A/N It's the last chapter! READ NOTE AT THE END.

Onward to the story!

Ch. 11 Home

"Mom?" I asked nervously into the phone.

"I want an answer, Paris! What's wrong with you? Lying about where you are!"

My breath caught in my throat. I quickly stood up from the couch and walked over to the other side of the giant table.

"Well?" my mom said.

"I can't tell you now, but I promise I'll explain it later."

"Later? Just tell me where you are now!"

"Mom, please," I said, holding back tears. All the bad feelings I got from lying were catching up with me. "I promise that I'm ok. I'll be back tomorrow and explain everything, ok?"

She was silent for a moment before saying, "If you're not back tomorrow, I'm calling the police."

I let out a sigh of relief, "Thank you."

After I hung up with my mom, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker took me to Prime's office. I had to let him know what happened with my mom, and he also wanted to tell me something.

Optimus was sitting at his desk when we came in. "Have a seat, please," he told us, gesturing to the two chairs in front of his desk.

Optimus looked at me with a smile, "So, what is it that you needed to tell me?"

"It's my mom," I stated. "She, found out that I wasn't where I said I was and… I have to be back by tomorrow." I hung my head down, a little from sadness and a little from embarrassment. "And," I continued, "I told her that I would explain everything to her."

Optimus nodded. "I had a feeling that this was going to happen. The Decepticons have left your town, so it is safe for you to return." As I opened my mouth to say something, but Optimus put his hand up. "One more thing, you may tell your mother about us."

My eyes widened, "Wait, what? Why?"

"Because we have all agreed that it would be in your best interest, and the twins', if we relocated to your town." I looked at him with confusion. What did I do to make them relocate? Optimus answered my unasked question. "Paris, you made friends with the twins when none of other humans did. I do not think they wish to see you go."

Turning around I looked up at Sideswipe and Sunstreaker. "Really?"

They both grinned at me. "Of course!" Sideswipe exclaimed. "Even Sunshine here would miss ya."

I smiled back at them.

"Sam will be attending a college near your town," Optimus continued.

"And everyone else?" I asked him, turning back to face him.

"Mikaela will be staying here for her own personal reasons. And Glen and Maggie have their jobs here with the government. Sam's parents will, of course, return to their own house."

"And the Lennox's?"

"Sarah and Annabelle will remain here, while Captain Lennox will accompany us to our new base."

"Oh." My gaze trailed to my feet. Is it my fault that they're being cut off from the Autobots?

"Do not think that this is your doing. They have all chosen what they would like to do. It has nothing to with our base moving," Optimus reassured me.

"Ok. So… when are we leaving?"

"Tomorrow morning," Optimus stated.

I nodded in response and turned to leave. Sunstreaker held out his hand for me and I climbed on. "Optimus?" I said.

"Yes?"

"Thank you. For everything."

My hands clenched the sides of my seat as Sideswipe drove up to my house.

"Hey, can you let go? It's like claws are digging into me."

I immediately let go of the seat. "Oops, sorry." Since I couldn't use him as a live stress ball any longer, I tapped one of my feet.

"Nervous?" Sideswipe asked me.

"Yeah," I confessed. My foot ceased to bounce when I realized that Sideswipe could feel that too.

Sooner than I had hoped, we turned a corner and were in front of my house. I gulped, not showing any sign of getting out.

"You'll be fine," Sideswipe told me. He opened my door for me and I stepped out.

I walked up to my front door, repeating in my head what I was going to say. You can do this. You survived a 'Con attack, you can do this. Before I could even raise my hand to the door, it flew open.

Standing in the doorway was my mom, with relief and anger in her eyes. Not saying a word she pulled me into a hug.

When she pulled away she said, "I was so worried about you."

"I know."

"What were you thinking?"

"I… I guess I wasn't."

"Where were you?"

I stayed silent for a few moments. "Well… I can't really tell you." My mom opened her mouth to protest, but I interrupted. "I can't tell you, but I can show you."

She gave me a questioning look, but followed me when I turned around and went to the driveway.

When she saw the red car in our driveway she stopped and asked, "Who is that?"

"A friend," I stated. "You have to trust me on this, Mom." She didn't move any closer to the car. "He's with the government."

"The government?" She looked between me and the car, "What did you do?"

I didn't answer, but instead got into Sideswipe.

"Paris! Get out of that car!"

"No, Mom. You need to get in the car."

She inched closer to the car and looked at the driver, "Prove that you're with the government."

Sideswipe went to answer, but I cut him off, "You need to trust me on this. He's a friend."

My mom looked between me and Sideswipe's holoform. She finally sighed and got into the back of the car.

I let out a quiet sigh of relief as Sideswipe backed out of the driveway and my mom didn't attempt to jump out of him.

The car ride to the Autobot's new base had been short and quiet. I was glad that my mom had decided to stop asking questions for the time being.

As we pulled up to the military base, we were stopped by a group of guards.

"Name?" one of them asked.

"Autobot Sideswipe."

The soldier peered into the car and saw the Autobot insignia on the dashboard. "Proceed," he stated and let us pass.

Sideswipe drove to a garage-type building that looked big enough to house a few planes. Perfect for the Autobots. The door was open, so Sideswipe drove right in.

"What are we doing here?' my mom hissed at me.

I rolled my eyes, thankful that my mom couldn't see my face. "I told you that he was with the government."

As Sideswipe came to a stop, he opened the doors for us. "How did he do that?" my mom gasped.

I got out of the car and my mom followed suit.

When Sideswipe shut his doors, six other cars pulled up in front of us. "Who are they?" my mom whispered to me.

"You'll see… and please don't scream."

"Scream?"

The normal looking cars in front of us began to transform into their robots forms. I smiled broadly at them, while my mom just gaped. Thank you for not screaming.

I stepped forward a bit," Guys, this is my mom. Mom, these are my friends, the Autobots."

To Be Continued

WOOT! My first story from start to finish! I'm extremely proud of myself right now and have the urge to get up and do a happy dance, but I don't want to freak my mom out.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, to everyone who has read/reviewed and stayed with this story! It means a lot to me, and I can't wait for the sequel to begin!

In other news, I saw Revenge of the Fallen last night and had my imagination sparked by it. This means that I may have some things from the movie in my sequel. And I also suggest that you go see the movie right now, because it was awesome!

My poll is still up, and will be up for a while, so vote if you haven't already! The sequel will take a while to come out, since I want to get a main plot down and actually know where I want to take it.

BUT, be on the look out for 'Folie', a fic made up of one-shots about the time in between 'So Believe' and the sequel (which might be called 'Pathways') The first chapter of 'Folie' should be up soon, so check for it!

Well, I guess this is goodbye for the time being! See ya!

-Panic Switch