Not so clear

Disclaimer: Only own my OCs. Transformers belong to Hasbro. Tai Witwicky's characters belong to her.

Author's note: So now for the story that was voted for in my poll. I don't know how long this will be but I do know that I'm going to have fun writing this.

Peaches hadn't known how it had happened but there she was, building the frame of a new Cybertronian with her sparkmate, Sideways. The 2 had thought this over for a while and had decided not only did they want their adopted daughter Abby to have a sister or brother but that they wanted to ensure the survival of the Cybertronian race as well as have someone else to love.

"I congratulate the both of you for thinking about this before doing it, something that humans could learn a thing or two about." Ratchet said.

"Well, I wanted to do it only if he agreed to it." Peaches replied as she pointed to the ex-Decepticon mech that she had bonded to.

Sideways started laughing a bit "Just think Peach; in another week, we have a bigger family."

"Yes, I know but still, I'm so worried. I was always the only child; how am I going to make sure that Abby gets along with her new sister or brother, much less one that is way different than she is? Waht will I do when it's confusing as to who is the 'little sister'?" the orange and red Pretender was panicking.

"Peaches, calm down. You can ask Tai both of those and see if she can help you." Ratchet answered. "Now you two better be doing everything right, is that clear?"

"Yes sir." Peaches and Sideways both answered. They then went to get Abby from Tai so that they could spend time with her for that evening.

(3 hours earlier)

Peaches had just told everyone the good news and these were just some of the reactions.

"You can't be serious!"-Jolt

"Cool!"-Tai.

"Are you sure you want to do that?"-Arcee

"Okay, why do you think you can handle a 2nd kid"-Galloway.

Sideways grabbed the liason and held him up close to his faceplate. "Never insult Peaches' or my ability to do anything, you son of a glitch!" he snarled in a threatening tone of voice.

"Hey watch it, Sparrow, Techno and Abby are here!" Chromia pointed out.

The former Decepticon didn't hear the femme and was just about to toss the now shaking Theodore Galloway against the wall on the other side of the room when Optimus Prime walked in.

"Let him go Sideways, he is not worth it."

Sideways sighed and reluctantly placed Galloway back onto the floor. "He insulted my sparkmate and I." he muttered angrily. He then walked out.

(back to present)

Afterwards, Optimus had gotten everyone to settle down and get back to work while Peaches and Sideways built the frame of their new sparkling. Now the two sparkmates just had to wait for what was to happen. For right now, Sideways sat by himself on the beach. He had calmed down a lot but was still not completely settled down. It seemed as though the waves rolling gently towards the island were a mockery of what had happened earlier. "Can't have Abby imitating that, what was I thinking?" he said out loud. "Still, Peaches and I have been able to handle a lot, unlike that glitchhead.' The ex-Decepticon mech sighed.

Optimus Prime himself had seen Sideways sitting there. "I would have been tempted to do the same thing if Elita and I had been insulted."

Sideways looked up. "You, a Prime, tempted to throw someone who isn't an enemy against the wall? A long time ago, I would have said that's laughable but today, I'm just surprised." he said. "It's just that-I don't need any more doubts from anybody. I just want to prove that I've changed damn it! I don't want to be thought of as a coward anymore! Not everyone's seen that proof though."

"I know that I have. You and Peaches sitting in the rec room with Abigail while on break and watching TV, the way you are able to comfort Peaches, and of course, when Abby grabbed your finger and refused to let go." The Autobot leader was smiling. "You and Peaches were both very brave to start a relationship while both factions of our race were still at war and you were on different sides. You both were not afraid to admit that you were 'dating' as the humans call it and kept doing so even though Megatron and I both disapproved of it. Both of you also try to be the best example to the youngling you have now and will be for your next sparkling. You aren't a coward at all and you haven't blown the chance I gave you."

The ex-Decepticon felt a very weird feeling. Like his spark was touched and that everything would work out. "Well, I've got one more thing I want to ask."

"What is that?" Optimus Prime asked.

"Do you have any tips on how to deal with my femme for this whole week? She's going to be craving stuff, being emotional, that kind of thing."

Optimus started laughing. "Just be patient and be glad that she does not have to go through 'labor' like a human female does."

Sideways recharged that night with a smile on his faceplate. Next to him was his femme, on the other side of the room were his soon to be oldest daughter and the family dog. He had asked Peaches about why he was feeling weird in a good way and she had replied "Optimus Prime always makes you feel like that when you're somebody whose on his side. He always sees the good even in the worst situations. Yes, he's not perfect but he does come close."

Sideways wasn't sure what to expect but he did rest thinking of only happy thoughts, something he had never been able to do as a Decepticon. It felt so good to be able to do so.

Author's notes: Yeah, it's kind of a lame start but I hope I can make this better. If anyone has any suggestions to help me get this moving along, please let me know!