The whole squat of Zootopia's police precinct one that attended Judy's and Nick's wedding took the last train departing from Bunnyburrow: The train drove off at half past one in the morning and arrived at quarter to three at the Zootopia main railway station. One of the most important aspects of leadership is respect and being a role model. Well, common activities are also upholding the moral. There were two other married couples within Chief Bogos officers and most of the time it didn't cause more trouble than any other kind of friendship. But he had to admit, this was the first time that some officers of his own team were marrying and the first time that he even attended their wedding; let alone being a groomsman. But they all had some fun, even McHorn proved himself as a party animal and there were no incidents; something he always assumed during events where quite a lot of different types of animals join together.
All officers bid goodbye to each other in front of the station. They had to meet again at the precinct anyway in less than five hours. Nick and Judy had still a full week of vacation – a small present by Bogo himself – but the rest of them had to uphold public policy. When most of the officers had disappeared, Chief Bogo stumbled; he couldn't remember saying goodbye to Clawhauser. After thinking some more, he even couldn't remember hearing him talking during the whole train ride – and it was usually rather difficult for the big cheetah to abstain just for five minutes. He looked around but couldn't see the big silhouette of him. Slowly he started to walk back to his own apartment. ' Most probably he is buying an early breakfast doughnut in the station…' he thought to himself with a short yawn.
The big tent on the Hopps farm was nearly empty: The last guests were gone, the leftovers were packed in boxes and brought into the house and the band had dismantled their electronics. There was still some music playing softly through Judy's smartphone. She and Nick were the only ones left, still standing arm in arm on the empty stage, slowly swaying to the same song they shared their first kiss to (YouTube: YmduTltMP5Y). Sven and Evelin left them alone about an hour ago, and since then Judy and Nick were dancing to this song, letting it play in a loop. But since a few minutes, Judy didn't really move by herself, but only leaned against Nick.
"I think we should go to bed, carrots." He whispered into her ear while stroking with his thumb over her head.
"Uh-uh." Judy muttered half-asleep, clinging with her paws into Nick's fur.
The fox smiled softly, hold her embraced in his arms and put his snout between her ears, continuing to sway to the music. It was a long and exhausting day, but he savored each and every moment of it. And even when he was rather tired now – after being awake for nearly 24 hours – he couldn't think of anything better than being alone with Judy in this big tent and slowly dancing to the music. When Judy's paw let loose of his fur and was just hanging down at her side, Nick smiled softly. His cute little bunny had resisted falling asleep as long as she could to draw out this day to its maximum, but the fatigue had finally won. Slowly squatting in front of her, Nick put his arms around Judy's legs and shoulders. When he stood up, holding her tenderly in his arms, Judy's head rolled against his chest and snuggled up to him. On his way out, he took her smartphone and put it in his pocket after switching it off. When he left the tent, the early sunlight was beaming into his eyes and he had to yawn. Holding his little bunny tight in his arms, he started to walk to the house. He expected it to be dark and completely in silence, but most of the windows were already lighted. Just when he arrived at the backdoor of the smallest kitchen, the one that was unused most of the time, Valentina opened the door for him from the inside with a smile.
"Carrying your bride over the door sill?" she winked and Nick replied her smile.
"I'm afraid that I will not only have to carry her over the door sill, but right to our room." He winked at Valentina with a nod to sleeping Judy.
The younger rabbit snickered quietly, than asked: "Can I bring you something? A fresh coffee?"
Nick laughed silently and shook his head. "I think I will accompany her into bed, I'm feeling as falling asleep while standing." Valentina nodded with a smile and went ahead of them, opening the door to the corridor and finally to their room. When she wanted to switch on the light in the room, Nick just shook his head: "I can see perfectly in the dark and don't want Judy to wake up. But..." he started when the rabbit wanted to left the room again, "…maybe you can get a bottle of water and two glasses for us?"
