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CHAPTER 5

Summary: What happened in between Transformers 1 and 2? How did Sam and Mikaela get together? A Sam/Mikaela story.

Authors note: AGAIN.. Sorry about taking so long to update. Busy with life and all that. THANK YOU to those who took the time to review the last time and those who even gave me a nudge to remind me that some people are still looking forward to reading this. THANK YOU! :D

Mikaela Banes has been to a lot of dates before. It was always with her typical type- the hot, big muscled, big armed, buffed boys from her class or even older. Never in her life would she have thought to go out with the puny and awkward boy who sits in front of class.

She took a peek out of her room's window through the curtains. He told her he'd pick her up at 6 PM. It was still 5:45 PM and Sam was already parked outside. She let out a giggle as she could see him talking to himself or maybe with Bumblebee. He was probably practicing what to say to her, the poor boy. She picked up her phone and dialed his number.

"So are you gonna come up here and knock on my door or should I go downstairs and knock on yours?" she asked as he answered the phone.

"What? You can see me?" his panicked voice came from the line.

"A bright yellow Camaro isn't exactly a good hiding place, Sam," she chuckled as she watched him look through the windshield. "Now, do I go down now?"

"No, no, no," he quickly said. "I'll come get you."

"Okay then, I'll be waiting," she closed the window curtains and ended the call. A knock came from the door after a minute or so. She straightened out her top and opened the door.

"Hey," Sam greeted.

"Hey," she echoed.

"Oh," he suddenly held out a small wrapped gift. "I got you something. I didn't know if you like flowers so I just got you that."

"What is it?" she took the gift.

"It's a DVD," he told her. "It's Fast and the Furious, about cars you know, figured you'd like that since you like cars and all."

"I love it, Sam," she smiled. She did love that movie. "Maybe we can watch it sometime."

"That's cool," he nodded.

He was nervous, she could tell. And she couldn't help but find how sweet it is. His hands are probably sweating right now too.

"So where are you taking me, Sam?" she asked as she stepped out of the house and closed the door after her. Sam let her go down the stairs first, following behind. "Anywhere exciting?"

"I don't think I can ever top the excitement we had in Mission city…" he told her as they walked towards Bumblebee. "But maybe some childish excitement could be had."

"Childish excitement?" she asked, intrigued.

"There's some sort of carnival in town, I figured why not go there, you up for it?" he asked. "Candy cotton, rides that'll make you hurl, maybe some clowns even."

"Sounds great to me," she smiled.

They drove in awkward silence going to the carnival. Once they got there and got out of the car, Sam turned to Bumblebee.

"Hey, Bee, you can go wherever if you like, just come back for us at least at around 9, okay?" Sam patted Bumblebee's hood. "We'll see you, buddy."

"Bye, Bee," she gave him a small wave.

"C'mon, Mikaela," Sam motioned for her to get going as he walked a little too fast.

"Wait for me, Sam," she called out to him as he continued on walking fast towards the entrance out of excitement. By the time she reached the entrance, Sam has already paid for their tickets and he was sporting a big, excited grin.

"They've got a horror house, this is gonna be so awesome!"

Mikaela raised her brow, he actually jumped up and down a little as he spoke. She let out a huff and walked closer to her excited date. "Samuel James Witwicky!"

"Umm, yeah?" he was caught off guard as she called out his whole name with a stern voice.

"We are on a date, okay? Now act like it and hold my hand," she held out her hand towards him. He stared at her, dumbfounded. "Now, Sam!"

"Yes, ma'am," he took her hand in his.

"Do I have to act like the man in this relationship?" she rolled her eyes as they walked inside the carnival gates.

"Man in this relationship? There's only one man in this relationship, Mikaela, and he's sporting the big muscles," he let go of her hand and flexed his arms, clearly exerting a lot of effort to have it bulge even minutely. "See? Muscles."

"Not even a bit big, Sam. Cute though," she pulled his hand back down and leaned forward and bit his arm.

