Chapter 10- Glasses.
As the convoy of Autobots rolled down the quiet residential road that the Witwicky house was on, Bumblebee couldn't help but notice the tension that seemed to be coming from Sam. Voicing a curious chirp, Bee got Mikaela's attention, "Yes Bee". Trying to ignore the rush of warmth that flowed through him as Mikaela said his name, Bee chirped worriedly, and Mikaela flicked a gaze over at Sam, before returning her attention to Bee, "He's okay Bee. He's just trying to work out how we're gonna hide you guys from his parents, aren't you Sammy?". As Sam nodded distractedly, Bee once again marvelled at the way the two teens knew each other inside and out. However before he had anymore time to think about it they'd rolled up to the Witwicky residence. Rather than parking in the driveway, Bee pulled into a small alleyway beside the house, followed by the other Autobots. Sam took a deep breath, and got out of the car, turning to look at Mikaela, who was also getting out; "I need you to stay here, I need you to watch them, watch all of them". Mikaela looked at Sam, "Okay, I'll stay here, I'll watch them".
"I'll be five minutes okay. Just please keep them here?". Mikaela rolled her eyes at Sam, and by the impatient sound Bee made beside her, she was pretty sure he was rolling his optics too, "I'll do my best, but you need to hurry". Mikaela snuck round the corner of the building and watched as Sam ran across the lawn, and inhaled sharply as she not only heard the sound of Sam talking to his dad, but also the muted sounds of the five vehicles behind her transforming. Mikaela turned and looked at them all, "Guys this isn't going to help. How is he going to explain you lot ?". Optimus looked down at Mikaela, "Sorry Mikaela, but Sam needs to find those glasses as soon as possible, we do not have time to wait". Mikaela glared back up the Autobot leader, "I get that but you have to let him do this his way, he is going to freak if he see's you all like this, and as I'm supposed to be keeping an eye on you, just stay where you are, please". Mikaela finished her speech and continued to glare up at Optimus, earning looks of approval from all the other Autobots, Bee chirping smugly as he comm-linked "Thats my girl" to the others.
"Fine I will wait for the five minutes Sam has asked for, but no longer". Optimus stayed in his bi-pedal mode as did the others, but they moved away from the street lights, blending in a little more with the shadows. Mikaela let out a sigh of relief, and turned to see Bumblebee crouched behind her, shaking with laughter, "What's so funny big guy?". Bee swallowed back the laughter and looked at Mikaela, before playing her voice clip back at her. Mikaelas eyebrows were about to settle in a frown, before she saw that Bee was smilimg at her, and his optics looked almost proud of her. Mikaela felt herself blushing once again, as she looked up at the yellow bot who seemed so fond of her, before thinking back to something she'd wanted to do from the very first time she'd seen him transform. As she felt her heart suddenly start to race, Mikaela looked up at Bee, and asked somewhat shyly, "Is it okay if I touch you?".
His spark soaring, Bee nodded his head almost as shyly, before reaching out his hand to meet Mikaelas far smaller one. The feel of her soft skin on his alt-mode felt good but this was so much better, Bee thought to himself as his spark blazed in response to Mikaelas touch, as she traced patterns over his skin. Mikaela herself was also enjoying it much more than she thought she would. She'd expected the metal to be cold to the touch but it was warm, and as she traced her fingers over it, she heard a contented chirp emit from Bee's speakers. Smiling up into his optics, Mikaela was unaware of herself making much the same noise as she curled into the large metal fingers that Bee had wrapped around her.
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"Oh no. No no no, this is bad", whimpered Sam to himself as he saw the transformed Autobots in his back yard wreaking havoc on his parents newly renovated lawn. Looking round he could see no sign of Mikaela, or of Bumblebee; "Oh you have got to be kidding me", he muttered to himself as sure enough the two of them were still in the alleyway. However Sam felt himself smiling as he saw the look of complete contentment on Mikaelas face as she leant against the huge metal hand that was wrapped around her, before chuckling as he recalled the comment she'd made only a couple of days ago about a weakness for 'guys with tight abs and big arms', thinking to himself that in a strange kind of way Bee fit that profile. However at the sound of paving stones being crushed, Sam found himself breaking the spell as he yelled at Mikaela, "I thought you were meant to be watching them, not making googly eyes".
Mikaela jumped when she heard Sam's voice before blinking up at Bee with a soft smile on her face, "That was pretty good, big guy". Bee chirped softly in response, his optics glowing a much softer shade of blue, before quietly voicing "My pleasure sweetheart". However as Sam's cries became all the more panicked after the sound of a large crash, followed by the sounds of Optimus apologising, Mikaela reluctantly moved away from the warmth of Bee's hand, and headed towards the house followed by a smiling Bee. When they got into sight of the others, Mikaela blushed as she caught Jazz giving Ironhide a high-five, "Told you our boy's got it baaaaaaaaad". Bee chirped embarrassedly at them, and before Mikaela got to give her reply she was confronted by Sam, "I said watch all of them... not just Bumblebee... look at the garden".
"Yeah well they seemed to be in a bit of a rush Sam, I held them off as long as I could". As Sam raised a sarcastic eyebrow, Mikaela continued to glare, "Oh get your mind out of the gutter, we were just talking". Before Sam could say anything else, they were interrupted by the sounds of Mojo barking furiously.
