Months went by and Optimus still continued to send me updates on their progress.

We are halfway to the planet. Both pairs of twins have decided to start a prank war on the ship. I would stop them but it seems to put a little morale boost. Their pranks seem quite amusing, though they not dare use them on me.

We have arrived onto the planet. There is one large continent along with an ocean. I'm glad to report that the oxygen levels are at a safe level for humans. As soon as we start to build and progress is being made, I'm coming to get you.

A few buildings have been built. The drones we brought have been a great help as the Autobots mostly serve as supervisors. We are building based on old Cybertronian buildings. It is coming along well.

Our home has been built. It has many rooms; enough for us, your mother, Akila, and Ironhide. I am so excited for us to live here. New Cybertron is coming along great.

It's almost like I could hear the excitement in Optimus' voice; it was so cute. He was so happy that his home world was going to be back and that I was going to come. I fully expected to live on Cybertron, with me being a prime and all. Once humans came to Cybertron, I expected to be a liaison between humans and Cybertronians.

Katheryn and Landon became my best friends. They both knew each other so most of my weekends were spent with the two of them, going to movies and parks. I was also invited to some parties on the weekends, which were a lot of fun. Civilian life must have been taking a toll on me because I started to gain weight all over. The spark bond was also taking a toll on me because I felt like half of me was missing half of the time which caused a lot of nausea.

School was also going well because all of my classes interested me. My political teacher basically ignored me, which made me wish I could see his face when the announcement was eventually made that I was the leader of an alien race.

Speaking of alien race, I had two I was in charge of. I still treated Ironhide as my superior because he was older than me and he was my sister's husband. He was like an older brother, really. Mirage was a bit harder. The hopeless romantic was always leaving to go on dates, which makes me think that he had dated every girl in Arizona.

So it was April 15, eight months after the Autobots had left, and I was chilling on the couch, doing homework. The nausea hit me again and I ran to the bathroom. These spouts of nausea that resulted in puking were pretty normal for me, and I usually kept my hair in a ponytail.

"Brooke, it's been 8 months, how long are you going to be sick? Do we need to take you to a doctor?" my mom asked from her office.

"No, no, mom, I'm fine," I told her. She still didn't know that Optimus and I had bonded, and I didn't want to tell her any time soon. She was big on the 'no sex before marriage' thing and, though we didn't really have sex, we had like the Cybertronian version so I bet she'd still be pissed.

"Honestly, Brooke, if it's like a parasite or something, I'd rather it out! Let me take you to the doctor!" she yelled.

I sighed and rinsed my mouth out. "Mom, it's some sort of Cybertronian illness. I doubt it's human," I told her.

"Fine then, I'm having Ironhide scan you when he and Akila come over for dinner tonight," she said. Oh great. I'm sure Ironhide knows my mom doesn't know about our bond. Or Akila for that matter. Ironhide had to have known because he was Cybertronian and I bet they knew how to sense that or something.

I finished my homework and then texted my friends until Ironhide and Akila came over. They were living in a home not too far from my house. Akila started going to medical school and the two lived off of government money until the Autobots returned and we moved to New Cybertron.

"Hey you, stop being anti-social," Ironhide joked as he ruffled my hair.

"Hey!" I yelled. "I'm not being anti-social! I was waiting for you guys!"

"Sheesh, leave her alone!" Akila joked, nudging him. "Any update from Optimus?"

"They're just still building," I told them. "As usual. It shouldn't be too much longer."

We sat down for a dinner of meatloaf and mac and cheese. Ironhide never actually ate with us, but he just sat at the table and talked to us. It was a relatively normal meal: mom talked about her upcoming book, I talked about school, Akila talked about school, and Ironhide would tell us war stories. It was all per the norm, and recently I had to learn to get back to that.

"Ironhide, I was wondering it, after dinner, you could scan Brooke? She's been very sick lately and she refuses to go to the doctor, saying it's some Cybertronian illness," my mom finally said. I paused and coughed out my spaghetti.

Ironhide chucked. "Well apparently she can't even eat right!" he joked.

