New Baby

Lola and Bugs' marriage was still going strong two years later. Lola was still playing basketball on the Callers team, Bugs was still an actor (of course), and both were still teaching at Acme Looniversity. They always made time for each other despite their busy lives and to anyone who saw them it was obvious the two were madly in love.

But now two years into marriage Lola was starting to want something more. You'd think she'd be satisfied with everything she had: a big mansion, fame, money, and the most wonderful husband who ever walked the face of the earth. Even still she felt something was missing.

Lola wanted to have a baby. Her and Bugs had talked about having a baby when they got married but they wanted to wait a while so they can have time to enjoy being married for a while without the extra responsibilities of raising a child. But she felt like she was ready now. Every time she saw parents walking down the street with babies in strollers, she immediately felt a sense of longing.

So one evening she went into the library of their house and found Bugs sitting on the couch reading a mystery by the light of the tableside lamp. He was obviously too absorbed in it to notice her come in. She quietly came over and sat next to him.

He looked up when she sat down. "Hey Lola, what's up?"

Lola closed his book and put it on the table. Then she put her hands on his shoulders. "Remember when we got married we said we'd have a baby eventually?"

Bugs nodded. "Yes…"

He ran her finger across his jaw. "I want to do that now. But I need you to help me."

Bugs gave her a sly look. "Alright Lo. I can give it some of my love."

Lola giggled and kissed him passionately.

Lola was extremely excited the next week. She checked about four times but all of her tests came out negative. This discouraged her. Before her and Bugs had gotten married, she got pregnant but she'd had a miscarriage. Now she was worried that maybe she just had some kind of defect and couldn't get pregnant and it worried her.

One afternoon Bugs came home after coaching baseball at Acme Looniversity and found Lola in the kitchen sitting at the table with her head on the table with her arms around her sobbing. He quickly went over to her concerned. "Lo what's wrong?"

Lola lifted her head and Bugs wiped her tears. "I…I can't get pregnant."

"What? How do you know? You went to the doctor and got tested and they told you you can't get pregnant?"

Lola shook her head. "No…"

Bugs was confused now. "Then what…?"

"It's been over two weeks Bugs and I'm not pregnant. I had a miscarriage before, maybe…maybe I just can't get pregnant," she said trying not to start crying again.

Bugs held her for a second then wiped her tears again. "Don't think that way Lola. We're gonna try again tonight. I promise you, we're going to have our baby."

Lola ran down to the basement with joy and adrenaline running through her. "BugsBugsBugsBugsBugsBugs!"

Bugs put down the Play Station controller. "Did I miss something?"

Lola was smiling from ear to ear. "You're not gonna believe this."

"Just tell me Lola, I'm sure it's not that unbelievable."

At this point Lola was trying not to explode. "I'm pregnant."

He stared in disbelief for a moment then a huge smile crept onto Bugs' face. "You serious?"

"Would I lie about that?"

Bugs came over to her and picked her up and twirled her around. Then they kissed deeply then jumped around screaming out of happiness.

Lola went to the gym where the Callers practiced a couple weeks later. She didn't want o have to do what she was about to do, but she'd have to eventually to have her baby. And she didn't want to be spending the majority of her time traveling from state to state and practicing every afternoon when she had a child to raise. That was one situation she wanted to avoid and to do it she'd have to give up something she loved.

She knocked on coach Sarah's door. "Come in." Lola opened the door and found her sitting at her spinning chair. Coach Sarah wasn't exactly the neatest person in the world so there was stuff everywhere. "Oh Lola, nice to see you. Take a seat."

Lola sat down in the other chair. "How are you coach?"

Sarah sighed. "Tired, busy, I can't complain though. And yourself?"

"I'm fine…I'm pregnant."

"Really? Congratulations!"

Lola smiled. "Thanks." She didn't want to have to say what she was about to say. She looked at the framed picture of the team on the wall and felt a lump in her throat. "I'm quitting the team," she said all of a sudden.

Sarah was surprised. "Why are you quitting?"

"Well…I'm going to have my baby soon and I'd have to quit for a while anyway. And between me and my husband's careers I need to be there for it…I'm sorry."

"I understand Lola. Sometimes life gets in the way and we have to make tough decisions. If you decide to come back I'll let you back on the team without another try out."

"Really?"

