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Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers Prime or any of its characters.

Transformers Prime: Only Human
Chapter twelve

It had been a week since Arcee had started school and Wheeljack had temporarily relocated to the base to serve as her temporary replacement. Bulkhead and Miko had been loving every minute of it. Miko loved hearing any of Wheeljack's old Wrecker stories or hearing about what he's been up to since they last saw him. Bulkhead was happy his old buddy around and to do some serious lobbing. This proved to be a problem for Ratchet as the flying metal ball broke three pieces of his equipment. By end the medic looked like he was about to literally blow a fuse, he then banned lobbing from the commanded room forcing them to use one of the large rooms in the lower levels of the base. That didn't bother them to much and they always laughed whenever Miko showed them the picture she managed to snap of the very angry look on Ratchets faceplate.

Wheelejack had also brought information, since they last saw him he had found several Decepticon energon mines. For the past week they had been scoping out some of there locations deciding which one to raid and how to do it. They were able to get the layout of the mines thanks to Raf who came up with the idea to attach a camera to his remote controlled car and sending it in to the mines, the Decepticons never even noticed it.

Arcee had adjusted to certain parts of school life more easily than others. The work she was given she could do quickly and without even trying, Arcee had to make it perfectly clear to Miko that she wouldn't do any of her homework for her. Something Arcee had noticed was that a lot of the boys would stare at her, she understood by human standards she was attractive but the staring did get annoying. Although there were times she noticed Jack would stare at her for a moment, instead of feeling annoyed it made her feel good because it meant Jack thought she was attractive.

Arcee was getting books from her locker when someone approached her "Hey Sadie" Arcee turned to see a boy she recognised from some of her classes.

"Hi, its Kevin right?" Arcee responded.

"Yeah, listen I'm having a little party tonight at my place, you interested?" Kevin asked.

Arcee thought about it for a moment, she'd never been to a human party before and the whole reason she was here was to learn about being human. But she had Jack with her every step of the way and she didn't feel like changing that. "Can I bring a guest?" Arcee asked.

"Sure" Kevin said "The more the merrier" he then gave her his address and the time the party started "See you tonight Sadie" Kevin said as he walked away.

A moment later Jack arrived "Hey Sadie" he used her cover name in case anyone overhear them "You ready for gym?

Arcee gave him a smile "Are ready for a party?"

The Gym
Everyone had changed into their gym clothes and were currently standing in a straight line. When Arcee had come out of the locker room Jack couldn't help but notice how her gym shorts showed off her legs. Luckily he stopped staring before Arcee noticed, now he trying take his mind off it by talking "So you excited about the party?" Jack asked.

"I actually am" Arcee replied. After she had told Jack about the party and that he was coming as her guest. Jack wasn't really interested, but he knew it would be good for Arcee and he wanted to keep an eye on her.

The Gym doors opened and a tall well built man in a tracksuit walked in, Coach Brown "Alright everyone get ready because today" he held up a red rubber ball "we're playing DODGE BALL!" he announced causing the class to groan. He then split the class into two teams "Remember Dodge ball only three rules; One, you get hit your out. Two, catch a thrown ball and the throwers out and someone from your team comes back on. And finally" Coach Brown's eyes narrowed "NO MERCY!" he shouted.

Once the whistle blew the game was on, dodge balls were flying as everyone tried not to get hit. Thanks to centuries of fire fights Arcee was able to dodge the balls with grace unlike the rest of her team including Jack who got hit in the side of his head. Soon Arcee was the only one left on her team against three jocks from the football team and they all had overconfident smirks on their faces.

"Three of us against one little girl, I almost feel bad" the jock on right laughed to the other two. The moment he turned his head back a ball hit him in the face so hard he fell backwards dropping his own ball which bounced crossing the line to Arcee's side as she was already running towards it. One of the remaining jocks ran forward as well, just before he reached the line he threw his ball at Arcee who had went down to pick the other ball. The moment Arcee grabbed the ball she jumped causing the thrown ball to go under her, the jock looked up Arcee in the air with his mouth hanging open right before Arcee's ball hit him in the face knocking him down his back.

