(Holy Mary Mother of God! I am so sorry for not updating in such a very long time. I have been as busy as a bee, and could not get to this until now. Anyhow, lets all kick back, relax, and enjoy all the cuteness.)

Moments with Best Friend/Father and Son Time

"Prowl should be here any moment, Sapphire." Ratchet spoke to the sparkling in his arms, rocking her gently to keep her calm. She had begun to feel a little antsy while around Ratchet because he had work to be done and didn't have enough time to play with her.

Sapphire squirmed and fussed as she tried to get away from this boring mech as she saw him, but Ratchet wasn't gong to let go. "Easy, young femme. Behave yourself." Ratchet firmly told her and then shook his head. "It's a good thing your Papa want's Prowl to watch you. Me, I got work to do."

A slap of a tiny hand came colliding with Ratchet's nose plate, and the femme giggled. "Ow!" Ratchet groaned, rubbing his nose plate and then looked back down at Sapphire angrily. "That is not nice. Femmes don't hit." Ratchet stated and held out her wrist and hit it, not to hard to cause pain mind you, but just enough to discipline Sapphire. "You do that again and your behind is going to be next."

"Next for what?" Prowl entered when he heard Sapphire whimpering from behind the door. At the sight of her favorite mech, Sapphire squealed and reached over to him, laughing and beeping wildly.

"About time you showed up." Ratchet sighed and growled as he handed the sparkling over to him. "I can't get work done while babysitting at the same time."

"What is the matter, Ratchet?" Prowl asked, concerned for his fellow Auotbot as he took hold of Sapphire and cradled her in his arms. He hadn't seen Ratchet lose his temper with sparklings; on account that he was the one Autobots who had to watch over Sunstreaker and Sideswipe when they were found abandoned and he had to fill in the role as the father figure for them.

"It's just that I have a lot of work that needs to be done; paperwork, medical files, and maintenance checks on the Dinobots. And I cannot do all of that and keep this little femme occupied." Ratchet explained as he went to a drawer to pull out some folders and binders. "I'm sorry if I had snapped at you when you entered, Prowl. I do understand the fact that Prime enlisted you to watch her for me."

"I understand your situation, Ratchet," Prowl nodded is head in understanding. "I remember being in your position a couple times. Yet, I always remembered to seek for assistance in case if I felt overwhelmed. And from the looks of the plans you have in store, I think it wouldn't hurt to ask for some help."

Ratchet felt like slapping himself in the face plate; he could do that. Why didn't he think about that in the first place? "I'll see if Perceptor is available. Thank you, Prowl." Ratchet thanked the black and white bot as he went back to his work and Prowl made his way out the door with little Sapphire.

"I never thought of Ratchet loosing his temper with you, Sapphire," Prowl cooed as he rocked Sapphire in his arms. "...you are a femme, and femmes shouldn't be treated like mechs in terms of punishments. I would never think of spanking you." Sapphire gurgled and began sucking on her fist. Prowl saw this and chuckled as he carefully removed her fist and allowed her to suckle on his thumb. They reached his quarters in a few minutes and Prowl entered and sat down by his desk, still holding Sapphire. "I almost forgot that I had some paperwork of my own. Once I finish these up I'll have some time for you, Sapphire." Prowl cooed as he took out one of his paperwork and began working on it.

For a few minutes Sapphire behaved rather well, but then she started to feel left out as Prowl continued signing some of the papers. Sapphire started to squirm a little bit, but Prowl managed to ignore it. A sudden kick to his abdomen made Prowl cringe; for such a very young sparkling Sapphire had a pretty hard kick. "Hey, behave yourself, little femme." Prowl lightly scoped before he continued his paperwork. "Now I know what got Ratchet so agitated." he muttered, but then he felt the sparkling kick and slam her tiny fists on his legs. Prowl put aside his idea of sparkling femmes being punished the same as sparkling mechs, and looked down at Sapphire as he lifted her up. "You have just earned yourself a time out." Prowl condescended the sparkling as he carried Sapphire to the nursery, got a play pen, and returned to his quarters to set the pen up and place the baby in it. "I cannot play with you if you act like that. You have about five minutes to cool down and behave."

With that being said, Prowl left the pen and returned to his desk to work. Sapphire didn't like the fact that her favorite mech was not by her; nor did she like the fact that a huge pen was keeping her inside. Sapphire squeaked and whined at Prowl in hopes he would change his mind, but the mech was very patient with her and stayed where he was. Sapphire was not very pleased with her plan failing. Seeing that she was left alone with no toys to play with, and no mech to play with, Sapphire opened her mouth and screamed loudly and started to wail. She wanted Prowl, and she wanted him now!

