A/N: I wrote a Bugs and Honey fic, I might as well write a Bugs and Lola fic too. So here's my "version" of how these two got together. Yay. This story takes place between 1993-1997. Is it connected to my last story in any way? Eh…loosely. I'll put it this way, you could read this one and not the first one, and it'd still make sense.

Love me, flame me, I really don't care. Enjoy, or…don't read.

A phone was ringing on a nightstand next to a clock that read 6:30am. A groggy, gloved hand reached for it.

"Hell-o?"

"Bugs? Hey, it's Ken, Ken Ross?"

"Uh…?"

"We've spoken before. I'm a producer?"

"…Ok?"

"Listen, I was wondering if I could speak with you for a moment about a great live-action/animation movie we're planning on."

Bugs eyeballed his alarm clock, then looked at the phone half annoyed.

"Kenny, uh…do you have any perception of time? I mean…where are ya?"

"Los Angeles."

"Right, so it's 6:30 there too?" Bugs propped himself up on his elbow.

"Is it that early? Oh."

There was a pause and Bugs sighed in tired frustration into the phone. Ken was obviously oblivious to Bugs' irritation.

"Well, anyway, how about it?"

Bugs was quickly losing interest in the conversation and had stopped paying attention.

"How about what?"

"Do you remember that commercial you did with Michael Jordan about a year ago?"

Bugs blinked slowly. "…Which one?"

His sarcasm and deadpan attitude weren't getting through to the young producer and there was another pause.

"So, we were thinking of making a full-length movie starring both of you, what do you say?"

"I say…call me when I'm awake."

"Alright and when will that be?"

"Tomorrow." With that, Bugs hung up the phone and pulled the blanket back over his head.

The next day…

Bugs sat in his living room with one leg hanging over the arm of his couch. He flipped through the channels on his TV, not entirely interested in what Saturday afternoon programming had to offer. His phone rang and he dismissively picked up the receiver.

"Start talkin'."

"Bugs? Hey, it's Ken again."

He raised an eyebrow and continued to channel surf. "Who?"

"Ken, Ken Ross? We spoke yesterday."

Bugs searched his memory for moment. "Oh, yeah. Morning guy."

"Yeah, so I was wondering if I could convince you to come in to discuss this live-action/animation movie we're working on with Michael Jordan."

Memories of the previous morning came back to him and he vaguely remembered Ken's brief mentioning of his commercials with Mike a few years back. Somehow, in his mind, he thought it was a joke. They couldn't possibly think they could form an entire movie based around 1 minute commercials.

"Are you serious?"

"Oh yes, we already have Michael on board. He really enjoys working with you."

Bugs scratched the back of his head. "Well I enjoy workin' with him too, but a movie? That just sounds...dumb."

"No no, it'll be great! We have a rough script in progress if you'd like to drop by and have a read. We'd love to have you involved in any way we can."

Bugs wasn't completely buying what was going on. He hadn't been in a live-action movie since Roger Rabbit, and he wasn't up for doing one again anytime soon. He stuck with making movies in his own element, and that, combined with running a school was enough to keep him plenty busy. His views on live-action mixes always gave him a Mary Poppins vibe that he'd rather avoid.

He sighed and rubbed the back of his neck.

"I…guess I could come in."

"Great, how's this afternoon sound? Michael should be here around 4."

"Uh…ok?"

"Alright! Great! See you then!"

"But…"

The line had gone dead and Bugs hung up the phone and stared at it for a moment.

"Wait…I don't have to go to Birmingham do I?" He thought about it for a moment and shrugged it off. He relaxed back into his couch and went back to searching his TV for something to watch. He figured he wouldn't worry too much about exactly where he'd be meeting up with Ken and Michael. He assumed he meant to meet him at the studio. If it turned out to be somewhere else and he missed the meeting, he didn't see it as any sort of terrible loss.

Later that afternoon…

Bugs walked into a meeting room he was escorted to and cursed himself under his breath for having the right assumption about the meeting place. He saw a few people he recognized, and a few he didn't. Mike was standing at a snack table, chatting with someone. He idly walked up behind him and poked him in the shoulder.

Mike turned around and smiled. "Hey! What's happenin' rabbit?"

"You tell me."

"Pfft, I don't even know. They've been down in Alabama with me working on this script for the past few months, saying something about this movie they've concocted for us. I'll believe it when I see it."

Bugs glanced at the table and pointed out one of the entrees. "Hey look, Ballparks, who'da thunk it?"

Michael shook his head and laughed at Bugs' obvious pun on his infamous commercials.

A man walked up to Bugs and handed him a script, which Bugs cautiously looked at.

