Dear Reader,

Is it Sunday already? My word it is... Well I'm glad that you've stayed to read the credits. Story written by DukePony (me)... Um, edited by DukePony (me)... and- Wait! Don't go down there! T-That's not... and you've already started reading it... well I'll still be here when you're done, I guess.

-Enjoy

A veritable army of bunnies filled the open patio behind the Hopps family home. The beautiful garden had been adorned with strings of lights that pushed back the night. The air was thick with celebration and the ceremony felt more like a carnival, as opposed to a vow-renewal. A small stage had been constructed about the stump that had served as the couple's center of ceremony, twenty-five years prior. Stu and Bonnie gazed into each other's eyes all the while holding paws. Stu's heart was in his throat as the ceremony drew towards its climax. The old rabbit couldn't help but think that bonnie looked even more beautiful than she did twenty-five years ago, when they first got married.

"And may you two love each other for twenty-five more years…." Spoke the officiant. "Stu, you may now kiss your wife."

The courtyard exploded in applause as the rabbit couple kissed, solidifying twenty-five long years of love.

"Stu has requested the first dance of the night," spoke the officiant as he waved his paws at the army of kits that swarmed about Bonny and Stu's feet. "So please clear the dance floor." The sea of bunnies receded back into the tables that surrounded the square earthen dancefloor which had been staked out with small oil lanterns which illuminated its borders. The live band took to the small stage as Stu took a very surprised Bonnie to the center of the dance-floor. A solo piano set into a smooth swing before being accompanied by the rest of the band.

Bonnie's eyes lit up as her husband took her by the paw, and lead into a perfect swing.

"You do still dance, Mr. Hopps" cooed Bonnie as the pair matched the music. "Twenty-five years and you still manage to surprise me…"

"Well Nick showed me something I had forgotten," said the old rabbit as the pair continued to dance. "Seeing him and Judy reminded me of how in love we used to be. And I realized that if he loved Judy enough to fight for her, then I should be able to learn how to dance again."

Slowly, a few of the dancing kits from the previous night made their way to the floor to dance alongside their parents. Bonnie let out a sigh as she returned to her husband's arms from an underarm turn. "You may be able to dance, but you still smashed your little girl's heart" scolded Bonnie quietly.

The dancing couple both caught sight of their broken daughter sitting alone at a table near the back of the party. "I know, Bon'" replied Stu, regaining his wife's attention. "But I've got a plan…" Stu winked at Bonnie as the song came to a close.

"Oh Stu," said Bonnie as she pulled the big rabbit into a tender hug.

The bunnies all clapped their approval at the couple's first dance in nearly 20 years as the band readied for another song.

However, Stu's eyes nearly bulged out of his head as he caught sight of Judy crying at her parent's loving embrace. Stu wanted to run and console his daughter as she turned and exited the patio through the back of the burrow.

"Shoot," hissed Stu.

"What's wrong?" asked Bonnie, breaking the tender embrace to look into her husband's concerned brown eyes.

"The plan's only gonna work if she's actually out here…" replied Stu with an obvious note of worry. The pair turned to watch Judy vanish into the house, as a lone fox took to the microphone.

Judy sniffled and struggled to compose herself as she made her way to the kitchen. She couldn't let her mother see her like this on such a special occasion. With shaky paws, Judy proceeded to fetch herself a glass of carrot juice from the massive refrigerator.

Judy exhaled deeply as her fried nerves caused her to spill a little of the juice on the counter. As she searched for a rag, Judy absentmindedly checked her phone. The phone's screen lit up displaying a picture of Nick and her that had been set as her background. A sad laugh escaped her as she looked at the image of Nick's squished face and pinned-back ears. She remembered the exact moment that she had butted in on his photo as though it was yesterday.

Sliding a thumb across the screen, Judy unlocked the small phone and dialed Nick. Holding the phone up to her long grey ear, she pleaded for Nick to answer.

"Hello, Nick here" Nick's voice brought the first genuine smile of the day to Judy's face.

"Nick! I'm so glad yo-" but Judy was interrupted as the phone continued.

"Gotcha! Go ahead and leave a message *BEEP*" Judy had fallen for Nick's answering machine for the millionth time. Sadly, she hung up the phone and returned it to its home in her pocket.

Turning her attention back to her drink, Judy attempted to steel her nerves with the cold juice.

The grey rabbit's ears shot up as the glass slipped from her paw and shattered on the floor of the massive kitchen. Turning towards a familiar note that had worked its way into the house, Judy walked numbly after it. Slowly, the sound became more intelligible and familiar.

Judy's heart felt as though it might burst as she looked over the ocean of bouncing-dancing bunnies, to Nick Wilde whom had taken the center of the stage and was singing along with the band.

"AND IF EVER… COMES A DAY…"

"WHERE YOU SHOULD TURN AND HOP AWAAAAYYY,"

"OOOOHH-NOOOO …."

