Benjamin Clawhauser loves three things, being a Gaz-Fan, a police officer and being a silent matchmaker. He kept a little notebook underneath his desk and wrote down couples names on who he thought might be a good match. He mostly did it for fun and from boredom when the day gets long. His eyes lit up when he noticed a familiar pair walking through the front doors, laughing and looking quite close.

He wiped the donut crumbs from his mouth, swallowing the last bit of baked dough before giving out a large smile.

"Hey Judy, hey Nick!" He exclaimed. "Good to see you guys early."

"Good morning to you too, Clawhauser." Judy said mirroring his happy mood. "It was tough since Nick didn't even wanted to get up." She placed her paws on her hips when he let out a tired yawn.

"Waking up at 5:30 in the morning is your thing, not mine." He retorted, giving her his signature smirk. She snorted, giving him a laugh. Clawhauser squealed silently, unconsciously going to his notebook to write down the new tid bits. He didn't know that Judy was the one who picked Nick up. His cheeks nearly turned pink from glee from the obvious flirtatious stated they gave each other. Clawhauser had a lot of animals in his notebook, but his favorite pairing, who he thought could become a good couple, was Nick and Judy. It was the perfect match, complete opposites! Nick was cool and suave while Judy was excitement and determined. The fact that they were natural enemies didn't came to him as a problem. If those two could put aside their differences to become friends, why not take it a step forward?

"It was 7:30 when I went to pick you up and you were still in bed!" She argued and elbowed him playfully in the side, making him chuckle. He stuffed his paws in his pockets, tilting his head at her.

"I'll make it up to you when we get coffee today...I'm buying."

Clawhauser almost screamed. He was waving his paws up to his face like a school girl. 'How are they not dating?!' He shouted mentally. Nick and Judy quickly noticed Clawhauser with his eyes closed and holding a very creepy smile. They raised their brows at him in concern, glancing at one another until Judy waved her paw towards him.

"You okay Clawhauser?" Nick leaned over to her ear and whispered.

"It's probably another sugar rush, let's run while we still can!"

"Don't be mean!" She replied with a harsh whisper.

Clawhauser quickly put his paws down, twiddling them in embarrassment. "O-oh it's nothing, I was just thinking about-Gazelle! you know a new app came out, would you like to see?" He was lying and prayed they won't see through his bluff.

Nick waved his paw at him. "Maybe later, me and whiskers are going to be late for the meeting, right Juds?" he said nudging her along. She took a side step, facing him.

"Actually the chief asked for me this time, but after the meeting we can go get coffee, okay?" she smiled sweetly, walking away. Nick's arms fell to his sides as his shoulders slumped.

"You mean I could have had an extra hour of sleep?"

Judy shrugged. "Sorry, but it's good that you came early because you get to buy me coffee." she winked, before turning away, leaving Nick smiling respectively at her. He was rubbing off of her. He waved her goodbye watching her go inside the meeting room. He loosen his black tie as he leaned back against Clawhauser desk, taking out his phone. It would be 30 minutes until Judy came out. Clawhauser leaned forward so much that Nick felt his heavy breathing.

Nick eyes narrowed, followed by a long sigh."Yes?...Spots?"

Clawhauser covered his mouth, holding back a giggle. "So! coffee huh? is that what you two do...often?"

Nick tapped away at his phone, trying to appear uninterested to Clawhauser in hopes that he would stop talking to him. "Sometimes..." he muttered, trying to keep the conversation short.

Clawhauser traced his claw on the counter while he placed his chin under the palm of his paw.

"Sometimes huh? how much is sometimes?...like a every morning thing or a monday thing?"

Nick's ears lowered, he was starting to get annoyed. "Just sometimes Spots, let's just say often."

"How about lunch? or dinner?...do you guys have dinner, by yourselves?" Clawhauser pressed, shaking his tail.

Nick shrugged. "Yeah, we eat together sometimes-wait...why are you asking me that?"

