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"It can't be that bad... Can it?"

Bracing herself, she stepped onto the cold scales and watched it's computerized digits calculate her weight in eerie silence within the doctor's rather chilly office. It didn't take long for the machine finish thought, as a quiet, yet subtle beep sounded from beneath her feet as the finalized numbers popped up on the screen directly in front of her. "Oooh... That doesn't look healthy at all" Judy mused to herself as her ears dropped.

"Alright, let's take a look now..." The elderly polecat spoke as she reached for her notepad from her desk nearby and walked across the room to where the almost-naked bunny stood. "Hmm...  Yes, it's just as I thought" she analyzed, adjusting her glasses and reading the results of the scales. "This is, without a doubt, certainly the cause to your recent symptoms of exhaustion and weariness". Judy listened as the doctor informed her as she took out a tape measure from her coat pocket and proceeded to wrap it around Judy's waist.

"Urg... I really am a dumb bunny. How could I had not seen this coming?"

"I see..." Judy spoke quietly with a tone of sadness within her voice. "So then, do you think I should I change my diet, would that fix this doc?" she questioned as her violet eyes transfixed themselves towards the polecat, hoping that it wasn't too late for her.

"Indeed so, a change of food intake and nutritional supplements would certainly be a step in the right direction, Miss Hopps" she replied in a slight monotonous manner, removing the tape from Judy's waste and quietly jotted down more notes on her notepad. Despite her rather lukewarm demeanor, Judy knew that she was the best doctor and health advisor suited in helping her with her current issues right now. She trusted her ever since she became her new health instructor for the ZPD, and she knew if anyone could help her get thought this, she was the mammal.

"I would also advise to your head chief... Bongo was his name?"

"Yes that's him" Judy replied.

"I will advise him to put you on less taxing work until further notice; until then, it's like you said, your going to have to redo your diet, specifically starting on your daily food intake"

" ...Alright, That feels like the reasonable solution to this, doc" Judy nodded in agreement. "Heh, if I'm honest, I'll take any work, even if he gets me doing parking ticket duty again."

"Just make sure that you don't overexert yourself again. Your muscles still need time to properly build themselves back to once what they were" said her doctor, stroking her chin in thought. "I believe that is all I can do for you now, Miss Hopps, you are free to leave, unless there is anything else?

"Nope, I think that's all doc... Thank you"

Judy shook her paws with the polecat and slowly made her way towards the dressing room to get back into her casual clothes, still feeling rather down. It still was rather surprising, she mulled to herself. All this time and hard work trying to maintain her slim, perfect, athletic crimefighting physique. Having enough energy and stamina in her little bunny body to always be fit for duty on the front lines...

...She'd never once thought that she'd go and completely overdo it.

There she was, Judy Hopps, the very first bunny officer for the Zootopian Police Department, who helped foil a serious plot to turn this city against each other a few years back, and even become a heroic idol figure to other aspiring rabbits and small mammals alike, walking across the doctor's office in her bra and panties, with a physique like some sort of staving supermodel. She had become thin, really thin over these last few months. Of course, it was any ZPD officer's well known duty and responsibility to keep in shape (except for a certain, lovable plump cheetah stationed at dispatch duty), but after what happened yesterday, she was just now starting to realize the consequences of her current diet and how much calories and muscle fat she must have burnt off while being in action.

"Now Miss Hopps", her doctor spoke from across the office, "You shouldn't be so down on yourself. Many mammals, strong and athletic just like yourself sometimes suffer from vast weight loss, it's quite easy to lose track of maintaining a balance between staying fit and eating enough food so that your body gets enough nutrition energy, " A rare smile appeared from her fuzzy face. " I've heard about your hard working, determined contributions to the ZPD and this city" she walked over to her and reassuringly placed her paw on her shoulder. " I have complete confidence in you that you can get thought this easily, you've just got to put your mind to it".

Judy's long ears raised back up upon hearing the doctor's words of encouragement. "Your right doc, I shouldn't beat myself up about this" her body filling with confidence. " I'll get through this, just wait and see!" She fist bumped the air and smiled, "I'm not about to let some silly weight loss stop me from helping this city, even if Bongo decides to put me on reception duty!". Her mind ceased thinking about how badly she'd had accidentally staved herself, and started to focus on setting things right for herself...

