The sun had finally risen high into the early morning sky of Belmont, Montana and the atmosphere in a large two story house on a large area of property in the tiny town was silent and peaceful.
The morning fall air was beginning to heat up to it's 35 degrees from it's nightly 18 degrees, and Cade and Alli were both lying in a large bed with an oak wood carved headboard above them, and were buried beneath several thick quilts.
Cade had woken up before his girlfriend, and smiled as he looked at her beautiful face, with her soft brown, honey hair glimmering in the morning sunlight that smiled through the large glass window.
The sun made the maroon drywalls look brighter, and the oak floor shined; everything seemed better in the mornings.
During the night everything was dark, and sometimes they were stressful with Alli's nightmare being a frequent occurrence.
They were usually about her brother and her parents and how they had to attend her funeral.
Everything in her life, aside from Cade and Bee, was a shitty situation. Even though the government wasn't hunting her down at the moment, and the Decepticons weren't currently occupying earth—trying to enslave the people on it—she was still angry.
She was angry with the government for what they had done to her, and for them having killed Sam and Ratchet, and everyone else that she knew, cared about, and loved.
She was angry with the Decepticons for having killed Alice; her best friend, the person she used to do everything with and the person she told everything to.
Cade looked down at the foot of the bed to see their new, non-robotic dog, Flower, peacefully stretched out across the mattress below the couples' feet.
Flower had been awake too and gently wagged his tail as Cade looked over at him.
Suddenly Alli moved a little and Cade looked back at her as she slowly opened her eyes and smiled as she saw Cade looking back at her.
"Good morning." Cade smiled as he looked at the beautiful girl.
"Morning." She faintly smiled back, today was going to be a bad day—she knew it. Her smile disappeared as she looked away from Cade and got out of bed and headed into the bathroom, walking over to the sink to wash her face.
Today was the day she had decided she was going to head to San Francisco to (where she found out her parents had moved to) 'come back from the dead' and see her parents.
"What's wrong beautiful?" Cade asked as he walked into the bathroom and hugged her from behind, kissing her neck.
"Cade, I'm leaving today." She softly spoke; Cade stopped what he was doing and stared at her in the mirror.
"What?" He was shocked, he knew that she hadn't planned on staying in Belmont but he didn't think she was actually going to follow through with it at this point. It had been six years.
Then again Cade had never married her or done anything, aside from making her his girlfriend, because there was a little part of him that worried—that knew—she might just leave.
He couldn't blame her; if it were he he'd go crazy but he also wouldn't have gotten in so deep with someone in a relationship like she had with him.
But again, he couldn't blame her—she hadn't been with another human for years and there Cade was.
He was ready to take her on, knowing exactly how she was and what her plans for the future were.
"I need to see my parents, Cade. They need to know that I'm okay. I need to make ends with things, and I need know the truth of it all." She said, her eyes were misty and her voice sounded sad.
Cade sighed as she turned around to look at him and he smiled as he brushed back a piece of hair that had fallen in her face.
"I understand." He forced a smile, he felt like he had been shot. He couldn't believe he was going to loose another woman that he cared about—more than his daughter.
She looked up at him, she felt awful but she couldn't stay here forever and Cade knew that.
She needed to see her parents; she wanted them to know she was all right. She wanted to know what happened to Mikaela, she needed to know about Sam.
Cade watched her begin to pack all of her things into duffle bags and he decided to help her. He walked over to her and opened a drawer and pulled out clothes and handed them to her.
She smiled as she took them and then she froze as Cade pulled out an old, worn-out hoodie. It was her brother's; it was the hoodie she was wearing when he found her.
He remembered the day that he found her, camping in the back of the Camaro, all scratched up and near to death.
All it took was seeing that hoodie and she burst into tears.
"I love you, so much." She wailed, as Cade placed the sweatshirt onto the dresser and wrapped his big, strong arms around her as she wrapped her tiny, fragile arms around his sturdy and strong torso.
"I love you too." He whispered as he kissed the top of her head.
"No Cade, I love you! I love you more than I have loved anyone else in my life and I want you to know that even after I go I will still love you." She wailed and he squeezed her tighter.
"Alli, you can always come back. I will always be here for you. I'm not going anywhere." He said as he held her there, sobbing in his arms.
He stood there rocking her side to side until finally she was done crying and went back to packing her bags.
She finally managed to fit everything she thought she would need into two bags and Cade helped her carry them down to the car.
"Bee, you ready?" She asked as she sniffled and the car started up. Bee still loved her, but he had realized that she needed humans and that being her protector and still loving her was the next best thing.
Cade put the bags in the trunk and walked over to Alli, hugging her.
"You know where I'll be when you're ready to come back." He smiled and Alli felt herself begin to cry again.
She wasn't coming back, not if she could find Sam. That was, if Sam was even still alive, the chances were slim but she knew in the back of her mind that Sam was still alive. She just had to find him.
Alli broke from the hug and walked over to the Camaro and opened the door and stood there as she stared at Cade.
She did love him, but she needed to make ends with things. After a moment she stepped into the driver's side of the vehicle as it slowly backed out of the driveway.
Her eyes stayed glued onto Cade's face as Bumblebee quickly shot off down the road and they were out of Belmont in about twenty minutes.