Hey y'all! I'm just gonna come out in the open and say it.

I am sorry.

I've left you all hanging for the past five months with little to no contact! I'm really sorry. I've had the most annoying case of writer's block in the history of history. Also, I've tended to take more interest in the Animated series than Movieverse, but hopefully Dark of the Moon will rekindle some inspiration.

Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers in any shape or form. Tai belongs to Tatyana Witwicky, and Jaacs belongs to me, Jaacs McHenry.

Tai, this is for you!

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"Ow! Be careful with that!"

"Stop moving!" Jaacs McHenry replied hotly to her father's protest. There were still a couple metal marbles stuck in the chinks of Ratchet's armor from the prank Jaacs and Tai played on their dads, and Jaacs was trying to get them out. "If you'd stop flinching I'd get 'em out without knocking into other stuff… there!" she sat back with a sigh, holding up the last marble. "Alright; transform please."

Once her father transformed into his alt-mode, she led him around the side of the building where she and Tai would wash the neon pink paint off of Optimus and Ratchet.

A loud, booming bark sounded from the door leading to outside. Tai's eye and optic, now out of its disguise, brightened as she ran forward. "Psyche!" she squealed happily as she opened the door and a huge black and white animal tackled her to the ground, nuzzling her cold dog nose into her owner's neck. Optimus watched with a light spark at the playful sight of his daughter and her dog playing around.

Jaacs' eyes widened at the size of the dog. She knew of the breed but she had never seen one in person, and frankly the size of the dog alarmed her.

"That's not a dog, that's a pony!" she said in awe. "Is she friendly?"

"Of course, my dear one." Ratchet said with his own smile. He and Psyche had this odd little bond, which was hard to explain, but for some reason Psyche followed him around just as much as she followed Tai around.

"Yeah, Jaacsy!" Tai laughed, standing up and brushing debris off of her clothes. "She's super friendly!"

Psyche – never one to miss out on a new playmate – was now pounding the pavement towards Jaacs, who yelped in fright.

"Nonono! Down, girl! DOWN!" Jaacs yelled in a futile attempt to stop the dog, but to no avail- Jaacs was knocked back into the front bumper of Ratchet's alt-mode, getting slobber all over her t-shirt. "Ugh."

Jaacs smacked the hood of the Hummer, who was shaking with laughter. His laughter ceased, however, when Psyche noticed what color her fetch-playing companion was. Ratchet was almost exactly the same color as the dog's favorite throwing ball. She left Jaacs immediately and went to quirk her head at the pink Hummer.

"Oh, slag… this won't end well."

Jaacs just shook her head and walked towards Tai, who had the soap, water and cleaning supplies. Tai's shoulders were shaking as she held in the laughter that threatening to burst from her mouth.

"Oh good Lord!" she blurted, practically howling with mirth. "That's too funny! Someone get a picture!"

And so Tai snapped a photo, saving it into her internal processor, storing it next to the photo of both her and Jaacs' fathers hanging upside down and painted pink. Jaacs heard the faint click of the snapshot, snickering.

"You just can't leave me alone, can you?"

"Sorry Dad, but not really." Jaacs giggled. She picked up the hose, turning the water on. She made a grunt of discontent when the water refused to exit the hose, and she followed the hose with her eyes to the spot where Tai was innocently standing on it, her back turned. Jaacs smirked and willed the water to build pressure to the point where Tai went flying off to the side when the water burst through, and Tai hilariously landed on her father's hood, disoriented. Tai shook her head and laughed good naturedly, clambering off the hood and onto the ground. Jaacs winked at her friend and turned the water onto the Hummer, who shivered and bucked with the sensation.

"That's freezing!" Ratchet exclaimed, frantically driving in the opposite direction. Jaacs gave chase, running after her father, water streaming along next to her.

"Get back here!" Jaacs shouted with laughter. "Tai, Optimus; help out here!"

"You're on your own there, Jaacsy-poo!" Tai called, laughing as the pink Hummer drove in all directions to avoid the freezing water.

"I would rather not get hit in the head with a wrench again." Optimus said in his usual calm voice. Tai laughed at the memory of that, having witnessed her regal father get clonked in the head on numerous occasions. Including one that got him right between the optics once… that was a helluva dent.

Tai took aim with the hose she was using and unleashed the water upon her father's truck mode, who took the cold water with much more dignity then Ratchet.

"I really am sorry for keeping you and Jaacs apart." The tone of his voice made Tai stop and give him a look.

"Dad, it's okay…!" she exclaimed, hugging the grill tightly. "I forgave you a long time ago."

A loud honk came from the road a few hours later, and a yellow Camaro came speeding towards the base. A silver Solstice was following. The two Techno-organics waved at the oncoming Autobots, still scrubbing hard at the few blotches of pink paint stuck on the vehicles.

