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Alright time for chapter five! How exciting! Read on, my loyal followers. I hope you enjoy this next installment in my beautifully rewritten Dreams.
Chapter 5:
After Sam informed us that the glasses were at his house, Optumus lowered his hand so that I could join the others on the ground. I skipped over to Mandy and linked arms with her. I couldn't wipe the giant grin from my face. My friend snickered beside me and I gently elbowed her.
"That's not nice." She stuck her tongue out at me. I rolled my eyes playfully. "I never said I was nice." I teased.
The Autobots transformed into their vehicle modes. Sam and Mikaela got back into Bee while I released Mandy and walked over to Optimus. "Mind if I ride with you?" I asked him shyly. The drivers side door opened. I used the side handle to help boost me up. Once I was settled, he shut the door and the seat belt slid across me automatically, clicking into place.
I looked around for Mandy, expecting her to either join me or Sam and Mikaela. However, she surprised me slightly when she walked over to Ratchet's altform. I watched her exchange words with him but I couldn't hear what they were saying. It didn't take long for Ratchet's door to pop open, allowing her to get in. She did so, but not before turning to me with a smug grin.
That had me laughing.
"May I ask what you find so funny?" Optimus asked through his radio. I could hear the amusement in his voice.
It took me a moment to collect myself before I could answer. By then, we had pulled out of the warehouse and were on our way to Sam's house. "Mandy is going to annoy Ratchet so much. Did you see that look she gave me." I wiped a tear from my eye. "She's gonna ask him a million questions. I guarantee by the time we get to Sam's, Ratchet is going to practically throw her out of his alt-form."
Optimus chuckled as well. "That should be interesting."
"You have no idea." I snickered. After that, we both fell silent. I couldn't help but take a moment to bask in my current situation. I was with Optimus, casually sitting in his cab. He was really here. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, if only to try and slow down my fastly beating heart.
"Are you well, Jenny?" Optimus broke me from my spell.
I smiled in reassurance and pat his steering wheel. "Yeah, yeah I'm good. I think I'm still trying to come to terms with all this. A week ago I never imagined I'd ever get to meet you and now you're here. I'm still trying to decide whether or not this is a dream."
"I promise you, my angel, this is no dream. I am truly here with you on Earth and I will stay with you for as long as I am able." Optimus promised me.
The thought of him leaving me caused a sharp pain in my chest. I did not think I could handle it if he and the others left Earth. They all filled a hole in my chest that my parents had created. They were my family. And Optimus, he was everything. I had never let myself think about just how important he was to me before because I thought I'd never meet him. He was simply a fantasy that may or may not have been real.
But now he was here and there was no denying it anymore. I was in love with him.
I knew there were so many things that were against us. We were different species for one thing. And Optimus was a gigantic robotic organism while I was a tiny, fleshy human. And then there was the age difference. My sixteen years definitely paled in comparison to his millions of years. Though Optimus had once compared his age to a twenty-five year old in human terms. Still, that was quite a gap. And then there was the whole people, be it mine or his, would probably never approve of it. So really it was a big complicated mess that would probably never work out.
However, when I was with him none of those things mattered. To me, he was Optimus, my best friend and confidant. He was the guy who made me laugh and could cheer me up after a bad day. He was the person I looked forward to the most everyday. When something happened, he was the first person I wanted to tell. We weren't Cybertronian and human, we were Optimus and Jenny.
It wasn't that simple though, not in reality. It was easy to pretend there could be something more in dreams. Real life was messier and it had complications that I wasn't sure we could overcome should we even decide to give us a chance. That being if he even felt the same way I did.
"Thank you, Optimus. I'm really glad we're friends." I tried not to let my voice hitch at the word "friends". Just being friends didn't seem good enough, not when he meant so much to me.
"I am as well."
Before I could say anything more, we pulled into a back alley that I knew was directly behind Sam's house. Optimus retracted the seatbelt and opened the door so I could jump out. I joined Sam, Mikaela and Mandy at the entrance to Sam's back gate.
Mandy had a satisfied grin on her face. "Oh my gosh, what did you do?" I laughed. She simply shrugged. "You are horrible."
"I need you guys to stay here, all right? You got to stay here and you're gonna watch them." Sam told the three of us. We all nodded, telling him okay. However, Sam was still slightly spazzing out. Probably because there were a bunch of alien robots parked behind his house. "All of them. Do you hear what I'm saying? Five minutes, all right?"
