Sorry i took so long to update this. i should have the entire story posted by now but the flash drive i had it saved on malfunctioned and i had to rewrite the entire thing from scratch. i'm still not finished writing the rest of the story, i have about ten chapters left to rewrite so i'm not sure how long it will take before i have the whole thing posted but bear with me.

NBA

It was lunchtime at Acme Looniversity. The chefs in the cafeteria usually made the most delicious lunches. But sometimes the teachers and students questioned whether they were drunk or high. The teachers (with the exception of Lola) sat at a bench in the courtyard while the students ate, played football, or did something else high school kids do.

Penelope bit into her spaghetti taco. "Mmm, they've really outdone themselves today."

"Hey Bugsth, where'sth your wife?" Daffy asked with a mouth full of noodles.

Bugs raised an eyebrow at him. "Anyone ever told you it's impolite to talk with your mouth full?" Melissa who was sitting next to Daffy handed him a napkin and Bugs snickered.

Daffy swallowed his noodles. "Answer my question! What, did she pack her things and abandon you or something?" Bugs kicked him under the table. "OW!"

"Shut up bitch!" He started thinking though, where is Lola? She always met him at lunch. Where…

They all turned around and heard Sylvester playing rap music.

"Would you turn that off?" Daffy exclaimed.

"Sorry," Sylvester said putting on a pair of headphones.

Bugs stood up and went to go look for his beloved. The first place he thought to look was the gym and sure enough he found her in there shooting hoops.

Lola dribbled the ball across the court and did a right layup. Whenever she got bored or just needed something to do she'd play basketball. She needed it like she needed water. She'd been playing ever since she was seven although her mother didn't approve of it, she said it was unladylike. Still Lola rebelled against her and played anyway which made her mother dislike her even more than she already did.

Lola dribbled the ball to the half court line completely oblivious to Bugs standing in the doorway watching her. Lola stood there bouncing the ball eyeing the net. Then she ran towards it. At the three point line she jumped off the ground. Gripping the ball tightly she flew through the air and did a complete flip. By the time she flipped she was right in front of the net and she dunked it then landed gracefully on the floor.

"How do you do that?" Bugs asked. He'd always found it amazing how she could flip like that. He could do a lot of things but he sure couldn't do that!

Lola shrugged modestly. "I don't know, I just…do it."

"Where've ya been, we were looking for you, well I was anyway."

"I guess I forgot it was lunchtime. After the kids left I started playing and then you came." Lola tossed the ball to him. "Wanna try?"

Bugs looked at her like she was crazy. "You mean that flip?"

"If you want."

Bugs chuckled and dribbled the ball to the center of the court. "I think I'll pass." He made a shot and Lola tossed it back to him. Then he decided to show off and made the shot from half court. "Ha!"

"I bet you can't do that again," she said tossing it back to him.

"I bet I can." He tried but missed by a million miles.

Lola came over to him and got close to his face like she was about to kiss him. "Ha!"

"Just because you can dunk and make shots from ten miles away from the basket doesn't give you the right to gloat," Bugs said.

Lola smiled. "Yeah it does."

"No it doesn't."

"Yeah it does."

"Yeah it does."

Lola pushed him. "That doesn't work on me! Who do you think I am, Daffy Duck? GOD! I'm not stupid…!"

Bugs put his arms around her and kissed her lips. She put her arms around him as his tongue went into her mouth. She gripped the front of his shirt. Her body was just crying out for more.

"Um, Mr. Bunny? Mrs. Bunny?" Buster Bunny said.

Bugs and Lola quickly let go of each other and found Buster, Plucky Duck, and Hampton Pig were in the gym giving them disgusted looks.

"Don't act like you've never kissed a girl before," Bugs said knowingly.

Plucky snorted. "Well, he hasn't," he said pointing to Hampton.

"Shh!"

"And we don't spend our nights in the bedroom…"

Bugs held up his hand to stop him. "Okay, no need to take it there kid!"

"Mr. Bunny I sent in that application to University of California," Buster said proudly.

Bugs nodded approvingly. "I went there, it's a really good school."

"I applied there too," Plucky said.

"What are you majoring in?" Lola asked.

"Engineering and mechanics. And I'll be the star football player."

"Can we practice in here? We've gotta win our next game," Buster said.

"Sure. It's nice to see you're dedicated," Lola said. Her and bugs sat on the bleachers and watched the kids play.

"I'm gonna miss them next year. They're the most interesting class we've ever had," Bugs said.