Valentina nod her head with a smile and just two minutes later came back with a small tablet with two cups, a carafe of water and two small pills on a tray. "Just some aspirin … for the worst-case-scenario." She winked and bid goodbye while closing quietly their door.
Nick carefully undressed his wife and wrapped her under the blanket. When he placed himself beside her, Judy instinctively curled herself up against him and put her arms around his body, smiling softly in her sleep. The fox put his fluffy tail around her, laying his snout on her head. While thinking about all what happened that day, he quickly fell asleep, too.
It was unusually quiet in the conference room of precinct one. Most of the officers despise a small emergency team was at the wedding and had only a few hours slept. Chief Bogo issued everyone a patrol route, no special events happened the last day. When he dismissed his officers and went back to his own office, he sat behind his desk and reclined in his chair, rubbing his eyes with his hooves. When the intercom beeped he grunted and pressed the button.
"Bogo here, what is it Clawhauser?"
"Chief, this is Officer Frank from the nightshift."
Bogo raised his eyebrows, shouldn't the nightshift be replaced by the morning shift by now?
"Sorry, Officer Frank. What can I do for you?"
"It's because of Officer Benjamin Clawhauser, he didn't appear for his shift and we cannot reach him on his phone."
"Damn it, Benjamin…" Chief Bogo murmured.
"Chief?" Frank asked through the intercom.
"I will send a replacement for you and will take care of Officer Clawhauser. Thank you." The chief disconnected the intercom call and took a look at the roster – Officer Jackson, an elder lion, was the substitute on duty for the front desk. He entered the short dial into the phone and ordered Jackson to undertake the early shift at the front desk. After that he took a look in the computer for Clawhauser's private number. They all had a lot of fun at the party last night, but that was not an excuse to miss work. He called the mobile phone, but was redirected to the answering machine immediately. He tried Clawhauser's landline next, but had a free line signal only.
Chief Bogo groaned and rubbed his eyes again with his hooves. He liked the cheetah and didn't want to get him in hot water, but missing his shift was going on his records nevertheless; so he could send a patrol to his address to make sure everything was alright, too. He took the radio:
"Headquarters for Charlie-Zero-Four, come in please!"
After a few seconds the elephant cow answered the call: "Francine here, what is it Chief?"
Her paw was tickling through the red fur on the fox's belly. Nick smiled happily in his sleep and purred. Judy giggled:
"I thought I had married a fox, not a tomcat." Judy whispered with a seducing voice, tickling through Nick's fur down to his hips, nibbling with her small teeth on his neck. Nick started to grin without opening his eyes, enjoying her touches and scent; she still was in heat but it was also different in a subtle way. He really couldn't say what it was, and it didn't matter to him right now: The fox slowly put his paw around Judy's scut, making her squeak. He silenced her immediately by putting his lips onto hers, giving her a passionate kiss, and the little rabbit sighed with pleasure.
"I wish you were so horny yesterday during our wedding night, carrots…" he whispered into Judy's ear, licking softly on it with his tongue.
"If it were up to me I'd had humped you right on the dancefloor." Judy whispered back to him, rubbing her chin all over Nick's chest to scent-mark him. She heard him whimpering quietly: her scent, especially when in heat, was nothing he could bear for long. And indeed, Nick wasn't hesitating for long: He took her by her arms and floored her onto the bed, kneeling on each side of her body and pinning her down. First he started to kiss her passionately, but then he started to kiss in a trail down her fur along her chest and belly. Judy closed her eyes and moaned quietly, but that didn't stop the fox from licking further over her trembling body.
Chief Bogo had to make a decision: After Benjamin Clawhauser didn't come to work he send a patrol to his home but the cheetah wasn't there, too. He wasn't really worried, but it was an uncommon behavior; Clawhauser could be somewhat annoying but he was one of his most reliable officers. He wouldn't stay away from work without a good reason or without getting in touch. Currently the chief tried to remember when he saw the cheetah the last time. For a certainty on the party, but he couldn't remember seeing him during the train ride or after it. Could it be, that he never left Bunnyburrow with the rest of his colleagues?
