Author's Note: This is an idea that came to me after seeing ROTF for the millionth time. It takes place after both movies and is strictly about the relationship between Sam and Mikaela and how they go on with their lives after ROTF. If you're looking for lots of action with the Transformers, you aren't going to find it here. I'm not familiar enough with Transformers other than the two movies to write a big action story. They are still in the story, but are secondary and there isn't much mention of them. In the future, I may try to do something with them, but I haven't decided yet.
Please review and tell me what you think! If I get overwhelmingly bad reviews, I promise not to make anyone suffer with anymore of my imagination! :-)
How does a person revert back to normalcy when they've just returned from fighting in a robot civil war? How do they go on with their life knowing fate had led them into war twice with robots that weren't even supposed to exist? The mere thought of it is so outrageously absurd, but to have lived through it is almost incomprehensible.
For Sam Witwicky and Mikaela Banes, there wasn't really any question. After all they'd been through, they wanted to do what millions of other kids their age did: go to college. Because they had just saved the world, again, from the evil Decepticons, the Secretary of Defense John Keller had offered to pay for their entire college education. Everything was paid for, including a type of monthly allowance. Neither of the two would have to work the entire time they were in school. This allowed Mikaela to be able to go off to college with Sam since her family didn't have the money to send her themselves.
They were ecstatic to be able to experience college together and Mikaela had snagged a dorm room on the floor above Sam and Leo's room thanks to one of Leo's IT buddies. She and her roommate, Christian, had become close friends almost immediately and it was rare that Mikaela was seen without Christian or Sam with her.
The last two weeks had been hectic for them because just as Sam, Mikaela, and Leo were getting caught up from all the class time they'd missed, midterms were a week away so they, along with Christian, spent every waking moment studying. Sam and Mikaela had quickly grown frustrated at the lack of alone time they had which led to Leo and Christian being snippy because the couple was constantly agitated. All four were looking forward to partying with friends that night to relieve all the stress and tension midterms brought. Sam and Christian had taken their last midterm that morning, but Leo and Mikaela both had theirs that afternoon. They all met up for lunch, but went their separate ways afterwards to test or relax.
Sam had taken Bumblebee out for a drive while his girlfriend took her test. The poor Autobot hadn't been able to transform since they had come back to school. He had recently found a secluded spot that was hidden well enough to allow Bumblebee to transform. To say the least, the robot was overjoyed at the opportunity to stretch out. Sam had been resting against a tree with his eyes closed for half an hour when his cell phone rang.
"Hey beautiful," He answered.
"Hey you," Sam could hear the smile in her voice. "I'm so glad hell is over. Where are you?"
"I'm with Bee. I found a place for him to stretch."
"I bet he's happy, isn't he?"
"You have no idea," He laughed.
"I can only imagine. When are you coming back?"
"I figured I'd let him run around for a little while longer. How did your test go?"
"It was entirely too long, but I think I did pretty good."
"Good job baby. I told you you would do great." Sam was proud of his girlfriend.
"I'm glad you have enough faith in me for the both of us. Come find me when you get back, 'kay?"
"Absolutely. I love you."
"I love you too." Sam hung up the phone and watched Bee basically run around in circles for another fifteen minutes before he transformed back into his Camaro form.
Once back at the dorms, Sam went in search of his girlfriend and found her and Christian in their dorm room watching some random chick flick he had no desire to see. Regardless, he still did the dutiful boyfriend thing and lay behind her on her bed so she could still see the television. His arm wrapped around her waist and he gave her a kiss on the temple before letting his eyes fall closed again. Mikaela scooted back towards him to be closer, but didn't say a word. She and Christian were anal when it came to their chick flicks, and Sam had learned the hard way to never say a word when anything remotely resembling a chick flick was on the television. He was content to lay there in silence because it meant he wasn't studying and he was mentally exhausted from the amount of studying they had to do. It was more than an hour later that the movie ended and his girlfriend turned over to look at him with a guilty smile.
"I know you haven't been here long, but you've got to go."
"What? Why?" He asked confused.
"Because it's almost six and the party starts at eight. Chris and I have to get ready."
"Fine, fine. I'm going. I've missed you these last couple weeks, but if you'd rather spend all your time with her instead of me…"
"Oh, shut up, you," She slapped him on the shoulder.
Sam walked back to his room and found Leo passed out on the bed. Getting an evil idea, he leaned down close to Leo's ear and hollered "Decepticon!" just to fall on the ground laughing when Leo jumped off the bed and ran to hide in the closet. Leo realized it was all a joke when he saw Sam rolling on the floor with tears in his eyes from laughing so hard.
"You're an asshole, bro," Leo said pissed off. "You're gonna get it."
"Oh, don't be such a pussy. It was funny and you know it!" Leo threw the nearest thing at Sam, which happened to be Sam's government textbook. He'd have been hit in the head if he hadn't ducked out of the way at the last second.
"Where are the girls?" Leo asked.
"Apparently they need to get ready for the party at Andy's tonight," Sam said sarcastically.
"Go figure. What else are girls for if not to take forever to get ready?"
"Uh huh. So when are you gonna tell Christian how you feel?" Leo hid his feelings well, but Sam had noticed it a while back and was just waiting for Leo to get the guts to go for the girl. Leo wasn't one to have trouble with women, but apparently it was different when it was a woman he was actually interested in as more than just a fling.
"What are you talkin' about, bro?"
"Don't try to hide it from me. I've known for a while."
"Sonofabitch," He muttered. "Does she know?"
"I don't think so. Why haven't you told her?"
"She's always talking about how great of a friend I am. I'm the one she comes to for advice about other guys. If I tell her, it's going to make it really awkward and I would rather not." Leo's statement was the most emotional Sam had ever heard him get. Sure, he freaked out and whined like a little baby when they'd ended up in Egypt during the last war, but that was a different kind of emotional.
"I'm not saying this is how it is, but it could be that she feels the same way so she has to convince herself that you're just a friend."
"If you say so," Leo changed the subject. "How about some Xbox before we've got to get ready?"
The guys battled it out on the Xbox for an hour before Leo went to take his shower. They had a routine when it came to party nights. Leo always had to take his shower first because he was as high maintenance as any girl Sam had ever seen. It had been weird at first because Leo had to be in the bathroom while Sam was taking a shower just so they could be ready on time, but it quickly became a normal part of their routine. Sam would always holler to let Leo know he was done, and Leo would leave long enough for Sam to get out and get dressed. He could take a shower and get ready in the time it took Leo to style his hair and Sam made fun of him constantly for it. They were just finished getting ready when Mikaela and Christian walked in their dorm. Both guys' mouths dropped to the floor when they saw them. Mikaela was wearing a blue and white low-cut polo that hugged her every curve and a short denim skirt along with heels. Christian wore a black skirt and a sleeveless blouse that tied around the neck.
"'Kaela, you're absolutely stunning," Sam told his girlfriend as he gave her a kiss on the lips. "You look great too Christian, doesn't she Leo?"
"You look amazing," Sam caught the shy smile Christian gave Leo and immediately knew his friend's feelings were definitely reciprocated. "Everyone ready to go?"