Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I only own any OCs in here, not the Transformers.
When she had woken up this morning, Peaches remembered something. Not only had she and Sideways spark bonded last night but the Pretender had recalled how Elita One had explained how Cybertronian intimacy worked and how their species' reproduction occured …
(Flashback, 2010)
She had only been on base 2 days and thus had trouble finding her way around there. Peaches had to get that report to Prowl, where was his office again? The femme transformed into her human mode, still carrying the data pad. Maybe she could ask somebody for help.
Peaches went down the hall and saw where Optimus Prime's quarters were; should she interrupt him? No, probably not but she needed help getting to where she was going. She opened the door part of the way, then quickly shut it and ran another direction, finally finding Prowl's office. She quickly handed him the report, then ran into her own quarters for her break…
Sometime later, Elita and Optimus were looking for Peaches. "Prime, I can't believe it" Elita started to say, slightly angry.
"I am sure that she did not walk in on us intentionally." He reassured her. "I believe it is time that she learned about this anyway as soon she'll be out of her youngling years."
Soon, the Pretender walked up to them. She was now in her robot mode as she said the following, trying not to cry over it but not being able to help being so sensitive. "I'm sorry about earlier; I wanted to ask Prime for help finding Prowl's office since I'm still learning where everything is and when I saw what was going on, I ran off because I knew I shouldn't have interrupted that. I didn't even know Autobots had an equivalent to the ways that humans express their love for each other! I didn't do it on purpose."
Elita One could no longer be angry with the younger femme. "It's all right sweetspark; you'll be able to remember where everything is once you've been here longer and we both forgive you for your unintentional intrusion on our private time." The former said gently.
"As long as you remember not to interrupt us unless the base is under attack, you will be fine." Optimus Prime added. "Since you did not break any rules intentionally, I will not punish you however, it is about time that you learned about this as you may experience it yourself one day and you are old enough; ordinarily, we'd ask your creators to do so but as it is, Elita will have to explain it."
The femme commander then led Peaches to another room that wasn't used for anything and shut the door behind them. Both sat down on the chairs and the latter looked as though she was slowly overcoming her shame.
"Peaches, you are aware that every part of the human body that is your alt mode is false, correct?" Elita asked.
"Yes, I'm aware of that." Peaches replied. "What I don't get is why Transformers would have parts similar to those."
"That's not quite the case my friend; Cybertronians do not sexually reproduce as humans do." Elita One tried her best to keep her composure as she explained everything. Well, it was at least the basics about how Cybertronians expressed their affections for each other and how sparklings were built.
The orange and red Autobot trainee seemed more relaxed but still worried. "What if I don't find a mech of my own? I mean, I can deal with being single my whole life if that's what's meant to happen."
"Your spark will only call out to one specific mech and you will know if he's the one." Elita reassured Peaches. "When you do become spark bonded with another and have your own 'alone time' with him, you will understand how pleasing and amazing it is when Optimus and I have it together."
(End flashback)
She was right, the Pretender thought smiling. She then stretched out and got up, the ex-Decepticon who was her sparkmate soon following her.
Peaches and Sideways both went to get breakfast ready for Aaron, Abby and Crystal. After the kids had eaten, Aaron went to play outside with Snowball, who was barking and scratching at the door. Crystal and Abby on the other hand wanted "Mommy and Daddy" to put on Dora the Explorer and watch it with them.
The ex-Decepticon sighed. "All right; we'll put it on the TV for you."
As the 2 toddlers watched the show, he and the Pretender smiled, knowing that everything was going well. It had been hard to believe that Peaches had been so nervous and scared of the physical things that came with a romantic relationship since she was now feeling like she had nothing to hide and her trust in her mate had been firmly cemented long before what had happened the previous night.
Later Peaches took Abby and Crystal outside to play with Aaron while Sideways had gone to buy a plastic sandbox with a cover as well as sand, plastic shovels and plastic pails. Snowball was lying in the shade of a tree, not interested in what was going on. The Pretender smiled; her life was not perfect, just pretty close to it for the most part.
"Oh Peaches." Someone said seductively.
The orange and red femme turned around and saw Sideways; he had already put the sandbox down, filled it with sand and put the lid on it as the kids did not want to play with it now. He began lightly tickling Peaches' midsection.
