Leon shivered in the back of Sides' alt mode, piled under blankets as she watched the snow covered countryside zip by.
"Are you still cold? The heat is on high." Sideswipe's voice murmured through the radio.
"J-just fi-i-i-ine. I'm not f-freezing or a-anything." Leon sniffed, curling into a smaller ball. "I'm g-going to k-k-kill Prowl w-when we g-get back."
"Aw, sweetspark, you're absolutely freezing!" Sideswipe moaned, pulling into an abandoned grove a trees. "We can stop for the night, if you want."
"No k-keep going. I-i think I-i'm cold b-because I-i've b-been staring at the s-s-snow."
"I'll put some music on!" She could hear the grin in his voice as the dials twisted on the radio. The first few notes of Mozart flew through the car.
"Sides, your music sucks." Leon uncovered herself and dragged the iPod in her pocket out. The mechanic leaned between the two front seats stretched to plug in the device.
"Sides, what the hell was that?" Sunstreaker growled over their comm. link.
"Nothing! Lion was changing the music."
"Oh."
Leon gave the dash board a weird look, but continued scrolling through her music. The first few notes of a new song rang through the front-liner's interior.
So many girls in here, where do I begin? I see this one, I'm 'bout to go in Then she said "I'm here with my friends" She got me thinking, and that's when I said
Where them girls at, girls at? Where them girls at, girls at? Where them girls at, girls at? So go get them, we can all be friends
"No way! We're not listening to this!" Sideswipe growled, searching through her iPod.
Seven a.m, waking up in the morning
Gotta be fresh, gotta go downstairs
Gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal
Seein' everything, the time is goin'
Tickin' on and on, everybody's rushin'
Gotta get down to the bus stop
Gotta see my friends, my friends
::This is Mirage. All okay on your end, Twins?:: -Mirage
::If my idiot Twins would stop torturing the two of us, then yes everything would be fine.:: -Sunstreaker
::What's he doing?:: -Ellie
::Playing the song Friday, by Rebecca Black. Make it stop!:: -Leon
::Oh! I like that song!:: -Mirage
::Uh-oh.:: -Ellie
::Kickin' in the front seat, sittin' in the back seat. Gotta make my mind up, which seat can I choose~?:: -Mirage
::Noooooo!:: -Sunstreaker and Leon
::It's Friday, Friday! Gotta get down on Friday! Everybody's looking forward to the weekend, weekend~!:: -Sideswipe and Mirage
::If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.:: -Ellie
::NO! ELLIE DON'T DO IT!:: -Leon
::Friday, Friday! Gettin' down on Friday! Everybody's looking forward to the weekend! Partyin', partyin'. Yeah! Partyin', partyin'. Yeah! Fun, fun, fun, fun. Lookin' forward to the weekend!:: -Mirage, Ellie and Sideswipe
::Streaker! Help!:: -Leon
::Can't...Too busy...being tortured by...bad singing!:: -Sunstreaker
::We've gotta sing something else!:: -Leon
:: 7:45, WE'RE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY! CRUSIN' SO FAST, I WANT TIME TO FLY! FUN, FUN, THINK ABOUT FUN! YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS-:: -Mirage, Ellie, and Sideswipe
::I don't want a lot for Christmas, there is just one thing I need. I don't care about the presents, underneath the Christmas tree. I just want you for my own, more than you could ever know. Make my wish come true! All I want for Christmas, is you!:: -Leon
::Kickin' in the front seat, sittin' in the back seat. Gotta make my mind up, which seat can I take?:: -Mirage, Ellie and Sideswipe
::I don't want a lot for Christmas, there is just one thing I need. And I don't care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree. I don't need to hang my stocking, there upon the fireplace. Santa Claus won't make me happy, with a toy on Christmas day.:: -Sunstreaker and Leon
::It's Friday, Friday-:: -Mirage, Ellie and Sideswipe
::Wait,:: -Mirage
::What? We're battling it out here!:: -Sideswipe
::What is this...Christmas?:: -Mirage
::You don't know what Christmas is?!:: -Ellie and Leon
::No.:: -Twins and Mirage
::Perhaps you could explain it.:: -Mirage
"Seriously. You don't know what Christmas is?" Leon looked surprised.
"Nope. Wanna explain it? Or can I go back to singing Friday?"
"Christmas is only the most celebrated human holiday on Earth."
"Yeah, but what the hell is it?" Sunstreaker asked, his voice coming over Sideswipe's radio.
"It's the most wonderful time of the year, filled with festivities and fun and candy and gingerbread houses and penguins and Santa and presents and toys and snuggling and snowmen and hot chocolate and gifts and giving and singing and Christmas trees and snowflakes and children and laughter and snow angels and happiness and love!"
"Why?"
"Because you have to be nice on Christmas, or you'll get coal in your stocking!" Leon scoffed. "Santa Claus is watching you, man."
"Somebody's watching us!? Where is he?!" Sideswipe roared.
"Santa Claus, spoiler alert, isn't actually real." Leon laughed. "Just search it up on the internet, and include me in any pranks you do over Christmas."
"Yes, ma'am! What's a snow angel?"
"Seriously! Stop right now, Sides. I'll show you and then we can make a snow man."
A few hours later, a drenched Leon, Sides and Sunny stood in a clearing filled with snowmen and giant snow angels.
"So, what is Christmas?" Mirage asked Ellie, who had her feet propped up on his dashboard as they overlooked the sunny ocean.
"It's a human holiday. We give each other gifts, to celebrate the Lord's son. I'm not religious, so I won't go into detail about the unimportant stuff."
"Ah, much appreciated." Mirage hummed, engine purring.
"Have I ever told you how sexy that accent is?"
"No. But I am a sexy mech."
"Sure. Anyway, Santa Claus, a big fat man in a red suit with a beard, brings kids presents if they're good. If they're not, they get a piece of coal in their stocking, which is like a big sock people put treats and little toys in. We give gifts to each other to each other, because it's tradition and shows how much we like each other."
"And what is mistletoe?" Mirage chuckled.
"You just searched it up on the Internet, didn't you?"
"Si."
"Asshole."
"Sexy asshole. Well?"
"Mistletoe is a plant, that, when you stand under it, if there's a bot or human of the opposite gender, you have to kiss them." Ellie sighed, arms crossed.
"Why?"
"I don't know everything, Mirage. Look it up."
"Lion, what are you doing?" Sunstreaker asked, his holoform fizzling into the driver's seat. Leon looked up, blinking her green eyes with a shit-eating grin.
"Plotting."
"And I'm not helping?! I'm offended!" Sunny pouted, making Leon roll her eyes.
"If you must know, I'm compiling a list of Autobots."
"Why?"
"You'll see."
"She's up to no good, isn't she?" Sideswipe asked over the radio. Leon stuck her tongue out at the silver mech. After the "Friday" incident, Leon refused to ride with Sideswipe.
"She was good to start with?" Sunstreaker laughed. "You need your optics checked."
"Does Jolt ever do any pranking?" Leon asked, scribbling down names on her paper.
"Yeah..."
"Thanks."
"I'm getting worried, bro. She's been writing an awful lot on that paper."
"You could ask what she's doing, you know?"
"She'll maul me. Lion hates me already." Sideswipe sighed dramatically.
"Drama mech. I'll tell you what I'm doing then."
And so began the plotting...