Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters. I don't own Transformers.

Note: Well, here's the first chapter! I decided to begin with an Arcee and Bumblebee chapter. This occurs after the first Valentine's Day with the humans but before the arrival of the new Autobots in chapter 7 of Let's Talk, Okay?

Note: Any lines in italics are supposed to be the translations of Bumblebee's beeping and chirping.

Note: For anyone who is reading this as the first story from me, I would highly recommend reading Let's Talk, Okay? This is a sequel of some sorts to that story.

Enjoy! And please review!

Note: I am finding difficulty finding ideas for these one shots lately. Suggestions are welcome!

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Chapter 1: The First Fight

It was an abnormally quiet day at the Autobot base. And that was certainly saying something since Miko was at the Autobot base that day. Ratchet was busy keeping an eye on the computers and on the three children left in his care: Jack, Miko, and Raf. He sighed, at least they were behaving. And he would never say it; they weren't too bad to have around. But he would never admit he was fond of the children. This was Ratchet; he didn't do friendship and family very much.

He was the only Autobot at the base; Optimus and the others had been sent to investigate Decepticon activity in the area. The children were all busy working on homework or reading.

Ratchet looked over at the children then turned back to his work. That was until Optimus contacted him.

"Ratchet, we need a ground bridge, immediately," Optimus stated with the slightest hint of anxiety.

Ratchet knew that phrase and tone only too well.

"Which one of you decided it was okay to be reckless today?" Ratchet demanded angrily.

There was a moment's pause and a sigh before the Autobot leader responded.

"Bumblebee is leaking energon and took some heavy fire in our battle," Optimus answered.

"Didn't that fragging idiot know to utilize the speed he was gifted with?" Ratchet muttered as he turned on the bridge and held a wrench at the ready.

Raf and Jack looked up from their schoolwork and their eyes widened at the wrench. Then they looked at eachother worriedly as Miko also lifted her eyes and gazed at the Autobot medic's weapon of choice when dealing with his own patients.

Having only heard some of Ratchet's side of the conversation, the children sat wondering who the unlucky Bot was going to be.

They all shuddered at the thought at being at Ratchet's mercy.

The ground bridge opened and in walked in Optimus and Bulkhead who were both assisting a stumbling Bumblebee across the base.

Raf gasped as he got a closer look at his guardian.

Bumblebee was leaking energon in at least five different places, and his upper body was covered with deep scratches and dents. Most worrying was the fact that a decent amount of energon was leaking from the Autobot's chassis dangerously close to his spark chamber.

Raf and the other two kids ran over to them just as Arcee came out of the bridge.

Raf looked up worriedly at his guardian who attempted to reassure him with a series of beeps and clicks that Jack and Miko guessed were denials and lies about him being fine.

"Don't you dare lie to him, Bee! You're leaking energon in several places! That definitely does not match the description of 'fine'!" Arcee snapped as she halted beside Bee, her faceplate furious.

The children shrank back at this outburst. Before the yellow scout could say anything to his partner, she continued in this explosive manner.

"You want the boy to think you're fine? There is every reason for the boy to know how much of a fragging idiot you are! I don't need you to go all hero on me! I can take care of myself, Bee! What you did today was stupid and reckless!"

The others stared silently; figuring that it would do them little good to anger the female Autobot any more than she already was with her partner. And luckily, the two didn't seem to remember that they were fighting in front of everyone at the Autobot base.

Bee tried to placate her, but she turned on her heal and stomped away.

Bumblebee made to follow her but a servo roughly grabbed his free on and dragged him off. Bee frantically beeped excuses and pleaded for the Autobot medic to be gentler with him.

Ratchet turned his optics coldly at the Autobot scout and merely replied, "Gentle? Ha, I've never been the word."

And with that Ratchet slammed his wrench on Bee's helm.

The others heard Bumblebee's yelps of pain and his beeps for help. Finally, silence filled the Autobot base.

Too quiet for any of their tastes.

"Shouldn't we do something about Ratchet? Bumblebee seemed to have been terrified," Jack began.

"No, Bumblebee will be fine in Ratchet's rough yet experienced servos," Optimus replied.

They stood in silence until finally Miko burst out, "Well, Arcee and Bee's first fight as a couple was entertaining."

Jack nodded thoughtfully as Raf was standing worried about his friend.

"Looks like Arcee doesn't like her boyfriends to fight her battles for her?" Jack remarked lightly.

Optimus turned seriously to Jack, "I'm afraid it is more than that."

The three children looked up questionably to the Autobot leader.

"Bumblebee knows better than anyone that Arcee can take care of herself," Bulkhead added.

Optimus nodded and stated, "He was simply doing what he should have done for any teammate. Arcee would not have been quick enough to notice the attack. Nor would she have been able to fight both sides. The truth is that Arcee was upset because Bumblebee placed himself in danger. "

There followed a silence before Raf spoke up.

"So Arcee doesn't care that she was saved by Bee, she's upset that Bee put his life on the line for her," he commented.

Optimus nodded, "Arcee couldn't cope with the fact that Bumblebee could have died. When she caught sight of the leaking energon, she froze up."

Bulkhead stepped in to add, "Yeah, and she wouldn't respond to any of us for a good five minutes. It wasn't until I shook her by her shoulders and Bumblebee called out her name ten times that her optics finally focused on us again."

Optimus frowned sadly as he nodded in confirmation.

