Chapter 3
In the morning Ratchet woke up to find Solaraah in the shower, and he shocked himself by smiling. He immediately got rid of the smile and got up off the bed. He slipped his boxers on and walked to the kitchen. When Solaraah got out of the shower she slipped on Ratchet's shirt and she walked into the kitchen, smelling bacon.
"I didn't know you cooked," she commented coolly, sitting down on the bed. She rubbed a towel over her head to dry her hair.
"There's a lot you don't know about me," he answered back, just as coolly.
"Just didn't peg you as the cooking type," she said, stretching back on the bed, wearing nothing but his shirt and her underpants. "Smells good."
"Don't start being nice just cause we fucked once," he said to her.
"Don't worry," she said with a wave of her hand. "I'm not. I just wanna pretend a little longer." She leaned up on her elbows, her bangs falling over one eye. "Besides, you can't tell me you don't want to."
Ratchet turned the stove off and took the bacon out of the pan, putting it on a plate beside 2 eggs. Solaraah sniffed the air before digging in, Ratchet watching her the whole time. Oh, what he wouldn't give to take her one more time…
~3~
By twelve noon, Elena and Kat still hadn't heard from the doctors and began to worry. Hopefully they haven't killed each other…
What they didn't know, was that Ratchet had Solaraah bent backwards over the counter, which both surprised and excited her…
Elena sipped her thoughtfully. "Only time will tell, won't it?"
"Yeah….I guess we can take the town staying intact as a good thing, right? We've got no phone calls so they're not in prison…" Kat said, wringing her hands.
"They're probably fine," Elena said with a nod. "I'm sure they'll both be in better moods when they come back."
Optimus came into the room with wet hair and a towel around his waist and said "Stop worrying about them, I'm sure they're having fun." And at that moment they were indeed having fun.
Elena stood up and walked over to him and shoved him into the bedroom with a "You're making Kat blush, get some clothes on." This caused Kat to blush even more so she changed the subject.
"Me and Mirage had fun last night, the movie was really good…" she said trailing off.
"And I bet the sex was even better!" Elena said with a giggle at her stuttering friend.
"Aw, come on!" Kat protested, shaking her head violently. "We didn't do anything! Not all of us wanna jump in bed with our crushes, you know."
"Just sayin'," Elena said with a shrug, mimicking Solaraah. "You never know…" Then she winked at Kat and said "Besides Optimus isn't just my crush."
Kat gave a huff and stomped to her room and yelled back "I'm getting ready, I'm going to hang out with Mirage. Not have sex or anything so you can forget that!"
"You never know!" Elena answered back with a snicker.
Kat screamed in frustration as she pulled her hair up into a ponytail and slipped a pair of flats on.
Optimus walked into the room with his jeans on, ran a hand through his damp hair and said "Let Kat and Mirage do what they want on their own time, besides you get enough of sex right here don't you?" with a wink.
She smiled, putting her hands on his chest and leaning up to brush her lips over his. "Yeah, but I wanna see my friends happy too."
"By seeing them in bed with people?" Optimus asked, raising an eyebrow at her. His eyes sparkled in amusement. "I wonder how well that worked with Ratchet."
"I dunno, he looked pretty shook up over that dress that Solly was wearing. She looked really stunning last night," Elena said.
"I'll agree, she did look nice. But…Ratchet's not one to let himself be rattled over things like women in pretty dresses."
Elena thought that over for a second, and said "But to him, Solly isn't just a woman." She bent her head up again and pulled his face down and kissed him hard.
He picked her up bridal style and kept kissing her, but Kat walked into the room and said "EH EH EH! Wait till I leave before doing that!" and she ran out after grabbing her cell phone and purse. Optimus walked into the bedroom, shut the door with his foot, and walked over to the bed with Elena in his arms.
"Now…let's see if we can't have a little fun…"
~3~
Solaraah sat at her office later on that day, nursing a headache and a bad mood. She didn't want to see anyone at all, especially not Ratchet. Stupid asshole… She stapled some papers, throwing them into her desk before putting her head down. Please, no more clients today…
"Um, Miss Solaraah?"
"Who is it?" She asked tiredly from her position on the desk. Her head hurt far too much to look up. She knew it wasn't professional to act this way, but at this point, she didn't care.
"It's ah…your client. I had an appointment today?"
