Drift's P.O.V.
It's been a hard week. I know there's going to be more, but I hate it. I hate how much Jamie has been hurt. How it's hard to get her to be happy and do anything. Even eat. Then there's how I'm not giving her what she wants. Small goals are not the way to go, but there's too much to work on. Even Crosshairs is worried about Jamie. He tries to hide it, but I've seen his worried expression several times this week. I know he's angrier at what Jamie deals with that led us to this point than I am.

Crosshairs walks out of the bathroom, sits on the bed, and hugs me before taking Jamie's hand. I can't explain why holding her helps me.
The others want to help though they know how Jamie is right now. Crosshairs, and I hate telling them to stay away for now.
"I don't know what to do, Crosshairs. I'm terrified that we can't help Jamie. Bad enough, I have to tell her no, and I don't think she'll listen even though I..."
"I know her mental state is making things a challenge. A few months ago, she would have listened to you and understood. Now... I just can't believe where we're at. Like I said before, I don't know if thinking about the future, as in you and Jamie having a baby together, is a good thing right now... but when most of what we're working on is why you're telling her no right now..."
"Another one of those days?" Lighting asks, walking into the room, "you want me to stay with her?"
"I don't know...," I trail off, looking at my sleeping femme.
I'm afraid that Jamie's mental state is in a bad place that if I leave for a while, she'll think I left for good.
"We'll stay here," Lightning argues.
Crosshairs nods in agreement. They'll argue until I agree.

Crosshairs' P.O.V.
I take Jamie from Drift's arms, hoping he can relax and Jamie won't be frightened not seeing him in the room if she wakes up before he returns.
"I can't believe it," Lightning sighs, "tell me I'm dreaming, and Jamie isn't this bad?"
"I don't think that's how it works. You're not supposed to wait a week to say that."
"More like weeks. I've been feeling this way for a while."
Damn it, she's feeling like Drift and me. Trying to protect Lightning from how we feel would only work for a while. I don't even believe Jamie will be ok to tell Lightning that Jamie will be ok. I lay Jamie on the bed and hug Lightning.

Drift's P.O.V.
I walk down the hall, struggling to hide my unhappy mood.
"Drift?" I hear Optimus.
"With all due respect, sir, I don't want to talk about it."
I'm so tired of talking about Jamie when we don't know how to help her.
Optimus grabs my arm and forces me into a room. I realize this is his room. Still doesn't ease the feeling that I might be in trouble.

Lightning's P.O.V.
Crosshairs lies on his bed, trying to keep busy until Jamie wakes up, but he keeps checking if Jamie is crying in her sleep though I'm here. I'm worried that Jamie will wake up before Drift is back, and I fear her mental health is so bad that she'll think he left.

It's quiet for twenty minutes before we hear Jamie crying, but she's still asleep.
Crosshairs and I look at each other, uncertain of what to do. Jamie will panic not seeing Drift, but she dreams about something frightening her. Crosshairs tells me not to alert Drift while sitting on the bed and moving Jamie onto his lap.
"Jamie, it's ok," he says calmly while holding her hand.
Her crying gets louder.
"You don't think she does not understand that she's dreaming?" I ask, hating seeing Crosshairs look at me, confirming that I'm right and he does not know what to do. All I can do is watch, hating that this is happening and that we do not know how to help Jamie's mental health.
Crosshairs takes a chance and hugs Jamie. While talking to her, hoping to get her to understand it was a dream. It takes a few minutes for Jamie's teary blue eyes to look at Crosshairs.
"I promise we'll never leave you. I swear on my spark. Drift is around the base. He'll be back," I add to what Crosshairs said as he wipes her eyes, full of sadness and hurt, "we love you and will never abandon you. You'll be ok."
What the frag has she been dealing with to feel this way? Add how there are going to be many more days like today.

Crosshairs' P.O.V.
Getting Jamie to calm down was easier than I thought, but I doubt it'll be easy next time.
Jamie leans on me as I sit on the couch. I put the T.V. on, but I don't think she'll watch anything. I can't believe we're at this point.
Fragging humans piss me off with how they treat each other. Jamie has been through too much scrap. Far from what the terror twins have been through, but it's still scrap.

Optimus walking into the room with Drift is not what we need right now. It's obvious to both mechs that Jamie is upset. Once Drift takes Jamie from me, Optimus insists on talking in the hallway, and he will not like this.

Optimus Prime's P.O.V.
What Crosshairs tells me is troubling. He tells me not only about Jamie crying often and being frightened but also about what she's been dealing with while the three have been in Jamie's dimension. I can't believe what I'm hearing. No wonder Jamie doesn't feel welcome here and is afraid to talk. It's hard to know what to do to help her.
We hope to get Jamie's mental state as before the three left for five months. Jamie wasn't doing great even then, but it's a little better than not talking and eating.
Ratchet and Rung will not like hearing all this.