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Poor Lexi X3
Awesome chapter :)
I hope to read more soon!

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Siamese712 wrote:

Another great Chapter,like all your chapters, but D@me there long!




 Sorry...

The length bugs me too, I don't want to lose readers because they are daunted by the chapter's length, or they get bored before they finish it....

Sorry they're so long, but I try and put as much detail and excitement in them as possible to make up for the amount of time it takes me to write them; so that the readers will spend more time enjoying it, rather than reading something really short after a long wait.

Plus, I get carried away...I start writing it according to how the story is going, and then I start listening to music, and the music gives me inspiration to add things in, like action, arguments or soppy love moments   XD

Music really helps me to write according to the mood of it, for example, the next chapter (Which will hopefully be up soon), is full of....wait no, I can't give it away...umm....it's....it's very emotional.

And I've put a...damn, I can't give it away....I've put in a....big interesting bit at the end, after something happens, and I wrote it all having watched 'Twilight' on DVD('Cause I loved the film and the books, so I had to get in on DVD!)  And I adapted it from a certain scene in the film, as well as listening to;

'Let Me Sign' By Robert Pattinson (Who Plays Edward Cullen, in 'Twilight')

and, 'Phasination Phase' (Which is a song [instrumental piece] from the film)

Both of the songs can be found on www.youtube.com if anyone wants to listen to them, I'll find them and put the links to the song up at the start of the chapter.


But yeah, the next one is quite long, and for that I'm really sorry, but when you read it you'll understand why I had to make it so long, I couldn't just stop, otherwise it would stop/interrupt the flow of the chapter.  And that would dissapoint reders, and me!

So yeah, be prepared for a long'n, but trust me; it'll be worth it!



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Natynicky wrote:

Poor Lexi X3
Awesome chapter :)
I hope to read more soon!




 Thanks!

The next chapter will be up soon...

maybe tonight, or maybe tomorrow (England Time [GMT])

But it all depends on how far I get with my Geography homework....



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Well, the chapter is finally done!

Once again, there will be a delay before the next one is published, with homework and all of that annoying stuff being at the top of my priority list...

If anyone is interested, the following chapter (expecially the end of it) I wrote whilst listening to music, which inspired most of what is written towards the end. It turns out, for me anyway, that music really helps the writer to write according to the mood of the music that he/she is listening to, and I found that that has helped me to write this chapter.

The songs that inspired me so much, are actually songs that were featured in the film 'Twilight'. The Songs are easy to find on www.youtube.com I recommend listening to the two songs when reading the chapter.

'Phasination Phase' - Twilight: The Score (The instrumental music from the film)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dutQeqaR-vI

'Let Me Sign' - Robert Pattinson (The actor who play s'Edward Cullen', in 'Twilight')

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u41N2EaNDsI

I found that 'Let Me Sign' was mainly the song that gave me the inspiration, but 'Phasination Phase' is still quite a...I'm not sure how to describe it...powerful/emotional piece.

This chapter does come with a warning, however. As some people may find the ending of the chapter somewhat...inappropriate....but personally I really like it, but y'know....

Anyway, I think that is all I have to say...On with the story…

BTW, This chapter is the longest…tis 30 pages long…with….7721 words in it!

Which is well over my usual limit of about 23-24 (Pages)….but, when you read it you’ll understand why I couldn’t stop it at any particular point, other than where I have stopped it….

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Ace awoke feeling as though he wouldn’t get back to sleep even if he tried.  He got up, and left the room, taking a glance at Lexi before he left, she looked so peaceful, her eyes shut in slumber, and her chest rising and falling with every breath; the warmth she gave him when they slept.  He had hardly felt her move all night, so at least she wasn’t vomiting any more, to Ace’s relief.

 

He entered his room; there was no need to make the bed this morning.  Strangely, it felt weird for the rabbit.  After being so used to his own bed, and then suddenly not sleeping in it.   But, he figured that’s how Lexi must’ve felt when she started sleeping in his bed, rather than her hammock.  He retrieved his uniform and took a shower before getting dressed and going to leave his room, naturally, opening the curtains in his room before he left.

 

The new light that entered his room calmed him.  And he could almost feel the room warming up already; the summer heat relaxed him, even in the morning – the coldest part of the day.  He sighed happily, today was going to be great, that was, if Lexi was okay and they didn’t have and missions…but somehow it seemed unlikely. 

 

Not that the bunny was being pessimistic, but somehow, with his luck, he knew that today wouldn’t be a good one.  He knew that even if Lexi was okay, what was to say that she would be okay again tomorrow? What was wrong with her? 

 

Is it life threatening?

 

Ace sighed, this time in melancholy.  He didn’t want to think that Lexi, his girlfriend.  The one person he loved more than life itself was sick, and they didn’t know what was wrong with her.  It saddened him, but the sadness only seemed to turn itself into frustration, and the frustration would turned into determination.  Determination to make Lexi better again, but thinking of that only made him sad again. 

 

It was an annoying cycle for the rabbit.   And he decided to do his best to keep his head up, and think positive.  He couldn’t afford to have his mind plagued with doubt, that cycle would most likely make him depressed, and then he wouldn’t be able to think straight…and logically. 

 

He needed to be happy.

 

Leaving his room, Ace decided to check up on Tech, and see if he had any news about Lexi’s condition.  But instead of finding him in his Lab, Tech was seated in the kitchen with an annoyed look on his face as he stirred his coffee with a small silver tea spoon. 

 

“Hey Tech, umm…are you okay?”  Ace asked, through some hesitation; he was concerned that Tech seemed oddly sour.  Usually if he had had a late night in his lab he was just tired in the morning until he had some coffee to wake him up, after which he’d be back to his normal self.  But something seemed different; and going on the amount of coffee that was still in his cup, he had already drunk some - ‘so why would he be in such a foul mood?’ Ace thought to himself as he sat down opposite to the Coyote.

 

“…Yeah. Yeah I’m fine.”  Tech seemed to snap out of his ‘trance-like’ state and he now looked down at his coffee and sighed.  “I still don’t now what’s wrong with Lex.  And I’m worried about her.  Something serious could be wrong with her and I’m at my wit’s end.  I’ve never really felt this way before, I mean, not being able to work out what’s wrong with a machine or an experiment is one thing, but a living, breathing person who’s life could be at stake - who happens to be one of our closest friends…it...it’s scaring me.”  Tech sighed.

 

“Hey, don’t worry Tech.”  Ace tried to comfort him, or whether it was himself too Ace wasn’t sure, but he continued anyway.  “Lexi’s asleep, and she hasn’t vomited since last night, plus I t’ink her temperature has gone down… a little bit.”  Now Ace was the one who sighed in frustration.  “I know how you feel, but at least you’re doing somet’in’ to work out what’s wrong with her.  I’m just hoping dat she’ll be okay, and dat’s not really gonna make any improvements to her condition.”  Ace looked down at the floor for a moment, before turning back to Tech.  “She’s my best friend and my girlfriend - of course I’d do anything to help her, and I just want her to be okay.”  Ace’s voice broke as he said the last of his ‘speech’. 

 

“I’ll do everything I can.”  Tech sounded determined.

 

There was an awkward pause between the two males as they say sat, each staring off into space, deeply submerged in their own thoughts.  The two simultaneously sighed, before a reddish blur whizzed past their table and headed to the cupboard.  “Morning Rev.” The two greeted the bird glumly.

 

Rev looked puzzled and set the blender and the fruit he was carrying down on the bench by the cupboard and stood aloof at the end of the table, his stance was rigid.  He felt uncomfortable, but he couldn’t quite place why that was - maybe it was the fact that he felt very concerned for Lexi last night and hardly slept at all.  All he had wanted to do was to go into her room and hold her - she was like a mother figure to him, even though she was younger than him, (Only by a month or so) he still felt comfortable around her. And knowing that there was something wrong with her just made him feel depressed.  He had never really considered how she affected all of them.  Ace and Tech both looked terrible, and probably weren’t in the best of moods.  Rev became tense, and slightly annoyed.   “Look guys, umm…so is…Lexi...still…sick?”  He flinched as he said the last word.  Sick’ just made him feel sick himself. 

 

It wasn’t often that any of the Loonatics were sick, they were all perfectly healthy - no one really seemed to think that superheroes could get sick because they were supposed to be able to defend themselves against threats that could potentially make them history.  The Loonatics did get the flu once, but there seemed to be an epidemic around Acmetropolis at the time and so many civilians were so absorbed in making themselves and their loved ones better; that no one really thought about what Acmetropolis’ heroes would be doing. 

 

But no, they were just as much under the weather as everyone else.  No-one wanted to do anything.  Rev smiled to himself as he remembered how they had all been sitting in the main room feeling like hell, and Lexi was the only one doing anything.  He remembered how even when Ace had told her to just sit down and stop trying to make them feel better, she still carried on – trying to make them feel better, even though she was just as sick as they were. 

 

Rev didn’t dare chuckle out loud, Ace and Tech would probably strangle him, but Rev recalled what Lexi had answered with; in response to Ace “I’m sorry Ace, I can’t.  For some reason I have this over-powering urge to make sure you guys are okay, and I’m sick of sitting around and doing nothing, and I can’t bare to see you guys like that.” 

 

That was one of the many things Rev loved about Lexi.  She had such an over-powering maternal instinct to nurture them, even though they were all older than her, and the guys are more than capable of looking after themselves.  So maybe that was why they all seemed glum, and maybe that’s why Rev thought of her as more of a mother figure.   

 

Rev sat down with the two of them. He had never really considered who he thought the ‘father figure’ of the team was.  He knew it was most likely Ace.  Probably because he was the leader, and had to look after them; their safety, health, that and he was the one in charge.  He was the one who would sort out conflicts and would be the one to make them smile and laugh and joke, like one big happy family.  How incongruous,’ Rev thought.  Lexi and Ace are dating, and I think of them as the parental figures in the group.’

 

 Rev couldn’t help but smile.  He didn’t care if Tech and Ace saw, and wondered why; Rev had always been more childish.  It was almost as though Lexi and Ace were the Parents, Rev was the little kid that was always happy and didn’t always know what was going on.  Slam was like the big brother, who kept to his own but was willing to do what ever he could to help his ‘family’.  Tech was like the uncle, wise and strong, but still had some youthfulness in him.  And lastly there was Duck.  He was almost like the big ignorant brother, constantly being scolded by the ones in charge, but belittling people whenever he got the chance.

 

Rev sighed too and slumped in posture.  He didn’t feel like getting breakfast anymore, he just felt sad.  He knew, and had always been the one to remind everyone else, that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  But his sadness made him forget about his hunger.

 

Tech noticed this and tried to smile.  “Don’t worry Rev; she’ll be fine, I’m sure it’s nothing.”

 

“You’re sure what’s nothing?” Duck asked as he walked into the room.  “You had better not be talking about Danger Du…Ahh!”Duck was interrupted as Tech threw the morning newspaper at the water fowl to make him be quiet.

 

 It worked.

 

“What was that for?”  Duck asked grumpily, as he stared at the tired and annoyed expressions that the three were giving him.  “This isn’t about Lexi, still…is it?”

 

There wasn’t an answer.  This put Duck on edge.  “Wha, what’s wrong with her?”

 

“We don’t know Duck.”  Ace sighed.  He got up and got himself, Duck and Rev a mug.  “Hey, Tech, Do you want a top up?”  Ace asked looking back over his shoulder.

 

“Yeah, please.”  Tech passed his cup over to the side and Ace started up the coffee maker.  He turned around, facing the group, and leant against the counter.  So… where’s Slam?”  He asked.

 





-- Edited by PurpleGirly on Saturday 25th of April 2009 11:40:19 AM

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“Oh.”  Tech looked up from the table; he would know where he was, considering he was the first one up.  “Slam went to do some grocery shopping, we forgot to shop yesterday.”

 

“…And naturally when he went to the kitchen last night he cleared out its contents?”  Duck asked, raising both of his eyebrows.

 

“Yep.”

 

“Oh, I thought he might have been sleepin’ in?”  Ace commented.  He passed over everyone’s cups of coffee and took a sip from his own.

 

Rev sighed and turned on the TV, hoping to stop the awkward conversation that was beginning to develop.  Suddenly the team’s attention was diverted when the news reported that yet another giant spider was on the loose, even though Professor Zane was still locked in prison. 

 

“Alright Loonatics, Let’s Jet.”  Ace commanded.  “Tech, contact Slam, and get him to meet us at Central Square Park, dat’s where da spider is headed, and we can round it up dere.”  Ace started to leave the main room and head towards the corridor where the team’s rooms were.

 

“Ace, where are you going?”  Duck called, he stopped when he noticed that their leader had run in the opposite way to where they were supposed to be going.

 

“I…just need to do something…I’ll catch up!”  He called back.  Ace quickly opened Lexi’s bedroom door and first went to see if she was awake, but she wasn’t.  Ace quickly wrote her a note explaining were they were, just incase she got worried when she woke up and found that they weren’t home.  Just before he left the room, Ace kissed Lexi; she stirred when he did so, Ace smiled.  “I love you Lex.”  He whispered into her ear, before leaving the room, and then their head quarters.

 

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Lexi woke up later.  She felt horrible, sitting up; she squinted at the light that leaked through the small gaps in her curtains. 

 

She glanced down at her clock, 9:49am.  She sighed, but a small note next to it tickled her curiosity.  It was from Ace, explaining why he and the others weren’t home, and that they would try to get home as soon as possible.

 

Lexi felt somewhat lonely after reading the letter, but a sudden queasiness that washed over her only left her with the memory that she was indeed sick and she needed to stay in bed.  Lexi sighed in annoyance and lay back down, staring up at the ceiling.  She tried to think of reasons why she could be sick, she didn’t really consider anything last night because she was tired, but now that she had an opportunity to, she began to ponder what could be wrong - recalling all the past events of the last week.

