Oh Boy, Double Trouble!
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I do not own transformers of any sort or form, but I do own my creations Arisa and Angelica.
Chapter Four:
Recovering from a twisted ankle was quick; it was the bruises that took a while. Of course I held a grudge against Sideswipe's brother because it was totally unnecessary for him to treat me like that. Heck, I dragged both men to work with me because I did not trust Sunstreaker. I enjoy calling him Sunny from time to time but that's only because his name is a mouthful. Turns out Angelica needed help at the shop. Now the two men have a job.
"Samuel!" calls out the store's owner.
The blonde man with short blonde hair stops putting clothes on the shelves to turn around. He finds his boss walking over with boxes on a trolley.
"New shipment has arrived. Put them on the empty shelves you cleared out earlier." With that, Angelica drops the boxes and moves toward the back of the store.
Sighing, the man known as Samuel Smith, aka Sunstreaker, turns to finish his job before attempting another. Angelica had found out about his perfectionists and assigned him to putting clothing on shelves and hangers since he would do it perfectly. Simon, aka Sideswipe, is assigned as a door greeter since he is so happy and friendly appearing with that dashing smile of his.
Peeking out from the back, a certain red head female begins making her way silently to the front of the store.
"Arisa! You're alive!" exclaims Simon who gives her a hug.
Wiggling out of Simon's arms, Arisa scolds him, "Simon! I'm trying to sneak out for lunch-"
A voice behind her asks, "Didn't Angelica make it a rule that you can't leave without someone after what happened?"
Of course Samuel is referring to what he did to her. Ever since then, Angelica became extremely worried about Arisa and refuses to send her out into the streets without at least one other person just because of how useless she was in that last attack.
"Samuel, I'm just going down the street to Subway. I will be fine plus that was your fault. You could have just confronted me and kindly asked if I knew Simon or not without being violent."
Simon looks at his brother then the red head. Behind the trio a voice states, "I think you three need to get out of the store and take the afternoon off."
They turn and look at the blonde woman who has her arms crossed over her chest. She looks very imitating with her long hair in a high pony tail with black pants and white dress blouse tucked in. To make it worse, she is wearing three inch high heels giving her more height.
Arisa protests at the same time as Samuel.
"I still have paperwork to do!"
"The boxes need to be unpacked!"
The blonde woman raises an eyebrow at the two, "Arisa, I know you can do the paperwork you have at home but you are so far ahead that I want you to take a break. You do way too much for your job. I'm giving you the rest of today off and the next week."
Turning to Simon, she states, "And you've done enough too. It's only been a few weeks since you started working here, but you have done more than I could. The place is perfectly organized and clean. It's not going to hurt you to take a week off. As for your brother, he looks like he could use a break from being a door greeter."
Arisa stares at her boss in disbelief. Did she really just been given a week off due to being a workaholic. "Well shoot me down; I literally just got kicked from doing work. I never get kicked out from working."
Grabbing their items, the trio takes off from the store. Arisa takes the lead walking down the street a good four blocks before realizing something. The twins stop behind her, overshadowing her by a good foot. She is only five foot one inch but the twins are at least six foot one inch.
Grumbling, Sunny questions the female rudely, "Why have we stopped?"
"The subway was two blocks away from the store not four..." Spinning on the heels of her flats, Arisa begins walking toward the store. After two blocks, she stops in front of a shop that would have been subway. "It was here."
The trio reads the sign: Candy Land
Sideswipe asks, "What's Candy Land?"
"It's originally a child's game but by the looks of it, it's a candy shop…I wonder what kind of chocolate they have."
Ignoring her two housemates, she opens the door. A blast of cool air mixed with sweet scents welcomes the three. All around, mountains of candy of all sorts sit. There are giant jawbreakers, enormous gummy bears in all sorts of colors and flavors. There are Lego shape candies and every flavor of skittles. Then there are-
"Chocolate!" Arisa makes a beeline for the chocolate section leaving the two men behind to stare at her bewilder.
Arisa examines the many flavors of chocolate and is very happy when she finds different flavors of dark chocolate.
Sunstreaker comes up behind and studies the chocolate sculpture of a tree with interest. "This is art?"
Arisa shrugs, "It is a type of art, sculpting that is. So I guess sculpting chocolate is. But I think another type of art is the many delicious flavors of chocolate. If you guys want anything, go ahead and get it."
The twins wander around the store for a good hour. By the time they meet up with Arisa, they have bags of gummy bears, skittles, caramels, M&Ms, and other candies. Arisa stares at the bags, "Are you sure you guys can eat all of that?"
