chiv-id: I'm gonna update the next chapter right after I update this one 'cause this one's so short!

Optimus: Hm...I don't see myself in this chatper...

chiv-id: You're not gonna see yourself in the other chapter either, man. I'm trying to progress the story here!

Optimus: Pardon me, let me do the disclaimer:

Disclaimer: chiv-id doesn't own Transformers, but she does own her originial character, Evelyn.

chiv-id: Thanks big guy! Now, on with the chapter!

A Diamond In The Rough

Chapter 1: Change

Evelyn Simmons sighed as she looked at the clock. It read 10:00 PM, 1 whole hour after the normal time her father gets home. She got up from the table and prepared to wrap and refrigerate leftovers from the dinner that she had made for them both. They lived in a higher-up estate, a fairly nice and large house that was placed atop the hill, over looking the city and her father's workplace, the Hoover Dam. Eve wondered why her father when her father would return. She had gone through a few nights like these where she's been alone in the big and empty mansion-type house. And she would get through this one all the same.

'Father…where are you?' she wondered, packing up the roast beef and the mashed potatoes, 'It is not like you to return so late, especially since there has been nothing interesting lately…' How wrong she was. Inside the Hoover Dam, Agent Simmons watched in misery as Sector Seven was dismantled. He himself was packing his things, his final memoir a picture of a little girl the age of 7 hugging him when he was a little younger. He smiled to himself as he thought of his little girl, Evelyn, waiting him at home. His eyes widened in shock as he realized that his "little girl" had probably made dinner and was now packing them to make leftovers. He cursed himself and quickly grabbed up the box and ran outside to the parking lot. He opened the door to his car and shoved the box into the passengers seat, dashing around the car to the driver's side door and dove in.

'Oh Evelyn, I'm so sorry,' Simmons thought, hoping that his daughter received his silent apology. He started the car and sped away back to his estate, where he jumped out and opened the door and saw his daughter just standing in the middle of the patio, waiting for him.

"Evelyn, Evelyn, what are you doing? You don't have to wait for me! Go, go, I'll got warm up the dinner for myself. Go, go to bed!" Simmons scolded, Evelyn looking down in apology. He then realized his mistake and walked up to her and smiled, grasping her shoulders and looking down. She looked back up and he pressed his forehead to hers, making her smile and close her eyes.

"Evelyn, you don't have to wait for me," Simmons told her softly, "You know that…"

"But…you're my father and I worry about you…so I wait…" Evelyn replied, her smile dropping into a little frown, shoulders drooping, "I didn't know what to do except wait…" Simmons sighed and turned her around, grasping her shoulders once more again and pushed her gently to the dining room and patted her head. She smiled brightly up at him again and she bounded off to re-heat the dinner she had made.

"Eve, you don't-" Simmons sighed and rubbed his head, "-have to do that…what am I going to tell her…" Simmons went back to the car and grabbed his stuff and quietly sneaked off to his room and placed his belongings there. He returned in a white T-shirt and jeans, stretching a little and then smiling sadly at his daughter, who was standing next to the chair he was going to sit in and smiling up at him in his direction. Simmons sat down and motioned her to go back on her side of the table.

"So, I hope you've been doing well in your studies Evelyn," Simmons avoided what he was going to say to her. Evelyn smiled and nodded, and started eating. Simmons blinked and looked at her suspiciously.

"You didn't eat…did you?" Evelyn froze and realized that she shouldn't have started eating in front of her father, "Evelyn…" She looked down again and nodded slightly and he sighed.

"You can wait for me, but you don't have to wait to eat! Evelyn, one of these days you're going to collapse from famine!" Simmons cried out loud, Evelyn just keeping her head down again, a constant habit. He sighed and rethought his life and his daughter's life. He had "adopted" the blonde beauty when she was just 4, and the routine had always been like this when she had entered middle school. She had cooked and cleaned for him and she was home-schooled until she got tutors that were provided for her by Sector Seven. Evelyn had never known the outside world except for the occasional visits outside their lovely home to buy certain things such as groceries or clothes. Always Evelyn had become confused as she was taken out of her sheltered life. She was happy with her life as it was, but Simmons had always felt guilty when he had become attached to his "adopted daughter". Simmons cleared his throat and she looked up and he smiled, Evelyn copying the action.

"Evelyn…I have something to tell you," Simmons took a deep breath as he prepared to tell her everything that had happened, "I lost my job at Sector Seven…" Evelyn looked shocked and blinked in surprise, but she stayed listening and took no part in judging him. He sighed as he saw his daughter just look at him in confusion.

"We…we were attacked by alien robots. We actually managed to capture one, but we captured the wrong one. We figured it out after we had another alien robot attack us, was a real nasty sucker too and I had to fight it along with the Secretary of Defense and two other kids against it as we called in the air force," Simmons explained, "It unfroze NBE-1 and we had a huge brawl between friendly alien robots and hostile alien robots." Again, Evelyn blinked and looked surprised, leaning back into her chair and absorbed the information given to her.

"Eve, sweetheart, you won't be getting any more lessons…and I'm going to have to look for another job…" Simmons told her sadly, "You're going to have to go to a public school. Do you understand?" She nodded at first, but then thought a little and shook her head. He sighed and then sat up, Evelyn taking the same action and he walked over to her and brought her to the window that over looked the city.

"You can't stay in the house any more…you have to go to a regular school over there," Simmons pointed to the school that was shown below. She nodded in understanding and looked up at her father.

"Does that mean that I cannot wait for you?" Evelyn asked, a bit confused because she knew that it would mean messing up the regular routine.

"Oh…you can wait for me, but in a different way," Simmons chuckled lightly, "I have to pick you up from there since you don't know the way back to the house."

"Oh, you don't have to!" she exclaimed, not wanting to be a burden, "I'll find out how to get back to the house, it is not a problem!" Again Simmons chuckled and looked down at her daughter.

"This isn't something you can argue on, now go finish eating and go to bed. You'll have a big day tomorrow and I have to get a job…a real job," Simmons moaned a little in anguish, Evelyn looking at her father sadly. She pondered a bit and then her face lit up with an answer.

"Perhaps I can get a job and you can go to school!" Evelyn came up with, "That way you don't have to get a job!" Simmons shook his head and pushed her again, gently, back to the table to eat. Simmons had to teach her about real life, he knew that she would probably be shunned at first, but hoped that she would learn quickly.

"No, Evelyn, now eat," he ordered, "School starts at 9:00 sharp and I wouldn't want you to be late." She obediently sat down and ate quickly before cleaning up her dishes and going upstairs to shower and go to bed. He sighed as he sat down and finished up his own dinner. It was going to be a long day tomorrow…

chiv-id: Don't worry, I'm updating soon! Reviews!

Optimus: Will I be put in the third chapter?

chiv-id: You keep asking, I'm gonna change it to a MegatronXOC...

Optimus: ...sorry...