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Chapter 26

They all clanged their high grade cubes together and cheered before they downed the cubes. Rodimus gurgled a bit and set his cube down on the bar.

"I'm still in complete shock" Springer wipes his mouth with his arm.

"I know right" Moonrider giggles and sets her cube down

"Now that were siblings, is there anything we can do together that we missed out on?" Rodimus sat down on the bar stool.

"Don't you think sports are a good start?" Moonrider insists sitting down next to her brother

Drift felt a little something. Anger would be going too far, perhaps it was jealousy. He walked next to Moonrider and she immediately placed her arm around his waist. He grinned as the feeling subsided.

"Well, I guess." Rodimus blinked his optics a little bit and then yawned. "What time is it" he tapped on his wrist and the time came up on his phone, nine thirty.

"Frag, we got a tournament tomorrow" Springer came up to his friends.

Moonrider got up and patted Drift's back and let go of him. "I guess we'll get going"

"Yeah, see you tomorrow" Drift rubbed his optics

"Hold on I'll walk you out" Rodimus joined them and Springer followed suit. They walked up the steps and into the hallway.

Moonrider whistled "I'm in the nobility class and this makes my house look like storage shed"

"Well, when you've had about twenty generations of Primes they all want to make some sort of addition" Rodimus smiled in pride and then his sire rounded a corner and it disappeared.

Rodimus and his friends stopped abruptly.

"What are you adolescents doing?" Optimus asked

"Oh, we were just hanging out before the tournament tomorrow" Rodimus quickly thought up.

"Hmm, I wish you all good luck"

Drift could tell his mate was anxious so he placed his servo in her's. She looked into his optics and could hear what they had to say. Its ok, everything's going to be all right.

She calmed down and turned her attention back to Optimus. Drift gently squeezed her servo and rubbed her knuckles with his thumb.

"Thanks sire, will you be there?"

"With all this Kaon scrap going on I'm not sure if I…" he noticed Drift and immediately corrected himself

"If the senate can come to a resolution I'm sure I can get over there. You're a Prime now, so I expect you to try and make up for lost time."

"Ok sire, my friends gotta go." Rodimus tried to scoot past his sire but Optimus grabbed his son's collar.

"Please do take care of yourself" he then let go and continued on his business. Optimus is a great leader, and sire, Rodimus knows that everything he does is for the best.

Rodimus watched his friends drive away and went back inside. He kicked his shoes off and walked to the dining hall, and grabbed a cube for himself and for his mate.

"Rodimus" Elita called to him. Rodimus turned and looked at his carrier. He walked over to her and sat down next to her.

"When was the last time we ever just sat down and talked?" she asked and put her servo up to her son's cheek plate and gently rubbed it. Rodimus closed his optics; this is what she did since he was a sparkling. She stopped and Rodimus onlined his optics.

"It's late, carrier I have to go to berth" he leaned in and kissed her cheek before standing up, and taking both of the energon cubes and nodding at his carrier.

He came up the steps and stopped at his room; he pushed open the door and saw Arcee reading from a datapad. She looked up from her reading and smiled. Rodimus came over and servoed Arcee a cube. She set her datapad on the end table and took it

"Thanks" she took a sip

Rodimus lifted his torso armor above him and gently set it down. He slid his leg armor down, took his cube and sat down on the berth. He wiggled into the covers and then scooted next to her, chafing his legs against her's. Arcee leaned into Rodimus' shoulder and he smiled and tilted his helm into her's. Rodimus rubbed his helm into hers and then sat up straight. He took a quick drink and sighed.

"You ok" Arcee put her lips to the cube and took a drink.

Rodimus looked at her and then back at his cube "Nothing.." he sounded strangely like his sire.

Arcee knew Rodimus long enough; his change of mood was obvious.

"Roddy please tell me" she drank a little energon and then set it down on the nightstand. She laid down on her side and watched Rodimus down the last of the energon. He set the empty cube down on the nightstand next to him and tapped on his alarm clock to set it. Rodimus' side of the room was much darker than Arcee's side. He laid on his back and his whole body was covered in shade, with the exception of his blue optics which remain wide open. Rodimus' optics slowly offlined and he rubbed into his berth to get comfortable.

