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Chapter 10

Buster was up all night beating himself up along with the rest of his burrow, he kept yelling and cursing Barry's name until he saw something in front of him that made him scream another name. He made it in front of a mirror and saw his own reflection and immediately began hating himself. His rage proved too much as he started to realize that his own faults were just as big as Babs' and Barry's, "I hate myself!" he yelled, "It's all my fault! Why didn't I listen to reason?!" he began running through the burrow once more as he sobbed but this time instead of punching the walls he bashed his head face-first into the mirrors leaving his face with shards of glass and blood marks. His already swollen eye was getting worse but Buster didn't seem to care, his emotional pain hurt much more than the physical one he endured two nights ago, his realization hit him harder than anything he was hit with during gym class. Once again he stopped his assault on his home and dropped down on his knees when he saw Babs photo on the ground, still out of its frame but left untouched.

"I'm so sorry, Babs," Buster said as more tears came down, "I should've done this better, I'm such an idiot for doin' this, I don't deserve you." He picked up the photo and walked to his desk where he pulled out a piece of paper and began writing something in angst.

…

Babs woke up to a hangover; despite it, she checked her body for any hickeys from drunks or any numbers from them. After doing a double-check she heard a knock on her bedroom door, "Babs honey," her mom said softly, "you have a visitor," the pink bunny didn't even want to know who it was, she just wanted to be left alone.

"Hey Babs." Babs recognized that voice, "what do you want, Binky, haven't you done enough damage to me already?"

"I deserve that," the purple bunny said, "but I didn't come here to fight with you anymore, I came regarding Buster."

"Look just do me a favor," Babs said as she started to work her way around her hangover, "take good care of him, he lost his mother and him and his father have issues, but whatever, it looks like you won, you finally replaced me."

"No, no I didn't."

"But I-"

"Saw us at the Cool Club last night? Yeah, I know."

"But how-"

"The car mirrors on his windows, I saw you there in your dress."

"Well whatever, he's all yours now anyway."

"See, that's where you're wrong, Babs, yeah I went home with him and even though something could've happened, it didn't."

"What do you mean?" Babs was now eager to hear his, "he stopped me before I could do anything more," Binky said, Babs scowled at her, the thought of her and Buster together for real this time made her sick again, "he told me to leave, he couldn't go through with it." Babs turned away from her, "doesn't change anything," she told Binky.

"Well what do you want me to say, Babs?!" Binky yelled causing Babs to wince due to her hangover, "that I was jealous that you were with someone like Buster? That you were very lucky to have him because he doesn't go around hoppin' on the first piece of tail he sees? Because you know what? Yes! I was jealous and I still am! You know how hard it is to find a good man that has a bright personality, attractive and isn't unfaithful?! Of course you don't, you've only had Buster and I got stuck with Barry!"

Babs turned back to her and scowled, "well why did you keep getting back with him?! If he was hurting you that much then why did you stay?!" At this point, Babs realized that she was asking the same question everyone kept asking her regarding Buster, she became so distracted by her realization that she almost ignored Binky.

"I couldn't leave him because I didn't want to be alone!" Binky said as her voice started to break, "he was all I had! I tried to make it work and I tried to change him but no matter what I did it didn't change a damn thing! Once a Perfecto always a Perfecto and I'm never going back down that road again!" Babs looked down at Binky as she collapsed before her, the pueple bunny looked up at her, "don't be like me, Babs," she said, "go back to Buster, he needs you, I know he does, he may not be the best guy, or the smartest or brightest but compared to any other, is it really worth it just to give up? That's not the Babs Buster told me so much about!"

The pink rabbit thought about it, her eyes started to get a little teary, "how do you know that's how he really feels? Why should I even believe you? You were once a Perfecto, can I even trust you?"

Binky's face became serious, "if I was lying would I be coming over here to try and make peace with you?!" Binky tried her hardest to get Babs to believe her, "if Buster didn't love you anymore then he still would've gone home with some other bitch last night and he'd still kick them out the same way he did with me!" Binky breathed heavily, hoping that she was getting through to her, "he couldn't go through with it, didn't it feel weird the same way when you did it with Barry?!"

The pink rabbit revisited those horrid thoughts and realized that she was right. Babs remembered the first time she slept with the older rabbit, it almost felt like he didn't know what he was doing, but that was just her, she only had Buster before him as Binky said. Buster really did care, he wouldn't have rejected the girl Babs was suspicious of in the beginning if he didn't, even if his brain wasn't fully there. Love can make anyone go crazy, it is a strong emotion after all. Babs still wasn't sure, she still loved Buster and they both did mistakes, big ones at that with regrets right behind, and they're still going to make them. But none of them are perfect and despite their flaws it never stopped them before, "I'm getting him back!" Babs claimed, she finally decided and was going through with it, Binky stood up and wiped a tear as a small smile grew on her, "go get him, Babs, a guy like him should never go to waste," Binky said softly, "a couple like you needs to stay together, I've seen the way you guys were, you're perfect for each other!" Babs hugged Binky, "I'm so sorry for everything," she said, "I'll make it up to you!"

