Crys: You don't think people have forgotten about us, do you?
Kuro: No, they're just waiting for the story to get more exciting.
Joci: Yea, I suppose, but we can't keep those who are anticipating it any longer.
Crys: You're right. We are sorry for the wait, but we're only imaginative people.
Kuro: 'Cept our creator of course.
Joci: You can't blame this all on me you two.
Crys & Kuro: We know.
Joci: *Sighs* Well, lets get the show on the road. Hit it!
Crys: Okay! For our viewers, we'd like to remind you all that Joci is not the owner of Transformers, rather she is the owner of Crystal and Christopher, and other minor characters in this story whom are not related to Transformers.
Kuro: Please refrain from using vulgar language when making replies, but we'd love to hear from you.
Joci: So, without further ado, chapter 4 of A New Life…
Previously in A New Life…
"Oh, you don't look so good kiddo." Said Mr. Hardiman leaning over slightly as they made there way across the soccer field and onto the baseball field.
"Just tired." She said walking at a slow pace.
"You've done your time, you can go." He said tapping her head.
"Thank you Mr. Hardiman." She smiled up at him.
"Don't mention it, and I mean it." He said sternly turning to the younger students. "Come now, inside. Get back to class!" He ordered.
"So, we can go?" Asked Christopher.
"Yes, we can go." Smiled Crystal leading him back through the school and out of the lobby to the front parking lot.
Chapter Four
Walking over to the solstice, Bee honked his horn in the next row over. "Hey Bee." Crystal waved and he flashed his lights as Christopher walked around to the driver's side and unlocked it. Crystal got into the passenger seat and Christopher started the engine up. Backing out of the space they made there way out of the parking lot, and instead of taking a left, Christopher took a right. "Where are we going?" Asked Crystal.
"No where in particular." He stated as busses drove by.
Driving along the street, he merged onto the highway and took off at a fast rate. "You're going to get caught one of these days." Said Crystal.
"Sorry." He said and took his foot off the ignition a bit, slowing it down to a steady 65 instead of 85.
After a while, Christopher finally got onto an exit ramp and drove along a barren street. "Where are we?" Asked Crystal as they passed small houses.
"You'll see." He said taking a turn and continuing straight down the street toward his destination.
"The beach?" Asked Crystal.
"Might as well relax. Your senior buddies are probably down there partying." He said pulling into the local beach parking lot.
"How'd you know about this place?" She asked as they got out of the car.
"Mr. Hardiman told me." He said walking toward the trunk. Opening it, he pulled out a large blanket before closing it again. "After you." He said motioning to the boardwalk.
"Why thank you." She smiled and stepped onto it first and Christopher followed behind her.
Taking her sandals off, she walked down the sand dune and waited for Christopher as he made his way down. Once he did, they walked along the beach and found a comfortable place to lay the blanket down and lay on it. "This is nice." Smiled Crystal beside Christopher.
"Hum." He hummed in agreement.
"Thanks, for taking me." She said softly.
"Any time Crys, any time." He said with his hands behind his head and his elbows out.
Crystal smiled down at him and scooted closer to him before laying down beside him with her head on his right shoulder close to his head, and her body turned toward his. She hummed softly and smiled with her eyes closed. "I'm still nervous." She spoke softly.
"About what now?" Christopher asked.
"Everything." She said and turned her head and looked out into the ocean. "We'll be managing our own lives, no parents around to tell us what to do and all, and I'm not sure I can handle everything while I got school too."
Christopher rubbed his hand up and down her back, "I'm here to help too you know, you're not going to be doing everything."
Crystal laughed softly, "Yes, I suppose I do have you too to help me." She smiled and rested one arm around his waist. "I love you." She smiled.
"I love you too sis." He smiled before placing a gentle kiss on her forehead.
"Aw, such a lovely couple, aren't they dear." Smiled an old woman that walked along the shore with her husband.
"Yes dear, they sure are a lovely couple." He smiled.
"Kind of reminds me of ourselves when we were young, don't you agree dear?" She asked.
He chuckled, "Yes, I suppose they do." He smiled as they continued to walk along the sandy shore, their conversation kept to themselves.
They lay on the beach together for hours till Christopher's cell went off in his pocket. Crystal had her head rested against his should in the scruff of his neck, so she sat up first and Christopher sat up right after her and took out his cell phone. "Hello?" He asked.
'Christopher, is Crystal with you? This is Sarah.'
"Oh, yes. Here she is." He said and held out the phone to her; "It's for you."
Crystal took the cell out of his hand and held it up to her ear. "Hello?"
