3rd person P.O.V

It can be stated that one of Nick's favourite things to do was to give people nicknames.

Judy thought he was just trying to be funny like his favourite character "Fred" in Pig Hero 6.

Nick always insisted it was a second nature kind of thing.

And admittedly, this second nature got Nick in all sorts of trouble.

For instance, when he first met Chief Bogo. They were all sitting in roll class, Judy and himself were sharing a chair because my goodness they were huge.

The chief was in the process of handing out jobs to everyone, making sure Nick started with parking duty as he "hadn't handed in the paperwork due three weeks ago."

Of course Judy had to tag along, being his partner which yes, greatly infuriated her.

They had began to walk out the door, ignoring the laughter of the other police officers when Nick had an outburst.

"See you later,CHIEF BEEF!" He called. Chief Bogo you could probably guess, wasn't happy.

So that was the first day Nick went home early for a table knocking him out.

The second day happened when he accidentally fell off his chair and somehow dragging the giant table along with him.

Judy suspected it was one of the officers who helped tip the table but didn't have time to investigate since she had to care for an unconscious Nick.

Nick had learnt his lesson, not only to not call Chief Bogo "Cheif Beef" but to never call one of his co workers "sassy lassie".

And yet he still gave people nicknames. Of course the one person he knew who wouldn't mind was Judy.

She had a ton of different nicknames that she herself couldn't keep up with.

And yet it was weird to most animals like Clawhauser that he decided to give her that many.

Judy never really payed attention to them, they were just nicknames after all.

But Nick, who had been thinking up a list of them since they started work, had decided to ask her which one she preferred.

"So, which one sounds better?" Nick asked. Judy looked up from her paper work before frowning.

"What sounds better?" She asked. "And you have a load of paperwork." She added.

"The nickname I shall call you!" Nick exclaimed. Judy sighed knowing that he wouldn't stop unless he got his way.

"Okay Nick-namer, give me your best shot." She folded her arms.

"Wow, nice pun." Nick rolled his eyes at the lame joke of his name.

"Okay Nick-namer, hurry up!" Judy clapped her paws.

"Right, here's the list." Nick passed her the paper he had been writing on.

"Read them to me." Judy insisted, handing the paper back and continuing her work.

"No you read them!" He insisted, only to see his partner hadn't heard him. It surprised Nick who knew she had enhanced hearing.

Little did he know that Judy was just waiting for him to start.

"Judy? Hello?! Earth to Judy Hopps? Judy? Carrots? Cottontail? Jude the dude? Judes? Judy dudy? Carrot sticks? Peter cottontail? Funnybunny? Whiskers? Officer Hopps? Partner? Buddy?" Nick sighed when she still hadn't responded.

"Girlfriend?" Judy's eyes widened as she looked at him. "Finally you hear me!" He exclaimed.

"Did you just call me "girlfriend"?" She asked astonished.

"Huh? Yeah, like you are a girl who is my friend? Ya know, like, Waz up girlfriend?!" Nick explained sassily. Judy nodded in relief

"Oh okay." She said.

"So will you read the list?" Nick asked. Judy gave him her best "are you kidding me" look. "What?" He asked.

"You already listed them all." Judy face palmed, "when you were trying to get my attention?" She reminded him. Nick snapped his fingers.

"Right. I didn't think you heard me." Nick said.

"Well I did, and they are all fine." Judy waved a paw before continuing her work.

"Okay cool!" Nick exclaimed.

"Just a question..." Judy began, "but why do I have so many nicknames?"

Nick smiled. "Well because you don't really mind and I love giving nicknames!"

"So I see." Judy said, stretching in her chair.

"Are you done girlfriend?" Nick asked as Judy froze.

"I stand corrected, all nicknames but that are okay." She said. Nick frowned.

"Wait why?- oh hang on." He smirked. "Does somebunny have a crush?" he laughed.

Judy frowned. "Did you really just say "somebunny" instead of "somebody"? And you say my pun was bad."

"But I know you have a wittle crush." Nick wiggles his eyebrows. Judy rolled her eyes.

"No I just don't think the nickname is fitting." She explained, jumping out of her chair.

"What ever floats your boat girlfriend, we ready to go?" Judy glared at him before kicking the table she was at minutes ago.

And that was the third time Nick went home because of a table.

Did Judy feel bad? Yes, yes she did. But that soon disappeared when animals were shaking their heads as she dragged an unconscious Nick to her car.

"Bought time you took care of him." Chief Bogo said.

Judy stopped dragging and dropped Nick's paw. "Oh no this isn't what it looks like.... The table, fell... Again." Judy said.

"Of course it did." Chief Bogo rolled his eyes as Nick began to stir.

Usually after just being knocked out by a table, Nick's brain wasn't fully collected so it came as no surprise to Judy when he accidentally greeted Chief Bogo by calling him "Chief Beef".

Of course Nick was knocked out again by a fist to the face, much to Judy's displeasure.

Clawhauser was kind enough to help Judy take Nick to her apartment so she could look after him.

Of course she felt bad for him being knocked out twice that day, it probably seemed unfair and stupid really.

"But he had been warned, twice." Said a little voice in her head. She shrugged and nodded, agreeing to the "fair point".

She started to prepare a nice soup for them, it was partially her fault that he had been knocked out twice and she felt the need to at least prepare some miso soup, one of his favourite Japanese cuisines.

She brought the steaming bowls to the living room where Nick was on the couch, she placed one bowl on the coffee table and began to drink the other.

It was about ten minutes later that Nick woke up. His face hurt quite a lot which luckily hadn't shown any signs of bruising.

"Thanks for helping me out back there Girlfriend." Nick gave a half lidded grin. Judy gave him one look before throwing what ever was in her paws.

And that became the first time Nick got knocked out- If only he had seen the miso soup coming...