I do not own the Autobots, I don't own anything but Clara and Emiko. And also, I do not own Ponyo. That movie belongs to Hayao Miyazaki!

Clara pinched her stomach,

"its getting there…" she said, for the past 2 months, she's been running way too many errands for NEST, and maintaining her daily life outside of NEST.

She noticed that her body has been a lot more lighter, and she could breath a lot more easier. So far, she had lost 10 pounds, and she's planning to keep it that way. She made her way to the bathroom, where she stared in the mirror. She could tell, her face was changing too. There was less chubby-ness when she smiled now, and she could see her dimples a lot more. Usually, when she smiles, her cheek bones had made her face all weird.

For the first time, she is actually taking care of her body. She never really cared for looks, but the way she was feeling when she wakes up every morning was great! She brushed her teeth, rinsed her mouth, splashed some cold water in her face, and made her way downstairs, to the living room, where she did some stretching. It felt good to stretch.

She could relieve all that stress from work. Today was her day off. And she plans to go hang out with Emiko. Girls day out!~ they were going to see a movie. She ran upstairs to her room, and rummaged through her closet, looking for a shirt to wear.

She pulled out a DragonBall Z sleeveless shirt. It was orange, and the front has a little white symbol at the her left part of her chest. On the back, there was a bigger symbol. She slipped it on, and it was surprisingly roomy.

Not only that, but the shirt was a little too long. So she grabbed a rubber band that was laying on the bedroom window sill, and tied it up, incase she doesn't trip or have it stuck on something later on. There was honking outside her front yard. Clara pulled up her window, to see who it was. She saw that Emiko was waiting outside, in a red car, Emiko waved at Clara, and signaling her to come down. Clara waved back, then shut her window.

She grabbed her baby blue well knitted one strapped bag, and put it around her shoulder, making the bag run down diagonally across her breast, down to her waist. She closed her bedroom door, went to the bathroom, to take a good look at her self.

She smiled in thought of accomplishment that now her clothes were more roomy, and looked more better on her body. She ran out of the bathroom, ran downstairs locked the back door, checked the windows, closed the curtains, grabbed the keys, and money that were laying on the kitchen counter, and zoom to the door.

She turned the knob, yanked it open, and shut it behind her, thinking that she had already locked the door. She hastily ran towards the car, and opened the passengers seat door next to Emiko. She sat down, and buckled up, as Emiko watched her do so.

"what took you so long…?"

ooo

Emiko Parked her car in a parking lot, next a to a Corvett at her right. The car reminded her of Sideswipe, but there's no way he'd be at the movies, not unless Lennox and Epps were using them to see a movie.

But what are the odds of that…? Both Emiko and Clara stepped out of the car. Emiko began to walk, until she noticed that Clara wasn't following her. Emiko turned around to see Clara staring and squinting at the Corvett.

"what's the matter…?" Emiko crossed her arms. Clara turned her head, snapping out of her thoughts.

"oh, nothing,"

Clara caught up with Emiko, but failed to see that there was also a Peterbilt behind her. Then, the two of them walked into the theaters. It was packed with children, and adults, and teenagers.

"so, what movie should we watch…? Hmm…" Emiko folded her arms, and stared up at a screen that featured movies that were currently in theaters. There was so many movies that they could see, but one that caught Clara and Emiko's eye, was Ponyo

They've been dying to see the movie since they saw the trailer, but they had completely forgot about the movie up until now they loved most of the movies that were produced by Studio Ghibli. Especially when Hayao Miyazaki directed them. His movies were the BEST in their childhood. The two of them looked at each other in excitement, they both smiled really big. Without saying a word, the two of them stepped in line, just waiting to get their tickets for the movie.

After they had bought their tickets, they went to the concession stand, to buy some popcorn. But as they made their way there, Clara thought she saw a familiar face… she squinted her eyes, as they got closer to the stand. And then, it was clear. She saw Lennox. With him, was Epps. As she slowly approached them, she said,

"Lennox…? Epps…?" the two of them turned their heads. Their happy smug faces turned surprised.

"oh, hey Clara," Lennox finally smiled, and so did Epps.

"here to see a movie…?" Epps said. Clara nodded

"I'm with a friend." Clara pointed her thumb to the back at her, pointing at a her friend. "cool, so are we. We're with two other people. We sent them to save us some seats." Lennox smiled again.

"so what movie are you guys going to see…?" Clara asked them.

"Ponyo" said Epps. Clara's face lit up with joy.

"so are we!" she yelped.

"psst…Clara, what do you want to drink…?" she turned to see Clara waiting to hear my answer.

"Wildberry Icee…" Emiko nodded. After all of them had bought our food, we made our way to see Ponyo! As we walked, I decided to introduce Emiko to them.

"…this is Emiko. She's a childhood friend of mine" she began,

"and my only friend…" she mumbled to herself.

Luckily, no one heard her. They entered the theater, and the movie was just about to start. Lennox squinted to see if he could find his friends. Fortunately, he did. They were all the way in the back high up. As the lighting on the screen lit up, he could see several seats up there.

"you can sit with us." said Epps. He gave a short wave to the men, and they waved back. Lennox and Epps went up first. Then, Emiko, and then Clara. Emiko ended up sitting next to Lennox, and was making my way to sit between Epps, and a man wearing a leather black jacket.

"excuse me.." she tried to get to her seat, but her foot got caught in something, and she fell over, landing on the guy with the leather jacket.

"I'm so sorry…" Clara stood back up, and sat down.

