Wow...almost a year and I only update now: I'm such a horrible person!

I'm sorry, but school work, writer's block and just...life in general have made me take this long to write: so sorry about that.

But I'm back with a new chapter, new inspiration, already plans in place for the next chapter: but less time to write it in due to exams...

...But oh well - I'll make time!

This chapter is a little bit...mature: not SUPER mature, just...I don't know, there are small references to certain things, but you'd only get them if you were old enough/read in between the lines. So that's not too bad, I guess.

Also, this chapter is a little bit angst-y, sorry about that: but it's a little bit essential. The next chapter should be...slightly more uplifting. Not sure: I haven't written it yet!

Anyway: here's Chapter 37 - 'Revelations'.

(There is implied nudity in this, and osme sexual themes which is why I put the warning it, but it's only implied: nothing is detailed.)

It was evening and the Loonatics, along with Lexi's family (and Leah) were seated at a large circular table in one of Acmetropolis' finest restaurants. The sun was setting and so the restaurant took on a golden glow as the sun's last rays were focussed directly into the restaurant – the large gathering of friends and family were seated outside, as the temperature meant it was warm enough to do so, and so were seated in an outside area of the restaurant which overlooked the bay, which currently shimmered as the sun's light hit the tiny crests of ripples and mini-waves on the water.

There was a warm, gentle breeze blowing through off of the bay, and out over the Atlantic, a magnificent sculpture of clouds was building into a distant thunderstorm – it glowed in the light, making it look both beautiful and menacing as the sun's light caught differing levels of cloud, illuminating details which would have otherwise been invisible if it was mid-day.

The Loonatics and Bunny family laughed at a joke which one of Lexi's brothers was telling of an experience during training. The topic had turned military after Tech had spotted an air force plane flying a circuit several miles to their north.

"I've never seen why people think planes are the best part of the air force; I think that it's the helicopters that do the ballsiest stuff." Mitchell remarked

"…But aren't you trainin' to be a fighter pilot?" Ace questioned, he looked at the group and then back to Mitchell, picking up his glass as he did so, "I just thought dat if dat was da case, ya'd be more on da side of planes dan choppers?" He took a sip from his drink as he waited for a response from one of Lexi's brothers. He was surprised when his query was answered by Lexi, he turned his head to look at her; she was sitting next to him.

She spoke quietly, as if in doing so it might make it less obvious that Ace didn't know of the regime. "The air force is trying this experimental thing: all trainee pilots need to get their qualification in fighter jets before they can move onto other types of aircraft. Michael is transferring onto Cargo planes once fighter training finishes, and Mitchell's gonna be flying helicopters when training's over." She smiled at him and they turned back to the group.

Ace nodded, he still had another query in response to that one though, but Rev voiced it instead.

"But-why-make-you-train-for-aircraft-you-don't-even-intend-to-fly? Surely-it's-a-waste-of-your-time, their-time, and-the-money-of-the-defence-network, and-then-of-course-there's-the-tax-payers…"

Lexi's family and Leah seemed confused by the question: having not been able to pick up many words as too many seemed to stream out of the bird's mouth at once.

Tech translated for them, "He wants to know why you guys can't go onto your preferred aircraft and learn to fly that first."

Lexi's father answered to this, "Back in the war, they ran out of pilots to do bombings, and more tactical warfare. They were…relatively fine with helicopter pilots as they were there mainly for troop transportation and med-e-vacs. Too many fighters got shot down, so they lost the ability to do a lot. They learnt from that: nowadays, any pilot wanting to earn a licence learns to fly fighters first, so there's if there's a repeat of what happened twenty years ago, there are thousands more who can be called up."

Tech and Rev nodded.

Spencer piped up at this point, "Speaking of warfare," he seemed to have a small change of heart and spoke quieter, "John's been posted."

Lexi furrowed her eyebrows and sat up, alert, "What? When?"

"Last week." Pete responded to her, slightly quieter. He leaned forwards when he took in Lexi's shocked and worried expression, "he'll be fine, Lex."

Lexi, looking obviously worried, simply nodded and took a sip from her glass of water. Soon the waiter arrived to take their food orders.