"Yeah, you thought I was kidding when I said you're the best player I've ever seen?"

"Thanks so much. I'll come to the games and be your cheerleader…" she let her voice trail off as she mentally scolded herself for saying that. She never once thought of herself as a cheerleader, was she turning into Miranda or something?

Sarah chuckled. "We'd all love that."

A few minute later Lola left and went home. She found Bugs in the kitchen sitting at the table reading the newspaper. He looked up when he saw her come in. "How'd it go?"

Lola sat in the chair next to him. "Painful, but she said she'd let me in without a try out if I came back."

Bugs noticed the sad look on her face. He kissed her cheek. "I know you'll miss it."

"I will miss it."

Lola was a little

over two months pregnant now. She wasn't showing very much but there was a small bump in her stomach. Her and Bugs seemed to be getting more and more excited by the day and they still had six and a half months left.

One afternoon the two of them were spending their day playing with the Wii in the basement which was sort of like a big game room. They played a few sports games and Mario for a while then got hungry and went to go make some lunch. After lunch they were sitting in the living room watching a movie Bugs had directed years before they had even met when the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it," Lola said starting to stand up but Bugs sat her back down.

"You don't have to Lo, I'll get it."

Lola shook her head. "I'll do it Bugs. I want to use my legs while I still can." She got and went to the door. When she opened it, her mother was there. Lola and Her mother had a sort of rivalry. Her mother was never very appreciative of her, often criticizing her and trying to make her girlier when that wasn't who she wanted to be. On top of this she'd been trying to break Lola and Bugs up since they started dating, and she almost succeeded a couple times.

When Lisa saw her, her eyes got wide. She hadn't seen Lola in a little while due to an argument they had weeks ago. She could tell Lola was pregnant by the tight shirt she was wearing and she was shocked. "You…"

"I can explain," Lola said. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes. What was she supposed to explain? That her and Bugs got in the bed one night and she got knocked up? She was married, what did it matter?

Bugs came into the hallway and saw Lisa's face. When he did, he immediately knew what was going on. "You wanna come sit down Lisa?"

Lisa nodded. "Yes please, thank you." She walked past them and went into the living room while Bugs and Lola lingered behind.

"You didn't tell her?" Bugs asked.

Lola shrugged. "I forgot."

Bugs chuckled. "How in the heck do you forget?"

"I don't know, I just did."

They went into the living room and sat on the couch with Lisa. "When were you going to tell me that you're going to have a baby?" Lisa exclaimed.

Lola shrugged again. "Eventually."

"What do you mean eventually?"

Lola rolled her eyes. "Eventually meaning after I had the baby mom."

"Are you sure you want to have a child? Have you discussed this at all?"

"We are sure Lisa. We talked about it a while ago and we're ready now," Bugs said.

"But you have to be able to provide for a child…"

Lola rolled her eyes. "Mom I'm married to a billionaire! I could provide for ten kids and I dog if I wanted to!" Lola exclaimed making Bugs laugh. She knew her mom was trying to talk them into abortion and she was getting bored with the conversation.

"But you have to send them to school and then there's expensive college funds." Lisa was desperately trying to make them change their minds. Trying to get Lola and Bugs to break up had been what she based her life around for almost five years. She wouldn't be able to bear doing that if there was a baby involved. If they did, she'd have to find a new hobby.

"Mom we're adults and we're married. We know what we're doing. Stop smothering us!" Lola exclaimed.

Lisa held up her hands in surrender. "Alright, alright. Go ahead and have the child. Just think about it please."

Bugs resisted the urge to laugh. "We already did think about it Lisa."

Lisa stood up. "I guess I should be going now. I just swung by to check up on you."

"We'll walk you to the door," Lola said. Her and Bugs got up and Lola opened the front door for her mother.

"Lola, please think about this for me. I mean you're having a baby with him for god's sakes."

Bugs cleared his throat. "Ahem, Lisa I'm standing right here."

Lola smirked at Lisa. "Mom, I think I have my life under control."

Lisa sighed. "Alright, I'll see you around hon."

Before they knew it, Lola was about four months pregnant. Her stomach had gotten bigger but it wasn't huge yet. They'd started getting the nursery ready. They'd painted the walls in one of the rooms upstairs and put a cute border around them. They still had to invest in a crib though. They'd also started reading up on how to be parents because when they both thought about it, they had absolutely no clue. And after reading a few websites they realized how in the dark they really were about it.