 

She began to mumble a list to herself as she retraced the last week.  “Le Pew’s dinner, Ace and I when we were home alone, Lunch; after I had that nap on Friday, the camping trip - that’s most likely what it is.”  Lexi thought, but continued on anyway.  “…The dinner I burnt when the guys went out for dinner, Bay water from when I dived in to save Ace…?”  Lexi shuddered at the thought.  But then froze.  “…The night before the trouble at the bridge - when Ace and I…!”  Lexi sat up in fear.  “Oh my god!”  She gasped in fright as she kicked off the covers and ran into her bathroom, closing the door behind her.

 

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“Ace!”  Duck called as he saw his leader approaching, “Where the heck were you, you’re missing...this!”  He pointed to the battle that was in progress below them.

 

The team had used their jet packs to reach the battle, and Slam, who was in the middle of wrestling the giant spider, was using the jet’s power to propel him as he forced both his weight and the jet’s full energy on pressing the spider into the concrete.

 

Whilst Slam was doing this, Tech and Rev were doing their best to grab civilians and take them to safety, as well as moving debris so that it couldn’t be used against them if the spider broke free from Slam’s hold.

 

Ace looked down, assessing the situation and forming a plan in his head; he first turned to Duck, “Duck, you focus on gettin’ da people away.”

 

“But isn’t Rev..?”

 

“Duck, don’t ask questions, just do it!”

 

“Okay.”  Duck regained his submissive composure, “Citizens, have no fear!” he announced triumphantly.

 

Ace rolled his eyes, “Oh brudda...”

 

“Danger Duck is here!”  He pointed up to the sky before ‘quacking’ away and beginning to round up the citizens.

 

Ace watched the Duck with some admiration, ‘For a Duck whose arrogant, he is pretty determined to do his job.  Not to mention he keeps us smiling…even if we have to moan at him occasionally...”

 

“Rev!”  Ace called as he flew down to the fast bird.

 

“Yes-Ace?”

 

“Grab a rope or somet’in’, and run around da spider and tie it’s legs up, do it quickly incase it breaks free.”

 

“You-got-it-, Ace!”  Rev saluted his leader happily as the bunny flew away to Tech, Rev’s happy expression turned into a confused one, “Where-do-I-get-the-rope?”  He spoke quietly to himself, before raising his voice so that Ace could hear him, “Ace!-where-do-I-get-the-rope?”

 

“Your Grappling hook!”  Tech called out to the road runner before turning back to Ace, “For a smart bird, he can be really stupid sometimes!”

 

Ace smiled, but decided not to say anything in response to the coyote.  Rev was already pretty sad about Lexi and how Ace had been treating him lately, so the bunny had decided to be nicer to the bird.  He hadn’t really realised that he had been acting so…protective of Lexi until last night when the bird mentioned it to him. 

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‘“Guys look, not’in’s gonna happen.  Lexi’s my friend.  Do you really think I’d do anything to hurt her or make her upset?”

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“Do-you-really-think-we-would?” 

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Those six words had hit the male rabbit like a shovel while he was asleep that night; he finally felt the bird’s hurt, and realised that his actions towards both him, and Tech were shameful.  So the rabbit wanted to do his best to make up for it.

 

“Yeah, Tech...”   Ace replied monotonly.  “Anyway, I need you to help Slam, use your magnetic powers to keep da spider down; we need time for Rev to tie up its legs.”

 

“Okay, chief.”  Tech replied.  He was about to go and assist the Tasmanian devil, when a thought crossed his mind, “Ace, what are you going to do?”

 

“I’ll be helping Duck with and of da injured, Tech.  Now go.”  Ace cursed to himself after Tech had gone. 

 

So much for being nicer to Tech and Rev…

 



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Lexi took a deep breath, and sat herself down on the toilet.  She sifted through the small pieces of paper that came inside the small rectangular box, trying to find the set of instructions that was written in English.

 

After sifting through the strips of paper, for what felt like hours, she finally found one that she could understand…okay, so it was in Spanish, she could still understand it.  She knew how to speak the language.

 

But no, it wasn’t good enough.  She decided that despite her being bilingual and the fact that she was perfectly capable to understand most of the languages on the strips of paper, she wanted, no, needed to find one in English.  This was important; she needed to make sure she read the instructions correctly.

 

Eventually, she did find the set of instructions that were in English, discarding the other pieces of paper; she carefully studied the information that was written on the paper. 

 

Satisfied that she knew what to do, she took another deep breath, picked up the white stick that was in her lap, positioned it rightly, and waited.

 

Everything’s gonna be fine.’ She told herself.  It’ll be a false alarm, and everything will be okay and I would’ve gotton myself all worked up for nothing...’

 

--

 

“Everything’s gonna be fine…”

 

--

 

 

“Okay Ma’am, you’ll be fine.  You just need to have a check up.  The doctors just need to make sure dat everythin’ is okay…”  Ace stood, talking to an injured woman who had a large cut running up the length of her arm.  But the woman was apprehensive about being taken to the hospital to have the cut treated, not wanting to be separated from her young children, “They’ll be fine.  I promise.” Ace assured her, “Dey can be taken up with you, and you’ll be with dem.”  He sealed his promise with a reassuring smile. 

 

The woman returned it and was loaded into an ambulance, where her two children followed.  Ace stood up and watched them leave, waving to the boy in the ambulance who looked out of the window as he was driven away.

 

“So how come you’re so good with people?”  Duck asked sourly, massaging the newly forming bruise on his arm as the two Loonatics walked back along the street to meet up with the rest of their team.

 

Ace couldn’t help but laugh at the mallard’s question, “Duck…I approach situations calmly…not forcefully…”

 

Duck looked up at his leader with a scowl, “Are you saying that I didn’t approach that situation calmly?”  He pointed behind him, causing the two to turn their heads and notice the large group of ambulance crew who were gathered around an injured woman.

 

“Yeah Duck…”  Ace looked back at the mallard as they continued to walk, “Dat woman hit you with a high heeled shoe…I t’ink there’s something to be said there about how you handled da situation…”

 

Duck crossed his arms, “Situation…umm…situ...oh forget it.  There’s no word that rhymes with situation…”

 

Ace looked at the bird, smirking, “You know Duck, I worry about you sometimes…”

 

Once they had returned to where Slam, Tech and Rev were, the two stopped talking as Tech came over to speak with his leader.

 

“Well, everything’s okay here.  Spider’s all tied up, good plan chief.”

 

“T’anks, Tech.”  Ace smiled.  “Well, should we get goin’, leave da authorities to sort out their big present.”

 

“Are you sure we should just…leave it there..?”  Duck asked, sceptical over whether not making sure it would be contained properly was such a good idea.

 

“Trust me Duck, it’s not going anywhere.”

 

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Trust me.”

 

--

 

Those were the two words that Lexi had heard Ace say a lot.

 

But she couldn’t shake off the feeling that if she told Ace what had happened to her he would be mad…the same with the others.  They’d be furious with her, and she wouldn’t know what to do.  She wouldn’t be able to speak to her parents about it; they would most likely strangle Ace and the others.  

 

She couldn’t speak to Zadavia about it, because she was back ruling her home planet, Freleng, that and she’d be mad and disappointed with her.

 

So what am I supposed to do?’  Lexi thought as she cried into her pillow.  Sure she had only taken one test, so it wasn’t necessarily accurate, but just seeing the result of it made her almost fall over when she found out.

 

For the last ten minutes she had been crying.  Contemplating what she could do.  She couldn’t just get rid of it without Ace knowing, that and it would be beneath her.  But she couldn’t keep it, could she?  Not without telling Ace and the guys…they’d notice eventually…

 

Suddenly she sat up, hearing the sound of the hanger doors opening.  The guys had returned from their mission. 

 

Oh Crap

 

She immediately jump off of her hammock, and was about to leave and act as though she was fine, when a sudden thought made her stop in her tracks.

 

She quickly turned around, eyeing the white stick-like item that was on her bedside table, dashing into her bathroom, and dumping it in the bin.

 

She quickly ran out of the wash-room, stopping when she reached her door and remembering her composure.  She had to act calm and act natural when she opened her door.  Here goes nothing’

 

She opened the door and stepped out, walking the few short steps at the pace that she normally would, looking to her right, along the corridor where the other team member’s rooms were, as well as spare rooms, cleaning cupboards and Tech’s lab; was the hanger.  That’s where the rest of the team were walking from when they saw her emerge from her room.

 

To their surprise, she looked fine, already dressed in her uniform, after taking a shower, they assumed.  She was perfectly healthy, as if nothing was wrong.  Her ears were perky, her stance was relaxed and poised, and she seemed cheerful and was walking normally. 

 

She seemed…fine.

 

Ace, immediately noticing his girlfriend walk out of her room, cheered up instantly, and he immediately quickened his pace to a fast walk so that he could get to her quickly.

 

“Lexi!”  He smiled as he embraced her, picking her up as he did so, but he was unaware of it due to how happy he was.  Lexi simply rested her hands on his shoulders, while his were around her waist.  She wasn’t stunned by his actions in the slightest, she had been expecting him to act…something like that…besides, she was happy to see him too…

 

kind of

 

The grey bunny gave his partner a kiss before speaking, “Lexi…you, you…you look...great, you…you were terrible last night…”

 

Lexi gave him a look of mock annoyance before answering him sarcastically, “Wow, thanks.  Every girl wants to be told that.

 

Ace blushed, “Sorry…”

 

Lexi smiled at him, “oh, I was kidding…kinda, anyway….can you put me down now?”

 

Ace looked at her, he was momentarily confused.  He hadn’t even realised that he was holding her in the air.  Looking down, he saw a distance, between her feet and the ground, of about a foot.  “Oh, right.”  He smiled as he put her down, gently.

 

The others soon approached the bunny couple and smiled at Lexi, “Wow Lexi, you...look…wait, have you been crying?”  Tech’s words were joyous at first, but noticing the reddish marks underneath her eyes suddenly alerted the coyote to the fact that some form of irritable substance, salty tears, had caused her eyes to look how they did.

 

Ace immediately looked at her; he too noticed what Tech had done just seconds ago, even now that her fur was a light pink because of her uniform.

 

Realising that she hadn’t removed all of the evidence of her discovery, Lexi immediately raised a hand to cover her eye (the one which wasn’t being blocked by her hair) and turned away.  “Umm…I, I took…a shower…”  She blurted out quickly.  Out of their view she shut her eyes tightly in annoyance, realising that they wouldn’t believe that excuse.

 

“But how did your eyes get red….you get shampoo in them or something?”  Duck asked, as he shrugged his shoulders.

 

“…I...umm…yeah...”

 

“But I thought dat you washed your hair yesterday?”  Ace asked, both he and Tech glanced at each other.  They each knew that she wasn’t telling the truth.

 

Lexi turned back around to face them, slowly backing herself against her door, “Yeah…well, I was puking last night, I didn’t want anything to be in my hair…it hangs down remember..?”

 

Right…but…”  Ace started, he sound unconvinced at her answers.  But his next question was interrupted by Lexi.

 

“Jeez guys, I don’t have time for twenty questions!”  She quickly lashed out at them, earning strange looks from them all.  She hastily pressed a button on her door to open it, slipped through the opening doors when there was a wide enough gap for her to fit through, and quickly shut them, pressing herself against them once she was inside her room.

 

She panted, almost with anxiety, realising that they would most likely continue to ask her questions, wanting to know about her ‘miraculous recovery’  She slid down her door, her legs folding up against her stomach and chest, as she rested her crossed arms on them and cried.

 

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“…Yeah, maybe, Tech...but why would she just lash out at us like that..?”  Ace asked.  He and Tech had left to talk in private, in Tech’s lab after Lexi had ‘disappeared’ into her room. 

 

The group, not really having any other reason to assemble together…or to be standing in the middle of the corridor, disbanded, and went to do their own thing.  Tech and Ace both deciding simultaneously, without even verbalising it, that they would talk in Tech’s lab.

 

“I don’t know Ace…”  Tech sighed; He sat down at his chair, while Ace leant against the bench nearby.

 

Ace sighed, realising that the conversation was getting nowhere.  He shifted in his position awkwardly, almost praying for a conversation to start.  Exhaling in an annoyed manner, as he pushed away from the bench, Ace began to walk towards the door to exit the lab, the coyote seemed to be occupying himself now anyway.

 

Before he left the Lab, Ace turned around to address the coyote once more, “Oh yeah, Tech…”

 

Tech looked up from what he was doing, looking at the rabbit, secretly wondering what he wanted now, “Yes, Ace?”

 

“I’m…sorry if I’ve been a bit…rough on you for the past couple of days.”

 

Tech smiled, “Don’t worry.  I understand.”    

 

Ace nodded at the coyote before leaving.  He began to ponder thoughts, why had Lexi been so jolly after she had obviously been crying, why did she just shout at them without explaining herself?

 

Ace was becoming exceedingly worried for his female companion.  She was already sick, and now looked fine.  But sudden mood swings, crying?  Maybe this was still part of the sickness; maybe it was more physical before becoming mental?

                                           

The male bunny started to wonder if he should tell Tech…but the coyote was worried enough…Ace decided to see Lexi, and demand an explanation, as much as it would hurt both him and her.  He didn’t want to be so forceful with her, but if it meant her safety and happiness…and his own…he had to do what he could…

 

I just hope I’ll be doing the right thing’ He thought as he walked down the corridor, ‘I have to.  It’s for her own safety.

 

 

 But what if it’s too late? 

 

What if there’s something really wrong with her?

 

What if she’s just stressed, but so stressed that she might leave?

 

 If she was sick, or even if she left, I wouldn’t be able to carry on. 

 

I love her, we all do. 

 

If she went…so would I…’

 

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‘Then what will we do?’