"Oh um, n-no reason." Clawhauser chuckled nervously, he pushed the notebook way in the back of the shelf. "It's just that you two do spend "a lot" of time together."

"She's my partner." he said dully, staring at Clawhauser like he was an idiot. He shook his head, going back to staring at his phone. Clawhauser began drawing a small circle on the counter.

"So when you say "partner" is that platonic or more than platonic?"

Nick's head shot up and whirled at the fat cheetah. "What are you saying?"

Clawhauser shrunk, maybe he said too much. "Oh nothing! I was just wondering..."

Nick shoved the phone in his pocket as he faced him. "Wondering about what? Come on spots, spill it." He reached over, grabbing a hold of the counter. Nick's eyes ping-ponged to the room Judy went through and back to Clawhauser. "Did Judy said something?"

Clawhauser's ears perked at the sound of Nick's whisper, almost as if he wants to keep the conversation a secret. Clawhauser eyed him carefully and leaned back towards him. His mouth tugged into a grin. He put his paw nexts to his lips, replying in a low voice.

"Did you want her to say something?"

Nick frowned, Clawhauser could see that the fox was having an internal conflict of not knowing. "Come on, Clawhauser, spill it! What did she say?"

This was perfect. Even though Clawhauser knew absolutely nothing, it was amazing to make Nick believed that he did. This is the chance for him to push them along to the right path but he had to act cool. Clawhauser turned his head away, acting aloof as he glance at his phone. A trick he learned from Nick.

"I don't know, it's more of something she didn't say." Clawhauser glance back at Nick and saw his eyes almost burst out of their sockets.

"Wait, what?- what didn't she say?" the wily fox asked, almost in desperation. Clawhauser waved his wrist at him.

"I don't know, I think I might be overthinking it, I don't want things to be, you know, awkward?"

"Awkward?-Why would things be awkward? Just tell me Clawhauser!" Nick ran a paw over his head, looking off to the side while remembering a distant memory. "Was it the thing that happened last night?"

Clawhauser face lite up, but he quickly brought his excitement down, continuing the charade. "it was so weird, if I didn't know any better she might have a little crush on you-"

Nick's ears sprang up. "She might!?" he shouted, he covered his mouth hoping that no one heard him. He was running his paw over his head, stroking his fur in a nervous pattern.

"How do you know?"

Clawhauser gave him a look of disbelief. "Come on, it's so obvious, did you even see how she reacted when you told her you're buying coffee?"

"Yeah, happy right? Nothing weird about that."

"No, no, no of course she was happy but she winked at you, what type of animal winks when another offers them coffee?"

"But I do that sometimes-"

"But has Judy done it to you?"

Nick opened his mouth and closed it, staring at the counter top. "This is the first time..." He shook his head, shutting his eyes tightly. "No. No. No. I'm just overthinking it, we're friends, partners! A wink doesn't mean that she has a crush on me! And she's a bunny and I'm a fox!" His chin hit the counter. "It wouldn't work anyway..."

Clawhauser propped his elbows up, his paws squishing up against the folds of his cheeks. "Now don't say that, I mean I'm a fat cheetah who has a thing for a hip-shaking beauty of a gazelle. Nothing wrong with liking another species...this is the modern times! we're not wild anymore."

Nick hummed. "I guess you're right about that..."

Clawhauser leaned in with a large smile. "Do you like her?" He whispered. Nick immediately pushed away from the counter.

"No! I mean as a friend sure but..." he sighed taking out his phone. "Just forget it, it was properly nothing anyway, Spots." He started walking away. "I'm heading to the can." Clawhauser's ears lowered sadly but Nick sudden reaction was something interesting. He just needed more of a push.

"Hey Ben!" He whirled to find Judy. He giggled suddenly, she might be the push Nick needs. Judy swivels her head and ears around trying to find her partner. "Where's Nick?-don't tell me he went without me?" She smiled to herself, knowing that he would never do that.

