Chapter 7: Jealous

At the burger joint, Miko was inside drinking her milkshake and was waiting for Jack to get off work. And when he did, he walked out from the work station and joined Miko.

"So you're ready to go play some Halo?, I just can't stop playing that game," Jack said, excited about it.

Miko was so happy to hang with Jack and love every minute of it and was about to answer until...

"Oh, hey Jack, how are you?" A girl named Sierra asked.

"Oh, hey Sierra, what's up?" The young man asked, playing it cool.

Neither one saw that Miko was getting mad because she hated seeing Sierra talking to Jack and wished the snobby girl would just go away. Sierra wasn't good enough for Jack in the Japanese girl's opinion.

Later on, after being picked up by Arcee, Jack and Raf went right to playing Halo while Miko was in her room, cleaning up with anger simmering inside of her. "Stupid Sierra...always messing with my Jack. Jack is mine and he will always be mine," she said to herself as she put the trash in the garbage can.

Little did she know that Arcee saw and heard the whole thing. "Miko, want's wrong, sweetie?" She asked.

Miko looked up at her mom. "I love Jack, Mom. I always loved him since we met. I wish I could tell him, but I might make things weird since we're friends and all," she said sadly.

This made Arcee smile since she knew how it felt to fall in love. She remembered how she had fallen in love with her first partner, Tailgate, before he was murdered by Arachnid. "Pumpkin, don't be afraid to tell Jack how you feel about him. I'm pretty sure that he feels the same way. Just go and confess," the femme said encouragingly.

"But what if it ends badly, Mom?" The teenager asked. She didn't want to ruin her friendship with Jack, though she did want to be his girlfriend.

Arcee put her hand on Miko's face gently and smiled. "It won't, pumpkin. Trust me, Miko. He loves you too. Now go and ask him out."

Encouraged by her mother's words, the Japanese girl took a deep breath and headed out to find Jack.

Back at the main part of the base, Raf had gone home since it was dinner time at his house and Jack was watching TV when Miko entered the room.

"Okay, just confess and go for it," she told herself as she walked over to Jack and took a seat beside him.

"Hey Miko, do you want to watch something else?" Jack asked politely.

"Oh no, but I want to confess something to you," she said as she felt butterflies in her stomach.

"Oh? Well, what is it?" He asked with a smile.

She felt so nervous and took a deep breath. "Jack. I love you...like love you, love you. And I want to be your girlfriend."

As she spoke, she was ready for Jack's reaction and feared he didn't feel the same and was bracing herself for a rejection, but then heard him speak.

"Miko...I love you too."

That completely shocked her and caught her off guard. "What?! Really?!" She asked, stunned.

"Yes, every since we met. I was afraid you didn't felt the same way. But now I'm glad we confessed," Jack said as he grabbed Miko's hands and they kissed each other, making it their first kiss ever.

"Man, I always dreamed of kissing you. Now I am," Miko said with a loving look.

"Yeah, me too. Now less talk, more kissing," he said as they began making out.

While they were kissing and not noticing who was watching, Arcee was watching with happiness as she saw her sparkling finding her sparkmate. "That's my little girl. I'm just going to let them have their kiss time, but first...," she said quietly as she pulled out her small touch screen phone and took a picture of them kissing, walking off with a smile, proud of her little girl and of Jack.

"So since we're now girlfriend and boyfriend, what should our first date be?" Miko asked.

"I was thinking we can go to the movies," Jack replied with a smile.

"Yeah and maybe Raf and his girlfriend can come, and make it a double date," the dark-haired girl said while playing with Jack's hair.

"I didn't know that Raf got a girlfriend," he said, surprised.

"Well, not yet, but there's this girl who is the same height and age as Raf and has a huge crush on him. Her name is Sonia from our science class. You know, the girl who wears the nerd glasses," Miko said.

"Oh, now I remember. Yeah ,she does have a thing for Raf. Maybe you can help Sonia out with asking Raf out even though she's a little bit shy," Jack said while holding his girlfriend close.

"That sounds like a plan," she said with a smile, snuggling close to him, sighing happily that she was resting in the arms of the one she loved.

After giving each other another kiss goodbye, Jack went home by ground bridge while Miko was getting tucked into bed by Arcee. "It worked, Mom. Jack does love me. You were right and I owe you one Mom," she said, smiling.

"Of course, it's my job as a mom to help my daughter in any way I can, and for what you owe me, you can just give me a nice hug and a kiss goodnight," Arcee said with a smile.

Miko got up from her bed and hugged her mother, kissing her on the cheek. "I'm so lucky that I have a awesome mom like you," she said honestly.

"And I'm lucky that I have an awesome daughter like you," the blue femme said as she kissed her on the head and turn off the lights and went to bed, leaving her daughter to dream happily.

The next day...

Miko, Jack, and Raf was eating breakfast that Arcee made while getting ready for school. "Arcee, this pancakes are good," said Raf as he ate.

"Thanks, Raf. You three ready for that History test?" Arcee asked while putting a plate of pancakes on the table.

"Oh yeah, we're ready. And we're almost late," said Jack while looking at the clock on his phone. The three finished eating and Raf got a ride to school with Smokescreen while Jack and Miko got a ride by Bulkhead and they took off for the school.

While that was happening, Arcee just sat down and drank her freshly hot oil in her mug, smiling. "I'm still happy that my little sparkling has found her sparkmate. I am really one lucky Mom," she said to herself.

Bumblebee stepped in at that moment. "Got any more freshly hot oil?" He asked in his beat box voice.

"Yep, grab a can. There's plenty," the blue femme said, still smiling.

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