A/N: Sorry this took a while guys, I wanted to post this on thursday but I had guests coming over for the weekend, so we spent thursday and friday prepping the house for our guests. I felt even worst when I learned that they brought their dog with them which was named... Wait for it... Ace! Yes Ace the dog! His name was a very harsh reminder that I hadn't posted the chapter. LOL! But now it's here.

Also the title for this chapter, is not in any way related with the movie "The Hangover", although when I wrote the title I had a mental picture of the LU guys having a similar situation... Which is making me want to make a comic out of it, so who knows! LOL!

I must admit, I'm not too happy with this chapter, I feel like it's kind of a filler type of chapter (Even though something really important goes down here), but I needed a chapter in between for my next 2, which by the way I think I'll be able to determine how many chapters are left when I finish the next one.

Thank you all for the reviews, and please keep it up! :)

8:00 a.m. read the digital clock that laid on the nightstand next to Ace's bed. It lightly beeped as the time changed; the sound made the female bunny wake and slightly jump, she was currently sitting in a chair that was positioned next to the male bunny's bed. She slowly opened her eyes and remembered why she was in Ace's room, she noticed the grey bunny was still sleeping.

She straightened herself up, slowly stretching her muscles. She stood and gave Ace one last glance before she exited his room; leaving the door open in case she needed to run to his aid.

She stepped into the common room and noticed that it was empty, she couldn't hear any of her teammates in the tower either. She walked to the monitor room and saw a holo-card in the middle of the circular table. She took it and inserted into the computer port that played the recorded hologram for her.

The image of Tech appeared on the hologram, "Hi Lex, Zadavia called us this morning and asked us to investigate a break-in inside a nuclear lab downtown, we decided not to wake you, though it shouldn't take too long, but if we need back up we'll call you or Zadavia. Hope Ace gets better soon, be sure to make him drink lots of fluids when he wakes up, and nothing too heavy for eating… Some soup should be nice for his stomach, if you need anything let us know or call an ambulance." The hologram disappeared making Lexi sigh, she was bit frustrated with this whole situation. Something didn't feel right about Ace's sudden actions, it's not that he did it, but she was afraid of the reason behind it.

She started walking out of the monitor room and into the common room when she heard moaning coming out of Ace's room, she ran as fast as she could towards him.

"Ace…?" Asked a worried Lexi as she kneeled next him.

He moaned in pain as he pressed a hand to his forehead, Lexi giving him a pitiful look.

"I can't open my eyes…" He groaned out.

"Does your head hurt?"

"Yes… And everything's spinning…" He forced out.

"Do you feel like throwing up?" She worriedly asked as she slowly stood.

He forcefully nodded.

"Alright, I'll help you to the bathroom…" She said as she carefully took his hand and pulled the empty IV out. She helped him stand, but as soon as he gained his balance he sloppily ran to his bathroom and kneeled by his toilet as he vomited whatever was left inside his stomach, by this time it was just a small amount of yellow liquid, Bile.

She worriedly stared at him as he coughed the yellow liquid out of him. Tech's mini attempt of performing a stomach pump on him worked on taking most of the bunny's contents out, however that didn't prevent him from having a nasty hangover left.

Ace slumped as he hugged the toilet, the action made the female bunny know that he was done vomiting. She walked towards him and helped him stand and walk back to his room.

He was once again laying on his bed. She didn't exchange a word with him, neither did him since he felt so weak at the moment.

She walked towards the kitchen and decided to make some soup for her leader; since he clearly had an empty stomach. When done cooking she put the bowl and a tall glass of water into a tray that she now carried towards his room. She placed the tray on his nightstand, the smell making the male bunny's eyes slowly open.

She sat next to his lying form and met with his sapphire eyes, though they were slightly opened as the light seemed to be bothering him.

"You need to eat something…" She suggested with a kind voice.

He slowly nodded, and tried sitting up. She took the tray and sat it on her lap, she took the spoon and scooped a small amount of soup and directed it towards Ace's mouth, he slowly opened his mouth and welcomed the warm liquid. It took him a while until he managed to swallow, and she couldn't blame him, his throat must feel swollen from all the vomiting.

It took 20 minutes for Ace to finish the bowl of soup. She then handed him the tall glass of water, he eyed it with disgust; she could tell he was full and that maybe his stomach was bothering him.

"Ah ah… All of it." She demanded as she stood and walked out of his room with the tray in hand.