Lexi and Ace, who had opted to run some errands earlier that day and had met the rest of the team and Lexi's family at the restaurant, now walked home, hand in hand; down the darkened streets of Acmetropolis.

"Are you alright, Lex – ya seem quiet?" Ace questioned her with a concerned look. Not many people were on this block: there were no people walking by, and very few cars passed by. Ace stopped them and placed his hands on her shoulders, "is everyt'in' okay?"

Lexi nodded hesitantly, "I'm just worried about John…" she noticed his look of confusion, "…the guy who Pete said has been posted."

Ace gave her a questioning look, "What do ya mean 'posted'?"

Lexi gave a small sigh, "He's in the Military. Army…special forces." She looked down at her feet and then back at him, "This is his second posting as special forces, he's been on tours before when he was in the Marines, but now…he does riskier missions, with fewer people: and they're the first in." She ran a hand through her hair and ears, "I always get worries every time he, and other friends of ours, get sent out. They're all my brother's friends and they grew up together, so I've known them all since I was a kid. I've known John since I was three. So every time he gets sent out, I get really scared something will happen to him: he's like another brother to me. Plus, thinking about him and others going out, it always makes me think of my brothers: in a few months, or a year, it will be them too. I'm scared I'll lose one of them."

Ace gave her a half smile; he didn't know what to say. He pulled her into a hug and rubbed her back: it was all he could think to do.

Lexi mumbled into his shirt, but he still heard her: "And I don't know why the others didn't say anything…they know we're close – I thought they would have let me know the moment it happened."

Ace kissed her, "Maybe dey just didn't want to frighten ya. Or stress ya out."

Lexi leant back and nodded after a moment, "Good point." She hugged him tightly and kissed him, "Thanks." She smiled at him.

"No problem." Ace smiled back at her. "Now come here." He leaned forwards and kissed her, placing his hands on her hips whilst she placed hers on his chest, and Lexi found herself pressed against the side of a building - neither were too concerned that their kissing was occurring in public, besides: only cars were going by and no people were about because it was late at night on a work night.

Suddenly, Ace moved his hands to her stomach and began to tickle her. "Ace, no!" Lexi squealed as she tried to squirm her way away from him, but to no avail. Ace smiled at her reaction as she writhed around in front of him; she laughed loudly and let out a small scream as she tried to remove his fingers from her stomach by holding onto his forearms.

"Hey, hey: what's going on here?"

Ace and Lexi were interrupted when they heard a concerned male voice, the sound of two car doors slamming shut, and two pairs of feet walking hastily towards them. Ace turned around and Lexi looked up over his shoulder and both were surprised to see two members of the Acmetropolis Police Department running towards them – the two men obviously had the wrong idea of what was going on.

Lexi decided to speak, realising that this situation did look a bit shifty, and so they would never listen to Ace 'the 'assailant'. "It's not what you think!" She put her hands up to try and persuade them, before holding onto one of Ace's hands: hoping they would realise the two were together, not strangers; she was also determined that they wouldn't take Ace away from her.

The two officers raised an eyebrow at the pair and then exchanged glances; looking somewhat wearily at Ace.

"We're together…he was…tickling me. We didn't realise it would look so…"

"…alarmin'…" Ace finished for her, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand.

Lexi was worried: she had a feeling the two police officers didn't believe her; they wouldn't recognise them as being part of the Loonatics either, it was dark, and they were out of uniform. However, she remembered her ID badge in her bag. "Wait a second." All eyes fell onto the hand bag which rested by her hip. She fumbled around in it for a few moments before pulling out her purse, and then the ID badge which showed her as a member of the Loonatics. Following this, Ace also pulled his ID out from the wallet in his blazer, too: both Bunnies handed the IDs to the officers.

The cops looked at the images on the ID badges, and then at the two bunnies in front of them, satisfied that they were who the ID badges said they were, the cards were handed back to the respective bunny. "That doesn't exactly change things though." The original officer said, still looking at Ace with a somewhat suspicious look. Lexi bit her lip.