Solaraah groaned to herself and sat up, gesturing to the couch. "Come on in, Miss…What was your name? Smith?"
"Ah, yes ma'am."
"Well, start talking."
~ 3 ~
Once Miss Smith had left, Ratchet walked in, causing Solaraah to groan in annoyance. Ratchet rolled his eyes, and said "Elena and Kat just arrived. Let's make nice until they decide they succeeded."
Solaraah nodded and banged her head on the table before the door opened. Elena and Kat entered the room and saw the two chatting and laughing. Not noticing it was all a fake they smiled, said "Hi!" and Elena said "Kiss!"
Solaraah and Ratchet stared at her in shock before turning to each other and shrugging.
As Ratchet leaned in, Solaraah put her hand over his mouth, grinning. "Just kidding." She got up, glaring daggers at her two roommates. "Well, I hope you're happy, you two. You got what you wanted, didn't you?"
"S-Solly…you're scary when you're like this…" Kat stammered as the older woman closed in on her.
"Am I now?" She leaned closer, taking the younger woman's chin in her hand. "Did I not say that your plotting would get you into trouble?"
"Y-yes," Kat squeaked, shrinking back.
"In her defense, It was all me," Elena said bravely. "I did it, without her knowledge."
"That's bullshit and you know it," Solaraah said before, letting go of Kat's chin. "You've wanted him to get in my pants for forever. You think you've won now, don't you?" At the girls' hesitant nods, Solaraah shook her head with a scoff. "You haven't won yet, children. He and I…We don't belong together. We don't get along, and we don't like each other. All last night was, was a quick roll in the hay to get away from our normal duties—no more." She heard Ratchet agree from behind her. "It's never going to happen again, so don't count on it."
Elena narrowed her eyes and said "Solaraah, back down. Now." and pushed Kat out the door. "You know that I have the ability to give out orders now, I don't like doing it, but at this moment… It's necessary." Then as if trying to get hurt she said "Ratchet control Solaraah." Elena walked out the door right into Kat.
"I have to take orders from Optimus, but I'll be damned if I'm going to take them from you," Solaraah roared, walking out the door. "I don't care who you're sleeping with, but you're not going to get pissed off with me because of something you started. Don't like my temper? Who's fucking fault is it that I'm pissed at you, Elena? Would you like to answer that?"
Elena looked at her friend coolly. "You don't have to overreact."
"Bullshit I'm overreacting. You wanted this," Solaraah gestured to herself, then Ratchet. "And I warned you not to stick your nose in my business. Now that you have, you have to face the consequences, Optimus fighting for you or no." The look in her eyes was dangerous, terrifying, even. "Because whether you think so or not, this will be one time I stand up to Optimus. You had no right to plan like you did. He's just as in the wrong as you are."
"Solly, please, calm down" Elena gazed up at her with a pleading expression. "I don't want you to be upset…. I just wanted you to be happy, and the reason I ordered you to back down was that I was trying to protect Kat." She sighed "She wasn't involved in the planning at all. I made sure she wasn't."
Solaraah snorted. "Whatever. The point is, don't pull crap like that, either one of you. Now, I'm going back in my office, and I would greatly appreciate it if you didn't bother me anymore. I have a headache and you guys are not really helping right now."
"Well…" Elena began. "I'm sorry. For all it's worth, I'm sorry."
"I know, Ellie. Just…I'll talk to you at home," Solaraah replied tiredly, walking in her office and locking the door behind her.
Elena looked back at the door one final time before running to Optimus' office; she needed someone that would hold her while she cried. She hated upsetting her friends, and Solaraah was pissed off to the point that she almost killed her. She ran by Ironhide who noticed her tears and started to follow her.
"Hey, Lane. What's wrong?" he asked her finally managing to stop her in the hall. She shook her head, the tears falling worse now. "Elena… What happened? It's not Prime is it?"
"N-no," she whimpered. "'Hide… Solly's mad at me…"
"Oh? Well that's strange…" He said." What happened?"
"I… meddled too much…" she sniffled and hugged herself.
Ironhide saw how much she was upset so he hugged her tight, said "Come on." and carried her to Optimus' office.