Lola nodded in agreement thinking of all the drama from them in the four years she taught at this school. "Yeah they are."

"You have a very dedicated basketball team," Bugs said.

Lola smiled. "Yeah, I guess I do." She rested her head on Bugs' shoulder.

"Now if only their coach will use her talents and actually try out for a professional team then maybe…"

Lola sat up. "I have my whole life ahead of me Bugs, I still have time. I might do it…eventually." She didn't know how many times they'd had this conversation. Bugs thought she was extremely talented and should use that talent but Lola thought she just wasn't good enough despite the fact that she'd beaten Michael Jordan at basketball about three times. She changed the subject. "So, how was lunch?"

"It was pretty good subject changer," Bugs said making it a point that she was not going to get past the whole basketball conversation. He put his arm around her shoulders and kissed her hair since there wasn't much they could do with the kids in there, even though they've learned to ignore their kisses and what not.

Then the bell rang.

"Alright you guys, get to class. And I'd better not catch you playing in the hallways again," Bugs said.

"Right." The kids left the gym before Bugs could give them detentions.

Bugs gave Lola a quick kiss. "See ya baby." He left the gym.

That night Lola and Bugs were sitting on their back porch swing in their pajamas drinking martini's Bugs had mixed for them. It wasn't quite dark yet, the sky was a mix of orange and pink and Lola thought it was so beautiful she took a picture of it.

"Lola how come you don't want to play on a professional basketball team?" Bugs asked.

Lola sipped her martini. "I just don't want to. Didn't we go over this already?"

"You'd be really good though. You should do it."

Lola looked off into the horizon. "Why the hell should I try out for a professional team. Even if I did, I won't make it."

Bugs was surprised she'd say that. "Lola you're the best basketball player I've ever met. You can do things I've never seen anyone do before."

Lola sipped her drink again and looked at him. "Bugs I really don't want to talk about this right now."

Bugs put his arm around her shoulders. "Okay Lola. We don't have to talk about it if you don't want to."

That night while Lola was asleep he went into his at home office and got online. He searched for women's basketball teams in the area and found the L.A Callers. They were a really good team and their practices weren't far away. He printed out an application for a try out on Saturday and then searched for a pen.

Before he could start writing he paused. Lola said she didn't want to do it, she'd be really mad at him if he did this. But he could see that she had a lot of raw talent when she couldn't see it. He shook the thoughts out of his head and filled out the paper to the best of his ability. He'd send it out the next morning.

The next day at work was a long slow day. The majority of the students were falling asleep in class and the teachers would have fallen asleep too (thank god for espresso coffee!). And to make matters worse, it was chilly and cloudy outside.

After work Lola insisted her and Bugs took a walk through their backyard maze to spend some quality time together. So they were walking hand in hand through the maze talking and kissing. Then they got to their favorite spot, a soft grassy space shaded by a tree drooping over the hedge and the sun hitting at just the right angle. It was the perfect place to spend the afternoon eating lunch or having sex. They sat down and Lola rested her head on Bugs' shoulder.

Bugs had sent the letter about the audition out that morning before work telling Lola it was a letter to his brother. He knew he had to tell her about the try out sometime but now he was really starting to regret signing her up for it. He knew she'd be really mad at him for it, she'd told him she didn't want to do it. He decided to get it over with and then wait for her to claw his eyes out. "Lola are you sure you don't want to play basketball?"

Lola sighed and rolled her eyes. "Yes Bugs, I'm sure. You're not going to let this go are you?"

"Well…you have a try out for the L.A Callers on Saturday."

Lola sat up and glared at him. "What? Bugs Bunny you'd better be joking!"

Bugs shook his head. "I'm not joking. I signed you up for a try out and sent it in this morning."

Lola's glare hardened. She looked like she'd smack him. "That's what you mailed? You told me you were sending a letter to Carlton!"

"I didn't want you to get mad…"

"You think I'm not mad?" She looked away from him. "Why did you do that to me? I told you I didn't want to."

Bugs put his arm around her. "Lola I'm sorry." She didn't say anything. "Look just do it for me. Please? If you don't make it then you'll prove me wrong and we can move on with our lives. But if you make it then you don't have to do it. At least you'll know you're good enough."

Lola sighed as she gave in. "Fine, I'll do it. That doesn't mean I'll make it."

Bugs kissed her lips. "Don't be so negative. You've beaten Michael Jordan at least three times. If that's not good, I don't know what is."