"Please," Lexi frowned as she looked up at the two men in front of her, "it's not like that."

The two police officers exchanged glances, and the officer who hadn't spoken yet looked at Lexi, "So you're not hurt: he wasn't doing anything wrong?"

Lexi nodded, "Nothing was wrong."

The two men nodded and the first policeman spoke again, "Alright then. Try and be a little less…convincing, next time." He looked at Ace as he said this, he then addressed both bunnies. "Goodnight." Ace nodded in response to both things said by the officer, and Lexi gave a small wave as the two men headed to their car and gave the couple another look before continuing with their patrol; However, the bunny couple noticed how they drove slow as if to confirm that there wasn't anything wrong with what the two superheroes had told them.

Lexi and Ace turned around, back to the direction they were heading, and held hands once more. "Sorry about dat, Lex." Ace pulled a grim face, "I never realised until den: but dat mustn't have looked right."

Lexi nodded, "Yeah. But it's alright – I know you weren't doing anything wrong." She kissed his cheek and had a quick look around to see if the cops were still in the area; they weren't. Lexi let go of Ace's hand and smiled at him when he gave her a questioning look. She subtly slowed her pace, before hitching her dress up slightly above her knees and jumping onto his back.

Ace was strong enough that the action didn't make him fall over, and he was able to comfortably support her, however; he wasn't expecting that, and so let out a small grunt of surprise. "You tryin' to get me arrested?" He smirked and raised an eyebrow at her, turning his head to hers as far as he could, as he hooked his arms under her legs which rested by his hips, ensuring she didn't fall off; whilst her hands rested on his chest.

"Noooooo." Lexi giggled, responding in a mock-lying tone. Besides, the piggy-back wouldn't look so suspicious anyway. She kissed the top of his head, between his ears, "Wow. I've never been able to do that before: I could never reach." She smiled at him, and Ace smiled back, though she couldn't see it. Lexi laughed after a moment. "Now, take me home!"

"Well, I'm beat." Lexi exclaimed with an exhausted sigh as she flopped back onto her and Ace's bed.

Ace smiled and loosened his tie, sitting beside her. "Oh really. You didn't have to carry someone on your back for nine blocks, up an elevator, and through two doors, missy." He spoke in a jocular way, and Lexi gave him a guilty yet mischievous smile back.

He bent down to kiss her, tossing his tie and shirt onto the floor in front of him. "Come on Lex," he leaned over her, looking into her tired eyes, and smiled, "let's get you ready for bed." He gently slipped his hands under her back and unzipped her dress, planting a small kiss on her lips as he did so. He then crouched on the floor in front of her and removed her high-heeled shoes, placing them by the bedside table. He then stood up and looked down at her, her eyes were shut: a sign of her fatigue – but she wasn't asleep. He gave her a small chuckle and smiled.

"I'll be a minute." He bent down and kissed her before turning towards the bathroom, hearing her mutter something in response. Ace entered the bathroom and brushed his teeth before removing his belt and trousers. He then returned to the bed, picked up his shirt and tie, and went back to the bathroom: placing his shirt and trousers in the laundry hamper, and leaving the belt and tie on the bench: he'd put them away in the morning.

He then sat on the bed again, next to Lexi, and gave her a smile – she hadn't moved since he last saw her, and was still tired. "Come on, Lex." He rubbed her upper arm gently.

"I'm too tired!" Lexi smiled and rubbed her eyes before looking up at him, giving him an exhausted, yet happy look.

Ace rolled his eyes at her in a jocular way. He smiled back at her and went over to the chest of draws opposite the end of the bed; there he pulled out a fresh pair of pyjama pants for Lexi, and a vest top. He walked back over to Lexi and set the clothes down on the bed.

Upon realising that Ace had got out her pyjamas for her, Lexi tiredly sat up and smiled at him, "Thanks..." She grinned at him and kissed him. They pulled away from a moment, before Lexi placed a hand on his cheek and kissed him again, "…but I don't really feel like getting changed quite yet." She spoke softly and kissed him once more.

Ace sat back and looked at her, confused, "I thought you were tired?" He raised an eyebrow at her.