He took his phone again and dialed Judy's number, but it redirected the call immediately to the mailbox. Bogo was swearing something and dialed Nick's number – with the same result. Apparently all his officers had decided to play hide and seek with him. He grumbled and searched for another number in the records…
It was around lunch time when the phone rang in the Hopps' house. Quite a lot of bunnies were already around, cleaning up the house. Stu Hopps and a few of his oldest children were already dismantling the big tent outside; Bonnie and a few of the younger teens were preparing lunch for everyone, mostly reheating the leftovers from the party. It was Sarah, one of the eleven-year-old daughters, who picked up the phone. After talking for a moment, she ran with the handset into the kitchen to her mother:
"Do we have a missed cheetah in the house, mom?"
Bonnie looked somewhat irritated to her kit and shook her head. "No, of course not!"
Sarah spoke into the handset again: "No, there is no cheetah in our house… of course, wait a second!" She handed the handset to her mother. "It's for you, mom!"
Still somewhat confused Bonnie took the handset: "Bonnie Hopps here?"
"Hello Mrs. Hopps, Chief Bogo from Zootopia here."
"Ahh, hello Mister Bogo! I hope you had a safe trip home, it was rather late when you all left."
"Thank you, Ma'am, yes. But I'm missing one of my Officers, Benjamin Clawhauser, and I cannot remember if he was coming along with us when we left. He missed his shift and I cannot reach him on his phone. He is one of Mister Wilde's groomsman, the big cheetah. I just called to make sure he isn't still with you in Bunnyburrow."
"Oh… I understand. Well, I didn't see him yet, but our burrow is rather big. Maybe he missed the train and stayed overnight."
"Maybe. But I want to be sure before I start a manhunt; at least he is an active officer of the ZPD and missing without notice."
"Of course, I understand, Mister Chief Bogo. We will scour the burrow for your Officer and I will call you back after that. But that may take an hour or two, as I said it's a big house and quite a lot of our kits are still asleep."
"Thank you, Mrs. Hopps. I will await your callback before taking any further action. Best regards to the bride and groom." – the buffalo ended the call impatiently and Bonnie handed the phone back to Sarah.
"You didn't see a big cheetah in our burrow today, did you?" Bonnie asked playfully and the young rabbit shook her head. "Okay, just about three hundred others I need to ask. You could think that such a big predator would attract attention in a bunny burrow…" she pondered.
Bonnie went outside and walked over to her husband.
"Hey, honey!" he said with a big smile, giving his wife a kiss. "We are nearly finished with the tent and most of the tables and benches are already fetched up. I think in a few hours everything will be back to normal."
"That's great, you are faster than I expected. We will have lunch in about half an hour, too. But that's not the reason I wanted to talk to you. Did you see a cheetah, or hear about one staying overnight?"
Stu raised his eyebrows: "One of Nicks groomsman was a cheetah, but I thought all colleagues from Nick and Judy took the train back to Zootopia?"
"Yes, but it seems as if one of them went missing. The buffalo, Chief Bogo, called only just and asked if we know something."
"Mh, I didn't really pay attention on him. There were so many guests yesterday…"
Bonnie nodded. "Maybe he missed the train and some of our children let him stay overnight. We should search the burrow, what do you think?"
Stu nodded thoughtfully. "Let's talk to the kits, they can search the burrow in less than an hour." He smiled with a wink. "At least he wasn't really assessable."
Judy was laying naked and quite sweaty on top of Nick when their door was suddenly opened by a young rabbit.
"Is a cheetah here with you in the room?" Sarah asked without paying too much attention to the both on the floor.
"N…no?" Judy answered somewhat perplexed.
"Okay. Bye!" Sarah waved and left the room, closing the door behind her.
