It had been a pretty quiet day for the bots and their human friends, mainly because the kids had pop quiz at school the next day and were studying for it.

"The answer to question eight is…22." Said Jack.

"You're right, I gotta say, you and Raf are much better at this than Ratchet."

"How come?" Raf asked.

"Because you don't throw the book out the nearest window if you get the answer wrong." Miko replied.

The three friends nearly dropped their pencils and started laughing, as well as some of the other bots.

"Just be glad he didn't hear that." Said Bulkhead.

"Speaking of which, where is Doc, anyway?" Wheeljack asked, looking around.

Bulkhead shrugged his shoulders, "Beats me, I haven't seen him."

Currently he and Wheeljack were playing what looked like a Cybertronian version of checkers. Bumblebee was watching the game on the side.

"Eh, might have to do with Boss bot, Smokescreen and Ultra Magnus checking out that oil rig in Alaska. Said something about seeing 'Cons walking around the place." Said Wheeljack.

Jack then noticed the group was not just one, but two bots short.

"Wasn't' Arcee here just a minute ago?" he asked.

"Yeah, though she said something about spotting tire tracks not far from here, thinks it might have been Decepticons." Bulkhead explained.

"And…I got 'cha!" Wheeljack exclaimed, moving the black checker like game piece across the board and over one of the red disks on Bulkhead's side.

The green autobot sat there stunned.

"No way, I was so close!"

"Snooze, ya lose, Bulk." Wheeljack said with a smile, beating his friend for the third time.

Not far from headquarters, Arcee was walking along near a dirt road, following the tire tracks she had seen earlier. Suddenly somebot placed his hands over her eyes. She was startled at first but then recognized who it was.

"Guess who," said a voice.

Arcee giggled before prying the pair of hands off her face.

"Very funny," She said.

"Anyway...I thought you'd like to see this." Ratchet told her and pointed to a spot overlooking the town of Jasper. Arcee looked and gasped at the sight.

"Can't remember the last time I've seen a sunset like this." She confessed.

The two of them stood there watching the sky go from light gold to a dark shade of blue. The clouds had gone from bright pink to dark purple, then gray as the sky got darker. Arcee nuzzled Ratchet with her cheek, which surprised him at first.

"What is it?" Arcee asked, noticing the startled look on Ratchet's face.

"Well, it's just that…we've been mates for about a week now and we still haven't told anyone." Ratchet answered.

"That's true…listen, as soon as the rest of the team gets back we'll tell them." Arcee suggested.

"Uh…sure." Ratchet said nervously.

"You're afraid aren't you?" Arcee asked, folding her arms in front of her chest.

"Terrified." Ratchet confessed.

Arcee simply shook her head, this was coming from a bot who was known for having a bit of a short fuse at times. After a moment of silence, Arcee snickered.

"What's so funny?" Ratchet asked, raising an eyebrow.

Arcee turned to face him.

"I was just thinking…if this was a movie, this is the part where we'd kiss."

Ratchet froze as he stared at Arcee, making her laugh. The blue femme moved closer and nuzzled her mate once more. She was caught off guard when Ratchet kissed her. After a moment, they stopped.

"Did you hear something?" Ratchet asked.

Arcee looked around, then back at him.

"No, not at all."

"Good, could have been worse if somebody had seen us." Ratchet pointed out.

He and Arcee paused for a moment before they started laughing.

(Two weeks later)

Arcee felt rather sick when she woke up. Moments later, she heard a faint growl from her stomach before she rushed to bathroom and it all came up. Ratchet got up when Arcee bolted out and walked into the room.

" Arcee, what's wrong?" He asked as he helped her stand.

"I don't know." She mumbled. Ratchet looked at her nervously and took her to med-bay. While there, he scanned her. His eyes widened and he dropped the scanner and passed out.

"Ratchet?!" Arcee called out in alarm. Optimus happened to be passing by when he stopped and walked into med-bay to see Arcee trying to wake Ratchet.

"Arcee? Is everything alright?" He asked. Arcee looked up for a moment then back down at Ratchet.

"I don't know. I didn't feel well so he brought me here, did a scan then blacked out." She explained.

"So, I see" Optimus said and picked up Ratchet and placed him on a berth. Arcee thanked him and he left. Arcee stroked Ratchet's face and waited till he woke.

When Ratchet came to, he slowly sat up and looked at her. Arcee yelped in surprise when Ratchet picked her up for a moment. It was then that she noticed he had a huge grin on his face plates.

"Ratchet? What's gotten into you?" Arcee asked confused.

"Arcee…I don't know to tell you this but… look at this." He said and handed her the scanner.

Arcee looked at the results and realized why Ratchet had fainted.

"I'm… sparked?" she asked, sounding both nervous and shocked.

Ratchet, who was just as stunned simply nodded.

Arcee stared at the orange and white bot then she hugged him.

Now it had explained why for a while Arcee had been feeling… different. It had started out with her being tired during the day, then sometimes she would snap at her teammates for no particular reason and last, her appetite had changed. She purred softly as she nuzzled Ratchet once more.

"I can't believe we're going to be parents." She said, placing a hand on her stomach which was still flat, it would be another month before she started to show.

"Neither can I, now what?" Ratchet asked.

"Well, we're going to have to break the news to the others." Arcee answered.

Ratchet sighed.

"You're right,"

"Ratchet, either we tell them now or let them figure it out in three months." Said Arcee.

"Tell us what?" Miko asked as she entered the med-bay, followed by Bulkhead and the rest of the team.

"Yeah, what's going on?" Bulkhead wondered, scratching his head.

Arcee and Ratchet looked at each other.

"You want to tell them or should I?" Ratchet asked...