Nick POV

Today was the first day.

I had laid out my uniform the night before, nice and neatly, and shined my badge and shoes profusely. I wanted to make a good impression on the first day, especially since some animals weren't exactly….happy with a fox being a police officer. And, of course, I wanted to impress Judy.

Looking at myself in the mirror, I admired my clean, pristine police uniform, and my gleaming ZPD badge. Puffing my chest out slightly, I had to admit, I preferred this look over my green Hawaiian shirt.

I glanced at my watch. 7:34 a.m. Judy was supposed to pick me up at 8, and I knew being late would only put her in a huffish mood for the rest of the day, so I got up about an hour earlier.

I flopped down on my bed. Oh, Judy. Even thinking about her created butterflies in my stomach. There was something special about her, something that had always intimidated me, but at the same time, her loving and emotional side was something I had never really felt in my life. Still, she felt somewhat closed off, always so stern and official, but her optimism and rigor was something I loved about her. That and those lovely lilac eyes of hers. Despite how close I felt to her, my feelings were something I was scared to share. For one, I'm a fox and she's a rabbit, not exactly your typical couple. Another, well I didn't want to lose the friendship we already had. Without it, I don't know where I'd be.

I glance down at my watch again. 7:55 a.m. I sighed, and stood up. I grabbed my apartment keys and phone, and headed down to the lobby to wait for Judy.

Judy POV

I pulled up to Nick's apartment complex, and to my surprise, saw that he was fully dressed in uniform, and ready to go. It was a bit weird seeing him in a uniform instead of his Hawaiian shirt and khakis, he looked almost…..handsome. "No," I said to myself, shaking the thought from my head, "I can't think about that, not on the job."

"Hey Partner!" Nick said, hopping into my car with a grin on his face.

"Hey Rookie!" I responded, teasingly. "You nervous for your first day?"

He chuckled. "Me, nervous?" I shot him a questioning look. "Okay, maybe a little." I giggled. I saw him shot a look at the dangling carrot charm hanging from my rearview mirror, and he snicked a bit.

"Something funny?" I inquired.

"Nope, nothing at all Carrots." He shot me that signature smirk of his, the one where he looks like he knows something I don't. I couldn't help but laugh a bit. As we were driving, I couldn't help but think about my relationship with Nick. Sure, we were friends now, but the way he always took everything as a joke sort of bothered me. It is kinda charming though. Again, I stopped myself from thinking about him.

We pulled into the station, walked in, and were greeted by Clawhauser yelling our names.

"JUDY! NICK! IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS!"

"Hi, Benjamin, it's good to see you too!" I replied pleasantly back to him with a warm smile. Nick just kinda waved at him. I rolled my eyes. "Nick, say hi to Benjamin."

"OH HELLO BENJAMIN, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU TOO!" Nick said in a sarcastic, over enthusiastic tone. "There, is that better?" I simply just rolled my eyes at him again and led him to our daily morning meeting. We had just sat down when Chief Bogo walked in. I saw out of the corner of my eyes Nick leaning back, resting his feet on the desk in front of us.

"Nick," I hissed under my breath. "get your feet off the table and at least try to look professional."

"Wilde!" Bogo yelled. "Feet. off, the table." Nick's ears pinned back and became more red than usual. He quickly removed his feet from the desk with a nervous laugh. I snickered a bit, then regained my composure, "Speaking of Wilde, you and Hopps will be staking out a drug deal that is supposed to happen at 12:30 this afternoon. The drop is supposed to take place at 294 Brookfield Street. I want you to observe the drop, and once the drugs have been exchanged, move in on the perps."

"Yessir!" I answered attentively.

"Sure, whatever." Nick countered, who now had his phone out. I gave him the dirtiest look I could muster, then told Bogo, "We'll be right on it sir! Right Nick?"

"What? Oh yeah, mhm." Bogo dismissed us and we walked to my police cruiser and went to where the drop was supposed to take place.