Nick was staring at the door: "W-what just happened?!"
Judy didn't answer him – she seemed to be solidified and didn't move.
When Sarah left the guest room she ran straight into Ralph.
"Hey, did you already find a cheetah?" he asked his little sister with a smile.
"No." Sarah smiled. "I'm joining Milah downstairs now."
Ralph looked to the room his sister just left. "Are Judy and Nick awake yet?"
Sarah stopped again and turned her head to Ralph: "Yepp, they are having sex on the floor, but there was no cheetah in there. I'm continuing searching now!" she waved smiling and disappeared around the corner, leaving a confused Ralph behind.
After a few seconds he recovered himself, went to the guest room and knocked.
It took about ten seconds until Nick's voice from behind the door said: "Come in."
When Ralph entered the room, Nick was sitting on the floor with two pillows in front of his chest and in his lap; Judy cowered on the bed under their blanket, both looking still slightly shocked. The rabbit started to grin from ear to ear and leant back against the door frame.
"I guess you two were caught in the act – in the truest sense of the word." He winked and could hardly suppress his laughing.
Judy was still too shocked to say anything, but Nick had contained himself a bit again. "What has Sarah said? I mean, did she…" he discontinued and Ralph answered:
"You mean if she saw her big sister having sex with a fox? Well, at least this is what she told me…" he was still smirking, putting his paws into his pockets.
"Sweetcheeseandcarrots…" Judy mumbled into the blanket, nearly disappearing behind it.
Now Ralph was finally starting to laugh. "Well, it didn't seem to bother her much; and to be realistic I don't think it is the first time she saw you naked Judy, nor that the concept of sex is something new to her. However, a missing cheetah in our burrow is much more interesting at the moment." He winked.
"A missing cheetah?" Nick asked quietly.
"Yep, your groomsman Benjamin seems to be missing and we are searching the burrow if he stayed overnight."
After a short moment Nick murmured jokingly: "Maybe you should ask Jenny, Clara and River. You know, there is some sort of tradition between groomsman and bridesmaids…"
"Nick!" Judy exclaimed a bit shocked, clasping her paws over her mouth.
"Hm, sounds as valid as any other idea." Ralph said with a wink. "At least I saw them dancing together. Well, maybe you two get dressed, mom is preparing lunch and should be ready any minute. I think you two could tolerate a small refreshment." He finally left the room with a wide grin.
A few dozen rabbits were already sitting at the dining table when Judy entered the room. She was a bit hangover, still somewhat tired and wore a pair of leggings and a blue shirt with long sleeves. Annie waved happily, pointing to a free chair next to her, and Judy took place trying not to attract too much attention.
"Hi, sweetie!" her mother said in a honeyed voice and all heads turned to Judy, cheering and congratulating the newly-wed sister.
"Where is Nicky?" Annie asked eagerly.
"He is helping on the search for Benjamin." Judy smiled to her little sister, then she changed the subject. "Did you enjoyed the party yesterday?"
Annie nodded eagerly: "This was so much fun!"
Nick was strolling on the outside, trying to pick up the scent of Clawhauser. There were so many guests on the parcel of land the day before that it was really difficult to distinguish any specific scent. Also his own fur was over and over with Judy's scent marks, making it even more difficult to concentrate. He wore his brown trousers together with a green shirt and followed a rather fresh track along the carrot field. About fifty meters away was a barn where mostly bale of straws and some machines for the harvest were stored. When he came near it, he took a long sniff with his nose, but to no avail. The only thing he could definitely smell was Judy – he should have showered before starting the search. Just the moment he turned around to go back to the house, a high-pitched voice called his name:
"Niiihiiiick!"
Nick paused his movement and turned his head around, looking in the direction of the barn where the voice came from. "Benjamin?" he asked doubtfully; and indeed, the big cheetah stuck out his head from behind the barn.
"Oh my goodness, Nick!" Clawhauser shouted rather quietly and Nick ran towards his friend and colleague.
