Authors Note: I Don't Think This Is A Long Chapter, So I'm Sorry If It's Short. And Yes, I Know, The Grandparents Are A Mystery, To Most Of You. Just Use Your Imagination.

And Now Here We Go.

Chapter 4, Is Heading Out The Door!

Chapter 4: Mud Pie

I had walked up to my room, which was the attic, with a glass of milk at hand. I opened the door and sat at my computer desk, taking a sip of my milk. I set it down and sighed as I put on some music. Only Time by Enya coming out softly through my speakers, spreading a sense of tranquility throughout the house. I sighed, it was silent and peaceful. I leaned back in my leather chair and relaxed.

There was a loud BOOM and all the peacefulness was gone. There was another BOOM and I fell out of my chair by the tremor. My eyes widened at the next loud BOOM and saw my milk going for a dive off the desk. I caught it before it spilled and sighed, thanking god it did not because it was a terror trying to get out of the carpet and not to mention the smell of old milk makes me gag.

I went downstairs and poured the perfectly good milk down the drain, knowing I could not have it out otherwise it would spill. I went back up to my room and looked out my window seeing the Autobots working on their base. I sighed and banged my head on the threshold. 'It's a good thing my Grandparents went to a Garden party today' I thought to myself.

Suddenly Jetfire came in front of the window and I screamed in surprise.

"Woah, easy there little lady, it's just me" he said.

I took a deep breath and held my chest "Don't do that, you nearly gave me a heart attack" I told him.

"Sorry" he started "Optimus wants to know if you could look at something and see what it is, because we can't figure out what it is" he told me.

"Uh, sure" I said.

Jetfire put out his hand and I slowly stepped over the threshold and into his hand. He jumped up and was soon hovering over the forest. I looked down and then up at the sky and smiled. I had never been in the sky before, less you count being on a ride, like a roller coaster, but never like flying. It felt nice.

Jetfire landed where the other Autobots were crowded. He put me down and I jumped off, running over to Optimus, who in turn looked down at me.

"What did you need, Optimus?" I asked stopping next to his big metal foot.

"Well, we found that" he said pointing at something.

I looked down the giant hole they dug and saw a gray pipe. At first I wondered what it was, then realization struck me like a slap in the face.

"Oh shit! You can't dig here, that's our sewer pipe" I told them.

"What's a sewer pipe?" asked Ironhide.

I looked at him "It's what all the icky nasty stuff is drained into, from my house to the sewage treatment facility" I answered.

"What icky nasty stuff?" Ironhide asked.

I slapped my hand on my forehead "Like human waste" I started. He still looked confused. I pulled a Homer Simpson 'Doh'. "Shit, Ironhide, Shit" I said as if it was completely obvious.

"Well why didn't you say that in the first place!" he yelled at me.

"Because I didn't feel like saying shit!" I said angrily.

"Would you two quit fighting, we need to find a new place to dig" said Red Alert.

"She started it" Ironhide said pointing at me.

"Oh, whatever Irondork!" I growled and walked into the forest and headed home.

"Would you just stop picking fights with her, Ironhide" Jetfire shot at Ironhide as he went to walk me home.

Ironhide grumbled. Optimus sighed as he looked at Red Alert and Hotshot who shrugged, and went to look for another place to dig.

I stomped up a hill angrily, frustrated with that Autobot named Ironhide. I just wanted to kick his metal ass without having my toes scream at me later for doing so. I propelled myself up with one leg, trying to grab a sturdy branch, but failed and was sent plummeting back down the hill. I rolled the rest of the way and laid flat on my stomach when I hit the bottom.

Sobs began to ravage my body, I laid there my face buried in my arms and cried. I felt like a failure, and I suddenly felt guilty for yelling at Ironhide. I cried harder, creating mud beneath my arms. I heard the thundering steps of a transformer and laid still hoping whoever it was, would go away. Sadly they did not.

"Are you OK, Jody?" asked the certain familiar Australian accent of Jetfire.

I just shook my head in my arms and tried to hold back from crying anymore so he did not see me, it was embarrassing crying in front of people, that's why I would always wait until I got home and into the seclusion of my room to do so.

I felt Jetfire walk over to me. I tensed. I felt his presence kneel next to me. I continued to lay there, trying with all my might to stop sobbing.

"Jody, come on it's OK" Jetfire said comfortingly, letting a finger gently stroke my back.

I whimpered and could not help but cry more at his attempt to comfort me. Jetfire tilted his head and gently turned me over. I hide my face behind my hands so he could not see my face. He tugged on my arms gently and pulled my hands away from my face. I closed my eyes tight, but he could already see that I had been crying.

"Aw, come on Jody" he said softly as he picked me up as carefully as he could and laid me in his hand.

I began to shiver and let a few more tears leak through my eyelids. He looked at me sadly and brought me up to his chest. I felt warmth on the metal and rested against it, sighing contently. He smiled behind his mask and stood, jumping up and floated over the trees like he had before and landed in my Grandparents backyard. He walked the rest of the way over to my window and looked into my room, he pulled away and put his hand inside carefully, laying me on my bed softly.

"There you go" he said ever so softly.

I looked at him with red eyes and a tear stained face, also noticing the mud caked on my clothes and body. Jetfire noticed this too and laughed. I looked at him oddly.

"I should start calling you mud pie" he said reaching his hand in and wiping a bit of the mud off of my face.

I could not help but laugh.

"There's that pretty laugh of yours, for a while I didn't know if you had one" he said smiling.

I stuck my tongue out at him playfully, making him laugh.

"Anything you need before I head back to help the others build the base, sweetie?" he asked.

I blushed at him calling me sweetie and shook my head.

"Alright" he laughed and went to walk away from the window.

"Thank you, Jetfire" came my weak voice.

He appeared back at the window and nodded "My pleasure, little lady" then actually left this time.

I smiled to myself, but then looked at how dirty I looked and felt disgusting. I was going to need a nice hot bath and get all this stuff off. I smiled.

'Relaxation time' I thought to myself with an evil grin.

I got up grabbed a black towel and headed towards the bathroom.