Shadow

I didn't know what made me like him so much. He was just so cute. He had those huge, begging optics (cute ones, not creepy like Swindle's) that demanded attention. Trust me, he got all the attention he wanted from me. I think Lockdown started getting a little jealous and that's why he didn't want Wreck-Gar to stick around, but I wanted him here. Pete gave him a bath with Sari's and Alexis's help and Starscream watched them while doing so.

That's when I caught on: he wanted to join them.

"Go ahead" I said, "Go have fun with it. You deserve it".

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"Yeah, go ahead. I gotta talk to the boys".

As I watched the group wash Wreck-Gar, I remembered when Pete and I had given Lockdown his first bath. Pete had sprayed me with a hose and Lockdown took it the wrong way. He thought Peter meant to hurt me. But what really got me was when Sari and Pete sprayed each other with the hose and then Alexis threw water on Starscream, who, after refilling the bucket, did the same to her. Wreck-Gar even joined in when they were rinsing him off. He took the hose and sprayed everyone with it. Everything was falling into place and life was good.

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We had a party to celebrate the boys being taken out of me a few months after Wreck-Gar's arrival. Everyone was having a great time. We had everything, from food to energon to the karaoke machine.

That was the thing that made it all interesting. True feelings were shown…and something else.

Aimee was the first one up. She was singing Love Story by Taylor Swift. Apparently she was singing for Prowl.

"We were both young when I first saw you. I close my eyes and the flashback starts. I'm standing there, on a balcony in summer air. See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns, see you make your way through the crowd and say hello. Little did I know…that you were Romeo. You were throwing pebbles and my daddy said stay away from Juliet. And I was crying on the staircase, begging you please don't go. And I said Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone I'll be waiting. All there's left to do is run. You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess. It's a love story, baby just say yes".

Man, she was good. Almost…What the? Why was Wreck-Gar staring at her? I gasped as realization slapped me in the face. This wasn't good. For I knew Prowl had planned on this and now someone else had eyes for Aims.

What is it mama? Camelio asked me.

"Don't worry about it sweetie".

"So I sneak out to the garden to see you. We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew so close your eyes. Let's escape this town for a little while. 'Cause you were Romeo. I was the Scarlet Letter and my daddy said stay away from Juliet, but you were everything to me. I was begging you please don't go. And I said Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone. I'll be waiting. All there's left to do is run. You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess. It's a love story. Baby just say yes. Romeo save me, they're tryin' to tell me how to feel. This life is difficult, but it's real. Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess. It's a love story baby just say yes".

This was both good and bad. If Prowl put his plan in motion, it would've broken Wreck-Gar's little spark. I didn't want him to get hurt, but what choice did I have?

It'll be okay, mama. Trust him, and me, it'll all work out Camelio tried to reassure me.

"But I got tired of waiting. Wonderin' if you were ever comin' around. My faith in you was…fading, when I met you on the outskirts of town. And I said Romeo save me, I've been feeling so alone. I keep waiting for you but you never come. Is this in my head? I don't know what to think".

That's when Prowl stepped up to her and I knew both tears of joy and pain were about to be shed. I wanted to stop it, but I couldn't.

"He kneeled to the ground and pulled out a ring and said-".

Prowl did exactly that, and even sang his part. "Marry me Juliet, you'll never have to be alone. I love you and that's all I really know. I talked to your dad. Go pick out a white dress. It's a love story baby just say-".

"YES!" Aimee screamed it and she almost fainted from the shock of it all.

Then, like that, Wreck-Gar just ran out, upset beyond my reasoning.
"What's his deal?" Bumblebee asked.

I sped past BB and made my way outside. My 'son', as I liked to think of him now, was hurting, and he needed my help.

He just ran. Gosh, he had to be on something or I don't know, but he was quick footed. I managed to zip out in front of him.

"What's wrong?" I asked, although I already knew.

I needed to hear it straight from him.

He looked at me with small tears in his optics and I opened my arms for him to come, which he did. I just let the tears fall on me. Oh, my poor baby! I loved him like I did the boys, and it just cut me deep to see him hurt like this.

"She…she hates me! Aimee hates me!" he managed to say.

I held on to him tighter and tried to make him feel better, but heart break wasn't so easy to get over. All I could do was sit there and wonder if he was ever gonna be okay again.

A/N: Yeah, sorry for the randomness of this chapter. But I wanted to have a cute Shadow Wreck-Gar moment, since now Shadow sees him as her son. I'll get back to the boys here in a few chapters, I promise.