When they arrived at my door, Ironhide knocked. "Who is it?", I asked, still packing my things.

"It's Ironhide. We need to talk, Wolf", Ironhide said.

"Did Prime put you up to this or did you use that pea brain of yours and finally come see me yourself?", I asked.

I didn't know that Prime was with him, 'til he spoke. "Open this door right now, Wolf", Prime said.

"Oh Shit! Prime! I didn't know you were here with him. Doors open", I said.

When the opened, I noticed that Prime was none too happy with my name calling and swearing. "Heh, sorry Prime. I'll try to clean up my language", I said.

Then I motioned them to come in and have a seat. I walked over to the energon dispenser and filled a glass up.

"Would you two like something to drink?", I asked.

"I'm fine, thank you", said Optimus.

"I'll take a glass, please", said Ironhide.

"No problem. So, what can I do for you this afternoon?", I asked, filling up another glass of energon.

After I filled up the glasses, I walked over to the coffee table. I sat the glass down in front of Ironhide.

"Here you go, Ironhide", I said.

"Thanks", Ironhide said, as he grabbed it.

"So, what can I do for you, 'Hide?", I asked.

"I owe you an apology for what I said about you. Truth is, I'm scared of you. I saw what you did to Sunstreaker and Sideswipe the other day. I was being stupid and I'm sorry", said Ironhide. Then he took a sip of his drink.

After I took a sip of mine, I immediately spit it out. I looked at the glass of energon. "Must be getting old", I said, as I got up from the sofa. I went over to the sink and poured out my glass of energon. Then I rinsed it out.

"I'm sorry, Ironhide. What were you apologizing for again? My mind was on something else", I said, as I walked back over to the sofa.

After I sat down, I looked at Ironhide. He didn't look happy with me. "What?", I asked.

"Did you hear a single word I said?", Ironhide replied.

"Uh, no. Like I said, my mind was somewhere else at the time. Would you mind repeating what you said, please?", I replied back.

"No! I will not repeat what I said. I'm sorry, Prime. I can't deal with her at this time", said Ironhide. Then he got up from the sofa and left my room.

Shortly after Ironhide left, Prime asked me what was wrong. I shook my head back and forth.

"I don't know, Optimus. I haven't been sleeping all that well lately. I've been preoccupied lately. And it's interfering with my professional and private life. You and I aren't that different. We both like our privacy, but I'm more social than you are. No offense", I said.

"None taken. I know I'm not that social. I had lost a lot of friends early in the war. I try not to get too close to my soldiers. You and Ironhide are the only exceptions. Ironhide has been my best friend long before the war. And there's you. You're like a sister to me. I can talk to you about my personal life and you won't go spreading it around HQ. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe are lucky to have you as an adopted sister. Since you showed up, they've been staying out of trouble. To Prowl's surprise, he's glad you're here. So is Ratchet", Prime said.

"I'm glad to be here, too. Would you mind helping me put my things back where they belong? I think I'm going to stay, afterall", I said, as I smiled.

"I'd be glad to help you. I don't want word getting to Cybertron for what I'm about to say. Elita would have my head on a silver platter for this", said Optimus.

"For what?", I asked.

"I think you're a rather attractive woman, Wolf. Any Autobot who says otherwise, will answer to me. No, I'm not trying to ask you out on a date. I'm just stating my opinion about you", Prime said.

"I'm very flattered that to know that you think I'm attractive. You're pretty handsome, yourself, Optimus. Elita is lucky to have you as her bondmate", I said. Prime cleared his throat.

"Did I say something wrong?", I asked.

"We're not bonded. We're still dating. Hard to believe that after all this time together. We've talked about it, but she's just not ready to settle down yet. With the war still going, I can't really blame her. War is no place to raise a child. Wouldn't you agree, Wolf?", asked Optimus.

"Hm, what? Sorry Prime. I was thinking about someone", I said.

"Ratchet?", Prime asked. I nodded my head.

"You really like him, don't you?", asked Optimus.

"I adore him. I'm afraid to ask him out. I'm afraid that he might say no", I said.

"Why don't you go ask him? He's still in med bay with Sunstreaker", Prime said.

I thought about it for a few minutes. "Besides, didn't you say that you haven't been sleeping all that well lately? That's a good reason to go see him. Then you can ask him out while he's running a diagnostics test on you", said Optimus.

I looked at him suspiciously. "Does everyone know that I wanna go out with Ratchet?", I asked.

"Just a few. Sideswipe, Sunstreaker and Prowl", Prime said.

"And you", I said.

"That's a given. So, are you going to ask him or do I have to do it for you?", asked Optimus.

I looked at him in horror. "You wouldn't dare?", I said.

"Yes, I would. Now, are you going to ask him?", Prime asked.

"I think I better. I don't want you doing it. You'll make a big scene about it", I said.

"Moi? Never. Now head to med bay. When you're done there, come straight to my office. I would like to talk to you about some new weapons", said Optimus.

"Yes sir", I said.

When I walked into med bay, I noticed that Sunny and Ratchet were working well together. I was glad that Sunny took that class.

"Hey Ratchet. Hey bro", I said. They looked my way and waved. Then went back to what they were doing.

I walked over to see what they were doing. They were working on Sides. If I could, I'd be rolling my optics up.

"What did he do this time and who was the poor victim that got it in the end?", I asked.

"My idiot brother here, was trying to pull a prank on Prowl again. But it backfired on him. I think Prowl was ready for him. So, now we're trying to carefully remove the green and black paint from him", Sunny said.

"Forget carefully, Sunstreaker. It's coming off the hard way. With turpentine. And it's going to hurt like hell, Sideswipe", Ratchet said.