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Here you go with the chapter:
The house was soon filled with screams. Screams of joy, for her, for me. Well mostly for my relationship. I couldn't possibly believe it had just happened, but looks like it did.
"OH MY GOD!" Nicole shrieked as she hugged me.
"Shhh! Annabelle is-"
The door was flung open by a strong kick. Uncle came in first with a hand gun, close behind him Ron and then Sarah.
"Sleeping." I sighed.
"What's going on?" Uncle roared through the house.
"Umm… nothing." Nicole and I wanted to burst out laughing, for once being immature as ever, but we somehow withheld it.
"What do you mean 'nothing'? The whole town could hear you." Will calmly said as he put the gun away. I was a little frightened by the gun. I didn't know the screams were that loud.
"Sorry, Uncle Will. Won't happen again, I promise."
"Okay Mel. Goodnight."
Will went back to his room as Sarah got to the entrance of mine. Ron was by the window sill all the time. "It's a good thing Annabelle slept through it. Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yeah, we're good. Sorry for waking you up." I said she just smiled and nodded and went back to her room. Ron was the only one left now.
My heart quickened at the sight of him, already remembering the enchanting moment.
He smiled and shook his head at us. "Goodnight femmes."
"'Night Hide." Nicole said and I just muttered a 'goodnight' as well.
As everyone left and silence fell around us, Nicolle turned to me. "Tell me everything."
Even thought there wasn't really much to tell, apart from him tucking me in and kissing me, she still wanted some details. I told her everything I possibly could.
But she had a sort of strained look on her face. "What is it?"
"It's just that…" she sighed. "Never mind."
"No, tell me."
"I don't know if I should."
"Just do." I touched her forearm.
She sighed deeply this time. "Before you were shot, things were different. You and Hide…"
"What about it?"
"I don't know if anybody told you this, but you two…"
"We what?"
"You two were together. I screamed because I was so glad you were together. It was like, as if you were supposed to be together. I can't explain it, but that's just how I saw you two. And boy, you two were inseparable. I've never seen someone go through so many things like you two did. I mean, you went…"
After the 'you two were together' part, I didn't hear a single word. My mind stalled and worked twice as hard at the same time. It was weird.
But not as weird as being with your guardian before. And then forgetting to have a boyfriend.
"We were together?" I cut her off midsentence.
"Yeah, it was so beautiful to see you two, basking in each other's presence and stuff like that. I remember, quite some time ago, when we were at the college dorm, you helped Amanda get her boyfriend. It was crazy, but you two did it."
"We did?" I tried to remember, but I was so tired now. The lack of adrenaline ten minutes ago did wonders to wake me up, but now the drawbacks are horrible.
"Yeah…" she yawned.
I yawned along with her. "I'm so tired. Let's go to sleep."
"You got that right. All this screaming is making me tired."
"Night Nic."
"Night Mel."
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Nicole fell asleep quickly, but I couldn't possibly go to sleep now. I was too excited. I was too happy.
So now, I'm lying on the mattress on the floor, trying to think through what had happened, and what I could remember from my past.
When I did try to remember, it was as if I could, but couldn't at the same time. I started to hate myself for it. It was like I could remember it if only someone could start talking about it and then the memories would come on their own.
I sat up on the mattress. I can't sleep, so I'm not going to laze around either.
I got up from the mattress and looked down to the floor, trying to find my slippers in this mess. The floor was covered with clothes and bed covers. It was mayhem in here.
But I did manage to find them. Sliding them on, I got out of the house very quietly, not to wake my uncle and aunt up.
I was, by some God's miracle, sure Ron was awake. He was a couple of hours ago.
On my way out of the house, I didn't see anybody sleeping in the living room. So Ron must've been in that garage he and my uncle Will finished building only a couple of days ago.
As I moved slowly over the gravel, trying to make as least noise as possible, I found that the garage door was open and the truck was in it.
Surprisingly, there were two doors to the garage. One was for people and the other was for cars. The car door was open, whilst the smaller one was closed.
I entered the garage and found it very well lit.
I walked around the truck, making one circle around it. I didn't find anyone in the truck, but then again how could I? The windows were tilted as if the president was being driven in these vehicles. They were jet black.
Suddenly, the driver's door opened and out came Ron. The sight of him brought a small smile on my face.
"Hey." I took a couple of steps forward as I spread my arms a little. I wanted to be hugged.
He made a small smile himself. He could catch on really quickly. He gave me a warm, long hug. "Why are you up so early? It's not even-"
"Hush." I nestled my head on his shoulder, feeling all tired. Or maybe I just felt so comfortable with him.
We pretty much stood there, just hugging in silence. But I wasn't at ease. What Nicole told me was still haunting my mind.
The hug on his side stiffened. "Something is bothering you, isn't it." It wasn't a question, it was a statement. "What is it?"
He gently took my hand in his and guided me towards a couch I didn't know was there. We both sat on it, my hands in his big ones. "What's bothering you?" he asked calmly.
"Nicole told me." I breathed air out.
"Told you what?"
"About us." He looked aside and sighed. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"I couldn't know how you would react. It would have been too sudden, considering all the memory you've lost and all that slag."