"Ben! What are you doing here?! The whole burrow is searching for you, even Chief Bogo called!" the fox eyed the cheetah closely: He was still in his suit but his fur looked rather messy and Benjamin looked as if he didn't get a lot of sleep and was still hungover to a certain degree.
"Chief Bogo called yet? Oh dear, I am in so much trouble…" Clawhauser was whining and let himself drop onto the ground. Nick squatted beside him, putting his arm around Benjamin's shoulders.
"What happened, Ben?"
"I don't know! I think I did some terrible mistake!"
"Come on, just tell me what you can remember and we will sort out everything." Nick smiled encouraging, patting his friend on the shoulder again.
"Well, I really drank too much yesterday. I was kidding around with … others, and suddenly Bogo and the others were already gone! I didn't know what to do but … they … offered I could stay overnight."
"Wait a second, Ben." Nick interrupted him smiling. "Who offered you to stay?"
"Those cute little rabbits I was dancing with…" he murmured.
"Judy's bridesmaids? Jenny, River and Clara?" Nick started to smirk and Clawhauser nodded heavily.
"We were really only dancing and talking about this and that, Nick! I promise! But I had too many drinks, and they said when I stay overnight I could drink some more."
"Well, it was a party so having drinks and some fun was totally intended." Nick winked. "But why are you hiding here now and not in the house?"
"I waaaas…" Benjamin said worried. "I mean, I have no idea when and how I got into it, there is a big blackout in my head!"
"Alcohol sometimes has this effect." Nick was remembering one or two parties in his past when he woke up two days later without any knowledge of what happened; he could empathize with the cheetah right now.
"Yes, but when I woke up in the morning, I was laying on the floor of a bedroom without my suit! And there were three rabbits sleeping, too!"
"Well, sleeping in a suit is quite inconvenient and I guess the rabbits were the bridesmaids who offered you to sleepover." Nick winked to him, but Clawhauser fiercely shook his head.
"But Niiiiick… they were all naked and our clothes were distributed all over the room!"
Nick raised his eyebrows, then laughed. "Well? Seemed as if someone had a lucky night. But that still doesn't explain why you are hiding here."
"But don't you understand? I have no idea what happened last night! And woke up with three of Judy's sisters, naked! I totally panicked, grabbed all of my clothes I could find and rushed out of the room! I managed to don't encounter anyone else, but I have lost my phone and wallet. Probably I missed them in the bedroom, but I couldn't creep back into the house because more and more rabbits were awake! So I hide here and hoped that I would see you or Judy! Oh Niiiick, you have to help me! If Mr. Hopps finds out what I did with his daughters, I will get skinned by him! And Chief Bogo is going to fire me! Oh Nick, I'm really desperate for your help!"
Nick started to grin, Benjamin's story was so fanciful he wasn't sure if he should laugh or not. But when he watched his old friend being a picture of misery, he pulled himself together with a small grin and stood up again, reaching out with his arm to him.
"I think I get an idea, but first let's go back to the house. Someone said something about lunch and I think we are both in need of a small refreshment." Nick said while helping Clawhauser getting up to his feet.
"But Nick! What about Mr. Hopps?"
"Wherefrom should he know what happened when neither you nor his daughters are going to tell him? And I really doubt that those young ladies are telling their parents about each and every affair they got." He winked, put his arm around Clawhauser's shoulders and they both started to walk back to the house. "And finally, you don't even know if anything happened at all."
"Oh, Nick…" Clawhauser whimpered.
"Make sure that he takes the next express to Zootopia and tell him, he has a double shift this evening! I will have a talk with him tomorrow dead on seven o'clock!" – Chief Bogo sounded alarmingly calm while Judy talked to him on the phone. She had no opportunity to advocate her friend and colleague further when the Chief ended the call.