"Grrrrooowwwl..."

...and for her stomach, of course, thought the slightly embarrassed bunny.
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"Gosh... If this was ancient times, I'd bet any hungry vicious predator would have turn me down, even for a bite..."

The dressing room was fairly basic. Just a coat rack, a fold up table with a chair and a mirror. All way too tall for a mammal her size, especially the coat rack, which was obviously positioned with bigger animals in mind, which is why she had simply dumped her clothes over the chair. Rather then getting dressed right away though, Judy took one last look in the mirror examining her slim body. Her paws delicately feeling around her chest.

"Are those my ribs? Wow... I can even feel them through my fur..."

She turned around and looked over her shoulder, her paws now reaching for her posterior.

"Even my butt's gotten all skinny and bony. Here I was conspiring that the bullpen seats had been secretly swapped out and replaced with really uncomfortable ones. Heh, I guess that my bum was the real culprit all along"

Judy sighed and decided to stop admiring herself and get dressed and make her way back home. Her chief had ordered her to take the day off today and visit her doctor after her "incident" yesterday evening whilst on patrol. She shuddered unnerving thinking back to what had transpired. There she was, driving along in her police cruiser doing her routinely patrol round the concrete jungle of downtown Zootopia with her vulpine partner Nick Wilde; an ex-con artist, who also happen to be one of her best friends, a quite charming fellow, if not a little cynical and laid back. They were just about to call it a day when all of a sudden, her ears pricked up. She had heard the distinctive cry of help, coming from what she saw from surveying out of the window was an elderly beaver whose purse had just been snatched by an shady wolf who was now escaping the crime scene on foot, sprinting down the street. Without thinking, she hopped out of the car window (leaving her partner, like many times before, scrambling to take the wheel) and pursued after the suspect. However, just one minute into the chase, she began to feel quite dizzy.

She thought it wasn't anything serious at the time. She'd had felt like this before, especially on hot, humid days in the past like that very day, but she merely just chalked it up the heat. However, just as she was gaining on the wolf, she began to feel more and more dizzy, not to mention exhausted. With every second spent running, her little bunny body grew more weary, until she couldn't take it anymore and had to slow down and stop. It was then and there where she immediately blacked out on the sidewalk, sadly letting the fleeing culprit get away. The next thing she knew, she was being bridal carried back to the cruiser by a worried Nick who told her that he found her lying unconscious in the street.

"He may not look like it under all that snark, but he really does look out for me. Especially when I go and do something stupid like run myself ragged and pass out... Judy reminisced as she put her shirt over her head. Gotta make sure I get back to normal so nothing like that ever happens again..."

Judy thought back to what her doctor said. A change of food intake? That sounded simple enough. All she really needed to do is just eat more food, as well as take the odd protein shake to help build her muscles back. Urg... Protein drinks... She thought. She had them all the time during her police academy training, and it was safe to say that they weren't exactly her favourite food (if that what she would call it) on the menu. Still though, they helped her get through her training, so it looks like she had to endure them all over again to get her bunny bod back into shape.

Now, on the food front however, Judy began to perk up. Despite her (now more than ever) trim frame, she reckoned herself quite the foodie. Living in this city had opened her up to all sorts of culinary delights, and not just cafes and diners, but to her own co-worker's rather surprising culinary skills. Surprising being the key word here, as no one, not even her self at the time would have suspected that it was her partner Nick, of all mammals, who was such a great cook when it came to all sorts of meals. Looking back into the times that he had invited her over for lunch and even dinner...

"On the basis that we're co-workers... and being very close friends, th... thats' all!" Her mind stammered, interrupting the blushing bunny's daydreaming for a brief second.