When he saw her, he knew exactly what had happened. Sighing, he pulled her to him, with a halfhearted thanks to Ironhide for bringing her. He shushed her softly, stroking her hair and talking to her in gentle tones. He should have known…
She eventually stopped crying but continued to cling to Optimus. He didn't care, all he wanted was to comfort her and make her happy once again. He was actually pissed off at Solaraah. She shouldn't have overreacted like that. All it was, was Elena's attempt at trying to make her friend happy. No need to turn murderous. He kissed Elena's cheek when she fell asleep, set her down on the couch in his office, and went to talk to Solaraah.
When he knocked on the door, he received no reply, and knocked louder. Still no reply. He sighed, deciding to use his master key to open it—this was very important. He was surprised when he walked in, seeing her asleep, her phone in her hand. "Solaraah." She didn't answer, just mumbled something and let out a soft snore.
He cracked a smile and let out a snicker before shaking her shoulder a bit. She let out another snore so he shook her shoulder harder. She still didn't wake up!
"Yea she's hard to wake up isn't she?" Ratchet said as he walked in from the office bathroom.
"I'm surprised you're here."
"Yeah, I needed some paperwork for a patient so I came in. She was awake then, but we didn't speak—neither of us wanted to fight. She feels shitty."
Optimus said "She should, you should see Elena, she's a mess and I'm pissed off because of it"
Ratchet nodded in understanding "Elena is tough, but being yelled at like that by your best friend can break anybody."
The brunette looked at the therapist. "As much as I hate to say it, I see why she did."
"She overreacted."
"She didn't." Ratchet could hardly believe he was standing up for… her, but he was. "Look, how would you feel if you were forced into fucking someone you cared nothing for? Just because other people though it would make you happy?" Ratchet put a hand on his superior's shoulder. "She had every right to feel the way she did. And honestly… I do too."
Optimus narrowed his eyes at Ratchet and snarled "You were not forced. You could have left after the dinner. I only ordered you to stay for the dinner. Elena rented the loft only if you guys decided you wanted to do something after all. Do not ever say you were forced to do what you did. If you two had sex, it was because you wanted to!"
Ratchet glared at Optimus. "Oh? I guess not forced is setting everything up and pressuring us. Excuse me for not getting technical."
Optimus glared back at him "No we did not force you, we were only trying to let you have a nice time. Elena just didn't want you two to have to go to the loft or her place and being embarrassed when there was people there, if you did decide to do something. Again if you had sex, it was because you wanted to." Optimus was beginning to get really pissed off. No, he didn't want to hurt Ratchet, but he was arguing about Elena. Optimus simply would not let Elena be insulted. Let Ratchet insult him all he wanted, but stay away from Elena.
"Tch. Whatever. Just from now on, back off. I know you're supposed to be my boss—I'm asking this as friends. Don't let Elena or anyone fuck with Solaraah like this."
Optimus said, "As long as you don't ever talk to Elena like this. She only meant well. Please Ratchet, you are one of her best friends here. You know how upset at herself if she thought she had driven you away by trying to make you happy?"
Ratchet waved a hand at his friend. "Yeah I know." He looked at Solaraah. "Just let her sleep before waking her up. She's gonna be in a crappy mood and probably yell if you don't."
Ratchet didn't know why he was protecting her, but it felt right. He should probably go apologize to Elena for her. Just not himself. He sighed. "Tell Elena that she's sorry. She was too pissed to go back and tell her."
Optimus nodded. "Tell her I'd like to speak with her when she's feeling better."
Ratchet agreed as Optimus left. He looked at Solaraah curiously. She was like a different person when she slept… maybe that's why he was defending her so hard. Yeah. That had to be it.
Optimus walked out and back to his office, leaving Ratchet there staring at Solaraah. When he got to his office he walked over to Elena and pulled her into his lap stroking her hair, trying to wake her up. She snuggled closer to him in her sleep, smiling gently down at her, deciding to let her sleep for a few moments longer.
Ironhide peeked in the door and said "Hey is she okay?" with a concerned glance at the sleeping blonde.
Optimus stroked her hair again, smiling. "Yea I think its okay now."
Ironhide grinned in relief "Good."
Optimus sighed and said "Ironhide will you watch her? I have someone to talk to."
Ironhide gladly took Elena and sat down. The guy may look gruff and heartless, but he really had the biggest heart of all Autobots. You just had to figure out how to break through his shell. And Elena had done just that. In fact the other 'bots teased him about the nickname he had given her, Angel.