"Tai… I thought you said this paint was washable." Jaacs grunted as she kept scrubbing, soon giving up and seating herself on Ratchet's hood.

"That's what 'Streaker told me when he gave it to me!" Tai replied, frustrated. She whirled around when Jaacs screeched. She turned in time to see Ratchet's hood suddenly bust open, sending Jaacs flying up and backwards into the air. She cushioned her descent, staring disdainfully at her dad.

"What'd you do that for?"

"Sorry." he mumbled. "I'm not sure why that happened."

"You could've contracted a virus." Jaacs hummed. "Get inside."

"Sweetheart, I'm fine." Ratchet said dismissively, but Jaacs just shook her head.

"Get into the med bay now, or I'll make you get in there myself." she growled, pointing towards the base.

"Whoa… she sounds like the doc bot." Jazz said, impressed. Jaacs turned her head over her shoulder and grinned at him.

"Thank you." she said.

"Alright, you've made your point." Ratchet rolled his eyes and scooped Jaacs off the ground and into his hands. He proceeded to walk into the base with Jaacs on his shoulder. Tai couldn't help but notice that Bumblebee stood staring after the techno-organic with a funny look on his face. Tai had seen this look often enough to know what it was: lovesick.

Tai blinked. "Hmm… interesting." she said to herself, scraping the last bit of paint off of Optimus, shooing him away with a hug to his cab. "Babe, do you see what I see?"

"Huh? I don't see anythin'…" Jazz said confusedly, and then his optics brightened in understanding. "Oh~, I see what ya mean." he and Tatyana shared a meaningful look, then picking up his sparkmate and sauntering over to Bumblebee. "Hiya Bee," he greeted. "I see ya got yer eye on someone~." he drawled, and Bumblebee squawked and waved his hands.

"No, it's nothing like that." he said frantically, trying to dismiss the feeling that was plain on his face.

"Sure it ain't." Jazz rolled his eyes.

"It never is like that." Tai agreed. Her lips quirked in a mischievous smirk. "Tell me about it, and I won't tell her about it."

Bumblebee blanched, and then his doorwings sagged in defeat. "Fine." he huffed, rubbing the back of his neck. "But what's there to tell, really? I like her."

A sudden squeal rang across the yard, sending vibrations through Jazz and Bumblebee's armor. Then, in a flash of silver and green optics, Sparrow appeared from around the corner where she'd been listening, jumping around and clapping wildly. "Jaacs and Bumblebee, sittin' in a tree," she sang gleefully, dashing inside the base's hangar. "I'm gonna tell~!"

"No!" Bumblebee shouted, charging into base after the little sparkling, yelling for someone to catch her. Tai and Jazz stared after the two in shock, until they burst out in laughter, Tai breaking down into a massive giggle fit.

"This should be interesting." she wheezed after regaining some breath, and the two walked inside the base to see what happened. Bumblebee stood with Sparrow gripped in his hands, standing in front of a confused Ironhide, frantically attempting to explain what was going on without revealing his secret.

"Bumblebee, you're not telling me something. What's going on?" Ironhide asked impatiently, listening carefully to the muffled voice of Sparrow. "Bumblebee, you're going to suffocate her. Give her here." he chastised, wrenching the yellow mech's fingers away from Sparrow, easily cradling her away from harm. "Can you tell me what's going on, youngling?"

"Bee's in love with Jaacsy!" Sparrow chirped playfully, and Bumblebee groaned. His secret was out. "Secrets, secrets, are no fun, unless they're shared with everyone!" she chanted happily. Ironhide looked at the scout incredulously, then started chuckling when he saw it was true.

"Ah, he's lovesick." he rumbled, shaking his head amusedly. "I won't tell, but she's gonna find out at some point, Bee." he reminded him as he handed off Sparrow to Jazz. "Don't let someone else be the one to tell her."

Bumblebee nodded frantically, turning tail and rushing into his quarters at lightning speed. Ironhide voiced his thoughts to Tai and Jazz. "I'm worried about him; he'd be crushed if Jaacs said no. Which is a distinct possibility: she's never been interested in romance."

Tai nodded in agreement. "True. But I'm sure it'll turn out all right." she said confidently. "Wanna play a prank on the Twins?"

"Slag yeah!" he replied. "You in, Jazz?"

Jazz nodded enthusiastically. "Course! What do ya have in mind, Tai-dye?"

Tai brought them closer. "Well, it'll go like this…"

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Well, this should be interesting… now, I don't want to hear any of you readers going "trailer park on my aft", as Tai would put it, because of all this stuff. I've been planning this turn of events for almost a year. So don't start whining about it too badly, por favor. Also, it's almost been a year I've been on FanFiction! Hooray!

I'll be attempting to come out with a one-year anniversary fic. Let me know if you want to join the party! :D