This is my first sequel. I hope you all like it! Also for most of this to make sense and to see how it all started don't forget to read Love Times Two! Please sit back and enjoy, also be gentle...still working out some kinks in the story. :)

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I IN NOW WAY OWN ANY SONGS OR MEDIA USED IN THIS STORY AS REFERENCE OR OTHERWISE I.E; NAME BRANDS, MUSIC, ANIME/MANGA REFERENCES (THERE MAY BE A FEW) OR OTHER SUCH NONESENSE! AGAIN PLEASE DONT SUE!

I do own Arabella, Tia, Kyler, the sparklings, and any other OC's I add later!

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Retrokill: Accents ahoy! *Thanks Medic for saving me from the airman who would detain me.* I hope you are feeling better in the new year! No more running into anti air! And thank you for the compliment, I hope you like this chapter!

Rebecca Frost: Thank you for the compliment! I hope you like this chapter!


Text: " = normal speech heard out loud, sparklings included.

[Text: "] = Family bond/twin bond/quad bond/spark bond :)

{Text: "} =Com. Link/text message/ phone call. (specified)

S.S: " =Twins speaking in unison (or quads... i.e F.P)

N.P.F.M: " =Quads speaking in unison

YDaddy = Sunstreaker

RDaddy = Sideswipe

R&YDaddy = Twins speaking in unison from sparklings pov.


A/N: JUST A WARNING. DEROGETORY MILTARY NAMES USED, BUT IN GOOD FUN. I DO NOT MEAN TO OFFEND ANYONE WHO READS THIS. READ ON, PLEASE!


Bella's pov

Did I mention how much I love my family? First of all, I love my family. There now that I got that out of the way, let me add that they can be COMPLETELY INSANE! I kid you not, half of my younger cousins (girls and boys younger than me by like two years {and the older ones are guilty too}) were ogling the bots, both in holoform and in alt. Jazz and Bee ate up the attention, flirting back and Arcee put most of my disturbed cousins in their place by ruffling their hair good naturedly. I have to ask where she learned that, I'm a sucker when someone flirts with me, obviously. Everyone left Tia, Jolt, Chromia, and Hide alone seeing that they automatically linked arms and snuggled into each other. All in all, they were fitting right in with us humans. (Yes I still very much consider myself human).

Sleeping in a holoform is strange. We locked our door just in case, you know, if we faded out, but all in all it was a strange challenge. When I woke up I changed my appearance to the clothes I would wear for the day and crept out of my room so as not to wake the quadruplets and the twins. I'm not surprised to find all of my aunts in the kitchen cooking a huge country style breakfast. "Morning." "Hey Bella. How'd ya sleep sweetheart?" "Good. Thought that ya'll could use a hand." I said as I joined them in the kitchen.

As I began to make my signature biscuits and white gravy I heard some of the others walk in behind me. It was Tia, and two of my fourteen-year-old cousins, Tina and Shayla. Coincidently they like my uncle Reggie and Riley are twins. "Hey ya'll. How'd you sleep?" "I haven't slept that good in a looooooong time." Tia yawned.

Mae: "It's that country air sweetie. It does wonders for the body."

Tina: "Where are you from?"

Tia: "Burque. Bella and I knew each other but neither of us knew that each other joined until early November."

Shayla: "And your husband?"

Tia smiled as said husband walked into the room behind her. "I met her the night I arrived from my transfer. It was me Chromia, Arcee, and a few others who were transferred. I came from Israel where I had been studying medicine. I'm now in apprenticeship with our base's CMO." He said before planting a kiss on Tia's cheek. "Hey Jolt, can ya do me a solid and mix the protein shakes fo' the morning? Kinda have my hands full." I called as I began to pour my pancake batter into the hot pan. Biscuits and pancakes. Good food for the soul. "What about you Bella? Was meeting your husbands like something out of 21 jump street, or?" "Actually, no. It was really strange. I was on my way to school, when I saw Sides. He was tailing me. Then he "mysteriously" transferred into half o' my classes. Sunny took the other half. Next thing I know, they're following me round school, ya know when they weren' tailing their suspect, an kissin me at assemblies. It kinda jus' happened."