"Sam, we got it, go." I rolled my eyes and shooed him off. Sam looked at us for a moment more before he unlocked his back gate and sprinted away. "That guys needs a xanax or something."
"Can you blame him?" Mikaela sighed. "This is completely insane, you realize that right?"
Mandy and I exchanged looks. "Maybe a little, but these guys have been here for me for most of my life. I trust them. They'll look out for us. You just need to remember that what we're doing now is to save the world. The Decepticons are a nightmare and if they got a hold of the cube, we'd all be dead. Honestly I'm honored that these guys are letting me be a part of their world and their mission." I explained to her.
"Jenny's right. As insane as my life is now, I'm so happy to be here. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. How many people can say with certainty that they know aliens exist? I don't know why, out of all the humans on this planet, we're the one who were picked to help these guys out. But I know I'll do my damnedest to be there for them so they can complete their mission." Mandy reinforced me. I grinned at her and gave her a high five for her words. This was why she was my best friend.
"Okay, okay I get your point. And you're right, we're here for a reason. I might have only just met these guys, but I can already tell they're the good guys. I'm still absolutely terrified, but I'm committed one hundred percent." Mikaela smiled, albeit nervously. It was a start though.
We fell silent then and I could almost feel the anxious energy in the air. Optimus suddenly transformed. "Whoa! Optimus what are you doing."
"We need those glasses." He simply replied. The others transformed as well, much to our horror. They stepped towards Sam's yard so Mandy, Mikaela and I all ran into the gate. Sam was standing in the middle of his yard, staring at them in complete terror. "What are you doing? What are you doing?"Sam asked, now visibly frustrated. "No, watch the path!Watch the path! Watch the... Please, please, please." Optimus then accidentally stepped on the fountain in the middle of Sam's yard. Sam had tried to warn him, but it was too late.
"Sorry. My bad."Optimus apologized.
"Oh, I... You couldn't... You couldn't wait for five... You couldn't wait for five minutes?"Sam asked, looking around with panic in his eyes "I told you to just stay! Just stay! God!" Sam shook his head and then turned to Mikaela, Mandy and I. "I told you to watch them. I told you."
Mandy and I put my hands up in surrender, though we were both trying hard not to start laughing. Mikaela, however, was slightly annoyed. "Okay, you know what? They seem to be in a little bit of a rush."
"Oh, this is bad. No!"Sam groaned when suddenly a little chihuahua came out the door, looking around at the giant robots. The dog ran over to Ironhide and stuck up his leg, relieving himself. "Mojo, Mojo! Off the robot! God!"Sam shouted, running over to grab his dog.
Ironhide looked down, disgusted at what was on him. "Oh, wet."He growled, kicking the dog. He pointed his cannons at Mojo, and they whirred to life.
"No, no, no, no, no! Easy! Easy! Hold on! Hold! This is Mojo. This is Mojo. He's a pet of mine. He's a pet. Okay? That's all. If you could just put the guns away..."Sam tried to explain as he picked his dog up. "Put the... Put them away. Please."Sam begged, trying to keep Mojo away from 'Hide.
"You have a rodent infestation."Ironhide growled again. Sam stared at him blankly. "Shall I terminate?"
"No, no, no, no. He's not a rodent, he's a Chihuahua. This is my... This is my Chihuahua. We love Chihuahuas! Don't we?"Sam tried to explain. However, Ironhide was groaning about how he had leaked lubricants on him. "He peed on you? Bad Mojo. Bad Mojo! Bad Mojo! I'm sorry. He's got a male dominance thing. That's all it is."
Ironhide put his weapons away and shook his foot, groaning in anger and disgust. "My foot's gonna rust."
"All right. Okay, okay. Shut up and go hide! Just hurry."Sam half yelled, half begged the Autobots.
Optimus sighed, annoyed and impatient. But he pulled back. "Autobots, recon."He said, much to Sam's relief. Once they had stepped back, Sam ran into his house to search for the glasses while Mandy, Mikaela and I pulled back with the Autobots. However, it didn't take long for Optimus to get impatient once more. "You must help Samuel receive the glasses." He informed the three of us before offering us a hand.
The three of us exchanged hesitant looks before climbing into his hand. I held on to one of Optimus's digits as he rose back up and walked over to Sam's window. Sam groaned at the sight of us. "Time is short." Optimus informed us.
"They really want those glasses." Mikaela explained as he helped her into the room. Sam asked what we were doing as he helped me in next. "We're gonna help you look, I guess."
He sighed. "Okay." Sam began searching frantically once more when Optimus told him to please hurry. However, Sam wasn't having much luck. "Okay." Sam groaned. "Yeah, no, no. It's definitely gone."