'Crystal, this is Sarah.'
"Oh, hello Mrs. Lennox, how are you?"
'I'm doing great, but you can call me Sarah dear. It sounds like I'm old when I hear that.'
"Oh, sorry." Said Crystal. "So, how can I help you?"
'Will has a dinner meeting tonight and I'm going with him. Ironhide is escorting us so we don't have a sitter now. Could you watch Annabelle for us?' She asked.
"I'd love to Mrs. Le-, I mean Sarah." Crystal corrected.
'You sure it's not a bother? It's far away, so you're welcome to spend the night as well. We have a guestroom upstairs on the other side of the house.'
"It's no bother at all, really. I'll probably have Christopher stay with me, just incase." She smiled looking over at him when he rose an eyebrow.
'Wonderful, I'll get everything ready for you when you arrive, could you be here for 5?'
"5? Yea, I'll call my mom and tell her we're heading to your home now." She said and stood, motioning for Christopher to follow after back to the car. He grabbed the blanket and shook the sand off before rolling it up and putting it in the trunk.
'Thank you Crystal, you're a life saver.'
"I try to be." She smiled. "We'll be over soon."
'Thank you again, see you soon.' She said and hung up.
Crystal shut the cell and handed it to Christopher as he started up the car. "So, we're babysitting Annabelle?"
"Yes, she wants us there for 5, it's already 4:30." She said looking at the clock as he backed out of the parking space.
"Then I better step on it, shouldn't I." He said driving down the street, and exiting onto the ramp before taking off down the highway.
*27 minuets later*
Christopher pulled into the driveway and parked beside Ironhide, leaving a trail of dirt behind him. "Not bad timing I'd say." Said Christopher as both he and Crystal stepped out of the Pontiac.
"Heh, yea, seeing as we nearly got pulled over too." Said Crystal sarcastically.
"Christopher, Crystal, it's nice to see you again." Said Ironhide from the driveway.
"And it's good to see you as well Ironhide." Smiled Crystal.
The front door opened and Will walked out dressed in a suit and tie, "Ah, I can't begin to tell you how much this mean to the both of us." Smiled Will shaking Christopher's hand and hugging Crystal.
"It's not a problem at all." Smiled Crystal. "I'll head inside and get instructions from Sarah." Said Crystal and she waved bye to Ironhide as she walked inside.
"Sarah will probably tell you this, but we left you two money to order take out, just no fish please. Annabelle gets fussy by the smell." Said Will.
"Sure, but why does fish bother her?" Asked Christopher.
"Finding Nemo."
"Oh. She's a very smart toddler." Said Christopher.
"Yes, and I just hope she won't be a handful tonight. Sarah is in the middle of feeding her, but I'm sure she'll be fine, just have her tucked in by 7 and she'll be out like a light after a bottle of warm milk." Said Will.
"Are you sure you should be telling me this? Seems like you should be telling it to Crystal." He smiled.
"I've woken up plenty of times in the night to take care of my baby girl, and I don't want her to be cranky when I get home is all." He said when the front door opened and Sarah walked out in a dress, a shall covering her shoulders. Crystal joined her at the door with Annabelle in her arms. Sarah gave Annabelle one last kiss before walking down the steps, and Will went to escort her to the truck which opened its door for the both of them.
"Thank you so much again you two. We will be home late, so feel free to use the guest room." Said Sarah.
"All right. Have fun you two, and you as well Ironhide." Said Christopher as he waved them off.
"If anything happens, my numbers on the fridge." Said Will.
"All right, we have everything under control." He smiled.
"And if you can not reach Will, call me." Said Ironhide.
"Okay, we will bud." He smiled. "Now go before you make the two of them late." Said Christopher.
"All right, lets go then." Said Ironhide as his engine roared and he backed out of the driveway before taking off down the road. Christopher jogged up to the front door and waved to Annabelle before Crystal turned and walked into the kitchen. Christopher followed closing and locking the front door behind him.
"Just a little more Annabelle, then you'll be finished for the night." Said Crystal. Christopher walked in to see Crystal trying to feed Annabelle the rest of her dinner.
He took the jar of baby food that read 'pears'. "I remember this stuff, it was so good." He smiled handing the jar back to Crystal.
"Yea, and I think, she's just about finished." Smiled Crystal putting down the spoon and wiped Annabelle's mouth clean of extra mashed pears. "Oh you are such a cutie, yes you are, yes you are." Smiled Crystal as she lifted Annabelle out of the high chair and brought her close to her face rubbing her nose with Annabelle. Annabelle giggled and burped in Crystal's face and Christopher laughed as a bit of the food splattered over Crystal's face.