"Then why did you tell me my boyfriend was an asshole? Were you the asshole? If so, if we broke up, then how-"
"That wasn't the story."
"So you lied to me." I took my hands away from him and crossed my arms.
"Don't be so defensive. I did it to protect you."
"Protect me from what… or whom?"
He sighed as the thought for a moment on how to explain this to me. "Do you want the full story?"
"That would be nice, thank you."
He stood up. "Up."
"What? No."
"Get up, there is this special place I want to take you. I'll tell you everything there."
I got up as told. Maybe if I complied, I'd finally stop this madness of questions and no answers. "Promise?"
"I swear on my spark."
"What spark?"
"Just come." He shook his head as we both got into the truck. We started driving into a direction unknown to me. "You should catch up on that sleep you're missing at the moment. It'll be awhile until we get there."
"Look, I just want the story. I don't care when or where, just tell me."
He chuckled and caressed my cheek with the back of his hand. As much as I wanted to be angry with him, he knew how to melt me to the ground.
I couldn't be mad at him. "This time, I promise, I will tell you anything. Just don't be mad at me. Those were Optimus's orders. If it were up to me, I would have told you and shown you everything so many months ago."
"Yeah right."
"I swear to Primus, I will tell you."
I crossed my arms and looked to the side. "Whatever." I wasn't buying any of this. Optimus this, Optimus that. And all of these weird sayings.
And what's with him and taking me to some 'special' place? Not like it matters to me.
And I was tired in this truck. The air conditioning turned on and blared warm air at my body. It was so pleasant. Though I couldn't remember Ron turning the air conditioning on.
My eyelids started to sting as I yawned. It was time for a nap.
A couple of hours later…
A gentle shaking woke me up.
At first I thought Ron was shaking me, but as I opened and adjusted my eyes, it turned out that we were driving off road.
As soon as he managed to stabilize the immensely huge truck, we rolled softly over, what I thought was, grass.
I wanted to know what time of day it was and outside it looked like it was almost sunrise. The sun wasn't out yet.
He drove the truck to an uprooted tree. The tree trunk looked as if it was used for sitting. Like a bench. And then there was this pretty big hole next to it. And some of the grass had indents in it.
"Where are we?" the place seemed so familiar.
And then it hit me, like a shockwave. The images spun in my head. Flashbacks returned.
"We there, yet?"
"Almost."
"Why are we at a lake?"
"This is the place I saw."
The real world came to me once again. These conversations… They were with me and Ron. I mean, I had these conversations with Ron.
He stopped the truck right next to the uprooted tree. "Out."
"Gladly." I said as I got out of the truck. I could hear a chuckle for a very short moment, before a sad sigh and shake of his head.
Maybe I should go easy on him. From his actions and facial expressions, he looks like he isn't himself at all. He may have been through a lot more than I anticipated.
Once we were both out of the truck, I wanted to sit on that tree, but Ron took my hand. I looked at him as he led me to the trunk of his truck. We both settled down and leaned on the rear window, spreading our legs over the huge trunk.
3rd Person POV
As much as our favorite weapons specialist loved to just spend time with Mel, last night one of his greatest wishes came true. He was back together with Mel.
But one thing he disliked, was figuring out how to tell her about his true self. She didn't take it lightly at the base, so many years ago. She almost went into shock then.
But she had to know. She needed to know. She has to know the truth.
But that could come later. Right now, just lying calmly with her with no questions rising was soothing, for both of them.
She nuzzled her head with his, almost melting Ironhide's spark. He let a smile for on his holoform's face.
He felt so content.
"You brought me here to answer my questions. Are you going to do it?"
"You are a stubborn little creature, you know that?"
"So I've been told." She rolled her eyes. "You know I'm sick of this game, Ron."
"So am I, sweetspark. So am I." he caressed her hair and planted a kiss on her forehead. "Here's everything you need to know…"
He was answering her questions. The questions to her past. Where she's been, what she's done and all sorts of things like that.
But that wasn't the highlight of the event.
Once the sun started to rise, everything became so clear to her. So clear, the flashbacks had started again, emitting pictures she would never forget.
She remembered her sunstroke in Greece, the long hour flights in the C-17 airplanes, her friends or should she say ex friends, considering they didn't call her in so long, Pete, Dave and Amanda.
She remembered her college days that lasted too short. The Titanic movie she watched with Ron.
And she remembered it. And she loved it.
And by the time the two soul mates were done talking, caring and loving each other, the sun had well risen above the horizon, coloring the sky in beautiful shades of yellow, orange, pink, purple and blue.
She had to hold onto her head for a while, from all the sudden memories she once lost, but regained again.
She was back to the 'old' Melissa Lennox. The old Mel.
I'm so sorry to put it to an end here. It had to be this short so that the next chapter could be more amazing! :D
But on the bright side, I'm starting to develop a plotline for another story, the one with Sunstreaker and Sideswipe and my OC, which you wonderful guys voted for most in the poll THAT IS STILL UP on my profile. So, those who haven't still voted, please do.
Apart from the poll, Primus only knows when the next update will be. As I've said before, internet is going to be a b*tch this summer. But please do review, I'd love to hear new recommendations.
