So there are going to be a lot more chapters between 1 and 2 than I had originally planned on. But at some point I'm going to just start a second story. And I think once the relationship between Em and the twins starts to get going, I'm going to start a guidelines story if that's something you guys would like. I've always enjoyed reading them, so I hope you guys will too!
Also: something that has always been inconsistent I've noticed in some stories in size of the Autobots. In the movies, Sideswipe is 15 feet, which is a good height I guess. I like that for this story, so that's what I'm going to go with. So obviously Sunny is 15ft too. I've looked it up, and it has Optimus set at 28ft and Sideswipe is just over half his size. That just seems weird to think about, so I always picture him at being like 20ft-ish. Then Ratchet and Ironhide sort of falling in between at around 17ft. I know its not really important, but just thought I'd at that.
Unexpected
Chapter 14
It was my last day on base. I was definitely more than ready to go home at this point. Ratchet still hadn't been able to give a better prediction as to what was happening to me. Now the energon was starting to build up and stick together, making my blood slightly thicker but it hadn't had a negative effect on me yet. I probably should have stayed on the base a bit longer, but I needed a break from getting pricked with a needle.
The worst part of being stuck on base was the constant boredom. The twins had been pretty busy with running patrols, and Jazz had been busy helping Optimus and Prowl run things. There were still different things that needed to be worked out between the Government and the Autobots. According to Sideswipe, Optimus was getting really annoying with how the officials were dragging things out and nit picking every little thing. It made me sad to think that they had done so much for us, yet they weren't getting the respect they deserved.
Speaking of being bored, I was currently sitting in the twins' bedroom nestled into a bean bag chair I swiped from one of the soldiers, scrolling through the internet. Something that I had realized through my boredom this past week was that I needed a job. And a car. Sure I had Sunny and Sides but I felt bad making them drive me everywhere. Plus, what if I needed to make a tampon run or something? I didn't want to have to go through that humiliation. If I didn't tell them what was is the bag, they could just scan it. I could already hear Sideswipe's line of questions…
Glancing at the time, I was thankful that Sides would be back soon. Sunny had tried to avoid a medbay visit with Ratchet earlier today and earned himself an extra patrol shift, so he wouldn't be back for a few more hours. Thinking about the incident made me giggle to myself. Ratchet had found him hiding in Ironhide's weapons cabinet tucked behind all of the guns and junk that was stored in there. Watching Ratchet drag Sunny's whining self by the audio fin towards the medbay had definitely made my morning. Sideswipe had made sure to take a few stills for blackmail and even sent me a few.
Scrolling through the car ads on my laptop, I didn't bother looking up as I heard Sides walk in. I was looking at a 2004 Chevy Malibu. It was three years old and the dealership wanted $5,000 for it. I was sure Dad wouldn't love the price, but I hoped I could sway him a bit.
"What're you looking at?" Sides raised an optic ridge at me as he plopped down on the edge of his bed. I gathered my laptop and blanket before moving to have him lift me onto the bed too. I leaned against his thigh, trying to show him my screen.
"I'm looking at cars online." He made a weird scoffing noise. I looked at him questionably for a moment before catching his expression. Was he jealous?
"For what? Sunny and I are literally always with you." I rolled my eyes at him.
"So? I don't want you guys driving me around all the time. I feel like I'm taking advantage of you guys." He shot me a flat look.
"We're your guardians. Its our job to always watch out for you. We don't- well, I don't- mind. And I'm sure Sunny doesn't mind as much as he likes to act like he does."
"Yea, that makes me feel a lot better Sides." I laughed.
"Where would you even put it? You're parents have their cars, plus Bee and me and Sunny. Nothing else is going to fit in your drive way."
"Dude, we have two garages. We have the attachment and the one Dad keep his junk in. All I gotta do it clean it out and someone could fit in there. Mom and Dad's cars are in the attachment and the three of you can just stay in the driveway." He smirked down at me. I couldn't help but admire how good he looked doing that either.
"That's another thing. Your cars get the nice and dry garages, but you make the Autobots sit out in the cold and rain? And I thought you and Sam cared about us." Shaking my head at his fake pout, I shut my laptop.
"Now you just sound like Sunny." He rolled his optics but didn't respond. Hopefully it wouldn't be too much longer until Sunny got back so we could head back to my house. Speaking of which…
Hey I'm gonna be back tonight
It only took Sam a few seconds to respond to me.
Thank God. Mom and Dad are driving me fucking crazy. You so owe me for picking up your chores too.
I laughed and rolled my eyes at my idiot brother, even though he couldn't see me.
Yea fucking right dude. Wanna change places and get your ass sticked with a needle every day? I'll gladly take on the terrors of the Witwicky household!
Suddenly my good mood vanished as I sent out the text. I stared at it for a few seconds before I felt the tears start to swell in the corners of my eyes. I quickly grabbed the neckline of the t-shirt I was wearing and rubbed my eyes, praying to God that Sideswipe hadn't noticed.