"Good, you made it! Hi, it's me K-"

"Bond. James Bond." Bugs pointing at him as if holding a gun and the man stared at him with a confused expression.

"Ken…Ross?" He clearly didn't get the joke. Michael turned around and coughed to hide his amusement at Ken's expense.

"Right." Bugs shook his hand and opened the script to leaf through it. He read through it for several moments and his expression grew more and more uninterested. So far he could only find one thing he liked about it.

"So, the other guys are in it too, that's good." Bugs glanced at Ken and Michael peered over their shoulders.

"Yes, we wanted to include all of the Looney Tunes instead of just you and Michael against an imposing force."

Bugs nodded. "Have you called them yet?"

"Well, we thought we'd get you on board, and if we couldn't, well, we'd just go ahead and start animating it."

Bugs was annoyed at that, but remained silent on the issue. He was used to Warner Bros. going over his head on these matters because he could be animated. After all, it was cheaper to pay them royalties and animate, rather than paying them to actually act. If you could call what was in the script so far "acting".

Ken sensed his tension and held his hands up defensively. "Hey, but we really wanted you on board with it. We figured certain parts we'd animate anyway, but we really wanted to get all of you involved."

Bugs just nodded and kept leafing through the script.

"So, this is a kiddy movie I take it?"

"Well, yes. It'll be primarily for children. Is that a problem?"

"I guess not. It would explain the cheese."

Ken looked surprised and leaned over Bugs' shoulder. "There's cheese on it? How in the heck?"

Bugs raised his eyebrow to Michael, who tried not to laugh again.

"It's cheesy Kenny. Not…never-mind." Bugs shook his head and continued to leaf through the script. He smirked when he heard Michael lose his battle with laughter and head back over to the concession table.

"It also says here you're addin' a female toon in this?" Bugs pointed at a page in the script and raised his eyebrow to Ken.

"Yes, we thought the Looney Tunes cast could use an update, so to speak. I mean, Granny? She's not a strong female influence." He stopped when he noticed another man approaching them.

"Hey Bugs, glad you could make it."

Bugs looked over to the man that was approaching them.

"Oh, hey Ivan." He shook his hand and looked back down at the page.

"Having an issue with the female addition?"

Bugs shrugged. "I don't really have a say in it, so does it even matter what I think?" He looked at Ivan with a bored expression.

He placed his hand on Bugs' shoulder and smiled.

"Well, we could hold auditions instead of animating like we will with your other new 'co-stars'. Would you be interested in helping us choose? I'd love to get you involved as much as possible. I mean, who knows right? Maybe hiring a lady to the cast won't be so bad, eh?" He nudged Bugs with his elbow, but Bugs' bored expression remained plastered to his face.

"Why is everyone always tryin' to set me up with women?"

Ivan laughed and smacked Bugs on the back. "It's just for merchandising purposes. No one said you had to actually date who we hire. Just pretend for the movie, alright?"

"Fine fine." Bugs waved his hand and tossed the script onto a nearby table.

Ken popped into the conversation again. "So, are you a go on the project?"

Bugs looked at Michael who was still observing from the concession table. Mike shrugged at him with a smile and Bugs let out a long sigh.

"Alright fine." Bugs crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow to Michael who gave him a thumbs-up.

"Great! Let me get the necessary paperwork for you to look over and sign, and I'll get to work right away on calling the others, alright?" With that, Ken and Ivan walked away.

Michael approached Bugs again and put his hand on Bugs' shoulder and shook him lightly.

"This'll be fun, don't worry about it."

"Eh, I'm not. What could it hurt?"

They both quietly observed the executives making calls and conversing in the room. Bugs smirked as a thought occurred to him and he glanced over to Michael.

"Hey, you realize we're probably gonna be in a bunch of McDonald's commercials together now too."

Michael laughed again. "Don't start teasing me yet."

"Big Macs all around! Everybody!"

An orange, female cat walked into West Side Fitness Center with a piece of paper in her hand. She greeted the man at the front desk and walked past him to one of the back rooms, and approached a female rabbit wiping her face down with a rag.

"Hey Lola!"

The rabbit looked up and smiled. "Oh hey Gloria, what's goin' on?"

"I was downtown and saw this flyer. They're holding auditions for female rabbits that can play basketball for the next Bugs Bunny movie."

"Whoop-dee-doo!" She emphasized by twirling her finger above her head.

"What?! Oh come on! You're great at basketball!"

"So?"

"So? You gonna work in this pig-sty the rest of your life?" Gloria gave her a sideways glance.

"No, I have plans." Lola stretched and tossed her rag into a duffle bag.

"Like?" Gloria leaned against a locker, unconvinced.

"Uhh, lots of them! Maybe."

Gloria rolled her eyes and shoved the flyer in Lola's face.

