chapter 2
Mirage and Cliffjumper were very much in love. There relationship was going very well indeed. Cliffjumper even moved his things into her room. They were now sharing a room.
Today Mirage woke up and she was feeling bad. She was feeling sick to her tank. "Morning Mirage," Cliffjumper said.
"Morning Cliffjumper," Mirage said then she looked very green then ran to the waste bin and threw up.
"Mirage take it easy," Cliffjumper said rubbing her back. "I think you need to see Ratchet," he said.
Cliffjumper took Mirage to see Ratchet because she was feeling sick. Ratchet examined her and found a little something. "Okay you two I have the results, and I am going to tell you this and I hope you will be prepared for this," Ratchet said.
"Prepared for what?" Mirage asked.
"You two are going to have a sparkling," Ratchet said.
Mirage and Cliffjumper were shocked to say the least. They were worried about things to say the least. Cliffjumper looked over at Mirage who was worrying about things. She was staring off into space.
"Listen there is no way a pregnant femme can fight in a war, you can either choose to have your sparkling and raise it, or send it to one of the colonies of refugees to find a family for it there, or you can get an abortion," Ratchet said. "You are the one carrying this sparkling Mirage it's your choice," he said.
Mirage was in shock from all she just heard. She didn't know what to think. Cliffjumper held her hand. "Mirage no matter what you decide I will still love you very much." Cliffjumper said. "I know it is your choice, and I will support your choice because I love you," he said.
Mirage after fighting with herself for several minutes she smiled and put her hand on her middle. "This is our sparkling and it will be well loved," Mirage said.
"I know it will," Cliffjumper said and kissed Mirage. "I love you," he said.
"I love you too," Mirage said.
Mirage and Cliffjumper had a wedding to get married to each other. All their friends were there and happy for them. It was a wonderful moment. Now they had a sparkling to plan for.
Mirage was thinking about many things. "I wish my parents knew how I felt about being married off to some bot I never met and didn't love," Mirage said.
"I know you wouldn't have been give much choice it you told them how you felt," Cliffjumper said.
"I know it too," Mirage said. "I just put it all in a note saying I am never coming back because you don't truly care about me or love me or know what I want in life or what is truly the best path for me, so you will never see me again!" she told him.
"It must have taken a lot of guts to leave like you did like a thief in the night," Cliffjumper said.
"I know it was hard, but I am glad I did got see much, I have been helping friends who valued the real me and not just because I was upper class. I got to make a real difference in the universe and see another planet and meet you a bot I fell in love with, bonded with and now going to have a family with." Mirage said.
"I know it wasn't easy for me when I left home to join the war, my parents and I we were middle class bots, and hard workers they were, I was their only son and things were getting tough during the war. My parents were worried about me going to war, but supported me when I left and they left to become refugees and I haven't heard from them since," Cliffjumper said.
"I wish I knew what my parents were up to, they are probably looking for me and going to make me marry that rich bot I don't know or love," Mirage said.
"Or maybe they changed, who knows just remember I love you," Cliffjumper said.
"I love you too Cliffjumper," Mirage said.
"I hope my parents are alright out there I haven't heard from them since I left much like you," Cliffjumper said.
"I wonder if my parents had changed," Mirage said. "I hope I can be a supportive, loving and caring parent to our sparkling and not be like my parents to for them to do things they don't want to do," she said.
"It must be hard to have parents like that," Cliffjumper said.
"It was," Mirage said. "It was like they planned every little step I was going to take and what they thought would make me happy," Mirage said. "They wanted me to marry this guy I didn't even know or love just because he was very wealthy and could bring us more money I bet. My parents forced me to do activities I didn't enjoy because they wanted me to be a proper girly lady. But I have never been a girly girl," Mirage said.
"Nothing wrong with that," Cliffjumper said.
"I wish they could accept the real me you know," Mirage said.
"Maybe they have changed and they accept you for you are now, or they haven't changed and they are still the same parents you chose to get away from," Cliffjumper said. "Who knows hopefully the war will end soon and you will see them again maybe and find out for yourself," he said.
"I sure hope so," Mirage said. "I wonder if we are having a boy or a girl," she said.
"Me too," Cliffjumper said.
"It is great to wonder and think about what you are going to have until the sparkling comes you know?" Mirage said.
"Yes I think that too," Cliffjumper said. "Our first sparkling," he said. "I wonder what we should name him or her," he added.
"Good point we can write down names to see what we think of them," Mirage said.
"Yes and it is going to be months until the sparkling is born so we have plenty of time to decide on names," Cliffjumper said. "It is very exciting and hard to wait for the sparkling to come to truly find out what the sparkling is," he said. "After all from what I have seen sometimes the ultrasound is not always accurate at finding out the gender." he said.
"I know, but should we be surprised about the gender or find out." Mirage said. "I always thought finding out is a bit tacky, dealing with a lot of issues of certain things people want us to expect and ultrasounds are not always accurate at detecting the gender." she said. "While being surprised is exciting and you get to explore new things to find out about the baby and to really think about both genders and what it would be like to have one or the other." she said.
"I know that is why I was hoping we can be surprised," Cliffjumper said.
"I see we agree on that, we are going to be surprised." Mirage said.
Mirage and Cliffjumper were looking forward to their child.
The first few months were not easy to say the least. Mirage was throwing up most of the time, she was also feeling tired often, and was very moody. Cliffjumper was doing his best to be a supportive husband.
They really cared about each other very much. Mirage had other symptoms too, but she hated being morning sick the most. She vomited almost every morning. Cliffjumper was there for her and would rub her back to comfort her.
Mirage and Cliffjumper were ready for the first ultrasound. "Okay Mirage let's get started," Ratchet said. He got the ultrasound ready and started the scan. He put gel on Mirage's middle and rubbed a wand like device over her middle. An image appeared the screen and a beating sound was heart. "That is the sparkling's sparkbeat" Ratchet told them.
"Wow," Cliffjumper said.
"That is the cutest sound I ever heard," Mirage said.
"Things are looking good here," Ratchet told them.
Mirage and Cliffjumper were so relieved about this.
They had other check ups with Ratchet as well to make sure it was going alright. The humans heard about the sparkling Mirage was going to have.
"So Mirage you are really going to have a baby?" Spike asked.
"Yes, but in a Cybertronian's case what you call a baby is a sparkling," Mirage said.
"Wow how long until the sparkling is born?" Carly asked.
"Just like humans were are pregnant for 9 months and it's been about three months so about six months until the sparkling comes so plenty of time to get ready," Mirage said.
"Yes lots of time to get ready," Cliffjumper said.
After a few more weeks things were looking better. Mirage was starting to feel a bit better and looking forward to the birth of of her sparkling as was Cliffjumper. They could hardly wait.