"No, he's just in the bathroom." Clawhauser replied. "Say, Judy?"

Her ears perked. "Yes?"

"You and Nick seem to "hang out" a lot." Judy scoffed softly, waving her paw dismissingly.

"Oh I wouldn't know about that, I mean, we do spend a lot of time together..."

"Exactly! Wow, you must think he's a great guy." He pressed, Judy immediately lite up.

"He is! Even though he drives me nuts sometimes, he is really nice once you get to know him and funny too."

Clawhauser laughed, time to give her the friendly push. "I knew it! That's exactly what "Nick" said about you."

Judy looked at him in surprise and grabbed her ears. "O-oh um...he did?" She asked with a small smile.

Clawhauser nodded feverishly, his little white lies planting root. "Yes, on and on about you, and here I thought I talked too much about Gazelle, you should have heard what Nick said about you!" He let out a loud gasp, covering his mouth. "Oh I said too much, I'm such a blabber mouth..."

Judy went on her tiptoes, her ears springing up. "Wait he did? What did he say?" Clawhauser held back a grin. He pretended to look at his computer screen.

"Nothing, nothing...I really shouldn't have said anything, Nick only said it because he trusted me."

"Well, I trust you too!" Judy exclaimed, she clasp her paws suddenly. "Please tell me what he said. I won't tell him!"

Clawhauser put a finger to one of his second chin. "I..I don't know, I don't want things to be awkward between you two."

That got her interested. "Awkward? Why would things be awkward? Please tell me Benjamin."

"Well okay! Since its you!" He leaned over the counter, making Judy lift her ear up to his lips. Taking one last look at the bathroom and seeing Nick haven't come out he whispered.

"He told me that he "love" it when he sees you smile, that's why he offered to buy you coffee!"

Judy pulled away, her paws clutching her chest. She was holding the biggest smile that he had ever seen. "He really said that?" She whispered back. Clawhauser nodded. His plan was working! He could see it now, in a week time those two would be going out!

"If I didn't know any better, he might have a little crush on you."

"He might!?" She exclaimed. She covered her mouth and he noticed Judy ears became droopy. "But, I'm sure he was just being nice, it's not like he said it because he might...no, no, we're just over thinking it, I mean, I'm a bunny and he's a fox." She leaned against the counter, exhaling. "It wouldn't work."

"Aw don't say that, you said it yourself, "he's a great guy." And from what I heard, he thinks you're pretty great too..."

"You really think so?"

He gave her a grin. "Do you like him?" The sudden question made her blush a bit.

"No!" She said facing him. "I mean, I like him as a friend."

Clawhauser began tracing a circle on the counter. "Really? You must be pretty good friends to flirt to eachother."

"We...don't flirt." She said, but she looked down at her feet, thinking it over. "Do we?"

"Judy. Of course Nick flirts with you, have you noticed that? Those cheesy one liners? Those Nicknames he gives you? Buying you coffee?"

Judy bit her lower lip in thought. "Well I..."

"Hey whiskers ready to go?" They both jumped and whirled at Nick, who looked at the two of them in concern as they stared at him.

"What?..." They were both silent, and Judy held her tongue, afraid if he had heard something. He rolled his eyes, putting out his paws. "I washed them okay?"

They both sighed in relief while Nick shook his head. "I'm not disgusting alright, are we going Whiskers?"

"Oh! Um sure, let's go." Judy smiled, springing to her step. "We got a long day together anyway." She said walking away, Nick paused, from her words but shook it off quickly replying in a snarky remark.

"Oh boy, can't wait for that, we might as well live together for the amount of time we spend with each other." He said following her. She gave him a look but quickly elbowed him in his side.

"Haha very funny, that would be a nightmare."

They both snickered at each other before walking out the door. Clawhauser sighed heavily, leaning over on his paw while he watched the odd couple go into their squad car.

"Those two..." He chuckled softly, his paw grabbing his notepad. "I guess it's a start."