The remaining jock had been shocked to see his two team mates taken down so easily, but then he realised something that made his overconfident smirk return. He still had his ball and there were none left on her side. He held up his ball and looked at Arcee "Game over" with that he threw the ball with all his strength.

Arcee didn't even blink as the ball came at her, as it came close her arm shot up and grabbed it and spun around in a full 360 degree spin throwing it back. The jock saw the ball coming and lifted his arms to shield his face from the ball, unfortunately for him when Arcee threw the ball it went lower and ended up hitting his groin. The jock dropped to his knees and let out a high pitched noised before falling on his side holding his injured privates.

The rest he class were wide eyed at seeing her take the jocks down so easily. Jack was the only one not surprised, he knew the jocks didn't stand a chance and from the smile he saw on Arcee's face he knew she was having fun.

The whistle blew bringing attention to coach Brown "Smith" he called referring to Arcee "That was brutal," then he smiled "Nicely done as I said before no mercy." He then faced the class "Aright before we finish I want five laps of the gym. That means everyone!" he added looking to the still downed jock.

As the class was doing laps Jack caught up with Arcee "I take it you had fun"

Arcee smiled at him "A blast".

A few hours after school Jack and Acree were walking towards the address Kevin had given Arcee earlier, luckily it was wasn't to far from Jack's house they were able to walk. Soon they reached a large two story house from which they could hear music "I think we've got the right place" he said before turning to the former two wheeler "Listen Arcee before we go in we need talk about something".

"Okay, go ahead" Arcee said.

"Theres a good chance Vince might be at this party and after what happened last time he's gonna be trouble" Jack said.

Arcee folded her arms "Are you saying I shouldn't beat him up again?"

"Oh no I'm just saying don't be the one who starts it" Jack said "Remember what Principle Williams said don't throw the first punch, throw the last punch. As long as Vince starts it you can kick his ass as much as you want" he finished.

Arcee smiled "Works for me".

With that settled they approached the house and rang the doorbell, a moment later the door opened revealing Kevin himself "Hey Sadie you made it" he said happily.

"Hi Kevin" Arcee returned the greeting "This is my friend Jack, you probably know him from school" she gestured to Jack who simply raised his hand in greeting.

"Oh yeah, hi Jack" Kevin was a little disappointed. When Arcee had asked if she could bring a guest he thought she meant a female guest, hopefully as hot as she was. But Kevin wasn't going to dwell on it "Come on in" he gestured them inside.

There was loud music, flashing lights, a table with food and drinks and dozens of teenagers who were chatting, dancing or just hanging out. Everything you would expect from a from a teenage house party.

Jack looked to Arcee "Shall we?"

"Lets" Arcee answered.

They proceeded to explore the party, talking with different people. Many of the guys flirted with Arcee even the ones who had a girl with them, they all received elbow to the ribs from their dates. They stayed together the whole time and eventually found themselves at the snack table "You know these parties are not all there cracked up to be" Jack said taking a sip of his drink "What do you think Sadie?" No answer "Sadie?" he turned to see Arcee helping her self to a plate of nachos "SADIE" he said louder.

Arcee stopped eating and faced Jack with a mouth full of nachos, after a few moments of chewing she swallowed them and spoke "What?"

Jack raised an eyebrow "Still having some trouble some self control problems I see".

Arcee sighed "Yeah. I can handle fruits, vegetables and simple stuff. But I seem to have a problem with anything sweet or salty and especially junk food" she finished.

"Hey you've only had your sense of taste for less than two weeks, controlling it isn't easy" he finished off his drink "I'm gonna head to the bathroom, you gonna be okay till I get back?"

Arcee raised an eyebrow "I've fought Decepticons for centuries I think I can survive a high school party on my own for a few minutes" she said.

Jack gave her a smile and headed up the stairs out of view. Arcee looked at the party around her and sighed, she had been expecting better. The guys she talked to just tried to hit on her and girls just talked about nonsense and she didn't care for the music. "At least the foods good" Arcee thought to herself as she took a drink from the table, after a sip she pulled it away "Whoa, that's strong" she said.

"Sadie" Arcee turned around to see Sierra.