Jolt: "Here. Tia, catch!"

The two of us downed our "Protein shakes" quickly as the rest of the house filled into the kitchen, taking seats and continuing conversations. "Yo Bella. Where yo' grunts at?" "Whoops. Sorry didn't expect you to scare me like that Tony. Probably dressing the mini's." I giggled as the pancake I threw at him slowly slid down his face. I wasn't the only one laughing, half of the room was snickering even Sides, and he wasn't in the room yet. "Bella? How can you tell Sunny and Sides apart?" My baby cousin Mary asked. She's no older than six.

Me: "Well my mini Mary, for me it's super easy to tell them 'part, even though they look similar. Sunny is older an' taller than Sides, but he's usually serious. But he does like to act silly some times. An' Sides is silly. He loves to play pranks on everyone, and though many don' think it at times, he can be pretty serious. They're both smart, lovin' guys and I am truly lucky to have 'em."

["Awe! We love you too bae!"]

Susie: "An' if they, say 'proached ya from behind?"

She asked with a smile as a pair of strong tan arms wrapped around me. "Oh, that's easy. Sunny smells like cinnamon an' ginger, where as Sides smells like cloves an' nutmeg. Mornin' Sides." I called as I snuggled into my mate. "What can't say high to me bae?" "Never could forget ya love." I said as I spun to hug Sunny.

Me: "Where are the bitlets?"

My answer was a smirk as the quadruplets toddled in slowly, in a sideways chorus line. Pulse and Maverick had their arms out to balance them as they carefully stepped into the kitchen. They smiled as they heard the adoring coos of "aww" right before they collapsed by my feet staring up at me happily.

Me: "Good mornin' my adorable munchkins! Did ya sleep good?"

Maverick: "Ah ba mama!"

Freezefire: "Mah bah aba."

Nightsinger: "Mommy lah bah."

Pulse: "Goo, wah, Daddies ah!"

Sides: "Good. Now let's get you four fed and then we can begin the day right.

Mom: "Boys take a seat, stay a while. We'll feed 'em"

She said as she pushed Sides into a chair before picking up Pulse and Freezefire. "Do my nieces and nephews have names, or should we jus call em' mini Brinks?" my uncle Reggie asked.

Me: "Huh, thought ya'll would catch their names by now. My eldest here is Nightsinger, second oldest held by mom is Pulse, third oldest also held by mom is Freezefire, an' our youngest currently trying to reach for a pancake is Maverick. Say hi bitlets."

N.P.F.M: "Hi!"

Sunny: "Maverick, I don't think you should eat that."

He said putting the pancake down on his plate, only for Maverick to pick it back up and thrust it into his tiny mouth. He looked down at the flapjack in his mouth curiously gnawing on other parts of it, and licking it. Sunstreaker only laughed watching as our son tore off a piece and stuck it in his mouth, fist and all. It didn't take long for the others to follow suit. Each grabbed a pancake and began to enjoy it. That is until mom and the others began to stuff them with apple sauce, which then lead to omelets, which then proceeded to end with them actually drinking their energon. And by that point the rest of us were going outside to the first race area.

Cobalt: "Alrighty. The challenge here is simple; Each team gets two riders. One fo' shootin', the other fo' wranglin'. Fastest combined time wins. Choose wisely."

Me: "I call wranglin', Kyler are ya down for some target practice?"

Kyler: "You bet sis. We got this in the bag!"

