The next morning Miko was rudely awakened by her stomach lurching from morning sickness. She was about to blow chunks when she darted out the bedroom door and in to the bathroom to evacuate her stomachs contents into the toilet. She had just thrown up for the third time trying to catch breath when she moved her hand to her still flat mid-section. She and Jack were only "together" once, which was two weeks ago so it was clear that her pregnancy wouldn't start to show for a while. She flushed the toilet and went to get something to fill her now empty stomach.
She went into the kitchen, opened the fridge, and pulled out a jar of sweet pickles and a jar of cheese dip. She looked at the items in her hands with a look of disgust "Why do you keep making me eat all this weird and nasty stuff if all you're gonna do is just make me barf it back up later on." Miko said then looked down to her stomach. "Great, I'm arguing with a person that's not even born yet."
She sat down at the kitchen table and began digging in to her 'breakfast'. Looking at the clock she noticed it was only 6:20 her host parents had most likely already gone to work by now, and it would still be a while before she'd have to meet up with the guys. She went to her room and got dressed then went back to finish eating.
It was Saturday so she had all day to goof off, rock on, and most important of all figuring out how to tell Jack she was carrying his child. Each scenario was the same in her mind 'Jack freaks out and dumps her', but even if people were against it she wasn't getting an abortion.
Miko recited the very same words Yumi said to her when she was still alive. "It's not right to just end a life that hasn't even had a chance to actually live."
With her stomach finally full she put the cheese dip and pickles back in the fridge and went into the living room to watch TV, but when she turned it on it showed a mother holding her baby to her chest. Miko quickly changed the channel and it showed a baby girl snuggling with its mother. She changed the channel again and again only to see the same thing, babies.
"Oh come on, this kind of stuff should only happen on TV." Miko groaned before turning off the TV. After a few minutes she heard Bulkhead honking outside, grabbed her things, and went out to meet her friend.
During the whole ride to the Autobot base Miko just sat in the passenger seat strumming the strings of her guitar at random. She was still trying to figure out how to tell Jack about the baby but not having much luck. She sighed before looking out the window at the passing scenery. Bulkhead may not have been one of the smartest of the Autobots but he could tell that something was wrong with human companion. "Miko, is everything ok?" he asked
"Huh, oh, yeah everything's fine Bulk." Miko replied then went back to looking outside, but Bulkhead wasn't giving in to her lie, so pulled to the curb and stopped.
"Why'd you stop Bulkhead?" Miko questioned.
"Because you're lying, I'm not driving another inch until you tell me what's going on."
"It's a human thing Bulkhead, you wouldn't understand."
"I'm your friend Miko you can tell me anything."
Miko sighed knowing the wrecker wasn't going to let her off the hook so easily. "Alright I'll tell you but you can't tell anyone until I do mostly Jack, promise."
"I promise I won't tell anyone."
"Alright the truth is...I'm pregnant…"
"You're what?"
"See I told you that you wouldn't understand."
"Well then why don't you explain it to me then?"
"Alright but remember don't tell anyone."
"I won't, wreckers honor."
Miko explained to her friend about human reproduction. It felt a little weird explaining it to someone who was possibly much MUCH older than her.
"Let me see if I got this right," Said Bulkhead "There's a new life growing inside you and it's going to keep growing for nine months?" Bulkhead questioned
"Correcto mundo big guy." Replied Miko
"Are there going to be any changes during this pregnant thing?" Bulkhead asked.
"Well I won't be able to do some of the things I use to do, I'll have to be careful not to hurt myself really bad or it could end up hurting the baby, my belly will start to get bigger, and I'm going to be really grouchy."
"Wow, that's just weird."
"Well pardon my anatomy now can we just go to the base, I'm baking in this heat."
"Alright a deal is a deal."
A few minute of awkward silence later they reached the Autobot base Miko got out of the passenger seat and stomped away until...
"There's my girl." said a very familiar voice. Miko froze in her tracks and her heart began beating at unbelievable speeds. She turned around to see her boyfriend walking up to her.
"Uh, H-hey... Jack." stuttered Miko. She still had no idea how to tell him about the baby but it would have to be done soon otherwise it could ruin what little of their relationship they might have left.
"What took you guys so long?" Jack asked then wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Uh Bulkhead kept bugging me about something personal, said he wouldn't drive another inch until I told him."
"Oh ok, come on Raf's got a new computer game he wants to show us."
"Ok."