 

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‘What will I do..?  I can’t just keep the thing.  I’m only nineteen.  I can’t do that, I’m too young….well I think so anyway…but it will be so hard.  I’ve got a job that means I have to go out unexpectedly…how would I even be able to do my job if I kept it?  But I would never be able to forgive myself if I got rid of it…it’s not fair…’

 

Lexi paced around her room.  Every new thought that popped into her head that gave her some glimmer of hope, was shattered when the next one came; contradicting it. 

 

She sighed and sat down in a chair.  She looked at her watch.

 

 12:36pm

 

Whoa, it’s half twelve already?’ She thought, realising how much time she had spent worrying.  But then again…I was asleep for a long time…’  She noticed that she hadn’t even opened her curtains after she woke up, making her room dull, there were small patches of light behind her curtains, where the sunlight was trying to penetrate.

 

Lexi was pulled out of her thoughts when her stomach grumbled loudly.  She hadn’t eaten much…at all.  She hadn’t had breakfast because she was too nervous, she hadn’t had dinner at Le Pew’s hotel, and the lunch that she had yesterday…was probably in a sewer somewhere by now.  So she hadn’t eaten since breakfast…yesterday.  That was over twenty four hours ago.

 

Lexi sighed.  She wasn’t sure that she wanted to have lunch.  Sure, she wanted to fill her stomach with nourishment, she hadn’t eaten in such a long time anyway, but she felt intimidated.  She didn’t want to leave the privacy of her room where the others would most likely bombard her with questions.  

 

And how would she be able to face Ace? 

 

He already had his suspicions; she could tell by the way he looked at her, the way he spoke.  She had analysed a lot of details about her friends.  She knew their breathing patterns, their pulse rate and even how they walked; the sound that their feet made, so that she knew if one of them was approaching when she couldn’t actually see them.

 

But she knew a lot more a bout Ace. 

 

More of it had come with how much time she spent with him now.  She knew what kinds of things made him happy, sad or angry.  She knew how protective he was, but how caring he was too.  

 

He was her best friend. 

 

She loved him.

 

Lexi smiled at her thoughts, but sudden knocking on her door made her sit up.  She feared that it would be him, ‘Come on.’ She thought frantically as she walked to her door, ‘Please don’t let it be him.  Anyone but…’

 

Ace stood at her door, doing his best to smile and make her do the same.  He knew her body stance and how she acted when she was happy.  And he knew that this wasn’t it, she almost looked disappointed to see him, like he was the last person on earth that she would want to be with.  She only looked into his eyes for a split second, before realising who he was, and looking down.

 

“Can I come in?”  He asked, he leant against the door frame.

 

Lexi still didn’t make eye contact, she continued to stare at the ground, her legs were bent, her arms were crossed; they were the signs of submission and discomfort.  She wasn’t happy; her stance was rigid and abnormal…for her anyway.  “I guess…”  She replied, almost so quietly that Ace didn’t understand what she said until she moved to the side to allow him to enter, the automatic doors closing behind him as he walked slowly away from them.

 

Ace frowned.  If he hadn’t known that there was something wrong with her, he did now.  “Lexi…” he decided that he would try to lighten the mood.  There was too much tension between them.  There was no way that they would be able to have a comfortable conversation like this…



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He leaned forwards and wrapped his arms around her waist, Lexi looking down at them as they encircled her, puzzled about Ace’s behaviour.  He pulled her against him quickly, Lexi looking up at him briefly, as she had done before, before staring down at the floor.  Ace noticed that she almost looked…scared..?

                               

But why?’  He thought swiftly.  He looked down at her.  She still refused to look at him, but she also refused to struggle against his hold.  He looked at her head, his eyes sweeping back and forth, trying to see her face, but the most he could see was a tiny fragment of her eye, but even that was mostly covered by her hair as it fell down, concealing her face from him.

 

He wondered if she was hurt, and looked her up and down. 

 

Nothing. 

 

So why was she acting so…strange?

 

Ace wasn’t sure about his next move.  He knew that he should, and he wanted to do it.  But he was afraid of what she might think of him, whether she would be frightened.  It was a big gamble; some few minor actions could mean their relationship, and their friend ship. 

 

But he was desperate.

 

“I love you Lexi…” he whispered as he held her.  At least he wanted her to know that before he made his next move, at least so that he wouldn’t feel…too…guilty.

 

He hesitated, before placing a hand on her cheek, and pressing his lips against hers, pulling her upwards, so that she would face him when he pulled away.  He continued to kiss her, despite the shock that he knew she was in, but he was hoping…praying that was he was doing….what he was about to do, would knock some sense into her.

 

He bent down, and moved his arm underneath her and to the back of her knees.  He scooped her up into his arms, still kissing her.  At least this way she couldn’t kick him if she was really angry with him.

 

He carried her, doing his best not to trip over as he did so, and moved closer to her hammock.  Luckily for him, Lexi hadn’t really worked out where he was taking her, but he still didn’t want her to get violent.

 

He gently set her down on her hammock, bending over to do so, so that he didn’t drop her onto it.  This was the first time that she noticed where she actually was, and gave a brief gasp, somewhat afraid of what he was doing…what he was about to do…

 

Her eyes widened in fear when he stood up to his full height and climbed up with her, but instead of sitting, or lying next to her, he hesitantly, climbed on top of her, kneeling with one knee either side of her legs.  He focused his weight on his legs, not wanting to force his own weight on her.  He expected that she would try her best to push him off of her out of instinct or discomfort, so he quickly held her arms against her sides with his own.

 

They stared at each other; Ace looking down at her, Lexi looking up at him.  They were each taking in the other’s expression, their face, and their eyes; they hadn’t properly seen the other’s face in…hours

 

Neither moved nor spoke, as they stayed perfectly still.  Only their breathing making the only sounds and their chests, rising and falling with every breath, being the only movement they made. 

 

They barely even blinked.

 

They wanted to savour the sight of each other.  It was as if there was some force that was preventing them from doing anything else.  They couldn’t look at anything else, they didn’t want to.

 

Lexi shut her eyes, feeling them well up with tears that she tried so desperately to hide.  She pursed her lips together, biting the inside of her bottom lip as she did so.  The pain of it was mild, nothing compared to the pain she felt now, and the pain that she had previously felt.

 

Taking a breath, she finally spoke to him.  “What are you doing?”  Her voice trembled; both out of joy and of sadness - apprehension.

 

To Ace, her voice was like music to his long grey ears.  He hadn’t heard her properly speak since yesterday, probably when they were getting ready to go to the hotel. 

 

Earlier when he had heard her, she was quiet, angry, sad, and happy – but only hiding the true sadness that she felt.  Yesterday night, she was tired, disorientated, confused, embarrassed, and anxious and scared when she was sick.  At Pierre’s dinner, she was normal – but not happy like he wanted her to be, and then she was frantic, when she desperately tried to tell him that she couldn’t speak in front of everyone.  But when they had been getting ready, she was happy, she was smiling.  She had kissed him, and hugged him, and helped him – just as he had done the exact same things to her.

 

Remembering that brought tears to Ace’s eyes, but he too tried to hide them.  He turned his head to the side and blinked them away before they became too difficult to conceal. 

 

He turned his head back to face her, remembering the love that he had for her, and how much she loved him too.  He smiled at her, her eyes glowing with intrigue as he looked at her.  Ace’s smile disappeared as he leant forwards, his stomach resting on hers as he moved.  He repositioned his hands and arms, removing them from restraining her arms, and instead bending his own, his biceps bulging as his weight was pressed onto them, and, keeping them positioned either side of her, but not on her.  He leant on his forearms, his chest resting on hers. 

 

He could feel her breath against his chin, his mouth and his tongue, as his opened slightly to let her breath in.  He swallowed, but it wasn’t a gulp, though it was at the same time.  But he wasn’t nervous, he was happy, but he still wanted to keep his cool.  He was studying her.  Working out what her expression meant, his eyes moved from left to right repeatedly, analysing everything, he wanted to absorb everything into his brain. 

 

He finally rested his forehead on hers, still not pressing his weight onto her, their faces; their eyes, their noses, their mouths were so close, almost touching.  He could feel her breathing and her heart beat, they were both fast paced - but they were also steady, so he didn’t need to worry.

 

Lexi looked at him too, but feeling his face so close to hers, made her naturally close her eyes.  She could feel her heart pumping wildly, and her breathing pick up, his closeness definitely had an effect on her.  She could feel his breathing on her skin beneath her fur, and again, she felt her heart rate increase.

 

Ace looked down at her, he knew what she was expecting, and he rolled his head down and kissed her, their noses touching as well as their lips.  The kiss was brief, delicate, it was soft and small, but, still with her eyes shut, Lexi raised her chin up and kissed him back, Ace continuing.  Each time their lips pressed together it lasted longer than the previous time, gradually becoming zealous, neither wanted their lips to part, they didn’t want the kiss to be interrupted.

 

Their breathing became louder, more audible to the other.  Each with their eyes shut, savouring the moment. 

 

It felt as if it was the first time they had been in love.  It felt new, exciting…different.  They felt as if they actually cared.  It wasn’t an action that was new to them, yet it felt like it all the same.   As if some of their love for each other had died, yet it was reborn, the love was like a blazing fire, burning with intensity.

 

The first time they had spent a night together…the night; there was no love, it was so unexpected, and they hadn’t earned it, they hadn’t known each other - deeply, they hadn’t supported each other, they didn’t know what it truly felt like…now they felt as if they did.

 

Ace felt content, blissful, inside his head.  This was the love that they had missed out on when they first dated.  The night they had shared together wasn’t out of love as much as they had previously thought, it was out of impulsiveness.  They kissed and hugged, and slept in the same bed together after that night, but it was more as if they were comforting each other after what had happened between them.  They were merely trying to mask their own selfish lusts with what they thought was a relationship that was perfect, there were no ups and downs between them, it was too good to be true…

 

Relationships had to be worked on for them to be successful.  No couple that had stayed together for twenty five years or more had always been happy.  The bunnies hadn’t always gotton along when they first met, they hadn’t always seen eye to eye, and even after what felt like a one night stand where they felt as it they were in love…they weren’t…not truly anyway.

 

Ace knew that he felt affection for Lexi, even when they were…dating, it wasn’t as if he never loved her at all, the same with Lexi; of course she loved Ace.  But this was different; it felt truer, more right, as if this was the right moment for the two of them. 

 

Ace finally understood.  This was what real love felt like.  This was them, standing by each other, and still being able to work everything out after a problem had occurred…

 

…A mistake…

 

He still continued to kiss the female bunny underneath him, there lip lock was becoming more and more passionate with each passing second; his thoughts were washed away as he remembered what was happening.  Moments ago, while he was thinking Lexi had wrapped her arms around him, her hands massaging his back, Ace had enjoyed it, he liked the sensation, it was relaxing, it felt pleasant... 

 

…But he had thought nothing of it. 

 

He felt himself start to get lost in the moment.  But not in a way he wanted.  He could feel his rational thinking beginning to cease and his instincts beginning to kick in.  He couldn’t let it happen, not again.  He didn’t want there to be something between them again, something that didn’t feel like anything special afterwards.  He didn’t want her to feel hurt again.  He didn’t want their ‘relationship’ to be built around lust and impulsiveness.  He didn’t want her to feel alienated, like she had earlier…

 

…He didn’t want to lose her…

 

Before anything got out of hand, he had to act.  Be a man’ he told himself.

 

Suddenly he pulled away, and sat up, rapidly withdrawing himself away from her; he got off of her in movements that felt as fast as how Rev would be able to move.  He sat opposite to her, panting, waiting for his breathing to slow down.

 

Lexi looked at him, confused.  She sat up, trying to collect herself too, “…I’m sorry…” Her breaths were heavy, as she too attempted to catch her breath.  She looked at him, unsure of how to act; she wasn’t even sure why he moved so suddenly.

 

Slowly, Ace shook his head.  “No.”  He said as he looked her in the eyes, “I can’t let myself do that to you again.”  He stared off to his right as he continued to, very slowly; shake his head in both thought, and shame.

 

Lexi looked away too, wondering what he meant. 

 

“Lexi, I can’t let this happen to us.”  He almost sounded angry but hurt at the same time as he spoke.  Lexi turned her head to look at him, completely puzzled about his behaviour.

 

“What…Ace, what are you talking about?”  She asked him sternly.

 

He shook his head again.  “I know, Lexi.  I know what happened to you, why you were sick.”  He stared at her intently.

 

Lexi froze and stared back at him, barely being able to voice her question through her astonishment, “No…no you…you…you don’t know..!”  She felt herself become angry.  Angry that he was lying about working out what was wrong. 

 

She was angry with herself that she allowed him to so easily reach past her walls; her mental barriers that she hoped would stop him from realising the truth.

 

But it didn’t work.

 

The walls had crumbled the moment she lost concentration with the matter at hand; he had pulled her away from her comfort zone.  She didn’t want him to work it out; she would have preferred to tell him, even though she was deeply afraid that he would be livid with her.

 

The gamble worked.

 

Lexi hadn’t demanded that the male rabbit was to leave her alone; she didn’t hurt him, nor shout at him for seducing her.

 

“I do Lexi.   I do know...and I’m not lying…”  He shook his head again, looking at her before gulping quietly.  “…I know you’re pregnant, Lex.”

 



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nice i can't wait

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FINALLY! The secret is reveald!

That was such an amasing chapter! So many emotions and feelings!

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Siamese712 wrote:

FINALLY! The secret is reveald!

That was such an amasing chapter! So many emotions and feelings!



Yey, that was the reaction I was going for!

I was hoping it would be like that!!!!

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i knew it

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this was such an intense chapter 8D
Probably the best chapter so far!



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Natynicky wrote:

this was such an intense chapter 8D
Probably the best chapter so far!



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Here is a sneak peak for the next chapter!........though it will take ages for me to have it posted on here!

