Series: 31 Nights of Frights, Part Deux
Title: Its Really Important
Author: Jmaria
Rating: FR-15
Disclaimer: Joss owns Buffy, Hasbro owns Optimus Prime
FfA Pairing: Buffy Summers/Optimus Prime
Summary: 31 encounters of the creepy and not so creepy kind. FfA pairings.
Part Summary: It is for a really, really good cause.
A/N: Inspired by a Kohls commercial - yeah, that can never be a good thing.

31 Nights of Frights, Part Deux

It's Really Important

Buffy was thoroughly impressed that her little cousin Sam had that good old Summers/Witwicky spunk running through his veins. The stupid hero trait - not so much. Though she had to admire the little perks that came with said stupidity. She eyes said perk gleefully.

"He's absolutely perfect, Sam!" Buffy breathed happily. She smiled at little Sam. "We're really gonna need his help this weekend."

"Buffy, no, no!" Sam groaned, but it was too late because Optimus was already doing his noble creature thing.

"I would be honored to escort such a fine protector of the humans anywhere she wishes," Optimus smiled fondly.

Sam yanked his cousin away from the leader of the Autobots. Buffy merely glared at him.

"You cannot ask this of him, Buffy. Seriously, I forbid it?"

"Just like I forbade you to get Dawnie into any trouble while she was visiting you?" Buffy returned.

"That couldn't be stopped -"

"And dragging the boy she's practically attached to at the lips into it couldn't be stopped either? Buffy's eyes narrowed.

"Okay - that, that probably could have been stopped."

"I am truly honored to escort your cousin, Sam. I will protect her."

"It's not about you protecting her, Optimus," Sam shouted before glaring at his cousin. "You can take Bumblebee."

"Excuse me, that matchmaking pimp? Eh, no," Buffy shook her head. "Besides he's got extremely limited trunk space and despite my dislike for his hook-up plans for my baby sister, I really wouldnt enjoy shoving countless foreign objects up his trunk."

"But you would enjoy doing that to Optimus?" Sam shook his head to get that image out of his mind.

"We already rented an attachable cargo carrier. We wouldn't be shoving anything anywhere," Buffy smiled.

"He's here to save the world, Buffy, not to be convenient for your shopping sprees," Sam snapped.

"Its a one day sale, Sam. Those aren't convenient for anyone," Buffy shook away her own frightening thought before smiling again. "Besides it's for a really important cause, Sam."

"Shopping -"

"Clothing poor confused parentless girls is very important, Sam," Optimus said very seriously, as if he were talking about the All-Spark again. Sam threw up his hands.

"Fine, fine do whatever you want. It's your ass that's gonna be pulling all that useless shit she wants to buy."

A/N2: The commercial popped up around Halloween and featured numerous women driving around semis in order to hold all of their bargains. My sister used to work for Kohls and trust me, the bargains were never that great.