"Oh hi Sierra" Arcee greeted her "Long time no see" referring to their meeting in the movie theatre.

"Yeah, you know we haven't had a chance to talk since you came to the high school" she started leading Arcee towards the kitchen which wasn't so crowded. They took a seat at the table "So, what do think of the high school?"

"Its okay" Arcee said taking another sip of her drink.

"Well you certainly made a name for yourself" Sierra said suddenly.

"What do you mean?" Arcee asked.

"Are you kidding?" Sierra asked "On your first day you made the you solved Mr Green impossible math question and made him eat the detention slip he gave you. Then you beat up Vince, apparently for the second time and broke his windshield".

"I didn't break his windshield" Arcee cut her off "He through a rock at the back of my head, Jack saw it coming and pulled me out of the way and it broke the windshield. No matter how he tells it, it was his own fault".

"Thats something I wanted to ask you" Sierra said in a lower voice "Whats the deal with you and Jack?"

This caught Arcee off guard "What do you mean?"

"Your always with him" Sierra said bluntly "Whether its at school or in town you two are always together"

"We're friends" Arcee said simply

"Just friends" Sierra raised an eyebrow.

Arcee rolled her eyes "Okay really close friends but that's it" she said taking another sip. "Jack is a really amazing guy" she said looking at he cup in her hand feeling surprisingly relaxed "He even let me sleep in his bed".

Sierra's eyes widened in stock "What? You sleep in his bed".

Arcee nodded "Yeah ever since I started living with him".

This just increased the girls shock "Wait your living with him"

"That's what I just said" Arcee's voice was off, she took another sip of her drink completely unaware of the effect it was taking on her.

Jack had just come back downstairs to the snack table to find Arcee gone "Relax Jack" he told himself "Arcee can handle anything thats thrown at her". He grabbed a drink off the table but as soon as he tried it he nearly spit it out "Ergh what the" he held up the cup and sniffed it, he instantly go the strong smell of alcohol. Jack put the cup down and sniffed a couple more "Someone spiked the drinks" he said shocked. Then something occurred to him, Arcee could have taken one of the spiked drinks and he had no idea she could handle alcohol. Jack needed to find her fast, he went to the closest people a guy with his arm around a girl "Hey" he got their attention "Have either of you seen Sadie?"

"No I just got here" the girl said.

"Whats she look like?" the guy asked.

Jack raised his hand "Shes this tall, has black hair and blue eyes". Jack saw the blank look on his face and remembered that teenage boys don't usually look at a girls hair or eyes "She was wearing jeans, a black jacket and had an extremely hot body".

"Oh her! I saw her go into the kitchen with Sierra" he said.

The girl he was with threw his arm off her "You were looking at her body" she said angrily.

As the guy tried to come up with a reply Jack headed to the kitchen, he walked in to see Sierra and Arcee at the table "Maybe I was worried for nothing" he thought to himself.

Sierra looked at him surprised and Arcee looked at him with big smile on her face "Hey partner" she said in a slurred voice. She stood up only to lose her balance and fall forward, luckily Jack was there to catch her.

"Maybe not" Jack thought as he looked at the table and saw three empty cups where Arcee had been sitting.

"Jack" Sierra stood up.

"Oh hi Sierra" he said "Whats up?"

"Sadie says she lives with you, is that true?" she asked.

Jacks eyes widened "Well you see our families are friends so shes staying with us while goes to the high school" luckily Jack had read Arcee's cover story.

Sierra raised an eyebrow "She also said she sleeps in your bed".

"Oh well um, that's just me being a gentleman, I sleep on the couch and give her the bed" Jack was surprised he could think so quickly.

"Its a lot nicer than the garage" Arcee said suddenly surprising Sierra and shocking Jack "The bed is really comfy, sleeping on that is a lot better than powering down in vehic…".

"OKAY I think its time to get you home" Jack cut her off before she said something he couldn't explain. He put Arcee's arm around his shoulder so he could support her "Listen Sierra someone spiked the drinks on the table and clearly Sadie can't handle alcohol very well so I'm just gonna take her home now" he explained very quickly.

But before he could leave Arcee spoke up again "Your taking me somewhere, thats new" her voice still slurred "Normally you're the one who rides me everywhere".