Nick may not have looked like it underneath his laid back attitude, but sweet cheese and crackers! Judy thought to herself, he can really cook up a scrumptious meal! Carrot casseroles, vegetable lasagna, omelettes, pasta bakes etc-. Even meals made from bugs- which at one time, would have disgusted her in the sheer thought of even tasting something like that, but after sampling some of his homemade smoked cricket and grilled peach salad, she couldn't deny that her palate had expanded beyond her usual herbivorous diet. Looking back, Judy pondered that it might have been Nick's cooking that might have saved her from being in an even worse condition. Almost everyday, she'd stuck to the same old diet: Toast in the morning, something like a lettuce sandwich for lunch, and finally a microwave carrots for one- which it's contests was usually quite meager anyway, for dinner. Heck, sometimes she'd forgo dinner altogether when staying up overtime at the ZPD to help solve a case. It was like eating well was never really her focus at those times. But when Nick invited her over, or when he sometimes shared his homemade lunches with her, she'd gobble them up with the appetite of a horse! It took practically all of her self restraint not to ask for seconds, despite yearning for more, much more of his cooking. Even right now as she thought about his food, her stomach let loose another loud, hungry growl.

"I think I've had more of his cooking than I've had of my own meals... Heh, it's kind of ironic when you think about it, all that time restraining myself from eating too much so I wouldn't put on any weight... and here I am needing eat more. I guess I was just too stubborn for my own good."

With her trouser's on and her belt buckled up to the first hole, Judy took one last look in the mirror while dressed and began to make her way out back to her apartment. "Gotta make sure I remember to stop by the pharmacy to buy some protein stuff, Oh! and if the shops are still open, I'll make a start on stocking up on more food. I'll better take the train down to the city centre first then". Judy's mind shifted back onto the thought of food again. She wasn't going to openly admit it, but she was actually looking forward to overindulging herself by eating more. She couldn't even remember the last time she was ever full; resting herself from a big meal with her jeans unbuttoned in some sort of food coma. A rather peculiar thought, she knew, to see herself in that condition. But for some reason she couldn't quite explain, it filled her with a slight twinge of excitement...

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As Judy exited the office, thanking her doctor one last time, she spotted a familiar fox in his green casual attire sitting down in one of those oversized chairs in the waiting area outside. Just as they noticed eachother, he hastily got up and urgently rushed towards her.

"Judy! Are you going to be alright? What did the doctor say?" Nick spoke placing his paws on her shoulders with a swell of anxiety in his voice, a far cry from his usual foxy self.

"I'm fine Nick," Judy replied, gazing up to her friend's worried expression. " My doctor found out what was wrong with me, don't worry; it's nothing too serious... It's just that... Well..." Judy's voice trailed off as she nervously rubbed her arm.

"...It's what?" questioned Nick.

"I just found out that I'm underweight, it's all. I've just got to build myself, and my muscles back up to crime-fighting condition, and I'll be as good as new" Judy answered, gesturing to herself in a bit more confidence.

"Oh... I see..." He said as he lifted a paw to his orange chin whilst closing his eyes and taking a small sigh of relief . "That's good news, I'm just really glad it's not anything super serious... "

Judy shot him a reassuring smile. It was really sweet and gentlemammaly of him to come all this way after his work shift (if not a little too early, according to the nearby clock) to see if she was all right at the clinic. That being said however, she was lying if she'd didn't admit into missing his usual snarky, cheeky self. As they walked together down the long hall to make their way out (once again reminded in slight annoyance that the clinic was mostly designed with larger mammals in mind, hence the long trek they were about to take), she hoped that she didn't make him worry to the point of not being himself anymore...

...and then, exactly right on cue...

"...Sooo, it looks like you're going to have to fatten yourself up then, Carrots"

"NIIIIICK!" Judy squeaked out in embarrassment, her attention now brought back to Nick's face, which was now sporting it's trademark grinning smirk. "Don't put it like that!" she continued, her inner ear's growing a slight shade of red. "All I'm doing is bulking my muscles back up with more food and protein, that's all".

Nick turned to her, still grinning as they walked down the hallway. "Aren't muscles made up of fat though? You saw how Clawhauser completely demolished that park bench last week all by himself"

Judy rolled her eyes "...That's because he sat on it Nick"

"Exactly Carrots. You start blowing yourself up to his size, and no criminal would want to wrestle with you, or they'd get a body slam from your butt!" Nick joked, earning him a small sharp elbow jab to his sides, courtesy from Judy. "O.k, O.k, not that big then?" he answered. Judy couldn't help smiling a little from his sense of humor. "In your dreams, Slick" she blurted out without properly thinking, earning a raised eyebrow from Nick.