"Mojo, stop". Mojo, as usual, ignored the sound of Sam's voice and continued to bark at the large objects that shouldn't have been in the yard, before finding a new smell that hadn't been there before. Sam watched in horror as Mojo proceeded to treat the new smell with his usual tactic, "No. No, Mojo stop. Bad dog. Not on the robots". Mikaela bit back the laugh that bubbled in her throat as she looked at the combined faces of Sam, Mojo and Ironhide. Sam looked horrified, Ironhide didn't look any more pleased than Sam did and Mojo looked exceedingly pleased with himself. A small snort of laughter from behind her made her turn, and her own laughter almost escaped as she saw Bee and Jazz holding onto each other through their laughter, even Ratchet and Optimus were chuckling. As Ironhide shook his foot dangerously over Mojo's head, Sam ran over to rescue his dog, grabbing him before looking up into the unimpressed eyes of Ironhide, "Easy, easy. This is Mojo, he's a pet of mine". Sam stood his ground, still clinging to Mojo as Ironhide fired up his cannons, "You seem to have a rodent infestation, shall I terminate it?". Sam looked up at Ironhide, shaking his head furiously, as Mikaela came to stand beside him, "Put the guns away, Mojo's our Chihuahua. We love Chihuahua's don't we?". Mikaela shrugged indifferently as Sam looked to her for help, before Ironhide spoke again, "But he's leaked lubricant all over my foot". Sam proceeded to tell a completely unbothered Mojo he was a bad dog, as did Ironhide before he walked away, muttering about rust. Watching the large black 'bot, Mikaela chuckled as she saw both Bee and Jazz receive a none too gentle slap from the weapons specialist when he saw them still laughing. Hearing Bee's chirp of pain, followed by Jazz's exclamations, Mikaela looked over at Bee as she watched him rub the side of his head, and raised her eyebrows with a smile, indicating he'd deserved it for laughing. As she heard Bee's disgruntled chirp, she laughed quietly to herself, before turning back to watch Sam dodge a gauntlet of broken fountains, paving slabs and giant robots as he ran back indoors, though not before he issued her with another order to watch the Autobots.
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As Sam rushed up the stairs to his bedroom, Optimus looked down at Mikaela, "Mikaela is there any way you can help Sam with the search for the glasses?". Mikaela shrugged as she gazed up at the Autobot leader, "I could but I can't just walk into his house, it might look a bit odd". Optimus seemed to think about this for a second before he called Bumblebee over to where he and Mikaela stood, "Bumblebee could you help Mikaela up to the window?". Bee chirped a response before holding his hand out flat in front of Mikaela, who looked up at Bee, her eyes momentarily flaring in panic before she heard Bee's quiet murmur of "Trust me". Stepping into Bee's giant palm, Mikaela felt the same sense of security that she had earlier as he cupped her in his palm and lifted her to the window. As Bee felt her small frame resting in his palm, his spark was once again filled with the urge to protect her and keep her safe as best he could, as he knew his spark wouldn't survive if any harm came to his Mikaela.
"What are you doing?". Mikaela heard the panic in Sam's voice as he watched her climb through the window from her perch on Bee's palm, "And how come you're helping her, I thought you guys were meant to be on my side". Bee chirped apologetically at Sam, as Optimus leant down to another window, "Please hurry". Mikaela watched as Sam threw stuff round his room, "Where would they be Sam?".
"They're in the backpack, the backpack was here and now it's not". Mikaela sighed as yet more magazines flew into the air, and decided to start searching herself. She had just started looking through the boxes in the bottom of Sam's cupboard, when Sam yelled at her, "No not those boxes". Mikaela raised an eyebrow at him, "Is that where the 'Busty Beauty's' live now?". Sam flushed bright red and was on the verge of replying before he looked out of his window and let out a moan. Mikaela joined him at the window and couldn't help the laughter that flowed out of her, as she saw the Autobots had transformed and were now parked on the lawn, somehow giving off an air of innocence. "How is this hiding?", moaned Sam before he went back to searching.
A few moments later Optimus was back at the window, "Sam, we must have those glasses soon". Mikaela thought she saw Optimus actually hold his head in despair as Sam babbled at him, "Please just try to find them". Sam nodded in agreement before asking Optimus to just try and keep the noise down. Optimus called out an order to fall back and Sam sighed with relief as he seemed to finally have a grip on the situation, all he needed now as the glasses. However his belief was soon shattered as what felt like a small earthquake shook the house to its foundations and the lights suddenly went out, and he heard his parents voices downstairs. Mikaela felt her way over to the window and looking out, saw Ratchet tangled in the electric cables. Looking over at Bumblebee, who yet again was shaking with laughter, albeit silent this time, Mikaela shouted as loudly as she dared "Is he okay?". Bee looked up at the sound of Mikaelas voice and smiled back at her, his optics dancing with laughter, "He's fine... says it tingles". Mikaela turned to share the joke with Sam but saw a look of panic on his face that was more intense than any she'd seen on his face through the entire day, "Sam whats up?".
"My parents.. I can hear them coming up the stairs".
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A/N: Our girl is beginning to realise, finally :)