Nick is having a hard time holding back his tears waiting for an answer from Judy. He had just proposed to her! What would she say? A part of Nick sees tears of joy while another part sees tears of sadness. Judy stood there for a minute to process all that was going on. She took a deep breath in and tried to speak.
"I-I can't do this Nick," Judy said while turning and started running away.
"Judy, wait!"
It was too late. Both of them knew that Judy was faster out of them. Nick immediately broke down. He couldn't believe that Judy didn't want to marry him. Nick didn't bother finding her because it would only make things worse. He got into his car and drove back to his apartment. He couldn't get that out of his head. He loves Judy and wants to be with her forever, but she denied it. "Why would she deny the proposal? What did I do wrong," Nick thought. He walked into his room and landed face first in the bed. He didn't want to do anything now knowing that his dreams have been crushed. He couldn't sleep…he could only think about Judy. After a long while, Nick ended up crying himself to sleep.
Judy ran away from Nick because she wasn't expecting this. She thought that Nick would come looking around for her, but he didn't. She ran past a couple of buildings and hid around one. She still had a view of the park. She peeked over and saw Nick packing everything up and driving away. "What have I done?" She slowly walked down to her apartment. She knew that she just broke Nick's heart. She knew that he loved her very much. She doesn't know why she turned him down. "After all Nick and I have been through….he shared his feelings deep down with me. He told me that he would protect me. Most of all…..he loved me." Judy let all of that process in her head before she realized what she done to Nick. When she arrived back in her apartment, she realized that she will see Nick tomorrow. She could tell him then. She couldn't sleep. She would always have Nick by her side to comfort her. Not this time. Judy was alone.
When morning came around, Judy felt different than usual. She then remembered what happened the night before. Hopefully, she can talk to Nick and figure things out. She rushed into the ZPD where Clawhauser excitingly greeted her.
"Soooooooo, how'd it go?"
"Not now Clawhauser."
She walked right by him as she headed into her and Nick's cubicle. Nick wasn't there yet. She waited a few minutes. A few minutes turned into a few hours. A few hours turned into a whole day. She was worried about Nick. He never showed up to work today. After work, Judy hurried over to Nick's apartment. She didn't have his spare key, so she couldn't get inside. After countless minutes of knocking on his door, there still was no answer. Judy started freaking out. She grabbed a hairpin from her belt. She always keeps one with her if she needs to get inside anything. One she unlocked the door, she busted inside.
"Nick? Nick where are you?"
"Nick?"
"Nick?"
"Where are you?"
She walked through the whole place until she reached his bedroom. There was a box that was sitting on top of his nicely made bed. She walked over to the box and opened it. She immediately felt depressed after looking inside. Inside, was pictures of her and Nick together. She looked through all of them inside the box. Each picture was getting more and more feelings from them. She gasped while looking at the last picture. It was a picture of her and Nick at the park last night. Someone took a picture of him proposing to her. He still took the picture. Right beside the picture, there was a note.
I am going to propose to Judy! I am very excited for this! I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with her!
She looked at the picture. She noticed that the picture was sort of faded. She realized that it was Nick's tears. Nick was staring at this picture and crying. She broke down. She didn't know that Nick cared a lot about her. His reaction was outrageous. She continued looking inside the box until she found a letter.
To Judy
Judy opened up the letter and started reading.
Dear Judy,
All my life I was looking for someone, but I never knew that it would be you. Ever since the Night Howler's case, you have taught me to be more than just a shifty fox. You have taught me to do whatever I wanted. After we solved the case, I bought the ring because I knew that you would be the one for me. I never knew that you would be this important in my life. I joined the force because I wanted to be with you. I loved you ever since we solve the case.
Judy continued to read carefully.
After the incident that night, I just couldn't pull myself together to go back again. You made my dreams come true! I wanted my dreams to be fulfilled forever if I married you. If you are now reading this, I will be heading out of town to find somewhere else I can stay at so I don't hurt you even more than you are now. Thank you for the opportunity.
Sincerely,
Nick
Judy set the letter down and raced out the door. She needed to tell Bogo what was going on. She wanted Nick back. After what she said at the proposal, she knew that she didn't mean it. She was just scared. She hurt Nick because of that. She darted across the ZPD and right in front of Bogo's office.
"Enter."
Judy hustled in and slammed the door shut.
"What do you need Hopps?"
"Nick is gone and it is all my fault."
"Where did you just come from?"
"I went right over to his apartment because I was worried about him because he never showed up today. He wasn't inside his place. There was a box on his bed with a letter. The letter was written to me. The letter said that he would be leaving to find somewhere else to stay at so he won't hurt me more than I already have."
"What happened?"
"He proposed to me. I didn't answer him, I just ran away."
"Was his car in the lot?"
"No, it's gone."
"Ask Clawhauser to track down the car. We will sent a search party over to Nick's place to se if we can find any clues."
Judy went over to Clawhauser, who was packing up and getting ready to leave.
"Clawhauser, I need you to track down a squad car."
"Which one?"
"The one that belongs to Nick and I."
He turned over to his computer and looked at the screen.
"What happened?"
"He is missing and it is all my fault."
"What happened?"
"I didn't answer to his proposal. I just ran away. I was just scared…..I didn't mean to break his heart."
"I found the car!"
"Where is it?"
"It is…at his mother's house?"
"Thanks."
Judy took another car over to Nick's mother's house. She knew where it was. When she arrived, she saw the car. She hurried up to the door and rang the doorbell.
"Hello?"
"Hello, this is Officer Hopps, ZPD."
"Oh yea, come on in."
"Where is Nick?"
"What do you mean? He's not with you?"
"No he is not. His car is parked over here."
"Nobody came to the door but you dear. What's going on?"
"Nick has been missing since this morning. He didn't show up to work today."
"Why not?"
"He….proposed to me. I didn't say anything. I just ran away. I was just scared. I didn't mean to hurt him this much. T-this i-is all m-my fault."
"Oh my."
"Anyways, I went over to his apartment after work. I searched throughout the entire house. I saw a box sitting on his bed. When I opened it, memories came back to me. There was a letter. It was written to me. It said that he would be finding somewhere else to stay and continue on with his life without hurting me more that I am now."
"Nick, where are you?"
Hi guys, sorry about the wait. I thought about this chapter over the weekend. I hope you enjoy it. I will try to possibly finish up the story by this week. It will be a while after this week before I can get back on again. Starting next week, I have marching band practice all day. I will try to finish up or get to a spot that you may think is the end of the story by the end of this week. Until then, I will be posting more and more chapters. I hope you are enjoying it so far. Thanks for all of the support. I am very happy because Friday, I reached over 5k views! Awesome! Thank you guys and I hope you enjoy this chapter. :)