She came back with two pills in hand and noticed he at least drank half a glass, and she somewhat felt ok with that. He gave her a shameful look as he held the half full glass. She handed him the pills, he popped them inside his mouth and took one last gulp of water.

She sighed taking the glass from his hand. "It's ok… That's enough I don't want you to vomit on yourself here." He gave her a slight grateful look and nodded.

He sighed and laid back down. "I'm sorry Lex…" He said as he slowly closed his eyes.

She gave him a curious look. "For what?" She sounded slightly hurt.

"Because you had to see me like this… I… I don't know what came over me…" He glanced at her, giving her a sheepish look.

She shook her head in disbelief. She didn't really felt like talking about the subject, but since he just did. "Just… Just answer me this. Did you did this because you were upset at me?" She asked not looking at him.

He sighed at the question. "Lexi you don't understand." He answered, his voice scratchy.

"What don't I understand Ace? We had a discussion and I left! Yes I know that! But I didn't go and drank my life away because I was upset with you!" Her eyes were now starting to glimmer with tears.

He closed his eyes in frustration and bit his lower lip. "Lex…" Tears also threaten to fall from his eyes.

She sniffed "Why can't you just be happy for me? I mean I know I'm breaking a rule and all but god Ace! I would never do this to you! I care way too much for you… I thought you felt the same…"

The male bunny's eyes finally gave up, and decided to let it's tears free. He looked back at her. "Lex I…"

She stood, and furiously shook her head. "No… No; You've done enough…" She said as she stormed out of his room and into her own.

He stood and ran after her, the door shutting on his face. He knew her code, but this was her space, he didn't want to intrude it and make her more upset than she currently was. Or worse; she could attack him, so instead he gently knocked on her door.

She didn't respond, but he could hear her sobs. This was a very though decision, he bit his lip and punched in her code. The door slid open and he carefully stepped inside, he saw her laying on her hammock as she hid her face against her pillow.

"Go away…" She weakly yelled.

He frowned, but he slowly walked towards her hammock and sat next to her. She slowly straightened herself and looked up at him.

"Didn't you hear me?" She frantically asked.

"I heard you Lex." He responded in a broken voice.

"Then…?" She asked; sniffling a bit.

"I can't do this anymore Lex! I can't be your friend…" She looked at him, her eyes filling with more tears but she stared in curiosity at his words. "I keep protecting you over and over again… Yet I'm the one who's doing all the harm. I'm constantly afraid of loosing you! I keep fucking everything up because I can't control my damn emotions. And I just want you to be happy Lex… I really do." He paused for a brief moment as he wiped the tears out of his eyes. "So I'm just stepping away… From now on, I'm just your leader and your just my second in command ok…? I'm not gonna hurt you anymore... I can't."

She shook her head, obviously hurt by his words. "And all I want is for us to be the way we were… And your just giving up on us just like that?! I need you Ace! I don't need you to step away, I need you to be happy for me!" She sobbed, and he couldn't help himself as he hugged her. "I think this is all a test for our friendship… And your just giving up on our most fragile moment."

"Lex, I keep hurting you! I can't control myself… I just feel so angry all the time. And I can't even forgive myself for all the harm I've caused you… I hate seeing you cry Lex, it kills me. And this is all my fault." He broke the hug and stared at her wet green eyes. "You don't deserve this Lex… You deserve to be happy…"

"We both do Ace…" She admitted.

He nodded and stood. "I can't stop you from your happiness Lex… It's not fair. I'm being selfish and I'm hurting you, you need to understand."

"But I'm not Ace! I'm not understanding." She now stood. "You want me to be happy, yet you want to break us?! I don't see how that's going to make things better for me!" She shook her head in disbelief. "Does… Does Jake have anything to do with all of this?"

"Like I said… I don't want to hurt you."

She furiously nodded, understanding what he meant. "So you just decided not to tell me that it bothered you. This is not about me dating is it? This is all about Jake…"

Ace looked at her as he slowly shook his head in denial.

"No? Then what Ace?! Because Jake has no problem with me keeping my friendship with you! If your thinking that he's trying to break us apart your so wrong Ace."

Ace kept shaking his head. "Lexi, Jake is not the problem, I am ok?!"

"Then why can't you just tell me what's really going on?" Lexi asked in frustration.

"Because I don't want to hurt you!" Responded Ace in a pleading tone, in hopes that she didn't force the truth out of him.

A few tears escaped out of Lexi's eyes "Will I ever know?" She asked with a low tone.

