God Blessed the Broken Road: Part 2

I watched her walk off to the barn from the porch, and then I stood there my self staring out at the night just thinking about how odd this life we live is, and how the strangeness of it cannot be measured. Looking back at when the two of us first met at that writers group I would never have told any one that we would have wound up going on the adventures that we have. I never would have imagined that there would be days where the fate of the world would be in the hands of a pair of girls like us. But that's just what it has been. My friend ship with Angel has led me to so many different places that I don't hardly think I'm the person I was when I first saw here plunk her self down at that table with her lap top.

There is of course the matter that my mom, when she first saw Angel automatically made the assumption that she was little more than a reprobate. A girl, her age, that spent as much time with her head in the clouds as Angel dose? Something about that icked out some fundamental part of my parental unit. When she found out that Angel has a pack of degrees took my mother back for a while but she still was reluctant to let the two of us be friends. So I guess I should be grateful to all of the transformers, both sides for that night when they carried her off.

I sit down on the stone steps for a few seconds and look up at the stars, thinking about something else. About this farm and how many revelations that have been had by so many different people on these very steps. One night Jack and I sat here and stared up at the sky thinking about where the two of us were going. Just a few days ago Angel and Optimus sat on these steps and he informed her that the love the two of them shared was going to be something to last. Out last even the insanity of her family. I have to admire the man for that. Just like I have to admire Jack for having the courage to face up to my family, both of us have relatives that could make any normal man go running in fear. That's why I'm still so flabbergasted by all of this, still so amazed that I have found this incredible guy right here in front of me.

I laugh to my self as I think about just how much in front of me that he was, literally right there at one point. The old saying about not seeing the forest for the trees was true. Then he stayed with me as I tried to watch over my poor friend, and finally proceeded to put his life on the line for the sake of keeping Megatron from not only hurting me, but hurting Angel. I have to admit, Wheeljack is the most incredible thing that has ever happened to me.

I finally haul my self up into the house as I hear Sunstreaker wail in defeat yet again.

"Okay," I pop my head back in the door, "What happened this time? I thought you were ahead?"

"I WAS ahead," The yellow Autobot told me, "but he keeps pulling those ace cards out and plastering me!"

"Well I can't help it if she knew what she was doing?" Prowl told him innocently.

"Just don't get into a knock down drag out over this," I informed him.

He snarled his face up at me, "Don't start okay? Its not like the whole stupid gaming community doesn't know you plastered me, don't rub it in that he has too."

"Look would you guys go do that someplace else so Jack and I can work on our project?"
"Sure, sure," Sunny waved his hand and collected his cards.

Prowl smiled and collected his own deck, and followed the others with a slightly smug smile on his face.

"That's pathetic," Wheeljack motioned to the other retreating Autobots with one of his tools.

"Yah it is," I shrugged as I walked up beside him, "But hey it keeps them occupied."
I looked after them and then turned back in time to see Jack just sitting there with a very odd look on his face.
"Whatcha thinking?" I asked.

"Honestly? I was thinking about how close things really are in this world."

"What does that mean?" I prompted.

"Well simply put?" He straightened up on his stool, "It means that if things had been different by even a fraction of a degree, none of us might be here now."

"That's true, that's the same thing I was thinking my self actually." I plunked my self down on my own stool and couldn't help but smile, "Seems like I once thought that the path of life was a nice smooth trip."

"Oh its any thing but that baby," He turned back and began to prod the toaster again, "If anything its full of bumps, potholes and more curbs than ever."

"I suppose so," I leaned over to where he was and offered him my hands to hold the wires he was trying to pin down.

"So let me ask you something," He poked a small tool into the innards, "Why did you go looking for Angel? When all of this started, I mean."

"She was my friend," I shrugged, "That's all there was to it. She wanted me for a friend so badly that she was willing to fly in the face of both parents and beliefs to get my attention. How could I not come after a friend like that?"

"And do you have any regrets?" He looked up at me.

"Do I have any regrets?" I paused for a second, "Well there were times when I wish things hadn't been quite so physically painful, but emotionally…" I trailed off.

Then looked back at him, he had the most charming expression under his mask that I had ever seen. Even after all of the adventures we had, even after watching me tell off my parents and declare my love for him openly, even after all of that there was still doubt in there. Not only that, but there was the emotion there that could bring about that kind of doubt. The soul, or spark, deep feelings that could either lift you up or leave you torn apart.

"My only regret emotionally Wheeljack," I leaned over and put my face inches away from his own, "Is that this didn't happen sooner in my life, and that I had so many years alone before I finally learned what real happiness is."

"You mean that?" He looked astonished.

"Yes," I nodded, "I mean that. I wish there was some way that I could go back and meet you earlier in my life, in our lives."

I watched the astonished look vanish and a slightly smitten smile took its place.

"What about you?" I got out.

"Do I have any regrets?" He shook his head at me, "none at all. Not even us not having met sooner." He sat up and put his work down and then took hold of both of my hands. "You are the person I fell in love with Alyssa, and the life you lived is what made you that wonderful person. So as much as I might like to have that time for the two of us," He stopped and smiled at me again, "I am happy that you took that time to become the beautiful, loving, incredible woman that I gave my heart to."

Now I was about to make a complete fool of my self and start crying. Every thing that he had said now, it had a ring of utter and complete truth to it. Again it was the kind of thing that could only come from a person who was in throes of what Angel would call the love of a life time. It was too, the one true love that I had spent my life looking for was right there.

