Alarm clock screaming bare feet hit the floor
It's off to the races everybody out the door
I'm feeling like I'm falling behind, it's a crazy life
Ninety miles an hour going fast as I can
Trying to push a little harder trying to get the upper hand
So much to do in so little time, it's a crazy life
It's ready, set, go it's another wild day
When the stress is on the rise in my heart I feel You say just...
June didn't know what to do. She took a moment to sit in her car and she pushed her hands through her hair, tugging out the hair tie and pushing it down on her wrist. Then she covered her face and waited for her heart to settle, hearing the blood roar in her ears. Jack waved to her as he climbed onto his motorcycle, his guardian, and she watched as the bike flashed her headlights in a goodbye. She waved to both of them and watched them go, wondering once again if he was going to school or to the Autobot base.
Then she backed her car out of the driveway, taking slow, deep breaths.
...Breathe, just breathe
Come and rest at My feet
And be, just be
Chaos calls but all you really need
Is to just breathe.
Her drive to the hospital was gentle. There was no traffic jam, no cars with impatient cargo...not even a squirrel sat undecidedly in the road, wiskered face staring dumbly at her bumper as she either braked gently or increased her speed to spook the animal into movement. It often didn't end well and she felt bad, but she more often than not forgot about it when her job swamped her.
The stress built up again when she arrived to the hospital.
Third cup of joe just to get me through the day
Wanna make the most of time but I feel it slip away
I wonder if there's something more to this crazy life
I'm busy, busy, busy, and it's no surprise to see
That I only have time for me, me, me
There's gotta be something more to this crazy life
I'm hanging on tight to another wild day
When it starts to fall apart in my heart I hear You say just...
She slammed her car door and covered her face. The stress was overwhelming. She had been given three files at once and was told to get each patient in before a certain time which would only give her three minutes with each, and she usually spent at most ten, filling out paperwork with them and getting to know them a little bit if they were hysterical, but today, she ended up dumping paperwork with no explaination on two hysterical people and one single mother with a newborn that had a high fever and a runny nose. Then she was called away to help in a surgery, to supply tools. She was more than glad that her shift ended earlier than normal, and she laid her head down on the steering wheel, gripping it. She sighed when her phone rang and she lifted it to her ear. "Hello?"
Soft-spoken words were whispered to her and she leaned back in her chair, her eyes closing.
"June, it is I. Optimus Prime."
"I know."
...Breathe, just breathe
Come and rest at My feet
And be, just be
Chaos calls but all you really need
"Jack said that your shift ended," the robot rasped. He sounded worn, exhausted. "The children are hungry and we have no food for them here. Arcee would drop Jack off at your house if she were here, but since she is on a patrol with Bulkhead and Bumblebee and Ratchet is being stubborn-"
"No worries." June put her key in its ignition, turning it. The engine obediently roared to life. "I'll pick up what I can."
"I...thank you, June."
Is to take it in fill your lungs
The Peace of God that overcomes
Just breathe
Let your weary spirit rest
Lay down what's good and find what's best
Just breathe
After hanging up with the Prime, June was surprised that she felt...calmer. Unbeknownst to her, Optimus had the same feeling. She looked at her evening in a new light and made a soft, happy sound as she pulled out of the parking lot and directed her car into the local grocery store's own lot. She bought as much as she could afford, then piled all the bags into the car. She pulled away from the store and went towards the Autobot base, still calm and peaceful. Again, zero traffic in the town going out to the desert.
The Autobots and the teens greeted her when they arrived. Raf helped carry bags into the RecRoom. Optimus stayed behind to offer whatever thanks he could get out of his clogged vocals. Why couldn't he speak easily around June? The same thing had happened to him on another occasion, with another female, on another planet.
His Aleta had the same ability to make him stammer.
"I want to...thank you, again...June. I-"
"Say no more, Optimus," June said as she opened a box she had bought herself. "I don't suppose you would want an animal cracker..."
Optimus' faceplates warmed to a light pink. "I-...no, I do not." He curled and uncurled his servos, his optics darting around the room for something to stare at besides June, who was watching him expectantly.
"Come on, Optimus. I don't have cooties."
"I..." He frowned at the last word. "Cooties?"
June laughed, taking a seat on the hood of her car. She bit the head off a seal-shaped cookie. Optimus couldn't imagine being human with such a variety in foods...all he had the choice of was what consistency of Energon, what shape, what size, what texture...but it was all Energon. He knelt in front of her. "Come take a ride with me..."
June expected her heart to jump into her throat, expected her stomach to feel like the seal was alive and writhing in her stomach. But instead, all she felt was a burst of calm and she breathed her answer.
Just breathe, just breathe
Come and rest at My feet
And be, just be
Chaos calls but all you really need
Is to just breathe
Just breathe
"I'd like to."
Tada! I had these lyrics to a song laying around and I figured, heck, why not put it in the Broken Hearts Mend Each Other fic I was planning on orphaning? Hope you like it. I DO NOT OWN THE SONG AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHO SINGS IT. THE TITLE IS "BREATHE" THOUGH, AND IT'S A CHRISTIAN SONG. DON'T LIKE IT, SUCK IT. LISTEN TO IT ANYWAY. IT'S GOOD FOR THE SOUL.