When Judy walked back into the big living room, Nick was sitting with Clawhauser on a couch. The cheetah was eating a piece of cake and having a hot coffee while Judy's husband was watching him with a sly smile. The rabbit walked over to them and sat beside Benjamin.
"Hey, Ben! I've talked with Bogo. You have a double shift tonight and a one-to-one with him tomorrow morning on seven o'clock." – the cheetah started to whimper again. "Keep calm, you are one of our most reliable officers and he will not fire you for missing a shift." She smiled softly to him.
"The roasting will be even worse than being fired." Clawhauser puled.
Nick snickered quietly and Judy bowed her head to the side: "Now that I have talked to Bogo, don't you want to tell me what really happened last night?"
"What do you mean, Judy?" Clawhauser asked with an unnatural high-pitched voice.
"Come on, you cannot blow smoke on me, Ben. I'm one of our best interrogation officers because I'm always knowing when someone is lying to me." She winked with a smile.
"And still, she has married me." Nick snickered and Judy looked with a sly smirk to him, then back to the cheetah. But Benjamin just kept his head lowered, nipping on his coffee.
"Oh, here is your wallet and your smartphone, too. Maybe you should recharge it before taking the train, I can lend you my charger." Judy took the wallet and the phone from her pocket and put it on the coffee table with a sneaky smile.
Clawhauser replied her look startled: "Where did you find them?"
"Oh, I didn't find them but Clara. You have to ask her." Judy winked, then she twitched her ears with a side-glance to Nick: His poker face was perfect, but she noticed the subtle change of his heartbeat when she mentioned Clara's name. Well, she would ask him about it later.
"When does the next express depart from the railway station?" Benjamin asked while clenching his phone and wallet with his paws.
Judy took a look at the old grandfather clock. "In about three minutes." She smiled. "And the next one in about two hours. So you still have some time, maybe you get a shower and I will organize you a train ticket and some packet lunch."
Nick picked Clawhauser's phone from his paws with a quick movement. "I will get this charged for you in the meantime. You will never survive a two-hour train ride without your Gazelle albums." He winked at him and jumped off the couch.
Judy and Nick were standing at the platform on Bunnyburrow station and waving goodbye to Clawhauser while the train directing Zootopia was leaving. While slowly walking arm in arm back to the car, Judy said smiling:
"Poor Benjamin, Bogo will tear him his spots off for this tomorrow."
"Maybe, but only because he had not as much fun as him." Nick laughed.
"Do you think so?" Judy asked and Nick just shrugged his shoulders with a smile. They walked a few meters in silence. Finally, she said: "I hope she was worth it."
"How do you know it was a 'she'?" Nick snickered and they both stopped in front of Judy's parent's pickup-truck.
"Oh, I have a close idea." Judy hopped backwards onto the bonnet, watching Nick with a sly grin. "And I bet you know more than you admitted."
"So? I wouldn't bet on it, carrots." Nick put his arms around her neck and replied her grin.
"I would always put my chips on you, foxtrot." She winked. "Who was it? One of my sisters?" Nick didn't answer her and continued to grin, but his heartbeat was telling her everything she need to know. "Well, I guessed so. That explains why he was hiding outside the house." Judy chuckled. "One of the bridesmaids?"
"Would you please stop interrogating me, carrots?" Nick laughed.
"Oh, bull's eye on first guess!" Judy grinned even wider. But to narrow it down, she need a ground line for his reactions. "I don't think it was Evelin?" Nick snorted but Judy could determine his regular heartbeat. "Well, that leaves it to just one of three. Either River…", she listened carefully and Nick just grinned at her, "...Clara, or Jenny."
Nick's reaction caused Judy furrowed brows. He was definitely reacting but she couldn't distinguish between the three names. "Come on, carrots." Nick winked at her, "They are all adults and whatever happened, I'm sure they had a lot of fun."
