She's Like The Wind: Part 6

"You're what?!"

As I was in the process of dragging Alyssa out to confront the object of her affections, said engineer was about to solve the problem in his own way.

"You heard me Optimus," Wheeljack told him, "I really don't have any reason to stay here any longer. Ratchet can look after Angel, Jazz and the others are doing just fine keeping you out of trouble..."

"What about..."

Prime was cut off by Wheeljack holding up his hand, "Please don't go there. There's nothing okay? I tried the way you said to and she threw cold water on me."

"I can't believe that Wheeljack, she came right out and told you that she didn't care about you at all?"
"Not in so many words, but yeah."

Optimus lowered his eyes and shook his head at his friend. He'd tried everything in his power to try and get the two of them to come clean. Though he didn't like to admit failure it was plain to Him that there was nothing else that could be done for the couple.

"Well if I can't change your mind then Wheeljack, I suppose you'd better go in and tell the others that you're leaving. I'm sure one of them will want to shadow you back to the ark."

"That's not necessary."

Prime looked down his nose at him, "I know its not, but we are fighting a war and considering the state that you're in, someone to watch your back would be a good idea."

"IF you say so Prime," Wheeljack sighed.

"I say so Wheeljack," He started to tug him back into the house.

They made it back into the living room just as Alyssa and My self were coming around the corner; I practically had to drag her to get her in there. She was fighting me for all she was worth every single step of the way.

"Angel, Please! I changed my mind!!"

"I don't give a rat's patoot if you did! You're going to admit this if I have to sit on you to make you do it!"

Wheel jack caught sight of me hauling her ashes in there and he promptly did an about face, running smack into a grinning prime.

"Where pray tell do you think your going?"

Wheel jack motioned frantically over his shoulder, "Look here she comes! Don't make this more complicated than it has to be Optimus!"

"I'm not the one making this mess complicated," Now he started tugging on his engineer. "IF anyone is making this mess worse that it already is, you are Wheeljack."

"ME!!?"

"Yes you," More tugging here, "I think you've concocted this conversation in your head."
"How...?!" Wheeljack fumed, "You don't have any right to be treating me this way."

"On the contrary, as you commander and your friend I think it is my prerogative to see that all of my troops are doing there best."

"You think I'm not doing my best?" Now he was getting mad.

"No Wheeljack," He shook his head and continued to tug, "You've never done any thing but your best. BUT, if you don't deal with this right now, then you won't be. Your going to be distracted and un able to concentrate."

"Please don't do this?"

"You told me you're self Wheeljack that your processor can't seem to work its way around this problem. Well its time you stopped listening to your processor and started listening to your spark."

With that he succeeded in tugging Wheeljack into the living room from the front porch. At the same time I managed to get Alyssa through the other door and turned her so she was facing him.

"Alright then," I demanded, "Now the two of you are not leaving this room until you work it out."

With that I walked out and slammed the door to the rest of the house and locked it. Alyssa gapped at me and Wheeljack turned to give the same look to Prime as he shut the door to the porch and did the same.

For all intents and purposes they were trapped and now forced with coming to some kind of terms.

"Look I don't want to do this," Alyssa told him, "This is just making things harder for me."

"You think it's hard for you!" Wheeljack cried, "How do you think it is for me?"

"What? Why is it hard for you!?" she yelled back, "Because you want to spare my feelings? Because you don't want to hurt me?" She stopped and took a breath, "Well it's to late you already have!"

"That's why I didn't want to do this!" He told her, "I can't make you feel some thing that you don't!"

"Make me feel something?" She stopped and took a deep breath, "That's just the problem Wheeljack. I DO feel something."

Now that one caught him off guard. He had his mouth opened to make some other argument. But he suddenly felt all of that pop like it was nothing more than a soap bubble. His hands lowered slowly to his sides and he looked at her in surprise, almost like he was looking at her for the first time.

"What do you mean?" He asked her softly.

"I mean that no matter what I do, no matter how many reasons any one tosses in my face or how many I come up with on my own, I'm never going to be able to change the fact that I love you." She paused and almost gasped again, "There I SAID IT...I-Love-You."

She stopped and turned away from him. The poor girl was about to cry here but she didn't want him to see it. She stayed there with her back to him until she felt his hand on her shoulder.

"Alyssa?"

"Please don't...don't tell me all of the reasons you cant or just don't want to be with me. It's not going to change any thing. I love you and there's not any thing I can do to change it."

She continued to stand there and stare and the wall for a second then she felt him slowly turn her around. When she looked up to face him, his eyes were wide and he was staring at her in shock and disbelief.

"What? What's the matter?"

"You are in love with me?" He asked in an amazed voice.

"I have been from the moment I first met you," She admitted it.

Now his eyes changed, he stared at her in shock and slowly raised his arms and put them around her.

"All this time...." He trailed off as he hugged her to him.

For a few seconds she just let her self enjoy the moment and then wiggled loose from him.

"What's wrong with you 'Jack?"

He looked down at her shock still plain on his face despite the helmet that hid his features.

"I thought...I thought that you didn't care about me... that... that you were just determined to be friends..."

"No... never." She reached up and pulled his face down to her, "If you had just come out and told me."

"I was scared, I concocted all of these reasons that we couldn't be together," He hugged her, "Prime was right...I convinced my self that it was wrong."

"I guess I did too," Alyssa admitted.

"You do realize all of that about me, that I can't stop fighting, that I can't stop being an autobot?"

"And you realize that I do have to do my work, even if most of my animation is done at home, you do realize I can't just up and leave my job?" She shot back, "Because if you can understand that about me, then I will do my level best to understand anything about you that I can."

"Yes! Of course! I wouldn't want you to be any other way!"

With that he flung his arms around her and proceeded to hold on to her like a drowning man would hold onto some kind of straw.

"I thought I couldn't have you, that you... you were just like ..."

"I know, but I'm not. I'm real, and I'm right here for you Wheeljack. I always have been. I always will be."

She hugged him back as hard as she could and they were still there hugging on ton one another when the doors clicked open and Optimus and my self looked in to see why it had gotten so quiet.

"Well it's about bloody well time you two admitted it!" I grinned

Optimus came over and put his arms around me, "See baby I told you they'd admit it sooner or later."

"YOU TWO!!" Alyssa growled.

I gave her one last grin, "Don't worry love birds. We're going to leave you alone."

With that I put my arm around Optimus in return and walked out of the room, leaving the newest couple to understand their relationship, while I enjoyed my own.