"Hi you've reached Bia's cell. Sorry I'm not able to take your call right now but please leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can, bye!" Bumblebee loved the days she wouldn't answer her phone, he could listen to her answering machine again and again, never tiring of her voice. He never left her a voicemail, though.

Bia's head swiveled back and forth as Sam spoke to Lennox about what the guy named Wang had told him. The Autobots certainly got an upgrade, the barracks was huge. Looking around she noted that many new Autobots sat parked around the garage, but with them the old familiar faces sat. Darrens hand wrapped around hers and she smiled up at the man.
"Excuse me, Colonel Lennox"
"Director Mearing, this is Sam Witwicky…"
"I know his name Colonel, I want to know who gave him clearance." She snapped. Bia frowned up at the women.
"Who gave me clearance? How about Optimus Prime when he touched down in suburbia looking for my house?" she gave him a dead look.
"Uh Sam this is the National intelligence director in case you…"
"Insulting a Federal officer, that will get you far. Miss Witwicky too, well this is just great. And who are these two?" she snapped. Colonel Lennox sighed, running a hand through his hair.
"My girlfriend Carly, and that's Bia's Fiancé Darren." Bia winced at the word Fiance and looked behind her to see Bee's lights dim before he quickly pulled away from the group.
Suddenly it all made sense, the deposit on the church in Bia's name, all the flower orders, the calls to ministers. Bumblebee cursed himself that he didn't make the connection sooner. He knew it was wrong to watch her every move, but it was just so easy to do that he couldn't help himself and now here he was.
She watched him go, not hearing the conversation between the group, she didn't even notice she had taken a few steps from the group, in the direction Bee disappeared to until she felt Darren tug on her hand.
"You ok?" he whispered. She looked down at their entwined fingers, the confusion and uncertainty was resurfacing. Gently she released his hand and smiled up at him meekly, nodding.
"Ya, just a lot to take in." she looked again in the direction Bumblebee went. Darren noted.
"Old friend?" she didn't answer, didn't feel the need to. Instead she allowed Sam to pull her along as he finished up his conversation with Mearing. They came to stop on a flight of stairs, looking down on a large Autobot who sat in a chair. Bia felt a chill go down her spine as she looked upon him. Sure the rest of the Autobots where hundreds of years older than her but this thing she now looked upon seemed ancient, like a lost civilization was held inside. She watched with bated breath as Optimus stepped forward, pulling the Matrix from his chest, instantly understanding what was going on.
"Hey, whats happening?" Darren ask from her left.
"That's the matrix of leadership, remember I told you about Egypt? Well that's what we had to find to revive Optimus. I'm guessing this guy is another important Autobot and they are going to use it to revive him." Darren nodded focusing back in on the scene before him.
And true to her suspicions that was exactly what they did, except it didn't go as smooth as they planned as Optimus was tackled to the floor by the newly revived bot. Bia leaned forward over the railing, watching in anticipation as the Autobots talked the awakened bot down, who she learned was called Sentinel. She looked eyes with Bumblebee then, and it took all her self-control to look away, tonight was turning into quite the mess.

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The 2 couples now sat in the office of mearing, Sam and Carly at the desk while Darren leaned against the door frame and Bia sat perched on the arm of Sam's chair.
"Alright, the investigation is open, we've sent agents to your place of work and for the time being you will have an Autobot escort."
"Uhm excuse me, what about my car?" Darren asked, still clearly bitter that it was undrivable at the moment.
"It has been taken to a shop and will be returned to you upon its repair. Until then Sideswipe will serve as your vehicle" Bia groaned running a hand through her hair.
"You've got to be kidding me." She muttered.
"Excuse me?" Mearing snapped. Bia stood up at looked at the woman before her.
"With all due respect ma'am, I don't want to be here, I don't want an Autobot escort, and I don't want to have anything to do with this."
"Bia" Sam breathed, she let her eyes flicker to him before she turned and left the room. "Bia" he called after her, but she was done. She tried making her way back through the many hall ways of the base but quickly found that she had managed to get herself lost. She let out a frustrated growl and leaned against a wall, sliding down until she sat on the cold stone floor.