"No, stop it…please…" She began laughing as she fell onto the ground. That only made him tickle her more.
"It's not like I'm doing anything the kids aren't allowed to see." The ex-Decepticon pointed out.
"Daddy's tickling Mommy!" Abby said, as though this was something to be proud of.
"I get tickle too?" Crystal asked.
"Okay you two." Peaches got out of her mate's arms and began lightly tickling both of her daughters.
Aaron on the other hand insisted that he was not ticklish which Sideways quickly proved wrong.
"Dad… please stop doing that…" the human boy started laughing.
Soon everyone was tickling each other, save Snowball who stared at the goings on with a "WTF" look on her face.
After a few more minutes of this, Peaches said "Okay that's enough now who wants to play in the sand?"
"I do!" Abby replied.
She was playing with Aaron in a few minutes while Crystal played with a ball. Thankfully, Sideways had put a fence around their backyard to keep the kids within their sights at all times but nevertheless, both parents kept an optic on their kids, and one on each other.
Peaches gently rubbed her sparkmate's shoulders and then embraced him; Sideways accepted this and gave her a kiss. He broke the kiss and then asked "So my Peach Ice Cream is your day going well?"
"Very well; I have the children, the dog, and you." She replied sweetly. "Except for one thing that's been bothering me. I am concerned about what we will do if one of the kids walks in on us during our, ahem, 'special alone time'."
"We will worry about that if and when that happens; for now, let's enjoy this day." Sideways told her, as he began running his hands down her back lightly and making his sparkmate smile.
Indeed they did enjoy it even if it wasn't as exciting as last night had been. Peaches wrote about the previous night in her personal log though, as the first time doing something like what she and Sideways had done was unforgettable...
It had been over 3 months since they had first moved into a place of their own and Aaron was finally starting school. Peaches personally thought it would be good for him to be around other humans besides his younger sister and Sideways was inclined to agree. They saw him off to the bus stop and Peaches stayed until the boy had gotten onto the bus and it was out of site.
The 2 then took Abby and Crystal back inside as it would start raining soon and they could not play outside today. When they had shut the front door, Peaches sat down on the sofa with the first of the 2 youngest kids of hers. "Well, looks like we're not taking your brother to the playground with us later; what do you want to do?"
"Story!" Crystal shouted.
Sideways gave his sparkmate the small sparkling and volunteered to do the chores. Ordinarily, it was Peaches and Aaron who did the housework so this was a bit of a surprise to the Pretender. She still let him do it; it would be a big help after all. She couldn't help but wonder though was something horrible going to happen since this was out of the ordinary?
(Later that evening)
It was dinner time and Peaches had cooked macaroni and cheese for Abby and Aaron and had gotten energon for herself, Crystal and Sideways when she had gotten a comlink message.
"Peaches, this is Optimus Prime please respond"
"Yes sir what do you need" Peaches replied.
"Most of the human soldiers on NEST base have been recovering from a virus that's been spreading around and Colonel Lennox and I need another Autobot to go on a mission we have as the others are all busy with other things." The Autobot leader explained over the comlink. "Will you be able to come and assist it? You will be away from home for a short time."
"I can; Sideways can handle the kids." She said. "I'll tell them what's going on."
"Thank you Peaches; Elita will come and get you in the morning. Optimus Prime out."
The orange and red femme sighed. "Kids, Sideways, Optimus needs me for a mission and I'm leaving tomorrow."
"You're going away Mommy?" Crystal asked, disbelieving the whole thing.
"No!" Abby added.
"Just for the rest of this week and then I'll be home." Peaches explained.
Sideways couldn't believe this; he had waited so long to get some time alone with her again as the last few months had involved massive amounts of paperwork in order to possibly become foster parents, Abby getting more of her teeth, Crystal occasionally getting a temper tantrum but no one ever giving in to what she wanted and just plain stress. He sighed sadly but was willing to let his sparkmate do her job. She was still a NEST member after all.
"Do what you have to do Peach; we'll be fine waiting for you." He said.
"I know; I just hope you're right." Peaches then embraced and kissed him. "I'm not leaving until tomorrow but I'd rather just rest tonight if that's okay with you."
The ex-Decepticon agreed to this; he was very understanding albeit disappointed with everything that was happening but they would manage. They always did…