"it is fine" he said.. His voice, his deep voice sounded really familiar. But for some reason, she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

ooo

The movie was finally over. The lights in the theater slowly lit up. She could finally see everything in detail. She could see Emiko, and Lennox, and Epps. And also their friends. She had a good look at the man she sat next to. He had black hair, with a an ivy league hair cut, with a pair of small rectangular glasses, and attractive sky blue eyes. He wore a white t shirt, that was tight enough to see his muscles, and a pair of jeans.

His face…oh, his face was perfect! he had a nice tight fit face, that be longed to a model. He had a faint outlined beard, starting from his sides of his face, down to his chin, (no mustache… I hate mustaches!) and he had dimples Clara was attracted to his dimples! It was so cute!

He actually looked like a model! He stood up, and bowed to her gesturing her to leave first.

"after you…" he said with his low voice. Clara nodded, and she slowly made her way from the seats. She almost tripped again, but the man supported her from behind, and she blushed

"Thank you…" she mumbled to him. She waited for Emiko to make her way out of her seat. Moments later, Clara found her self standing outside of the theater talking with Lennox and everyone first talking about the movie, then shifting to how she had to explain to Emiko how she knew Lennox and Epps.

"so, what's your name…?" Emiko stared at the man she sat next to during the movie. He had a pair of sunglasses on. He had black hair, tied up in a pony tail, with a black holister sweater, and a pair of skinny jeans.

"well, My name is Sideswipe." Clara's eyes widened.

"Sideswipe, what kind of name is that…?" Emiko crossed her arms. so, if that's Sideswipe, then the other guy is… Clara said to her self.

"it's a code name…sorta… he can't reveal his real name…" Lennox Began.

"neither can Optimus" Epps jumped in. I knew it! she thought.

"'scuse me for a second Emiko…" Clara dragged Lennox and Epps by the arms, to a corner, and crossed her arms.

"okay, what are you trying to pull…?" she looked at them in concern. They looked at each other, then back at Clara.

"well, we decided to take Optimus and Sideswipe out for a movie…" Clara raised her eye brow.

"You took two Cybertonians to see Ponyo? it's a kids movie! Why not an action or horror movie?" she hissed. Now that she thought about it, shes in her 20's, and she was also watching it.

But hey, you're never too old for anything…

"because, we don't want them thinking about dead people while they watch!" Lennox hissed back while staring back at Optimus and Sideswipe, as they talk with Emiko.

"huh…?" Clara was still confused.

"look, Optimus is the leader of the Autobots. He waged war against the decepticons…" Clara interrupted Lennox.

"…But what does that have to do with it…?"

"Lennox is saying that, He and Sideswipe should watch a movie that doesn't involve the death of other lives…" Epps interrupted.

"…as a leader, Optimus witnessed the death of his comrades in battle. That's what life is like for him, constantly thinking about the fate of the world on his shoulders…" Epps said.

"which is why we wanted them to see that movie." Lennox finished.

"I guess that makes a lot more sense…" They were both right, Optimus and Sideswipe did witness the death of their comrades.

"okay, now that that's cleared up…" Clara leaned in closer and whispered,

"how did you guys get them to look like that…?"

ooo

Clara sat staring out the window of the Peterbilt the entire time. She could have had Emiko take her home, but Optimus insisted that he would.

{Flash Back}

"those are their holoforms, they are holograms entirely made from electricity, and energon…" Epps said to her.

"and they're able to touch solid objects too. A perfect way to do some investigating…" Lennox continued

{End Flash Back}

"So, you guys use this holoform thingy…? All of you…?" Clara was still looking out the window.

"Yes, all transformers are able to do so…" Optimus replied through the radio.

"deceptcions too…?"

"yes…"

There was a moment of silence between them again.

"So, did you want to speak with me about something…?"

"I beg your pardon…?" he said.

"why did you insist on taking me home…? Was there something you had to say…?"

Optimus was silent for a short moment.

"No, not that I know of…" he replied.

"hmm…" she squinted down at the radio, In suspicion.

"we have arrived…" The peterbilt opened the door, and Clara unbuckled herself.

"thanks for the ride," Clara smiled at him, and shut the door. As she made her way to the front porch, she heard footsteps shuffling in the grass. She turned around to see that Optimus's holoform was following her.

"uh… what are you doing…?" she asked.

"I am escorting you safely into your home… is it not a custom that a male should escort a young women inside…?"

"oh, uh… okay , sure" she raised her eyebrows in realization. For a moment, Optimus didn't say anything, as she stood at her porch, rummaging through her bag grabbing the keys. Just as she grabbed the doorknob, the door to her house slid open. well that's odd… she thought to herself.

She turned back to Optimus.

"thank you for taking me home…" she smiled and bowed to him. He nodded, turned around, and made his way to the truck.

Clara walked in, and gently shut the door behind her, leaning against it, letting out a small sigh. But then, she heard something in the kitchen crash to the floor. Clara became stiff. She looked to the kitchen and there was no movement, but she could tell, someone was in her house. She became terrified. She slowly, grab the doorknob, yanked it open, and ran outside.

She saw Optimus, who was just about to open his trucks door. She ran towards him, top speed. Just as he opened the door, he felt a slight tug on his left arm. He looked down to see that Clara has grab hold of his arm, and clenched it firmly, and tightly against her breast, which made him jolt a little (not cuz of her boobs, its becuz she was clinging to him…) she looked up at him, straight into his eyes. He stared right back at her, noticing her eyes was full of fear.

"Optimus…" she said nervously,

"I think there's someone in my house…"