Lola didn't want to admit it but she knew he was right. She really did beat Michael Jordan. She blew her bangs out of her face. "That doesn't mean anything," she said even though a small smile was creeping onto her face.

Bugs noticed it and it made him laugh. He kissed her again and they continued kissing.

On Saturday Lola was in the University of California gym where the auditions were taking place. She was sitting on the bleachers in her Toon Squad uniform from Space Jam. Whenever she wore it, it gave her confidence. Most of the other girls auditioning were sitting across the room chatting. Lola didn't really care though, she was always an outcast when she was younger and she was used to it by now. Her exclusion was the last thing on her mind though, she was now thinking of ways to hurt Bugs without actually killing him.

A girl came over to her. She couldn't have been older than twenty five, she had long jet black hair, she was wearing simple shorts and a DeMatha t-shirt, and was smakign a piece of gum. "Toon Squad? What kidn of team is that?" she said rudely.

Lola rolled her eyes. She wasn't about to let some chick barely out of her adolescent years make her mad. "It's a team Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan played on. Who played on your team, your grandma?"

The girl looked insulted. "You can't talk to me like that!"

"You talked to me like that first. Obviously no one ever taught you any manners. Allow me." Lola stood up and held up her fist. "Shut the hell up before you get a mouth full of my fist."

Another girl came over. She had short red hair and a freckled face. She reminded Lola of Strawberry Shortcake only older looking. "Christina why are you over here harassing her?"

Christina crossed her arms. "I'm not harassing her."

Strawberry Shortcake rolled her eyes. "Ignore her." She looked at Lola's shirt. "Toon Squad, where have I heard that before…?"

"Space Jam," Lola said.

Her face lit up. "Yeah Space Jam!" She looked Lola up and down. "Omg you're Lola Bunny aren't you?" Lola nodded. The girl glared at Christina and slapped her arm. "You can't talk to her like that! She's a celebrity."

"If you're a celebrity why are you here? Shouldn't you be making a movie or something?" Christina asked with her arms crossed.

"I'm not really a celebrity. And my husband convinced me to come here."

Strawberry Shortcake shook her hand. "I'm Marie."

"Alright ladies, let's see what you've got!" the coach said. She blew her whistle.

She made them all do drills and different kinds of shots and tricks. Then she let them free style for a while. Some of the girls there couldn't play for shit, but some were incredible. Lola got a little cocky and started showing off. She did a few dunks and lay ups and did her famous flip in the air which made everyone pause and stare in awe.

Not long after the coach blew her whistle again. "Good job ladies. I'll call you and let you know if you made the team."

Lola went over to the bleachers and grabbed her stuff to go change.

"Hey you…um…Lola!" the coach called. "Come here." Lola went over to her. "You know I usually call to let people know they made the team but I wanted to tell you personally, you're on the team."

Lola's jaw almost hit the fleshly polished floor. "Seriously?"

"Yes seriously. You're the most incredible player I've seen in a long time and it would be an honor to have you on my team."

Lola shook her hand. "Wow…um…thank you so much."

She chuckled at the surprised look on Lola's face. "You're very welcome."

Lola quickly changed and called Bugs to find out where he was. Then she went out to the parking lot and found him waiting for her in his Volkswagen. When she got in she hugged him tightly.

"Tell me what happened," Bugs said knowing it would be good.

"She told me I was the most incredible player she'd seen in a long time and she told me personally that it would be an honor to have me on her team," Lola said excitedly.

"That's great Lo." He kissed her and hugged her again. "Are you going to do it? I mean you don't have to if you don't want to but it would be great if you'd…"

Lola silenced him with a kiss. "The hell I'm doing it." They paused for a moment. "Thanks Bugs, for doing this for me."

"But you were mad at me."

"Well, if you had told me you were going to sign me up for this I wouldn't have done it. So…thanks."

"You're welcome. How come you thought you wouldn't make it before?"

Lola shrugged. "I didn't think I was good enough. I mean, I wanted to be a professional basketball player since I was a little kid but then it just turned into a hobby and I stopped thinking I could do it. And you proved me wrong."

Bugs was surprised by her confession. Lola had never told him this before. "Well I'm glad you're doing it."

Lola's basketball practices started a couple weeks later. They were four days a week at six to eight thirty. It was long and hard and Coach Sarah pushed them to their limits but she was glad she was doing it. She was rediscovering skills she'd long forgotten she had and her love for the game got stronger. The girl Christina actually stopped being a jerk and they became close friends.