Jacks eyes nearly widened so much they nearly popped out of his head, he knew Arcee meant riding her in her vehicle mode. But he also knew it just sounded, he looked to Sierra who was standing there wide eyed with her mouth hanging open. "Shes just a little drunk, she doesn't know what shes talking about" he said hoping she would buy it.

Arcee looked up at Jack "Yes I do, remember our first time in the parking l…" she was cut off when Jack put a hand over her mouth.

"OKAY WE GOTTA GO!" Jack said loudly hopping Arcee got the message to stop talking. He turned to Sierra "See you later, watch out for the spiked drinks" and with that he exited the kitchen as quickly as he could while still supporting Arcee and left Sierra standing there shocked.

Jack managed to get Arcee outside before anyone could ask why he was supporting her. Once on the sidewalk he took out his cell phone to call some at base to come and bring them back to his house, but before he dialled he looked at Arcee and wondered if maybe he shouldn't call. Tomorrow Arcee could be really embarrassed if someone saw her like this, he let out a breath and put his phone away before starting toward home with Arcee.

It took longer to get home since Jack had been supporting Arcee the whole way there but they were finally at the house. They took a couple of steps towards the door before Arcee nearly dropped to her knees "Arcee whats wrong?"

"I don't know" Arcee said surprised "I can't move my legs anymore".

Jack sighed "Just when I thought things were getting easier, hold on Arcee" with that he put his arms under Arcee and lifted her up bridle style, she put her arms around his neck and he carried over to the house. After awkwardly getting his key out of his pocket he unlocked the door and entered being careful not hit Arcee's head off the door frame then shut the door behind them.

As Jack walked into the living room he looked at the former two wheeler in his arms who seemed to be dozing off, he had to admit Arcee being all tipsy was kind of funny. But since he was looking at Arcee he didn't see the pair shoes on floor causing him to trip over them and lose his balance going forward, luckily Jack managed to turn before he fell so landed on the couch.

The landing seemed to stir Arcee who was now sitting in Jack's lap "Are we there yet?"

"Yeah Arcee we're home" he said closing his eyes and letting out a breath glad that the nights craziness was over.

"Mmmmm" this noise caused Jack eyes to snap open, he looked down to see Arcee snuggling up to him with her head on his chest.

"Ah Arcee, what are you doing?" nervousness present in his voice.

Arcee looked up at him "I don't know" she smiled "But I like it" she said before snuggling closer.

Jack could feel his face turning red and stood up "Okay Arcee time for bed!" he carried Arcee to his bed room and set her down on the bed, but when he tried to stand up straight he noticed Arcee still had her arms around his neck "Um, Arcee I need you to let go now".

Arcee was quite for a moment before speaking "I don't want to let go" then without warning Arcee rolled over pulling Jack onto the bed with her and ended up on top of him still snuggling up to him.

Jack actually felt his face turn several more shades of red and his heart was beating so fast he thought it might actually burst out of his chest "Things cant get worse" he thought to himself.

It was then he heard a noise he recognised as the garage door opening which meant one thing "MOMS HOME!" Jack said in panic while cursing himself for tempting fate. He tried to push Arcee off but it seemed that even while inebriated Arcee was still pretty strong. While trying to break her grip one of Jack's hand brushed against her side causing Arcee to let out a laugh, Jack saw this and touched her side again making her laugh "Can't be" he thought to himself "Arcee's ticklish". He then heard the garage door closing, rather than let his mother see this and try and explain the situation Jack began tickling Arcee's sides making her laugh uncontrollably. Once her grip loosened enough Jack was able to push Arcee off him and onto the bed before jumping off it to his feet. After taking several breaths to calm himself Jack noticed Arcee had fallen asleep with her head on the pillow, he pulled the blankets up on her and headed to the door. As he walked out he turned to look at Arcee's sleeping form "Good night Arcee" he said before closing the door.

In the kitchen June had just made her self some coffee when she saw Jack "Hi honey" she said warmly "How was the party?"

"It was okay" Jack shrugged his shoulders "Those parties are totally overrated".

"Did Arcee have a good time?" June asked.