{Jazz: "Wranglin'?"}

{Jolt: "She has to catch something, I think."}

{Arcee: "This'll be a synch for her then. After all she has to catch the sparklings for bath time daily."}

{Me: "Well kinda. Ya'll bout to see why I'm good at Jet Judo."}

I said as I left to the stable to saddle up. I was going to go first which meant that I had to be on point for this. Hey what can I say? I'm competitive, I wanna win, we actually give out a trophy! I entered the track on my horse, coming to a stop in front of the twins who grinned at me. They knew that I could ride a horse and that I did trick riding.

At the shot, my horse and I galloped off in a rush over to the cattle. I whistled for my dogs who came up and helped me heard the cows back into their pen. After that I galloped away, sliding out of my saddle and around my horse's neck. Once back in the saddle I slid out of it again while holding the horn, and flipped up and over her, then back several times. After this I did a full hand stand keeping an eye out for my calf. I had to catch a calf, and a horse to finish. And sure enough there he was, black, white and fuzzy with a big pink nose. I hopped off my horse lassoing the calf and bringing him to the ground so I could hog tie it and carry it back to its pen, where I cut my rope before racing back to my sill galloping horse and jumping on. Once back on I found the horse easily and steered mine in its direction. It didn't have a chance. I quickly lassoed it and tied it to a post right before I sped back to the starting line where my horse decided to show off and rear, allowing me to stand on her back a good eight feet up while we were in the air.

Needless to say, the bots were awe struck as I leapt off. "2 Minutes even. A new personal best." Riley called.

{Arcee: "You are completely insane."}

{Chromia: "What the frag was that?!"}

{Bee: "That was epic! I had to record that. No one will believe us if we said this happened!"}

{Me: "Thanks. Now we jus' need Kyler to do his part."}

I said as we watched my cousin Lina clear the course. She was only a second behind me, which meant that Kyler really had to be on point for us to win this challenge. And sure enough he and his horse trotted out to the starting line, only he was equipped with two revolvers and a shotgun on his back. Hide's eyes got huge at the sight of this. It didn't help that we had to move into bullet proof shacks just in case of stray fire. Once the shot was fired, his horse didn't hesitate to blast off. Kyler took aim at several targets and blew them away, hitting dead center. Much like me, he left the saddle to crawl across his horse's neck, shooting his targets as he went. Though he didn't do as many flips as I did (his foot is still healing after all) Kyler finished with a spectacular time. One minute forty-five seconds to be exact. Our cousin Tyler didn't even have a chance, coming in at two minutes and fifteen seconds. We had taken the first round. And we'll no doubt take the second. Fighting. Seriously why don't they just give us the trophy now?

Stanley: "Alrigh' the challenge here is simple, pin yo opponent fo' five seconds to win. No shots in the groin, everywhere else is fair game, we only ask that ya keep in mind that we got 'nother two days together here. Don' think any o' ya'll wanna be without teeth. Two fighters from each group."

Me: "Alrigh' who wants to have a go with- "

Riley: "I wanna kick Sunny boy's ass!"

Reggie: "An' I'm callin' ya out Ass-wipe, oops. Sideswipe my bad."

I was about to turn around and wheel on them for swearing in front of my kids and for insulting my husbands, but they stopped me.

[Sides: "You know bae, fighting for your life and fighting for sport are two completely different things."]

[Sunny: "We don't mind. But we don't want to hurt your uncles."]

[Me: "I'm aware of the oath, but…as your superior officer I think it's okay just this once for you to kick my uncle's asses."]

{Me: "I'm cool with it if you are Chromia."}

{Chromia: "What happens on vacation stays on vacation."}

[Me: "You guys are so sweet for caring you know that?"]

S.S: "We love you too Bella. And we'd be happy to accept your challenge"

They said, both holding a mischievous glint in their eyes. "Do ya'll always speak like tha' or?"

S.S: "No."

They said as my uncle Riley pulled off his shirt, to reveal a small six-pack. Sunny snorted derisively before he pulled off his own revealing abs that could cut diamonds and a six pack that could cut through solid cybertanium. Don't even get me started on his biceps and triceps. In the distance my engine revved happily, making my holoform blush a deep orange. Sunny only chuckled as he looked back at me. "Like what you see?" "You know I do." I nearly purred. The whole family was staring awkwardly at us. "Are we going to fight or what?!" Sunny bellowed.