"Just go to Buster's, we'll call it even when I see you two together again." Babs ran to her dresser and quickly changed, she noticed the ring still on her bed and made a grab for it. But before she could make another move, she was halted when she received a call, "Shirley? I can't talk now I-"

"Like Babs, hurry over to Buster's NOW!" Her voice sounded scared and her speech was in a rush.

"That's where I'm going-"

"Well hurry up! I'm, like, sensing MONDO bad vibes coming from his burrow, get over there NOW!" Babs, confused, wasted no time so she rushed out of her burrow and over to Buster's.

…

Rodney Bunny, Babs' father, waited for his old friend Bugs Bunny to arrive at Acme Park, the scheduled to meet up after the disaster at the party. Rodney was very upset, his daughter was heartbroken and he felt that somehow he had some fault in it. Maybe, aside from Buster's incompetence on handling the surprise party, his parenting skills played a part on how Babs grew up. He didn't know what to do or what to think, he raised Babs right, didn't he? She never failed a class, never got in trouble with the law nor did she ever come home with more than one guy; that is until that one night. But he was sure that, despite a mistake here and there, he was still a good father, right?

Bugs dug his way to Acme Park and popped out to land next to Rodney on the bench, "looks like ya' took the right turn at Albuquerque," Rodney said sarcastically, "ya' know ya' coulda' joined us," Bugs replied, "it coulda' woiked' doc."

"They wanted me to change my name to Rodney Rabbit, seems unfair that they'd let all of you to keep your names while I stay as the only one with a different last name."

"Well, Rod, dey' didn't want fans t' get da' wrong idea and tink' we was related, it's a misunda'standin' dat' Warners didn't wanna' go trough' wit' da' fans."

"I know, but still, I felt excluded from everyone else, it was like camp all over again."

Bugs turned to him, "it was a long time ago, doc, but da' offer's still on da' table wheneva' ya' interested."

Rodney chuckled, "yeah, like I'm going to lose all this weight in time for that role," he said, "but I can still dream."

The two older rabbits chuckled until their little laughter died out, "what happened to us, Bugs?" Rodney sighed, "we were so young and eager to face the world, what happened?" Bugs smirked, "eh, some of us got jobs," he looked over to the bigger rabbit, "an' some of us got married."

"And the kids, oh God don't forget the kids!"

"Hey doc, I got lucky, I only got da' one!"

The rabbits laughed some more until their laughter died out once again, silence took over for a minute until Rodney broke it, "that Barry kid really screwed Babs over-"

"Rodney, dey' all screwed up," Bugs interrupted, "Buster didn't handle da' surprise party well an' cau'zed Babs ta' be suspicious, an' she in toin' didn't trust him enough when she' tought' dat' der' mighta' been some'ting goin' on der.' I tink' in da' case wit' dis' Barry kid it kinda' speaks fa' itself."

"Be honest with me," Rodney's tone became more serious, his loud booming voice started to soften, "am I a bad father? Did I do something wrong when I was raising Babs?"

Bugs shook his head, "Penny asked me da' same ting about Buster," he replied, "I tot' I was a bad fadah' to him but what we have in common is dat' we did raise 'em right, Buster may hate me, he has ev'ry right to but he's comin' around. If he can do dat' wit' me den' surely he can do da' same ting' wit' Babs."

"But I basically neglected her," the bigger bunny said, "when I was laid off I went through depression and practically left my family behind, I dropped her off at the dance where she met this son of a bitch!"

Bugs tried to calm him down, "ya' raised her right, kids were born ta' make mistakes, dat's how dey' loin', but still, she came from you, a coulda'-been Looney Tune, dat's why I took her under my wing, as well as Honey and Bosko until finally Lola." Rodney stared at the ground, "but you're Buster's father, he's supposed to forgive you, that's the rules of family."

"Well ta' be fair, Rod, Babs is his family," Bugs said, "ya' know she was der' when Honey left us, dat's what made der' frien'ship grow and blossom into what it is now…er was, for now anyway."

Rodney looked up, "what are you saying?"

"I'm sayin' dat' Babs an' Buster can't be separated no matter what, dey' can get past dis,' ev'ry relationship hits a pole sometimes but what can make it stronger is how it can survive."

Rodney shifted in his seat, "you know, I wasn't always 100% with Babs being with your boy," he said, "but as a father I'm never 100% with any guy she'd date," he faced Bugs, "but I noticed how happy she was whenever she was with him, she'd come home from school and just talk about how Buster kept making her laugh throughout class, the occasional detention because they disrupted the staff, knowing that he was your son kind of relieved me, but don't tell her that."

Bugs laughed, "ya' secret's safe wit' me, doc." Rodney nodded, "I want them back together, I can't stand seeing my little girl like this," Rodney said as his ears started to droop, "I never thought I'd say this about our kids but they need each other bad!" Bugs nodded, "I know what ya' mean, Rod," he agreed, "Buster's reckless behavior could mean da' end of dem' as we know it, I can only imagine what happened when he went to da' Cool Club las' night."

"I know what happened," Rodney said with a hint of anger, "Babs came home drunk."

Bugs' eyes widened, "is she alright? What happened?"