She places her few chocolates on the counter with a few truffles and chocolate filled with cream. The twins put their bags on the counter with hers, Sideswipe having three times as many bags compared to his brother who has one. Arisa begins to wonder if entering this shop or saying get whatever they want will come back to bite her.
Lying on the gray couch is none other than one of the blonde model like twins. He is sound asleep on a red pillow. The apartment wall with the television on it was painted red while the other walls were a soft pale gray when Arisa leased it. She decided to make red the accent color in the room even though she kind of hates red.
In the kitchen, the Arisa is preparing to make supper while the other twin is out on the small balcony they have.
Placing the homemade pizza in the oven, the female walks out into the living room. Taking the soft red fuzzy throw blanket off the back of the couch, she covers Sideswipe up with it. She knows it's him because he tends to take a nap around dinner time if not right before dinner every day. The reason is due to the fact he is recovering still. After all, getting shot takes a lot out of a person.
Opening the screen door, the green eyed woman steps out onto the balcony where she is greeted with the heat of San Francisco. Sitting in a chair hunched over a sketch book with pencils is Sunstreaker.
About a week ago, he found her just sketching randomly in the sketch book and asked for one. Arisa gladly handed her sketch book over with the many blank pages. Why waste money when there are so many blank pages as it is.
Looking up, Sunstreaker sees who it is before returning to his drawing. Deciding not to disturb him, Arisa takes a seat in the other black chair with green cushions. She always loved black and green, something about those colors going well together.
The silence lasts for a few minutes before the one twin speaks.
"How did it happen? How did Sideswipe get shot? And how did you two meet? None of it adds up. All he said was he got shot and you took him in."
Looking at the city from this height, one can see a lot of buildings and parks. In the distance is the ocean which makes it all the better.
"I was shopping for food at a store having gotten off work late. I bumped into him there. Just as I paid for my groceries, this idiot came in and started shooting at the ceiling. I called for help since he couldn't see me. Sideswipe decided to play the hero and tried to make the guy put the gun down. The guy was nervous, easy to tell by how he was shaking while holding the gun. He pulled the trigger by accident I believe. It shot Sideswipe in the side. I knew some basic field work so I rushed over to him and used a scarf trying to slow the bleeding down so he didn't bleed to death before help came. An ambulance was called and he wanted me to come with so I did. Basically after that, I visited him every day he was in the hospital. From there, he needed someone to stay with while recovering so I offered up my place, well more like told him he's staying with me with no room to argue."
Sunstreaker stares at the woman in disbelief. His brother doesn't just trust anyone; it takes a long time for either of them to trust someone. He wonders if it had to do with the fact that the woman sitting in front of him helped save his life and offered him a place to call home while recovering.
Arisa looks at the other twin wondering what is going through his head. Smiling, she tells him, "There's a reason why I let him stay here you know."
This catches his attention.
"While he was in the hospital, your brother introduced himself as Sideswipe not Simon Smith and he was from another planet. The nurses found a wallet on Sides with a driver's license calling him Simon Smith. They couldn't find any record of him thus giving more proof to him being from a different universe or planet. Someone had to help keep his secret so I took on the responsibility. I saved his life yes, but helping someone with a secret like this is even more important."
Sunstreaker stares at the woman in shock. His brother told her that they're from a different planet. Well shoot that proves that Sideswipe must really trust him. But does that mean he should trust her as well? If she knew, why didn't she say something earlier? Maybe she was afraid he would hurt her again.
Arisa stands and wipes dust particles off her brown dress. "The point is I really don't expect you to or your brother to feel like you owe me something. I do things because I want to not because I want someone to owe me. Well, I'm going to head in and finish up supper."
Sunstreaker watches the slightly tan woman walk back inside. She saved his brother's life. She took Sides in. She took both of them in especially after what he did to her. Not just that, but she helped them get a job and adapt to this planet. And she does not want anything in return?
How can someone be so kind to do all of these things and not want something in return? Is it even possible for someone to be that kind and not want anything in return? It seems so hard to believe considering the twins have been in a war where no one helps them without wanting something in return.
Maybe there is a reason why Sides trusts this woman; maybe that reason is due to her act of kindness that flows off of her.
Well here's to another chapter done! Cheers!
Thank you everyone for you reviews and for reading this story. If you answered chapter three's question, thank you! I kind of used your answers in the story. :)
Again, thank you for reading and reviewing etc. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Now for this chapter's question: What do you like to do at the beach?