Ace shrugged his shoulders. "I… I don't know. I'm just so scared of everything right now." He said as he sat on her hammock and hid his face with his hands. Lexi sat next to him and hugged him as he let his tears escape.

After a couple of minutes of silence, Lexi straightened herself up and faced the male bunny. "Hey… no matter what your my number one ok? I know we're going through a rough path, but we don't have to break this. Maybe this is all we needed, to let it all out. I'm never going to leave you Ace." She finished her sentence with a tight hug, in hopes that everything will return as the way things were. They didn't really resolve anything, if he really wanted to break their friendship he would've left her room already, but he hadn't, he was still there, broken and desperate for her.

"How are you feeling?" She asked breaking the hug.

Ace sighed, he felt much better now that he had himself a good cry. It was hard to accept, but as strong as he usually appeared to be; he still had feelings. And Lexi's been the only one who's seen him on his breaking point, this wasn't the first time but she still didn't like the feeling she got whenever she saw him like this, even though it usually made the male bunny feel better afterwards.

"I feel better, my head is still hurting a bit… But I'll manage." He responded as he gently massaged his forehead.

"Ace… Promise me you'll never drink like that again. You scared the hell out of me last night." She pleaded.

Ace frowned at her words as memories from the previous night resurfaced once again. But he didn't said a word, instead he just gave her a reassuring nod.

"Good. Now go on to your room and lay down for a bit ok? Maybe that'll make you feel better." She suggested as her ears perked up a bit at the sound of their teammates entering the common room. "And… The guys are here." She said as she stood and walked next to Ace into the common room.

"Chief are you ok?" Asked a concerned Tech as he walked towards the bunny couple.

"Yeah Tech… Just a headache." He informed the coyote, but in return he receive an even more worried look as Tech noticed how red and puffy both of their eyes were.

"Ok…" Responded the unconvinced coyote.

Ace stared back at the group as he cocked an eyebrow at them. "Wait, did we get a mission?" He asked confused.

Tech scratched the back of his neck before he responded. "Yes… But since you weren't feeling that well we decided not to wake you. We left Lexi a holo-message, did she not tell you?"

Lexi furrowed her eyebrows at the coyote she then glanced back at Ace. "I didn't think it was important at the moment, besides you were in no condition to assist and it didn't sound that urgent."

"We'll fill you in later on… But it's all good you guys, we took care of everything." Informed Tech, both bunnies nodded in return.

"Hungover much?" Asked Duck as he walked past the bunny duo, the words making the male bunny's eyes glow yellow as he lightly laser blasted the mallard's behind.

"HEEEY! What was that for?!" Asked a frantic Duck as he rubbed the affected area.

Ace smirked at the mallard, the action making the rest smile; it was good to see their leader's spirits up. "You know why." He simply responded.

"Hey! whatever happened to you is NOT my fault ok?! You could've easily said no! And admit it you kinda enjoyed it!" Teased the mallard.

"Well I did enjoy the part where I beat you 6 times in a row…" Said Ace as he crossed his arms.

Rev walked into the conversation and stood next to the bunnies "Ha! Duck-yeah-that-was-freaking-amazing! Your-face-every-time-Ace-won! Priceless! At-first-you-looked-all-cocky-and-confident-but-as-always-you-cannot-just-beat-Ace! Or-Lexi… I-mean-this-girl's-got-some-mad-skills-on-the-pool-table-MAN-you-guys-rock-on-pool!" Expressed the roadrunner as he hugged both bunnies, making Lexi giggle at his kind appreciative words.

Slam giggled at the whole situation, mainly making fun of Duck for loosing last night's games.

"Shut up Slam… You don't even play…" Grunted The mallard under his breath as he walked away from the group and into his room.

"Well… Uh thanks Rev, but if you'll excuse me I think I'm gonna go lay down for a bit. I still got a slight headache…" Said the male bunny as he lightly rubbed his forehead and walked towards his room.

"Alright Chief, remember to drink a lot of water, you might be a bit dehydrated." Informed the coyote before Ace shut himself in his room.

He turned towards the female bunny and looked at her with concern. "So… Is everything ok?" He asked.

Lexi turned to face him and sighed before responding, "Yeah… I guess. He threw up only once, I gave him some soup and he drank some water, and there's water in his room so I guess he should be ok."

Tech looked around and noticed that Rev and Slam were now walking towards the kitchen. "That's not what I meant." Tech implied in a low serious tone.