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“I don’t know…”  Ace sighed and looked down at her as he slowly placed a hand on the left hand side of her chest, above her breast, and he looked at his hand for a moment, deep in thought before he spoke softly “I…guess that heart’s gonna be beating for two soon.”  He looked at her eyes again, but she turned her head away from him, he could see that she was scared. 
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WHOA! *falls off chair*

I did not see that coming.

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Hum....

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I can't wait for the next chapter! update soon please!! XD

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Well, personally I think this chapter isn’t one of my best, especially looking back on the previous one, but, I’ll let you guys be the judge of that!

 

This chapter isn’t very exciting, there isn’t much action or anything in it *Sigh*, but I’ll be able to make up for that in the chapters to come. 

 

BUT!   I strongly advise that, although I have just said that I personally don’t think it is very good, you must read it; as this is quite an important chapter…stuff happens.

 

So anyway, now that I’ve finished my rant, I shall let you read!

 

(Also, the song that is featured at the end of the chapter is ‘Rooftops’ by a welsh band – ‘LostProphets’   I included the song in the chapter because it fit in well with the situation, and the lyrics are meaningful and really fit in with the theme.  I strongly suggest to listen to the song, it is one of my favourites!)

 

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 CHAPTER 23- 'TENSION'
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Her voice trembled.

 

It trembled with every breath she drew into her lungs.

 

It trembled as she tried to speak.

 

As she tried to find the right words.

 

As she tried to understand.

 

As she tried to believe him.

 

Believe every word that had come from the rabbit’s lips.

 

He knew it.  And she knew it.

 

But somehow, she didn’t want him to know.

 

She wanted to tell him herself…when she had the courage.

 

When he was happy, when she was sure that he wouldn’t get too angry with her.

 

But he worked it out.

 

Everything.

 

Everything that she tried to hide from him.

 

Everything that she didn’t want him to know.

 

Everything.

 

They sat, opposite each other, never taking their eyes off of the other as they tried to process the information into their brains.

 

For Ace, it was harder.

 

Realisation hit him like a shovel.  His girlfriend, Lexi, his best friend, who he had loved since the first moment he saw her, who he had wanted to spend the rest of his life with; was pregnant.

 

With his child.

 

He looked at her, straight in the eyes.  He didn’t want to believe it, but it seemed so obvious now; the puking, the temperature, the dizziness, the fatigue….the fainting.  How could he let himself be so stupid? It was obvious that it could have easily happened to her, and he could’ve at least done something to make sure that this didn’t happen.

 

He wanted to question her, ask her if she was sure, and ask her if the test was accurate.  But he couldn’t.  He knew it would be too painful for her, he had to accept it, but what were they to do?

 

How could they cope?

 

Should they get rid of it?

 

How would they tell the others?

 

What would their parents….their siblings, and their friends think?

 

Ace sighed and shut his eyes tightly, believing the facts was hard enough, but to know that he had to support her; and that they would be having a child was difficult to believe.

 

It reminded him of when he decided to live with his uncle; it was strange to wake up in a different room, a different house.  And grasping the fact that he would be living there for a while was strange to him…but this, this was too…difficult.

 

“What do we do?”  Lexi spoke quietly, and redirected her stare to the hammock underneath her, she didn’t need to see his furious expression, she knew that he was livid with her, and she tensed up and shut her eyes, bracing herself for the laments and shouts of protest that would come from her partner.

 

But it never happened.

 

Instead she felt his lips against hers, not even realising how he had gotten so close to her without her feeling or hearing him, she opened her eyes in surprise.

 

“I don’t know…”  He replied as he looked at her in the eyes, she looked back.  He placed a hand on her chin, his thumb gently stroking the soft fur on her cheek.

 

“I don’t know…”  He sighed and looked down at her as he slowly placed a hand on the left hand side of her chest, above her breast, and he looked at his hand for a moment, deep in thought before he spoke softly “I…guess that heart’s gonna be beating for two soon.”  He looked at her eyes again, but she turned her head away from him, he could see that she was scared. 

 

“Lexi…”

 

“Ace…I…I don’t want this…I don’t want to be…I’m not ready to…be…Ace, I can’t be a mother…not yet.”

 

Ace could see tears welling up in her eyes as she spoke, and he, once again, pressed his lips against hers, he continued several times before she finally kissed him back.  He broke away after some moments, his face close to hers as he spoke, “I know, Lexi.  But I’m gonna help, I’ll do everyt’in’ dat I can to help you…”

 

“No!”  Lexi interrupted him, her voice quiet but frantic, “Ace, I don’t want you to throw away everything for this…just…just don’t worry about it, okay.  I’ll look after it…I don’t want you to give up everything that you’ve got, everything that you’ve worked for.”

 

“Lexi, dis is my fault, dis couldn’t have happened to you on your own, dis is my mistake too.”

 

“But Ace!”  He voice trembled as she spoke, “This’ll mean throwing away your life for me…for…you know…and I don’t want you to.”  She could see that he was about to say something, to contradict her, most likely, so she continued, “This is your future that you’re destroying!”

 

“Lexi, I’m not gonna be destroyin’ anyt’in’” He spoke soothingly as he ran a hand through her hair, “Da baby’s my future, and so are you.  Dis is my problem too, and don’t you even try to t’ink that I’m just gonna leave you to handle dis on your own, I won’t let you, I’ll help – in every way dat I possibly can, I’ll help you.”

 

And again he pressed his lips to hers; she gave in immediately as he did so, finding comfort in his words and his proximity.  She felt safe, secure, like she always did when she was with him.

 

“What…about-the…guys?” She whispered.  Her sentence was continually interrupted as she tried to draw in air as they kissed.

 

“Forget about da guys…for now…”  This time they both felt the same way as Ace had done previously, that something was about to happen that they would prefer not to, “wait, wait wait wait wait!”  Ace backed away from her, “Not dat again…”  He smiled at her, while she did the same. 

 

The two got off of the hammock and walked towards the door to Lexi’s room, but she stopped them both, quickly placing a hand on his chest to make him stop, she lent her back against the wall and looked up at him.  “What do we tell the guys…I mean, we’ve been in here for a while now…and they…might…”

 

Ace thought for some time, “Well…dey didn’t see me go in here…”

 

“Yeah, but they might get suspicious when they realise that you and I have been together and away from them for a while…”

 

“True…”

 

Lexi kept her eyes focused on his as he thought about their options.

 

 “Okay, here’s what we do…”

 

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“You know…”  Duck started as he sat down at the table beside Tech.  The rest of the team gave him confused looks as they turned their attention from their dinner, to the waterfowl, “What’s up with Lexi lately, I mean she was really moody, and then she was sick…she was happy….and then she had cried….and now Ace is missing…I think he knows something…”



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“dhsjf shfjsf skfsh help?”  Slam grunted as he chewed on some chicken from his plate.

 

“I’m gonna have to go with Duck on this one,”  Tech started, “Slam, somehow I doubt that Ace is trying to help…the two of them have been acting very strange…and now they’ve gonna off somewhere instead of joining us for dinner…it seems suspicious…”

 

Rev looked between his three sceptical comrades before pushing his plate of food away from him and sighing.  “…well….maybe-they-just-want-some-privacy?”  He looked up, hoping that the others would consider that, rather than implicate their fellow team mates; further than they had already done.

 

Duck looked unconvinced, “Yeah…but why?   We’re a team, remember?   We hardly ever spend time without each other….why are they suddenly pulling away from us?”

 

Tech looked up thoughtfully, taking into account what the mallard had just said, “Well…they are going out…it’s understandable that they would want to spend some time together…”

 

“Yeah,” Duck scoffed as he crossed his arms, “Well…how do we know that they haven’t spent time together…already?”  He emphasised on the word ‘together’ hinting at something that the others were all perfectly aware of.

 

Slam was confused, he had noticed the strange behaviour of Ace and Lexi lately, but he had just kept his mouth shut, he didn’t want to accuse them of anything, they had the right to be together as a couple…but not abiding by the basic rules of the tower – the rules Zadavia had made clear when they first discovered that they would be living together- was odd to the Tasmanian devil. 

 

He looked at Duck sceptically, “dhf sjdakfsh at?”

 

“What am I getting at?”  What am I…?”  Duck stood up, obviously annoyed, “What do you think the two of them could do….what do you think they might have already done?   Come on guys, it’s not that difficult to work out, they are rabbits y’know!”

 

Tech looked up at Duck angrily, “Duck, let’s not jump to any conclusions…the only time that we know they spent a night together was last night, and Lexi was really sick…somehow I doubt anything would’ve happened between them under those circumstances…”

 

“Yeah, well what about all of the other nights? They’ve been going out for over a week”

 

“Duck, seriously…just stop.”  Tech was trying desperately to calm the mallard down.  The coyote could see that Rev looked uncomfortable with the situation, and he didn’t want to chance Lexi or Ace coming in while they were talking about such a thing.

 

As if on cue, the Loonatic leader walked in, he had a towel slung over his shoulder, and had a blank look on his face.  He walked in slowly, not as proudly and as swiftly as he normally would do, Tech noted, and he hastily leant against one of the counters as if he was faint.

 

“Umm…are…you okay, chief?”  Tech asked, he walked over to Ace, ready to give him some support if the bunny did actually fall over.

 

Ace however, stood up straight, taking a deep breath, and looked at Tech, though not making eye contact.  “Yeah, Tech…I’m fine…I was just….trainin’…and, I t’ink I’m a bit shaken…I had a close call with one of those ninjas…”

 

“They are just holograms, Ace…”  Tech crossed his arms over his chest, annoyed that the bunny was obviously hiding something.

 

“Well maybe I’m just gettin’ old…”  Ace replied sarcastically, still not making eye contact with Tech as he walked over to the table.

 

Duck eyed him as he sat down opposite him, Ace was normally a joker, but he would never say one with sarcasm like he just did, obviously the male rabbit of the team was annoyed – he wasn’t behaving like himself.  He watched him as he slouched over the table with an incomprehensive look on his face.  Duck studied his expression, trying to make some sense out of it, before shrugging and voicing one of his thoughts,   “So…where’s Lex?”

 

“Huh?”  Ace asked quickly, looking at the mallard with wide eyes. 

 

Duck was taken aback by Ace’s actions; surely there was no need for the bunny to suddenly act so…strange.  The mallard was now becoming annoyed with his leader, if there was something bothering him, he needed to tell his team, and not bottle it up and make everyone else question whether it is them that he’s angry with.  This time he repeated his query louder than he had previously done, in case the bunny hadn’t heard him properly. “I said, where’s…”

 

“…Right here Duck.”  Lexi sighed as she walked into the room quickly.  She noticed how Tech looked at her accusingly as she walked down the few steps from the main room into the adjoining kitchen area where her fellow team mates were gathered.  She was startled by the coyote’s glare and kept her distance as she walked past, but like Ace; she didn’t make eye contact with Tech. 

 

She hesitated when she stood before the table where the rest of the team, minus her and Tech, sat.  Ace leant on the table with one arm folded over it, while one elbow rested lazily on it; with one of his hand supporting his head as he looked at his faint reflection on the table.  He didn’t look up at Lexi, nor did she look at him, instead, she sat in the vacant seat next to Duck.

 

Tech, who shared the shocked expressions that Duck, Rev and Slam wore, sat in the empty seat next to Ace, eyeing the rabbit next to him as he did.  Tech expected the yellow hued bunny to quickly raise his head up, and tell him that Lexi was going to sit there, but instead he didn’t even move.

 

Tech then looked across at Lexi, she too had a blank stare on her face, but she almost looked hurt as well, and Tech began to wonder if something had happened between her and Ace.  When Lexi noticed Tech staring at her intently, for a split second, the two met eyes, she hastily turned away to where Slam sat; but she didn’t look at the devil, but merely at the floor by her feet.

 

Duck looked at Lexi worriedly; he glanced at Tech, who discreetly gestured his head to Ace, before looking at Lexi.  The mallard hesitantly rested a hand on Lexi’s shoulder, Tech noticed that she shut her eyes tightly at the touch and pursed her lips together as if she was in pain.  “Lexi...”

 

Before Duck could voice another word Lexi stood up quickly and clenched her fists, she shut her eyes again a shook her head slowly, Duck stared up at her, surprised by her sudden movement and her angered body stance. 

 

“Lexi-what’s-wrong?”  Rev stood up too, allowing his chair to fall to the ground with the abrupt action; he glanced at Ace who still didn’t look up from the table and then back to Lexi.

 

Lexi began to walk towards the door that led out of their headquarters, “I…I’ve just gotta get out of here…”  She spoke quickly, and her voice trembled with every word.

 

Tech now stood up too, deciding to ignore the unresponsive and seemingly unconcerned male rabbit next to him, “When will you be back?”

 

She furrowed her eyebrows and drew in a shaky breath, “Late…probably…”

 

Minus Ace, The rest of the team looked uncomfortable about that idea, “Lexi…I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to be out alone for a long time…”  Tech started.

 

“Who do you think you are, my dad?!”  Lexi glared at the coyote, but the word Dad made her freeze and she dropped her gaze to the floor the moment she said it, “It…it doesn’t even matter right now anyway…”  She spoke in a quieter voice.

 

Before the others had the chance to question her, Lexi left; the doors shutting loudly behind her.  After staring at the closed doors for about half of a minute, the remaining team members turned to face Ace.

 

“Ace, what’s going on?”  Tech asked slowly, he could see Ace’s fists clench as the coyote spoke and thought it best not to say anything too accusing.

 

But like Lexi, Ace stood up quickly, “Keep out of business dat isn’t your own, Tech” Ace hastily left the room, and walked down the corridor and into the training room.   While the rest of the team stood in silence.

 

Duck sighed and sat down, “Well, I hate to say I told you so…but I told you so.”

 

Tech rolled his eyes and massaged his temples, “Yeah, you are right Duck.  Something’s up.”