He grinned down at her. "We'll I'll be damned. Optimus must really love you to get so worked up…" He touched her face. "You've managed to worm your way into everyone's sparks." And Elena snuggled up against Ironhide and made a noise of contentment, grabbing onto his shirt in her sleep. Ironhide pulled her closer and her eyes fluttered open and he smiled down at her and she stared at him in shock.
"I-ironhide? What are you doing here? Where's Optimus?"
Ironhide patted her hair. "He had to talk to Solaraah."
Elena let go of his shirt and tried to sit up. "Oh I hope he doesn't fight with her…" She said softly. "I don't want her angrier with me or him. We made a mistake in judgment and I feel bad enough already."
Ironhide hugged her and said "I'm sure he won't. Unless she tries to argue about you, he won't yell."
"I know. I just…" She sighed. "I'll just talk to her at home. It's all I can do." And he sighed, kissed her forehead and said "I can hear Optimus coming, I'm going to leave now."
"Okay." She smiled. "Thank you Ironhide."
He chuckled, saluting at her a bit. "Anytime, my dear."
She got up and went to sit in the desk chair, Ironhide walked out the door, and Optimus walked in.
"Hey." She said softly.
"She's not angry anymore." Optimus said at her expression.
Elena smiled, which made him smile. He walked over to her and picked her up in a big bear hug, and kissed her hard. She kissed back. "Optimus, I don't know what I would do without you…"
~ 3 ~
Kat sighed, looking at Mirage. "They made me sad." He merely looked at her before she continued with, "I mean, Ellie was only doing what she thought was best."
"Yes Kat, she was, I think Solly did overreact…" he answered, receiving a thoughtful glance from Kat, he smiled at her and kissed her cheek.
"Oh well. That subject's kinda depressing isn't it?" She said with a blush of pleasure. She still felt his warm lips on her cheek.
He smiled and kissed her gently on the lips, and at that moment he received a call from Ironhide. Cursing, he answered it.
"Yeah?"
"Hey wanna come to the shooting range with me?"
Mirage thought for a moment. "Why not? If I can bring Kat with me. She needs to learn how to shoot."
Kat got a skeptical look on her face and Mirage laughed and Ironhide said "Sure…" so Mirage stood up and had grabbed Kat's hand pulling her with him, when he realized he would have to reveal his secret. When they got out to the parking lot Mirage close his eyes and said "Kat, I need to tell, and show, you something, that might frighten you, but you have to promise me you won't be mad at me, or think I'm a different person. I'll always be me." And he let go of her hand and stepped a few feet away, letting the change come over him.
She stared in openmouthed shock for a few moments before grinning brightly. She ran to him excitedly, running her hands over his hood and doors. "You… You're amazing Mirage!" She giggled as he opened the driver's side door for her and she hopped in. She ran her hands over the leather steering wheel, touching his radio softly. "Mirage… you are a very sexy car."
He replied with a song, "Sexy back" by Justin Timberlake and she giggled and slapped the steering wheel and he replied with "Hit me baby one more time" by Britney Spears causing her to double over in laughter. He revved his engine, almost like he was laughing with her, before driving towards the shooting range.
When they arrived she stepped out and stared up at Ironhide, a 26 foot tall robot, in shock. No wonder he has a hard time with women… She heard a metal against metal noise behind her so she turned to see her boyfriend turning into a metal robot with wheels for feet and she gasped.
"Holy crap… You guys… Is there anything else I need to know?"
Ironhide laughed and said "Well you should know, Optimus is way taller than me in his robot form, is the last Prime there is. And… Ratchet is our medic and is about a foot shorter than me and well, he's seen a lot of bad stuff… so that's why he's so gruff with everyone, and the reason he's so nasty towards Solly is because his assistant back on Cybertron died, and Solly acts a lot like her. So it upsets him, he just hasn't realized that yet."
All Kat could do was squeak out "Does Elena know this? Please tell me she knows she's been having sex with a freakin, over 30 foot tall robot…"
Ironhide laughed again "Yes, she knows. Solaraah however…" He shook his head. "She doesn't know. Ratchet preferred her not to, as did Optimus. She doesn't need to know right now—things are delicate enough with Ratchet as it is. She doesn't need another reason to hate him."
Kat thought about it for a second and answered with "I actually think she would fall in love with him if she knew… She likes metal things, tinkering, you know?"
"She doesn't seem like the tinkering type," Ironhide said.
"She just doesn't have a whole lot of time." Kat smiled up at him. "But she likes to take things apart and put them back together."
