Chapter 2: Preparing Dinner

It was Friday afternoon and Arcee was at the base waiting on Jack to come through the ground bridge with the bags of groceries that she asked him to get.

Right on time, Jack came in from the Groundbridge with the bags of groceries. "Okay, Arcee I got what you asked. And what are planning on doing with the food?" He asked as he put the groceries down.

"Is it obvious, Jack? I'm making dinner for Miko. From what I learned from Fowler, Miko's foster parents never fed her, and so I am going to make her a nice meal," Arcee said as she grabbed the bags.

"What are you making?" Jack asked curiously.

"I'm making baked chicken, mixed vegetables, and mac and cheese. And ice cream for dessert," the blue femme replied with a smile.

"Do even know how to cook, Arcee?" Asked Bumblebee in his beat-box voice.

"No, but hey, don't know until you try. Now if you two will excuse me, I'm preparing dinner for my little girl," Arcee said as she started walking towards her and Miko's room.

"This is not going to go smoothly," said Raf who was watching TV.

"Come on, guys," Wheeljack said. "Have faith in Arcee. She is trying hard to be a good mom to Miko."

"True," said Ratchet with a smile. "Just as she tries to be a good partner to Jack."

Bumblebee smiled. "And I have no doubt she's using that same determination to be a good mom to Miko," he said.

"And Miko is enjoying it," Optimus said with a smile. "I just learned her grades are climbing and she may just get on the honor roll soon."

"That's good," said Smokescreen with a smile.

As Arcee made it to her room, she set the bags down and started turning on the stove that was in the corner. "Okay, if I can shoot a lot of 'Cons, then making dinner for my daughter shouldn't be a challenge. Let's get started," she said to herself.

While this was happening, Miko and Bulkhead came back from their ride and Miko got of the car while Bulkhead transformed into his robot form. "Hey Jack. Have you seen my mom?" The Japanese girl asked.

"Yeah, Arcee is in your room making dinner for you," Jack, who was playing a video game with Raf, replied.

"Really? Awesome! I can't wait to eat what mom made," She said excitedly as she headed towards her room.

"I didn't know Arcee could cook," said Bulkhead.

"She can't. Me and Jack have been hearing her having trouble cooking," Raf said.

"Arcee is awesome in a lot of things, but cooking isn't one of them," Jack said ruefully.

As Miko was walking towards her and her mom's room, she started hearing her shout as if she was upset. "Scrap!. I messed up on the mac and cheese. And now the chicken is burnt too, scrap!" Arcee growled, hating that her attempt at cooking wasn't go so well.

When Miko heard that, she began to smell smoke hitting her nose as she entered the room. "Hey Mom. How are you?" She asked while trying to say something nice as she could see the femme was trying her hardest at cooking.

"Hey, sweetheart," Arcee said with a smile. "Mommy is making you dinner. Have a seat; I'm almost done."

As Miko took a seat at the table, Arcee came over with the plate of food with a motherly smile and put it on the table. "I hope my cooking doesn't kill her," the blue femme thought to herself.

Miko looked at her food and saw the burnt mac and cheese, chicken, and fully cooked mix vegetables. "Wow Mom, this looks great. I bet the chicken tastes good," she said sincerely as she took a bite of her chicken. But a moment later, she started to spit it out as the horrible taste made her grimace.

"It's terrible, I know," Arcee said with a sigh.

"No, its not, Mom, really. It was too hot, that's all," the teenage girl said, trying not to hurt her mom's feelings as she knew the femme was doing her best to be a good mom to her.

"Miko, you don't have to lie to your mom," Arcee said gently, though she appreciated that her daughter was trying to be polite and cheer her up. "This was my first time cooking and I failed," she said she sat down on the floor.

"Sorry Mom, but hey, at least you tried," said Miko with a smile, being upbeat.

"Thank you, sweetie," Arcee said with a smile. "And I promise you that Mommy is going to learn how to cook. Until then, let's order pizza."

As she was saying this, she grabbed her daughter gently into her arms to hug her, feeling happy to have the young girl as her daughter.

"I love you, Mom. You're the coolest parent ever," Miko said honestly.

"I know I am. Now, let's ride to your favorite pizza place and then we can come home and eat some ice cream," the blue femme said, inwardly knowing that maybe she was spoiling her daughter a little, but she decided a little overindulging wasn't going to hurt.

"Alright! And can you tell me another story about the fight on Cybertron for my bedtime story?" The Japanese girl asked hopefully. Ever since being adopted by her mother, she loved hearing stories about her mother's homeworld.

"Of course. After all, Cybertron is now part of your heritage," Arcee said while caring her daughter to the main part of the base before transforming and letting her daughter hop on as they then headed out to the pizza place.

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