The children were shocked; they didn't think Arcee would handle a little energon that badly.

"Wow, she really is afraid that Bumblebe will go like Cliffjumper and Tailgate," Jack remarked as the others nodded slowly, "Should we talk to her?"

"No, Arcee needs to be left to her own thoughts before she realizes the reasoning behind her outburst. She will then return of her own accord," Optimus wisely stated.

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A half an hour later and everyone was quietly working on either homework or datapads on the latest Decepticon attack. Bumblebee was quietly; probably recharging on the hospital berth while Ratchet was typing on the computer with an irritated look on his face.

Suddenly, loud footsteps were heard coming from the hallway. The Autobots and the humans looked up to see a subdued Arcee storming across the room, clearly with a purpose in mind. She nodded towards them and then turned towards the where the hospital berth was in a separated corner. Ratchet noticed her direction and followed her with his lucky wrench in hand.

The others smirked and sighed happily; Arcee and Bumblebee's first fight wasn't going to end in their breakup. Of course, Ratchet wouldn't be happy about that.

Arcee approached the hospital berth. Her optics caught onto the peaceful figure recharging on the berth; her partner. He was quietly recharging. As she neared the berth, her optics roamed across his injured chassis. She let out a relieved sigh when she noted that his leaks had been halted.

She smiled softly and reached for his faceplate.

Suddenly, a wrench slapped her servo away. She grunted in pain and the raised her optics and mustered a glare that would have scared most Decepticons away. This furious expression was directed to the practically unfeeling Autobot medic who was glaring back with a wrench in his servo.

"My patient needs to rest; not have his partner interrupt his peace!" Ratchet snapped loudly.

Arcee gave him a seething glare and opened her mouthplates to respond when a large, comforting servo grabbed her injured one. She halted her anger and glanced down at the interruption. Her fully awake partner was staring up at her thoughtfully.

Ratchet grumbled as Bee turned to the medic and promised that he would slip back into recharge after five minutes with Arcee.

Irritated, Ratchet stomped out, but not before waving his wrench threateningly at the both of them.

The two partners chuckled slightly as Bumblebee propped himself up on the berth and gestured for Arcee to sit on the side of the servo. She sat down and held his servo in his; and began examining it, feeling too ashamed to look her partner in the optics.

Finally, she found the words to say.

"Bee, it was wrong of me to…," she began hesitantly.

"No, I should be the one to apologize. I know you can take care of yourself. I just didn't want to see you hurt and I was worried at the time that you wouldn't be able to react in time. But I should have realized that you would have been able to take them down by yourself," he interrupted gently through soft clicks and beeps.

"I know. Bee, I wasn't actually upset about that," she responded before averting her optic from his.

He looked curiously at her; then his optics widened as he was slowly realizing the truth behind their first fight.

Arcee felt a large servo on her faceplate as it gently lifted her faceplate up to face his. His optics were kind and gentle as he beeped to her.

"Our fight was not due to my protecting you was it?" he stated quietly.

The female Autobot shook her head slowly and once again attempted to look away from his optics.

She heard him sigh before he began to say, "I'll always be there. No one is going to take me away from you."

Arcee brought her optics up to his and demanded, "How can you be so sure, Bee?"

"Well, I am the best Autobot scout out there," he boasted and he pointed to himself with his free servo.

She returned his silly joke with a less than amused expression on her faceplates.

His faceplate's expression became more serious as he added, "No matter what happens, we'll always have each other. And if one day the Decepticons manage to kill our best scout," Arcee raised an eyebrow at her partner, "I'll still be here in your spark. Just like Cliff and Tailgate are."

Arcee stared at the yellow scout and commented, "Wow, Bee, since when did you become so wise? I almost mistook you for Optimus."

He shrugged and responded, "One those cartoon movies Raf likes to watch with me gave me this idea."

His blue partner smiled.

Bumblebee then demanded softly, "No matter what happens, Arcee, let me go. Don't live your life trying to avenge my death. Enjoy your life, promise me."

Arcee hesitated but the pleading look on his faceplate and his sweet optics convinced her.

"I promise," she stated at last.

Bumblebee smiled gratefully and leaned down to kiss her on the forehead of her faceplate.

"Good. I love you, Arcee."

Her optics widened; this was the first time she had ever heard those three words coming out of the yellow Autobot's mouthplates since they had decided to become partners.

"Bee, I…," she began but then stopped as he leaned forward and brought his helm closer to hers.

She brought her helm closer to his, preparing for the inevitable kiss.

Only a little farther and the two would have remembered this experience as being their first kiss together.

Just as their helms neared, a wrench flew towards them.

The two partners snapped upright to avoid a collision as the Autobot medic marched angrily towards them.

"I told you he needed rest, you can kiss him later!" he snapped as he grabbed Arcee by the shoulders and maneuvered her out of the area.

Bumblebee chuckled as his partner was dragged away by the Autobot medic. Arcee followed reluctantly but not before turning her faceplate towards the yellow scout and sending him a mental message, "I love you too."

She smiled as Bumblebee's optics danced with glee.

He waved her away happily.

Arcee then turned towards an irritated Ratchet, who was grumbling quietly.

She then broke away from the medic's hold and began strutting away, already planning her revenge for Ratchet's intrusion.

But first, she was going to relive those three words again and again.

Their first fight had led to these three words, she mused.

Maybe life was finally turning up for her.

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Note: Well, I hope you enjoyed this first chapter!

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