The way he looked at her kept haunting her every thought, so sad. She let her head fall back and stared up at the ceiling. Why did she feel so guilty about this whole thing? She loved Darren, wanted to be with him, so why did she wish she could suddenly take back saying yes? She sat there just staring up at the ceiling and letting her thoughts wander. A body slid down next to her and she found Sam looking just as dejected as she felt.
"She called me a messenger" he stated
"Did you see the way he looked at me when you said FIance?"
"I've saved the world twice and I work in mailroom"
"I'm supposed to get married to a perfect guy and I want to call it off all of sudden"
"My girlfriend thinks im a looser"
"I had a giant alien robot tell me he has feelings for me" they looked at each other, a smile and hysterical laughter ensued. Finally the two calmed down, and with a sigh Bia laid her head on Sam's shoulder.
"Are us Witwikys cursed to a life a torment or something?" she asked.
"You know the old Witwickey motto, no sacrifice-"
"No victory, I know. God I really hate great grandfather for that one" Sam chuckeled, and shrugged his shoulder so he could wrap an arm around Bia's shoulders. The two sat a few moments longer, just enjoying the silence of each other's company.
"Come on, lets go before someone comes looking for us" Sam suggested and Bia sighed but complied none the less. The two stood before Sam replaced his arm back around her shoulder and the two began walking.
"So did you and Bee ever…"
"Ever what?"
"You knowwwww"
"Sam your disgusting! He's a robot!" she rolled out of his arm and punched him harshly in the side and he laughed out loud before pulling her back in and the two continued down the hallway, small smiles adorning each of their faces.

She had thought bumblebee would stay parked out on the street just like old times at the Witwicky house, but that would appear to be too much to ask, as he now sat just feet away from the pull out couch that she laid upon. Darren had already drifted off, heavy breathing familiar and soothing, but the fact the Bumblebee sat just a few feet away made her antsy and restless. Heaving a sigh she rolled out of bed, flinching when Darren groaned but after a moment of readjusting he settled back into slumber.
Throwing her shoes on and slinging a coat over her shoulders, Bia took care in not letting her gaze wander to Bumblebee, even though she could feel him watching her every move. The moment she stepped outside a wave of relief washed over her. She rolled her eyes at the Stingray who was flashing his lights at her.
"I'm just going for a walk Sideswipe, I'll be back soon." He started his engines and she clenched her fists and spun on her heel glaring at him.
"Ay Dios Mio! I just want five minutes alone, you Autobots owe me that much!" his engine revved once before turning off. "Thank you" she breathed, not fully expecting the bot to comply.
Sideswipe watched the girl leave before hearing the familiar sound of the freight elevator as it touched down, Bumblebee pulled out; lights dim before slowly heading in the direction of Bia. She didn't really think Sideswipe would let her go out on her own did she?
She had been walking for close to an hour, and the entire time she knew that he was trailing slowly after her. More than once she caught glimpses of his reflection in the metal of poles or a window of a nearby building. More than that though, she FELT him. She stopped and plopped onto bench on the edges of memorial park, waiting to hear the familiar hum of Bumblebee's engine.
"I know your there" she said aloud, promptly hearing his engine click off. A metallic sigh filled the air and the clicking of metal sliding and folding in on itself followed. Bumblebee stepped forward and sat next to the bench Bia occupied.
"Why did you follow me?" she asked, unhappy that her wishes had been ignored, yet again.
"Don't walk alone at night….suspicious activity…safety in numbers"His radio crackled. She scoffed,
"I'm perfectly capable of surviving on my own, I did so for the last 4 years." She crossed her arms and threw a glare at him from the corner of her eye.
"Do you love him?" that caught her off guard, he had spoken using his own voice and yet again his bluntness left her speechless. Turning to him she got caught up in the hard stare he gave her; that guilty feeling began to eat at her insides once again. She forced herself to look away.
"Its none of your business" she mumbled.
"Do you love him" he repeated. She flushed at the inability to answer and stood spinning to face him she screwed her face into a scowl.
"OF course I love him! I'm marrying him aren't I!" he flinched at her tone, but didn't back down.
"Human marriage is an interesting thing, they take vows and promise each other to one another, but it has become more common for marriages to end or for one human to fornicate with another. Isnt that right?"
"So what?" he cocked his head at her, blue eyes boring into her.
"So I don't believe marriage in human terms mean love." He stated as if it were the simplest thing in the world.