"Mom, it's fine. I am fine. I've dealt with this for months, I can deal with it some more," I assured her, trying to get out of the scan. If he scanned me, he'd tell her it was because of the bond and I'd be doomed. She'd never let me go to Cybertron. Just the thought of it put my stomach in knots.

Don't throw up, don't throw up. Whatever you do, don't throw up. But looking at the spaghetti, it was kind of hard not to throw up. So I quickly excused myself and ran to the bathroom. Okay, this bond thing sucked. I needed to send a message to Optimus as soon as I was done.

"Brooke Nicolle Walters! That's it! Ironhide, go scan her! I'm tired of seeing my daughter so sick!" mom yelled, standing up from the table. I rinsed my mouth out and went into the dining room where everyone was standing up.

"What's-a the problem here?" Mirage must have returned home from his date and walked into the dining room. Nobody paid him any mind though.

"Okay, hold on, scanning now," Ironhide said. He must have been scanning from his true form in the driveway. Suddenly, when I'm guessing the scan was complete, Ironhide's jaw dropped.

"What?" I asked, my heart starting to race. Ironhide didn't move. "Ironhide, what is it? Tell me!"

Akila grabbed his hand. "Hide…?" she muttered. My mom had her eyes fixed on me.

"Brooke, I… I don't know how to say this…" Ironhide muttered. "You're pregnant."

I froze. What? I was… I was pregnant? There was a baby inside of me? It would explain so much… the nausea, the weight gain… I was pregnant. With Optimus' child. How did that even work? We didn't have sex! We bonded!

"No… How… How is this possible?" I asked. Ironhide looked grim and couldn't even speak. "Ironhide!"

"It's not possible…" he muttered. Akila was frozen and so was my mother. Not possible? How in the world was this not possible?! "We need to tell Optimus. You need help."

"No!" I yelled. "We can't tell Optimus. Things are going to well on New Cybertron. He doesn't need to be distracted. We'll handle it. It shouldn't… It shouldn't be too hard, right?"

"There's-a no way for us to protect you from this," Mirage said. I couldn't believe it. I was flying solo on this one. And no matter what anyone did, they couldn't help. Not even Optimus could help at this point. It was a first. A complete first.

"Brooke, have you had sex?" my mom asked, quiet. "I told you that I didn't want grandchildren!"

"You think I planned this mom?!" I yelled back at her. "I haven't had sex! I'm a virgin! But… Optimus and I bonded…"

"Bonding is-a the equivalent to your biological sex," Mirage explained. "It's how we reproduce. And apparently it worked."

"So Optimus had sex with her and knew she could get pregnant and he still did it," my mom muttered.

Ironhide turned to her. "Now wait a moment," he argued. "I've known Optimus for years now. If he had any clue that bonding could result in a pregnancy, he wouldn't have done it. No biological has every possessed a piece of Cybertronian inside them such as Brooke. He had no clue something like this would happen."

"Plus," I added, "he didn't bond with me for that reason. I was still having bad visions from my bond with Megatron. He bonded with me and that made the visions stop. He was helping me."

"So… You're having a child," Akila muttered. "I'm going to be an aunt; holy cow…"

"Look guys," I told them. "So obviously, there is going to be a child born soon. And I'm not entirely sure what it is or how this is going to work, but I need some support. This baby is going to be a first. Please help me out. Please?"

Everyone seemed very apprehensive. Mirage stepped forward. "Before he left, Optimus told-a me personally to keep an eye over you. As-a your guardian, I'm-a gonna keep that promise," he said.

Akila stepped forward as well. "You're my little sister. We've taken down a Decepticon ship together. We can handle this," she said.

"And," Ironhide added, "as your older brother-in-law, I'm here as well."

My mother was looking at the ground. "Though it's a bit sooner than I expected, I have a grandchild on the way. And this is to be celebrated. I'm here to help, Brooke," she said.

I may not have Optimus, but I did have some loved ones. And I felt safe.

Thanks to ND'sRebel for reminding me that I'm stupid! I had this chapter mostly written up, I just didn't finish the end and I forgot to upload it sooo. I've been waiting to drop this bomb on you guys for a while! So Brooke is pregnant! Optimus is going to be a dad! What all's going to happen? Stay tuned!