted to apologize for the lack of update. I had a birthday party to prep for on the 23rd and I finished hand sewing a dress for Halloween on Friday, which was my first time sewing a garment of any kind! Good news is, aside from some editing, I'm finished with chapters 10-19 so expect an update everyday for the next 10ish days. Oh, also I make a quick one shot called maturity in Zistopia so please check that out.

"Wow Nick, you look fantastic!"

Nick admired his reflection in the mirror as he adjusted his tie. He flicked open a pair of shiny new aviator shades and set them on his face. He was more accustomed to his baggy slacks and Pawaiian shirts but had to admit, with the clean pressed lines and, the shiny buttons and buckles, he made the police dress uniform look good.

Judy rolled her eyes at his cheesy shades as she ruffled through her note cards. Today was a big day for both the fox and bunny. It was graduation day at the ZPD academy and Nick would be graduating with full honors. Judy, due to her amazing and newsworthy first year as an officer, was asked to give a speech at the commencement ceremony. She had practiced her speech over and over in front of the mirror so many times Nick was confident that he could have delivered the it himself.

Once they were satisfied with their own individual preparedness they left together to travel to the academy. The weather was perfect for the outdoor ceremony and the traffic to the academy was light and uneventful. Ruby and Paul were already at the school when Nick and Judy arrived.

"Oh Pauly, look at my boy! Isn't he so handsome!" Ruby greeted Nick with a great big hug.

"The uniform looks good on you, officer," Paul gave Nick a firm handshake. Nick was surprised by Paul's warm greeting. Maybe he really was nicer when he wasn't hungry, or maybe Nick was just in such a good mood that not even being near Paul could bring him down.

"Oh and if it isn't little Judy!" Ruby spied Judy and scooped her up in a big hug as well. "You look very sharp too darling, although to be honest, I think I liked the dress better."

Although Judy didn't appreciate being called little, she was happy to see Nick's mother again. The vixen had a genuine warmth that Judy appreciated, even if her taste in mates was questionable.

Nick lead his mother to the chairs reserved for guests before he took his place with the other graduates. Judy left to speak to the ceremony coordinator before taking her place on the stage.

Judy delivered her speech beautifully and when the time came, she and the polar bear drill instructor, Miranda Frost, alternated delivering the recent graduates their new badges, depending on the size of the new officer. Judy and Nick both beamed with pride as she fashioned his new badge to his uniform.

After the ceremony the recent graduates milled about making small talk with each other and their families.

"Hey did you hear about Bellwether?" Judy asked Nick in an attempt to make small talk with the people around them. "She finally got her sentencing."

"Seriously? It's been what, 10 months since we caught them?" Nick asked with a disgusted look.

"Well sometimes these thing just take that long. Her crimes were unique and juries had to decide exactly what she was guilty of before even getting to the sentencing phase," Judy explained with a shrug.

"I remember, there was this one case that was all over the news. A lion murdered his wife and it felt like that was all people talked about for a year," Paul agreed.

"I remember that," Ruby continued, "it wasn't quite a year but it was quite long. That's not even including a sentencing phase because the lion ended up being innocent!"

"Eh, what am I getting myself into going into law?" Nick shook his head.

"You're not in 'law,' you're in 'law enforcement.'. We take the threats off the street. It's up to lawyers and judges to determine how long they stay off the street." Judy said is a somber tone. "Anyways I wanted to tell you, and this is insider info from Bogo, that she is staying on a local jail for another year before heading upstate to a medium security female prey location."

"Just medium security? She tried to kill you and recklessly endangered countless other lives!" Nick was stunned.

"Yes, but no one actually died. I'm still here." Judy shrugged again.

"Wait, someone tried to kill you?" Ruby asked in amazement.

