A/N: Hey there! So, I was real hesitant about uploading this because I'm always afraid I'm gonna bite off more than I can chew. But then I just said what the hell and decided to put it up. And much like my other stories, the song that inspires the chapter will be right under who the chapter is pretty much circling around, not to mention the chapter title.

Hopefully I can update both this and the other story I'm currently working on during the summer around Summer School.

So yeah, this would be my first Transformers story, so you'll have to be patient with me. I'm new and everything. -insert shy wave here-

Anyways, I won't keep you any longer, and let you guys read.

See ya at the bottom!


Alex
Here's to Never Growing Up - Avril Lavigne

Alex was like any other fifteen going on sixteen year old kid.

Curious, rebellious, and a little low self-esteem thrown in, though that was due to the bullying.

See, when she was nine; her sister had made a friend who took pride in making sure every day of Alex's life was a living hell. The girl's name was Darian and she was only three years older than the girl.

The bullying varied from hiting her head to being forced barefoot onto hot concrete and picking the dog droppings in the backyard.

The only thing that kept the older girl safe was the fact that their parents were currently dating. That was, until Alex opened her mouth and spilled everything.

Alex's mom surely wasn't okay with it, and neither was Darian's dad.

Why the teenager was dwelling on these sorts of thoughts during Health class, she'll never know. Maybe it was the fact that they're topic of this week was bullying.

Or maybe it was the fact that everyone kept bringing up a point where they were "Bullied."

They wouldn't know actual bullying if it hit them in the face.

The point of Alex's internal ramblings though, was that due to Darian, she's had a low self-image and esteem since then. She started to actually believe that she was ugly, and would actually get nowhere in life.

Though she had a 3.20 GPA and filled out quite nicely into a D sized bra. She had a size nine in jeans, and that was because of her hips.

But that wasn't the point.

She had a small scar under her right eye because of her sister's black cat and his need for attention at five in the morning. She also had a scar from a fight that she got suspended for on her left forearm, and another a little higher from her cat and her mother thinking it was a good idea to use Alex as a human pillow.

She also had another scar on the inside of her right wrist due to their German shepherd puppy and her vicious claws.

It was these sort of things that made the teenager hate herself quietly.

Her strawberry blonde hair was dull, in the sense that every blonde at her school had glowing hair, and bright blue eyes.

But Alex's eyes were a dull ice blue, not crystal.

She wasn't eager to show off her curves like most girls. She wore plaid shirts and skinnies, and most times converse or boots, depending on the weather. She hardly wore shorts, only if it was above sixty degrees.

She always carried a bag with her wherever she went; it always carried her wallet which held her permit and about twenty bucks on a good day. It also held her school ID, which was less helpful than her permit. The bag also held her crappy little flip phone which wasn't used very often, and mostly her notebooks and binders which were mainly used for free writing and drawing.

"Alex! Wait up!" Ah, Jeremy. He was a nice kid, a freshman, herself being a sophomore. He had shaggy black hair and bright blue eyes. He was basically her only friend, other than the group of stoners she hung out with because they didn't judge her for who she was.

Alex turned around, waiting patiently with a smile on her face as Jeremy pushed through the sea of students to get to her.

"'Sup Jermy?" She teased as they moved to her locker for her to pick up her jacket and some copy CD's from her tech class.

"Don't tell me you're hanging out with him again?" Jeremy complained. "He always gets you after school. And tomorrow's your birthday." Alex laughed as she dropped off her health and English books.

"C'mon. 'Sides is cool, despite the fact that he's rather protective." See, Alex had helped this one guy get out of a Starbucks jam, and he had told her his name was Ryan, but he'd rather be called Sideswipe, or Sides for short. Since she had helped him pay for the coffee's he's been hanging around the school whenever she gets out and they would just sit and talk. Despite that at first it was rather creepy; she got used to it. Though Jeremy has yet to come around.

"Yeah, but honestly; he doesn't scream pedophile to you?" Alex gave him a shady look.

"Most adults do, but…I dunno. He feels kind of like a big brother. I mean Kathy likes him." She supplied, and it was true. Her older sister did indeed take kindly to Sideswipe, though again, mom had yet to come around.

"Whatever. Listen, tomorrow's Saturday and you're all mind dammit. 'Kay?" Alex bristled slightly at hearing Jeremy swear, he was like a little brother and hearing that kind of vocabulary out of his mouth didn't feel right. Now she knew how Kathy felt.

"As long as you don't swear like that, we got a deal sailor." Jeremy grinned.

"Awesome. See ya tomorrow!" She waved him off as he took off down the hallway making lots of people laugh. Alex shook her head with a smile before making sure she had everything and going down the stairs to the front doors where, surely, Sideswipe was waiting by his silver Corvette Stingray.

Now Alex didn't know much about cars; only that they needed windshield wiper fluid, gas, and some oil every now and then. But she knew models pretty well, and only a Google search had told her what sort of car he had.

"So," She greeted as she walked up to the soldier, "What do you want to listen to first? I got a mix CD and then the copy of Less Than Jake that you wanted." Sides grinned before taking both CD's off her hands.

"Let's do the mix CD first, because you always surprise me with those." Alex glowed before dropping her bag in the front seat of his car, and feeding the CD player her mix CD. "Will Kathy be joining us later?" He asked, as the teenager made herself comfortable on the hood of the car. She shrugged.

"I dunno. Honestly she has been feeling great lately." She replied, looking up at him.

"Since Kyle just up and left?" Alex nodded at his statement.