Lexi smiled back at him and ran her index finger down the centre of his chest, "Well...you know…" She smirked at him and kissed him again, "...I'm never too tired for you." A moment passed before Lexi laughed and broke her gaze with Ace, "I'm sorry," she rested her hand on his shoulder, "that sounded really corny – "

She was about to continue when Ace suddenly kissed her and smiled, "why are you so self-conscious?" He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her again, before moving his lips to her neck and collarbone.

Lexi didn't answer, she didn't need to, and couldn't: she was trying hard not to moan – not exactly wanting her family to hear what they were getting up to – and allowed him to continue what he was doing. She felt his hand move to rest on her leg, beneath her dress, and felt him slide his hand down to her ankle; running his hand back up against the fur to probe her calf and knee. She felt her breathing pick up and was once again reminded of the same feeling she always bore when she was with him. When she and Ace were together like this, she felt safe and complete: knowing that he wouldn't let anything happen to her. She felt all her worries and stresses melt away, and felt as though time stood still and only she and he existed. And she loved all of those feelings, just like she loved Ace.

She sat up slightly, enough to lift her shoulders and waist from the bed, and slid the straps of her dress down her shoulders, allowing Ace to do the rest as she removed her arms and hands from the straps, and he gently pulled the article free from her. She lay back down and continued to kiss him, now dressed only in her underwear, as he was. She felt one of his warm hands rest on her waist, and then slide down and stop on her hip; caressing the soft fur which covered the bone.

Ace smiled at her as he kissed her, feeling one of her hands subconsciously stroking his fur which she seemed to love so much. He loved these moments with her – not only because right now she was scantily dressed, on a bed and alone with him, of course not: he simply enjoyed the closeness and how free he could feel with her; not having to worry about being the leader for a moment, and being able to unwind just with her. His other half.

There was always a point in this stage of their kissing, which presented Ace with a slight concern. The 'next' step in what they were doing. They had done it lots of times before, he couldn't even quite remember how many times; but every time it got to this stage, and another later on, he'd be lying if he said he didn't struggle with his actions…

The next stage involved the removal of the last remnants of clothing: of course that was an easy task physically, but morally he always had second thoughts. These second thoughts occurred due to what had happened to Lexi three years ago. It would be Ace's worst nightmare for it to happen to her again, and he wouldn't know what he would do if he ever came close to doing anything like that - causing her pain, terror and suffering. That's why he always proceeded with caution, always checked her reactions to everything he did; always asked if he could continue doing what he was doing.

He never wanted to take her by surprise, do anything when she wasn't ready, hurt her or discomfort her in anyway. He always felt guilty when, on some nights after they had taken part in these such activities, Lexi would have small nightmares of what had happened to her three years ago in Utah: Ace would wake up, feeling her fidget and hearing her moan with displeasure and fear – then he'd have to wake her up and comfort her that it was just a dream and she was alright.

He would feel appalled with himself after she would settle back to sleep though: for one, it wasn't 'just a dream' as he had cooed to her – it was a memory. Secondly, it was a memory conjured up because of the actions of the two of them hours or minutes before them drifting off to sleep: the muscle memory would still be with her, and so the dreams would return.

But it only happened sometimes.

This was why Ace was always cautious: he didn't want the dreams to have come because sometimes he had done something wrong, and other nights, when she didn't have the dreams; he had been more careful and considerate. He still couldn't tell though, and so he had to play it by ear – which hurt him – he didn't want to just guess at what actions of his caused her recurring nightmares, it was unfair, he wanted to find the source and eliminate it: For good.

"Ace?" Lexi's calm and inquisitive voice brought Ace back to the present, and he stared down at heir in question, worried about what he had done subconsciously whilst he was thinking.

"What did I do?" He scanned her carefully, eyebrows arched in worry; concerned he had hurt her.

"What? – Nothing." She smiled up at him and kissed his neck: all she could reach from her position under him. "You just spaced out for a minute." She turned her head on a slight angle, "Are you okay?" She looked at him curiously, with a small hint of excitement in her eyes.

