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Nick sipped on his vanilla milkshake while Finnick devoured another twelve-ounce grasshopper steak. This was his third one already and there was no sign of him slowing down. Judy gave up on trying not to stare. It just left her wondering where all the food was going.\n\nThe plates lay strewn around the table, each one of them holding a pile of untouched broccoli that had long since gone cold surrounded by a lake of congealed butter.\n\n“Think you should eat your greens, bud?” Nick asked, picking the cherry from the top of its whip cream mound, holding it out to Judy.\n\n“Thank you, partner.” She said, using her teeth to pull it from the stem as he held it for her.\n\n“Nah, that just gets in the way of my meat consumption.”\n\nNick held his drink up like a microphone, putting on newscaster tone in his voice. “There you have it. Zootopian resident, Finnick, found dead of a heart attack after the genocide of all the grasshoppers on the planet.”\n\n“That's cold, dude.”\n\n“It was just a joke. I remember when you use to have a sense of humor.”\n\n“Yeah, that was before your mom started calling me for child support.”\n\nNick opened his mouth to speak, but a deep sigh loosed by Judy caused him to close his mouth. Both foxes looked at her, an exasperated look on her face. She remained quiet for a long time before finally clearing her throat. She placed her hands on either side of her plate containing a half-eaten piece of pie.\n\n“Finnick?”\n\n“Yeah?” Finnick said with a cheek full of steak.\n\n“We really do need your help finding...” Judy looked around the nearly empty diner. “You know who.”\n\n“Voldemort?” Nick smirked from across the table. “I hear tell he's back in power again.”\n\n“Stop it!”\n\nFinnick chuckled almost choking on the piece of steak he was gnawing on. Judy rolled her eyes in frustration. Promising Finnick a steak dinner was her idea. It was a kind gesture to make up for the steak he'd dropped earlier. She hoped the little fox would be more likely to offer up knowledge about Baron Bouncer so they could get the investigation underway.\n\n“Seriously, as much as I would like to sit here feeding you steak all night, we need to get things underway.”\n\n“Fine, fine. I'll finish eating this steak and then we can talk about it.”\n\nNick took a long sip from his milkshake and set the glass down on the table. “I guess we just have to wait.”\n\n“Ugh.” Judy rubbed her eyes. “I'm going to the bathroom, when I get back I want to see this conversation to be moving somewhere.”\n\nFinnick and Nick both watched her get up, moving towards the back of the diner. Nick's eyes followed her a lot longer than was comfortable for Finnick. The little fox's eyes narrowed as he worked on another bite of the steak.\n\n“Put your eyes back in your head, boy.”\n\n“What?”\n\n“I saw the way you're looking at her.”\n\n“I don't know what you're talking about.”\n\n“Gotta thing for her doncha?”\n\n“Listen, pocket friend lite, you don't get to question me about my partner until you pony up some information about the baron.”\n\nFinnick growled and swallowed down his mouthful of food. “Alright, but first you make me a deal.”\n\n“Not until I know what it is.”\n\n“Then you'll be waiting a long time to know.”\n\nNick grunted folding his hands in his lap. “I...I'm sorry that I didn't call you, alright? I know we're friends, I was just worried that if I was a cop I might have to...”\n\n“Save it, I know why you did it.”\n\n“Bud, I need you now more than ever. I have to stop this baron guy from whatever he's doing. I can't let him hurt Judy.”\n\n“So you do have a thing for her.”\n\n“Do I? Yes, yes I do. This isn't just some tryst, it's...not like anything I've ever felt before.”\n\nFinnick rolled his eyes, pushing his plate away with a third of a steak left uneaten. “You should forget it, man, you're a dog. She is so far out of your league you two are playing different sports.”\n\n“I know.” Nick's ears fell as he looked down at something in his hands.\n\nFinnick stood on his booster seat to take a look at what he was holding. Nick wasn't shy about it. Instead of risking the little fox's comfort, he rested a felt box on the table. When he opened it, Finnick's eyes went wide. It contained a small golden band, with a tiny diamond set into it.\n\n“I've been carrying this around for weeks now, I just don't know how to tell her.”\n\n“Are you two even dating?”\n\n“No.”\n\n“Have you kissed?”\n\nNick shook his head, closing the box quickly returning it to his pocket. “Nah.”\n\n“Have you did the bungle in the jungle?”\n\n“No!” Nick glared at him. “Nothing, alright we've done nothing like that.”\n\n“Oh, Nick, this is pathetic. What happened to you, man? You use to be a lady-killer.”\n\n“Judy isn't like any lady I've ever met, she makes me feel...”\n\n“Lame? Gay? Stop me if any of these ring a bell.”\n\nNick hissed a sigh through his teeth. “ Just...never mind.”\n\nFinnick climbed up on the table and walked over to Nick, putting a hand on his shoulder. “Listen. Man, I'm just playing with you. You use to have a sense of humor before you became a lady. If you love her, let her know.”\n\nJudy slipped in, sitting down at the table quietly. “Let who know what?”\n\nFinnick turned around slapping Nick across the muzzle with both his ears. “Oh, Hop Along I forgot you left. I guess I'll just have to tell you everything Nick and I discussed while you were powdering your tail.”\n\n“What did he say?”\n\nNick's mouth slipped open as he looked from Judy to Finnick, his mind working an explanation for what Finnick was talking about. “Well, we...Finnick?”\n\n“Oh see, my boy here is so stoked about what we worked out that he can't even talk. Alright, I'll break it down for you Hop Along.”\n\nJudy furrowed her brow at the pet name but knew it was better to not say anything. She reached into her back pocket and pulled out her notebook, flipping it open.