Judy gasped, "Did Nick not tell you this story? Oh, he was amazing! Definitely our finest hour!". Judy began to regale the story of finding the drug lab in the subway car and then crashing it into the natural history museum. Ruby covered her muzzle in disbelief at the danger Nick put himself through and laughed when Judy gave him full credit for the idea to switch the mind altering drug for blueberries just before they got caught. Nick played the whole thing off but he couldn't completely hide his embarrassed smile or the pride in his eyes. Even animals around them who were having their own conversations stopped to eavesdrop on the tale.

The four animals talked for quite sometime about all sorts of little things after Judy's story before Ruby and Paul decided it was time to head home. Nick and Judy agreed and they made their way back to Nick's apartment.

When they arrived Nick flopped right onto his new-used bed emotionally exhausted. The bed was made from aluminum pipes, but some were bent and damaged. Judy was no fan of the bed but Nick insisted that it went with all the other wonky pipes hanging from his ceiling. Judy sat on the bed next to him just as tired.

"Today was nice," Judy stated as she rubbed Nick's back.

Nick grinned before he turned himself over. As he did so, he grabbed Judy's wrist and pulled her across his body.

"I know how to make it better," he said with a playful grin.

He reached one hand up behind her head and gave her a tender kiss. And then another. And another. On the third kiss both animals opened their mouths slightly giving each other permission and on the fourth kiss their tongues to met. Nick's tongue entered Judy's mouth and she embraced him with her own. Nick ran one hand down Judy's side while the other hand remained on the back of her head. Judy on the other hand held herself up with one paw on Nick's chest while the other caressed his face.

Nick reached back behind Judy's hips and gave her rump a good hard grasp with one hand then again with both hands. Judy broke the kiss and sat up on top of him. She looked down at Nick with lust in her eyes.

"You are a very naughty fox and you're just lucky I don't have my handcuffs with me," Judy scolded playfully.

"Ooh, can you get them?" Nick joked with a mischievous grin. Judy just rolled her eyes.

"I meant trying to get frisky in your dress uniform. You need to take care of it. So why don't you take it off?" she suggested. Nick wasn't sure if she was actually scolding him or she just wanted him naked. Nick began unbuttoning his shirt and Judy began wiggling her hips while she watched. He slipped the shirt off along with his undershirt and laid back. Judy was slowly grindings against Nick when she ordered him to take off her shirt. Nick obeyed unbuttoning each button slowly.

Once her shirt was off she leaned forward and kissed Nick's jaw before she whispered in his ear, "I want to try going all the way."

Nick's mind froze for a second, "Really Judy? I thought you were still freaking out?"

"I was, I still am, but I've seen it, you, enough times that I think I'm ready. No guarantees how it'll end though, ok?" Judy wrung her hands as she spoke.

"Sure. Of course, hon, but, uh, the thing is, I didn't think this was coming so soon so I don't have any, you know, protection." Nick scrunched down in embarrassment.

Maybe he has the bad habit of holding fellow foxes to the same low standards that were unjustly placed on him or maybe he never liked any of his previous girlfriends enough to be stuck with them forever through a kid. Maybe he didn't want to be a shitty dad like his father was or maybe he was just being sensible but whatever the reason, Nick always upheld a strict policy of using protection, at least for full intercourse.

"I don't think we really need it do we? I mean we are both clean and, well, I did some research and it isn't actually possible for a fox and a bunny to have babies so…?" Judy rolled her arms and shrugged her shoulders as she explained.

A pang of sadness struck Nick at this news followed by surprise at the sadness. Did he want to father children with Judy? He put this thought in the back of his head to explore later. Now there were more immediate concerns.

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"Well I admit that when I looked it up I found more anti-interspecies marriage sites than scientific sites, but yes, there has never been a fox-bunny hybrid in recorded history," Judy explained.

Nick pondered the situation. They both trusted each other not to cheat and there was no risk of an unwanted pregnancy so...

"Ok," he said suddenly, "let's do this!". He flipped Judy onto her back and he quickly took off both their pants. He then scooped the bunny up in a big hug and peppered her with kisses before flopping backwards onto the pillow with Judy clutched tightly to his chest.