Nick's eyes finally opened as he prepared for the chorus. However, he almost missed his note as he caught sight of Judy, smiling from behind her paws.

"I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOOOUUU… I'M SO CAUGHT UP IN YOU, BUNNY GIRL" Nick pointed out into the crowd prompting the bunnies to look at his target; Judy Hopps.

Judy giggled and rolled her violet eyes as she made her way closer to the stage.

"AND I NEVER WANT TO GET MYSELF FREE,"

"AND JUDY IT'S TRUUUEEE, YOU'RE THE ONE…"

"WHO CAUGHT, BABY YOU TAUGHT… ME HOW GOOD LOVE COULD BEEE-EE"

Nick pulled the microphone from its stand as the band finished playing the last verses of the song. Stepping off the stage, Nick waded through the hoard of bunnies that danced between him and his love. Judy's teary excited visage nearly made Nick stutter as he lifted the microphone to address the party.

"Judy, I could probably think of a million reasons why we shouldn't be together…" the band finally faded out and the party sat in excited silence, hanging on every word. "A million ways we shouldn't work out. But all that doesn't matter; because I love you. And that is what matters." Several bunnies awed at the affectionate moment. "I'm sorry I hurt you, Carrots…"

Judy leapt into Nick's arms and wrapped him in the tightest hug she could muster. "I love you to, Nick. And I'm sorry I pushed you away…"

Nick lifted the microphone to Judy's face which was no longer buried in the crook of his neck. "Can you… Can you say that again?"

Nick smiled as Judy glared at him over the microphone, "I'm sorry?"

"No, before that, you big dumb bunny" the surrounding party of rabbits murmured with laughter at Nick's teasing.

Judy rolled her eyes as she repeated herself; "I love you to, Ni…" However, her sentence was cut short when Nick kissed her solidly on the muzzle. Her ears sprung up in shock before relaxing into the tender moment.

The party applauded the romantic gesture as the army of bunny kits ewwed the loving embrace. Stu and Bonnie made their way to Nick and Judy's side. Taking the microphone from the still kissing couple, Stu announced to the celebration; "Ladies and gentlemammals, I would like to introduce you all to my future-son-in-law. He's a shifty, smooth-talking fox…"

Bonnie elbowed Stu in the ribs as the party laughed at his joke. Nick and Judy separated and looked to Stu as he continued. "But he loves my little girl, and that's what counts."

The party rabbits cheered again at Stu's acceptance as he placed a paw on Nick's shoulder. "Welcome to the family, son."

Nick smiled at the elder rabbit before being sandwiched into him by Bonnie and Judy whom had wrapped them into a big group hug. The crowd laughed as the two big mammals hugged each other from in-between their respective spouses. After a tender moment, the group separated back into its respective pairings.

"Alright every-bunny," boomed Stu into the microphone. "Enjoy the party! And if any of you find a red hair in the ice-cream, you'll know who to blame."

Judy looked up at Nick as giggles spread through the crowd. Shrugging, Nick said "What? You really think I only ever made Paw'psicles?"

"You made what?" Stu's eyes widened as he leaned in on the pairs conversation. Bonnie elbowed the offending mammal, eliciting a giggle from Judy as Bonnie drug her husband away into the dancefloor.

"I think the new couple deserves a dance with the old couple," suggested Nick leading Judy to the center of the dancefloor. Nodding at the rabbit band, Nick pulled Judy in for a slow swing. Taking the hint, the band set in with another smooth instrumental.

"Nick," whispered Judy from the pair's tender embrace. "I can't dance…"

Nick chuckled as he steered Judy about the dancefloor with his paw which rested in the small of her back. "You'll do fine, Carrots. If I can teach Stu, I think you'll make it." Nick winced as one of Judy's clumsy feet landed on top of his own.

"Sorry," giggled Judy before processing Nick's prior statement. "Wait, YOU taught my dad to dance?"

A sly smile crept across his muzzle as a giggle threatened to escape Judy. Turning their attention to Stu and Bonnie, who were dancing half a floor away, Nick and Judy chuckled as Stu wilted under their knowing gaze. "I would have loved to have seen that" whispered Judy as she returned her attention to Nick.

"Well, you've already caught me sleeping with your father…" Judy's paw rocketed off Nick's shoulder to stifle a laugh at the memory of an unamused Nick being snuggled by a snoring Stu, two nights prior. "I can't imagine there's much left for the imagination."

"Nick…" Judy giggled as she returned her paw to the lead fox's shoulder. "Behave- Sorry…" Judy grit her teeth together as she stepped on Nick's foot again.

Nick laughed at Judy's plight as the song came to a close. "I love you, Carrots" Whispered Nick, pulling Judy into a tight hug. "Don't you ever forget that."

-The End... For Now-

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