Ace kissed her and smiled, "I'm alright: sorry, I just drifted off for a second. Are you -"

"It looks like you're tired too." Lexi smiled up at him, "I'm sorry." She bit her lip, "I interrupted you, carry on." She made a small motion with her hand which signalled for him to continue from where he was interrupted.

Ace smiled at her and kissed her again, "it's okay. I was just gonna ask ya if you were okay…."

Lexi gave him a confused look, "…I'm…fine?" She grinned at him. "Why wouldn't I be?"

Ace almost sighed, but held it in. He wished she hadn't asked that second part. "Nah…it's just…are you alright with…dis?" He gestured with his head and eyes to their lack of apparel and current placements on the bed. He gave her an apprehensive look.

Lexi smiled warmly at him, she brought her hand up to his neck and gently pulled him towards her where she kissed him. "Of course I'm fine. I love you." She kissed his nose.

Ace gave her a smirk and suddenly seemed brighter and more confidant as he leant down to kiss her a few more times, "Alrighty den…"

Lexi let out a small sigh and smiled, rolling over onto her side to look at Ace, who lay on his back; he immediately looked to her and greeted her with a smile. "Nice one." Lexi smiled and held her hand up to high five him; he complied, lifting his hand up too. She giggled at the goofy action they always did afterwards. When their hands connected, he laced his fingers with hers and held her hand for a moment, and she leant down to kiss him. "Are you alright?" She spoke after a moment, noticing he seemed to be acting quiet.

Ace took her by surprise, sitting up suddenly. "Better dan ever." He kissed her on the lips again.

Lexi gave him a puzzled look, "then what was with the 'spaced out' look there, then?"

Ace gave her a small smirk and kissed her again, this time for slightly longer. "I was just listenin' out in case someone might have heard." He spoke quietly to her, with his head only centimetres from her own.

Lexi gave him a small smile and placed a hand on his shoulder, rubbing the fur, "I thought listening out like that and panicking was my department?" She raised an eyebrow at him.

Ace smiled back, "I guess you're right." He kissed her again. Now they replaced each other's positions: Lexi lay back down whilst Ace leant up on his side, and they continued to kiss. As they kissed, Lexi found herself caressing Ace's ribs beneath his skin and fur, running her fingers gently over the areas where she could just feel the bone. Ace broke the kiss and raised an eyebrow at her actions, "Yes?"

Lexi gave him a goofy grin, "I don't see why everyone says I'm the skinny one: you've got like…nothing on you!" She then looked up from his chest to his face, noticing the slightly bulging biceps in his arms in the meantime, "Well…kind of."

Ace smiled at her and shook his head, "I may be 'slender' but you're just…well" He poked her in the stomach making her giggle and jump slightly, "See…" he poked her again, and she giggled, "dere's nothin' there!"

Lexi giggled at his actions and flinched slightly as his gentle pokes tickled her. "Ace…" she laughed as he poked her more frequently, as smile on his face as they were able to continue their actions from earlier in the street, "Sto- stop!" Lexi tried to roll onto her side to block his pokes but to no avail. Eventually Ace stopped and lay down next to her, she was on her side still, and so her back was to his front. Ace wrapped his arms around her and nestled his head into the back of her neck, she still giggled, and Ace smiled. "You're so annoying." She muttered under her breath, but Ace still heard her.

Ace grinned and kissed the back of her neck before she rolled over to face him. Ace smiled at her and kissed her on the nose, "I may be annoyin', but you still love me!" he then kissed her on the lips and rubbed her arm. Lexi smiled at him and kissed him on the lips. "So, are we goin' to sleep?" Ace asked after she pulled away.

Lexi smirked at him and brought her hand to his chest to play with his fur – she traced a pattern on his fur near his breast-bone with her index finger, she then looked back at his bemused expression, "I'm not done with you yet…" She wrapped her arms around his upper arms and kissed him, moving herself so that her torso was slightly upon him; she kissed him again and smiled at him.

Ace smiled back and raised an eyebrow, speaking after they had broken away from a kiss, "Oh, I see." He wrapped his arms around her too and kissed her back.