"Ugh, you really know how get me in the mood," Judy said sarcastically.

"Oh, I know how to turn you on!" Nick growled as he spread his claws across the small of her back and slowly dragged them up her spine. Judy shuddered and Nick reached behind Judy's head and grasped her ears firmly. He pulled her head back as he thrust his hips up towards her pelvis. He didn't enter her but she could feel his erection slide all the way across her lower lips. He felt the wetness and knew his trick worked.

"Now, I could flip you over and just have my way with you," Nick said is a low sensual growl, "but I want you to be comfortable and I don't want to accidentally hurt you. So, you are in control now to go as fast or slow as you want. Ok?"

Nick let go of Judy's ears and placed his paws behind his own head and he gave her a sweet smile. She took control of her breathing which had become more intense from Nick's rough play. She leaned down and gave Nick a grateful kiss and she wiggled her hips and guided him into her.

Nick was the one to let out a gasp this time as the little bunny slid halfway down his body. She pulled back up and then slid down slightly further without ever taking all of him in. She was tight too, at least compared to a vixen, but that wasn't much of a surprise. If Judy were a vixen he would have thrust himself into her to end the teasing but as she wasn't, and since Nick didn't know how much she could take, he had to use every speck of his willpower to keep himself still. Instead he reached back to grab at the aluminum head board and he gritted his teeth.

Judy, who had been loving the sensation of the fox filling her insides so completely, noticed when he reached back. His face looked like he was in pain and she grew concerned.

"Nick, are you ok?" Judy asked. This whole time she had been concerned with the possibility that she would get hurt but she never even considered the possibility of the reverse happening.

"Oh God, Judy! Don't stop!" Nick called to her louder than what was really necessary.

Judy chuckled with relief and began gyrating her hips again. Only, this time she was watching his reaction and trying to decide how to feel about his tortured expression.

She pulled herself up and watched Nick's face as he gave a shuddered sigh and dug his head further back into his pillow. As she slowly lowered herself back down, she could see his muscles twitch and jaw tighten. She repeated the action and his response grew even more intense. His moans turned from soft sighs to low growls and he had to grip the headboard to keep himself under control.

"I can't do this any more! I'm sorry Judy!" Nick called out after some time. He knew it was wrong but he felt like he was going to burst and he simply couldn't control himself anymore. He quickly grabbed Judy by the hips and thrust himself, knot and all, into her.

She could feel as he burst through to her uterus and he filled her up with his knot. She let out a loud gasp and felt her body convulse. Nick slammed his hips into her again and Judy let out a short scream, the sensation came as both pain and pleasure. He thrust himself into her one last time and then came the telltale twitch as he emptied himself into her womb.

Nick gasped for breath, his body still twitching from his orgasm and looked at Judy. Her body was arched back but she didn't move. It was like she was frozen. Was she in pain? She finally took a gasping lung full of air before relaxing her body.

"Oh my god Judy. I am so sorry. I knew I shouldn't have done that! Are you ok? Are you mad? Judy?" Nick stammered nervously.

Judy continued to breathe heavily without saying a word. After an agonizing moment she finally looked into his eyes. There was something primal and lustful in them. She let out a sigh and blinked and she was back to her bright eyed self.

She glared down at Nick, "Well now you've done it Nicholas!"

Nick shrunk back, expecting an earful and knowing he fully deserved it. He promised himself that he wouldn't hurt her and now he'd broken that promise.

"How am I ever going to go back to dating rabbits after this?" She yelled, though not nearly as angrily as Nick expected. More exasperated than angry really. "I hope you plan on sticking with me for a long time because, let's face it, that was amazing and I'm never going to get sex like that from another bunny!"

Nick stared at her in disbelief before he laughed, his guilt melting away. Judy smiled down at him. She could feel him laughing inside her.

Nick gently tossed Judy to the side, still inside her. He wrapped his arms, legs and even his tail around her in a big snuggle. How did I get so lucky? He thought to himself and the two animals settled in for a well earned nap.