A few weeks later after practice Lola was about to leave the gym to go home when she was stopped by Coach Sarah. "Lola, you almost forgot this. Your first pay check."

"Thank you." Lola took it and saw the amount. "$8,000? Are you serious? I've never gotten paid that much in my life!"

Coach Sarah laughed. "You're a professional now Lola, you get paid for your skills. Keep it up and you'll be rich by the end of the season."

All of the practices were tiring though. On top of playing basketball professionally, she was still teaching at Acme Looniversity and coaching basketball there. After coaching there some days she had to go straight to her own practices. It got to be very tiring sometimes and by the time she got home she was ready to crash.

One night she was laying in her and Bugs' bed with her eyes closed not necessarily asleep.

Bugs came over to her and sat next to her. "Hey Lola."

Lola turned over and smiled at him. "Hey love."

He leaned down to kiss her. "Tired?"

Lola nodded. "Very. I didn't think it would be this exhausting."

Bugs chuckled. "Now you know how I feel when I'm making movies." He pulled her close to him and kissed her lips passionately. "Looks like you could use a massage." She smiled in anticipation knowing what Bugs' massages lead to. She got on her stomach and he started to massage her and it felt wonderful. He kissed her neck while he massaged her then he took her shirt off and put her sweet smelling massage oils on her. Then he just started caressing her and finally she couldn't take it anymore. She rolled over and wrapped her legs around him and kissed him as hard as she could wanting his body. Soon they were taking each other's clothes off and enjoyed their night of passion.

A week later Lola had her first game. All her friends were in the audience cheering her on. They were winning 67-62. Thirty seconds left on the clock. They were going to win.

Damn, the other team scored.

Lola searched the court for an open shot and she saw a space the other team had left open. She called a time out as a plan formulated in her mind. She called her team over and they huddled up.

"What ya got?" Christina asked.

"I'm going to be over there and I'll be open. Get the ball to Marie and Marie give it to me as soon as you can."

"Cool."

They broke up and Lola went over to where she said she'd be wide open. The referee blew the whistle and the game started again. Christina got Marie the ball. She dodged a few other players and tossed it to her. Three seconds. Lola caught it then dribbled over to the net. She was almost blocked but managed to get through and she made the shot. The buzzer went off for the end of the game and they had won.

Her friends were all cheering for her and she saw Bugs give her a thumbs up. She motioned for him to come to her and he did. When he got down there, he grabbed her and twirled her around and kissed her deeply.

Christina tapped her on her shoulder. "He's your husband?" she asked in disbelief.

Lola nodded. "Yeah, who did you think I was talking about?"

Christina walked away grumbling to herself. Now she just had another reason to be jealous of Lola.

Lola woke up feeling something blowing in her ear. It made her jump slightly and she turned over and found Bugs grinning innocently. She glared. "You had to wake me up? I was having an amazing dream."

Bugs rested his chin in his hand. "What was it about?"

Lola blushed. "Well…we were on the beach fucking…"

Bugs nodded. "Uh huh. I like this dream. You wanna do it for real?" He rolled on top of her and started kissing her and she giggled. He ran his hands up her thin camisole feeling her breasts and it made her shiver slightly. All of a sudden she yawned. "Way to ruin the mood Lola."

Lola laughed. "I'm sorry. I'll have sex with you later, I'm tired."

He kissed her neck. "Okay. Do you want breakfast? I'll make you an omelet."

"Yum!"

They got out of bed and went downstairs. Bugs made them both omelets and they ate them at the dining room table while discussing their lives so far. Afterwards they were in the living room watching Doctor Oz when the door bell rang.

"I'll get it," Lola said. She got up and went to open the door.

"Hi Lola!" Miranda exclaimed. She hugged her tightly. Miranda was Lola's cousin. She was strawberry blonde, wearing frilly clothes (as usual), and was so girly and giggly sometimes it made Lola want to shoot herself. Lola considered her a best friend though; they'd grown up together and were around the same age Miranda just being a little over a month older. Miranda had always been the perfect child though, she was pretty, popular, and had all the approval of both their parents that Lola had never gotten because she wasn't an ideal daughter. Eventually though Lola had gotten over it and learned to put her resentment aside realizing that her and Miranda were two separate people and always would be.

"Shit, are you trying to shatter my ear drums?" Lola said.