My aunt Lou Ann rang the bell signaling the two to begin fighting. I'd like to say my uncle won. Alas if I did I would be lying. Sunstreaker dodged each shot with practiced ease, as my family and the bots cheered him and my uncle on. Finally, Sunny threw a punch landing in my uncle's gut. Riley doubled over and groaned, giving Sunny a chance to connect his right hand with his lower jaw, sending Riley up and spinning on his toes. "Damn. Pretty boy's got an arm!" He shrilled in a high voice before going down, where Sunny pinned him for five seconds. "My name is Sunstreaker. Not sunny boy, not sunshine, and not Sunny." He huffed as he left the ring high fiving Sides on his way in.

Sides: "Don't mind him, he's just mad that he has a thousand and one nicknames. Me on the other hand- "

He was cut off by the bell but he didn't stop talking as my uncle Reggie charged him. In fact, he was taunting him and throwing light punches and kicks at the same time. In a fraction of the time it took Sunny, Sides had my uncle pinned screaming uncle of all things, because Sides had brought Reggie's arm up to the back of his neck. His fingers could pull his own hair if he wanted. After five seconds, he let go with a grin, chuckling as he made his way over to me.

Me: "Anyone else want some?"

I asked comically making my family roar in laughter. "I do! Bring it Bella!" My cousin Tony yelled. Tony is about the size of Kyler, but slightly less muscular, and he's around the same age too. Piece of cake.

"Sure. Yo funeral." I said as I joined him in the ring. At the sound of the bell we began pacing each other, circling seeing who would throw the first punch. Knowing Tony's impatience, he would. And he did, but it only took one dodge to get into his personal space, from there I gave him several well placed jabs in his stomach and ribs at lightning speed. After that I simply slid underneath him as he doubled over, grabbing his legs as I went making him fall on his face. I then pinned both his arms and legs to his back and sat on him until my five seconds were up.

Me: "Ya know…everybody that came with Kyler an' I had a hand in training me. Why did ya challenge me after ya saw my husband's take down yo dad an uncle Reggie?"

"Stupidity" He mumbled into the ground as I got up. After the laughter died down we moved on to our next activities. The bots really got into the swing of things. Chromia and Hide easily took the shooting contest, Jazz, Bee and Arcee had a blast with the volley ball game, even though they lost by a point. Tia laughed hysterically at Jolt when they lost the water balloon toss, and both Jolt and Bee surprised us all when they won the pie eating contest (I knew they like pie but damn. Eight pies? Each?). The only activities left for the day were the tug-of-war, mud runnin race and capture the flag at night. Mud runnin, my favorite sport. Oh this will be so much fun!

{Sunny: "No. Fragging. Way. Absolutely not. You are not going to ruin your paint job for some stupid competition."}

{Sides: "Relax bro. It's only mud. It'll wash off."}

{Me: "Mmmm. Well…not all of it is mud."}

{Jazz: "What's that sposed ta mean?"}

{Me: "Well…some o' it is rotted compost."}

The bots all tuned to me in horror, cringing slightly at the thought.

{Me: "I understand if ya'll don' wanna do it, but know that my family will never let ya'll live it down."}

{Hide: "A little bit of dirt won't hurt us. I'm in."}

{Bee: "Count me in. It's about time that I beat you anyhow."}

{Sides: "Why not? I could be fun."}

Cobalt: "Al'righ, which o' ya'll gonna go gainst me an my boys?"

He shouted from his Ford 4x4. My cousins Jerald and Walker chuckled from their own trucks. Jerald drives a red Ram 2500 and Walker drives a Ford Like Cobalt, only his is silver rather than white.

Hide: "You think you can take us down with those? Please."