"No No No don't say that Judy! Don't give him those thoughts!" Judy's bunny brain chastised her. She hastily changed the subject. "So... Umm... Anyway, Nick... How did you get on today? Did I miss any action?"

Nick shrugged to himself "Not that I would know. I've been stuck in my office doing boring-old paperwork all day, and when I mean boring-old Carrots , I really mean boring-old...."

"Sounds to me like Bongo finally made you catch up on all those reports he asked you to write up, what was it...? About two months ago?" Judy chimed in, her turn to now smirk.

"Yeah, yeah, and that's not all he asked me to do...". Nick stopped in his tracks and turned to face Judy. "It looks like I've been given a "special" assignment by buffalo butt himself" He said in an rather unenthusiastic tone, while making little air quotes with his digits. Judy halted as well and shot him a quizzical, albeit still smirking look. "Huh? I've only been gone for one day and chief's already decided to make a secret agent out of you! Lucky fox..." She joked. Nick, however stayed quiet. Something was definitely on his mind it seemed.

"Well, aren't you going to spill the beans Slick?". Judy continued,  "Wait... is Bongo really promoting you into a secret agent?". Her irises suddenly shrank as her mind was thinking that she was actually right.

Nick couldn't help but chuckle a little at Judy's idea. "You watch too many spy films, Carrots". He then proceeded to shoot Judy with a quizzical look of his own. "Hey, Judy before I tell you, can I ask you something first?

"Hm...? Sure Nick. What is it?" Judy replied. She didn't know what the chief had planned for her partner, nor why he didn't sound particularly excited by it. But she guessed she'll find out soon enough.

"Was it you... That spread the word round the office about my secretive culinary skills, by any chance?" Nick replied, gazing at the bunny.

Now that was on odd accusation to accuse her with. You see, on the account of not wanting his co-workers in on his little secret, either because of not wanting them badgering him about free meals, or maybe even teasing him about his little hobby, he had trusted both only Judy and Clawhauser to keep his cooking under wraps, strictly speaking. Just like herself, the portly cheetah couldn't seem to get enough of his delicious cooking when friend Nick occasionally brought some in to his desk, happily gobbling them down with gusto, much like herself at times (Although in Judy's mind, she was one who was more ravenous).

"Your cooking?" she answered, feeling rather puzzled. She put her paws to her hips and spoke out. "Nicholas. Piberius. Wilde." she punctuated "I have you know that I have always kept my lips sealed about your kitchen based hobbies. I gave you my word as a bunny, and as officer of the ZNP" She then closed her eyes gestured to her chest to where her badge was... Or where it could have been if not absent-mindedly forgetting that she wasn't in uniform.

Nick put his paws up in minor defence "Alright, alright Carrots," he chuckled again "It's not like I'm accusing you of stealing the Crown Jewels or anything, but... If wasn't you, then I don't suppose it was Clawhauser who  let the cat out of the bag, eh?

"Well... I don't want to sound too stereotypical, but he always seemed like the sort of guy who can't keep a secret. I guess he just couldn't help it Nick." Judy shrugged.

Nick just sighed in agreement. "Yeah, that does seem about right, I guess. The only other mammal that knows is Finnick, and he never hangs out anywhere near the ZNP, let alone associates with anybody there. Bearing me of course..."

"Hang on a second Nick" Judy interrupted. "Is all this about the "special" assignment Bongo gave you?" she questioned.

Her partner took a deep breath and tilted his head back. "There I was, minding my own business, all alone at my workstation..."

"Yeah, I know the scene, sitting there idly trying to balance a pencil on your nose..." Judy mused.

"...When all of a sudden, chief buffalo butt appears, having somehow gained word within the department of my culinary expertise. Turns out, he's actually pretty impressed...    So impressed in fact, that he's given me, of all mammals, the special job of being official head of catering for that upcoming ZPD park banquet on this coming Friday." he continued, in a somewhat deadpan tone.