"Stop, stop…please!" Lexi spoke authoritatively but her voice trembled and cracked as she spoke. Ace gave her a confused and concerned look, getting off her and sitting up in front of her immediately. Lexi pulled the sheet over herself; clutching the cool fabric to herself as she sat up and perched herself on the edge of their bed: staring blankly out of the window; a horrified look on her face and her breathing heavy.

Ace rested the sheet over his lower half, also breathless. He furrowed his eyebrows and gave her a worried look; he was terrified that he had done something wrong: he had always feared something like this would happen, but so far, it never had…until now. He slowly leaned forwards and placed a hand on one of her knees which was rested on the bed, close to him. The moment his palm touched her skin, however, she hastily moved her leg away, closer to the other one which hung off the edge of the bed in front of her.

Ace was confused. He looked at her facial expression and noticed that she looked as though she was thinking intently about something. She also seemed to appear as though she was doing her best not to look at him, and stay as far away from him as possible; she also still clutched the bed sheet to her chest, letting it drape down her. None of it made sense, especially considering that moments ago the two of them were together: as close as they ever could be to one another.

Ace quietly leaned over, trying to make contact with her again. He went to kiss her cheek, but she turned her head away from him; her eyes filling with tears.

Ace sat back, confused and more than a little bit upset. He looked at the clock for a moment, which read 01:28AM, and sighed. He then glanced at the wardrobe, where his winter skiing jacket was concealed, within one pocket was something he wished to give her, but couldn't find the right moment to. He found himself imagining when he would give it to her, and what he would say; but his imaginings were cut short when he heard her breathe out and in in a certain way: he knew she was crying.

He turned back to face her. She was crying into her hands. "Lexi…" Ace made a move to reach out and touch her, but assumed that she wouldn't approve of that: given her actions towards him moments prior to this event. However, after watching her for only a few more seconds, he decided that it wasn't right for him to just sit there and watch her when she was so upset. "Lex, come here." He slowly inched towards her, noticing how she didn't deny his actions this time.

He wrapped his arms gently around her own and softly pulled her against him, she complied. He rubbed her back and sat her in his lap as she moved her head to cry into his chest and half hug him back. Ace still remained confused, he couldn't understand what was wrong, and was worried; terrified; that he had hurt her in some way. However, he was smart enough to know that right now, asking her what was wrong was not going to do anything, and so he continued to hold her: watching as the falling rain outside left water droplet son the window, and listened to the electric fan as it cooled the warm, humid room. Part of him wanted to block out the sounds of her crying.

At one point she sat back and his eyes instantly fell onto her face. She sniffed and wiped away her tears with one hand. She attempted to regain her composure before finally meeting his gaze; "I'm sorry." She spoke quietly, her voice still cracking with emotion.

Now Ace was more confused than ever, and he squeezed one arm gently to let her know it was alright…whatever 'it' was. "What are you sorry for?"

"This." She pointed at her eyes, "For crying." She looked as though she was going to break down again, and so Ace kissed her on the lips, keeping his face close to hers when he pulled away.

"Dere's nothin' wrong with getting' upset, Lex." He gave her a small smile, but she shook her head in response, and so he found that his smile didn't last very long.

"It's not just that." She got off of his lap and sat in front of him, not making eye contact with him as she spoke, and instead, staring down at the bed sheets between them; at the same time still pressing some of the bed sheets to herself. "The reason I asked you to stop…right in the middle of everything…" She trailed off as she found herself looking up at him again; feeling a lump form in her throat from what she was going to say.

"What do ya mean, Lex?" He spoke soothingly, leaned forwards and brushed her hair out of her eyes.

She seemed to enjoy the small moment of comfort, as Ace noticed how she turned her head to his hand as he moved her hair; wanting to feel his skin and fur against hers. "…I don't know what happened…umm…" She broke eye contact with him and looked as though she was thinking again, before turning back to Ace, "…I'm so sorry." She took a deep breath and her voice broke again as she spoke, "…I don't know why…or…how but…" her eyes welled up with tears again, "…I saw him. That man from three years ago…" Tears rolled down her cheeks as she looked at Ace again, "I saw him: your face and everything changed to his. I don't know why. But it scared me."