Walker: "That flashy GMC of yours doesn't stand a chance!"

Hide: "Last I checked all Ford stood for was "Found On Roadside Dead."

Me: "Hey! I resent that!"

Jazz: "Ya resemble it!"

He shouted. He grew quiet at the sight of my glare

Me: "Hide is right about one thing. Ya'll have no chance!"

Sides: "YEAH!"

Cobalt: "An' what are ya gonna do? Ya drive a Lambo!"

Sides: "Ah, a mere Lambo to you, but it's a military issued vehicle. This bad boy can drive circles around all of you on and off the road!"

Jerald: "Talk is cheap! If ya wanna screw up yo pretty lil' Lambo do it! But we aint helpin ya gettin it un-stuck!"

He shouted over the rev of his truck's engine. I nodded to Sides as he placed Pulse and Maverick in their car seats, and as I placed Nightsinger and Freezefire in their seats. Tia joined me in my passenger seat as I started up. Arcee and Chromia were riding with Hide, and Kyler was riding with Sides. My cousins Tina and Shayla decided that they'd try muddin today on the Atvs making my uncle's team an even five. With a happy rev I turned to my daughters and turned on my com..

"Are you ready to beat your daddy and get your cousins really muddy?"

{Sides: "Hey! Who says you'll win sweetspark?! I am faster than you!"}

{Me: "Fair nough. But I bet ya never been muddin before."}

Freezefire: "Yucky! Mud yucky!"

Me: "Don' worry sweetie I promise that we'll all get cleaned up after. Kay?"

She nodded her head smartly as her sister pouted. "GO!" Nightsinger commanded pointing out the windshield.

Mom: "All right. First one to finish the course wins for their team. No playin bumper cars out there since my grandkids are riding with my son in law and daughter. On your mark. Get set. GOOOOOOO!"

She shouted. We all tore out of the driveway and onto the marked path, kicking up muck as we went. I easily pulled ahead of Bee and Sides, and Hide stayed hot on the trail of Walker and Jerald. I knew that we'd have a chance to get ahead in the upcoming ditch, and there it was. Boy they must have filled it pretty full this year to get us stuck. Too bad that they don't know we all have the alien version of four-wheel drive. Hide thundered through the mud sending a tidal wave of it crashing into me. I shuddered at the coldness of it as my windshield wipers scraped it out of my line of sight. Bee had snuck up behind me, as had Sides. Meanwhile Hide had passed Walker and was passing Jerald when we reached a slight hill. Hide got in front flicking mud up onto their trucks. Jerald careened slightly to the side getting stuck. All he could do was spin his tires.

Kyler and Sides cackled as we passed. So much for him. As for my cousins, Tina and Shayla, they were doing a good job trying to get in front of Bee to no avail. Once at the top of the hill we had to go through several bumps and dips before we could head through another muddy ditch and back down the hill to the finish line. Hide was out in front having passed Cobalt quickly. Sides and I were driving side by side as we took the dips together.

{Hide: "This is actually really quite amusing."}

{Sides: "Our mechs love it."}

He said over the wild giggles and squeals.

{Me: "So do our femmes."}

I said looking back to Nightsinger and Freezefire who had their little arms up in the air squealing joyfully at each bump. We finally passed Walker and were right on Hide's bumper. Cobalt had gotten ahead once more, sending a nice amount of mud onto Hide's hood. Shayla and Tina had fallen behind no longer causing Bee problems. Once we got to the ditch we were moving faster than a car on mud should. We all splattered through it leading us to the wide turn that went downhill. Just as I had hoped Cobalt took the turn wide allowing us to pass him. We crossed the finish line soon after.

N.P.F.M: "GAIN! GAIN! GAIN! GAIN!"

Mom: "Looks like the Brinks take this one!"

