"Sari?"

It was a hot beautiful day and a bored Bumblebee was looking for his best friend. He peeked inside Sari's room and saw her lying on the floor (in her bathing suit with the fan blowing) looking at something. He walked up behind her and yelled "BOO!" Sari jumped about a foot in the air.

"Bumblebee!" she frowned a half frown at him, only pretending to be angry. In between laughs of mirth, Bee glanced at her and his breath caught in his throat and his metallic heart started thumping.

To distract himself, he pointed at what she had been looking at. "What's that?"

"Huh? Oh, this? It's a photo album. You put pictures in here to look back on good times."

"Oh." Bumblebee laid on his stomach next to his friend, brushing her arm accidentally. Sari repressed a shiver.

"What's this picture about?" asked Bee.

Tearing her gaze away from Bee, Sari looked at the picture in question. "That's me at the beach," she murmured. "Actually, it's the beach here in town."

Bumblebee's optics lit up. "Hey, Sari. Let's go today!"

Sari jumped up. "Yeah! I'll show you the boats and the buoys, and we can go swimming..." suddenly her smile vanished. "Oh, Bumblebee...you'll rust!" she sighed. "Oh well. We can do something else..."

Bumblebee was torn. He couldn't bear disappointing Sari, but he knew that Ratchet would kill him if he got wet. But if he could make Sari happy...

After careful consideration, he decided to go see Jazz about it. He said goodbye to Sari and headed to the rec. room.

Sure enough, Jazz was there, playing Dance Dance Revolution. Bee walked up and paused it.

"Dude, I was on a roll!" Jazz shouted. "Level 10!"

"Jazz, I need your advice."

"Oh." Jazz paused and sat down. "On...?"

Sitting down as well, Bumblebee told Jazz about his situation.

"I think you should take the girl to the beach. If you rust a little, so what? You'll have made her happy, right?" Bumblebee smiled. Jazz was saying exactly what he himself was thinking.

"Just go for it, Bee."

"Go for what?"

"Oh, just Bumblebee taking Sari swimming." Jazz answered casually. Bumblebee looked at his friend nervously. "Uh, Jazz..."

"What?" Suddenly a big hand came down and tapped Jazz on the shoulder. He spun around, then froze.

"R-R-Ratchet!"

The medical autobot glared down at them both. "Swimming, huh? I see. Bumblebee, come with me."

Braced for the worst, Bumblebee dejectedly followed Ratchet towards the med. bay. Now he'd never be able to take Sari to the beach.

Ratchet led Bumblebee to the medical bed and directed him to sit. Then he turned and rustled through some cupboards behind him until he found a spray bottle filled with a clear liquid. Bee looked at it suspiciously and not without a trace of fear.

"What is that?"

"Waterblock."

"Huh??" said a confused Bee, wondering if the doctor had lost his mind.

Ratchet sighed. "You know that stuff called sunblock that humans use to protect their skin from the sun? Well this is stuff that we can use to protect us from water and rust."

Bumblebee's optics twinkled. "You mean I can go swimming and I won't rust?"

"Exactly." Ratchet smiled. "Now close your optics, I'm going to spray this on you."

10 minutes later, a yellow Camaro with black racing stripes came into Sari's bedroom and honked. Sari opened the door and saw all her beach stuff inside.

"Bumblebee! I thought you couldn't go to the beach!"

"I can now!"

Sari didn't ask questions, just hopped in and buckled up as Bumblebee sped off. As they rode along, Sari stroked the dashboard without noticing, and Bumblebee had to keep himself from sighing with longing and contentment.

"You didn't have to do this for me Bee," said Sari. "I would have lived." Bee laughed.

"But I wouldn't have, not after I saw that picture!" Sari smiled.

When they pulled up, Sari ran onto the dock, Bumblebee (still in his transformed state) following, making sure not to drive off the edge. They went past the houseboats and the kayaks and the sailboats and the speedboats until they got to the jet-skis.

"Ooh, I've always wanted to ride one of those!"Sari exclaimed. "Doesn't it look like fun?" she turned around, but there was no car behind her. Instead, in the water, was a black and yellow jet-ski with a life jacket just her size waiting on the seat. "Oh, Bee!" She jumped on and strapped on the jacket, then held on for her life as Bumblebee took off towards a tiny island in the middle of the lake. They pulled onto the shore on the island and Sari climbed off as Bee transformed. When he was finished, he looked around and didn't see Sari anywhere.

"Sari?"

"Up here!" Bumblebee looked up and saw Sari in a tree above him. He reached up and plucked her off as easily as picking a very ripe berry. He smirked at her, then holding onto her tight, he dove into the water. They came up and Sari sputtered. "Bee!" She splashed water at him, which involved in a water war. Later, Bumblebee decided to take a little time to recharge while Sari went snorkeling just off the shore.

She was scanning the lake bottom when something shiny caught her eye. She dove down and grabbed it, then sat on the shore looking at it. It was a chain with a shell on it. Was it her or was the shell sparkling? She yawned, and put it around Bee's neck, curling up beside him. Soon she was asleep. Not long after, the shell started pulsing and shimmering.

Sari slowly opened her eyes and blinked; the sun was bright. She turned over to wake Bumblebee, but he wasn't there. Instead, a boy of about 8 with sandy-blond hair was curled up next to her, the chain she had given Bee around his neck. She screamed, and his eyes flew open. They were bright blue.

"Sari?!"

Scrambling away, Sari grabbed the closest stick she could find and held it defensively, like a club.

"Thief! Friend-napper!" she swung the stick and rolled out of the way just in time. "What have you done with Bumblebee?!"

"Sari! It's me!" The boy had gotten to his feet now and Sari started chasing him all over the shore. Finally she cornered him and slowly advanced, tapping the stick in her hand against her calf. "Where-is-Bumblebee?" she hissed between her teeth. Soon she was face to face with him.

"Sari, I--" the boy paused. "I'm as short as you!" she blinked.

"Excuse me?"

The boy wasn't listening anymore as he looked at his hands. "Not only am I as short as you, but I'm a human!" he laughed, and her heart fluttered. She would know that laugh anywhere. She slowly dropped the stick.

"Bee? Is it really you?" he looked at her and smiled.

"Yeah, Sari. It's really me. Can you believe it?!" she laughed and gave him a big hug. When she pulled away, her hair got tangled in the chain.

"What's this?" Bee asked as he worked her hair loose.

She blushed. "Uh, I found it while snorkeling and I thought you might like it, so..." Bee swept her up into a hug.

"I love it!" He pulled back, but didn't take his arms from around her. His eyes gazed into hers, and her heart started pounding. She was sure he was going to kiss her...

"So how do we get home?" he let go and turned to look at the mainland, ruining the moment. "I can't transform anymore, nor can I contact anyone. So what do we do?"

"Just wait. They'll find us eventually."

"Ok," agreed Bee readily. He didn't mind having more time with Sari alone. "I packed sandwiches and drinks for you (though I'll have to share now) plus blankets, towels, clothes, ect. We're set!"

They ended up playing in the water the rest of the afternoon, Bee pretending to be a shark and Sari a fish. When evening finally came around, they wrapped up in blankets together to stay warm and watched the stars come out. Sari eventually fell asleep, and Bee kept quiet as he looked at the thousands of stars. After half an hour, he noticed she was shivering, so he put his arm around her, and her head fell onto his shoulder gently. The warm feeling that spread through him was intoxicating, and soon he fell asleep as well, forgetting all about the autobots back home.