 

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Ace had left the tower roughly an hour after Lexi had done so.  He hadn’t spoken to anyone but when he left the training room he was tired, and he looked angry.  He still had the blank look on his face, which made the other’s feel numb whenever they looked at him.

 

He went without a jacket, it was summer anyway that and he really didn’t care about his feelings at that point.

 

He walked along the pathway which led to the park, the sun was beginning to set which gave everywhere a summery vibe to it, there was a gentle breeze which was warm and comforting, like how he felt when he held… her.

 

He didn’t feel like smiling to the children that ran past him, several metres away from their parents as they left the park for the day and retreated to their home for their dinner.

 

He didn’t feel like eating anything, he had missed out on lunch and dinner and he had eaten very little for breakfast, but despite his grumbling belly, and the aromas of food that swept out of the nearby restaurants which bordered the park, he continued to walk.  Musing and sulking over the situation.

 

As he walked, he passed through an arch way of trees; he walked along a gravel path where the rows of trees met up with three that were planted in the same way.  At the centre, more trees were planted in the shape of a large circle, where a ‘North, South, East, West’ pillar was, each row of trees was aligned with the four different directions on the pillar.

 

There were several benches around the circle, and ahead of him, Ace recognised a familiar pair of ears which he could see over the benches.  He quickened his pace, before jumping over the bench and sitting beside Lexi.  He greeted her with a kiss and a smile before speaking.

 

“So…are you okay?  Nothin’ bad happened to you on your way here, did it?”

 

Lexi smiled back at him, “No…I mean…yes…wait, I mean…I’m okay, and nothing bad happened.  Yeah, that makes sense.”  She smiled at him.

 

“Dat’s good.”

 

“Ace,” Lexi spoke softly, but he could tell that she had an essence of worry, pity and guilt in her voice.  “I’m…not too comfortable with lying to the guys…”

 

“Lexi…”  Ace interrupted her, he sighed, “Look, Pretending dat we were both angry and showing signs that we wanted to be alone…separately meant dat we had da opportunity to leave without da others bombarding us with accusing questions.  It was da only way…”

 

Lexi sighed and slumped in posture, “I know…but still…”

 

Ace interrupted her again, “Lex, we’ve been lying to them for da past week or so about us.  Sure they no that we’re dating but dey don’t know about da whole…t’ing t’ing…and us sharing a bed for da past week…and-a-bit.”

 

Lexi looked puzzled, “Wait, I’m confused; what thing thing.

 

“You know…the big thing…big problem...mistake…”  He sighed, “Night.  Of.  Conception…”

 

It finally clicked with Lexi, “Oh…right, yeah…that.”

 

“Yeah…”

 

“So...it’s getting a bit cold, you wanna head home?”  Ace asked, standing up and holding out a hand for his girlfriend.

 

“Yep.”  She replied as she put her hand in his and they began to walk towards the arch way of trees which led to their headquarters.

 

But before leaving, the two simultaneously stopped, turned around, and checked their pockets.

 

The both walked to a fountain at the centre of the circle of trees.   A stone engraved plaque read: ‘In Memory of Acmetropolis’ citizens’    Underneath the plaque was a smaller sign, the Loonatics had already read it though, and the two bunnies tossed their spare change into the fountain, and began to walk home.

 

***

‘In Memory of Acmetropolis’ citizens’

‘This fountain is dedicated to the men, women and children who were lost to us during, and in the aftermath of the 2772 meteor.  Though the city-planet was gifted with our loving heroes, the Loonatics, we will never forget the terrible loss of life that has scarred our memories forever.  But we will always love all those who have passed on from this world to the next, and we will be with them one day, but until then; we will continue to live our lives as the good-hearted and helpful citizens of Acmetropolis, and know that our loved ones are watching over us, wherever we are.’

***

 

--

 

When our time is up
When our lives are done
Will we say, we've had our fun

 

“You done starin’ yet?”

 


Will we make a mark this time
Will we always say we tried

 

Truthfully she wasn’t, Lexi wanted to just sit there, Ace’s arm wrapped tenderly around her waist, gazing up at the billions of stars over head; just the two of them together.

 

Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out


The two sat in the hanger of their headquarters, they sat together, watching the stars together as they thought about the situation at hand, and what they were going to do about it.

 

Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
This is all we got now
Everybody scream your heart out

 

“Hmm?”

 

All the love I've met
I have no regrets
If it all ends now, I'm set

 

“I said, are you done starin’ yet.  You’ve been sitting there starin’ into space for over five minutes.  You okay?”  Ace asked, with a slightly concerned look on his face, he was becoming very worried for Lexi.  She was obviously upset about everything, and the fact that she continued to space out, look upset, and act as though she had forgotten how to talk made him worry.  Sure he was upset about it, he was terrified!  But she was dreadfully worried.

 

Will we make a mark this time
Will we always say we tried

 

“Yeah, I’m fine.  I guess, I just wasn’t expecting this, that’s all.”  Lexi half smiled, sighed, and dropped her gaze to the floor.  Lexi watched as her hand played with a small stone that rested by her crossed legs.  She gently pushed it, causing it to roll to her feet, where she would gently nudge it back.  She continued with the process, Ace, who eventually noticed that she was unusually distracted by something, watched it; but not with the same curiosity as his partner.

 

 

Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out


Ace frowned, he looked back up at her, and she did the same when he spoke, “What do you mean?”



“I guess....Maybe what we did was a bad idea.  What are we gonna do?   I would’ve thought if anything you would’ve been slightly...I don’t know, Stressed, disappointed, Angry....?”  She flinched, wondering if the anger she had expected would come from him would suddenly come now, now that she had mentioned it.

 

Standing on the rooftops
Wait until the bombs drop

 

“....Now hold up for a minute,  Sure this isn’t,  at all what I was expecting, and definitely not what I really wanted to happen to you, but why would I be angry?”  He pleaded, he looked straight into her eyes and his voice broke as e spoke, obviously upset that she thought that he would be angry with her.

 

This is all we got now
Scream until your heart stops


“I don’t know, it’s a big shock, and right now...I don’t think there is anything I can do about it...” Lexi roughly turned her head away; she didn’t want him to see the tears streaming down her face.

 

Never gonna regret
Watching every sunset

 

“Hey.” Ace said softly. He put his hand under her chin, so she would look at him; her eyes sparkled with the salty tears that had now moistened them more, he liked it when her eyes sparkled…but not with tears...

 

Listen to your heartbeat
All the love that we found

 

 “Lexi, this isn’t your fault.  If anything...It’s mine!”  He blurted out the last part, in an attempt to allow the blame to somehow shift to him, and of course, to try and make her smile.

 

Standing on the rooftops
Wait until the bombs drop

 

Lexi started to battle with her own conscience, trying to make sense of the whole situation was becoming difficult, like fighting with an exact replica of yourself, no matter how many punches you throw, somehow they only hurt you.  ‘It hasn’t worked.  I feel sick and humiliate.  How can I even look at him? He’s caring at least, and he’s trying to help, but he has, and never will, know what I’m going through.’

 

This is all we got now
Scream until your heart stops

 

“Lex, obviously, I have no idea how you feel right now, but I can promise you I’ll help.  So don’t think I’m just gonna bail on you just because this is mainly concerning you.” 

 

Never gonna regret
Watching every sunset

 

Lexi knew that he meant what he said, but she couldn’t help but feel somewhat…apprehensive of his answer.

 

Listen to your heartbeat
All the love that we found

 

She looked at him, her expression mixed between gratefulness, hope and disbelief. “Thank you.” She whispered before throwing her arms round his neck, she wasn’t sure whether she was happy or dismal but suddenly it felt as though all the emotions that had been bottled up inside her were pouring out.  She didn’t care if anyone else saw them, she didn’t care that Ace could see, hear and feel her crying into his chest.  All Lexi knew was throughout the period of time she was crying, He was there. 

 

Scream your heart out

 

Lexi pulled away sharply, suddenly remembering a thought that had crossed her mind earlier, a thought that she wanted…needed to share with him, “I guess deep down; that was what I was afraid of most...  whether you would be here for me or not.”  Ashamed of her own thoughts, Lexi turned her head away from him.    “I don’t even know how I could let myself think you wouldn’t be.  You’ve always cared, for as long as I’ve known you.  Since the day we were all brought together as a team, and you were chosen to be our leader, you’ve looked after us.  And you’ve looked after me.” 

 

Scream your heart out

 

Ace smiled and pulled her into a hug.

 

Scream your heart out

 

“I’ll always be here for you, you can tell me anything...and don’t you forget that.” He whispered.  “You’re the one person I’ve loved this much.  I would lay my own life down for you, happy just to know you’ll be safe.”

 

Scream your

 

Lexi looked up at him, her arms still wrapped around his middle, staring into his eyes.  He smiled when he noticed, before leaning in and passionately kissing her.

 

Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out

 

Lexi smiled happily and let him continue.

 

Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your heart out
Standing on the rooftops
Everybody scream your…

 

The two sat there for hours, Ace still lovingly embracing Lexi, he was about to speak to her again, because she hadn’t said anything for while, but looking down, he realised that she was asleep, readjusting his position; he picked her up, bridal style and walked to his room with her in his arms.  He didn’t need to be careful about the others seeing him carry her to his room, it was past 11:00, the others were probably asleep, and Tech was most likely still in his lab.

 

Ace slowly and carefully carried her into his room, he didn’t bother with turning on his bedroom light, he knew his room, and he could easily find his bed without the aid of a light.  When he did find it, he carefully laid her down, pulling back the covers with one hand, and laying her in his bed.  Before he had tucked her feet underneath the sheets, he removed her shoes and wrist cuffs, at least that way her night sleep wouldn’t be too uncomfortable. 

 

She stirred when he was about to change into his sleep wear and clean his teeth, and turned around, noticing that she was awake.

 

He smiled and walked back to her side, “You fell asleep.”

 

“Yeah, I figured.”  She yawned, “I’ll be right back I’ll get into my pyjamas…”  She spoke groggily, obviously tired and annoyed that she had awoken from her slumber, and she left the room.

 

Ace smiled as he watched her leave, before resuming with his previous task of changing into his pyjamas and cleaning his teeth.

 

--

 

Once Lexi had returned after getting herself ready for bed, she climbed in next to Ace, who was waiting for her, she sighed with relaxation, happy that she finally had the opportunity to sleep and calm herself down after the long day.

 

She rested her head on his chest, as she always did, and closed her eyes.  But a sudden thought made her open her jade orbs once more and she spoke drowsily, “I think we should tell the guys what’s been going on.” She announced, half asleep.

 

“Are you sure?” Ace said, he leaned up on his arms carefully, so that he wouldn’t hurt her, and looked down at her.  He was concerned over how the others would react, but he also knew that they needed to know, despite how awkward things would get afterwards.

 

“Yes.” Lexi answered briefly before drifting off to sleep again.

 

Well this is gonna go down well’ Ace thought sarcastically before, too drifting into a deep slumber.

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‘In Memory of Acmetropolis’ citizens’

‘This fountain is dedicated to the men, women and children who were lost to us during, and in the aftermath of the 2772 meteor. Though the city-planet was gifted with our loving heroes, the Loonatics, we will never forget the terrible loss of life that has scarred our memories forever. But we will always love all those who have passed on from this world to the next, and we will be with them one day, but until then; we will continue to live our lives as the good-hearted and helpful citizens of Acmetropolis, and know that our loved ones are watching over us, wherever we are.’


Wow. omg.gif Great chapter! aww.gif Pretty long maybe next time I could make long chapters like this in my fan fiction. giggle.gif

Wonder what's going to happen???

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I wish upon a star
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We should be together
Babe I got a crush on you


So if you feel the way I do
Would you fancy to
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Thanks!

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No problem! aww.gif

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You set my world on fire
Babe I got a crush on you
I wish upon a star
Can't you see how right we are
We should be together
Babe I got a crush on you


So if you feel the way I do
Would you fancy to
To take a ride beside me?

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i luv it

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Awesome Awesome awesome!!!

Makes me want to work on top flight and secret affairs!

Update soon (pleas)

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WOW!!
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I want them to tell the guys already X3
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LOL

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Here is another sneak peek!


Duck, however, was getting impatient.  “What, then?  What’s the big one, what’s this big, lie that you haven’t told us yet?”

 Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

 Taking a deep breath, Lexi glanced at her team mates, before staring down at her reflection on the table. 

 “I’m pregnant.”
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Mwa ha ha, I love leaving you guys in suspense!

Unfortuantely, the next chapter won't be up for a while (Now there's a surprise...)  BUT this time it's because I have exams to revise for, so they're my main priority right now.But, when they're over and I've calmed down ('Cause I'll be panicking...as you do before exams)  I shall focus on the next chapter! 



-- Edited by PurpleGirly on Thursday 14th of May 2009 01:38:12 PM

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Aww! i want to know how they react

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Ha ha, Tis my totall suckish drawing on paint of...you know who....

Awful comments welcome, coz it sucks!

http://purplegirly.deviantart.com/art/Ace-and-Lexi-122591117




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WHOA! *falls off chair*

OK. First, interesting.

Second, ouch!

Third, I HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE HABIT OF FALLING OFF MY CHAIR EVERY TIME PEOPLE LEAVE US IN SUSPENCE!

Sorry. Hyper. hehe

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Umm...

Since it's taking me so long to update, I decided to leave you guys this!

(If the attachment doesn't work, go to http://purplegirly.deviantart.com/art/The-Big-Mistake-Front-Cover-122798350)  It's there also!)



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I’m really sorry, guys!

 

This chapter has taken forever, but I’ve had so much homework to do, and I haven’t been feeling well lately, plus it’s been the hottest it’s been so far this year over here in England, so I’ve spent some time outside so enjoy it before it rains…tomorrow  L

 

But I have a new chapter!

 

I entitled it ‘Run’ because it is the name of the song that I used, and not because there is a big dramatic bit!