One morning before going to work Lola was sitting at the kitchen table and Bugs was making breakfast for both of them. She felt her stomach growl. Don't worry little one, you'll have your breakfast soon, she thought. Then she felt a little nudge. It surprised her and made her jump slightly and gasp.

Bugs looked over at her anxiously. "What's wrong?"

"It moved," Lola said with a smile growing across her face.

Bugs came over. "Really?" He felt her stomach and felt the nudge again. "Wow that's cool."

Her stomach growled again. "The baby's hungry," Lola said.

"Right, guess I'd better finish that breakfast."

Later that morning at Acme Looniversity, Lola, Melissa, Daffy, and Wile E were in the teacher's lounge. Daffy was making himself some coffee, Wile E was grading some last minute papers, and Lola and Melissa were sitting on the couch.

"Did it really move?" Melissa squealed.

"You felt it didn't you?" Lola said laughing.

"When will you find out what it is?" Melissa asked.

"Thursday."

"So do you want a boy or girl?"

Lola shrugged. "I don't know. It doesn't really matter to me. I just want a baby."

"What about Bugs?"

"He said it doesn't really matter to him either, but he thinks it's gonna be a boy. I think it's gonna be a girl."

Daffy walked over to them. "So when are you gonna have that thing out of you?"

Lola glared at him. "That thing?"

"Yeah that's what it is right? A thing." All of a sudden Lola punched him in the face. "What the hell is wrong with you woman?" he exclaimed holding his face.

"It's not a thing you bastard! It's a living, breathing baby!" she exclaimed. Then she stomped out of the teacher's lounge.

Just as she was leaving Bugs came in and he saw her looking mad. He immediately turned to Daffy seeing how he was rubbing his sore face. "What did you do to her duck?"

"He called your baby a thing," Wile explained without looking up.

Then Bugs slapped Daffy.

"OW!"

"It's not a thing you idiot! And stop making her mad, she's in no condition to fight you right now." Then he left to go check on Lola.

"You know what? I think they're both having mood swings," Daffy said.

Bugs went into the gym and found Lola in her office sitting in her spinning chair caressing her stomach while her computer turned on. He came over to her and sat next to her. "You okay?"

Lola looked up at him and nodded. "Yeah Daffy's just being…an asshole."

Bugs chuckled. "When does Daffy ever not act like an asshole?" They both laughed. "I took care of him for ya. I told him to leave you alone since you can't really fight him right now."

"As much as I want to, you're right. All the stress isn't good for our little Kristy."

Bugs chuckled. "Kristy?"

Lola nodded. "Yeah, I've always wanted a little girl named Kristy. Do you like it?"

"Yeah I like it. But what if it's a boy?"

Lola shrugged. "I don't know. I haven't gotten that far yet." Bugs pulled her to him and kissed her lips and she gripped onto him. He started to caress her curves and she deepened their kiss and both of them moaned.

Then there was a knock on the door. It was Daffy. "What do ya want Daff?" Bugs asked.

Daffy sighed obviously not wanting to say what he was about to say. "I'm sorry I called your baby a thing, and made you mad."

Bugs and Lola looked at each other then back at him. "Did Melissa put you up to this?" Bugs asked.

Daffy crossed his arms and rolled his eyes. "God! I try to apologize to you bastards and you don't even appreciate it." He started to leave but then paused. "By the way the students are here, so get out Bugs." Then he left Lola's office.

Bugs kissed Lola's lips. "Love you Lo." He kissed her stomach. "I love you too." Lola giggled and watched him as he left.

The bell rang at the end of the school day on Thursday. Lola said good bye to her students as they left the locker rooms then went back into the gym to put the equipment away. Before putting the basketballs away she took one off the rack and started to dribble it. She missed playing for the Callers team and was grateful she had extra time after school and a local gym to go to so she could keep her skills up.

She dribbled the ball up and down the court. Bouncing it between her legs and doing other tricks. She made shot after shot. Then she went to half court still dribbling the ball. She ran towards the net preparing to jump in the air do a flip and dunk the ball. She started running and was about to fly.

"Don't you dare."

Lola stopped and turned around and saw Bugs standing in the doorway with his arms crossed. She walked over to him. "Why did you do that?"

