The River and The Highway: Epilog

I woke up the next morning before every one else save Optimus. He had been in my room with me the night be for but now was no where to be found. I pulled my self up out of bed and proceeded to head out to find my new beau. I found Alyssa and Wheeljack curled up on the couch. The seeds of what I thought I saw between the two of them were planted and well on their way to growing. I for one wanted to see just what kind of fruit this one would bear.

The other guys, Prowl, Jazz, and Bluestreak, along with Ratchet had discovered my game cube and had finally passed out some time around three, once again leaving the poor lil' PIKMIN, trapped in perpetual pause. I managed to sneak past all of them and headed for the kitchen to see if the missing autobot CO was in there.

No such luck, though I did find something else. The fire and ice rose that he had left me the first day he had shown up had been cut and put in a vase of water. It was now sitting on the kitchen table and was just shy of being in full bloom. I sat down for a second and stared at the thing. The strange flower had been the start of all of this. While they had been my favorite flower before, now the meaning of them was doubly special.

As I stared at the thing, the first few bits of sun light proceeded to come through the window and hit it. The last few petals opened and that was when I got an even bigger shock. Settled inside of the thing was what looked to be a tiny version of the Matrix. I was on a long gold chain and was just sitting there almost glowing at me, seemingly begging for me to pick it up.

"Do you like it?" A very familiar voice asked from behind me.

"Its ..." Again I was at a loss for words. "What is it?" I finally managed.

"A lil' gift for you," Optimus reached into the flower and pulled it out. "By the way, don't ask how I got it in there, I'm STILL not sure how Wheeljack managed that."

He held it out for me and I took it in my hands, "It's beautiful, but I mean why?"

Optimus smiled at me, "I don't know what the custom is here on your world, but on cybertron when some one wishes for another to become their ... uhh... well I don't know the human term but we call them Life Mates." He paused and flushed then managed to regain his composure. "Any how, when someone wishes for a femme to be his life mate the custom is to ask her by giving her a gift. Usually something that is important to that person. I couldn't think of any thing else that would suit you than this."
He ran one finger over the chain and touched my hand.

"So, basically you're asking me to...?"

"Yes, but only if you wish too." He flushed again.

"I think you know what my answer is Optimus Prime." I reached up and slid the chain over my head.

He broke into a smile and stood up pulling me up along with him, then pulled me into a kiss much the same way I had him last night. When we finally did come up for air we realized we had an audience.

"Their watching us you know?" He told me.

"Then let's give them something to talk about."