"well what do you know anyway's? Last I checked you're not even human" he seemed to consider that statement for a moment.
"No im not" he said finally. "But, I do feel like humans do, some would argue we in fact feel a greater range of emotions. And I feel for you Bia" she turned away from him.
"You don't get to feel for me" she growled. "You never called! You just left!" she yelled turning back to face him, angry tears threatening to spill over.
"On the contrary I called many times." She scoffed out loud at that one.
"Calling then hanging up doesn't count. You left Bee, and never came back, I moved on." He frowned at that.
"Darren-"
"Darren is my fiancé Bee, I love him, were getting married, and as soon as this whole decepticon thing clears up I don't want to see you anymore." She finished. Even as she said those words she knew she didn't mean them, and it broke her heart to say them. He frowned reaching towards her.
"But, Bia…I'd catch a grenade for you! I'd do anything for you!" his radio sang and she turned away.
"I'm sorry Bee" she mumbled before leaving the bot in his place by the bench she once occupied.

"Earth to Bia" Carly sang, waving a hand in front of said girls face. Bia blinked and shook her head, focusing back on the task at hand.
"Sorry Carly, what were you saying." The blond placed her hands on her hips and raised a brow at Bia. "What?" she asked.
"You have been zoning out all day! At this rate were never going to pick out the invites!" she complained frowning "What's wrong?" she queried. Bia sighed running a hand through her hair
"It's just been really crazy, you know with the Autobots and everything. I was NOT expecting that little reunion when I agreed to come and visit." Carly sighed and leaned back against the counter that held all the invite designs in large colorful books.
"I understand, I'm afraid Sam is going to get in over his head. He wants so bad to be someone again, what he doesn't understand is that he IS someone, he is MY someone." She admitted and Bia looked to her surprised. Carly was usually so laid back and chipper, it was weird seeing her so dreary. Smiling softly at her Bia turned back to the book she was absentmindedly flipping through.
"He may be a bit of an idiot, but he means well. He was always that geeky kid so to be the cool guy with the alien car that saved the world, it completely changed his life; I mean he's dating you now! He tried to do the whole 'normal' thing back in college but once your apart of that it's hard to go back" Bia explained as she flicked through the pages, pausing once in a while to take a closer look at a design before going back to leafing through the pages.
"And what about you? You seem be adjusting quite well to civilian life." Bia blushed and paused.
"Some days it's easier than others." She admitted.
"Is that why you're so spacey? Being back with the Autobots bring around a bout of nostalgia?" Bia smiled up at the older girl, though it didn't quite reach her eyes.
"Something like that" Carly wanted to press further but quickly decided against it, instead changing the subject.
"Oh that one's quite lovely!" she commented pointing on the page Bia had paused on. Looking down Bia laughed, she was right, it was definitely one worth bookmarking. The two females continued to leaf through the pages sticking to small talk for the remainder of their time.

"He must have had brain damage I mean, could her not see the ring on your finger?" Carly laughed, Bia joining in.
"Give the poor guy a break, he was just being nice!" she defended, and Carly raised her brow at her friend as they stopped in front of the apartment door.
"Bia, the guy picked up your tab, got you a table and refilled your soda 3 times! That's a little too nice," she chastised as she opened the door. The two girls jumped as Bumblebee startled at the sight of the two, crashing into the chandelier. He tried to steady it but it crashed to the floor as the guys scattered around his feet. Embarrassment flooded Bumblebee's systems as he looked at everyone's face who stared up at him, as his optics switched to Bia he pulled his battle mask over his face, wishing he could just disappear. She looked furious, her cheeks had flushed red, her hip popped out in that same way it always did when she became cross, hands crossed firmly over her chest and face contorted into a scowl.
"Does anyone want to tell me what the hell is going on?" Carly asked, mimicking Bia's frustration. Bia then caught sight of Darren mixed up in the group, looking fifty shades of guilty.
"Well if it isn't the little Witwicky all grown up" Bia rolled her eyes at the man before her. Simmons was never very high on her likeable list. "Who are you?" he asked Carly who quickly fired back the same question which Simmons took offense to.
"Who am I? Who is that? Dutch frisk her!" Said Dutch moved towards Carly who help up a hand
"Don't touch me" she commanded.