"You know exactly what happened, don't you?" Judy returned his winking. "It was Clara, right? After all she was it who found his phone and wallet!" Nick kept silent and Judy raised her eyebrows. "Or was it Jenny? She is in heat, isn't she?!" Nick still kept his poker face and grinned at her. "River?! Oh Nick! You tell me!" – Judy was irritated; why couldn't she identify Nick's telltale this time? Then she suddenly raised her eyes wide open. "Or was it not only one of them?" – there was it, the slightly different heartbeat! "Two of them? No… all three at once?" she clasped her paws over her mouth, giggling.
Nick snickered, it was always fascinating to see Judy's interrogation technique in action, but it was even more incredible when she demonstrated it with himself. He would have sworn that he didn't give a single hint about what he was thinking, but Judy's instinct was like a guided missile and nearly never missed its target. And she was getting better and faster each time! Nick loved those little games between them…
"To be fair, Benjamin has actually no idea what happened exactly." He gave her a lovely kiss on the tip of her nose.
"What do you mean, has he really a blackout?" Judy wrapped her legs around the fox' hip and pulled him towards her. He nod his head with a grin and the rabbit punched him against the shoulder. "Come on, what did he tell you?"
"Well, when he missed the train, your three sisters offered him to stay overnight and got him sloshed. I guess, those bunnies were already three sheets to the wind, too. And this morning, Ben woke up with nothing more than a headache; his clothes spread around in your sister's bedroom, together with your nude and cute bunny-sisters. He couldn't remember anything and panicked."
Judy snorted during Nick's narration and started to laugh out loud when he finished. "Oh, I could totally imagine his face when he woke up to this picture. But it doesn't say anything, most of us are accustomed to sleep naked." she winked.
Nick shrugged but grinned himself. "And just to your information, carrots. Jenny isn't the only rabbit who is in heat, all three of them are; just like a quarter of your sisters."
"Oh my gosh!" Judy laughed even harder, dashing away a tear with her paw. "And you have to bear all those pheromones, how comes you are not laying twitching on the floor?"
Nick's smile softened and there was suddenly a moony glance in his eyes. "Oh Judy, you have yet a lot to learn about us foxes." – when Judy tilted her head, he continued. "All those bunnies with all their pheromones are nothing more than a disturbing scent in the air. I recognize it, but my body doesn't have a specific reaction to it. It's only the scent of my life-mate that is flooding my whole head with endorphins and letting me act like a fool." He tried to play cool, but Judy was already aware of his true feelings and stroked over his cheek, smiling.
"So, I'm the only cute little bunny that makes you laying on the floor, twitching?"
"You are the only one for me in every respect, Judy."
They shared both an endearingly kiss, then Judy slowly said:
"Well… regarding Clawhauser…" she giggled, "Do you think I should talk with my little sisters to get at the truth?"
Nick waved the idea aside with his paw. "Nah, I think we should leave it at that. Keep your breath to cool your own porridge, as Finnick always told me." He took his rabbit by her hip and lifted it from the bonnet.
"So be it." Judy snickered and they entered the car to drive back home.
Clawhauser was sitting in his compartment, listening to Gazelle on his phone and peering out of the window. He would arrive in Zootopia in about half an hour and had just enough time to change clothes at home before he had to get to work. The chief would turn him upside down tomorrow, and he couldn't even remember a single thing. He freaked for a second when his phone received a new message and beeped. But it was just an invitation to a photo-sharing-site with subject to the wedding. He flipped through the pictures and smiled, it really was a great wedding! And Nick and Judy were just so cute!
At the end of the gallery was a link to upload own photos to the page. "Why not…" Clawhauser shrugged, clicked the link and browsed through his own photos on the phone. He made quite a lot of pictures, but only a few were good enough to be shared. After uploading a few of them, he reached the photos made during the evening of the party. For a while he just flipped through them, but when he reached the last few pictures made with his phone before the battery died, his eyes grew wide and startled he put a paw in front of his mouth.
"Oh my goodness…!"