14

No One's POV

The day of Desirée's birthday seemed to roll in all too soon. Cade and the others made sure that the house looked as festive as possible for her birthday, even going so far as to make a birthday cake for her; though Desirée hardly paid any attention to what the others were doing. Since the whole resurrection plan was underway, she was exhausted all the time. She was putting all her time and energy in making sure Jazz's Spark developed quickly, giving it as much of the All Spark's power as she could possibly dish out. The Autobots could see her exhaustion; Cade, Tessa, and Shane could see her exhaustion. As for Saoirse and Eden, they were aware, but working on their own birthday presents for their mother, not really concerned by anything else.

Though in Eden's case, she was more busy with Ironhide, trying to get the Energon Signature from Jazz's Spark off of her. It wasn't anything like a Cybertonian finding a potential Sparkmate, it was a little more than that. Since the undeveloped Spark was still very immature, it couldn't help but release its Energon Signature, having no way to conceal it; in the end, it latched on to the first sentient being it found. Desirée and the other Autobots hadn't been effected by it, since they had a level of control over the immature Spark's development.

By the time Desirée's birthday arrived, Ironhide managed to get most of the Energon Signature off Eden; it was a very long, very difficult process, since something like that wasn't performed very often.

"Your mother shouldn't be able to detect it," Ironhide rasped, his voice oozing seriousness. The Holoform looked down at Eden with a frown. "Just be careful next time, understood?" Eden nodded wordlessly. "There's a reason you're not allowed in there. Remember that."

As the day progressed, the final touches were added to the party before Tessa ushered Saoirse and Eden to get their mother. It was a pretty exciting moment, and since Desirée had been sleeping for a majority of the day, they could only hope that she'd have enough energy to celebrate her birthday with her friends and family.

"Mama!" Saoirse exclaimed, bursting into her bedroom with Eden trailing behind. "Mama, wake up!"

Desirée jolted awake, looking around with wide, bleary eyes. "Wha' is it?" she slurred.

"It's your birthday!" Eden exclaimed, clambering onto her mother's bed. "Come downstairs."

"C'mon!" Saoirse exclaimed. Saoirse leaned up and started nudging her mother's legs.

Sitting up, Desirée rubbed her eyes before stumbling out of bed. Saoirse and Eden were pushing their mother out her bedroom door, despite her telling them she was going and didn't need their assistance.

By the time they made it downstairs, Saoirse and Eden were nearly sprinting to get to where the others were, despite Desirée's attempts to make them slow down.

"Girls, seriously, slow down!" she cried. "What about your brother? Shouldn't I be checking on him?"

Stopping at the entrance of the dining area, Saoirse and Eden shoved their mother in before running over to where Tessa, Daniel, Mya, Blossom and Musa, Abby and her children, Rosalyn, Shane, the Holoforms, and Cade were. Desiree just stood there, in her pajamas, with a confused expression on her face. She saw Orion sitting in his highchair, happily playing with one of his toys. Desirée's eyes went to the decorations that were around the room and the food that was on the table.

"What is this?" she stammered.

"It's your birthday party," Tessa exclaimed, smiling brightly.

Desiree's brows furrowed for a moment before shooting up. "You're throwing me a birthday party?" she asked. "B-But I'm only turning thirty."

"It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience," Cade chuckled. "We want you to start off being thirty with a family get-together."

"My big sister's turning thirty, why not be excited about it!" Abby exclaimed happily.

Rubbing the back of her neck awkwardly, Desirée let out a slightly humorless chuckle. She'd never been one for big celebrations on her behalf; she always felt more comfortable just flowing through each day without drawing too much attention to herself. But after meeting the Autobots, it seemed like keeping a low profile was nearly impossible with them. But that didn't change the fact that Desirée still wasn't much of a fan for big celebrations―or anything along those lines―being thrown for her. But, seeing as everyone put so much time and effort into what was before her, Desirée decided she'd let that rule slide by that one time.

Besides, it could be fun.

Desirée's POV

I had to admit, Cade and the others did put a lot of thought into the party. I wouldn't have wanted a birthday party, especially since I was turning thirty, but I appreciated what they did. Not to mention Saoirse and Eden looked like they were having the time of their lives. It made me genuinely happy, seeing them both look so happy and excited. Even Orion looked like he was enjoying himself.

Cade had announced that the cake would be more toward the end of the day, and that even though they were getting all the other major parts of a birthday party out of the way, they wanted the "best saved for last." So in place of the cake, Cade had a birthday breakfast made.

"Tess did most of the cooking," Cade praised, grinning at his daughter. "I can't cook anything without burning the kitchen down."

"He's right, he'd starve without me," Tessa chuckled.

I could already tell that, possibly, this would be the best birthday I'd ever have.

QUICKY A/N:

FIRST OFF, MY ABSENCE SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. I KNOW I SAID SOMEWHERE IN THE LAST COUPLE CH.'S THAT I'D BE UPDATING MORE OFTEN, BUT I CAN NEVER KEEP TRACK OF HOW MUCH TIME PASSES BEFORE I POST A NEW CH.! EITHER THAT OR I GET REMINDED THAT YOU GUYS ARE STILL WAITING FOR ME TO POST SOMETHING, THEN I FEEL TERRIBLE FOR NOT HAVING DONE IT SOONER. HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS ARE STILL INTERESTED IN THIS STORY, THOUGH. I'D HATE TO FIND OUT THAT YOU GUYS LOST INTEREST.

ANYWHO, I OWN NOTHING IN THIS FANDOM. I ALSO DON'T OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS THAT WERE KINDLY GIVEN TO ME IN 'AT LEAST WE MADE IT THIS FAR'. ALL I OWN ARE MY CHARACTERS AND THE USERNAME I GO BY.

IF YOU'VE GOT IDEAS ON SUBPLOTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE WRITTEN INTO THE STORY, DON'T HESITATE TO LET ME KNOW, OK? I'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME TO WRITE FILLERS UNTIL THE FIFTH 'TRANSFORMERS' COMES OUT.

...THAT COULD BE WHY I'M NOT UPDATING SO FREQUENTLY; I'M TRYING TO SPACE OUT THE CH.'S UNTIL 'THE LAST KNIGHT' IS RELEASED...

I DON'T KNOW.

I'LL WRAP UP THIS AUTHOR'S NOTE, THEN.

STAY SNAPPY.

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~SMITHY