"Angel, uh I was working. I'm sorry about this."
"Darren?" Bia commanded and he flinched at his name. Sam quickly followed Carly upstairs and Bia pushed her way onto the roof ignoring the rest of the men in the room, Darren trailing behind her. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" she demanded as the door closed behind him.
"Sweetheart I-"
"Don't you sweetheart me Darren! You know how I feel about the Autobots, you know that I didn't want anything to do with them this time around, so how could you!" she felt betrayed, she knew Sam would always find his loyalties with the Autobots and she respected that, but Darren? He owed nothing to them, had no connections to them except through her, so why did he think it was ok to become part of their problems, inevitably dragging her into them with him
"How could I know how you feel about them, you never talk about them, especially that one!" he gestured to Bumblebee who was peering out the window at them. Bia huffed and turned back to Darren.
"Isnt that enough? If I don't talk about them there is probably a reason!"
"Oh there's a reason, I'm sure of it, but I'm not sure dislike is the right one" she recoiled at that.
"What are you trying to say?"
"All I'm saying is that ever since we met up with the Autobots you've been distant, and your always either watching or avoiding him!" she frowned, she didn't realize he had noticed. "Oh and a little chat with Sam didn't hurt either" the pang of betrayal dug deeper into her chest, Sam had said something? How could he?
"What did he say?" she asked. Darren scoffed
"Nothing really, but enough for me to figure out that your love for my car wasn't just a coincidence."
"You don't know anything!" she accused, angry tears clouding her vision.
"Then tell me! Why won't you tell me?" she just stared back at him, unable to respond.
"Who is he to you?" he tried again. But again she wouldn't respond. "Fine, then." He turned.
"Where are you going?" she cried and he paused.
"Call me when you want to tell me the truth." And with that he went inside before following Simmons out the door. Tears cascaded down her cheeks as she watched him leave, everything was getting so messed up.
"Bia.." her head snapped to Bumblebee who was crouch by the door, peering out at her with sorrow filled eyes.
"What do you want?" she snapped. He ignored her tone though and reached a hand through the small door way. She flinched as he gently wiped at her cheek with his thumb. His kindness always astounded her, she could probably feed him to the decepticons on a silver platter and he would still try to find the good in her.
"I'm sorry" she sniffeled again and wrapped her arms around his finger, hugging him tightly. She couldn't take it anymore, she needed some form of comfort and Bumblebee always used to be her go to.
His spark jumped in his chest at the reciprocated contact, he had expected her to shy away from, scream at him, tell him to leave her alone, anything but this. He gently wrapper her up in his other fingers, pulling her back inside and sat, holding her to his chest. He would have sat there all day too if Sam wouldn't have come barging through the door telling Bee to hurry up.
The boy seemed distracted and distraught and didn't notice that his cousin was curled up in Bee's hand. He just grabbed his wallet and turned and left, repeating his command to hurry up, before slamming the door shut.
Bumblebee looked down at Bia, who stared back at him with watery eyes.
"It's not your fault so please stop your crying now, Please stop your crying now," an unfamiliar song played over his radio. She wiped at her eyes again.
"Why didn't you answer my calls?" she asked, looking back up at him. He frowned, the truth? He was afraid, afraid that she would deny him again, so he never gave her that chance. "I missed you" she finished after a moment of silence, hugging his thumb once again.
"Sam…I have to go" she frowned up at him as he said that.
"Take care of Darren please" his spark took a sharp jolt at that. For a moment with her so close to him he had forgotten that Darren even existed, cold, harsh reality washed over him and he forced a smile and a nod. She smiled up at him and he lowered her to the ground, she nimbly stepped off his hand, then watched him turn and crowd himself into the elevator.

Wow, let's just say I wasn't planning on that fluff, it just sort of happened.
Lots of talking this chapter, lots of break ups, lots of blahhhhh.
So did we like the small moment between our B's? we also got to see a little more family time between Bia and Sam, yay or nay? Lots of action coming up next chapter, there may some tragic moments any predictions? Will Bia continue her affections towards Bee or was it just in a moment of weakness? Trouble in paradise for Bia and Darren, any predictions there?
Well reviews as always are really appreciated, especially likes and dislikes and that sort : ) Make me a better writer and review!