Ironhide laughed and said "I see why she would fall in love with him, he starts to annoy her, she takes him apart, when she's ready to listen again, put him back together…"
Kat giggled. "Yeah, you're right. She's funny like that…" She thought for a second "Should I tell her?"
"You'll have to ask Optimus…" Ironhide answered her, while he was cocking his cannon, preparing to shoot the target.
"Perhaps," Mirage said. "You should let Ratchet tell her himself. We wouldn't want to venture over the line. He'll tell her when he's ready, if he's ever ready. She'll be fine not knowing."
Kat nodded understanding where Mirage was coming from "Yeah, okay."
"I think Optimus will eventually ask Ratchet to tell her…" Ironhide said before aiming the cannon and firing it.
"Maybe," Mirage said taking careful aim at the next target. "But I think he'll also take consideration on how Ratchet feels about this. He isn't going force him into something like that—it's too painful and still, after all these years, too fresh for him to want to go back to that memory. Because if he tells her he's an Autobot, he'll probably tell her about what happened."
"Yeah," Ironhide said with a nod as Mirage fired his shot "I see what you mean. And it's none'a my business anyway." He shrugged as he took another shot.
Kat sat down on the ground and jumped every time a shot was fired, eventually Mirage handed her a small pistol and showed her how to handle it. After the first few shots, Kat found she really enjoyed learning how to shoot, and as an added bonus, Mirage's chest was touching her back, his hands holding hers to steady her. Ironhide teased her at first, making her laugh.
Mirage hugged her tighter and said "Kat, hold the gun steady." Causing her to blush and tighten her grip on the gun, firing off a random shot near Ironhide.
The large robot jumped up to the side, narrowing his eyes at Kat. "Pay attention to your target, not the man behind you."
Mirage let go of her and stepped back, letting her shoot on her own. Ironhide decided to change back into his human form and help Kat learn to shoot a bigger gun.
"Ironhide, I just got done learning that one!" She protested as the big man placed a rifle in her hands. He stood behind her, wrapping his body tightly around hers so she didn't fall when she pulled the trigger. Mirage looked on, grinning to himself when he saw Kat freak out.
She went to pull the trigger, but made a mistake pulling the gun away so the backfire was worse, pushing her back into Ironhide. She grunted as she hit his rock hard chest, knocking the breath out of him. "Owie…"
"Hold it tighter, woman. You've got to keep it steady or the backfire will get you every time."
"Ironhide, this gun is too big!" she said "I can barely hold it!"
"That's why I'm here." Ironhide told her.
She huffed and brought the gun back up and Ironhide told her again "Keep it against your shoulder." So she tried, and failed again.
"Okay, that's enough." Ironhide said, taking the gun. "I like breathing too much to continue."
Kat winced as she rubbed her shoulder. "Stupid guns…" she muttered.
He laughed and Kat asked "'Hide… how did you get those scars?" nervously.
Ironhide grinned (a little bit proudly, or so it looked to Kat), running a black gloved hand through his short hair. "War, baby. Cybertron was a nasty place before we left. I didn't leave without a few dings and dents. Ratchet did the best he could, fixing me up."
Kat frowned and said "I guess you got the worst of it, because the other guys don't have scars like that."
Ironhide answered "Honey, All of us have scars, just not in places you can see, or you just haven't been allowed to see."
"Oh…" Kat said slowly "I guess most of the other guys' are internal, huh?"
"Uh huh…" He answered putting the guns up.
Kat grinned slyly, "If it helps I think they make you look hotter, 'Hide." Mirage chuckled at Ironhide's expression.
For a second he looked surprised but then grinned wolfishly. "Oh, you think so, do you?"
She nodded her head and said "I'm surprised Elena didn't go for you, she likes scars like that."
Ironhide chuckled "Yeah, I know. She's told me. She's got her reasons for choosing Optimus over me, though."
"What reasons?" Kat asked, curious that Elena had even talked to him about that.
He chuckled slightly. "You'll have to ask her about that."
Kat frowned, and then started pouting when Ironhide laughed.
"You'll be okay, I may even tell you later." He said laughing some more when she stomped her foot.
"Oh, I hate these secrets! It seems the longer Ellie is with Optimus, the more secrets I'm finding out she has! I'm supposed to be her best friend!"