 

Seriously, this story could become a musical with the amount of music I’ve put in it, the song featured in this chapter is:

 ‘Run’ by Snow Patrol

I saw it live,  twas awesome, I recommend anyone to take the opportunity to see Snow Patrol live, they are amazing in concert!

 

Anyway…I’m getting of track…

 

…Oh yeah, there is a cliff hanger at the end of this chapter, but I figured that it would be a fitting ending to the chapter, plus I love leaving you guys in suspense!

 

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CHAPTER 24 – ‘Run’

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“So, are you ready, Lex?”  Ace asked as he stood up, he offered a hand to Lexi as she sat on his bed before him.  A blank gaze spread itself across her face after what he had just said.

 

They had recently been reminiscing everything that had happened to them before this moment.

 

The moment.

 

The moment where they had to tell their friends of what was going on between them, and what had happened because of just one night…

 

One mistake.

 

One impulsive action.

 

One thing.

 

Lexi sighed.  “Yeah, let’s go.”  She held Ace’s hand as she stood up, and clutched it tightly as they walked out of his room.

 

Neither spoke as they opened Ace’s door.  Both were amazed at how difficult the action actually was, as they took their first few steps out of his room, they heard the chatter of their friends from the kitchen.

 

With a sigh, the two began to walk.

 

I'll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You've been the only thing that's right
In all I've done

 

It was like walking from a dark tunnel, and into the light of day.  It felt all so relieving to the bunny couple, but they were afraid.  Afraid of what lay in wait ahead of them.

 

A tunnel is a blind, deadly thing.

 

If there is no caution when walking through one, one could easily be overcome in the darkened mass of stale aromas and unknown dangers.

 

To pass through the end of the tunnel, one must be ever more cautious.

 

Anything could be waiting at the end.

 

Anything could easily ambush and overcome you.

 

Anything could kill you.

 

Or lay blame on you….

 


And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we'll make it anywhere
Away from here

 

They each took a deep breath as they walked into the kitchen.  Their chests feeling like they were compressed with lead, it felt difficult for them to breathe.

 

But it was harder to look at their accusing team mate’s stares; as they all turned their attention, their glares, to Ace and Lexi as they entered the kitchen.

 

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder, louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

“Guys,” Ace spoke with a tone of authority in his voice.  Lexi looked up at him anxiously, clutching his hand ever more tightly through her anticipation. “We need to talk.”

 

The rest of the team eyed each other suspiciously, they were all confused and annoyed at the bunny duo after their actions yesterday, and were hoping that they would receive an apology, and an explanation about their behaviour. 

 

Tech and Duck exchanged glances as they pulled up a chair for themselves and sat down.  Their eyes never straying from the two bunnies as they sat down slowly and shakily, the weight of the stares that came from their team mates made them ever more nervous.


To think I might not see those eyes
Makes it so hard not to cry
And as we say our long goodbye
I nearly do

 

“So…”  Duck started smugly, fiddling with his thumbs as he glanced at the table in front of him, “I see that the two of you are back together then?”  He quickly turned his stare to them.

Ace and Lexi both stared at the floor in shame, “Duck…”  Lexi turned back to the group and shut her eyes tightly as she spoke, “We hadn’t fallen out…”

 

“It…was a…diversion…”  Ace said quietly, he stared at the table.  He wanted to be able to look at his friends’ eyes when he spoke to them, but suddenly his neck felt heavy, and he couldn’t raise his head up to speak to them properly.  Instead he fixed his gaze on the faint reflection of himself on the table.

 

Diversion?”  Tech clarified, not entirely sure what he was talking about.  “Explain…”

 

“Umm…we…we had something…on our minds….something important…”  Lexi started, doing her best to look at Tech in the eyes as she spoke to him.  It half worked, but she kept switching her gaze from him, to her hands that rested in front of her on the table.

 

“Like what?”

 

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

 

Lexi couldn’t answer that.  She couldn’t think of what to say in response to him.  Instead she shook her head slowly, resisting the urge to run out of the room.



Louder, louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

 

Ace continued.  “It was important…and personal…really personal…umm…and actin’ as though we were annoyed was da only way dat we would’ve been able to talk together without you guys getting’ any more suspicious….but I guess dat didn’t work.”

 

Slower, Slower
We don't have time for that
All I want is to find an easier way
To get out of our little heads

 

“Ya got that right, bunny.”  Duck scoffed, he sat back in his chair and crossed his arms over his chest.  “So you lied to us.”

 

Have heart my dear
We're bound to be afraid
Even if it's just for a few days
Making up for all this mess

 

“Yeah Duck.  Yeah, we did.”  Ace said quietly.  “In fact we’ve been lying to you guys about a lot of t’ings lately.

 

No-one spoke, the rest of the team simply looked at Ace and Lexi more intently than they had previously done.

 

“Umm…”  Lexi took a deep breath, not entirely sure how to say it, and she definitely didn’t want to have to look at them when she did say it.”

 

She sat with her eyes shut for some time, Ace put an arm around her, trying to comfort her, and he was actually surprised that she was going to be the one to tell them, he had imagined that it would’ve had to be him that would tell the others…

 

Duck, however, was getting impatient.  “What, then?  What’s the big one, what’s this big, lie that you haven’t told us yet?”

 

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

 

Taking a deep breath, Lexi glanced at her team mates, before staring down at her reflection on the table. 

 

“I’m pregnant.”

 

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Pregnant

 

The word hung in the air like a stale aroma.

 

An Aroma that was both grotesque and intriguing. 

 

None wanted to move, but no one would speak.

 

It seemed as though the very word had stopped time.

 

It seemed like an eternity had passed before Tech finally found his composure and spoke…shakily, but he spoke, “You…you’re….you’re…pregnant...you’re pregnant?”

 

Lexi sighed and hugged one of her arms, staring down at herself in shame, she nodded.

 

Duck now spoke too; he had more confidence in the situation than the coyote next to him.  “You’re pregnant…”

 

Lexi was beginning to get annoyed, and angrily raised her voice and stared at the mallard as she spoke loudly, “Yeah, Guys.  I’m pregnant, but can we please just stop saying the word, its bad enough that it’s happened, I don’t need you guys repeating it…”

“And why shouldn’t we?”  Duck interrupted her.  Ace now looked up at the situation, his eyebrows quickly furrowed and he glared at the mallard for using such a tone on his girlfriend, “I mean, it’s not like it’s my fault this has happened.”  He continued, waving his arms in the air as he spoke.

 

He walked around the table and leant on the table in front of Lexi, he moved with such speed that it caught the female bunny off guard and she jumped back in surprise, almost knocking her and her chair to the ground as she hastily leant back in it.

 

“So whose is it then, Lex?”  He moved closer to her, his face close to hers as he tried to be intimidating, “Is it Tech’s, Slam’s, Rev’s…mine…”

 

Lexi interrupted him, rolling her eyes as she spoke, “Yeah, don’t flatter yourself, Duck.”

 

Duck gave her an annoyed glance before continuing, “I mean, you’ve been here a lot, so it has to be one of us...so whose is it?”

 

Lexi could feel the weight of her team mates’ stares as they waited for an answer, her eyes darted to each of them.  Tech and Rev were now standing close by to Duck, Tech’s arms were crossed over his chest and he looked at Lexi expectantly, Rev was closer to Duck, but seemed more preoccupied with making sure that the mallard wasn’t going to potentially harm the two bunnies, and was ready to pull him back if he tried anything.  Slam sat opposite to Lexi at the other end of the table, he looked confused and stared at her; but even his puzzled expression made her nervous.

 

She gulped quietly and shut her eyes; “Take a wild guess…” was all she managed to say.  She spoke quietly, obviously embarrassed and scared about her current predicament, but her response was perfectly audible to all, and it didn’t take that vague reply for the rest of the team to know who she was talking about; as their eyes immediately darted to Ace.

 

Lexi reluctantly opened her eyes when she heard Ace speak.  He sounded more angry than ashamed or embarrassed like she was….maybe this was the anger that she had assumed would come from him when he first found out about it.

 

The grey bunny stood up quickly as he spoke, knowing that he’d gain more authority the higher he was, and considering Slam, who was taller than him, was sitting down effectively making the male rabbit the tallest; it wasn’t difficult to accomplish.

 

“Yeah guys, it’s mine.  But you know what; at least I’m tryin’ to do somethin’ constructive about dis…”

 

“Like what?”  Tech interrupted the rabbit coldly.  Lexi’s eyes darted up to her partner after the coyote said this, anxious about Ace’s response.

 

“Well for one, I’m not implicatin’ anyone…”

 

“Well yeah, ‘cause you’re to blame.”  Duck now stood up too, allowing Lexi to properly see the situation, she let out a sigh of relief when he moved away from her – she didn’t like his proximity at all, so it was to her comfort that he withdrew himself from her.

 

Ace glared at Duck, but then, realising that he had a point, sighed in defeat.  “Yeah okay, it is my fault but…why blame me when we have bigger problems to worry about.”

 

“Like what?”   Duck spoke with a tone of superiority in his voice, it seemed as though he was more focused on making his leader be the one who was ‘in trouble’ rather than himself for a change.

 

Ace sighed in annoyance, “You know…the whole, havin’ a baby t’ing?!”

 

Tech looked alarmed when Ace said this, “Wait, you’re not seriously gonna keep it, are you?”

 

Ace drooped his shoulders, his stance becoming more saddened, he glanced down at Lexi, the sparkles that he normally saw in her eyes were gone, she was sad, scared.  Her lip trembled and her expression clearly showed that she was silently pleading for him to answer for her; obviously she didn’t want to speak and draw more attention to herself.

 

“I...we…I’m…not sure…”  He leant against the table, using one arm to support him, while his other rubbed the back of his neck, he let out a sigh and shut his eyes tightly.

 

The room was silent

 

Even the breathing of the six anthros wasn’t audible; no one wanted to make a sound, lest they draw unnecessary attention to themselves.

 

Everyone either sat or stood, musing over the current situation, wondering what was to be done…or fearing what the consequences could be…

 

“How-long-have-you-known?”  Rev spoke quietly, not making eye contact with anyone.  Instead he stared at his feet, waiting for an answer.

 

Lexi didn’t reply, instead she sat, perfectly still, her eyes focused merely on the table in front of her, her hands resting on her lap underneath the table.  But the rest of the team could easily see that she was shaking, and was almost in tears.

 

Ace eyed Lexi as he spoke in response to Rev, never taking his eyes off of his partner, “I only found out yesterday…afternoon…a couple of hours after we got back from da mission…”

 

“And you, Lex?”  Tech addressed the female bunny, who still didn’t move or speak.  Growing concerned for her well being, Tech moved closer, and bent down on his haunches and tried his best to see her face, she stared down at her hands, which made it difficult for any of them to read her facial expression from a standing position.

 

Ace did the same as Tech, and rested one of his hands on her leg, trying to get her to respond to the coyote’s query.  “Lex…Lexi, come on Lex…”

 

Ace glanced at Tech, the coyote shared the male rabbit’s concerned facial expression, and Ace now noticed that so did the rest of the team, who stood by the table, still close to the female rabbit, but not in the same way as himself and Tech.

 

“Come on Lexi,” Tech spoke soothingly as he tried to get the pink bunny to respond, “I know you’re scared, but…we need to know…”

 

Lexi shut her eyes briefly before quietly replying, “Yesterday morning…when you guys were on the…the mission…I was trying to work out what was wrong with me….and then….I kinda…remembered…”

 

“Remember what?”  Duck asked sourly.

 

Lexi glared at him and rolled her eyes, “You’re so naïve…” She muttered.

 

The small comment annoyed the waterfowl, who marched up to the female rabbit…well, as far as he could get to her before Rev and Tech stood in the way, knowing that a confrontation was the last thing that they really needed right now.

 

“Yeah, well just remember who’s in this situation, missy.  It aint my fault that the two of you couldn’t stop yourselves….from what I remember that kind of behaviour wasn’t permitted here…that’s what I recall hearing from the boss lady anyway.”  The waterfowl smugly crossed his arms, shutting his eyes and rising is chin up in arrogant triumph.

 

Lexi looked as though she was going to retaliate, but found that the Duck did have a point.  Zadavia had made it perfectly clear, that that type of physical interaction was strictly prohibited…for obvious reasons, instead, Lexi hung her head in shame.

 

Ace, however, didn’t give in to the reasoning like his partner had, and stood up angrily, “Duck!  If you keep usin’ dat tone, and dat attitude on her, then so help me I’ll…”

 

“What, kick me off the team?”  Duck interrupted the rabbit, there was no hint of fear in the mallard’s tone of voice, his response was somewhat ****y and courageous.

 

Ace tensed up, and opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out.  Instead it was Duck who spoke again.

 

“’Cause technically, I haven’t done anything wrong.  I’m merely stating the obvious facts; if Zadavia finds out about this, then there will be severe consequences.”

 

The rest of the team stared at Duck in disbelief and intrigue.  Disbelief that the Duck could know so much about this, but intrigue to know what fate would befall the two rabbits of the team.

 

“…What consequences?”  Ace asked hesitantly.

 

Tech spoke after Ace, “And how do you know?”

 

“Well it’s obvious that Lexi isn’t gonna be much use to the team if she’s pregnant, she won’t be able to fight; let alone defend herself.  It’s better for all of us if she just leaves.  It could be like a maternity leave, and then if Zadavia isn’t too mad, maybe she’d be back in the team again?”  He shrugged his shoulders before continuing, “Ace.  She’d probably give you a stern talking to, but I doubt she’d make you leave the team, as much as I’d hate to admit it, you’re a valuable member…and you’re the leader.”

 

Ace looked back at Lexi and bit his lip, he didn’t like the idea of Zadavia talking to him about what had happened, nor did he like the idea of Lexi having to leave the team and support the child by herself either.

 

Duck turned to Tech, “And how do I know, you ask?  ‘Cause Zadavia told me.”