As the pair reached the end of the hallway where the elevators were, Judy just didn't know what to say "The park banquet...?" she questioned. "You?... Gosh Nick, that's... Incredible!". Judy clasped her paws together in delight. "Just imagine, you, as the head chef, cooking up a storm, feeding all of the hungry precinct guests with your delicious meals..." She paused briefly, "Hey, think you'll do a good enough job the chief might actually promote you into a secret agent?" she was joking about the last bit of course. Still though, the Annually ZPD park banquet she thought. Looking back, she'd never really found them particular interesting, food-wise at least, since the chief would always hire pretty lackluster cooks for the get-together. Not to sound rude or anything, but she'd had seen crime scenes that would have given her less of an appetite. However, with Nick looking to be in charge of the catering this year, she immediately found a newfound sense of anticipation looking forward to it.

Nick however, didn't seem to feel to same enthusiasm as his little bunny friend. "Yeah, lucky me, having to cook for every animal in the precinct" He said as he reached up and pressed the button on the elevator, then leant his back to the wall as they waited for their lift to arrive. "That's like what? Thirty officers? And of course, then there's their families as well..." He trailed off. Judy could tell that he wasn't in the best of sprites about this whole ordeal.

"Cheer up Slick" Judy said, trying to put the spark back inside her friend. "I know that you can pull this off. Just think of all the happy folks getting a taste of your cuisine!". If it was anything like her first time sampling his meals, then she'd assure him that they would definitely not be disappointed. Nick still didn't seem too convinced thought. "Come on, have some faith in yourself..." She chimed, walking up to him and nudging him gently.

"Judy, it's not like I'm doubting my own exquisite talents" he said, gesturing his paws around with a slight hint of smugness in his voice. "It's just well, its in four days right? That really doesn't give me a lot of time to practise you know." He tilted his head towards Judy. "... And I doubt they all have the same tastes in food as you do, little miss eats-anything-put-out-in-front-of-her".

"Hey! I can't help it if I find everything you dish up delicious" Judy grinned. "Anyway, if your not sure what they'll eat, just try making different meals. Like maybe you just need to expand your cooking repertoire? Perhaps you could try looking for some new recipes you haven't tried out yet? She said. "I'm sure our colleagues will find something there going to love.

As the lift announced it's arrival with a *ding* Nick took his paw to his chin again as they walked in, "You've certainly got a point there Carrots..." He looked over to Judy again who gave him another reassuring smile. "Still though, that's a lot of people there and a lot of meals. Bongo has already given me the budget up front for the food I'm going to have to buy..." Judy silently watched him whilst he mulled over his thoughts. "...Which all I really need now, is someone to taste test my new ideas...

As the lift's door's closed as the elevator preceded to descend, Judy mind drifted back the thought of Nick's cooking again. With a city so diverse with all kinds of animals, being carnivores, herbivores and omnivores- much like herself now, as she'd developed an acquired taste for bugs, it was only natural that a lot cooks and chefs from all over the city had to employ taste-testers of different species to be in the kitchen with them to make sure that the diverse food they were making was up to standards. She'd imagine how hard it would be for a herbivorous mammal to cook up something to a bug or fish eating carnivorous mammal if they didn't have the same sense of taste. Interestingly, Nick had the same problem in a way, despite being an omnivore himself, which probably why he stayed rather slim despite his hidden (well, not so hidden now if the whole of the precinct now knew) passion for making meals. A lot of the food he made when she was invited over, was usually just to test run new recipes. Even thought if she was honest, she really did earn the title of "little miss eats-anything" as Nick all-so-subtly put it. If she wasn't such a goody two shoes, she would have charged him for her services!...Than again, it was all free food after all...

Judy's stomach audibly growled again in the sheer though of food, interrupting both of their trains of thought, and electing a small but subtle grin from the fox standing next to her. " Hungry Carrots? You better start packing on the pounds soon or you'll just fade away into dust-bunnies!" He joked. Just before Judy could retort, a sudden thought popped into her head making her ears shoot right up.

"Nick said he needed someone to taste his new recipes... and I need to start eating more food to put on more weight... That's it!"

"Hey, Nick?" She asked. "You said you needed someone to taste-test right?, Well, I'm always up for the job if you want me to come round again"

"Heh, Looky you there Fluff, already making dinner plans for Chez Nicks" He teased, before turning to face Judy after a quick reflection about his situation. "...But yeah, I see what you mean Carrots. If I, let's say, dig out some new recipes, you could come round and do just that, I suppose." He preceded to cross his arms and give Judy a raised eyebrow look. "...Then again, with your trigger-happy taste buds, I don't think you might be the right bunny for the job. I mean, you pretty much like anything I make with no criticism whatsoever... Heck, you even liked those burnt flapjacks I was about to throw out last week!"