"You don't get many opportunities like this in your life. I mean, Bugs Bunny! Come on!"

"Pfft, like I care about Bugs Bunny. That's more my sister's obsession." She gave the flyer a quick glance and did a double take. "Wait, Michael Jordan's gonna be in it! Hell yeah! He's one of my idols!"

"There ya go! See, I told ya you should try for it!" Gloria clapped her hands together.

"This is probably gonna be one of those cheesy children's movies."

"Stop being so pessimistic! This is a once in a life-time chance!"

"Yeah but…my job."

"I'll cover for ya!"

"I'll never get the part. I can't act."

"Gawd! Would you at least try!" Gloria got frustrated and pushed on Lola's arm. She shook the flyer in Lola's face in an effort to entice her.

Lola stared at the flyer for a moment, then looked at her co-worker with an aggravated look.

"Oh…fine, I'll give it a shot." She snatched the flyer and read it.

"Hehe! Great! And if you get the part, you HAVE to introduce me to Bugs Bunny, 'kay?"

"Yeah right. My sister would never let me live it down if I didn't introduce them also. You know how she is."

"You should try hooking them up. You know he's single now." Gloria winked.

"I don't keep up with that crap." Lola began packing her duffle bag.

"Hey ya know, you could try hooking me up with a date, huh? Hint hint!" She elbowed Lola and got pushed away.

"Sure, whatever, if I get the part. Which I won't, so don't start getting your hopes up."

"Whatever. Just go! Chop chop! Hollywood's a waitin'!"

Lola threw her bag over her shoulder. "Yeah, right." She started to head for the door. "See ya!"

Gloria waved over-enthusiastically as she watched Lola leave. "Call me when you get the part!"

Lola looked at her watch and tapped her foot on the ground impatiently.

"Geez! Three hours! I've been standing around here three hours, for this? This is ridiculous. Gloria, I'm gonna kick your ass." She crossed her arms and grumbled to herself.

A couple of the girls standing behind her gave her odd glances and whispered about her odd behavior. Lola's personality stood out differently from the other girls that were auditioning. Most were very cheerful and eager.

Suddenly a man opened the door and asked that the next three ladies come into the gym.

"Finally!"

Lola followed behind two other girls, who giggled and jumped excitedly. Lola raised an eyebrow at them and blew the hair out of her face as she continued to follow them into a large gym.

In the center was a long table with people sitting at it holding clipboards. There were two gentlemen, one woman, and Bugs Bunny, who looked rather bored and detached from the undertakings around him.

"No Michael Jordan. Damn."

"Alright, now ladies, I'm Tony Cervone, the animation director." He tossed a basketball out to the court and it bounced up towards them. The other girls tried for the ball without much gusto and Lola easily caught it. She gave them all annoyed looks at their lack of skill. Tony smiled at her before looking around the court at the others.

"Now I'd like for you all to show us some of your skills so we can see where you're at. Start whenever you're ready."

He backed off the court and the auditions began.

The auditions went on through the rest of the day and by the end, the line that had stretched out around the block, was now narrowed down to two girls. Lola, and some other chick with bouncy red hair and too much make-up. (holy shit, descriptive!)

They were both called back into the gym and stood before the table with the casting judges and Bugs, who still seemed detached and uninterested.

Tony pointed towards the girl next to Lola. "You, what's your name and background?"

The girl smiled politely and spoke with a syrupy sweet, valley-girl like drawl.

"Well, my name's Candy Bunnie, and I'm from San Diego. I've been playing basketball for like, 2 years at-"

He interrupted her and pointed to Lola with his pen. "You, same question."

Lola hadn't really been paying attention. She had been looking around the gym aimlessly. When she noticed her interviewer and the judges staring at her she straightened up.

"Uh, what was the question?"

He was slightly annoyed, but there was a hint of amusement in his eyes as he repeated himself.

"What is your name and background?"

"Oh. Well I'm Lola Rabbit from…well…all over the place and uh-"

"Uh huh." He wrote some information on his clipboard. "How many years have you been playing basketball?"

She shrugged and rubbed her chin thoughtfully. "Geez, uh…I dunno. Over 20 years?"

He nodded and moved his attention back to the other girl.

"So Candy, what sort of acting experience do you have?"

"I've been in several independent films, and I'm currently taking acting classes at my college. I got the lead role in-"

"Lola, same question."

"Uhhh, I played a bumblebee in my 1st grade school production of "Field of Flowers."

She smirked as Tony and the other judges laughed.

"Can I say one last thing?" Candy piped in arrogantly.

He gave her a questioning look and crossed his arms. "I guess."