 

“What?”  Was all that came from the coyote’s mouth as he stared at the mallard with confusion.

 

Duck let out a heavy sigh, “She said that out of all of us…”  His eyes landed on Lexi, “Of all of us guys….she thought that I was the most likely person who would…y’know…get into this type of situation…”

 

There was silence as the rest of the team tried to comprehend this piece of information.

 

At last someone spoke.

 

Of all of the people that they would have expected to hear the answer from, Lexi was the one who responded. 

 

“That’s disgusting.”

 

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Lexi sighed as she lay down on Ace’s bed while the grey bunny of the team sat next to her, giving her a pitiful smile.

 

“Well…that was harder than I thought it was gonna be.”  Lexi shut her eyes, trying to relax, she was still tense after what they had just been through.

 

“To be honest, I thought it went pretty well….you know, considerin’ they didn’t kill me…”

 

Lexi chuckled and sat up, “Yeah, I guess it did go better than how it could’ve done.”

 

“Yeah,” Ace smiled back at her, but then stared down at the bed underneath him, seemingly thinking.”

 

Lexi sighed and slumped in posture, she was still afraid that he was going to be angry with her at some point about the entire situation; she knew he would be sad and angry and it would be her fault. 

 

Ace put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her against him, “Lex, we’ll get around dis, we just need to…think logically.”  He smiled down at her as an idea came to his mind.  He released his hold on her, and scooted across the bed so that he was facing her.

 

“What?”  Lexi asked, surprised at his sudden and unannounced movement.

 

“I’m gonna teach you how to meditate.  I t’ink we could both do with somethin’ to take our minds off of dis, and to help deal with da stress.”

 

Lexi smiled and rolled her eyes, “Okay.  What do I have to do?”

 

Ace crossed his legs and rested his hands in his lap, gesturing fro Lexi to do the same.  Next he took a deep breath, before breathing out slowly and steadily.  “You just need to close your eyes, don’t t’ink about anythin’ else, and focus on your breathin’; relax.”

 

He repeated his previous action, and Lexi looked at him quizzically for some time before doing the same.

 

 

She shut her eyes, the light that allowed her to see everything vanished, and soon a swirling blackness engulfed her vision.

 

She saw spiralling shapes of many colours before her eyes, stars, circles and squares.  It felt as if the shapes were passing her, and she as travelling deeper and deeper into the darkness.  Suddenly, she stopped.  A mass of darkness being the only thing she saw.

 

She didn’t see anything else.

 

Soon, just as her vision had become strange, so did her hearing.

 

Her ears throbbed with the desire to hear something and just as the throbbing grew more intense and Lexi felt as she wouldn’t be able to take it anymore, it stopped.

 

Now all she heard was the slow rhythmic breathing from her.  The deep but gentle breaths calmed her, and cleared her mind of all distractions, not a thought entered her mind and she felt safe.

 

Secure

 

Quiet

 

Alone

 

Suddenly her eyes shot open with the new found knowledge.  Had she been as trained with meditation as Ace was, she would never have broken out of the trance so easily, but one thought was enough to pluck her relaxed mind out of the haven she had made, the haven which allowed her to escape from reality.  But that couldn’t happen.

 

Ace wasn’t breathing.

 

She couldn’t hear him, nor could she feel his movement ahead of her.

 

Staring straight ahead of her she found no-one.  There were some small creases on the bed sheets, a sign that he had been there, but there was nothing else.

 

She looked about her but still she couldn’t locate his whereabouts.

 

He was gone.

 

She rubbed her eyes and sat up on her knees, before sliding one leg off of the bed, and then standing up. 

 

Lexi walked groggily out of the room, still not hearing or seeing any of her fellow team mates.  She began to worry, she wondered how long she had been meditating, it didn’t feel like very long to her. 

 

But she recalled how Tech would sit and meditate for hours after Ace had first taught him how, and after waking up he had only thought that a mere few minutes had passed.  The coyote had often described how strange it felt, there was an overpowering feeling up numbness which engulfed him and made him feel relaxed and unaware of his senses; and he had often gotten annoyed upon realising that he had wasted most of his day when he might have been able to work in his lab; but Lexi wasn’t sure whether that was Ace’s intent or not.

 

She walked down the corridor which led to the main room and still she found no-one.  Becoming puzzled and somewhat annoyed, she sat down at the kitchen table and tried to comprehend her thoughts.

 

It was possible that she too could have been mediating for much longer than she thought she had, and the rest of the team were asleep.  But of course that would make no sense, as it was still light outside, and Ace would’ve been in his room when she woke up.

 

She sat, annoyed that her team mates had obviously left her without informing her of their departure, and had not only left her alone, but worried and frustrated as well.

 

“No, Slam.  It was my egg which saved the day, all you did was push it out of the way, I stuck it to the ground and stopped it from moving!” 

 

Lexi sat up, her super hearing alerting her to the presence of Duck…and possibly Slam coming up the elevator to their head quarters.

 

“Yeah, Guys.  Whatever, can we just drop it already?  We did a good job and now we’re home, surely dat’s more important than who saved da day,”

 

Lexi recognised the voice, and her heart leapt with a sudden anxiety to see him again.  She stood up and began to slowly walk to the door to their head quarters.

 

“…Besides, I need to see if Lexi’s…” Ace stepped through the door, only to be met with the sight of Lexi herself, standing in front of him with her arms crossed, with a displeased look on her face.

 

“…Awake.”  Ace slumped in posture, he knew what was coming.

 

“Ace, guys.  Where were you, you had me worried, I couldn’t find any of you, and you didn’t even leave a note or a message or something to tell me where the heck you were!”

 

Ace sighed and put his hands on her shoulders, “Lexi, calm down.  We had a mission, and I didn’t want to disturb you ‘cause I could see dat it was helpin’ you.”

 

Lexi drew in a deep breath, and stepped back from her partner so that his hands were no longer on her shoulders, she sighed and looked up at him.  “Yeah well, can you please not do it again, I’d prefer to be with you guys when we go on a mission, otherwise I feel like I’m not doing my job, and that’s not fair on you guys.  And besides, what if you needed me on a mission, or something happened to you and I wouldn’t know where you were, or what happened or…”

 

Ace placed a finger on her lips, “Lexi, relax.  Nothing happened.  We’re all here, and we’re all okay.”  He removed his finger and smiled at her, it was the same reassuring smile that she seemed to always receive from him.

 

Lexi smiled back in response but discretely rolled her eyes in annoyance.

 

“And anyway Lex,” Tech spoke now, “You probably won’t be going on too many missions right now anyway.”

 

Lexi looked horrified, “What?  Why, did you guys speak to Zadavia or something, am I off the team…what?”

 

“Lexi!”  Tech raised his voice, making Lexi stop panicking, his loud voice and tone catching the bunny off guard.  “Lexi,” He spoke more quietly now, his voice more soothing and calm, “Lexi you’re not off the team.  And we haven’t told Zadavia, we won’t.  She doesn’t need to know, she’s off ruling Freleng, if she comes any time later and finds out than we can explain then, and we won’t let anything happen to you.”

 

Lexi let out a sigh of relief after Tech spoke, “Lexi,”  He continued, “You won’t be going on many missions now because…well, because…”  he looked her up and down, “You know…if could be harmful to you…or the baby, and we don’t want to see you get hurt, or mistreated by  bad guys because of this.”

 

“It’s for the best.”Ace out a hand on her shoulder, as she stared up at the two in disbelief.

 

Tech noticed her obvious objections and discomfort with the situation, and clearing his throat he spoke once more, “We’ll…talk about this some other time.”

 

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“I don’t get it?”

 

“Duck!”  Lexi sighed as they walked through the hospital.  The team had decided to make an appointment with a doctor to find out roughly when the baby was due, before they could decide what they would do next.

 

“Duck, it’s simple.”  Tech began to explain again…for the fourth time, “A baby takes approximately nine months to develop, to the doctor works out nine months from…umm….you know, to the approximate date that the baby will be born.  But it’s never exactly accurate.”

 

“Why-isn’t-it-accurate-they’re-doctors?”  Rev voiced his thoughts.  Tech gave the roadrunner a blank stare before sighing.

 

“Doctors as they are, Rev; they’re not gonna always get everything right.  And sometimes babies are born early or late, it’s just an approximation.”

 

“Yeah, well I think it should be more accurate than it is.”  Duck crossed his arms in annoyance as they each sat down in a seat in the correct ward, waiting to be called in.

 

“Why?”  Lexi complained, she was becoming increasingly annoyed with the waterfowl.

 

“’Cause then I can make sure that I’m not with you when you go into labour, duh.  I mean, no-one wants to be the one to be screamed at by a woman whose about to give birth!”

 

“garf ghol jigga know?”  Slam asked, giving the mallard his classic confused stare.

 

“I don’t know, Slam…”  Duck said rather quietly, “I’m just guessing.”

 

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“This is Sooooooo boring!”  Duck moaned as he slumped down in his seat.

 

“Well-that’s-the sixth time he’s complained in the last half hour…do you think I should find out what might be causing the hold up?”  Rev suggested, eyeing his watch.

 

“Nah, Leave it Rev.” Lexi sat up and changed position on the chair, “They got through everyone else…eventually.”  She looked around the now empty waiting room, “I’m sure they’ll call us soon.”

 

“Yeah.  I guess.” Rev flopped back down in his seat.  “I‘m just sick of sitting down, I need to stretch my legs!”

 

“Well, go for a walk.”  Ace suggested calmly, putting his arm around Lexi as she leaned into him.

 

“Good Idea.  I’ll be back soon!”

 

Lexi watched Rev as he left the waiting room and let out a sigh; she began to fiddle with the green ribbon that tied her ears together, which was now resting over her shoulder.

 

Ace noticed her movements, as well as her expression, and sat up, looking at Lexi in the eyes and speaking to her quietly.  “Lexi, what’s wrong?”

 

Lexi sighed and looked down, “I’m just…nervous.  I mean, everything’s happening really fast and…”  She lowered her voice to the point where Ace could hardly hear her, “What if someone I know finds out, and then people back home hear about this and then my dad will like…strangle you…and the other guys for good measure!”

 

Ace gave her a reassuring smile, “Lexi, no one’s gonna find out.  Your family and friends are back in Utah, dat’s miles away from here.  Besides, we’re gonna be really careful about da press, they won’t find out…and if they do, we’ll make sure dat they don’t publish anythin’.”

 

“Thanks, then.”  Lexi smiled, and leant up to kiss Ace on the cheek.  She sat back calmly and spoke again, “Yeah, I guess you’re right.  How is anyone that I know from back home gonna find out I’m pregnant if we’re all the way over here in Acmetropolis?”  She smiled to herself.

 

Finally a door opened to the left of where the Loonatics were sitting, a young couple left the room holding hands and talking to each other happily. 

 

Once the couple had walked a fair way down the corridor, Rev made his way back to the group.   “So,-are-we-going-in-yet?” 

 

“I guess…”  Lexi was still eyeing the door, they couldn’t see into the room, the open door obstructed their view, “…But the doctor hasn’t called us in yet…”

 

The Loonatics waited patiently in their seats, Rev and Tech standing up after becoming bored with sitting, for roughly two minutes before finally the doctor made his way out of his room.

 

The tall, human, blonde haired doctor walked out of his room, “Ah, the Loonatics.”  He was eyeing his clipboard as he spoke, the group not exactly getting the opportunity to see his face.

 

The doctor finished looking through the medical documents, by this time all of the Loonatics had now stood up, the doctor placed his clipboard by his side.  “I’m Doctor Mason….”

 

Lexi gave a small gasp and she stared at the Doctor, awe struck. 

 

“I believe I’m here to see Lexi.”  He spoke with a warm smile.

 

Lexi couldn’t help the tone of her voice as she let the name spill from her mouth before she could stop herself.

 

   “Alex.”



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Hum.... What could Alex mean for Lexi and Ace.

And as a side comment, If he is Lexis friend, as previously implied, Lexi probable wants to get a new Maternity doctor (I know I wouldn't want one of my friends (especially male) Poking around down there.)

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Siamese712 wrote:

Hum.... What could Alex mean for Lexi and Ace.

And as a side comment, If he is Lexis friend, as previously implied, Lexi probable wants to get a new Maternity doctor (I know I wouldn't want one of my friends (especially male) Poking around down there.)



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Jest had some ofter thought.

It sounds almost like there trying to hide the fact that Lexi Pregnant.

In my opinion, this isn't something that can or should be hidden.

The media/people would find out eventually. After all they'd at least be suspicious about Lexi looking nine months pregnant then caring around a kid after that looks like a mix of her and Ace.

Then there her family, It would be easier to tell then now then wait. Her parents would get more angry about her hiding it then the very fact that she is, At least that's how I think it would be.

Then there's Zadavia. She's off doing her own thing. I would think that means she is no longer there Boss Lady and there for any rules she had placed become more like guide lines and don't half to be enforced. And in the end Zadavia is there friend. They should tell her flat out like every one els then letting them find out by other means.

(A better now then later situation)

I'd like to make it clear that this is only my own thoughts, and perhaps somethings to consider, but is not a flam upon your story.

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Yeah, those are good things to consider.

But remember how some people panic and worry and don't think logically when they're in stressful situations.

...Kinda like me....

But thanks, you definitely are observant!

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i luv it....i can't wait for the next chappies

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wow nice chapter ^_^
I love how it ended, so full of suspense 8D

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Wow, I haven't updated this in yonks!

I've had a lot on my plate right now, and I'm really sorry it's taken me so long to find the time to write the next chapter.  I've got 3 projects due in in two weeks, and homework in between, I have lot's of piano exam practise to do, and it's summer now - so I've been spending a lot of time outside.

So I'm sorry, but I've tried to find time to write, but it's been very difficult to find time to write.

BUT  Sadly the chapter isn't done yet!

