Thanks to everyone that reads this story. Shizuka Taiyou get a thank you for breaking my writer's block that I've had for a week and also for being my beta. SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG TO UPLOAD THIS CHAPTER. HAD WRITER'S BLOCK

Chapter 37

Bumblebee looked up at the ceiling of her quarters with one of her servos on her chassis. She knew exactly what was wrong. There was no doubt about it. After what she and Optimus did on that date a week ago there was no doubt it. She was carrying.

Normally Bumblebee was very careful when it can to something like that as she didn't want to bring another life in to this world with out the proper care. Living on the streets really didn't provide much income to raise a sparkling and neither did a Space Bridge repair bot but at least she had a job. But she was also on the front lines in the war against the Decepticons.

Deep down Bumblebee knew that Megatron would never harm a sparkling as that went against his coda. She knew this due to the history pads she read in Boot Camp about Megatron during the war and that he never attacked the sparkling and youngling centers. So knew that her child would be safe until he or she reached the third frame.

Another problem Bumblebee had was how she was going to keep her sparkling a secret from her family. Her brother was known to be overprotective of her and she wasn't sure about how her father would react. She didn't even know if he really wanted her to be his daughter. Plus the nobles had a thing about out of bonding sparklings. But why should she care as she was never recognized as a noble by her father.

Bumblebee also had a feeling that Ratchet knew that she was carrying. So she had someone to talk to and then there was Kit who was a medical ninja. Bumblebee could remember several times being asked by Kit to help her deliver some sparklings for bots that couldn't afford a regular medic. The bots that were poor would go to Kit to get medical treatment. Kit would be able to provide the support she would need during the months to come.

Bumblebee got up off her berth and headed out the door. She needed to talk to Ratchet and Kit about her situation. Then she would tell Optimus when they were on their date tonight. He was the father of her sparkling and therefore had the right to know that she was carrying.

Bumblebee arrived at the medbay and took a deep breath. It was now or never. She pressed the button that would open the medbay doors and walked in.

Ratchet was busy working on some sort of machine with his back turned away to her.

"Hey Docbot got a few moments?" The newly modeled Mazda asked.

Ratchet wasn't exspecting anyone to come into his med bay so early so he jumped a few feet off the ground at the sound of Bumbblee's voice.

"AHHHH!" The medic screamed before turning around to face the youngest member of his team. "Don't sneak up on me like that kid. You nearly gave me a spark attack."

"Sorry but I need to talk to you about something personal." The purple and blue femme said looking at the ground.

"What do ya need kid?" Ratchet asked having feeling what the problem was.

Bumblebee continued to look at the floor. She really didn't know how to say what she had to say so she decide to just wing it.

"I'm carrying."

Ratchet just looked at his young friend who held her helm down. The old medic could tell that former minibot was scared and she had every right to be as she was a first time mother and very young.

"I thought as much when I reviewed your scans. Looks like you and Optimus did more than watch the stars huh?" Ratchet said with a smirk

Bumblebee's face turned bright red at what Ratchet had said even though it was the truth. "Let's not talk about that Docbot."

Ratchet let out one of his rare laugh at the sight of Bumblebee's face. You would think after everything that she went through she would be a little less embarrassed about some things but Ratchet figured the way Bumblebee acted was linked to her not really having a father to show her how to behave.

Ratchet stopped laughing and looked at the youngling. She had a tough choice to make. Did she want to keep the sparkling or abort it?

"I know that look Ratchet and to answer your question yes I'm keeping my sparkling. I'm not going to play my father by getting rid of it." Bumblebee said as she looked at the medic with anger in her optics. How dare Ratchet think that she would want to get rid of her sparkling.

"I'm sorry Bee to think that. It just that most bots your age would want to abort. But I Guess you're not like other bots huh?" The old medic replied raising his hands up in a gesture of peace.

Bumblebee just glared at Ratchet but knew that he was talking from experience. He was a Great War medic and had seen mechs and femmes have to abort their sparklings due to the energon shortage.

"So how are you going to tell Optimus and the others about the sparkling?" Ratchet asked as he did a scan on Bumblebee to make sure that everything was alright.

"Well Optimus and I have a date tonight so I thought that would be a good time to tell him." Bee replied.

"Sounds good to me kid. What about your family and the others? How are you going to tell them?" Ratchet said finishing his scan and handing Bee a energon cube. Other than being a little low on energon which was common in carrying bots she was fine.

"That I don't know. My brother was always so protective of me and not sure how my father is going to react now. Plus I could also care less what the other nobles would think about me having a sparkling out of bonding. This is my life and my choice in what I do." The young femme pointed out.

"Those are word spoken from the spark Kid. Maybe you are growing up faster than we thought. Now get out of my medbay and get ready for your date with Optimus. I'll have the medbay prepared for him when he crashes." Ratchet told Bee who just glared at him.

"Ha ha very funny Ratchet." Bee replied and turned around and headed out of the medbay.

Later that night in the forest.

Optimus could tell that something was wrong with Bumblebee by the way she was acting. He thought that he had a idea as to what was wrong with his girlfriend.

"Bee are you still concerned about Arcangel?" Optimus asked as she felt Bee shift in his arms.

"Not really but there is something that I do want to talk to you about. What do you think of sparklings?" Bee asked as she turned around in Optimus's arms to look at him.

Optimus was taken back at the question. Of course he wanted a sparkling someday. Could Bumblebee want to have a sparkling? Was that why she was asking about what he thought about sparklings?

"I do want one someday. I used to take care of a few sparklings when I was younger." Optimus replied getting a little scared at Bumblebee's silence. Optimus stood up and pulled Bee up with him. "Bumblebee what's wrong?"

Bumblebee bit her lip for a moment before she spoke. "Optimus I'm carrying."

Optimus looked at his girlfriend and just stared at her. She was carrying his sparkling. Optimus did the only thing he could think of at the moment. He crashed right then and there.

Bumblebee rolled her optics and let out a long sigh at the sight of her lover out cold as the organic say on the ground. Ratchet was right about him crashing at the news.

"Bumblebee to Ratchet." Bee commed Ratchet hoping to get him to come to pick up Optimus.

"Ratchet here. Let me take a guess and say that he crashed when you told him that you were carrying." Ratchet's voice came over the comm.

Bee could have sworn that she heard laughing in his voice. She let out a growl warning Ratchet to watch what he said.

Ratchet heard the growl and decided to stop laughing. "Alright Kid I get the point. I'm on my way."

Next chapter The other Autobots find out that Bumblebee is carrying and give optimus the riot act.

ideas for what could be said to Optimus when the other find out about the sparkling would be wonderfull.

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