Two days have passed, both Jayce and J.R. stay in their rooms. J.R. has been in too much pain to move and wants to avoid painkillers. J.R. agrees to them at night, which keeps her asleep all night. The Autobots and Cade are happy Jamie spends a lot of time in her room, working. They don't need to come up with a lie about why Jayce and J.R. are in their rooms all day. They do want to get the girls out of the base.

Crosshairs POV

"Hold still and it won't hurt as much," J.R. fought me as I took care of her wound, "that's it, I tried doing it your way, but I'm giving you painkillers."
I wanted to until we left to give her long-lasting painkillers, but with J.R. fighting me, I can't take care of the wound. I prepared for this and brought a painkiller injection, "Isn't that better? It is for me, now I can finish."
Once I finished taking care of the wound, I told her about the plan to go out later.
"Good luck getting Jayce to come with us. I know she's been in a mood."
Jayce has had little sleep in the past two days, so she'll be exhausted. I left the room so J.R. could get dressed and went to Jayce's room.

"She's still asleep. Woke up five times overnight," Hound informs me, "I don't think she's coming."
"We can wait until mid-afternoon to leave. Jamie will want to do some work first, and she's still asleep."
"How is J.R.? I worry she will end up with an infection."
"I think she's trying to punish herself by dealing with the pain. You forget Jayce's wounds can get infected. Glad they don't cause her any pain."
"I don't understand why J.R. would punish herself. It's not her fault. Jayce thinks death solves her emotional pain."
"I don't either, and I worry she will keep trying like Jayce. Trying to go first, so she doesn't have to watch Jayce die."

With that, I returned to J.R.'s room. J.R. was sitting on the bed.
"Come on, let's go get breakfast."

Bumblebee and Cade are ready downstairs.
"You ok?" I asked Cade after I gave J.R. her breakfast. Jayce has had a tough time the last couple of nights, and Cade has had to help.
"It's nothing," he tells me.
I'll ask him later. I sat back at the table, hoping J.R. would want more to eat, but she still ate very little. I let her go back to her room to play a computer game until it's time to go.

With J.R. distracted, I went to Jamie's room. The only time I've been able to see Jamie the past three days is after our nightly discussion when she's asleep.
"Is she ok?" I asked, seeing Jamie sitting on Drift's lap at the edge of the bed.
"Yeah," he replied as I sat next to him. Janie didn't appear to have been crying, but she was upset.
"Maybe she needs caffeine," I joked, "I'll take her," I move Jamie to my lap, and Drift leaves the room, "what's wrong, Jamie?" She wouldn't answer me, "Jayce and J.R. are ok."
I made her look at me, hated the tears forming in her eyes. So that's it, seeing Jayce and J.R. unconscious in medbay scared her. Now Jamie is crying, and Drift will be so mad at me.

Drift POV
"What did you do?" I tried to keep calm while asking Crosshairs. I was gone for ten minutes.
"When were you going to tell me how much seeing Jayce and J.R. in the medbay scared her? I thought she was doing ok after seeing them."
I shot him a look, hoping he'd know I didn't want to talk about it in front of Jamie. After putting the cup on the tray, I sat next to Crosshairs.
"Jamie, I'm ok," I hear J.R. say as she walked towards us. Standing in front of us, she lifted Jamie's head, making Jamie look at her, "I'm ok, Jayce is ok-."
"No, you're not," Jamie sobbed
Shit does she know about the wound after all? Oh shit, J.R. can't hide that she's lying.
"I am, now stop crying," J.R. demanded. If this is how she will hide the truth, then we're better off telling Jamie the truth, "we're supposed to be going out later today and can't have you crying." J
.R. hugged Jamie before leaving though Jamie still had tears rolling down her face.
"She's right, we want you to be happy before we leave," I kissed her forehead before giving her the cup of tea.

With Crosshairs holding Jamie, I went to find J.R. I hope he knows that's what I'm up to since I couldn't tell him in front of Jamie. J.R. was laying on her bed, crying. It hasn't even been five minutes since she left Jamie's room. She was having a hard time trying not to cry while talking to Jamie. She looked at me as I sat on my knees.
"She knows," J.R. sobbed.
"She's seen both you and Jayce unconscious in the medbay. Seeing you in there twice scared her, but she doesn't know why besides the lie about being too rough during training," I explained while I rubbed her back.
Oh boy, Jamie and J.R. are already distraught, and Jayce isn't even awake yet. I hope we can have an enjoyable afternoon out. Bumblebee comes on, and I tell him what's going on before he tells me to go back to Jamie's room, thinking she's difficult to calm down. I left but went to Jayce's room. Bumblebee knows since he watched me leave and Jayce's room is the first room on the left when you go upstairs, Jamie's is the last room on the left.
Jayce was still asleep, so I didn't stay long. It's only ten-thirty, so we'll let her sleep a little longer.

Ninety minutes later

Hound POV
Jayce woke up at noon. Glad she slept longer than two hours and, I didn't have to wake her up. Nor did she wake up from a nightmare. Just hate how she's refusing to eat. She'll only drink the nutrition drink. We think she's drinking them because she hated how she felt after not eating for twenty-six hours. At least she gave up on trying death by starvation...we hope. I told her we have plans to go out later; she didn't seem to care. I just hope we're not forcing her to come with us.
Jayce went to J.R.'s room when she finished with her drink. Bumblebee is with her, so I don't have to follow Jayce.