She cheered. Sunny looked at us in muffled horror. Can't blame him. We're covered from roof to rubber in black sticky mud. "WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" "Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!" My cousins squealed as they came sliding into the drive, sending their own tidal wave of filth crashing into Sunny and Jazz. The two flinched slightly before glaring at them pointedly.

Jazz: "Really ya'll?"

He asked making them giggle wildly as they took off their helmets.

Cobalt: "Ohhhh. Did we make ya mad pretty boy?"

Sunny simply glared at him before he lifted Nightsinger up and nuzzled her neck eliciting a high pitched squeal. "Meh, I'm not mad."

{Sunny:" I'm livid."}

Sunny: "Besides I'll get you back I'm sure."

He smirked venomously as we walked up the hill to where the tug-of-war was set up.

Dad: "Alrigh' here's how this works. My brothers and their sons against us."

P.M.: "YAAAAAY!"

Dad: "Heh, sorry little ones. You're still too little to do this one."

Me: "It's okay. We'll cheer ya on, right boys?"

They nodded excitedly as we set them down in front of the mud pit (a good five feet back). On the verbal command of my aunt Susie The rope was picked up by both sides and was pulled hard in each direction. "Shame (grunt) that ya'll have to lose in fron o' yo kids." Reggie said. "We could say the same." Jazz grunted as they pulled back. "Ya'll shouldn' have worn such nice threads." Tony gasped as he pulled back with enough force that the bots had to regain some footing. "Why (grunt) is that?" Jolt snapped. "Cause ya'll gonna get a good mud bath."

{Bee: "Already had one thanks"}

"You sure about that?" Hide growled as they yanked back. I could tell that they were being good sports, but frankly I just wanted them to end it. Kyler chuckled a moment before looking back at Sides and Sunny. "Are ya'll even tryin'?" They both grinned back mischievously. "No. But you know what? I think we should. What do you think Bro?" Sunny snorted in good humor. "Please, don't insult me. On three."

"THREE!" They all shouted in unison pulling the rope so hard and fast that everyone on the other end screamed as they flew into the mud, splashing all of us in the process. Our whole team was howling in laughter. "Sweet God! Did ya'll see their faces?!" Kyler nearly shrieked. Speaking of shrieking.

Freezefire: "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Sides: "Oh no. It's okay sweetheart. Don't cry."

He cooed picking her. Sensing her frustrations, the other sparklings began to start up. Everyone stopped laughing seeing our little ones' cry. Sides sighed as he bounced her, but it was no use.

Walker: "What's wrong with her?"

Sides: "She hates getting dirty. It is her biggest pet peeve."

Sunny: "Next to nap time."

Cobalt: "Oh, poor baby. I'm sorry."

Stanley: "Why don we all get cleaned up fo the barbeque?"

Me: "Sounds good. We'll join ya after we swing by Lou's."

Riley: "Why? Can't leave ya car dirty fo a day?"

Me: "No. I was gonna show the mini's their first car wash."

There was a chorus of "ohhs" before we all went our separate ways to get cleaned up. It's a bit of a family tradition to take your kids to Lou's for their first ride through automatic car wash. He's a family friend who served with our uncles, and whose dad served with my grandfather. Our "uncle" Lou. Surprisingly the quadruplets calmed down long enough for us to bathe them, and they fell into recharge as the twins and I rinsed off our holoforms. (You try having your holographic nanaties covered I smelly mud) Once we were done, we loaded up the sparklings and we headed out for the wash. It didn't take too long to get to it since the town was only a few miles behind our family's farmland. And of course with this week being that of the fourth of July it's a little busy. But not too busy, we'll be back in less than 45 minutes. Pulse and Nightsinger were babbling to each other and looking around and then suddenly they got really quiet. Tia and I looked at them to see that they were both staring at the entrance to the wash with horror.

Pulse grabbed his sister's hand as the both muttered monster. They watched on in horror as the cars in front of us entered, disappearing through the brushes. The twins nudged me over the bond and I explained what was wrong. Freezefire and Maverick weren't too keen on the idea either and they were sending distressed feelings up the bond to us. Finally, it was our turn with the attendant and low and behold, its uncle Lou himself.

