(A/N: So, real sorry guys for no updates recently. BUT, I have a good reason as to WHY I haven't been updating! Duh, dun dun: I was out hunting with my cousin. A while. So yea, onto the story, I've come to figure out most people HATE hunting and hunters)

It was early morning, and Grace was trying to sleep in. Though, the sounds the other people in the next room were making, was a bit hard to ignore. (A/N: She lives in a hotel, so thin walls) Groaning, she rolled over, pulling the blankets closer to herself, as to try and keep bundled up in the warmth...But, the arguing from the other room was just too loud for her.
Muttering curses under her breath, Grace sat up, but held her blanket around her, as she was in nothing but cotton shorts and a tank top. She shuffled around her room as to get her things, when she heard a knock at her door, startling her a moment.

Calming down, she made to answer the door. Opening slightly, due to the lock she kept on the door, she came face to face with her best friend, Emmit. "Oh, h-hey Emmit.." She smiled, blushing slightly, seeing as though she was still in her pjs.

"Hey Grace," Emmit smiled, raking a hand through his hair, a faint blush crossing his features, but it left as soon as it came. "I uh, I came over a couple times last week. None of your neighbors knew where you were, and I kinda began to worry, ya know..?" He shrugged a bit.

"Oh? I was um..." She had to think a moment. "I was out with some friends, uh, a little vacation trip is all." She smiled nervously up at him.

"Oh, cool. Hey, you wearin' contacts or somethin'? Ya eyes, they look..." Trevor squinted his own eyes, stepping closely. "Different." He finished.

"N-no, they're normal.." She grinned, trying to hide her nervousness.

Trevor shrugged smiling a bit, the two maybe sharing a bit of an awkward moment. That's when the sound of a car horn startled them both. Turning to the source, the two saw a nice white and blue racer car sitting down in the parking lot. Grace knew him as Smokescreen. Emmit whisteled a moment. "Whoa, sick ride. You know the guy?" He asked.

Grumbling, Grace took the lock off her door, throwing the blanket back on her bed, before stomping back out next to Emmit, leaning against the railing as to look down in the parking lot. She glared at the car, before she saw a quick blurry movement inside, before the door opened up. And then, Smokescreen's holoform walked out. Whoa. "All too well." Grace replied to Emmit's question.

"Yo, Grace!" Smokescreen's holoform put his arms up in the air, as he looked up at the two on the balcony above. "Ya comin? Ratchet wanted to go over some more-" Smokescreen began, but Grace cut him off.

"Uh, yea! Yea dude, just...Just give me a few minutes here." She breathed, calming.

"Should I leave now..?" Emmit asked, walking by the stairway, smiling a bit though.

"I'm sorry Emmit." Grace sighed, smiling apologetically. "Maybe we can get together some other time, we can go hang out at the arcade or something." She smiled.

"Sure thing Gracie," Emmit chuckled. "go have fun, I'll talk to ya later." And with that, Emmit walked down the stairs, heading to his own hotel room, on the lower floor. Grace smiled, giving a small wave. Sighing happily, Grace turned back around as to go to her room, but stopped as she ran into someone's chest. Blinking a moment, she took a step back as to see who the man was that she ran into.

Looking up, she was met with the smirking face of Smokescreen's holoform. Surprised on how fast and sneaky he was on getting up here, she finally managed to find her words. "You couldn't have given me five minutes?" She hissed, walking back into her room.

"Nice to see you too.." Smokescreen mumbled, rolling his eyes playfully, before he followed her.

Once both were in the room, Smokescreen closed the door, leaning against it. Grace picked her recently tossed blanket up, folding it up quickly and placing it on her bed again. She glanced over at Smokescreen a moment, a bit nervous with him for some reason. "So," He started, sensing her nervousness. If possible, his smirk only grew wider. "Who's Emmit?~" He teased, chuckling a bit.

Grace instantly stood up straight, a faint blush crossing her face. "M-my friend! Why?" She rushed her words out.

Smokescreen chuckled a moment, before he spoke again. "Right, 'friends'," He put air quotes over friends. "sure.." He smirked, leaning back against the door again.