But it wasn't only the love I have to admit that drew me to him. It was the fact that despite how the two of us met, Jack was willing to accept me for who and what I was. The truth is that's probably why I became friends with Angel as well, and what got me into this whole lovely mess. They didn't try to change me, they took me for me. There is also the fact that, despite knowing just what kind of madness he was probably getting him self into with my family, Jack was more than willing to not only stand up to them, but to try and do what he could to get them to accept him.

So yes with all of those things combined I have to admit it was complete and utter true love that drew me to this man, and finally convinced me that things would work out. As all of this is running through my head, Jack of course notices that I am about to start crying and puts his hand up on my cheek and pulls my face over to his. Not to long ago he had shown me that his face plate like Optimus' was removable and I had discovered the rather handsome face that was hidden under that thing. It some how split and pulled back and the two of us were half way to playing tonsil hockey, when the back door came open and spilled a rather amused looking Ratchet into the kitchen.

"'Scuse me," He coughed. "Do I need to go back out and let the two of you alone?"

Jack and I proceeded to dis-engage and look up at the grinning medic while the two of us proceeded to compose our selves.

"No that's not necessary," Jack coughed. "Mind telling me what the grin is for?"

That caused the grin to get that much wider and he motioned over his shoulder with one thumb.

"Oh I just discovered that there's a bit of a mental link between Prime and Angel."

"Duh," I chimed, "What took you so long?"

Ratchet proceeded to make a face in my direction and then go back to talking to Jack.

"Well I had a feeling it might happen," The smirk slowly spread its self back over his face again, "But I had no idea that we were going to find out this way."

"So are you going to tell us how you found out," Jack picked up his tool and the wires and started going back to work, "Or do we have to guess."

"OH I think I'll leave it to those two to break the news on this one." He proceeded to get serious for just one moment, "I have no intention of doing anything that will get Angel pissed off at me."

"Okay this I gotta hear," I prompted.

"Don't ask me," The medic told us, "Just wait, they will be up here in just a second, give them the third degree when they get here."

He headed out of the room and left me there to stare at Jack and wonder just what possibly happened this time.

"Some thing tells me that I don't really want to know how they found this out." I muttered.

"Something tells me this has to do with the same issue that got you locked in your room back at the ark that one time." Jack shot back.

I turned to make a face at him and give him a swat on the arm as he poked one more tool into the project and caused a shower of sparks.

"Yikes!" came from the door way as Angel made her way in followed closely by the erstwhile Autobot leader.

"You still working on that thing Wheeljack," Optimus asked.

"Yeah we're still working on it," He picked up another tool and watched as Angel proceeded to disappear into the bath room for a second. "Soooooo…I hear the mental connection between you and your life mate is going full blast?"

I blinked as Prime promptly flushed and looked in any direction but Wheeljack.

"You could put it that way," he started to edge toward the door way that went to their rooms.

"So what exactly…?" I trailed off as Angel reappeared with a small box in her hands and started rummaging around in the fridge.

"Don't ask Alyssa," She told me from behind the door, "Trust me when I say that you are more than likely better off NOT knowing in this instance."

She popped back up and nudged the fridge door shut with her hip as she headed back over to the table.

"So how goes the project?" Angel asked.

"Oh," I shook my head and snapped out of it, "We're almost done here. I can't wait to see what happens when some one tries to use it."

"Oh brother," Angel rolled her eyes skyward and dropped the box onto the table after proceeding to fish out a pair of the little blue pills for her self. "At none of the weirdoes in my family are still around to have a coronary."

She proceeded to pop the things into her mouth and then down them with a swig of her soda. Then turned and smiled at Optimus as she took hold of his arm, "There that should help out some."
Curiosity was getting the better of me and so I preceded hand my bunch of wires to Jack and take a look at the stuff she had just taken. I felt my mouth fall open when I read the title on the box and did my LEVEL best to not start cracking up at the poor couple's expense.

"You're KIDDING?" I got out.

That got me the patented death glare from Angel and she ever so delicately informed me, "IF I were kidding would I have taken the stupid things? You know they knock me out."

"Slag," I blinked, "That's just…" I was at a complete loss for words.

Angel let out a large yawn and started tugging Optimus in the direction of their rooms. "There isn't any thing to say, just keep yer trap shut, okay? We don't need the whole house knowing this."

"Don't worry," I held up my hands, "I'm not even sure I believe it."

I got one more death glare and the two of them vanished into the living room.

"That's just plain wrong." I finally got out.

"What's wrong about it?" Jack straightened up again, "I thought most human Femmes wanted their mates to …"

"Jack," I made a face at him, "I wouldn't wish THAT on my worst enemy, let alone the man I love."

"Nice to know," he smiled again.

He took one look at the project and proceeded to set the last bunch of wires down. He turned off the power to the thing and then reached over and took my hands in his own.

"I think the boss and Miss Angel have the right idea," He stood up and kept hold of my hands pulling me into a standing position as well, "Let's work on this some more tomorrow. Right now I just want to go be with you."

"I think I could live with that," I reached over and snapped off the kitchen light leaving the two of us alone there in the shadows for the moment. "But we don't have to go any where. Right here is just fine with me."

I could barely make out the smile on his face in the dark of the room, "Hmm… You do have a point." He put both arms around my waist and pulled me closer to him. "Alyssa?"

I looked up at his glowing blue eyes in the dark and could feel my own mouth curl into a smile. "Yeah?"

"Thank you for everything, that you have given me since we met babe." He pulled me closer to him, his lips hovering just a few centimeters in front of my own.

"Your welcome babe," I pulled him into a long deep kiss.

I could have stayed like that night but we finally came up for air. He grinned down at me and we headed into the living room with all of the rest of the house. All of the life and love that filled this place making me glad that I had been willing to take the chance and find what I had been looking for all my life.