Bathtime For Axel
"Axel it's bath time!" Tessa Yeager yelled; to her four year son Axel who was playing outside somewhere. Tessa was careful not to step into some muddy puddles that dotted the yard of the Yeager's new house; it rained very heavy the day a few minutes of waiting Tessa received no answer whatsoever. Then a very familiar voice reached Tessa's ears it sounded like a child laughing a very familiar voice at that; mixed in with a couple of splat splat then walked up behind the back side of the house and gasped covering her hands around her mouth. Feeling anger rise up within her Tessa shouted "AXEL YEAGER YOU COME OVER HERE RIGHT THIS INSTANT; AND COME INSIDE FOR YOUR BATH."
Axel Yeager stopped jumping within the biggest muddy puddle; and despite being covered from head to toe in mud he turned around and facing his mother with his fists balled up at his sides and his face scrunched up with a menacing look and said "NO NO NO!" Then he continued by jumping around in his muddy puddle; by now Tessa was beyond mad never before had Axel disobeyed her so this was a first. Marching over to her son Tessa grabbed her son's arm and tugged it as hard as she could; by now Tessa was practically dragging her son who by now was kicking and screaming. As mother and son got closer to the house Axel has no desire to take a bath whatsoever he wanted to continue to playing outside so he only saw only one way out and that was to bite his mother's hand. Tessa cried out in pain with tears running down her cheeks she then examined her hand and noticed a small bite mark. Turning around she just caught site of Axel running back to the back of the house to continue playing in his giant muddy puddle.
Tessa was at a loss for words as she ran back inside the house and went to her room leaving her son to his own devices. A short while later the autobots returned along with Axel's uncle Cade Yeager; after all the autobots parked their vehicles within the barn they activated their holoforms and went inside the house to their rooms. Drift found it odd that he didn't see his mate Tessa or his son Axel usually the pair was always there to greet them with open arms after coming home from a long trip. Cade was equally concern as were the other autobots where could Tessa and Axel be? Seconds later Cade heard something rather familiar after silently telling the autobots not to follow; Cade his way to the back of the house seconds later the autobots jumped a little as they heard Cade yell "AXEL LOOK AT YOURSELF YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY FILTHY! GO AND TAKE A BATH THIS INSTANT!" As Axel continued to argue with his grandfather about not taking a bath.
Drift silently entered the house looking for his mate Tessa he found her minutes later in her room asleep. Drift also noticed that her clothes were a little dirty and that she had a bandage on her hand. Now Drift was both concerned and worried were his mate and son attacked by something when he wasn't here. By that point Drift had a little bit of agony and sorrow in his spark he was ashamed that he was there to protect his family. A sleepy voice broke Drift out of his thoughts " Drift is that you…..?" "Yes my love it's me" Drift said softly while stroking Tessa's hair letting the softness of her hair weave its way through his fingers.
After a few moments of silence between the two of them Drift decided to question his mate about the bandage on her hand. At first Tessa wanted to tell Drift that it was nothing and leave it at that; but Tessa knew her mate wouldn't take that for an answer and would gently poke at her for the details. So Tessa told Drift everything that happened from finding their son all dirty; to telling him that he needed to take a bath and finally to their son biting her on her hand. Once Tessa finished her story of the days events Drift now felt both a combination of shock and anger; shocked because his son never acted out before and anger for hurting his mother he and Axel were going to have a long talk about respect. Seconds later the pair heard Tessa's father Cade dragging a screaming Axel moments later the pair; heard the heard water running in the bathroom and Axel angrily mumbling under his breath. Dinner was uneventful as well it was rather quite as everyone ate in silence Axel was squirming in his seat it was rather uncomfortable; he could feel his father's presence but out of the corner of his eye he could tell his father wasn't happy there was no emotion on his face whatsoever as he stood still leaning up against the entrance to the kitchen.
There was no bedtime story for Axel for two whole weeks Tessa tried to protest thinking that Drift was going a little too far. But Drift stood his ground firmly and said that Axel need to learn a little lesson about respect and respecting his elders. So that night after everyone went to bed Drift and Axel had a long talk about respect. But despite what his father was telling Axel wasn't really paying any attention well maybe a little bit; but after what happened Axel felt really guilty about what he did to his mother he really loved her and his father he loved them more than the big wide world itself. Axel really didn't sleep well that night as his father's words circled around in his head he already had an idea in mind and he knew his mother appreciate a lot. So early the next morning Axel was the first to awake or so he thought upon entering the kitchen he saw Optimus's holoform sitting at the table drinking energon from a mug.
"Morning grandpa Optimus" Axel said as he entered the kitchen. Optimus eyed the boy as he made his way over to the cabinets where the the pots and pans were. "Did you learn your lesson from yesterday Axel?" Optimus asked his grandson. " Yes grandpa I did and I have an idea to make it up to mom!" Axel said a little to excitedly. Optimus couldn't help crack a smile and so he asked his grandson how did he plan on doing that? Axel couldn't contain his excitement any longer so he thought maybe that just maybe Optimus could help him.
So Axel told Optimus his plan about apologizing to his mother for yesterday by making her breakfast in bed. So with Axel leading the way he told Optimus what to do and in no time flat Tessa's apology breakfast in bed was completed. As Optimus and Axel made their way to Tessa's bedroom once there Axel peaked inside and didn't see his father but his mother alone asleep in her bed. Axel then as quietly as he could scrambled up on the bed being very careful not to wake his mother; Axel then shook his mother awake gently after a few seconds Tessa awoke and was beginning to wonder what all the commotion was about. Not ever barely awake Tessa could only see her son Axel through the blearly haze as she was still slightly tired. "Axel honey is everything alright did you have a bad dream or something?"
"No mommy I am fine!" Axel chirped with a large smile on his face. "Then what's wrong?" Tessa asked now fully awake well Axel started to say as he was twiddling his fingers ;and had his head down not wanting to look at his mother after what happened the day before. Axel felt his mother tilt his chin up Axel could see the concern and worry deep within his mother's eyes."Axel sweety are you going to tell me what's bothering you" Tessa asked gently she wasn't going to pressure her son. Without warning Axel bursted into tears and collapsed into his mother's arms now Tessa was really alarmed and he told his mother that he was sorry about what happened yesterday; and with Optimus help Axel told her he wanted to apologize with making her breakfast in bed. Tessa hugged her son close to her despite the brat he was yesterday Tessa had already forgive her son deep within her heart she knew he never meant to do what he did yesterday to her because he loved her too much. Now all Tessa had to do was to convince her mate Drift to stop grounding Axel for two weeks; Tessa knew it wasn't going to be easy but she could about it over breakfast with her son cuddling into her side.