\n\n“She comes prepared, I like that. Alright, so I have agreed to help you under one condition. Any evidence you find in your investigation involving me, can't be used in court. It's to be given directly to me to dispose of as I see fit. Nick said it was a reasonable request, but he wanted to discuss it with you first.”\n\n“I don't know if I can legally do that.” Judy looked from Finnick to Nick. “Can I?”\n\n“Well, if you don't, then I leave and you just bought me three steak dinners for nothing.” Finnick walked back across the table, scooping down to pick up his steak starting to gnaw on it like a rabid animal.\n\n“I guess we have no other choice. It's a deal.”\n\n“Good! Because I'm not going to jail for this slouch. I might go to jail for you though Hop Along, but only because that butt is tight. It would so be worth it.”\n\nJudy straightened up, her eyes growing wide as she looked at her partner. A pink tint filled her ears, a blush flamed through her. She was oblivious to the look Finnick shot back at Nick, who was already not happy about how this was playing out. Nick's eyebrows crooked sharply on his brow. His hands clenched as if he would spring on Finnick at any given moment.\n\n“Finnick, she's a police officer. You will-”\n\n“Nick, I don't need you to fight my battles for me.” Judy sounded colder than Nick thought she intended too, but it still hurt.\n\n“Alright, Finnick, we made a deal, now you have to hold up your end. Not only will you tell us how to find him, but you'll help us get in and fit in.”\n\nFinnick looked back at Nick for a moment, pointing at her. “Help a fox out.”\n\n“Oh no buddy, you overstepped your bounds talking about her cute butt, you fix it.”\n\n“I don't...know...”\n\n“Just pretend that we're friends, show us around, get people to trust us.”\n\nFinnick dropped the rest of his steak on the plate, splashing grease all over the table, some of it landing on Nick's shirt. Judy managed to lean back with only a single drop landing on the fur on her hand.\n\n“Alright, I'll help you. Meet me at the corner of Lafayette and Figaro Ave, in the run down part of town around 4ish. Bring some disguises, though, because Baron Bouncer has files on every cop in Zootopia. If he makes you out, then he'll break you and me too.” Finnick dropped down on his booster seat, sitting down.\n\n“Do we have disguises?” Judy finished writing in her notebook what the little fox said.\n\n“No, I mean we might be able to put something together. Maybe Clawhauser has an idea. That's a fellow who seems like he'd know the theater.” Nick looked at the large grease smear on the side of his milkshake glass and decided best not to finish drinking it.\n\n“Are we done?”\n\nJudy looked over at Finnick and smiles. “We are, thanks for the help.”\n\nShe leaned down and kissed the top of his head right between his ears, again missing the wide smile Finnick shot at Nick. Nick clenched his fist, the corner of his mouth hitching in a sneer before he forced himself to get up from the table.\n\n“Anytime. Ah, you don't mind if I get one of those steak dinners to go, do you?”\n\nJudy sighed. “Why not?”\n\n“I'll take care of it, Carrots.”\n\nNick didn't wait for Judy to protest. Instead, he went to the counter and ordered the meal to go giving the server his credit card. Behind him, he heard Finnick and Judy talking in a hushed voice, but couldn't quite hear what they were saying over the sounds coming from the open kitchen behind the counter. Whatever Finnick was telling her made her laugh. The look on her face sent Nick's heart into a flutter. It lasted only a brief second, disappearing into the pit that opened in his stomach when he saw Finnick holding her hand. It was a classic Finnick sleight of hand trick. He used it to slip a piece of papers with his phone number on it to unsuspecting ladies.\n\n“Sir! Here's your card back.”\n\nThe sound of the deer behind the counter brought his attentions away from the whole spectacle of his friend and partner.\n\n“Thank you.” He whispered through dry lips, putting the card back in his wallet.\n\nSomething hurt inside of him. It shifted and churned like a sour stomach. If Finnick was making a move on Judy, he'd be powerless to stop it. Finnick was a lot of things, some bad some good, but irresistibly charming was at the top of that list. What was he going to do?\n\nOnce Finnick's to go meal was ready, the three of them walked out to the parking lot. Judy opened the door on the driver's side giving room for Finnick to scurry up into the seat. Nick handed him his to-go order as soon as he got settled. Finnick regarded him with a smirk, putting his precious steak on the seat next to him. Judy thought for a moment the tiny fox might put the seat belt on the box. Finnick pulled the door closed, starting up the engine. The starter ground noisily in a staccato revving sound a few times before starting up.\n\n“That's my girl.”\n\n“We'll see you tomorrow, Finnick. Thanks again.”\n\n“Are you sure I can't give you a ride back to your car?”\n\n“Yeah, I think we'll be alright.”\n\nNick moved up to stand behind Judy. He'd been very quiet since before they'd left the diner. Moping wasn't really his style, something must really be bothering him. In truth, that was the real reason she didn't want a ride with Finnick. I would give her a chance to talk to him about what was wrong.\n\n“You have a good night you two, Nick don't let anything happen to my bunny.” The van lurched and chugged as he backed out of the parking spot.\n\nWith one heavy pop from a backfire, the van chugged away. The van slowly chugged onto the main street, Judy winced as a car slamming on its brakes to give Finnick enough space to get into the lane.","writing_bbcode_parsed":"Chapter Four
Not So Bite Sized