Arcee frowned and sat back up and grabbed her energon from the nightstand. She quickly drank the rest of it and turned off the light. Rodimus rolled to his side and faced away from Arcee. She felt a bit annoyed and shook his shoulder. Rodimus pretended not to notice.

"You'd be snoring if you were recharging, Rodimus…..Rodimus." She continued to shake until he rolled around to face her, his optics narrowed a bit. "What are you keeping from me" she returned the angry optics.

"You don't need to know" he responded annoyed and made an attempt to roll back around but Arcee grabbed his chin. Rodimus slowly blinked and moved his arm from under the blanket and softly grabbed Arcee's arm. He genty stroked it and then leaned his helm down to kiss her servo. Arcee gently took her servo from his chin and then to her side.

"Cee, how long have I known you? Eight years?" Rodimus asked softly.

"Hmm" she responded

"I've never kept a secret from you in all of that time, please just let this one go. I'm not cheating on you if that's what you're processing"

"I'd never think that" Arcee scooted closer to Rodimus and he wrapped his arms around her, gently feeling her vertebrate.

"Please recharge" Rodimus kissed the top of her helm. "I love you" he snuggled into her and offlined his optics.

"Rodimus" she wraped her own arms around him and rubbed his back. "Don't ever let go"

Rodimus started to gently snore, Arcee smiled; poor mech, must have had a rough day. Arcee sighed and offlined her optics and fell into recharge

A little sparkling Rodimus cuddled with the sparkling Arcee at nap time. His little optics were offline and he gently snuggled with his friend.

"Alright sparklings, naptimes over" the kindergarden teacher turned on the lights and all of the sparklings got up and stretched, it's fairly obvious none of them were truly recharging.

Rodimus stood up on his little legs and stretched out his back he looked around at his classmates. Springer ran over and tacked him when his attention span was low. Rodimus hit the ground with a thud and his lip quivered. Tears started to flow down Rodimus' cheekplates and he unleashed a loud wail. He cried lowdly and the teacher quickly ran over.

"You ok Roddy? Where are you hurt?" Rodimus pointed to his waist and the teacher gently lifted up his armor and there was a red mark where Springer had hit him.

"Why Springer.." Rodimus cried

"I..Im sorry Roddy, I didn't know I would hurt ya!" Springer paniced and tears started to fall down his cheekplates

"Roddy, Springer, enough" The teacher regained control. "Springer, please escort Roddy to the nurse" the teacher commanded.

Rodimus sniffed and Springer gently grabbed his friend's arm and escorted him out of the classroom and into the hallway. Their small pedes made quick tapping noises on the brown tiled floor. They pass by classrooms in session, but Rodimus awoke from his dream.

Rodimus looked into his mate's faceplates. He felt extremely uncomfortable and lifted her arms over him and he slipped out. He slid over the side of the berth and allowed his legs to dangle from it. He quickly felt the length of his legs and his chest muscles. He gave a sigh of relief when he confirmed it was still adult Rodimus.

"It felt so real" Rodimus whispered and looked at his alarm clock. Three in the morning. "Frag" he whispered and laid back down and tucked himself back into the covers. He felt a soft and warm servo gently rub his chest and then his mate sat up, her optics squinted.

"What are you doing up so early Roddy?" she rubbed her optics and Rodimus shifted position to his side to face her.

"I just had a dream was all." He reached out and gently brushed the back of his servo on her cheek plate and then reached up and rubbed her helm. "It wasn't a nightmare. Remember kindergarten?"

Arcee smiled and nodded. She scooted closer to Rodimus and they both wrapped their arms around each other. Rodimus sighed and scooted closer to her, their pelvic armors made a soft cling and Rodimus got a smirk on his face.

"Roddy, not now." She nuzzled into him and the smirk disappeared.

"See you in about two hours." Rodimus kissed the top of her helm and passed off into recharge.