Ironhide stared at her in shock, and then turned to Mirage. Mirage just shrugged and walked over to the still pouting Kat. He put a hand on her shoulder. "Its okay, Kitty-Kat. She'll tell you if you ask."
"Are you sure?" she asked skeptically.
"Yes Kat… now do you wanna go ask her or stay here with Ironhide?" Ironhide waved and grinned devilishly while cocking a shotgun.
"Um... I dunno. I guess I can go ask her…"
"Well let's go. We can leave crazy 'Hide here with his guns." Mirage said with a grin.
Ironhide said "Hey! I'm not crazy!" and started to chase them, but Mirage changed to soon and Kat hopped in and they drove off, leaving Ironhide standing there, flipping them off.
~ 3 ~
Solaraah had no idea where she was when she woke, only that it wasn't her house and she was un-fucking-comfortable. Her hair was still in its usual bun, a few strands falling down over her face from where she'd tossed and turned while sleeping.
"Bout time you woke up," said a gruff voice across from her. It took her blurry eyes a second to focus before narrowing as she glared at him.
"Ratchet, what the hell are you doing in my office?"
"Calm down. I'm just here to get a couple of things and leave, okay?" He lied smoothly, not wanting her to know he'd been there the whole time.
"A-alright…" she answered as she stood up and stumbled to the mini fridge under her desk. She grabbed a can of soda, hoping the caffeine in it would help wake her up a bit. It helped, and she was able to see a bit more clearly. "Well… I'm leaving so get what you need and I'll lock up."
Ratchet reached into a file cabinet, grabbed a file, closed the cabinet and turned to Solaraah, "Listen Solly… I should probably tell you something… but I don't want to tell you here. Do you think we could meet at the loft?"
She looked at him strangely. "Not tonight. I've got to get home. We'll make a date some other time."
"You know, I am trying to make this work." He ground out.
"What are you trying to make work?" she asked incredulously. "Ratchet, we have nothing together. We spent one night together, that's it. Please don't pretend that you suddenly give a damn, and tell me all your secrets." She scoffed, raking a hand through her bangs. "Men always do that to me. Please don't make me add you to the list."
"You think I'm like all the others out there? I'm not." He walked to her, pushing her to sit on her desk. "You have no idea what I was about to tell you."
"No, I don't, and I don't want to know, I don't want you making me trust you by telling me everything about you and it all turn out to be a lie." She shook her head. "No, I'd rather you keep your secret a secret."
Solaraah walked out the door and he followed so she slammed and locked it. He turned back to her and started to talk but she shoved him out of the way and stomped off. He sighed in irritation. Why was he even trying?It would only end in disaster, so what was the point? At that, he shook his head. Complicated woman.
~ 3 ~
Elena looked up with a shaky smile as Solaraah came in the door that night. "Solly, you're home…"
"Yeah," was the surly reply. "I'm going to bed now."
"Um, okay… goodnight…"
"G'night."
"Wait Solly, I need to talk to you. Please?" Elena widened her eyes for effect.
"Elena, I'm very tired. What is it you need?"
"I-I'm sorry." Elena ran to the older woman, hugging her. "I'm so sorry, I don't want you to be mad at me…"
Solaraah wrapped her arms around Elena's shoulders, kissing her forehead in a motherly fashion. "I know, hon. Today wasn't the best day okay? I'm just frustrated at the world. I apologize for flying off the handle like that. Forgive?"
"Always!" Elena said, squeezing her friend tighter. "Oh, Solly, I thought you hated me…"
"Never… the only person I hate, or if not hate, dislike immensely, is Ratchet and that's just because he's an asswipe." Solaraah answered receiving a laugh from Elena.
"Yeah, he is difficult… he is a softy under that shell he's got, though."
"Yeah, about as soft as a rock…" Solaraah said. She shrugged. "But I don't wanna talk about him okay? I have to get some sleep tonight. My head's killing me so I'm taking Tylenol, and taking my happy ass to bed."
"Alright Solly…" Elena answered. "Besides, I've got to go… somewhere…" she smiled innocently.
Solaraah smiled shaking her head softly. "With Optimus, no doubt."
Elena blushed, waving her friend off. "Maybe, maybe not…"
Optimus chose that moment to walk out of Elena's bedroom with a, "Come on, let's go."
Solaraah merely chuckled, waving a hand at the two. "Have fun with whatever you're doing. I'm going to bed."