The three of them had been crammed in a booth at the diner for almost two hours. Nick sipped on his vanilla milkshake while Finnick devoured another twelve-ounce grasshopper steak. This was his third one already and there was no sign of him slowing down. Judy gave up on trying not to stare. It just left her wondering where all the food was going.

The plates lay strewn around the table, each one of them holding a pile of untouched broccoli that had long since gone cold surrounded by a lake of congealed butter.

“Think you should eat your greens, bud?” Nick asked, picking the cherry from the top of its whip cream mound, holding it out to Judy.

“Thank you, partner.” She said, using her teeth to pull it from the stem as he held it for her.

“Nah, that just gets in the way of my meat consumption.”

Nick held his drink up like a microphone, putting on newscaster tone in his voice. “There you have it. Zootopian resident, Finnick, found dead of a heart attack after the genocide of all the grasshoppers on the planet.”

“That's cold, dude.”

“It was just a joke. I remember when you use to have a sense of humor.”

“Yeah, that was before your mom started calling me for child support.”

Nick opened his mouth to speak, but a deep sigh loosed by Judy caused him to close his mouth. Both foxes looked at her, an exasperated look on her face. She remained quiet for a long time before finally clearing her throat. She placed her hands on either side of her plate containing a half-eaten piece of pie.

“Finnick?”

“Yeah?” Finnick said with a cheek full of steak.

“We really do need your help finding...” Judy looked around the nearly empty diner. “You know who.”

“Voldemort?” Nick smirked from across the table. “I hear tell he's back in power again.”

“Stop it!”