"What do you mean by that?" I asked, feeling a little bit of dread. He couldn't possibly have lost the single most important object and the one thing that would lead us to the Cube.
"My glasses were in the bag. They were in the backpack and now the backpack isn't here." Sam's eyes darted around his room frantically.
"Well, they're gonna be pissed, so what do you wanna do?" Mandy asked. She looked just as worried as I did. Mikaela just looked stressed beyond belief. We all were feeling the pressure to find these glasses.
"So what I think you guys should do is you should... You should check this whole... This whole section here. Just give it a clean sweep, all of you, and I'll get the corner here."Sam ordered.
We all nodded and went to do as he said. Mikaela grabbed a box and went to open it when Sam suddenly tore out of her hands, looking scared . . . and a little guilty? "Yeah, no, no, no. Not there. That's my... That's my private... Sorry. That's nothing."Sam freaked.
"You just... You just told me to look..." Mikaela shook her head.
"I know, but I didn't mean to look inside of my treasure chest."
"You should be way more specific so I don't get in trouble in your room. I'm already stressed out enough."
They fell silent after that. We continued to search frantically through his room with no success. After a few minutes with zero luck, I began to get discouraged. "Okay. What now? They're clearly not in this room"I asked, looking over at Sam. But Sam wasn't paying attention to me. He was looking out the window. "Sam?"
I approached the window and looked out. Then I nearly died laughing. The Autobots were all transformed in their alt. modes in Sam's backyard.
"No. No, no. No, no, no. This isn't hiding. This isn't hiding. This is my backyard, not a truck stop. Oh, God. Oh!"Sam looked like he was about to lose his mind.
I left him be while I continued to search with the others. Honestly Sam had a pretty nice size room. It was probably bigger than mine but several feet. He even had a bathroom. Mine was located across the hall but still, how convenient to have it in your bedroom.
I heard the sound of the Autobots transforming once more and winced. Sam was freaking out even more if that was possible, this time about his mother's flower garden? I guess one of them stepped in it.
Whatever he was staring at made him upset even more. I really didn't think that was possible.
"Okay, listen. You got to listen to me. If my parents come out here and see you, they're gonna freak out."Sam was trying to explain. "My mother's got a temper, okay?"
"We must have the glasses." Optimus sounded like he was right outside the window. Looking over confirmed that that was indeed the case.
"I know you need the glasses. I've been looking everywhere. They're not here. They're definitely not here."
Optimus groaned and shook his head. "Keep searching."
"I need you to be quiet for five minutes. Ten minutes. Okay? Please, I'm begging you. You got to… You're making a racket. I can't concentrate. You want me to look and I'm hearing..."Sam panicked. Optimus tried to calm him down but it wasn't working. "You got to do something here. You got to do something here."
"Autobots, fall back."Optimus reluctantly complied.
"Thank you. Please, for five minutes. Good? Good? Okay." Sam backed away from the window. We all checked and doubled checked areas we'd already looked when the floor trembled and the lights went out. Sam sighed and looked outside, but didn't say anything when he got back to work. He froze though when he heard someone calling his name.
"Sam? Sammy?" A female's voice called from the other side of the room. I guessed that it was most likely his mother.
One of the bots turned a light on and pointed into the room. Sam was practically hyperventilating. "Come on, hurry. Listen, we got a major issue in here. What's with the light? You gotta stop the light. What's going on? Turn it off. You gotta tell him to shut it off."Sam once again begged whoever was shining the light. It was hard to see anything with how dark it was.
I bumped into Mandy and she grabbed my hand. Mikaela stood on the other side of her.
"Sam, are you in there?" This time it was a Male who asked. I could only assume it was his father "How come the door's locked? You know the rules. No doors locked in my house!"
"You know he'll start counting if you don't open the door!" His mom shouted. They were loudly knocking at the door and shaking the handle.
The light switched off. Sam hissed at us to get down so the three of us hunched behind some boxes. On the other side of the door I could hear Sam's dad giving a countdown. However right as he reached one, I heard Sam's door squeal open. "What's up? What's with the bat?"Sam tried to sound casual but I could still hear a slight waver in his voice.
"Who were you talking to?" Sam's dad demanded. Sam tried to play it off and answered that his dad was the one he was talking to.
"Why are you so sweaty and filthy?"His mom then inquired. Sam's answer nearly had me in tears when he called himself a child before correcting it to teenager.
