Sorry about no updates yesterday! I was really busy and I got stuck on the north side of the city for like 5 hours. Anyways here's another chapter. Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I only wish it were mine.

Chapter 5: Good Luck With Your Crush

Phoenix was in a good mood, despite the event that had just taken place. She cranked the radio and sang at the top of her lungs.

Optimus wasn't usually one for loud music, but for once he enjoyed it. He also liked the way Phoenix sang. She had a beautiful voice. He had heard Michaela sing before and it wasn't nearly as pleasurable as the way Phoenix's voice blended with the music.

"C'mon Big Guy! Sing with me!" Phoenix shouted over the clamouring tune.

"No."

"Please? I bet you have a great voice!"

"I'm not singing with you." Optimus almost gave in, but he wasn't sure he was entirely comfortable with his voice. He hadn't sung in years. He used to be good, but now… he wasn't sure.

"You have no fun." Phoenix stuck out her tongue and pointed it in a few different directions to make sure he saw, where ever his head was.

Optimus chuckled, "We're here." He said pulling up to a small abandoned warehouse.

"Wow, it's kind of, well, little." Phoenix said, jumping out of him.

Optimus transformed behind her. "That's just the entrance. The real place is underground."

He led the way inside and Phoenix followed nervously. Optimus punched a few keys on keypad inside the door and the floor gave a jolt and slowly began to descend.

Phoenix held onto Optimus's foot for dear life and he bent down to pick her up, trying not to be so glad for the excuse to hold her close. Phoenix didn't seem to mind though, she held onto him tightly, grateful for the close contact.

They reached the floor and Optimus carefully stepped off of the platform. He punched in some keys on another pad and the platform rose up again behind them.

Optimus placed Phoenix gently on the floor. Phoenix found it hard not to be disappointed when he let her go. Optimus noticed her pouty look and began to say something, but out of the darkness came a clamour of raised voices.

"OPTIMUS!" They shouted in unison.

Phoenix watched as 3 other robots came into focus. They were all smaller than Optimus, but still enormous. One was yellowish green, and he had the look of someone older and wise, without actually looking really old. Another was black, shadowy, and battle scarred. He looked mean. The last one was the smallest, and he was yellow and black. He had bright blue, perfectly round optics that made him look like an adorable little kid.

The robots rushed over to Optimus without noticing her. She backed away so she wouldn't get stepped on.

"Sir we thought you were dead!"

"How did you get back?"

"What happened, you're not even scratched, you have to get to the medical bay anyways! Come on Sir."

Optimus was trying to protest, "Wait, I brought-

But the other 3 Autobots were forcing him down the hall. They turned a corner and were gone. Phoenix sighed and leaned against the wall. She'd forgotten about how important he was, being the leader. Now that they were back, he probably wouldn't even think about her anymore.

She was just debating whether to leave or not when she heard voices. These weren't the Autobots though, they were smaller, human. Two people who looked around her age turned the corner holding hands.

"I can't believe Optimus is back!" The girl was saying.

"Yah, I know! Bumblebee was so worried I thought he must have…"

Both of them stopped when they saw Phoenix.

"Who are you?" The boy asked, looking a little alarmed.

"I'm Phoenix." Phoenix replied, "I'm here with Optimus."

Both teenagers breathed a sigh of relief.

"In that case, I'm Sam." The boy said, "And this is my girlfriend, Michaela."

"So what brought you together?" Michaela asked, as if she really didn't care.

Phoenix decided that she didn't really like her. It was horrible of her to think that upon a first meeting, but she felt that Michaela had an air of being superior to the world; even her boyfriend seemed dim in her arrogant glow.

Phoenix explained what had happened vaguely, not really wanting to get into details about her parents or anything. Sam seemed really interested in her palm, but Michaela was inspecting her nails with indifference.

"So uh, when in there did you fall for Optimus?" Michaela asked, after the story was done.

Phoenix was taken aback. "I don't know what you're talking about!" Even to her it sounded unconvincing.

"Right. Look, you have 'I have a crush on Optimus Prime' written in big letters all over your face." Michaela smiled.

Phoenix smiled back, "I don't know what you're talking about." She repeated, but it still sounded wrong.

"I don't see it." Sam put in.

Michaela rolled her eyes. "It's a girl thing, Samuel."

"Well anyways, since you're with Optimus, let's take you to his room and you can wait for him." Sam said.

"Thanks, that would be great."

Phoenix followed them down a hall. Sam pointed to a door at the end.

"Just crawl under it." He advised. "They all have coded locks, and we can't reach them so it's the only way to go."

"Thanks guys, I'll catch you around later then?"

"Yah, we'll see you in a bit." Sam and Michaela left.

Phoenix got down on her hands and knees and squirmed under the massive door, leading to Optimus's chambers.

"Wow, it's huge!" She said aloud. Of course, he was huge so she supposed she should have expected it. There was a gigantic bed against one wall, along with a huge lamp, and a bookshelf filled with a large assortment of virtual novels. Through an archway there was an enormous TV and some couch and chair like furniture along with a small (for robots) fridge. In the last room there was a huge desk and more bookshelves, and a giant computer.

Phoenix looked around for somewhere to sit while she waited. It took a great effort but she finally managed to pull herself onto the bed. Across the room she noticed a mirror that was level with where she was standing on the bed.

"So robots like to look at themselves do they?" she giggled. And then remembered what Michaela had said about her crush.

"Is it really that obvious that I have a crush on him?"

"Have a crush on who? What's a crush?"

Phoenix gasped and turned around, surprised, but delighted to see Optimus entering the room.

"Sorry about back there," He said, "My men are very… paranoid. So crush. You're not planning to hurt someone are you?"

"No!" Phoenix explained, "A crush is when you're in- in love with somebody…"

She picked up a piece of her hair and twirled it around her finger. Optimus figured she did it when she was nervous.

"Oh well it wasn't obvious." He felt a sudden pang of jealousy. "Whom do you have a 'crush' on?"

"Oh nobody."

"But you said-

"Look," Said Phoenix, desperate to change the subject. "Is there somewhere where I can get cleaned up?"

Optimus nodded and held his hand out to her, even though he wasn't finished asking her about her crush, he decided to drop it for the time being. 'I have a crush too.' He thought gloomily.

He carried her out of his room and down the hall, wondering briefly how she'd gotten in to his chambers.

"Here is the bathroom that Michaela uses. I'm sure she won't mind if you freshen up."

"Thank you, I'll see you in a bit I guess."

Optimus turned to leave. "Oh Phoenix?" He couldn't help but smirk.

"Yes?"

"Good look with your crush."

"Shut up."

Well that's another chapter. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW! I'll try to get another chapter up later, for sure tomorrow I hope because I'll be gone this weekend for family reunion. But I need to Know if you like what you're reading! Give some feedback, just don't be mean. Love for all!