Hey guys, this is TKDrift. Before this story begins, I personally want to thank Bookworm Gal for the inspiration and granting me permission to write this spin-off of her "Black Crayon" stories; she's one good writer and an even better person. But just to make sure, her stories, storylines and so forth are hers.

So when permission was secured, I had myself thinking; if Mikaela DID break up with Sam and Carly entered the picture, how would Annabelle take it? And how different would "A Child's Innocence" be? With that in mind, I began writing both this story and a revised version of "A Child's Innocence" (Which I will upload soon by the way).

And a personal message to Bookworm Gal; as I was unable to reply to your PM last time, I decided to write it here. Thank you again for allowing me to write this and for the inspiration. And don't worry, what you asked me, will be kept, no matter what.

Enjoy the story.

New Arrivals

Chapter 1: A new babysitter

It was a slowly brightening summer morning. Birds were chirping and it was quiet. Of course, for Annabelle Lennox that was going to change soon enough. Both her parents said that it was rude to make loud noises in the EARLY morning, so it was best to keep everything on the down-low for now.

Mommy had told her Sam was going to babysit her for the day, as she had to attend to some "business" and Daddy was still looking for "bad robots". So she began to feel anxious when she began to see a too-familiar Yellow Camaro pull up and park near the house. Annabelle then ran up to the car, practically hopping in place, eager to meet her favorite babysitters.

The car's doors opened and on the left, out came the brown-haired man that was Sam Witwicky, the man who "saved the entire universe", as she loved to put it. From the right door however Annabelle, if not a bit automatically, was expecting Mikaela to come out. Instead, a woman with ocean-blue eyes and blonde hair that almost matched hers came out instead.

"…Sam?" she asked as the pair approached her. "Who is this? Where's Mikaela?"

When Mrs. Lennox called last night, he was a bit worried. Sam knew too well that Annabelle loved Mikaela, and had no idea how she would react to the fact that him and Mikaela weren't "together" anymore. He personally still couldn't believe how they broke up; they were in the park, discussing what to do after he graduated college. When Sam mentioned that he wanted to work for NEST, she suddenly went berserk, calling him "insane", "stupid" and all kinds of names. While he could mostly withstand those verbal words, one name eventually tipped him off the deep end; "Autobot watch-dog". Having had enough, Sam began to fight back and eventually, the result was the break-up. The pain he experienced from it was indescribably painful. But the day he got the medal from President Obama for saving the world twice, it was that same day he met Carly. In fact, unlike Mikaela, she was a whole lot kinder and gave him more than enough respect as her boyfriend. Carly believed his stories of the Autobots and his involvement with them, having seen them firsthand once and on TV.

And this morning, when he told her they had to look after the daughter of NEST's "top gunner", she was thrilled to meet Annabelle. So it was no surprise that the five year old asked who Carly was upon their arrival.

"…Sam?" she asked as the pair approached her. "Who is this? Where's Mikaela?"

"Annabelle…" Sam started. "This is Carly Spencer, my new girlfriend. Mikaela….."

He looked into the five year old's eyes. As much as he knew she would be extremely hurt, Sam knew she had to know what happened.

"…Mikaela and I broke up. She 's not with me anymore."

How was it? I apologize if I am not a good writer. This is not the first time I wrote a story, but I'm still new to all of this.

Please review. I appreciate your feedback. Thank you for reading this chapter and I will update as fast as I can.

This is TKDrift, signing off.