I've written 14 pages, so I'm over half way there!

 

Anyway, here's a sneak peek!

(I warn you, there is ONE word, which I'm not sure the forum will sensor or not, because it is a swear word, but if not, I warn you in advance!)

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Lexi looked up at him quickly, slight anger in her eyes, “What’s that supposed to mean?  Are you ashamed that we ‘did it’?  ‘Cause in the long run, Ace.  You can pull out of this whenever the hell you want, but I can’t.  Ace, I’m stuck with it, either I keep it, and look after it for the rest of my life, or I get rid of it before it’s too late and feel completely…****ty about myself!”
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What did Ace say to her!?!

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Mwa ha ha ha haaaaaaaa

Aint I evil!

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Indeed!!

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=D

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Umm...yeah, I can't tell you how sorry I am that this chapter has taken so long to write, I've had three projects to do, and because it's near the end of the school year here, the teachers suddenly think that no other teacher has set us homework, even though they have, so I end up getting a homework asignment for every lesson! So it's very stressful!

I must warn you in advance that there is one swear word in this chapter, I thought I should at least warn people, rather than catch anyone off guard who would rather not read it, it's not distasteful and it doesn't make up the chapter's entirety - so it's nothing major, but I know how some people do not like swear words anyway!

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“Alex.”  Lexi squeaked, she became tense as she stared up at the doctor before her, the rest of the assembled males giving her both concerned and puzzled looks.

 

Ace looked from Lexi to Alex; and back to Lexi again.  He rested his hands on her shoulders; the touch making Lexi reluctantly turn her head towards her partner.

 

“Lexi, what’s wrong?”

 

Lexi couldn’t answer; she looked back up at Alex; who hesitated before clearing his throat and inviting the team to talk in his office rather than the waiting room where patients were beginning to stare.

 

As the rest of the team, and Alex, filed into the room, Ace looked to Lexi again, “Lex…you know him.  Are you okay…was he…did he…how do you know him?”

 

Lexi sighed and gazed at the floor underneath her.

 

“Lexi…who is he?”

 

Lexi looked up at Ace, her eyes meeting his, she spoke in a quiet whisper, “He’s Leah’s older brother, and he’s a friend from Utah.”  She left Ace where he was and walked into the room.

 

Ace stared into space for some moments, before face palming himself.  Oh brother.’ He thought as he walked into the room too.

 

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“Well, it’s great to see you again, Lex!”  Alex smiled as he embraced his friend.  Lexi could feel herself gripping onto him, whether it was to comfort herself, or whether it was her insecurities surfacing, she wasn’t sure.

 

Alex stepped back after releasing his hold on the bunny and looked down at her, “But, in all honesty, I would have preferred to see you some time when you didn’t have to be in a hospital, what’s wrong?”

 

Lexi stared up at him, she tried to speak but as soon as she opened her mouth to do so, only a small breath escaped from the back of her throat.  She shut her mouth, her eyes following suit, before hanging her head in shame.  She wrapped her arms around herself and stared at her feet.

 

Alex could sense that there was something wrong, something really wrong.  “Umm...maybe you should all sit down…it, might make things easier.”  He gave Lexi a pitiful smile –not that she was able to notice it – she still hadn’t looked up.  Ace put his hands on her shoulders and guided her over to one of the small chairs in the room.  He sat her down, and stood close by her.

 

Tech glanced back from the two bunnies, to the doctor, who stood before everyone, he sighed before speaking.  “Umm…Doctor Mason….you…you’ve gotta…understand that this is probably gonna be difficult for Lexi to say…she almost broke down telling us.

 

Alex looked at Tech, now becoming increasingly concerned for the well being of his long-time friend and he braced himself mentally – readying himself for the apparent shockingand possibly frightening news.

 

Lexi looked at Alex, he was seated opposite her, and she made eye contact with him briefly, before hanging her head and staring at the floor.  “Umm…Alex…I…I” She took a deep breath and spoke quietly, not wanting to look at him either, “I’m pregnant.”

 

All of the male Loonatics’ eyes landed on Alex, who seemed to be at a loss for words upon what he just heard.  He looked distraught – his kind and understanding, face became pale, and his knowledgeable; and trusting eyes were wide with shock.

 

Lexi glanced up at her friend for a brief moment, before sighing, and allowing her gaze to meet the floor once more.

 

Alex stood up after a moment of thought, he faced the wall – not making eye contact with anyone – before he slowly turned his head to face Lexi; he spoke to her softly.  “I…I’m guessing that it wasn’t planned?”

 

Lexi slowly lifted her head to face him, “No.”  She simply said, but her voice was shaking as she spoke.  The rest of the assembled group noticed this.

 

“So…do you know what you’re going to do?”

 

Lexi made eye contact with Alex once, before she hastily moved her gaze to the floor, she didn’t want to see his face anymore – she felt awful, he was her friend, and now for him to see her like this – and to know what was wrong, made everything all the more difficult for her to respond to his queries.

 

She shook her head slowly, her eyes never focussing on anything other than the floor underneath her.

 

Alex furrowed his eyebrows, he opened his mouth to speak, and some stuttered words came out, he closed his mouth again, obviously correcting his answer.

 

“Well…are you gonna keep it, or…y’know, there is the alternative…”

 

“No.”  Lexi interrupted him sternly, taking everyone else by surprise – they weren’t expecting her answer to be so fervent.

 

“…Lexi, what do you mean?”  Ace spoke to her calmly, as he placed a hand on her shoulder.

 

“I mean,” Lexi started, she looked up into his eyes, “I don’t want to get rid of it.”  Her voice lowered in volume as she spoke.

 

Ace furrowed his eyebrows as he looked at her, “What?  What do…what do you mean?”

 

“I…,” Lexi shut her eyes in annoyance, “I just don’t want to get rid of it, okay?”  She reopened her eyes and stared at Ace, “I…I just can’t, it’s not fair…”

 

Ace nodded his head, he understood how she felt, plus he knew that such an act could lead to problems - she might not be able to have children again.  Also, some part of him had felt the urge to do whatever it took for his child to not be destroyed – whether it was in its early stages of development or not – it was still a living organism.

 

The bunnies turned back to the doctor.  Alex still looked as though he was trying to get to grips with the situation.  He let out a sigh before standing up, and walking to a cupboard. 

 

When he came back, there was a small rectangular box in one of his hands, he walked over to Lexi and handed it to her.

 

Lexi studied the box before looking back up at him, “A…pregnancy… tester?”  She said quietly, raising an eyebrow.  “But…I’ve already taken two, surely that’s a sign that there is something in there.”

 

Alex gave her a pitiful smile and nodded, “I know, and I’m sorry.  But it’s a…formality, we have to have positive confirmation, I don’t know why – I think it’s a waste anyway, but…I’m sorry, Lexi, you have to.”

 

Lexi slowly nodded and looked down, fiddling with the small box in her hands for a moment, before standing up and looking around.  “Uhh…”

 

“Oh, bathroom’s through that door.”  Alex pointed to a door at the end of the room.

 

Lexi looked back at him awkwardly, “That’s not one of those ones where you can…you know, hear…like…everything.  Leah’s told me about them – she said they’re awkward, especially for the patient who has to use them.”

 

Alex smiled, “Nah.  You’re okay.”

 

Lexi gave a small nod in acknowledgement before she turned from the group, walked across the room, and entered the bathroom.

 

Alex, who had watched her go, now frowned and sat down in the chair that he was seated in earlier, Ace also sat in the vacant seat which Lexi had been occupying.

 

Alex held his head in his hands before speaking, “So…how’d this…happen?”

 

Duck scoffed before replying, “You’re the doctor, surely you should know all of the technicalities – even I know!”

 

Ace gave the waterfowl a displeased look before turning back to the doctor, “I’m not sure…it was…unexpected it just…kinda…happened.”  Ace rubbed the back of his head in awkwardness, not making eye contact with anyone.

 

“So you didn’t use protection?”  Alex raised an eyebrow.

 

Ace slumped his shoulders, his body language telling the rest of the group the answer, to save his reputation  Ace quickly spoke again, “But believe me, I would’ve!”

 

He saw the cold look that Alex gave him, Ace gulped and continued.

 

“She’s my best friend, and girlfriend.  You can’t honestly t’ink dat I would want to put her through all of dis on purpose?  Like I said, it just…happened.  If I had known what was comin’, of course I would have done somet’in’ to prevent dis!  Or at least asked her if she was sure, and dat …you know, it wasn’t da time of da month where she was the most…”  He looked up, trying to think of the right word, he sighed when he couldn’t find the word he wanted, “…fertile.”

 

“So, are you gonna say the same thing to her family?”  Alex raised an eyebrow, and spoke rather coldly to the male rabbit.

 

Ace looked taken aback by his question, “I hadn’t planned on it…”  He mumbled, “I don’t know.”  He sighed in defeat, “What are they like?”

 

“Protective.  That pretty much sums it up.  And, in a situation like this, I don’t know who would be worse, her dad, or her four older brothers.  I think her mum and sisters would be more…surprised, but they wouldn’t act as…hostile as the guys would.”

 

“Great.”  Ace sighed.  “But what about da whole...you know, doctor, patient confidentiality t’ing?”

 

Alex momentarily diverted his eyes as Lexi approached, but he turned back to Ace, understanding that his friend had heard Ace’s question, “There is that.  But would you honestly not tell them about this?”

 

Lexi handed Alex the tester and leant on Ace’s chair, holding his hand, “Actually…we were kinda hopin’ not to tell them…at least not while there’s da whole pregnancy t’ing going on…”  Ace spoke quietly, suddenly feeling very foolish.  He looked up at his girlfriend, “Right, Lex?”

 

Lexi looked from him to Alex, she spoke quietly, “Actually, Ace.  Maybe…maybe we should tell them, they need to know.”

 

Ace stood up at her comment, and looked at her in the eyes, “What?”

 

“Ace, we can’t hide this.  They’d just be more upset if they found out and they knew we hadn’t told them.”

 

“But what about…your…”

 

“Oh forget my dad and brothers.  It’s about time my dad realises that he can’t control my life, and that things are gonna happen!”

 

“But won’t they be…mad?”

 

Lexi held her arm, “Well…yeah.  But I’ll make sure that they don’t…strangle…you, this whole mess is my fault anyway.”  She looked down as she spoke.

 

Ace was about to answer when Alex spoke first, “Umm, Lexi.  I’m sorry, but, I guess it’s third time unlucky in this scenario.”  He looked up from the tester, to Lexi.

 

Lexi nodded and hugged herself.  Ace wanted to do something to make her feel better, but she already moved past him and sat down in the seat that the two had been ‘sharing’.

 

“Look, Lexi.  If it helps, I’ll come over…when you tell your folks….at least that way I might be able to make sure they’re not too rough on you.”

 

“Yeah.”  Lexi sighed, she watched as her foot circled the floor underneath her.  “At least I’ll get to see them again?”  She smiled weakly before turning to Ace, “And…your parents…”

 

Ace felt a wave of horror run through him, he forgot about his parents and his uncle and cousin, how would they feel about this.  He knew that they probably would be a little bit less…hostile than Lexi’s parents.  Purely because he was their son, and nothing would be happening to him that would be painful and hard, like it would be to Lexi – he understood that her father and brothers especially, wouldn’t like that idea, especially because that also meant that some stranger (to them) had been ‘fooling around’ with their daughter, or sister.  This won’t be good’ Ace thought sorrowfully. 

 

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“…So, nine months from (and including) May is…January.  So, January the sixteenth, approximately, is when it’s due.”  Alex said, still putting on a weak and pitiful smile, he had always seen grins on the faces of previous couples when he had told them news like this, and he could easily smile – without having to fake one – but now, with the Loonatics, there was no happiness, just acceptance and some sadness.  And it pained Alex to see them, especially Lexi, in such sorrow.  He wished he could do something to stop all of this from happening, but there was nothing he could do – or at least there was nothing that could be done that Lexi would comply to.

 

“So, does this mean no…air travel or anything?”  Tech asked.

 

Alex looked over at the Coyote, “Well usually we say that there’s no air travel allowed during the first and third trimester – so the first and last three months of the pregnancy – but considering the kind of things you guys do…I wouldn’t be too comfortable with that.  If my opinion counted in this matter, I would say that Lexi shouldn’t really be going on any missions.  It could be dangerous.”

 

Tech nodded his head, “Okay.”  He looked to Ace and Lexi, Ace looked sadly down at Lexi, and he knew that she wouldn’t like the idea of being home alone whenever they went on missions, but he also had a look of understanding that that was the most sensible thing to do.

 

Lexi merely looked at the floor, Tech understood that inside she felt upset and just didn’t want to show it – and he was sure that he could see tears welling up in her eyes – but, like Ace, there was some acceptance in the matter.  She knew that her job would temporarily not be for aiding the Loonatics in battle, but for keeping the child inside of her safe by all means.  It was the powerful maternal instinct that all women had – which Tech had always admired.

 

“And...”  Duck spoke now, “It’s just the usual kind of thing; don’t stand too close to microwaves…yada yada yada…”

 

“Yeah.”  Was all Alex replied with. 

 

They all stood up, Alex shaking the hands of the male Loonatics, “And Lexi, you’ll receive notification about any ultrasounds, and you can call to arrange a date and time when the notice arrives.”

 

“Okay.”  Lexi nodded her head, “Thanks, Alex.”  She smiled and hugged him, he returned the embrace.

 

“And remember,” He said, when the two had released each other, “Call me, and I’ll come over, If you have any problems, and make sure you tell me when your family comes.”

 

“I will.”  Lexi smiled, her voice breaking slightly.

 

The six Loonatics filed out of the door just as Alex’s pager beeped, and he quickly ran out of the room, he shouted “Good bye!” as he jogged down the corridor, obviously the message he received was that a patient was experiencing life threatening problems.

 

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