Morning came earlier than Grace wanted. As she woke up, she instantly blushed. Why? Oh, you know, because Bumblebee (in his holoform) was cuddling her...in the same bed at that. Thinking back to the previous night, Grace remembered how she asked him to stay with her while in her tired state. He obviously must have agreed.
She had to admit though, she felt comfortably warm all snuggled up to him though. He was like her personal heater! She smiled at her own thoughts, before she felt Bee starting to shift. Looking up, she was met by piercing blue eyes staring back at her. Gosh his eyes were beautiful... Shaking her head slightly, she smiled to him.
Bumblebee smiled back, before he realized their position. His face turned a light shade of pink/red. Grace giggled at this. "Hey, it's okay," She reassured, before snuggling back up to him. "I like this." She spoke softly.
Bee smiled, his blush beginning to lighten. "Me too.." He spoke. Yes, spoke. He may not be able to do so as a Transformer, but when in human holoform he's able to speak some. His vocabulary is limited, so to speak. He's learning though. Grace smiled at his words, feeling his arms wrap around tighter, as if keeping her safe.
It was a loving, peaceful moment, when all of sudden, loud banging on the door was heard. "Yo, Bee, Optimus wants up and ready for training in like...five minutes dude." Smokescreen's voice rang. Bumblebee groaned, reluctantly shifting around and standing up.
Grace pouted, soon sitting up as well. Bee opened the door to come face to face with Smokescreen's own holoform. Smokescreen opened his mouth as to speak, but Bee stopped him. "Out of all days.." He grumbled, walking to the opening. Smokescreen watched him, before turning to face Grace. He smiled, amused, before walking off as well. Grace sighed happily, before stretching her arms above her head.
Tiredly getting up, she decided to go see what the Autobots were up to exactly. Seeing only one bot actually in his bot form, Grace assumed the many humans were the rest of the team, just in holoform. Optimus was the only bot, per-say. Grace stood by him unnoticed a moment as she watched as to what was going on. "As you all know, Megatron's forces are getting stronger, as are his radars..." Optimus spoke gravely, obviously putting the emphasis on the mention of Megatron's scanners. "As Autobots, we need to remain below his scanners. Your holoforms should help. Today's training is on balance. The humans have a different feel on gravity then we do.." He explained.
At his words, the Autobot team began to spar with one another, or simply test out their strengths. As they did so, Optimus watched on, before he finally noticed Grace. He wordlessly brought his servo down for her to climb onto, before he placed her on his shoulder. "So how come you're not in your holoform?" Grace asked nonchalantly. "Um, sir.." She added quickly and nervously.
"I practice on my own time...It seems," He paused, seeming to look for the right words. "simpler. Easier." He shrugged a little.
Grace smiled at his words. "So I see. Say, um, what day is it? Earth day, that is." She chuckled a little.
"In Earth's terms, it is Wednesday. Why?" Optimus blinked his optics, confused.
"Shit, I have school!" Grace panicked, gripping her head when her stress only brought her a headache.
Optimus chuckled, calming her. "Do not worry, Miko has called the school and they have agreed to let you off sick for the rest of the week." He smiled warmly.
Grace sighed in relief. "Ah, I'll have to thank her when I see her next. Thanks big guy," She side hugged his helm. "oh, um, on that note though, I do feel a little sick. I've got my meds at home; you think anyone would be willing to give me a ride..?" She asked shyly.
"Of course, I'll have Bumblebee do so after training. That is, if you do not mind the wait..?" Optimus smiled.
"Sure, sounds fine." Grace shrugged, watching the Autobots train in their holoforms. The wait wasn't long at all, a simply fifteen to twenty minutes and everything was good to go. Optimus informed Bumblebee about driving Grace home, earning a okay from him. At that, Optimus set Grace down, as he went off to do his own thing.
As Grace made her way over, she could see Smokescreen speaking to Bumblebee about something...
"So, what really happened last night?~" Smokescreen chuckled, teasing Bee about staying with Grace last night.
Upon hearing his teasing, Bee whipped his head around to face Smokescreen. They were both shirtless, sense training and what not.. Slowly taking a bite from his candy bar, Bee blinked, before he continued to stare at Smokescreen with a confused/unamused look. Smokescreen only laughed.
"Hey guys," Grace stopped briefly, trying and failing to not stare at the two (really hot) shirtless boys before her. (Mostly BB) "um, whatchya talking about?" She smiled shyly.
"Nothin'." Smokescreen snickered, before walking off. Grace watched him curiously.
"So," Bee brought her attention back. "Optimus says I'm to drive you home..?" He raised a brow.
"Right," Grace rocked back and forth on the balls of her feet. "but, like, whenever you're ready though.."
"It's cool," Bee smiled, throwing his shirt on. "I'm always ready." He then quickly changed to his alt mode, though his holoform did stay in the driver's side. Grace smiled happily, before running around and getting into the passenger seat. With that, the two took off towards Grace's home.