"She just burped all over you." He said grabbing a towel and handing it to Crystal as he took Annabelle from her hands. She wiped her face and cleaned up the mess as Christopher cradled Annabelle in his arms.
"Its all right, I'm over it." She smiled standing up. She tossed the towel into the sink and took Annabelle back from Christopher and walked her into the living room where she sat down on the couch and pulled out a stuffed animal she sat on. Christopher joined them on the couch and turned on the television, lowering the volume quite a bit to hear just Crystal and Annabelle talking baby talk, and playing.
Annabelle soon fell asleep from all the excitement and fun she had with Crystal, so Crystal went up stairs to tuck her into bed as Christopher looked through the phone book and found a local Chinese restaurant. He ordered boneless spare ribs, chicken lo-mein, a carton of white rice, and sweet and sour chicken, Crystals favorites from what he gathered when his new parents ordered takeout from a local Chinese restaurant.
"Yes, that will be delivery… All right, thank you." He said and hung the phone up.
"What did you order?" Asked Crystal softly as she walked down stairs.
"Chinese." He said putting the phone book away.
"I hope not a lot." Said Crystal. "It's kind of the Lennox's to pay dinner for us, but I don't really want to use all of their money." She said walking into the kitchen.
"Don't worry, I only ordered enough to feed ourselves." He said.
"That's good, so what did you get?" She asked.
"The usual, from what I can understand." He said.
She looked at him confused. "You remembered what mom ordered last week?" She asked.
"Yup." He said, "And I ordered some boneless spare ribs." He said.
"Wow, that sounds good." She smiled turning for the living room. "Come on, Sarah showed me her DVD collection and I have the perfect movie to watch." She smiled.
Christopher followed and took his seat on the couch as Crystal set it up. "So what movie is it?" He asked.
"One I watched this year in English that I absolutely loved. It's called 'A Knight's Tale'. It has Heath Ledger in it." She smiled grabbing the remote and letting it do the rest as she plopped down on the couch beside Christopher and he adjusted himself as she leaned against him.
Christopher enjoyed the movie, and was glad Sarah had it. It was serious, funny, romantic with action, drama and love. He could tell why Crystal loved the movie, and he couldn't help but like it as well. They were in the middle of his jousting matches when the doorbell rang and Crystal jumped in surprise slightly. "Oh, it's just the delivery boy. He sure took his sweet time." She said.
Christopher chuckled and sat up from the couch after rubbing his hand through her hair, "Just be happy he didn't show up after the movie." He said. He grabbed the money from the counter in the kitchen and jogged to the door, "I'm coming, I'm coming." He opened the door to see the delivery boy with the food, but also a man behind him with a gun pointing at Christopher as the man held a knife to the delivery boys neck.
"Don't move or I'll kill the boy." He said cocking his gun. He stepped forward with the boy and Christopher backed up slowly. Once they were inside, the man shut the door behind him with his foot. "Keep going, get in the kitchen." He said and Christopher walked into the kitchen slowly, glancing in the living room to see Crystal looking at him when he signaled her to run. "Go, move it!" Yelled the man and Christopher stepped into the kitchen as Crystal bolted, leaving the movie on. She hid in the hallway under the stairs. Her heart raced in fear for Annabelle, her brother, and herself. She quickly sent a text message to Optimus Prime and Ironhide to contact the police and get Ratchet, just incase.
"Stand by the sink, and you, at the table." He said pushing the boy to the table and Christopher stood by the sink. "No one move, and don't you dare call the police." He said grabbing a beer out of the fridge. He downed it and belched loudly. At that time, Crystal tipped toed by, trying to get up the stairs. Christopher kept his eyes on her, and when the man crushed the bottle, he noticed where he was looking and turned around to see her. "Hey!" He yelled and fired at her.
End Chapter Four
Crys: OMG! He fired at Crystal!
Joci: Sorry, I'd extend it more, but I got to get ready for work in the next hour.
Kuro: No sweat, I think we got some people's attention by the sound of their reaction.
Crys: Get the next chapter posted soon!
Joci: Okay, okay, *laugh's at Crys antics* I will, I promise. I need to post Revenge of the Fallen before the third movie comes out this summer, remember?
Crys: You've worked on that one too?
Joci: Sure have. But I'm not saying anything till this story is completely posted.
Crys: Waa!
Kuro: As a reminder, we'd like to inform you readers that Joci does not own Transformers, rather Crystal and Christopher, along with other minor characters added into the plot.
Crys: We hope to hear from you soon.
Joci: Once more, till next time everyone!