"I mean, yeah, it's nice that he took the time off from his leave to try and talk and even start things up again but…I dunno. He was her first boyfriend in a while, Y'know?" Sideswipe shrugged.

"You'll have to be patient with her I guess. Sam was kind of wounded when Mikayla left, leaving him with the dog and the little guys." From what she understood, Sam's girlfriend was pregnant with his kids, and she just left them with him. "And from what I understand, break ups like that take a while to get over." Alex looked back down at her shoes; the white sidewalls were now caked in dirt. She'll have to clean them soon.

"I guess." She sighed, now looking back up at him as the CD changed from Bruno Mars to Breathe Carolina's cover of Jay Sean's 'Down'. She then smiled back up at Sides as he started talking about something else, but she wasn't really paying much attention.

Sideswipe looked a lot like Paul Walker, save for he wasn't as tan, but he was bigger in the sense of muscles. His hair was shorter and a lighter dirty blonde color too. But other than that, he looked a lot like the actor. Oh! And his eyes were a much brighter blue too.

"Know what I mean?" Alex blanched, not hearing Sideswipe at all.

"Uhhhh…Sure..?" He raised an eyebrow before laughing at her as she started to giggle nervously. One of the things he's probably picked up on. Alex tends to giggle when she's nervous, along with chewing her bottom lip.

"Alright kid, let's get you home." Alex sighed and groaned before getting in the passenger seat.

"Can we take the long way?" She asked, setting her bag down at her feet, making sure to check her phone. Nothing new.

"Sure." He responded, turning the music up louder and taking off down the street.


A few hours after being home, mom and Kathy were downstairs cooking dinner, and Alex was upstairs. She was stuck between making another mix CD or doing her history homework that could wait being done till Sunday.

Another CD couldn't hurt could it?

Alex chewed her lip in thought, before throwing the cover of her MacBook open, (The laptop had come out of her college fund.), and going through her iTunes list, thinking of what both her and Sideswipe would enjoy.

He did like a couple of Demi Lovato songs that she'd put on there.

A couple drags and clicks later she had made a sixteen song CD mix. It wasn't only Demi Lovato though; there was also some Sublime, and more Bruno Mars. Some Gym Class Heroes, you get the idea. It was a mix CD.

After writing the number six on the CD and writing on the back of the cover paper the tracklist, she then moved onto one of her notebooks. Preferably the one with a bunch of doodles and drawings, though she had trouble coming up with what to draw.

A bright orange tabby then jumped up on her bed, stepping all over the Mac's keyboard and meowing up a storm. Alex smiled and ruffled the top of the cat's head.

"Hey Bells." Bella was barely seven months old. She was given to Alex as an early Christmas present at the end of November. Kathy was given a similar present, save for her cat was a boy.

And his name was Son.

Sighing, Alex dropped the sketchbook, and picked up her orange tabby.

"Well Smelly Belly, tomorrow's the sixteenth, and guess how old I'm turning." The kitten meowed pathetically, wanting nothing more than to be put down. "Yeah, I'm turning sixteen. Here." And she put the tabby back down on her bed, who then proceeded to clean herself. Alex wrinkled her nose.

"Charming." And Kathy knocked on the door. "Come in!" And the door creaked open.

"Dinner." She said dully, her mood showing obviously through her words. Alex nodded, following her sister down the stairs.

"Did you do your homework?" Her mom asked from the kitchen. Alex winced a little before sitting at the table, followed by both her family members.

"Err...No. No I didn't." She answered, picking herself a slice of lasagna, and grabbing some salad as well.

"You're not going to the movies with Jeremy then. Not until you get it done." Alex dropped her fork.

"Aww, c'mon mom! I'll get done on Sunday. I promise." Her mother shook her head.

"No. You're staying home tomorrow until that homework is done." The blonde groaned and roughly shoved a forkful of the Italian dinner in her mouth. She then proceeded to glare daggers at her mom throughout the dinner until Kathy shook her head at her. Saying that, that sort of behavior won't get her to the movies any faster.

Rolling her eyes, Alex seemed to settle down and calmly eat throughout dinner, and once it was done, she did the dishes and went back upstairs. She then proceeded to text Jeremy throughout the remainder of the night, whilst getting all of her homework done and even doing the rest of the notes for the chapter.

That way mom will find no loopholes to keep her home.

Alex looked down at her cat who had found her bed in the blonde's lap.

"I'm such an overachiever." She grumbled.

The kitten merely purred as Alex started to put her things away back into her bag. Once that was done, the laptop was shut off and placed on the desk, the kitten jostled and jumping off the teen's lap, finding comfort on her pillows. That's what Alex liked about having a full-sized bed. Both her and her cat could sleep peacefully without fighting over pillows.

Alex actually loved her room, though she couldn't paint her walls, she covered them in posters. From various bands and solo artists, to even movie and game posters, some overlapping another, and her favorite had to be the Halo 3 poster she had over her desk. It was awesome, also a gift from Sideswipe. He knew that she loved that game.

Her bed wasn't much either though, a full size, covered in gray sheets with a black comforter. A nightstand on each side, and a desk across the foot of it, with a dresser next to her closet. Now done looking for anything out of place in her room; Alex nodded before putting in her retainers and falling asleep.


A/N: Five or six pages I think this was...? Tell me if you guys want it to be longer next update and I will be sure to do that.

And there will be a polyvore collection for this story as well. I don't know about you guys, but I like to have an image not to mention know what a character is wearing throughout a chapter. So there's that; the link to my polyvore page shall be on my Bio.

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