She turned to Bugs and put her hands together. "I just wanted to say this while I had the chance. I'm a huge fan of yours and I absolutely love all of your movies. I think you're the greatest, and I can't wait to work with you! You know, if I get to."

Lola raised an eyebrow at her and cast her eyes skyward at Candy's statement.

Bugs sat up straight and raised an eyebrow himself. He had been observing a water tank across the room for the entire interviewing process, as it held more interest to him. Candy's sudden expression of love struck him as annoyingly odd and he looked back and forth, searching his brain for the proper reaction.

"Uh, thanks?"

Tony sensed the awkwardness and cleared his throat before speaking up.

"Well, I think that's all we need out of both of you. We'll deliberate and call whoever we choose back in, in just a moment."

With that, Lola and Candy were led out of the gym.

Bruce Smith, the other animation director, spoke up on Candy's behalf.

"I really like that girl, Candy. She had more personality and acting experience."

The other judges, aside from Tony, nodded in agreement. They turned to Bugs to get his opinion on the matter.

He gave them a worried look. "What?"

"Well, what do you think?"

Bugs hadn't actually paid attention to any of the day's activities. He wasn't even entirely sure why he was there; all he knew was that he was being paid for his time.

He shrugged and crossed his arms. "I'll work with anyone but that giddy girl. I don't need someone that's gonna fawn over me throughout production."

Tony smiled. He too wasn't too keen on Candy being cast either. She was too generic for his tastes

"But she's our first choice." Bruce protested and the two other judges nodded.

"She's an airhead." Bugs looked at them defiantly, causing them to shift uneasily.

They were all silent for several moments, not willing to go against Bugs. Tony cleared his throat once more and piped in.

"Well, Lola had a lot of spunk, and her athletic skills were very impressive. She won't need to act much because her part isn't very big. I don't think it'd be much of an issue if we cast her, wouldn't you agree?"

The other took that into consideration and decided to relent. They all turned to Bugs once more for his approval. He looked between them and let out an exasperated sigh.

"Whatever. I'm gettin' some coffee." He pushed his chair back and stood.

"We should probably change her last name, Lola Rabbit isn't very appealing. Bugs, what do you say?" Bruce looked over to where Bugs was sitting but he was already gone.

Tony smiled knowingly and clapped his hands together. "It looks like we found our girl. Call Lola back in."

Lola stood before the panel of judges once again, with her hands behind her back. Tony walked up and extended his hand to shake hers.

"Lola, welcome to Hollywood."

Her arms fell to her side and her eyes got wide. "Excuse me?"

"You've got the part."

"Are you kidding me?"

He smiled at her and put his hand on her shoulder. "No. You have the part."

"Oh…"

He chuckled and shook her slightly. "Aren't you excited?"

"Well, I mean…sure." Lola stared forward, unable to focus on anything. Her disbelief showed on her face and Tony gave her a reassuring pat on the back as Bruce stood up, clipboard in hand.

"Alright then. There's the matter of your last name. We were thinking 'Bunny' would be more appealing, so for the movie, you're going to go by Lola Bunny, how does that sound?"

Lola snapped out of her little trance and looked up at him. "Wait a minute, no one said anything about changing my name."

Tony leaned over and gave her a sympathetic look. "It's just for the movie. Your name won't legally be changed."

Lola rolled her eyes and softened. "Fine."

"Alright then," Bruce handed her a booklet and some paperwork. "Here's your script, and some paperwork you need to look over and sign. Be on the set next Friday at 8 o'clock."

"In the morning? Jesus!"

Tony chuckled as judges began to disperse.

"Welcome aboard. I'm glad they went with you."

She shook his hand one more time and started to back up to head for the door.

"Thanks a lot."

He nodded and they both parted towards their exits.

Lola looked down at the stack of paperwork in her hands as she made her way out of the gym.

"I guess I better call Gloria…"

A/N: Ken Ross is a real guy. He helped produce Space Jam and coordinate a lot. The Ivan from this chapter is Ivan Reitman. Also a producer. The head producer I think. You won't see them anymore in this story. I know I kinda made Ken Ross seem like an idiot but…well that's funny to me, so I just don't care!

In the first version of this chapter, I left out Tony Cervone and Bruce Smith who were real people also. They were both either animation directors or producers for Space Jam. I didn't want to add so many people, so it wouldn't end up confusing but what the hell. They're there now. Tony's apparently a sort of fan of Lola, enough so that he includes her in his animation tutorial books.

I personally don't like Space Jam. I think as far as LT movies went, it was horrible. But don't get me wrong, I own 4 copies of it, and I've seen it 80 billion times. I've got like…3 Space Jam related books, 

all the dolls from McDonald's and so on and so on. That movie means a lot to me. But that doesn't mean I don't still think it sucks!