Lexi's eyes widened at his implication, her cheeks burning red. She wasn't really expecting the question which she thought it was quite personal, but since out of all; Tech has been the only who's been somewhat directly involved with the bunny's troubled relationship.

"Tech, we're ok… We just had a moment that's all." She quickly responded as she started to walk towards the kitchen.

Tech glared at her unconvinced, but decided to not press on the subject. He sighed and decided to follow the female bunny and join his teammates on their lunch.

After lunch they all sat at the common room to watch TV, minus Ace who was still in his room probably taking a nap. Tech fidgeted with one of his small gadgets as he sat with his teammates; not really paying attention to the screen, Duck watched carelessly at the screen; he was urging to change the channel but Rev held the remote and was guarding it with his life from the mallard, Slam was on the verge of falling asleep and Lexi was slumped in the couch while she played a game with her phone. But her game was interrupted by an incoming call, which made her regain her posture before she answered. The rest eyed the female bunny and the ringing phone in curiosity of her caller.

Her cheeks turned red when she saw who the caller was, she didn't hesitate to answer the call. "Hello Jake." She answered as she stood and started walking towards her room for more privacy.

"Hey love! How are you? Was everything ok last night?" He worriedly asked.

"Yes, we just had a small problem but everything's taken cared of, you don't have to worry." She responded as she took the phone out of her ear and closed the door from her room. "Hey do you mind if we holo-chat this call?"

"No not at all love, let me just set it up here… Ok done." He responded, and Lexi pressed a couple of buttons on her phone until a hologram image appeared before her eyes.

She sat down on her hammock as she stared back at Jake's face. "Ok much better." She said as a smile grew on her face.

"It's always nice to see you." Responded Jake as a chuckle escaped his mouth.

Lexi noticed that Jake wasn't on his house, but instead inside a warehouse type of building. "Uh… Are you supposed to be working?" Asked a curious Lexi as she furrowed her eyebrows.

Jake looked back at his surroundings and quickly glanced back at Lexi. "Oh! Uh… Yes, I'm actually on the set of the movie I'm starring in. We just took a break and I decided to call you." He responded.

"Oh… So what kind of movie is it?" She asked as she playfully raised an eyebrow.

"Ok don't laugh, but it's an espionage movie, and it's actually my first movie and action roll so I'm kind of nervous." He said with a sheepish smile.

Lexi giggle at his response, "Maybe you should train with us, after all we're all fed up with action." She teasingly answered as she winked at him.

"Yeah, maybe I should though, I kinda suck at all the fighting scenes even though we have a lot of trainers and stunt doubles on set. I would love to do my own stunts but I'm not on that level yet." He said as he chuckled a bit.

She smirked to herself as she remembered that Ace used to be a stunt double before he got his powers, and mentally admired her leader's moves.

"Uh… Love are you ok?" Asked Jake as he swayed a hand in front of Lexi.

"Huh? Yeah I am… I just spaced out a bit there… I didn't get much sleep when I got here last night, but it's all good, I'll take a nap later on." She nervously lied, though not completely since she really didn't get much sleep, but sleep deprivation wasn't the reason behind her little trance.

"Ok…? Umm… Anyway I was actually calling to ask you something." He became a bit nervous at the end of his sentence.

"Oh, ok." She looked back at him with curiosity.

"Well you see… This morning when I walked back into set, I kinda got bombarded by Gretchen and my publicists about a couple of interview requests from radio and TV talk shows… And the reason behind them is well… Us." He said as he nervously loosened his tie; since he was currently wearing a suit.

"Us? What do you mean us?" She concernedly asked.

"Well… In other words, none of us have made a statement yet admitting that we're officially dating, and my guess is that they just want confirmation." He finished.

"But I don't want to be on TV or…" She said and sighed in confusion, mostly because she was nervous.

"Love, you don't have to be on TV or on the radio if you don't want to, if you'd like I could do it, but then again we don't have to say anything if it makes you uncomfortable." He suggested as an attempt to calm her nerves.

"Wha- What would you say though…?" She asked, the question was somewhat stupid but her nerves were taking the best of her at this point.

"Well… I'd tell them that your my girlfriend." He simply responded.

The simple response took Lexi by surprise, at least she wasn't aware that they officially had a title. "I'm… I'm your girlfriend?" She asked as her cheeks furiously burned.

"Oh… Or we can say that we're just dating; if you'd preferred that." He suggested.

A smile grew on her face, it was all just so unexpected. "No, no it's fine… I just didn't know if we had a title or not." She responded.