"Those were flapjacks? I thought they were brownies... Still tasted great though." She chuckled as the lift doors opened into the main reception.

"You see what I mean Fluff? You really do try everything..." Nick said as the two mammals made their way out.

Judy's stomach dropped a little. As much as she wanted Nick, if he was still wanted to go through it all of course, to invite her round as he prepared to cook, he did have a point. Still though, spurred on by the thought of him cooking a plethora of meals for her to eat, she couldn't back down now. "Besides, it's not like I'm being needy or anything. What if he makes something that none of the folks back at the precinct like? That could dishearten him so much that he might lose all confidence in his cooking! I can't let that happen!" Judy panicked to herself slightly.

"Alright Nick, how about this?" she called out as he was about to push open the large glass doors into the outside world "It doesn't have to be just me you know, to come over for a little taste testing. You could invite a couple of your friends over as well, like Clawhauser and Finnick." She shrugged her shoulders as Nick turned around "It could be like, I don't know, a nice little get-together?

Her orange furred friend stopped for a second before bursting into laughter briefly. "O.k, O.k I get the picture..." He said in a rather defeated, yet somewhat amused tone. "I can see you're all so desperate to get round to my pad for a taste of my homecooking to fill up your little bunny tummy right up". He walked back over to her and crouched himself down to her eye level. "I'll tell you what, Fluff, if you want to come round let's say..." He paused for a second to think ahead. "...about tomorrow afternoon, I'll see if Clawhauser wants to come along too for a little taste testing. Finnicks out of town as far as I know, so I guess It'll be just the three of us mammals."

A smile beamed across Judy face as she clasped her paws together in delight. "So that mean you'll do it? Cook for the event I mean..."

"Carrots, buffalo butt never really gave me much of choice in the matter... You know how stubborn the big guy can be, right? I don't think he was going to take "no" as an answer...  Still though, he did place his trust in me, so I guess he knows what's up..." Nick said.

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What felt like forever, being stuck inside the clinic all afternoon (honesty, she thought she'd had spent more time navigating the place then actually have her checkup) she finally stepped out into the once noisy and crowded streets of uptown Zootopia, that had been quietened and tamed in the late afternoon's work rush aftermath. The sky's orange hue glimmered across the tall skyscraper's glass windows as the day was gradually coming to an end. Judy skipped down the steps, her mind still thinking about tomorrow at Nicks. The very vulpine who then followed her out of the building and reached into his pocket to pull out a pair of shades. Even in the setting sun, the buildings shone out an subtle brightness that required a pair of sunglasses for his sensitive eyes. As he put them on, he watched Judy skip down the stone steps, stopping at the bottom to gaze up at the nearby pillar clock as she read it's time.

Truth be told, despite in the rather-short notice from the rather-short bunny, Nick didn't mind at all about being a dinner host for Judy and Clawhauser tomorrow. In reality, he just wanted Judy to be happy. What had transpired yesterday had certainly given him a fright, and although Nick was never the most open about his feelings, he honestly thought the world of Judy and wanted to make her feel at ease. Of course, he still knew that Judy would make a pretty lousy taste-tester for his meals he was going to plan for tomorrow afternoon, that's where- as she suggested it, Clawhauser- would come in. He'd hoped that the big guy could maybe critic his cooking in preparation of the upcoming shindig. Still though, thoughts of dinner aside, He did like the idea of a nice little party at his apartment. That big cat certainly knew how to liven the place up, he mused to himself.

"So Fluff.." He called out, lazily making his way down to her, minding the small gerbil couple that almost tripped him up on the steps "You good to make your way back to your lil' apartment all by yourself? Or to you need a charming officer of the ZPD to escort you?" he said with a smile.

"Heh, thanks for the offer Nick, but I'm gonna head back up to city central to do some shopping first". She replied as she turned away from the clock.