"Why are your eyes leaking?" Thanks for listening God, you fucking prick. I blinked a few times before giving the bot a quick glance before looking away again. Damn, he actually looked concerned. That probably meant he wasn't just going to drop it. Plus, who could lie to him while he was looking at you like that with his big blue optics?
"I'm just ready to go home." I sniffed, rubbing my arms. I hated crying. I felt like such a little kid man.
"Being here wasn't that bad, was it?" I finally fully looked at him, hearing the worry in his voice. What, did he think that I wanted to go home to get away from them?
"Well, no. I had a lot of fun besides all of the medbay trips. I just miss Sam. And Frankie. Mojo can still piss off, but I missed my dog." I jumped slightly as Sides brought one of his large hands and lightly set a finger and my upper back, trying to comfort me. I was surprised he was being so gentle.
"I get that. Sunny and I don't like being away from each other for very long either. We both just get too worried about the other one." He explained, continuing the small rubbing motion.
"Isn't that kind of different? You guys literally have a split spark. Sam's my brother and all, but I don't think its like being spark twins." I looked at him, waiting for my answer. He narrowed his optics slightly while he thought about what to say.
"I guess. Sunny and I always do everything together, and if we don't it usually ends up pretty bad. Like in a battle, or even, ya know, dating I guess is what humans call it." He quickly looked away, breaking out eye contact as he explained that last bit. I felt my cheeks warm up and looked away too. What was that about?
I frowned internally at myself. Why was I being like this? I literally have never cared about shit like this in my entire life. A guy could be head over heals for me and be a perfect ten, but I never even looked twice. Get your shit together Ameila!
"Uhh… so when is Sunny gonna be back?" I shifted awkwardly in my spot, glad Sides wasn't still rubbing my back. I don't think I could take the contact at this point.
"Soon. If ya want me to comm. him and tell him to hurry it up I'm sure we could get out of here in the next few minutes." I sighed in relief and quickly stood up, making my way to the end of the berth and climbed down, not waiting for Sides to give me a hand.
As he stood up too, I was reminded just how small I was compared to them. I was like two feet away from being even half of their size in height. That didn't even consider mass. Realizing that, it made me feel even dumber for having whatever these feeling were that had been starting.
"I'm gonna go tell boss bot we'll be heading out soon if you wanna get ready. Sunny will be back before I am though." Sides stammered, obviously still acting weird for whatever reason. What the hell was wrong with him? I was the one acting stupid. Oh shit. Maybe he noticed after all? Had I made him feel uncomfortable? Should I mention it to him, or maybe I should just-
Apparently, I was too lost in thought to notice Sunny enter the room, because by the time he finally got my attention, he sounded a little impatient.
"Femme!" I jumped, snapping my head around to look being me. "What the frag are you all spaced out for?"
"Uhhh…" He sighed and rolled his optics.
"Nevermind. Hurry up and pack so we can leave." He sat down on the edge of his berth, watching me to make sure I stayed on task. When I didn't immediately return to shoving my belonging into my bad, he raised an annoyed optic ridge at me, daring me to take any longer than I already was.
I began packing away my clothes as neatly as I could, as in wadding them up into a ball and shoving them in without a second thought. I was soo ready to get out of here. I definitely missed sleeping in an actual bed and eating food that wasn't second tier that was for sure.
"Is Sides on his way back yet?" I asked over my shoulder, hoping we could get a move on things.
"We're going to meet him at the plane. Are you ready?" I nodded, flinging my duffle over my shoulder. He bent over, lifting me into his hand. At least he didn't have a complex about touching me anymore like he used to.
"Thank Primus. I guess every species' females take forever to get ready to do anything." I playfully shot him a glare, knowing it wouldn't actually affect the large golden mech.
"Sorry that I'm a human woman and I have to wear clothes and have other needs that need to be taken care of." I rolled my eyes.
"Sounds like you're high maintenance." He said flatly. This time I gave him a real glare.
"I'm literally one of the easiest going girls I know."
It didn't take long for us to make our way to the plane. Sides had managed to show up at the same time as we did. The two transformed and rolled up onto the aircraft, letting some of the soldiers secure them down. I took one of the seats on the side of the plane, strapping myself in.
The plane ride didn't take long, and soon we were on the road towards home. It was almost dinner time, and I could hear my stomach growling.
"What the pit was that?" Sides asked threw his speakers. Since we were in the middle of the desert they didn't really need their holoforms.
"My stomach. I'm hungry." I could almost taste my mom's enchiladas.
"I feel like a body shouldn't make noises like that." He sounded concerned.
"You have a lot to learn about humans Sides." I laughed. I got to be home for a while, so I was definitely looking forward to the unhealthy amounts of food I was going to consume.
"Have any plans while you're home?" Sides asked. I thought for a moment, trying to remember if there was anything.
"Not really. I'll probably just hangout around the house mostly. Maybe go see a movie or go to the lake or something." I looked at my skin, yea I could definitely use some sun. I was looking like Mom.
When we finally pulled into my driveway, I was practically bouncing in my seat. Before Sides could even stop all of the way, I was opening the door.