Lou: "Welcome to good clean fun! What can we do for you?"

Me: "Hmmm. The special sounds good, unless you don't do that anymore."

He did a double take before he suddenly realized it was me.

Lou: "Arabella? My God! I thought…well the whole town thought…"

Me: "I know. It's a long story an' I'm sorry for not comin' back sooner. But in short; I joined the military, got married and had four kids."

He looked at my back seat to where Pulse and Nightsinger looked back fearfully. Both were trying to undo the buckles on their seats whimpering in frustration. "There's more to the story aint there?" "Yes. I'd be glad to tell ya all o' it, on one condition." "Name it." "Ya close down early tonight an' spend the evening at the ranch havin' fun." He pretended to think for a moment before nodding his head. "I will. So who are these cuties?"

I introduced him to the bots and sparklings, watching his features morph in amazement. He finally laughed and shook his head. "Yep, plenty more to the story. I presume this is the little one's first time?"

Me: "You know it. Can't break tradition. If I may, myself and all those behind me up to the yellow Camaro will have the special."

Lou: "You got it! And of course I'll have a treat waiting for the little ones on the other side."

He said giving the two a small wave before he walked off to set up our wash. I drove forward onto the track following the signs, and listening to Nightsinger and Pulse begin to freak out. "C'mere you two. Everything is going to be okay. Right Tia?"

I said to her breaking my accent. Perhaps it will help calm them down. She smiled as she sat Pulse on her lap and bounced him lightly. "Yep. Nothing bad will happen. Bella is just going to get a bath is all."

"Baf?" Nightsinger whimpered. I nodded. "Yes, it'll be really quick too." "Monster! Mommy get eaten!" Pulse whined.

Tia: "No no no. You'll see, she won't get eaten."

She cooed as the high pressure streams of water started up. Lou's wash system specialized in the removal of heavy mud, which meant that I was basically getting the mud peeled from my body. And boy did it feel good. I sent the feelings down the bond to the quadruplets, reassuring them that I was okay. They stopped whimpering and watched apprehensively as the machine removed the mud and dumped warm bubbles over me from above as well as multiple streams of warm brightly colored foam. This took the fear right out of them as they cooed happy ooo's as the soap swirled and melted together. Finally came the brushes which massaged the soap into me, making me giggle lightly as they scoured my wings. The brushes he uses are both vertical and horizontal with ones that also scrub out the rims and wheel wells. Nightsinger and Pulse cracked up knowing that I was getting tickled as well as washed. They loved the whole experience, squealing at the brushes as they passed, and frowning at the curtain of soft cloths for taking the colorful soap away. "Mean scrubbies!" Nightsinger and Pulse muttered frustrated. Once the final rinse and wax were finished I drove out and into an open bay where the attendants opened our doors and began to clean my interior as well as give me a final polish. Tia and I walked inside so I could pay, and so Pulse and Nightsinger could watch the other bots get cleaned up.

Lou: "I don't think I've seen a smile that big since your mommy and daddy brought you in for your first car wash."

He said gazing lovingly at my little ones. I smiled back and thanked him as I paid for the service, donating four hundred dollars in the process. He tried to deny it at first but I insisted. Always give back to the community if you can right? In return for this once the twins entered the building he clapped them on the back saying that he was happy they married me and he was happy to see our family grow. Before we left, he gave the quadruplets several books of stickers a lolly pop and a plastic "badge of bravery" for not freaking out. They were grinning all the way home, where we met everyone at my uncle's lake.

Dad: "C'mere lil' ones! Let Grandpa teach ya how to fish!"