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"Yup, this it." Grace pointed to where Bumblebee could pull in. As he pulled in, he looked around the complex a moment, having a bad feeling. "Thanks Bee!" Grace chirped, pulling him from his thoughts.
"Sure thing, just call if you need anything." He smiled cutely.
"Will do." Grace giggled. She unbuckled her seatbelt, placing her hand on the door handle, but stopped a moment. She withdrew her hand, turning back to face Bumblebee again. She then shyly leaned over, before placing a light kiss to his cheek. She smiled, before getting out. Bumblebee blinked, in total and utter shock. Did that really just happen? He slowly waved bye to Grace, watching go up the stairs and into her room at the hotel, before he turned back.
"Yes!" He cheered, throwing his hands up the air wildly and happily. He then, in his happy state, blasted his radio and drove off back to base.
Grace smiled to herself, blushing faintly as she replayed the memory in her head. Why she did that, she didn't even know. Maybe she really was attracted to him like that. Getting lost in her thoughts, she sighed happily, before working on locking up the crappy door to her room. As she did so, she suddenly heard a hum.
Eyes widening in fear and shock, she whipped around to see none other than Knockout's holoform. And he was shirtless, in her bed at that... "Knockout?!" She gasped in surprise, leaning back against her door.
"The one and only." He chuckled, his cocky smirk plastered on his face. "It's about time you showed up, kept me waiting long enough.." He rumbled.
"Kept you waiting?" Grace crossed her arms, raising a brow.
"Well I stopped by last night, but when you never came home, well, I guess I just stayed the night." His smirk widened if possible. "I hope you don't mind." He began to sit up.
Grace shifted a bit, before she sighed, waving it off. She didn't care if he stayed, he was her friend after all. She was just surprised. Walking over to her desk, Grace began to look around for some of her meds. "So, what happened exactly, when the Autobots came and what not?" She asked, back to him.
"I won't lie, they did us in pretty good. How they found us is beyond me. Though, I'm fairly upset over the fact they ruined my finish. I just buffed it too!" He began to whine. There's the Knockout she knew. Grace giggled, shaking her head in amusement.
"Of course~" She chuckled still.
Knockout smirked, quietly making his way over to her. He then wrapped his arms around her, earning a startled squeal from her as well. "Believe it or not, I missed you.." He rumbled in her ear.
"K-Knockout," Grace's eyes were wide, as she squirmed in his grip. Pulled into his chest, she noticed how he was warm as well. Maybe not quite as warm as Bumblebee, but very close. "I missed you too, but, um, mind letting me go..?"
"Please come back with me?" He suddenly changed the subject.
"W-wha?" Grace froze, blushing in the slightest.
"I want you to come back to Decepticon base with me. Starscream is quite intrigued to know you've survived, and has found a new likeness for you, slightly. And Megatron wishes to see the result as well. There's many plusses, as you can see!" He enthused.
"Knockout," Grace spoke softly. "I can't just leave Jasper, my friends, school, or the Autobots.." She wanted to be with Knockout, but she couldn't leave Jasper for those reasons and many more. Plus, part of her wanted to stay with Bumblebee still.
"Why not?" Knockout pushed, holding her closer if possible. "It's pretty obvious you don't enjoy yourself here." He began to grin, before he pushed her onto the bed and pounced on her. "If you came back with me, I could change that.." He husked, running his fingers across her cheek and down her neck.
Grace shivered at the touch. "Knockout," she shifted, attempting to push him away. He wouldn't force anything of course, so he sat up. "no. I'm sorry, but...I'm not leaving Jasper.." She averted his eyes.
Knockout sighed. "You mean you're not leaving the Autobot's little scout.." He grumbled.
"You mean Bumblebee?! Knockout, come on, nothing-" Grace tried to defend, but Knockout cut her off.
"No, don't pretend nothing happened." He stated firmly. "I saw what happened in the parking lot only moments ago Grace.."
"Wait, h-how? If you were up here sense last night, how'd you-?" She trailed off in confusion.
"I heard you two pull up. I was curious, and thus looked out the window.." He seemed to be blushing a little.
Grace sighed. "Look, Knockout. I'm staying here, with the Autobots, but that doesn't mean we can't still hang out like this..?" She smiled faintly. "You can stay tonight if you want." She offered shyly.
Knockout looked her over a moment, before he spoke up. "I won't stay, but I will be by tomorrow night if you're around." And with that, he retrieved his jacket, throwing it on, and out the door. Grace sighed, looking at her hands numbly, hearing his alt mode start up outside and speed off.
After a few moments, Grace stood up, grabbing a few of her meds before she took a quick shower and got ready for bed. She watched TV for a little while, before she eventually fell asleep.
~TBC~