"Would you rather me stop you or you end up hurting yourself and the baby?"

Lola rolled her eyes and sighed. "Fine, you win." She put the ball back on the rack and put it in the closet.

"Ready to go?" Bugs asked putting his arm around her.

"Yeah, let's go."

They said good bye to their friends and left the school. They got in Bugs' vintage Cadillac and drove to the hospital. Once they got there they checked in and had to wait about five minutes, then they were led into a room. Lola lay down on the bed and Bugs sat on it next to her holding her hand.

"Excited?" Bugs asked noticing the look on her face.

Lola giggled but blushed slightly embarrassed by it. "Is it that obvious?"

"Well Lo, to be honest you look like an over excited puppy."

Lola laughed and elbowed him. "Shut up Bugs!"

The doctor then came in. "Good afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Bunny." He shook both of their hands. "I'm Dr. Martez."

"Nice to meet ya doc," Bugs said.

"Let's have a look at this baby." Dr. Martez turned on the machines and scanned over Lola's stomach. Lola and Bugs watched the screen intently as a picture of the baby appeared. "Uh huh…it's going to be…" Lola squeezed Bugs' hand tighter. "A boy!"

Lola squealed out of happiness and hugged Bugs. He smirked. "I told ya." Lola smirked back and kissed him.

"Would you like me to have these pictures developed for you?" Dr. Martez asked.

Bugs and Lola nodded. "Yes please," Lola said. The doctor left for a moment and Bugs and Lola kissed again.

Summer was over now. It was September and school was back in session. Lola's stomach was huge and she was nearing the end of her pregnancy. And they finally had a name for him, they'd decided on Jacob Bugs Bunny. After the past couple weeks of sending out notices, organizing schedules, and preparing their classrooms for the upcoming year students were walking through the door. Of course there was the usual star struck freshman walking around with orange stars in their eyes whenever they saw one of their teachers, this usually wore off in a couple days though. The returning students were asking ravenous questions about Lola being pregnant. And the school was about as busy as usual.

All of this was the last thing on Bugs and Lola's minds though. They'd had an appointment the week before and the doctor told them their baby was due in a couple of weeks.

That night Lola was sitting on their bed combing her hair. She was so nervous she didn't know what to do with herself. She wanted her baby out of her but she was scared about what would happen. All she knew was that it would hurt. She'd talked to people about it, she'd talked to Bugs' sister Sherrice after work that day for hours and she'd also been talking to Sylvia a lot about it. Despite all the encouragement she got from them she was still scared.

She jumped as she felt a tap on her shoulder. She saw Bugs laughing as he sat next to her. "Don't do that."

"The big days coming soon. Are you nervous?"

Lola snorted. "That's an understatement. I mean, I have to push him through there, his head is a lot bigger than your dick Bugs."

Bugs put his arm around her and lifted her chin to look at him. "You know, I'd probably be a little scared if I were you too. But I'll be there with you every second Lola. I won't let anything bad happen to you or Jacob."

Lola smiled grateful to him for saying that. "Thanks Bugs."

It was about two weeks later on Friday. Lola had taken off all week because she was afraid the baby would come while she was at work. Her and Bugs had been a nervous wreck the past couple weeks. They'd set up the nursery at home and also in their penthouse in New York. They'd read every parenting website and book they could find on everything from changing diapers to determining why babies cry. They'd even taken parenting classes. Despite all the preparing they'd done, they still felt like they'd do something wrong. They felt like they'd be the most incompetent parents in the world even though they'd told each other over and over again they wouldn't be. But now that the baby was due any day, they'd all but shot themselves from the stress and nervousness.

She was sitting on the couch watching a sitcom when Bugs came home. He went into the living room. "Hey Lola."

Her face lit up when she saw him. "Hey Bugs." He came over and kissed her. "I smell Chinese food."

"I went to Panda Express. I hope you're hungry."

"I'm always hungry," Lola pointed out.

Bugs chuckled. "True, I think our grocery bill has tripled in the last nine months." He got up and went to go get their food. Then he came back and sat next to her and they talked and kissed while they at.

Lola stood up when they were done to put their plates away.

"You don't have to do that Lo, I'll do it," Bugs said.