Both bid her goodnight. Elena giggling as she walked out. Optimus grabbed Elena's waist and changed, putting her safely in his interior, he drove off letting her buckled her own seatbelt, after she recovered from the shock of what just happened.
"Ooh, that's different…" She giggled.
He chuckled in response. She slapped the seat and he said, "Be careful…" through the radio, in a voice that suggested the seat was sensitive.
"Mmm, I think you liked it." She purred, running her fingertips over the steering wheel and gearshift. He seemed to shudder in response, making her laugh.
He lurched forward and her chest hit the steering wheel on accident causing him to swerve.
She huffed "That hurt..."
"Sorry." He said back through the radio. She heard his laugh "I didn't mean to."
She giggled "But it did seem to have an effect on you…" She ran her fingertips in a circular pattern on the seat.
"It did," he said.
She smiled "Means I did something right, didn't I?"
"Yes." He said amusement in his voice.
She reached for the gearshift, but the seatbelt held her tight against the seat and she yelled "Hey!"
He answered through the radio. "I'm driving Elena, let me drive."
"Alright." She grinned suggestively. "Where are we going, my dear?"
"Some place special." He answered, and on they drove, Elena fell asleep 30 minutes into the drive, till Optimus pulled up to a 2-story white house in a clearing in the woods. Optimus woke her up and changed into his human form before she got a look at where they were.
"What is this…?" she asked rubbing her eyes. "It's beautiful."
"I got it, for you." He answered with a smile.
"Whoa… Optimus… this is big." She answered. We've only been going out about a week or so… and he already bought a house? I mean I know I wanna be with him forever but this is really fast… "Thank you..." she said "But I don't think I can accept this."
"Not even for me?"
"Well when you put it that way…" She smiled and tugged on his leather jacket. "But let me make up for it…" she gave another sharp tug on his jacket.
He chuckled "Feel free…"
She pulled him inside and upstairs, choosing a random bedroom, she shoved him in and onto the bed. He laughed at her eagerness, covering her mouth in scorching kisses, hands running over her body. He loved the way she was reacting to him, arching her back and moaning his name as her fingers threaded in his hair. And he hadn't even really started touching her yet.
She knew once they got down to it, he would be the one in control, not her, no matter how hard she tried… But she didn't care; it was more exciting for him to be in control, so she tightened her fingers in his hair.
They touched each other slowly that night, a little differently than before. Maybe it was the fact that they were—and knew they were—completely alone, and could drag it out for as long as they liked. Elena felt like she could cry out more freely now—she didn't have to worry about the other Autobots hearing her or walking in… The sounds she made aroused Optimus to the point he felt like he needed her then, but still continued to wait for her to be ready. He respected the fact that she liked things slow, liked to feel every touch and savor it, memorizing the feel of his hands on her.
Finally she decided she needed him right then and wouldn't have it any other way. Their movements got faster, harder, and Elena loved every moment of it. Her green eyes were hazy with passion, and he drank it up. She was beautiful; there was no way around it. She was beautiful and she was all his.
She arched her back up, completely against her will, and he held her there, his mouth roaming down her neck. She whispered his name, wrapping her legs around his slim waist as she pulled him closer. He trailed his tongue down the side of her throat, loving the way she shuddered underneath him. He began whispering to her, dirty things he knew would drive her over the edge, things he knew would leave her begging for some kind of release.
She whimpered and moaned every time he said something, she couldn't take it anymore! She dug her fingers into his back, begging him to do something.
"Please… please," she said softly, crushing him to her. "I need you."
He didn't have to be asked twice, as he drove into her hard, quickening the pace. He wanted her to climax, and he wanted it to be so good she saw stars. And she did. He made sure of it. When it happened, she cried out, and they collapsed into a sweaty limp heap. It took her a while to recover, her vision included. They slept soundly that night, wrapped in each other's arms.
In the morning Optimus woke her up with a kiss, and carried her to the shower. She giggled, knowing where this was going to lead….
~ 3 ~
Kat sat with Solaraah in the park later on, looking at the ice cream in her hand happily. "I just love summer! We get ice cream, and go tanning… Don't you love it, too?"
Solaraah laughed at her friend, licking her own ice cream cone. "I could take it or leave it. Ice cream's nice though."