He chuckled as his cheeks also turned red. "So does that mean that you want to be my girlfriend?" He shyly asked.

She giggled, "Of course!" She happily responded.

"Good and just in time, there's a premier this Friday and I was wondering if you wanted to come?" He hopefully asked.

Lexi furrowed her eyebrows in thought. "Wait, does that mean red carpet and all that jazz?" She nervously asked.

"Yes, why?"

"I… I don't have anything to wear." She sheepishly responded.

Jake chuckled at her comment. "You don't have to worry about that, I've hired a stylist for you; who's taking care of your entire image love. Clothes, hair, makeup… You name it."

Her eyes widened at his words. "What? Jake you didn't have to do that." She shamefully responded.

"Lexi, I'm the one who asked if you wanted to come, so I'm the one who's taking care of everything."

"I know but what if I mess up or something? What if they ask me a bunch of stuff and I get too nervous and make a fool out of both of us?!" She spatted out.

He sighed, "You'll be fine love. And if it makes you feel better I can arrange an appointment for you with one of my coaches."

"Coach? Don't you think I already do enough training and exercises?" She sarcastically asked.

Jake let out a chuckle. "Oh no love, not that kind of coaching. These are just people who help you talk in public, they guide you in what to say and not to say in interviews, and they also help you pose for the cameras."

"Oh… I don't know…" She nervously responded.

"Love if you don't feel comfortable with all of this I understand, you don't have to do it you don't want to."

"No, no I'm just a bit nervous." She admitted.

"Lexi, I can help you with that, by the time friday comes, you'll be flawless even though to me you already are."

She gave him a sheepish smile and nodded. "Alright, I'll do it!"

"That's good to know love, just trust me on this, everything will be alright." He reassured her.

"I trust you." She responded.

"Alright, then I'll talk to you later, and I'll let you know when I schedule the interviews, take care love." He said as he disappeared and the hologram shut off.

She let out a long sigh of relief. She officially had a boyfriend, even though it wasn't official to the public until it made the tabloids, but it was official for them. At least she hoped that their relationship stayed true between them, that no matter the rumors and the public she'd wanted it all to be theirs and theirs only.

She decided to walk back into the common room and join her teammates while they still watched TV. She took her seat back, she carried a nervous distracted look on her face, even though she trusted Jake she couldn't help the nervousness; which Tech noticed as he scooted closer to her.

"You ok?" He asked, not really looking at her as he still fidgeted with whatever small gadget he was working on.

"Huh!? Um… Yeah. I guess I am." She lowly answered.

"Why so distracted?" He asked looking at her.

"What? Tech I'm ok. I just… I was just talking to Jake, and uh… yeah that's it." She finished in hopes that the coyote didn't press farther on the subject.

"And how did that go?" He curiously asked.

She sighed and looked back at the rest of her teammates, she noticed they were all into a movie and not really paying attention to their conversation. She turned her gaze back to the coyote. "He kinda asked me to be his girlfriend, and then he invited me to a movie premier this friday…?" She responded in a low voice.

"Hmmm… Then why do you look so distracted and well… not happy about it?" He pressed.

"I'm just a bit nervous that's all. It all took me by surprise, and well I had last night and this morning's events and it's just all a bit too much for me right now." She responded as she slumped her shoulders.

"Are you planning on telling him?"

The question took Lexi by surprise, she knew what he meant but the answer was for her and Ace's matters not him or anyone else in the team. "What? I don't know! Maybe, I guess…" She responded.

"I think you should, just be completely honest and let him know." He said as he stood and started walking towards his lab.

Lexi just stared dumbfounded and annoyed at the coyote 'What's it to him?' she asked herself as she shrugged and turned her gaze back to the TV screen.

Truth is, Tech was just worried about the team and mostly his leader. His troubled state could put the team at risk when out on the field, and his recent actions confirmed said theory. This whole situation is not just affecting his leader but the whole team, they've been living in a tense environment, their leader and second in command are in combat with an emotional battle between themselves. So for the sake of the team he thought it was best for Ace to know that Lexi had a boyfriend, instead of him finding out in the tabloids or some gossip show, even though it would still hurt him; he would probably take it better coming from her than finding out later on. After all honesty is your best policy.

GUYS! I made a newer reference sheet for Jake, so for those asking or wondering how he really looks like you can all go to my profile, I posted a link to the reference there.

Thank you all for reading! And please review! =)