"I saw the wife carry her in, she was already passed out so for once I had the good fortune not to see her like that but when I asked her what happened she said she snuck out to the club when she found out Buster was at the club." Bugs listened closely, "Babs said that she saw your boy walking out with that Binky girl." Bugs felt a strike of disappointment hit him hard, he was so sure that Buster still loved Babs but after hearing this he couldn't help but feel failure on all parties.

"I'm sorry, Rod, I wasn't expectin' dis."

"Don't be, your boy should be the one who's sorry, and if he did what I hope he didn't do last night then he can forget about getting back together with my little girl."

"Ya' just said dat' ya' wanted 'em back together."

"I did but now I realize that Buster has a lot of growing up to do, Babs deserves a man, not a little boy, now I see why she ditched him for that Perfecto years ago."

Nerves were being touched and lines were being crossed, "ok, Rod," Bugs' tone grew angrier, "I do agree wit' you on Babs needin' a man an' Buster growin' up but ya' can't say dat' she was betta' off with Barry, he was playin' da' whole field!"

"I know that and he deserves whatever's comin' to him, but still, he needs to know that whatever mistakes he does have consequences! Why did he need to purposely get my Babs worked up, to surprise her at her party? With an engagement proposal that I wasn't even aware of?! What made him think nothing could go wrong there?!"

"Well if Babs didn't develop trust issues den' maybe-" Bugs stopped his ranting when he realized something, "hey Rodney," he said cautiously to his confused friend, "does dis' feel right to you?" Rodney stood there dumbfounded, "what are you talking about?!"

"Dis,' we just described our kids an' fa' some reason those descriptions just sounded…incorrect."

Rodney took a few seconds to realize the question and then thought about it, it took him a while but he finally realized it too, "Babs would never betray Buster this way, I raised her to be a lady not someone's mistress, and she would never trust a Perfecto, even she knows that!" He looked at his friend with a look that pretty much demanded answers.

"An' Buster would never tink' about makin' Babs purposely mad unless der' was some'ting funny behind it ta' make 'em both laugh. He wouldn't betray Babs' loyalty, he's too much of a goof-ball to do dat' even Lola tink's so." The two looked at each other and realized it, "they care for each other too much to break things up!" they said simultaneously. "Bugs, what is going on here?!" Rodney jumped off the bench and began looking around in paranoia, "this doesn't feel right!"

"I don't know what's goin' on," Bugs answered, "but we need ta' get outta' here, Rodney, ting's jus' seem too…outta' characta'?" Rodney looked around, "you know the feeling like you're being watched?" Bugs nodded, "look who ya' talkin' too." He received a sarcastic look from the bigger rabbit, "well, this feels like it, not exactly but similar, I don't know how but more like being…visualed?" Bugs needed to get out of there, "let's get outta' here Rod, dis' is too weird, oh an' b'fore I fa'ghet, I need da' ring ta' retoin' it." Rodney's eyes widened as he realized something else, "I forgot to bring it," he said in shock, "last I saw it it was still in Babs' room, she didn't seem to want to let it go!" Bugs was too shocked to even care about the ring now, he was more focused about how out-of-character Babs and Buster were acting, "what is goin' on here?" they asked themselves.

…

Buster finished writing his letter, he looked over to Babs' photo and folded the paper. He walked it over to his already trashed bed and reached under it to pull out a small box. He opened it and looked inside to see a 9mm gun surrounded with package puffs. He remembered thinking about getting one around the time after his mother passed away as he was left as the man of the house. He wanted to protect himself but didn't want anyone to know he had a weapon so he hid it away from when the time was right. He managed to purchase one when he kept hearing about criminals such as Knuckles Cutlet and the masked murderer from their past summer vacation and knew that danger could be anywhere. Now he intended to use it to protect someone, his look on the whole situation made him realize that he needed to protect Babs…from himself.

…

Babs made it to Buster's burrow and jumped inside, it was too quiet and it scared her, she didn't want to think whatever happened, "Buster?" she asked for him but there was no reply. She walked through his house and continued to call for him.

…

The blue rabbit looked at the photo again, "if I could do it all over again I would, I'd do it better." He kissed the photo, "I love you, Babsy, I'm so sorry." He slowly raised the gun over to the side of his head and had pointed so it touched his temple.

Babs walked inside in time to witness the whole scenario, "Buster?" she then screamed in horror when she noticed the gun in his hand pointed at himself. A startled Buster turned around to see her only to lose his grip on the gun. In a split second he reached for it again to grab it before it hit the ground but Babs ran and tackled as she saw Buster and the gun too far away from each other to even take the risk. The only sound that was heard was a gunshot as both bunnies fell to the ground, "BAAAABS!" Buster yelled in horror as his entire vision blurred.

To be concluded…

A/N: Alright, if anyone knows or thinks how the story ends, don't spoil it for anyone who doesn't, that's all I ask. Review, next week will mark the ending, afterwards I'll ask that you stay tuned, there's more to come from me. I know this fic is pretty sad and it took a dark turn but please wait until next time for the conclusion, I'm really excited for it. Thank you all for reading and I'll see you all next week!