Prowl flinched at her sudden outburst, but saw that she was having a temper tantrum. Prowl did his best to keep the wails from interrupting his CPU's deep thought process as the sparkling continued to cry angrily. Sapphire continued to wail and scream; she was crying her hardest and loudest and as a result she felt her throat grow sore and hurt and she coughed harshly. Not wanting to hurt her throat, Sapphire finally stopped crying and began whimpering to herself as she laid down on her side and hug herself. She was feeling angry and sad at the same time; but she wasn't angry at Prowl now, she was angry at herself. In some way in her sparkling mind, she saw that she was the cause of Prowl not coming over, not him. She continued to whimper as she felt her sad tears stream down her optics, until she felt a pair of hands grasp her and lift her out of the pen.

"Hush now, Sapphire. I am all done with my paperwork." Prowl smiled as he sat down in the pen and cradled the baby close to his chest plate. "I'm sorry I had to keep you in the pen, but it is not nice to hit or kick your friends. Now, you promise to behave like a good girl?" Prowl asked as he held her up to his face plate, and Sapphire cooed as she caressed his face plate with affection. "I think that is a 'yes'."

Elsewhere, Optimus Prime was out with Achilles in the nearby forest, walking amongst the tall trees and listening to the many sounds of hidden animals and insects. Achilles was in awe over the area he was in; all the sights and sounds where sparking up his senses and he liked it. Optimus could tell that Achilles was enjoying this little trip and grinned. "You like it out here, don't you?"

Achilles then reached out over to a nearby meadow and Prime saw that a female deer and two fawns where out in the middle of the meadow.

"Oh, we aren't alone." Optimus whispered, because he didn't want his voice to spook the family of deer nearby, but Achilles wanted to go over and greet them. "I'm sorry, Achilles. I'm afraid that they might be scared of you. You are too big and too young. Maybe we can meet them again sometime when you are older." Prime cooed as he continued onward.

The pair made their way to a small area where a waterfall could be seen, the powerful roar not scaring the sparkling. In fact, Achilles was enticed by the waterfall and squeaked in interest. Optimus then sat himself down by a small pool so that he could place Achilles in it, because it wasn't that very deep and that the sparkling would be safe. Achilles yelped when he felt the cool water touch his legs and feet. "Easy, Achilles. It won't hurt you. It's just like your little bath tub back at the base." Optimus said gently as he placed his hand into the water and moved it about in front of Achilles, making his son coo in curiosity and reach out. The sparkling placed both hands on Primes hand in the water, and Achilles could feel the cool water enveloping his own palms. It felt strange, but good at the same time.

As Prime watched, Achilles began to swat at the water, laughing at the sound of the water being splashed. "I told you that it wouldn't hurt you." Prime shook his head lovingly as Achilles then started to roll about in the water, laughing hysterically with joy. Prime watched and felt that he was being left out and he decided to lay on the water and gently took hold of Achilles and held him up in the air and rolled side to side. Achilles squealed and giggled along with his Daddy as Optimus swayed side to side on his back and tossed him up in the air; they were both having a blast.

Just then, Optimus sat up and placed Achilles in one arm and used one hand to tickle the little sparklings stomach. Achilles laughter increased and he squirmed about in his fathers arms as he tried to escape the wiggling fingers, but Optimus kept his son close and continued his ticklish task. "Cootchie cootchie coo, Achilles. Good boy, what a ticklish little boy you are. I love tickling your belly." Optimus cooed playfully as he tickled the middle of Achilles stomach, and chuckled as his son squealed loudly and laughed some more.

It was when he saw small tears in Achilles optics that Optimus finally stopped and held Achilles up to his shoulder and patted his back. "There, there, Achilles. It's all over now. Just relax. Daddy's got you." Prime purred as he listened to Achilles's laughter die down and felt the sparkling snuggling against his neck.

"Dada."

The blue hand stopped patting and Prime was completely still as he heard that small, innocent, quiet voice. Slowly turning his head to his son, Optimus could see his son was smiling at him, and he squeaked at him. "Dada."

Prime couldn't believe what was happening. His spark started to pulse very hard, but it was beating very hard because he was feeling both proud and surprised at what had occurred before him. Achilles...his own sparkling...was talking...He was starting to talk.

"Y-yes, Achilles...I'm Dada." Optimus almost broke down but kept calm as he felt one tear stream down his cheek.

"Dada." Achilles said as he reached to Prime. Optimus smiled lovingly as he held Achilles close to him and wrapped his arms around the child and hugged him, kissing Achilles forehead as he whispered.

"I love you, Achilles."

Achilles beamed and snuggled close to his father, their bond growing greater and stronger at that very moment.

*Authors Note*

(Here you all go. Sorry that it isn't very long. I have been very slow this month due to me getting my first job and all. However, I did have some time to come up with this, and I hope you enjoy this short chapter. Sparkling Lover out.)