I sit on the front porches railing of my families new house in Florida watching the sun go down far off in the distance over the bright blue ocean. Hound and Bumblebee play a Cybertronian game called Lobbing to my right as my father grills hamburgers and hotdogs. Joshua, now a family friend of ours, talks to Crosshairs over to my left. I take a deep breath as I look around at everyone.

"He went for a drive." I hear Tessa state from behind me.

I turn around and look her in the eyes hoping that she doesn't know who I'm looking for. She does though. I can see it in her eyes. "Who?" I ask innocently and she snorts.

"Come on sis we both know who you're looking for. Tall. Turns into a semi with a red and blue fire scheme." She points out as she gets up and walks over to me.

"How long have you known?" I sigh softly and she looks around at our father.

"Hey dad can me and Lena go for a walk?" Our father looks up and watches us both.

"Alright just don't wander too far dinner will be ready soon." He yells as I jump down from the porch and begin to run off.

Once both Tessa and I are out of hearing range she turns to me. "I've known since the beginning. It's the way you look at him." She explains.

I shift uncomfortable from one foot to the other as I notice we're not longer walking. "I don't mean too." I whisper.

"When will you tell him?" Tessa asks and I stare at her wide eyed.

"What?! Tell him! Tessa are you mad I can't TELL him. He's him and I'm... well look at me. It'll never work out." I whisper.

"Why don't you let him me the judge of that?" She asks.

"Because oh let me think... he's five hundred feet taller than me, he's a war hero, he's a different species-." I begin to rant but get cut off.

"But yet you love him." She states. "Those differences aren't stopping you from loving him so why would they stop him?" She points out.

I let out a sigh before I look up at the stars. "Yeah I know but still. I doubt he feels the same. I mean he's Optimus Prime, Tessa. He's the leader of the Autobots and a war hero. Why would he love me? I'm just a... a troublesome human." I murmur.

Tessa lays a hand on my shoulder and squeezes. "Why don't you give him a chance." Then her hand is gone as she's headed back to the house. I don't follow her I just sit down now realizing that I'm in the warm sand. I stare out at the last raze of the sun that try to shine on the world for a few more seconds.

"Dad do you really think you can get in there without getting seen?" I ask as he gets dressed to go into the NCR building.

"For a good twenty minutes I'll be fine as long as I get out fast enough I'll be fine." He promises and I nod my head but still fear him getting caught.

I had though he wasn't going to make it back when he left to go into that building but Optimus had promised me he would be fine and if something happened he would get my dad back no matter what. I head home quickly telling my father I'm not hungry and want to go to bed early. Once I'm in my room I pull my clothes off and slip on a blue nightgown and climb into bed passing out once my head hits the pillow.