Kat looked at Solaraah's grin, which was rare these days. I don't think she realizes just how cute she is when she smiles…
"Ooh, baby, you can lick my ice cream cone." Said a young man walking up, joined by a group of his friends. He had a hungry grin on his face as his dark eyes roamed Solaraah's front, lingering a little too long in Solaraah's opinion.
"You can piss off," Solaraah said with a sneer. "Sorry I don't like the idea of sucking off a kid like you. You probably don't have anything to begin with." She smiled at him, and Kat noticed the fire in her eyes. "What are you 12?"
"You bitch…" He said, stepping closer to her. "You think you're funny, don't you?"
"Nope, but apparently you do." She said "Look honey, if you wanna find an easy woman, go look for a hooker. I've got nothing you want."
"I want that sweet little ass," One of his buddies said with a smirk. The rest of the group snickered and looked at Kat. "And she ain't too bad either."
"Please leave. You really don't wanna piss me off." Solaraah said.
The leader swatted the ice cream cone from her hand, grabbing a handful of Solaraah's shirt before a much larger hand grabbed his. "Problem here?"
"Ironhide," Solaraah said grinning at him. "Can you teach these… gentlemen… not to mess with the ladies?"
"Sure thing, babe," He said with a wink at her and Kat, before slinging the terrified man over his shoulder effortlessly.
The rest of the group looked like they were getting ready to crap on themselves before running after their fallen leader. Solaraah laughed. "Thanks 'Hide," She said placing a kiss on his lips. "I appreciate it. He threw my ice cream on the ground."
"Aw, I'll get you some more." He laughed, ruffling her hair.
When Ironhide left to get the ice cream, Ratchet came storming up, pissed off. He had bloody fists, and a bloody shirt, and Kat had a sinking feeling that the blood wasn't his.
"Ratchet!" Kat cried, running up to her bloodied friend. "What happened to you? You hate violence!"
The medic had eyes only for Solaraah. "You okay?"
"Just fine. 'Hide helped me." She cocked her head to the side cutely with a dazzling smile. "And he's getting me more ice cream!" About that time, Ironhide showed up with another cone to give to her, looking at Ratchet strangely.
Ratchet walked up to her, grabbing her shoulders and getting in her face. His nose was touching hers as he spoke through gritted teeth. "Do you understand that if Ironhide hadn't showed, you could have gotten badly hurt? Do you understand the concept of outnumbered? You could have been taken and they could have done God knows what to you!"
"I wasn't worried." Solaraah said. "I was fine. I'm a big girl, Ratchet."
"I am aware of that. But imagine the damage to Kat. And you can't take on 4 grown men. You just can't. No matter how tough you think you are." He growled.
"What do you care? You want to see me gone anyways, so what does it matter?" she snapped.
"Because…" he trailed off, and not finding the right words to say, kissed her.
She was so surprised she dropped her ice cream cone again. She closed her eyes and kissed him back, bruising both of their lips, Kat stared in shock and Ironhide fell to the ground laughing. She pushed at him, but he didn't move. He refused to let her away. Didn't she realize how much she had scared him? She was going to drive him insane…
The other 'bots showed up because they had all received the frenzy signal from Ratchet when he was beating the crap out of those idiots. They all arrived to find Ratchet and Solaraah practically glued together, their lips included.
"Well, this is certainly interesting," Arcee said, shaking her head. "Umm, Ratchet? What was the problem?"
The two broke apart as if they were burned. "I took care of it." The medic said gruffly.
Arcee replied with a grin and "I see that."
"Shut up," He mumbled, glaring at them.
"Ya know, I have better things to do then get embarrassed in public." Solaraah threw her hands up in a wave, not bothering to look at the others before stomping off.
Kat looked after her friend in concern. "She's really fighting it."
"Yeah," Ironhide said with a laugh "Out of all the kisses she's given me, that last one was the least sexy." He nudged Ratchet "You lucky bastard."
"Lucky my ass," Ratchet said with a fierce frown. "I can't stand the bitch."
"Didn't look that way to me," Arcee piped in.
Ratchet went to growl at her but he realized something Solaraah might realize too, the 'bots had showed up in their natural forms. He figured she hadn't from the way she had stormed off. He shrugged. Whatever. He'd tell her about them eventually. When she trusted what he told her was the truth. It may be days, it may be weeks, even years… but he'd tell her. He just had to get her to trust him first. It would be hard. But he would do it.
He had to.
~ 3 ~