"No I'll do it. My legs are stiff, I've been sitting down too long." She went into the kitchen and put the plates in the sink. That's when she felt contraction. It didn't faze her much, she'd had contractions before, but then her water broke and she knew she was having the baby. "BUGS!" she called.

"Yeah?"

"THE BABY IS COMING!"

"Oh, okay." Obviously what she'd said hadn't registered in his mind yet.

Lola rolled her eyes. "BUGS! THE BABY!"

In the living room Bugs practically flew off the couch. "OH SHIT, THE BABY!" He went to go get the stuff they'd prepared then helped Lola to the car. "Okay Lola, just breathe…count to ten…um…"

"Bugs?"

"Yeah?"

"Just drive!" Bugs drove as fast as he could towards the hospital going far beyond the speed limit. "Bugs!" Lola exclaimed.

"Yeah Lo?"

"The hospital is that way!" she said pointing on the opposite direction to where they were going.

"Damnit!" Bugs made a U turn and drove as fast as he could to the hospital. When he got there, he didn't bother to park the car. He just got out and carried Lola inside while she cried. "Hey people, get me a wheelchair. We've got a woman in labor here!" Someone came over to assist them and took them to a room in the neonatology wing of the hospital.

Lola gripped Bugs hand. The contractions felt like someone hitting her in the stomach with a wrecking ball. The doctors said they'd give her some medicine for it in a few minutes but she wanted it now!

"Are you okay?" Bugs asked.

Lola gave him a look of disbelief. "Fuck no I'm not okay! I'm scared and in pain and…"

Bugs put his finger over her lips regretting asking the question. "It's okay Lo, just calm down. I know that's not easy for you to do right now, but just take deep breaths."

Lola wanted to think that wasn't possible but she smiled anyway. "Okay Bugs."

Bugs sat with her until they did trying to comfort her.

"Do you want me to get you anything?" Bugs asked.

"Um can you call Melissa, and Miranda, and my mother? And get me some water, I'm so thirsty."

After he left a doctor came back in. "Let's see how dilated you are Lola." The doctors looked then one looked back up at her. "You're almost ready to start pushing." A few minutes late they told her she'd start pushing the baby out. "Are you ready?"

Lola nodded slowly. "Sure…" NO! Her heart was beating fast. Bugs wasn't with her. Where was he? She knew she couldn't do this without him there. She gave her first push and cried as she did silently begging for him. Then Bugs came through the door. "Bugs!" she said reaching out to him. He ran over and grabbed her hand. She squeezed it as tight as she could and screamed as she gave push after push. Bugs was massaging her shoulders and wiping the sweat from her forehead and encouraging her. It was all he could do and he felt helpless. "Why the hell did you do this to me?" she shouted at him.

Bugs shrugged. "You didn't try to stop me. Switch hands."

She took his other hand. A little while later she leaned back on the bed with tears rolling down her cheeks. "Bugs, I can't do this…"

Bugs looked into her eyes. "Yes you can Lola. Don't say that. Just think about Jacob, think about holding him after all this is over. I know you can do it."

"Lola, keep going. You're almost done," the doctor said.

Lola pushed and screamed again and again. She squeezed Bugs hand so hard he swore she broke his bone. All of a sudden they heard a cry. Lola looked in disbelief as the doctors held their baby and wrapped him in a blanket. He seemed to hypnotize her; she couldn't even register what he looked like.

"I knew you could do it," Bugs whispered into her ear. She peeled her eyes away from their baby long enough to kiss Bugs on his lips.

Their baby was handed to Lola by one of the doctors. "Here's your baby boy."

Their baby was gray with white cheeks that were flushed slightly, a little bit of gray hair on his head, and he looked much like Bugs but he Lola's ears and eyes which were closed. Bugs and Lola couldn't take their eyes off him. They were in a state of pleasant shock that they had created this beautiful child. That they were now parents.

"He looks just like his mom," Bugs said.

Lola shook her head. "He looks more like you."

"He's got my color but other than that he really looks like you Lola." Jacob opened his big brown eyes and looked back and forth between his parents. "Hey little guy, I'm your dad," Bugs said. Jacob reached out and held both of their fingers with his tiny hands making Lola and Bugs feel extremely proud.

This turned out to be a lot longer than i intended it to be. I'm sure a lot of you were waiting for this chapter. there's more where this came from.