Anger Management

Sam awoke suddenly. A glance at his clock revealed it was almost seven in the morning. He felt someone watching him. Rolling over in bed Sam saw two giant blue orbs staring at him through his window. Sam screamed in surprise and fell out of bed. There was a squeak of dismay.

"Bumblebee!" Sam cried as he struggled to free himself from his blankets. "How long have you been watching me?"

"Why does it matter?" the Autobot asked.

"It's…it's creepy. How would you like if I watched you while you slept?"

"I would not mind." Sam scowled. "I watched for a couple of Earth minutes. I wanted to see if you were ready to go to school."

Sam groaned. "Oh no, I completely forgot about school. I'm not going." Sam flopped back onto his bed and pulled the blankets over his head.

Bumblebee moved closer to the house. "You have to go to school. Your society requires it."

"Not going 'Bee. If I go you will never see me again."

"I'll be there with you. If a Decepticon comes I will protect you."

"It's not Decepticons I'm worried about," Sam muttered from underneath the blankets.

"Are you worried about the young human that confronted you? The one at that was at the lake?" Sam lowered the blankets slightly to peer at Bumblebee. It was all that Bumblebee needed. "I am sure that he will not be a problem, Sam."

"You don't know Trent," Sam muttered. "You don't know what he will do to me. I insulted him then stole his girlfriend. He's going to kill me."

Bumblebee made a skeptical noise. Before he could respond there was a loud knock on Sam's bedroom door.

"Sam! Wake up! Time for school!" his dad called out happily. "Your vacation is officially over!"

"Some vacation. I was almost killed only about a hundred times by alien robots." Groaning, Sam rolled out of bed and stretched. He glanced at his window and saw Bumblebee still watching him. "You're not going to watch me get dressed are you? That's getting too weird…"

"I will meet you on the driveway. This is going to be a good day." The Autobot walked away. Sam groaned miserably. Thirty minutes later Bumblebee was driving him to school.

"I can't believe I am doing this. I'm tempting death to soon. I should have learned my lesson with Megatron. I shouldn't be doing this," Sam muttered wildly.

"It will be fine," Bumblebee said reassuringly. Sam was not convinced. They arrived at Sam's school and Bumblebee parked himself. For a few minutes Sam refused to get out of the car and Bumblebee was afraid that he would have to force the boy out. Sam eventually gathered his courage and got out of Bumblebee. He immediately regretted it.

Trent and four of his friends were heading straight for Sam. It was clear that Trent was very angry. His face was red, his teeth were bared, and his hands were balled into fists.

"Oh God," Sam whimpered. "He's going to kill me!" He tried to get back into Bumblebee but wasn't able to. Trent had reached the door first and slammed it shut. He advanced upon Sam.

Sam tried his best to put on a charming smile. "Hello Trent! How are you today? Beautiful day isn't it?"

"Shut up," Trent snarled. "So you are the loser that Mikaela ran off with. That sucking at sports loser."

"I told you I was researching for a book about the link between brain damage and football," Sam replied before he could stop himself.

"Well, you are now going to be writing a book about what happens when you cross Trent."

"Actually, it will be about those who have anger management problems," Sam answered. Trent's eyes flashed and Sam winced. He wondered why he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

"Very funny," Trent snapped. "You think you are so big and tough now that you have Mikaela and that you updated that old piece of crap car. I'll take care of that." He turned towards Bumblebee and slammed his foot into the driver's door.

Bumblebee responded by opening his door and slamming it into Trent. The door closed itself as Trent fell to the pavement. Trent swore and glared at the car. His friends wore dumbfounded expressions.

"You'll pay for that," Trent snarled, struggling to his feet. He turned to his friends. "Get him!"

Sam squeaked in alarm as the five boys descended upon him but Bumblebee came to his rescue again. The Autobot set off the loudest alarm that Sam had ever heard, a high pitched screeching sound. Sam, Trent and his friends, and everyone else in the vicinity clapped their hands over their ears trying to block out the sound. After giving the car frightened looks, Trent and his friends ran off. Bumblebee stopped the alarm after he could no longer see Trent.

"Thanks 'Bee for helping me out. Maybe next time you won't blow out my eardrums?"

"Sorry," emerged from the car.

"Oh man, I am in so much trouble," Sam muttered. Teachers and even a few police officers were heading towards him.

About an hour later a grinning Sam emerged from the principal's office. Trent and his friends were getting suspended from school for trying to start a fight. Trent was also getting fined for trying to damage Sam's car. Sam could barely contain his happiness over Trent's misfortune.

"Sam!" a voice called. Sam turned and saw Mikaela running towards him. "I heard what happened. Is everything ok?" Grinning, Sam told her Trent's face. "Ugh, I am so glad that I am done with him."

"Me too," Sam said before kissing her.

Later in the day Sam sat outside with Bumblebee. "You know Bumblebee you were right about this being a good day." The Autobot nodded in agreement.