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Chapter 9: I Like You

The evening was cool with the soft breeze blowing around the yellow Chevy Camaro. The moon lit up the sky and created a light shade of shadows on the ground, and also brought light inside the car where Charlie was sleeping in the passenger seat.

Charlie was dreaming with a smile on her face. Just hours ago, she had Sam introduce her to the other Autobots, Optimus Prime, Ironhide, and Ratchet. She also learned about the A.H.D. program that helps the Autobots become humans to disguise themselves better from the evil Decepticons. Charlie was surprised at how kind and gentle these giant robots were to Earth and mankind. Usually you would expect robots to take over the world and make humans their slaves, well, at least that's what the Decepticons are trying to do. The only thing she has still yet to see are the Autobots, excluding Bumblebee, walking around in their A.H.D.s. Sam explained to her that they would only use it when they are off military grounds like Bumblebee who now and will continue to be in the same school as her and Sam. And now that Charlie can't really go back to her place because of the mess the tiny Decepticons made, she kept shelter in the Camaro for the time being. What a wild day, Charlie had thought to herself.

Charlie shivered from a small breeze that had creped through the cracked open window of the Camaro which caused her to wake up. Her eyes gradually drifted open only to find the blonde boy with his funny goggles laying down in the driver's seat watching her. Charlie's eyes went wide for a second, but then sighed and smiled to her friend in delight, "Don't you Autobots sleep?"

Bumblebee shrugged with his goofy grin, "Not really."

Charlie laughed to herself and continued to stare at the blue eyed boy. She noticed that his eyes were brightly lit like when Bee was in his Autobot form. Out of sheer curiosity, Charlie reached a hand out to Bumblebee to brush his cheek, but instead her hand went through causing Bumblebee's A.H.D. to glitch, "Are you a hologram?"

"Just in the car, "Bumblebee replied, "A.H.D.s are only solidified once they come out of the car."

Charlie pulled her hand away as Bee's A.H.D. glitches a bit more, then returned to normal, "Interesting."

Bumblebee just smiled at the green eyed girl in front of him, resting his head on the head rest, "You know? You're very pretty."

Charlie's eyes went wide as she felt the heat flood her cheeks, "W-what?"

"You are very pretty," Bumblebee said again nonchalantly, "Your hair is long and it looks really soft, and your eyes are like…what do you call those things…emeralds!"

Charlie bashfully played with her hair and looked away and back at Bumblebee, "R-really?"

Bee nodded with a smile, "Yeah, they glow in the light like what emeralds do. It suits you." Out of the blue, he looked at his hand then up at the blushing girl, "Um, if you don't mind…I'd like…oh, never mind, it might make you uncomfortable."

"What?" Charlie asked in curiosity, "Whatever it is…you can tell me."

Bumblebee rubbed the back of his neck, feeling the heat rush to his face for the first time then looked back at Charlie, "Um, may I…touch your hand?"

Charlie couldn't help but giggle at the simple request her friend asked of her, "Of course." Swiftly but carefully, she lifted up her hand for Bumblebee to see and touch.

Bumblebee's eyes seemed to glow brighter as he had been granted the permission to touch the small hand Charlie has. He then lifted up his own hand, gently moving closer to hers as if her hand was fragile and may break if he touched it. Charlie waited for him to get closer, fearing maybe he might slip through like what happened when she tried to brush his cheek. Once Bumblebee got close enough, he felt her warmth radiating from her hand to his. To their surprise, Bumblebee pressed his hand up against Charlie's and felt the warm, soft skin in his own.

Charlie gasped quietly in disbelief as she felt Bumblebee's hand pressed perfectly up against hers. It was a wonderful feeling thought, she simply thought to herself. The two continued to stared at each other in shock, Charlie giggling like a little school girl and Bee chuckling to himself. Charlie slowly angled her hand and slipped her fingers in between Bumblebee's to see how that had felt: it was a perfect fit.

Bumblebee blushed, gulping down the knot in his throat from whatever nervous feeling he had received. This feeling was totally new to him, like his spark had been given much more strength and tranquility. Bumblebee slowly reacted to this by closing his hand around Charlie's as the emotions in his A.H.D. ran wild out of uncertainty, nervousness, and ,strangely enough, peace.

Charlie's smile had shown brightly across her face. She had never felt this way to anyone; not to Sam, or her cousin, or her best friend Rana. This new sensation flowing through her body made her heart skip a beat and fill her spirit with caring kindness.

Bumblebee couldn't help but stare at the sweet, innocent girl before his human eyes as his spark began to cheer up his spirit, "Charlie?"

Charlie gave Bumblebee a heartfelt grin as her held onto his hand a bit tightly as if he may disappear, "Bumblebee?"

Her gentle voice was like music to his ears as she had said his name. Bee looked at their hands clasped together then back up with questioning eyes, "What does this mean?"

Charlie snapped back into reality instantly, forgetting that Bumblebee was an Autobot and that he had never had any human experiences. Although this feeling is something she has seen around her many times, this is the first time that Bumblebee has experienced it. "Bee…" Her voice trembled, unsure about how she could explain this to him.

Bumblebee waited for his friend to answer his curious question. His first time being a human and he had made human contact, but human emotions were totally new to him. His innocent blue eyes sparked in the moonlight like a child wandering into a new world, "Is this something friends do?"

Charlie kept staring at their hands which had they both had not let go. She took in a deep breath and sighed in defeat, knowing what this all was. Charlie looked into the blonde's eyes as she gave him a reassuring smile, "Yes, Bumblebee. This is what friends do…it's a way of showing their strong bond between one another…It is also a way of showing compassion…" Charlie blushed slightly, but was sure to hide it from Bumblebee, "A way of showing you like them…"

Bumblebee took in this new information and kept it close as he gave Charlie another one of his goofy grins, "Well, I believe you are my friend. So that must mean I like you, Charlie…I really really like you!"

Charlie laughed at Bee's innocence and slowly started to drift away into sleep, her hand still clasped tight onto his, "And I like you, Bumblebee…" As her eyes began to close, the last thing she saw were his eyes sparkling like little fireworks. Before she fell into her dream world, she said out loud to Bumblebee, "I really really like you."

Suddenly a knocked on the car window woke up Charlie from her slumber, making her jump in surprise and looked into the passenger window to see it was morning and who knocked on the window. It was Captain Lennox with another pair of clothes for her and other needs like toothbrush, toothpaste, etc.

"Time for school, Charlie. You and Bumblebee will drive together there," Lennox said as he placed her stuff on the hood of the car.

Charlie rubbed the sand dust out of her eyes then yawned and stretched out to wake herself up completely. She glanced over to the driver's side only to find the seat empty, no sign of A.H.D. Bumblebee anywhere. Charlie sighed in disappointment, remembering the sweet moment they had last night. Before Charlie was about to open the car door to get ready, the car radio started to static and tune in and out until a familiar yet technical tone of voice came on, "Good morning…Charlie. I like you…very much!"

Charlie could not help at all but laugh as Bumblebee gave her a wonderful greeting, stepping out of the car with a smile on her face, "And I like you too, Bumblebee."