Ace frowned and pulled her into a hug, stroking her ears as she began to cry again, "…I'm sorry, Ace." She spoke again. Ace softly shook his head, letting her know that she didn't need to say it, "I must have…I don't even know where it came from." She sat back and looked at him again, "…I got really scared. I thought it was maybe a nightmare, but then I realised I wasn't asleep…and…" she pulled a small face, "…it was 'real', the feelings – but he was there. Not you. I got confused; that's why I wanted you to…stop."

"It's alright, Lex." Ace kissed her, holding it for a moment, before finding her free hand (the one which wasn't holding the sheet to her) and gave it a squeeze.

Lexi shook her head and broke the kiss, "No. It's not alright." She removed her hand from within his, and sat back; using her now free hand to support her somewhat. She sighed and then inhaled, "I…thought it was happening again." She looked down, ashamed, when she looked up again; her eyes had again filled with tears, "…I shouldn't have, though. You'd never do that…it's just that…" She was interrupted when he suddenly leaned forwards and kissed her, in her shock, the arm which was supporting her gave way, and she fell back onto the pillows slightly; also losing grip of the sheet she had been holding to herself.

Ace smiled when he noticed her small smirk at the occurrence and lay down next to her, pulling the sheet up to cover them. He lay on his side whilst she remained on her back, snuggling as close to him as she could, once again: deep in thought. Ace put his arm around her shoulders and brought her ever closer to him, rubbing her arm after he had done so. He leant down and kissed her as she looked at him, "You're alright now. And you don't need to be sorry. No harm done, we're both alright; okay?" He gave her a small smile and she nodded back.

She leant up and kissed him, feeling as though she should offer that they continue what they were doing earlier, but felt that she wasn't in the right mood to. She knew that Ace had the same thoughts, and was thankful that he seemed to agree and understand. "I'm still sorry, anyway." She whispered, feeling as though she at least owed him that. Besides, she had already kept them up, made him sad, made him guilty, stopped them in the middle of what they were doing earlier and had scared him by telling him why she asked him to stop. She felt that he deserved an apology after all of that.

Ace shook his head a little, with a small smirk: she was too sensitive; always feeling as though she was going to make someone upset by saying or doing something that wasn't always even wrong. He kissed her forehead and looked down at her, running his index finger across her cheek. "Are you good to go to sleep now?"

Lexi thought for a moment, "Umm…to be honest," she gave him a small guilty smirk, "I'm a bit hungry…"

Ace smiled down at her and kissed her on the lips, sitting up. "I'll go and make you some toast". He knew that she wouldn't mind toast: she only needed something small, and anything sweet would keep her up for the rest of the night anyway. He turned back to her and kissed her again, "I love you, Lex." He placed the sheet over her again and retrieved his boxer shorts from the floor by his side of the bed. He pulled them on, gave her a smile, and headed towards the bedroom door.

He entered the kitchen and opened the cupboard which contained all of their cereals and the bread. He then took out two slices and put them in the toaster, shutting the bread bag afterwards.

As he waited for the bread to cook, he sat down at the table and rested his head on one of his hands. He ran his fingers through the small amount of hair which grew between his ears, and let out a sigh. Something was up with Lexi, and he didn't understand what. She had been acting odd all that evening, but he had never seen her act in the way she had only a few moments ago. She seemed distant, in full thought, and, what scared him the most: she suddenly seemed somewhat untrustworthy of him, and yet she seemed to want to hug him and remain as close as she could to him at the same time. It terrified him.

He sat up immediately when the toaster beeped and indicated that the toast was ready. He grabbed a plate from the rack, and placed the toast on the plate; he then opened a draw a few feet up from where he was standing and pulled out a small knife. He cut the toast into triangular slices from corner to corner, remembering how Lexi had informed him one morning that 'triangular cut toast tastes best.' He chuckled to himself, placed the knife in the sink, turned off the toaster, and picked up the plate and preceded towards their room.