Finnick chuckled almost choking on the piece of steak he was gnawing on. Judy rolled her eyes in frustration. Promising Finnick a steak dinner was her idea. It was a kind gesture to make up for the steak he'd dropped earlier. She hoped the little fox would be more likely to offer up knowledge about Baron Bouncer so they could get the investigation underway.

“Seriously, as much as I would like to sit here feeding you steak all night, we need to get things underway.”

“Fine, fine. I'll finish eating this steak and then we can talk about it.”

Nick took a long sip from his milkshake and set the glass down on the table. “I guess we just have to wait.”

“Ugh.” Judy rubbed her eyes. “I'm going to the bathroom, when I get back I want to see this conversation to be moving somewhere.”

Finnick and Nick both watched her get up, moving towards the back of the diner. Nick's eyes followed her a lot longer than was comfortable for Finnick. The little fox's eyes narrowed as he worked on another bite of the steak.

“Put your eyes back in your head, boy.”

“What?”

“I saw the way you're looking at her.”

“I don't know what you're talking about.”

“Gotta thing for her doncha?”

“Listen, pocket friend lite, you don't get to question me about my partner until you pony up some information about the baron.”

Finnick growled and swallowed down his mouthful of food. “Alright, but first you make me a deal.”

“Not until I know what it is.”

“Then you'll be waiting a long time to know.”

Nick grunted folding his hands in his lap. “I...I'm sorry that I didn't call you, alright? I know we're friends, I was just worried that if I was a cop I might have to...”

“Save it, I know why you did it.”

“Bud, I need you now more than ever. I have to stop this baron guy from whatever he's doing. I can't let him hurt Judy.”

“So you do have a thing for her.”

“Do I? Yes, yes I do. This isn't just some tryst, it's...not like anything I've ever felt before.”

Finnick rolled his eyes, pushing his plate away with a third of a steak left uneaten. “You should forget it, man, you're a dog. She is so far out of your league you two are playing different sports.”

“I know.” Nick's ears fell as he looked down at something in his hands.

Finnick stood on his booster seat to take a look at what he was holding. Nick wasn't shy about it. Instead of risking the little fox's comfort, he rested a felt box on the table. When he opened it, Finnick's eyes went wide. It contained a small golden band, with a tiny diamond set into it.

“I've been carrying this around for weeks now, I just don't know how to tell her.”

“Are you two even dating?”

“No.”

“Have you kissed?”

Nick shook his head, closing the box quickly returning it to his pocket. “Nah.”

“Have you did the bungle in the jungle?”

“No!” Nick glared at him. “Nothing, alright we've done nothing like that.”

“Oh, Nick, this is pathetic. What happened to you, man? You use to be a lady-killer.”

“Judy isn't like any lady I've ever met, she makes me feel...”

“Lame? Gay? Stop me if any of these ring a bell.”

Nick hissed a sigh through his teeth. “ Just...never mind.”

Finnick climbed up on the table and walked over to Nick, putting a hand on his shoulder. “Listen. Man, I'm just playing with you. You use to have a sense of humor before you became a lady. If you love her, let her know.”

Judy slipped in, sitting down at the table quietly. “Let who know what?”

Finnick turned around slapping Nick across the muzzle with both his ears. “Oh, Hop Along I forgot you left. I guess I'll just have to tell you everything Nick and I discussed while you were powdering your tail.”

“What did he say?”

Nick's mouth slipped open as he looked from Judy to Finnick, his mind working an explanation for what Finnick was talking about. “Well, we...Finnick?”

“Oh see, my boy here is so stoked about what we worked out that he can't even talk. Alright, I'll break it down for you Hop Along.”

Judy furrowed her brow at the pet name but knew it was better to not say anything. She reached into her back pocket and pulled out her notebook, flipping it open.

“She comes prepared, I like that. Alright, so I have agreed to help you under one condition. Any evidence you find in your investigation involving me, can't be used in court. It's to be given directly to me to dispose of as I see fit. Nick said it was a reasonable request, but he wanted to discuss it with you first.”

“I don't know if I can legally do that.” Judy looked from Finnick to Nick. “Can I?”

“Well, if you don't, then I leave and you just bought me three steak dinners for nothing.” Finnick walked back across the table, scooping down to pick up his steak starting to gnaw on it like a rabid animal.

“I guess we have no other choice. It's a deal.”