"Well she liked the food" Jack decided to leave out the parts about Arcee accidentally getting drunk and what she said to Sierra "She was kinda tiered so she decided to go to bed early".

June smiled "Well knowing Arcee she'll be right as rain in the morning" she said walking into the living room.

Jack's eyes looked to his room "I wouldn't be so sure".

The next morning as Arcee awoke she was instantly hit with intense throbbing headache "What the scrap" she said holding her head with both hands, this was even worse than the headache she got when she first woke up after being changed. Suddenly the alarm clock next to the bed started ringing, Arcee covered her ear as each ring was like a thunder clap in her head. She tried turning it off but the snooze button wasn't working, growing more irritated she banged her fist against it. Finally having enough Arcee grabbed the alarm clock and threw it at the wall smashing it on impact.

A moment later the door opened and Jack entered carrying a glass of orange juice in his hand. He noticed his clock lying in pieces on the floor "I've felt like doing that a lot of times" he said.

"Sorry" Arcee apologised.

"No worries I needed a new one anyway, how are you feeling?" he asked even though he had a good idea.

Arcee put both hands on her head "It feels like there are grenades going off in my head. LOTS of grenades".

Jack smiled sympathetically "I though as much so I made you some juice" he handed her the glass which she started to drink slowly.

After a few sips she stopped and looked at Jack "What happened last night?"

"Wait you don't remember" Jack said surprised.

"I remember going to the party, it was kind of boring" Arcee said as she tried to recall last nights events. "Sierra came up to me wanting to talk and …" Arcee paused "That's it, that's the last thing I remember".

Jack let out a sigh of relief, Arcee had no memory of what happened when they got home "Someone spiked the drinks with alcohol, then you drank too much you got drunk. That's why your head hurts so much, its called a hangover" Jack explained.

"How long will it last?" she asked.

Jack thought for a moment "A couple of hours I think".

Arcee let out a groan and drank the rest of her orange juice "Thanks Jack, I'm gonna go clean my self up" she handed him the glass and head to the bathroom. As she prepared the shower she tried to remember what happened the previous night, but it only seemed to intensify her hangover. But one thing she knew was something happened after they got home, even though she couldn't remember any of it Arcee knew what ever happened she had really liked it and didn't want to stop. As another pain hit her one thought was going through Arcee's mind "Never again".

Later Wheeljack pulled up at the house, Jack and Arcee got in and he headed for the base "Thanks for the lift Wheelejack" Jack said.

"No problem" the Wrecker replied "You okay Arcee?" even in vehicle form he could see Arcee holding her head.

"I'll be fine, eventually" she said "So how was first week at base?"

"When I agreed to stay at the base I hadn't counted on it being so quite" Wheeljack said "I haven't taken any cons down since I got here".

"Only you would complain about their being no Decepticons to fight" Jack laughed "Well you and Miko" he added.

"What about the energon raids you and the others have been planning?" Arcee asked.

"A little too much planning" he said "We've got the layout and we know how many cons are. We bust in, scrap the drones and take the energon Wrecker style".

Arcee folded her arms "Wrecker style usually involves explosions, considering theres going to be tonnes of energon there I'd Wrecker style should be avoided". Wheeljack didn't respond and Arcee smirked at her small victory.

Once they reached the base Jack and Arcee got out allowing Wheeljack to transform into robot mode, the noise of which made Arcee grab her head in pain. Jack saw this "Whats wrong Arcee?"

Arcee put her hands down "Anything even kind of loud is severally hurting my head".

Jack knew the problem, her hangover was still going "All you need to do is avoid loud noises" he said as they climbed the ladder to the raised area "That shouldn't be too hard".

Before Arcee could reply a loud noise spread through the command room causing Arcee to grab her head in pain. She and Jack looked down to see Miko strumming away at her guitar "ALRIGHT" the young girl yelled "Everybody's here so lets get this PARTY STARTED!"

Arcee continued to hold her head "Miko's voice feels like someone drilling into brain!"

Ratchet who had been working at the console looked at her "Welcome to my world".

And that's chapter 12, I'm really proud of how this chapter turned out and I hope everyone had as much fun reading it as I had writing it.