If You Could See That I'm The One

The One Who Understands You

Been Here All Along So Why Can't You See?

You Belong With Me, You Belong With Me

That night Skidz and Mudflap went to bed fairly easily, unlike most nights where all hell broke loose when it was their bed time. Maybe they didn't want to feel Ironhide's wrath; the larger mech's wrath was the worst, from what he saw. Of course, Bumblebee was always the one being protected by it, seeing as how his guardian often used it to protect him in the long run. Which was why he was happy to call the trigger happy weapon's specialist his adopted genitor, even though the burly mech wouldn't admit it; Sam even once joked about their relationship, using lyrics from that one guy. What was his name? Oh, that's right; Snickers or some kind of human sweets like that.

When They Know They Your Heart

And You Know You They Armor

And You Would Destroy Anyone Who

Would Try And Harm 'Im

Yeah, something like that.

Thinking about Ratchet's words, Bumblebee spent half the night doing just that; instead of recharging like he was supposed to when light's out came around, he laid awake thinking about what to do; about how to tell this mech how he felt about him. Yes, yes, what a shock; Bumblebee was technically in love in a man, as humans would say. However, in Cybertronian culture, there was never such a thing as gender roles to begin with, as Jetfire explained. That would explain Jazz and Prowl, and a few other relationships among the Autobots that had become a close-knit family at the NEST base. Ol' Jet' explained that for the most part, Cybertronians were created with the AllSpark - at least up until it was destroyed - with no prone gender. The humans, for the better part, had created genders for them due to the fact of their voices and how they acted. Which no one minded, matter of fact.

Males could conceive as the humans called it if they really wanted to, however was rare since Mechs to begin with could not handle carrying. It is still possible today, however, Jetfire informed. More information than he wanted, but alright, he could live with that.

Bumblebee was so caught up in thinking that he hadn't realized that morning had come and people and autobots alike began stirring; until, that is, he felt a nudge at his elbow as he lay on his back, staring at the ceiling, his hands behind hid head; a voice calling out his name.

"Yo, Bee!" came his humans voice. Startled, the mech jumped, and looked at Sam with wide optics and a furiously beating spark. "Whoa whoa! Hey, buddy! It's okay, it's okay!" Sam quickly soothed, holding up his hands as if that would help. Bumblebee shook his cranium slightly before giving the boy an odd look, music playing over his radio in question.

What Do You Want From Me? (What Do You Want From Me?)

"Yeah, sorry for startling you," Sam apologized before asking, "Hey, you think you could run me into town? I kinda need to go shopping and stuff. Plus, Will said we could have a tree this year, so we need pick up stuff for the tree." It took a moment before Sam added, "I'll explain on the way."

With a nod, 'Bee gestured for the boy to let him pick him up, and the human obliged. When the duo got out of the way of the scattering people and Autobots, and to the front of the hanger, the yellow 'bot gently sat the boy down and transformed into his alt form, and Sam climbed in.

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Apparently, having a tree during Christmas - to be specific, a pine tree - and decorating it was a tradition of which the reason for it was long forgotten. Well, at least for Sam it was. It fun to do, however, and it brought people closer together. Plus, the presents you bought for people went under there. It was just plain old fun, from what the human remembered from his childhood. And there were even other things that humans did during the holidays.

Sam's favorite was the mistletoe. Apparently, if two people were to step under one, they would having to kiss. And apparently, he was planning to use one on Mikalea. Bumblebee registered it as "cute" before he kept talking.. Sam also explained the whole concept of presents in more detail, too. Apparently, for children at least, a fat and jolly man with deer-like animals called Reindeer flew around the world in a sleigh in one night, giving the good children all the presents they wanted, and all the bad children coal because they were, well, bad. But for everyone else, you gave presents to the ones you cared about, and often traded gifts and the like.

However, Christmas was the time of giving, spending time with those you cared about, and helped others in need.

"But if you say all of that," 'Bee asked in multiple voices, "then why are you still going to get Mikalea and your family and everyone else presents, and not just spend time with them?"

There was a moment of silence, aside from the minor jingles that played quietly on the radio, and Bumblebee thought that Sam just wasn't going to answer him, and left it at that. However, the boy finally gave a sigh and shrugged his shoulders, slumping down in the driver's seat.

"Because I'm not good at just expressing my feelings, I guess," he said with a slim smile before adding, "Plus, new things gives my parents room to brag about how great their son is."

There was another moment of silence, before the duo laughed loudly in unison, most likely making the people driving next to them instantly thinking that Sam was crazy for laughing at nothing; and not grabbing the steering wheel while driving, but that was another story.

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Well here's yet another chapter for this. I hope you're enjoying this as much as I am. The story might slow down a bit now that my school has started up again. Oh joy! XD That "Snickers" part in the story honestly made my day when I came up with that. What? You think the Autobots will know and/or remember everything about our culture. XS Also, I had been reading some stories and have agreed with the ones that stated that Cybertronians really don't have genders; due to my imagination, I could see Transformers being both genders since they are robot-like organisms. And due to that, I could see some mechs able to bear sparklings although it would be a rare occurrence to do so. Don't like that idea? Then go away.

Songs:

You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift

When I'm Gone - Eminem

What Do You Want from Me - Adam Lambert