“Good! Because I'm not going to jail for this slouch. I might go to jail for you though Hop Along, but only because that butt is tight. It would so be worth it.”

Judy straightened up, her eyes growing wide as she looked at her partner. A pink tint filled her ears, a blush flamed through her. She was oblivious to the look Finnick shot back at Nick, who was already not happy about how this was playing out. Nick's eyebrows crooked sharply on his brow. His hands clenched as if he would spring on Finnick at any given moment.

“Finnick, she's a police officer. You will-”

“Nick, I don't need you to fight my battles for me.” Judy sounded colder than Nick thought she intended too, but it still hurt.

“Alright, Finnick, we made a deal, now you have to hold up your end. Not only will you tell us how to find him, but you'll help us get in and fit in.”

Finnick looked back at Nick for a moment, pointing at her. “Help a fox out.”

“Oh no buddy, you overstepped your bounds talking about her cute butt, you fix it.”

“I don't...know...”

“Just pretend that we're friends, show us around, get people to trust us.”

Finnick dropped the rest of his steak on the plate, splashing grease all over the table, some of it landing on Nick's shirt. Judy managed to lean back with only a single drop landing on the fur on her hand.

“Alright, I'll help you. Meet me at the corner of Lafayette and Figaro Ave, in the run down part of town around 4ish. Bring some disguises, though, because Baron Bouncer has files on every cop in Zootopia. If he makes you out, then he'll break you and me too.” Finnick dropped down on his booster seat, sitting down.

“Do we have disguises?” Judy finished writing in her notebook what the little fox said.

“No, I mean we might be able to put something together. Maybe Clawhauser has an idea. That's a fellow who seems like he'd know the theater.” Nick looked at the large grease smear on the side of his milkshake glass and decided best not to finish drinking it.

“Are we done?”

Judy looked over at Finnick and smiles. “We are, thanks for the help.”

She leaned down and kissed the top of his head right between his ears, again missing the wide smile Finnick shot at Nick. Nick clenched his fist, the corner of his mouth hitching in a sneer before he forced himself to get up from the table.

“Anytime. Ah, you don't mind if I get one of those steak dinners to go, do you?”

Judy sighed. “Why not?”

“I'll take care of it, Carrots.”

Nick didn't wait for Judy to protest. Instead, he went to the counter and ordered the meal to go giving the server his credit card. Behind him, he heard Finnick and Judy talking in a hushed voice, but couldn't quite hear what they were saying over the sounds coming from the open kitchen behind the counter. Whatever Finnick was telling her made her laugh. The look on her face sent Nick's heart into a flutter. It lasted only a brief second, disappearing into the pit that opened in his stomach when he saw Finnick holding her hand. It was a classic Finnick sleight of hand trick. He used it to slip a piece of papers with his phone number on it to unsuspecting ladies.

“Sir! Here's your card back.”

The sound of the deer behind the counter brought his attentions away from the whole spectacle of his friend and partner.

“Thank you.” He whispered through dry lips, putting the card back in his wallet.

Something hurt inside of him. It shifted and churned like a sour stomach. If Finnick was making a move on Judy, he'd be powerless to stop it. Finnick was a lot of things, some bad some good, but irresistibly charming was at the top of that list. What was he going to do?

Once Finnick's to go meal was ready, the three of them walked out to the parking lot. Judy opened the door on the driver's side giving room for Finnick to scurry up into the seat. Nick handed him his to-go order as soon as he got settled. Finnick regarded him with a smirk, putting his precious steak on the seat next to him. Judy thought for a moment the tiny fox might put the seat belt on the box. Finnick pulled the door closed, starting up the engine. The starter ground noisily in a staccato revving sound a few times before starting up.

“That's my girl.”

“We'll see you tomorrow, Finnick. Thanks again.”

“Are you sure I can't give you a ride back to your car?”

“Yeah, I think we'll be alright.”

Nick moved up to stand behind Judy. He'd been very quiet since before they'd left the diner. Moping wasn't really his style, something must really be bothering him. In truth, that was the real reason she didn't want a ride with Finnick. I would give her a chance to talk to him about what was wrong.

“You have a good night you two, Nick don't let anything happen to my bunny.” The van lurched and chugged as he backed out of the parking spot.

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