As I expected I could smell dinner cooking. Jogging up to the door, I heard the dogs barking excitedly.
"I'm home!" I announced as I quickly opened the door. Sam's head poked out of the living room. I smiled, running into the living room before tackling my brother into the couch.
"Sammy! I missed you!" I practically yelled. He laughed, trying to push me off of him.
"Stop it, you're embarrassing me." It was then that I noticed Mikaela sitting on our loveseat, giggling at my ridiculousness. "Hi Mikky!" I laughed.
She shook her head at me, still laughing. I finally plucked myself off of Sam before plopping back down next to him.
"Where are mom and dad?" I asked.
"Mom is in the kitchen making dinner, and Dad is up in their room watching TV or something." I rolled my eyes before picking up the remote and flicking through the channels.
"What are you guys watching?" There was literally nothing good on TV.
"We just finished watching some comedy movie before you came barging in." I shot a soft glare at Sam.
"Well it looks like we're watching a movie."
The three of us sat in the living room while we ate dinner, watching a few movies before Sam and Mikaela went upstairs to go to bed. I was sort of shocked she was allowed to spend the night, but I was sure that our parents were just thankful Sam had a girlfriend.
I watched a few episodes of Friends by myself before I finally lugged up into the room, quickly changing into just a tank top and climbing into bed before passing out.
Sideswipe POV
I sat parked next to Sunny in the driveway, Bee was parking in the garage, giving me an opportunity to bug my twin about our current issue.
"Soooo….?"
"What?" Sunny already sounded irritated. This was gonna go well.
"So what are we gonna do?" He sighed before answering me.
"I don't know. Why are we even talking about this? It wouldn't work out for obvious reasons, she probably doesn't even think about us like that, and femmes think dating both of us is too much, how do you think she'll do it?" He ranted. I could feel his doubt through the bond, and I tried my best not to let it affect me too.
"Can you be positive about anything, or are you just always going to be pissy?" If I wasn't in my alt mode I would have rolled my optics at him.
"Probably the last one." He said shortly. Prick.
"Sunny, I'm serious. Obviously you like her too if you keep getting jealous of Jazz. Wanna just sit back and let some other mech have her?" He activated his holoform so I could see his glare.
"I am not jealous! There is nothing to be jealous of. I just think he's too old to be getting comfortable with her." I activated my holoform as well to give him a blank stare.
"Technically even Bee is too old for her." His glare intensified.
"Don't be a smart aft. You know what I mean."
"I'm going to do something about it, and you can either be part of it or continue to be a dick and pout about it from the sideline." I challenged.
"You think you can get a femme without me?" He smirked.
"What the frag is that supposed to mean?" Before he could say anything else we both stopped. We could hear someone making a whimpering sound in the house. We looked at each other before deactivating our holoforms to activate them again in Em's room.
She was asleep, but she was tossing her head back and forth, mumbling nonsense. Her cheeks were damp and I wasn't sure if it was from her crying or from sweating. I made my way to the side of her bed before slightly shaking her, Sunny moving to the other side of the bed.
"Em, wake up." Sunny said softly, trying to wake her up from whatever she was dreaming about. She snapped her eyes open before quickly sitting up, looking confused between us.
"Wha- what's going on?" She asked. I gave her a concerned look. She seemed to still be really out of it, not completely awake.
"You were having a nightmare or something." I explained. "Are you okay?"
She furrowed her eyebrows together, squinting at me. It was then that I noticed the blankets had slipped down and she wasn't wearing any pants, just a pair of black underwear that didn't cover much. I felt my throat tighten, trying to focus on something else.
"I, uh, I think so." She slowly went to lay back down.
"What were you dreaming about?" Her eyes got shiny again. Slag, should I not have asked?
"I was dreaming about mission city. And, well, things didn't go so well." I frowned. I could tell Sunny was uncomfortable. He was never one for emotions.
"Well things didn't happen like that. Everything is okay. Just go back to recharge." I turned towards the window, wanting to let her sleep the rest of the night.
She quickly reached out, clinging to mine and Sunny's arm. I looked down at her, she seemed just as shocked by her actions as we were. Sunny raised a brow at me, asking me what to do almost.
"Can you guys…. Can you guys stay with me? At least until I fall back asleep? That's what Sam would do when we were younger and I used to have nightmares."
She moved to the middle of the bed, giving room for us before we could even answer. I already knew that I would do it though. I briefly wondered if she remembered that she was still half naked before moving to lay on the left side of her.
"Oh course we will." I answered, shooting a glare at Sunny when he didn't immediately sit down. He seemed unsure, but he still moved to lay down next to her.
It didn't take long for her to drift off to sleep, curling into in to my side. I stayed still, not sure what to do. I was surprised when Sunny inched closer to her. I gave him a glance before doing the same.
I hate you Sides.
Short, kinda not good, but I wanted to let you guys know I didn't forget about you! I'm done with school for the summer so I'm back into it. Give me ideas and leave reviews because it really does help me update faster. Thanks for being patient and reading!