Suds in the Bucket: Part 2

The next morning Alyssa was back in the com center with cell phone and Wheeljack in tow and a look of complete and utter dread plastered all over her face.

The fact of the matter was, when she called her step family they were more than likely to tell her to A) get her aft home right then or B) promptly disown her or C) tell her she was going to roast in hell for falling in love with some one that didn't fit what people around her saw as the idea of normal. I knew that they'd do this to her because I had seen it my self. When I had first met the girl there had been one point where her mother had flat out forbid her to talk to me because she thought that I was wrapped up in things that would mess with her mind.

Honestly? I had no intention of corrupting Alyssa. As far as I was concerned she was a grown woman and had the right to make what ever choices she wanted. Good or bad. But I could sympathize with her, I have a just slightly over protective mother my self and forcing a parent like that to admit a person is no longer a child is just this side of impossible. I was still waiting to hear my own mother start on My relationship with Optimus. I full well intended to tell her that her little girl had grown into a woman a very long time ago and that there wasn't anything she could or for that matter had a right to do when it came right down to it. Of course we all know how wonderfully that works right?
So knowing that and knowing what was most likely coming for my poor best friend. I was there in the com center my self that morning, fully prepared to give any kind of back up I could.

Wheeljack on the other hand was the closest I had ever seen the engineer to mad. For some reason the idea of controlling parents made him want to reach across the screen and give them a piece of his processor at the very least. I thought that even if I didn't get a chance to say anything at all. Watching those two get themselves taken down a peg or two by this guy would be worth it.

And so there I was when the phone crackled to life.

"ALYSSA!?" Her mother promptly shouted from the other side of the phone, "Where are you young lady!?"

"Didn't you get a chance to talk to Dad mom?" Alyssa asked.

"I did, and he told me that you're in Oregon! What are you doing in Oregon!?"

"Well to be perfectly honest I came here to spend some time with my guy."

There was a pause on the other end of the phone, "You're what?"

"Guy, fella, boyfriend, significant other… how hard is it to comprehend that concept?" She was beginning to get more than a lil' bit exasperated.

That was when her step dad proceeded to take the phone from her mother, "NOW you listen here young lady! You're going to get your self home this instant you hear me? Either you do that or so help me you never going to leave this house again you spoiled brat."
That was when Wheeljack started fuming and reached over to pluck the phone out of Alyssa's hands. "JACK DON'T!!"

"Excuse me sir, but did you just call Alyssa a spoiled brat?" He almost snarled into the thing.

"Yeah that's what she is, never dose any thing I say, never listens to a word I say, always shows her attitude when I have anything to…"

"SHUT UP!" Wheeljack roared into the thing, "Now SIR you are going to listen to me. She has a right to do what ever she chooses and when ever she chooses. Granted she dose live at your house on OCCASION, but that doesn't give you the right to tell her how to think or what to do."

"HOW D…."

"I wasn't finished," The engineer growled again, "She has a right to make her own choices and just because you want to be a controlling jerk doesn't mean that she has to put up with it. She's told me how you act towards her over the last few days."
"What did she…"
"I told you I wasn't finished!" Jack told him again, "Now I don't know how or why you are that way, maybe it's just the step parent thing. But I will not allow any one to get on her case. NOW if you would like to hear the details of what's going on I'll give you back to her so she can tell you. BUT if I hear you go off on her again I'm getting back on."

With that jack handed the phone back to a slightly shocked Alyssa and motioned for her to continue.

"Where dose your boyfriend get off Alyssa?" Her step dad asked.

She shrugged, "He's his own person, what can I tell you."

"Where exactly in Oregon are you?"

"Near Portland, right next to mt. Saint Hillary," she told him.

"You had better stay there, your mother and I will be there to pick you up in two days from now and I want you to…"

"You know, I don't really care. I've been living in my own apartment for a long time now. You can't tell me what to do…"

"Just be ready when we get there or else…" With that the phone went dead.

Alyssa sighed and nearly tossed the phone into the wall, "oh that's just what I needed here, really. My mom and my nut case step dad."

"So? Now what?" I asked.
"Oh the same old same old, my parents are now on their way to kill me. Their gonna be here in two days and wreak all kinds of havoc and I can't do a thing to stop them."

"I wouldn't worry if I were you, considering how Jack just, well if you will pardon the pun dear, jacked up their ears."

She smiled a bit over that one, "The problem is I didn't get to tell them who Jack really is. Neither side would let me get a word in edge wise."

This time Wheeljack turned to her, "Alyssa please don't worry about it okay? I promise I won't pull any thing on your parents."
"I know you won't Jack, I'm just afraid of what they are going to do or say to you."
He was human sized again so he could talk on her phone with out smooshing it, so he didn't have to change form or size as he walked over to her and put arms around her.

"Considering all that we've gone through already, I don't think there's any thing out there that could change the way that we feel about each other."

"Your right," She smiled up at him and leaned up to place a smooch on his face plate. "Well we have two days to kill before either of them gets here."

"That's true," Some where under there Wheeljack grinned, "Your good at computer games right? Come on I've been looking for some one to help me with some thing."

With that the two of them left the com center and I followed slowly behind them. This was a change in Wheeljack's personality for me. Though they say that love makes people act in very odd ways, and I guess autobots are no exception to that rule.
Their love wasn't the earth shaking kind that pierced you right down to your soul, it was very different from what Optimus and I had going on. But it was a good kind of love none the less. I was happy that Alyssa had someone to truly stand by her and not put any exceptions on what they felt.

It was going to be an interesting couple of days until her folks got here. As I wondered off to find my own autobot for once I actually found my self looking forward to seeing what would happen.