He called. Nightsinger and Freezefire began reaching for him so I dropped them by before grabbing a pole myself. Arcee and Chromia sat with a few of my older cousins playing cards at a table, Jazz and Bee decided to join a few out on the lake, and Hide joined Cobalt at the grill to see what he was up to. Jolt and Tia snuggled under a large oak and spoke softly of their own future sparklings. It's so weird to see them like this, yet it seems so normal. I know they all had lives before the war, but to see them enjoying normal activities like this was strange.

Sides: "So…fishing?"

Me: "Ya wouldn like it. Once the pole is set, ya have to wait fo the fish to bite."

Sunny: "Bite? I hardly doubt they would bite a hook. Surely they are smarter than that."

Dad: "They are. Ya gotta use bait. Worms work well, salmon eggs an scents do too. Mind handin' me the box son?"

Sunny: "Yes."

He said in disgust as he watched me skewer a worm on my hook. Sides just shrugged and handed dad the box. "CROAK!" "The frag was that?!" Sides yelled lightly as he jumped back to see a large bullfrog. I couldn't help but laugh. "Oh. That's jus' Herman. He's the local bullfrog. Ya almost stepped on 'im."

Sides: "Sorry Herman? Ewwww! Put it down!"

I smiled as I pet the frog fondly before kissing him and showing the quadruplets where to pet him. Maverick poked him gently making him croak once more he reared his hand back with a whimper before Pulse took him from me and began stroking him like you would a cat. He thrust Herman out to Freezefire who regarded him with an awkward glare. Maverick giggled as he poked Herman again making him croak once more. Freezefire and Nightsinger joined in poking and petting the frog. "Why did you kiss that thing? Now you're going to get warts!"

"Our lil femmes need a prince. An' besides, that's a myth Sides. I won get warts."

[I physically can't get them anyways!]

"Besides, I won give em to ya either!" I said as I leaned in for a kiss. I knew he'd lean back, I knew he'd laugh and tell me no. I didn't know that he'd sling me over his shoulder and run up the dock and launch me into the lake. I could hear everyone's cheers and jeers from the bottom of it, and was tempted to snatch up a bass before I stormed out to slap him with it and throw his aft in here. But another thought came to mind, good thing I can change my holoform underwater. And it's a good thing that they had Wi-Fi enabled Spotify.

I walked my way back to the shallow end of the lake in nothing but a gold and red bikini bottom and a blue bikini top holding my "clothes" as I shook the water out of my hair to "Pour some sugar on me". I sauntered over to a cooler and pulled out a soda and took a long drink, very aware of my husband's eyes scouring my body. As a matter of fact, everyone's eyes were staring at my body.

{Chromia: "Work it femme!"}

{Arcee: "Nice. I was hoping you'd do that!"}

{Tia: "I didn't know they could turn that shade of red!"}

{Arcee: "The twins or her family?"}

{Tia: "Both! Pit even our mechs are staring!"}

{Chromia: "I think their processors glitched slightly!"}

[Me: "I'll change in a couple minutes."]

[S.S: "Don't. You look perfect."]

{Me: "Watch. World's fastest double standard in three...two…one!"}

Dad: "Alrigh' nothing to see here! Stop starin'!"

Riley: "We taught ya better than that child! Put something around ya."

Me: "But everyone else is in they bathing suits!"

I whined pointing out the obvious truth. I set my "clothes" out to dry in the sun as I wrapped a light towel around my waist. I smirked at Sunny and Sides as they walked over, very aware that all of the males in our family were watching them like hawks. They both wrapped me in a hug and kissed me softly. We eventually sat down and snuggled together enjoying the sunlight. I'll get changed later, I just want to enjoy these moments with my family. Today couldn't get any better.


A/N: Hey... sorry I haven't posted here for a while, I got writer's block due to family and Christmas. In related news, I now have the first season of the G1 transformers on dvd and an Autobot insignia for my car! Happy belated new year to all of you and happy relatively belated birthday to me! If you wanna know how old I am now...here's a hint. I'm a millennial. :) I hope all of you are well and that you like this chapter.

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