I paced feverishly around the bedroom that Jun and I shared on the NEST base, we had been there for the better part of three weeks and the bad feeling I got the first few days was not leaving me alone. I paced over and over again, the thought that I might be grounding a hole into the floor from my constant pacing played absently in the back of my mind. As I pasted the door, for the tenth, or fiftieth time, it flew open and Jun walked in, a huge stack of presents over flowing in her arms. I stopped, and looked at her, an eyebrow raised.
"Have fun shopping?" I asked, unable to wait for her to greet me. She flumped her presents onto her bunk, and then sat in the bright blue beanie bag chair, and sighed. I still stood, and looked at her.
"Oh, yeah. I suppose, it brought back a lot of the normality back into the new life here." She leaned her head back, with her eyes closed. A sign that she had a stress headache. I sat, realizing how badly my legs hurt from the constant pacing.
"I suppose it must have. Did you bond with Prowl?" I asked, knowing that if I hinted it would take forever for her to get around to it, so I asked outright.
"Hm? Oh, yeah, as much as a human and a robot couple can get." Jun told me, an air of despair followed after she said that. I felt my lower lip stick out, because I was hoping something good will come out of all this, but I was wrong. I lowered my gaze to the floor, and noticed that there was no path dug out from all of my pacing.
"Have you gone outside at all today?" Jun asked, changing the subject, and obviously noticing that I was off in a thought that I shouldn't be lingering in. I looked up at her, and shook my head slowly.
'Well, you should. I managed to convince them to let us have some sort of a Christmas celebration. The hangers are all decorated, and the Bots seem to be really enthused." Jun told me, a smile playing on her lips. I granted her a half smile. I thought about going for a walk, but I wasn't feeling all that festive, even with the Holidays looming.
"Well, I might go out later, but I don't think that I will, not feeling very festive." I explained, trying to not get into as many details as I possibly could. Jun came over and sat beside me, and wrapped an arm around me, and pulled me close to her.
"Mattieeee, you know you can't hide anything from me." She smiled at me, and I smiled tentatively back at her.
"Alright. You know that bad feeling that I've had for the longest time, ever since we got here?" I asked her, knowing that there was no point trying to avoid all of the necessary details. Jun gave one swift, curt nod, and beckoned me to continue.
"Well, it hasn't left, even though Rachet, Optimus, Ironhide and ALL the other bots have assured me that nothing bad was going to happen, but that feeling will still not leave me alone." I explained, my leg muscles twitching for me to get up and start to pace again. Jun rubbed my back in a soothing manner, and I was silent thanking her in the back of my mind.
'Is that why you spend day after day in the shooting range?" Jun asked, and I gave her a quick nod. She sighed deeply.
"This isn't very healthy Mattie. I know!" Jun jumped up, and turned towards me. I sense of fear rose up within me.
"Juniper, what are you doing?" I asked, trying to not sound as terrified as I felt. An evil smile spread over her face.
'You, are coming out to join everyone else, and you will have fun, you will stop moping, and then maybe Hound can start to leave me alone when you stay holed up in here." Jun said, tugging my arm. I sighed, and bowed my head in defeat. Once Jun had made up her mind, there was no changing it.
"Alright, fine." I groaned, and then got up slowly. Jun clapped her hands happily, and then shoved something red, fuzzy, and something was sticking out of the sides, an elf hat. I looked at her, with an 'I do not want to do this' look. Jun placed her hands firmly on her hips.
"You WILL wear the hat." She insisted. I sighed, and gave her the biggest pouty face I could muster.
"You're making me seem like the biggest pushover in the world, you know that?" I told her as I slipped the hat on. Jun smiled and slipped on a hat exactly the same as mine. I groaned and rolled my eyes. I released a deep sigh, stepped over the threshold, and then the ground rumbled beneath my feet, and I fell to the ground.
Sorry for the lack of updates, but you know, life gets in the way. J