Grace rolled her eyes, before she pulled out the clothes she needed and what not. Holding them in her hand, she then faced Smokescreen again. "Um, I need to change, so like, uh.." She was having a bit difficulty trying to say this. She saw his confused face, and then realized he's probably unsure with human anatomy still.

"Okay then, then change." He shrugged, not seeing the big deal with him there.

Grace groaned, before she looked up at him blankly. "Look," She started, feeling awkward with this talk already. "I'm female, you're male. I don't want you to see me change." She replied shortly.

Smokescreen blinked, before he started to understand. Somewhat. "Ohh," He had the funniest look in his eyes, making Grace smile a bit. "so should I wait outside, or..?" He kind of trailed off, honestly unsure as to what he should do exactly.

"Um," She began, biting her lip in thought. "I guess it'd be ok if you just turn your back to me while I change..?" She tried, shrugging a bit. She didn't want to just kick her guardian outside over such a little thing. Smokescreen nodded as response, before he put his hands behind his head, facing the door. Making sure he wouldn't see her, Grace turned around as well, before she began to change.
What she failed to notice, was Smokescreen turning around slightly, his signiture smirk.

As the two drove off back to base, they talked about all sorts of things. Interests, hobbies, and just life in general. By the time they arrived at base, Grace had a bit better understanding on the whole ordeal with Autobots vs Decepticons, as well as them both wanting to revive Cybertron for their own purposes. Driving into the base, Grace stepped out of Smokescreen's alt mode, him transforming. They were laughing a bit, due to a recently told joke between the two. The other Autobots looked over, confused at first. That's when Bumblebee walked over, letting off a series of beeps and whirrs.

Trying to get her laugh under control, Grace looked up at him, before saying, "Hey Bumblebee, what's up?" She smiled.

Smokescreen stopped instantly, before looking at her, shocked, as did Bumblbebee. "Wait, you understand him?" He asked.

"Yea, don't you?" Grace shrugged, not seeing the big deal in all of this.

"Yea, but we thought the only human we knew that could understand him, was Raf. But now that you do too..." He trailed off a bit, and Grace was a bit surprised to say the least.

Letting off a couple more beeps and whirs, Bumblebee looked at Grace with hope in his optics, before he picked her up in his servo gently. "You...understand me?" He asked, though to anyone else it sounded like more of his beeps and whirs.

Placing a hand to the side of his helm, Grace stared back into his optics, nodding slowly. "Yea, I do." She smiled. "Wanna hang out?" She grinned a bit, blushing faintly at the close proximety.

Nodding his helm eagerly, Bee turned to walk towards the little area made for playing videogames and what not. "Yea, come on Grace!" He laughed a bit as he brought her over. Grace giggled at his eargerness, and so, they played videogames and what not for a while, along with getting to know each other a bit better.

After some time of playing games and getting to know each oher MUCH better, Ratchet had to ask Grace to let him run some more tests. She reluctantly got up to see him, and luckily, his tests were brief. They were just simple procedures, like blood sample or x-ray(s). Not getting very much sleep last night, she was a bit tired after. And it didn't help any that she spent the rest of the day with the Autobots, playing around and what not.

She went racing around with Smokescreen, talked with Arcee and Optimus a bit, and then finished it off with playing videogames with Bumblebee and Bulkhead. Miko had to get home early, so Bulkhead had to leave after some time. Soon after, Grace started to drift asleep.

Noticing her sleeping form, Bumblebee used his holoform, and picked her up in his arms gently, walking her to the guest room, fit for the humans. Laying her down, her hand seemed to want to stay connected with his own. Blushing a bit, Bumblebee gave her hand a reassuring squeeze, which she returned. "Bee?" She mumbled, opening her eyes slightly. "Will you stay with me?" She asked tiredly. Bumblebee's blush darkened, but he nodded anyway. Laying down in the bed, he held his arms around Grace's waist protectively. Grace leaned into him, smiling a bit, as his shaggy hair was tickling her neck some, considering he's nuzzled his head against the crook of her neck/shoulder.

"I will..."

~TBC~