Chapter 15
Jack woke up the next morning to the sound of Arcee's groaning.
"Cee? What's wrong?" he asked, adjusting his eyes to the light.
"My head. It feels like it's blowing up!" Arcee yelled, clutching her head.
"It's called a hangover babe; you'll be having that headache for a while." Normally Jack would be chuckling at his girlfriend's experience with a hangover, but when he saw her like that, he instantly remembered what she told him last night.
"Wha-what happened?" Arcee asked. "I remember going to the party, dancing, then everything went black."
"Someone put alcohol into the drinks and you had one too many cups. You got drunk and I took you home." Jack answered.
Arcee could tell not only in his eyes but in his voice, that there was something he wasn't telling her. "Did I do anything weird while I was drunk?"
"Um… no of course not. You just passed out, that's all." Jack lied. He wasn't ready to talk to her about the things she had said and decided to keep it a secret.
"Ok."
The couple didn't share anymore words as they got ready for the day. There was a little tension between them even though Arcee didn't know what it was about. She could tell that he was not being truthful to her and that something did happen last night. Her suspicions were confirmed when she went downstairs and Bumblebee burst into laughter when he saw her.
The former two-wheeler flinched at the noise. It seemed like any loud pitches made her headache worst so she quickly shot the scout a 'stop laughing or I'll kill you' look. Bumblebee stopped laughing but Arcee could tell he was holding it in.
Arcee took a seat at the kitchen table along with Optimus, Ratchet, Bumblebee, and Jack. The two adults were having a conversation with Jack about human traditions and once in a while, her boyfriend would give Bumblebee looks.
Suddenly, a loud thud was heard in the hallway and everyone turned their heads to see what happened. A moment later, Wheeljack and Bulkhead slumped their way into the room, also holding their heads.
"My fragging head is killing me" Wheeljack complained, leaning against the counter to stabilize himself.
"What was that thud we heard just now?" Bumblebee asked.
"Sorry that was me. Ran into the wall by accident" Bulkhead mumbled, taking a seat. He held his head a bit longer until he saw the food in front of him. Just like that, is headache was gone and he happily dug into his breakfast.
Wheeljack on the other hand didn't take his headache so well and stumbled when he moved to the table.
"Jack, what the frag is happening?" the wrecker asked angrily.
"Wheeljack, watch your language" Ratchet warned but he just shrugged it off.
"It's called a hangover Wheeljack. You're heads going to hurt for a couple hours but it'll go away eventually. Avoid loud noises and you should be fine." Jack explained, leaving out how you get it and why he has it. Optimus and Ratchet were at the table with them and he didn't want to give away the events that had happened.
"Hangover?" Ratchet asked curiously.
"It's just a term we teens use for headache." Jack lied.
"Well then, I'm positive I get a hangover every time Miko plays her guitar."
Jack laughed at the medic's joke, not because it was funny but because of the way he used the term hangover. "Ratchet, I think you should stick with the scientific term instead of teen slang."
The doc nodded in agreement.
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A couple hours later, the teens along with Miko and Raf were sitting on the couches at base watching some TV.
"So you three all have a hangover?" Miko laughed.
"Yeah, now can you turn the volume down?!" Arcee said angrily.
Jack quickly grabbed the remote and lowered the volume and the three Autobots relaxed a bit. He looked over to the couch across from him and saw Bumblebee whispering into Raf's ear, making the kid laugh.
Bumblebee was having a hard time controlling himself from bursting out loud in laughter. Every time he looked at Arcee, Wheeljack, or Bulkhead, all he could think about was Arcee's childlike behaviour and baby sounds. Eventually, he couldn't help himself and had to do what he was dying to do all morning.
He nudged Raf, telling him to watch him as he got off the coach and walked towards Arcee. He squatted down and looked at her as she raised an eyebrow.
"What are you doing Bee?" she asked.
A devious smile spread across Bumblebee's face.
"Coochicoochicoo" he said, tickling her like Wheeljack did.
Instantly, Arcee began to squirm, laughing and begging him to stop.
"What are haha you haha doing? Hahhahah stop! Hahahaha Jack help hahaha me!" she managed through her laughter.
The entire group, except Jack, laughed at Arcee's childish laughter. Wheeljack and Bulkhead were practically dying since they understood the inside joke. Bumblebee was also having a great time, laughing his head off at his two-wheeler friend squirming on the coach.
Eventually Jack gave Bumblebee a look saying 'that's enough' and he stopped, clutching his stomach and falling on his knees in his own laughter. The scout was too caught up in his own amusement that he didn't hear everyone else's laughter slowly die down until he was the only one. He looked up, curious to see why everyone stopped when he saw Arcee glaring at him from the couch. She had the angriest look on her face and Bumblebee knew that he was in for it.
He gulped, knowing very well what was about to happen next.
Like a predator stalking its prey, Arcee pounced.
The little scout shielded his face.
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"So I hope we all learned a very important lesson today" Arcee said proudly.
"Yup, never piss you off" Wheeljack answered, slightly moving away from her as she sat down next to Jack.
"Nice swings babe" he said, congratulating her on her victory.
"I do my best" Arcee smirked.
On the other side, Bumblebee was holding a bag of ice to his jaw, no longer laughing as he hung his head in shame. He had bruises all over his body and he was lucky that that was all he had. The scout took a mental note to never, and he meant never, get the two-wheeler angry, Cybertronian or human.
That was something they all took note of.
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Author's note: This was a shorter chapter but whatever, it sets up the next two that follow. I promise you those will be much more 'intense' than this.