"Did you just bite my arm?" he asked in shock. "Seriously?"

"They're so cuteeee," she now pinched his arms playfully.

"Seriously, Mikaela. Those are my big guns, they're not cute in any way," he tried to pry his arms away from her pinching fingers but she kept on pinching them anyway. "Mikaela, just stop, okay? Please, I'm begging you. I know they're irresistible but they're not for pinching."

"Fine," she stopped pinching and pouted.

"Now let's just hold hands in peace, okay?" he took her hand and walked her over to the nearest booth which was a knock the tin cans down game. "Hey, this looks like fun, you want to play?"

"If you win me something, you'll get a kiss on the cheek," she teasingly whispered to his ear. They haven't kissed or anything remotely close to it.

"Just the cheek?" he turned to her with a serious look on his face.

"Win me something big then we'll see," she flirted.

"What about we just come back here later then. We should go ride some rides first," he blurted out.

"You're scared your girly throw won't win you anything, aren't you?" she gave his sides a poke with her other hand which wasn't holding his.

"Hey! I'm ticklish!" he jumped back a little.

"I am learning so much about you tonight, Sam," she smile triumphantly as she poked him once again and he jumped back in protest. She could definitely use the stuff she's learning to her advantage someday. "This night is already turning out great."

"Oh yeah? Well, why don't you tell me about something yourself in return then?" he started to poke her sides in an attempt to tickle her. "You ticklish?"

"Nope," she shook her head. "No ticklish spot in me."

"You sure?" he asked, once again poking her sides.

"Uh-huh," she nodded as she looked around to see what else there was to do. "Oh hey, let's go on that!"

"The carousel? Seriously?" Sam whined as he saw what she was pointing at. "That ride's for kids, Mikaela."

"C'mon, it'll be fun," she pulled on his hand and dragged him towards the carousel.

"Fine," he huffed in defeat.

After a short line, they finally got to enter the ride. Mikaela immediately made a bee line towards the white horse she had her eyes on and rode it with ease. She turned to look at Sam who looked like he was dragging his feet to walk towards where she was. "Sam, hurry!"

"Coming," he muttered as he stood right next to her horse. The horse she picked was just the small one so Sam was still taller than her. He placed one hand on the pole and his other on the rear of the horse, enclosing her.

"You're not gonna ride one?" she asked.

"I think I'll just stand," he replied just as the ride started. After a few seconds, he pulled out his phone and pointed it towards her.

"Hey, what're you doing?"

"Taking photos of you. So that people will believe me when I tell them that Mikaela Banes likes riding kiddie rides," he smirked as he snapped photo after photo of her.

"Hey!" she tried to reach for the phone but each time she did, he leaned backwards and just continued on snapping. Knowing she wasn't going to get his phone, she smiled and pulled out her own phone and started snapping photos of him too. "Ha. Now I'll tell them you also ride kiddie rides."

"Hey! I'm not riding anything!" he protested. "That's unfair!"

"Photos do not lie, Sam," she chuckled. "Now will you stop taking photos?"

"Fine," he huffed. "I'll stop if you stop."

"Deal," she nodded and closed her phone and pocketed it. He, on the other hand, did not pocket his phone but instead, moved closer to her and placed the phone away from himself an arm's length. "What're you doing now?"

"Taking a photo of me," he looked at her momentarily. "And you." He looked back at his phone again, preparing for the photo. "So everyone will believe that someone as great as you goes out with someone as dorky as me."

Without a second spared, Mikaela leaned over and placed a kiss on Sam's cheek just as he snapped a shot. Sam stood still in shock and she reached for his phone to look at the photo. She couldn't help but giggle at their photo. Sam looked like he was in a daze as she planted the kiss on his cheek. "Awww. Cute, Sam."

Ain't they cute? :)

I know it's an odd place to stop but their date's no where near done. Probably two more chapters of their first date to come. Don't forget to tell me what you think! It'll be highly appreciated. :D