The fox shoot her a grin "That's just as well, I was just pulling your leg anyway..." Judy glanced at him rolling her eyes. "...In fact, I'm planning on doing a little shopping of my own right now." he said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a plastic card which he proceeded to show Judy. "Bongo, lent me one of those department credit cards to buy the stuff for the big event. I recon he wouldn't mind if I use a little to buy the  ingredients for tomorrow for our little party" he added.

"Well, just as long as you don't go overboard on a spending spree. Where did you plan on going for the stuff?, if you don't mind me asking" Judy said. If he was planning on going to the city central where all the nearby shops were, they could go together enjoying eachother's company. Something she kinda missed with her being off duty today.

Nick walked on past her, making his way towards the subway transit a couple of blocks down. "I'll think I'll make my way to Sahara Square, I know a couple of grocers there that will have what I'll be sniffing for. Then I could use a trip to the Rainfall district, they have fruit that you could not beli-" Nick was cut off by Judy who quickly rushed up alongside him. "Sounds pretty expensive, slick..." She interrupted, right as her stomach interrupted her back as it gave off another loud hungry grumble in the mention of food.

"...and it sounds like you're looking forward to it Carrots" Nick snickered as he watched his friend's ear's go a slight shade of red again. "...and don't you worry, you can trust your pal Nick here with the expenses. Chief did" Nick replied, as he inconspicuously took off his "newly purchased" sunglasses and quickly stashed them back in his trouser pocket as the pair of mammals walked through a footpath tunnel.

It wasn't long before the bunny and the fox entered the underground subway transit. Just with pretty much every subway station in the city, it was always packed to the brim with animals of all sizes, stomping or scurrying along, usually making their way back home at this hour. Judy was never deterred by all this hustle and bustle, she was used to all this rushing since she used the subway practically every day to get round the centre of the ginormous city. As she got ready to go down to her platform, she bid farewell to Nick.

"I guess this is goodbye for today, Nick..." She paused as she turned and looked up to draw eye contact with her friend "...and thanks again, for coming to see me at the doctors I mean. I... Really appreciated it Nick." She cast the fox a smile.

"Oh, it was nothing really Judy, I... I just wanted to come by to see what up." He spoke with a subtle hint of bashfulness written across his face. "Can't have Zootopia's little bunny celebrity going about all down in the dumps, can we?"  

 "Yeah, I know" she nodded in agreement. "I'll be honest, I went into the doctors worried to death that there was something really wrong with me... I mean, yeah I'm underweight, but I'm gonna fix that, and I'll be back in proper health in to time flat!" she finished triumphantly.

"Heh, No mammal going to argue with that, that's for sure. You've got this Carrots, I know how determined you can be..." He said, with a proud look on his face. "Soooo... I'll see you tomorrow then? Oh yeah, do you think you'll be back at work for the next day?"

"My doctor's going to inform the chief, so I guess I'll be waiting for a phone call or text from him when he gets the message. If I am coming back, he's probably going to stick me on parking ticket duty again, till I fully recover anyway"

Nick waved her goodbye and made his way towards his departure gates, although not before giving her one last tease as he turned his head "Better start pumping yourself back into shape soon thought Fluff, or else Bongo might give Ol'Clawy-hurst your job!"

Judy just rolled her eyes again at Nick's little jest. Of course she knew that chief would never really replace her, although then again, she wasn't in the best of health right now for any rigorous, or intense work for her physical being. All the more work she'd had to put it to get back to normal. "Which also means all the more protein, vegetables, food- etc I'm going to have to consume..." She planned as she walked down to the platform.

"Eat..."

"Stuff..."

"Pig-out..." Her mind wavered in a rather exhilarating, self-indulgently, almost fantasy-like fashion. "...No no no Judy, focus! This is just about you eating more. I'm not turning in some sort of glutton" she reprimand herself, not realizing her long bunny ears with giving off a flustered glow of red. She just thought it was nice to not hold back on her meals, like the one her vulpine friend was planning on making tomorrow. To her it was win-win. She could indulge herself (to a degree, of course) on his cooking practise, while she and, as suggested by her, Clawhauser would help him in deciding what to make for the event.

"It will be like killing two birds with one stone, as they say!" thought the bunny as she stepped onto the subway train.

"..."

"Wait...  What's exactly a bird anyway?... " Racked her mind as the train soon departed.