Miranda giggled. "Sorry." She stepped inside and looked around in awe. Even though she'd been to this house a thousand times, the beauty of it still amazed her. In a way, Miranda was a bit jealous of Lola. Miranda had been in "love" with Bugs since she was five years old, she'd seen every single one of his cartoons, and had collected merchandise from him all her life. Lola had only started caring about him since she got in the movie and to this day she still hadn't seen half of his cartoons. And yet Lola got lucky and now she was married to him with all of this at her finger tips.

Lola smirked. "You've been here how many times, and you still can't get over this place?"

"It's just so beautiful…" Miranda snapped out of her trance and turned to Lola. "So anyway, you and me are going shopping."

Lola rolled her eyes. She had no intention of going anywhere all day. She looked down at her pajamas and then back at Miranda. "Miranda, do I look like I want to go shopping right now?"

"Good luck getting her to actually go somewhere," Bugs said. They looked up and saw him leaning against the wall apparently listening to their whole conversation.

"Please Lola?"

Lola shook her head. "Not a chance."

"…"

Lola held up her hands to stop her. "Alright if it gets you to shut up. Let me go get dressed." With that, she went upstairs.

"Wow, I didn't think she'd leave the house all weekend," Bugs said.

"You've just to know how to get her out of the house. If you annoy her half to death, she'll do whatever you want," Miranda said.

Bugs nodded. "True shit."

Lola came downstairs wearing shorts and a t-shirt. "Are you happy now Miranda?"

Miranda nodded. "Of course I am, who else is going to tell me if my outfits are cute and be honest about it."

Bugs laughed. "Well Lola's person to come to if you want someone honest."

Lola came over to him and kissed his lips. "Bye."

"Have fun."

After hours of following Miranda to almost every store in the mall, they were in the food court. Lola had to admit though, it was fun. She even found a few cute outfits herself. They were sitting at a table with Chinese food in front of them.

"I'm coming to your next game," Miranda said.

Lola snickered. "Okay, sure, if you can keep up."

Miranda looked insulted. "I know how the game works Lola."

"Then how come you can't play?"

"Not everyone is as gifted as you."

Lola looked over at the Pizza Hut they were sitting near. Behind the counter was a tall guy with curly black hair a freckled face and a Pizza Hut cap. She looked at Miranda with a smirk. "See that guy over there?"

Miranda looked at him. "Yeah, so what?"

"I dare you to go over there and tell him he's hot and you want to get laid by him."

Miranda looked horrified. "No way! I'll sound like a slut!"

Lola crossed her arms. "Fine. Just tell him you think he's hot. I dare you."

Miranda stood up and glared at her. "I hate you Lola."

Lola watched as she went over to the guy. She shook her head and held back a satisfied laugh. She was always harassing Miranda with these stupid dares and Miranda had yet to learn not to do them. She watched as a smile spread across his freckled face and Miranda giggled. Lola's face fell; she wasn't supposed to be laughing she was supposed to be humiliated! Miranda came back over to her with a satisfied look on her face. "Well?"

"I got his number!" Miranda squealed.

Lola crossed her arms and glared at her. "I hate you Miranda."

Basketball was making Lola more famous than everywhere before. She was making big bucks and everyone wanted to interview her. She even got to play in Chicago, New York, and Washington. She treated Bugs to a weekend in Las Vegas. She loved every second of it and she couldn't be more grateful to Bugs for convincing her to do this.

After one of her games, her and Bugs, Daffy, Melissa, Sylvester, and Sylvia had gone to Red Lobster. They all had shrimp and fish and crabs and lobster in front of them while they talked about Lola's game.

"I wish I could play like you Lola. You were all whoosh, and bam, and slam dunk!" Sylvia said as dramatically as always.

"Yeah really, that was tight," Sylvester said.

"Especially that shot you made where you flipped in the air," Melissa said.

Bugs put his arm around her. "That's my girl."

Lola giggled modestly. "You guys, you're making me blush."

Sylvester pointed and laughed at Lola's red faced. "Wow she really is blushing," he said thinking she was being sarcastic at first.

Daffy put his head in his hand. "So Lola, I hear basketball players get paid a lot. Exactly how much did you get paid?" Lola took her pay check out of her wallet and showed him. He was so surprised his beak fell off his face to the table making everyone laugh. He put it back on so he could speak. "Damn! Maybe I should be a basketball player."

Bugs elbowed him. "You have to learn how to play first."

Daffy slapped him away. "Shut up."