Jayce POV
"What's wrong?" I asked J.R. as I sat on the bed. Bumblebee was sitting at the desk. I don't know if he knows why J.R. is upset, but I want her to tell me.
"It's nothing," she insists.
I sit next to her, hoping she'd yell me. I'll sit here until it's time to leave if I have to.

That's what happened. An hour passed, and J.R. said nothing.
"Don't worry about it," Bumblebee tells me before we go downstairs. I gave J.R. space and rode with Bumblebee. She didn't seem to be bothered with this.
How can I not worry about her? Something is troubling her, but she won't say anything, at least not to me.

The Autobots and Cade's plan is roller skating. Who the hell came up with this idea? They planned on roller skating and came up with a game, which is what Jamie would do. I say it's a version of hot potato but no music, and the potato, in this case, is Jamie. We have to keep moving around the rink and keep Jamie moving without making her fall.
"Who came up with this?" I asked Jamie, smiling.
"Not me but sounds like a fun game," she replied, smiling.

Everyone had a hard time getting used to the skates before we even stepped into the rink. That made everyone, including me, laugh. It's a good thing we're the only ones here. After a few minutes, the game started. We all laughed while watching Janie try not to fall as we passed her to each other. She lasted fifteen minutes before falling flat on her butt. We continued to laugh as Drift tried to help her up, but he ends up falling, which got Jamie to laugh.
"Here, let me help," Crosshairs says before falling flat in his butt. All three tried to get up but couldn't. Crosshairs and Drift ended up on top of Jamie.
"Always on the bottom," Jamie sighed. The three of them finally got up.
"So, who wins?" I asked. It turns out; they didn't think if that. They just wanted to make up a fun game.
"Whoever causes the person the fall," Jamie suggests, "someone else can be the one being passed around."
We all laughed.
"Ok, my turn then," I volunteered. I lasted ten minutes. No one else wanted a turn, so we skated around. Five minutes pass before I see Jamie taking her skates off. Drift wanted to skate with her, but her size made it a challenge. It looks like they decided he can hold her as he skates. Ten minutes pass before I stop. I'm exhausted, didn't think I'd last as long as I did.
"You ok?" Crosshairs asks soon after I sit down.
"I'm fine; I don't want to ruin the fun."
"We're going to dinner afterward. Going to be at least three more hours. You sure you'll be ok?" Crosshairs asks as I'm rubbing my eyes.
"Is J.R. Going to last that long, pain wise?"
"She should, but I came prepared for that. Not much I can do for you, but take you back to base." With that, he skated off.

Crosshairs POV
I don't want to force Jayce to go back to base, but I don't know how much longer she'll last.
"Is Jayce ok?" Drift asks, which I didn't think he would since he's holding Jamie unless Jamie is worried about Jayce.
"She's tired but doesn't want to go back to base."
"Well, we can't force her."
"You being difficult, Jamie?" Bumblebee asks.
"No, Jayce is. She's exhausted but doesn't want to leave. If she falls asleep on the way to the restaurant, take her back to the base, Bee," I instructed Bumblebee. He nodded in agreement and skated off.
Five minutes pass before Jamie wants to put skates back on.
"Good, you were getting heavy," Drift joked as he put Jamie down. Jamie kicked my shin, causing me to fall.
"I didn't say that."
Jamie laughed before running off.
"Well, at least she's happy," Drift says as he helped me up.

A few minutes pass before we see all three girls skating together, laughing. Jayce was having a hard time standing.
"Think it's time to go get dinner?" I asked the others.
"Yeah, don't know how much longer Jayce will last," Drift says.
We all agree and tell the girls it's time to go.

Bumblebee POV
Jayce tried to stay awake, but it was a challenge. I think she'd fall asleep for two minutes then wake up. She'd know if I'm driving back to the base.
"You sure you don't want to go back to the base? It's ok, Jamie and J.R. will understand."
"No!"
Maybe it's a good thing she's trying to stay up longer. It's only four so she'd wake up in the middle of the night. If she can hold off a little longer, she might sleep all night.

Drift POV
It's been a long time since Jamie listened to any music but, I missed playing our playlist. Jamie isn't a fan of love songs, romantic movies or scenes, or anything like that, but these songs are the exception. Now, if I can get her to sing. She was tired but able to stay awake. Doubt Jayce can, but Bumblebee hasn't said he's taking her back to the base.

Dinner was the same as always when we go out, minus how Jayce is exhausted. I'm expecting Jamie to be asleep by the time we get back. The downside is she'll be awake by the middle of the night. Doubt being exhausted will help Jayce stay asleep for longer than two hours.

We got back to the base at six. Jamie and Jayce fell asleep on the way back.
"Lazy bums," J.R. joked before going to her room.
"Did you see that?" I asked Crosshairs as we walked towards the stairs. He was carrying Jayce, and I was carrying Jamie. J.R. is walking as if she was in pain.
"The pain medicine wore off," Crosshairs sighed, "she will refuse until she goes to sleep."

I went to J.R.'s room after I put Jamie to bed, and sure enough, she was in a lot of pain. She wasn't going anywhere, so we had our nightly discussion about the girls.
"Well, it was a pleasant afternoon until ten minutes ago. J.R. is in pain again," Crosshairs tells the others.
"It's something though I doubt it's the start of the road to recovery, it's hard to say," Cade adds.