Wildehopps as teens who are forced to live together...
Judy screamed and fell onto the floor in her effort to jump away. While on the floor she hurried to pull her pants back up and saw Nick standing in front of the open closet door. “What the hell are you doing?” she whisper yelled. Judy rarely cursed but the situation more than justified it.
Nick put his paws up. “This is not what it looks like.”
“What does it look like then?!” Suddenly she remembered what she’d been doing in the mirror and her face burned in embarrassment.
“Y-you stole my- you took the pants from the library. I was gonna wash them and they were gone! Then you came in and I wasn’t just going to let you keep them for whatever plan you had, I mean-”
“But why were you spying on me?!” Nick was babbling and Judy spoke when he took a moment to breathe.
“Shhh. I wasn’t!” Nick waved his arms frantically, trying to quiet her down.
“What do you call that then?” Judy stood up, throwing her arms at the closet he’d just exited.
“I thought you’d leave the room or something!” Their heads whipped towards the sound of knocking at the door.
“Judy? Are you okay? I thought I heard you yelling,” Sylvia’s voice asked.
“Uh, I’m fine!” Judy replied, trying to keep the shrillness out of her voice. The doorknob twisted but caught on the lock. Nick rushed back in the closet and slid the door closed. Judy shook her head and opened her room door a crack, forcing a smile.
“Why did you lock your door?” Sylvia asked, peeking through.
“I- I was just changing clothes,” Judy stammered.
“Oh. Well have you seen Nicky? I can’t find him anywhere.”
“Um, I don’t think he’s home yet.”
Sylvia frowned. “But his backpack is downstairs.”
Judy had no idea what to say next. “It...is?”
Sylvia tapped her chin. “Ah, I think he dropped his stuff here and went out again. He does that sometimes. I’ll just call him.”
Judy made a quick sound of agreement and shut the door.
“She gone?” the voice in the closet asked.
“Yes,” Judy huffed, “Now get out.” This was enough stress to last a week.
Nick stepped into the room, cautiously this time. “Can’t. I’m not in the house remember?”
Judy rolled her eyes. This had to end. “Fine, I’ll go.”
“Good, you can cause a distraction.”
“What? I’m not doing anything for you.” She couldn’t believe Nick would ask her for anything after the way he’d been treating her.
“Well the other option is having to explain this.” Nick crossed his arms as if he’d already won the argument.
“I don’t understand enough to explain it anyway!” Her voice was becoming panicked again. It was his fault they were in this mess. His fault she had to leave school by herself and his fault she would never feel at home in this place. And, on top of that, he’d been watching her like some Peeping Tomcat.
Nick bent down to Judy’s level and shushed her again. Judy was seeing red. Nick had no right to ask any favors. “Alright calm down, Fluff.”
“Calm down!? You snuck in here and spied on me like-”
“No, uh-uh. You’re not gonna twist this so I look like the bad guy. This is your fault for taking my shit.”
Judy felt her chest heaving as her anger boiled over. He had some nerve trying to blame her. Nick kept talking, “I already told you I thought you’d just leave. That little show you put on was cringey at most so don’t-” He didn’t get to finish speaking before Judy’s paw connected to his face, hard. She didn’t even have time to think and she wasn’t sure whether to stand her ground or apologize. He deserved it anyway for what he was putting her through.
Nick stood straight up and held his cheek, staring incredulously at her with glowing green eyes. “Did you just slap me?”
Lol the rest is on Ao3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/9255905/chapters/23594865