"We heard voices and noises and we thought maybe you were... It doesn't matter what we thought. What was that light?" His dad demanded.
"No, what light? What? There's no light, Dad! There's no light! You got two lights in your hand! That's what it is. Maybe it bounced..." Sam was rambling.
"There was light under the door."
"Look, you can't... You can't just bounce into my room like that. You got to knock. You got to communicate." Sam tried to turn it around but both his parents began protesting. "You didn't knock. You were screaming at me, okay? This is repression, what you're doing here. You're ruining my youth, okay?"
Mandy and I exchanged looks, and started laughing silently.
"Oh, for Pete's sake! You are so defensive! Were you masturbating?" Sam mom surprised all of us. My jaw dropped open and I felt my face heating up. This was not a conversation we needed to hear. I felt bad for Sam, he was most likely mortified by now.
"Was I... No, Mom. Zip it, okay? No, I don't masturbate! That's not something for you to bring up." Sam squeaked. Yeah he was mortified.
"That's a father-and-son thing, okay? Father-son thing."His dad said added and yeah I definitely wished I was anywhere but here at that moment. I looked over at Mandy, but she looked more amused than anything. Mikaela, however, was just as flushed as I was.
"I mean, you don't have to call it that word if that makes you uncomfortable. You can call it Sam's happy time or... my special alone time..." His mom continued, prompting Sam to beg her to stop. "I'm sorry. It's just been a weird night. I've had a little bit to drink."
"Yeah, well, we saw a light." His dad stubbornly changed the subject back. "I don't know where it was, but we saw it." Suddenly the ground started shaking again. "Earthquake! It's another one! Another earthquake! Get in the doorway!"
I heard the sound of someone running close to us. "Aftershock! Aftershock! Oh, I hate these. Gotta ride it out. Ride it out! Quick, hide."
Suddenly the lights turned back on. It took a moment for my eyes to adjust. I could hear Sam's parents exchanging more words but I was more worried about whether or not we were still hidden well enough.
"Oh, oh, man! Man. Oh. Oh, no! Look at the yard. The yard is destroyed. Judy? Better call the city. We got a blown transformer! Power pole is sparking all over the place! Oh, man. Yard's a waste. Trashed. Gone. It's a wash. The whole yard." Sam's father was now over by the window
"You're kidding." Sam's mother said. She joined her husband. After they exchanged a few more words, before they both turned towards Sam again. "We heard you talking to somebody, Sam. We wanna know who." They demanded.
I looked over at my two friends. They both looked just as fed up as I did. Clearly they weren't going to leave without an answer. We stood up simultaneously, interrupting Sam when he tried once more to convince her no one was there. His parents looked surprised at the sight of, not one, but three teenage girls in their son's room. And not to sound conceited or anything, but the three of us were actually quite pretty.
"Hi. I'm Mickaela."Mickaela said. I'm a... I'm a friend of Sam's."
"And I'm Jenny, also a friend of Sam's,"I added. Mandy told them her name after I did. His parents smiled at us, his father also patting Sam on the back as if to congratulate him. It was kind of amusing.
"Gosh, you girls are gorgeous. Aren't they just the prettiest girls?" His mom commented, causing Sam to groan in embarrassment. We thanked her, which caused her to giggle. She then suddenly gasped. "Oh, my goodness. I'm sorry you had to hear our little family discussion about..." Judy started but let the sentence kinda hang there.
"Sorry that we're bugging you."Mikaela smiled. I nodded. "Yeah we didn't mean to intrude. We just wanted to bug Sam." I smirked at my newly acquired friend.
He glared at me before turning to his parents. "Do you have my backpack?"Sam asked. His mom told him it was in the kitchen before she was pulled out of the room by his father. Sam waved them off before turning back to us, face red.
"Your mom's so nice."Mikaela and I said at the same time. We looked at one another and grinned. Mandy, not wanting to be left out, added. "And not afraid to speak her mind about anything."
Sam just nodded before turning serious again. "I want you to distract my parents while I slip out and get these glasses to them, okay?" The three of us agreed before following him out of his room and down the stairs. We were not prepared for what happened when we got down there however.
(Wow, that took me all of study hall and an hour when I got home to write. So it took me two hours all together. Shows how much I love you guys! Anyway I hope you like it and soon I'll have more romance. I'm not even close to being done with this story! Hope you like it and R&R!)
There really weren't a lot of differences in this chapter. I just mostly cleaned it up. Hope you still had fun though! Leave me a review if you're feeling generous! See you soon for chapter six!
