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Music: (None-which is why this didn't write very well)

Chapter Nine Off to a Rough Start

It took a few days to get discharged from the hospital. Sam continued to visit me and surprisingly Miles did too but he got the run down version of how I'd been in a car accident with someone that had pitched off a bridge and nearly drowned me. He believed it, and I suppose it's because Sam told such an awesome story. I found myself enthralled by it and horrified at what he described…but hey. This was Skywarp we were talking about here after all. Miles entertained me by bringing me flowers every time he visited and I got a stuffed animal from him. It was a Siberian tiger but it was so fluffy and silky soft to the touch. I kept it in the bed with me to keep me company. I was even granted a coloring book with crayons because I was that bored. Miles colored with me, having gotten a good laugh out of it when he'd come in to me coloring Hello Kitty pages.

"So…I've been thinking," Miles spoke up from where he sat at the table in the room. I was still in my hospital bed waiting to be officially discharged today. I'd had to take showers here and it'd been acquired enough because I was deemed a fall risk and had to be supervised…They thought I had a possible concussion. I didn't blame them though. It was still awkward none the less and I was so eager to leave.

"I thought I smelled something burning," I teased him gently and he smirked. His blonde hair was still long and pulled back into a ponytail. He looked rather well groomed, even though he needed a shave due to his scruffy face right now. He had on a white t-shirt that showed off the muscles he'd collected from his job pretty quickly, and he wore torn and ragged pair of bleached jeans with work boots on. He had a digital black watch on though. Miles Lancaster had definitely changed a bit since high school, becoming quite an attractive man…even though he still retained his weirdness at times. We'd been working on that for years though and I think we were finally getting somewhere. My books amazingly had survived the rough trip into the ocean but my notes were ruined. Oh well. I could always find someone else's to copy plus I pretty much knew the classes they were from. I tilted my head to the side because he was giving me a serious look as he lounged in the chair with his hands resting on his lap.

"…We should go out," He finally told me with a nod of his head.

"Go where?" I replied, being coy. He frowned slightly, blue eyes turning down-cast as I wasn't taking this as seriously as he would have liked.

"No…I meant we should become a couple…you know…boyfriend-girlfriend kind of thing?" He asked, giving me a sincere look. I felt my stomach twist and I knew I wasn't breathing in enough air as I kind of felt light-headed. "Look…I like you a lot…and I'm pretty sure you like me or else you wouldn't hang out with me all the time…So…I mean…I'd like us to start dating and see if it turns into something serious…" He shrugged his shoulders slightly," I mean…we act like we're dating kind of anyways…going out every now and then in the past to places…and I'd pay for your tickets to movies and your meals…The only difference now would be that we openly acknowledge there being some kind of connection between us…" He glanced down at the ground as if uncertain what to say now to me about it. "Plus…then I'd have a reason to kiss you as much as I think about it…and hold your hand and stuff…" He trailed off again and I bit my bottom lip.

"…You want to kiss me?" I questioned softly, not sure if my voice carried over to him. His eyes immediately went up from the floor to mine.

"Of course," he snapped as if shocked I'd think anything else. He stood up, and came over to the bed where he leaned closer to me. His eyes searched mine as if judging a reaction to him. Then he brought his hands up to my face, fingers gently touching my cheek and chin as he pressed his lips to mine. It wasn't just a light little peck and go kiss. It evolved as something in me recognized that this was what I wanted…someone to share my moments of life with. It deepened but we were interrupted by a soft throat clearing and a light knock on the door. I was immediately embarrassed and turned red while Miles coolly went to go sit back down in his chair. It was the nurse though and she merely held a clipboard for me to sign before leaving. I was officially discharged now.

"…Miles," I said as he got up to leave. He glanced at me. "I'd like to be your girlfriend…" His face broke out into a radiant smile.

"Alright babe. We're a couple," He said with a little wink before disappearing out the door. My heart was hammering in my chest but then my phone chimed and I got up to pick it up.

Sunny: I know Sam programmed my comm. Signature into this device. I am aware that you have been discharged. Stop wasting time and let's go.

Oh, so I had a grumpy babysitter now. Stupid escort. I took my time changing into the clothes tucked into a plastic bag that Sam had brought to me, and he'd been very sheepish about it. I think because they'd made him get me an outfit to leave in. He'd brought me black flats that I was grateful for and stretchy black yoga pants that fit like a second skin as well as a loose dark gray shirt that I bunched up at the side with a rubber-band I found. I had another that I put my hair into a side ponytail with and I took my backpack which had dried before heading out of the hospital. I wasn't where Sunstreaker was but I didn't have to look far. He did not do incognito …I don't think he even knew the meaning of incognito. If I'd thought the yellow was flashy…it was nothing compared to the golden hues I could see almost glittery at me from the corvette stingray. He looked exactly like his brother except he was now a gold color. I put a palm to my face and hurried over to him.

"You've got to be joking," I growled under my breath, going to grab the door but it wouldn't open. "Sunstreaker, come on."

"No…we haven't established the ground rules," His voice drifted from his radios and I felt my eye twitch slightly.

"ground rules?" I questioned with a sweeter tone as I wasn't dealing with this. Surely I wasn't dealing with this.

"Yes. I rather like this alt-mode…and I plan on thus taking good care of," Sunstreaker informed me," That means…NOTHING is allowed inside this vehicle unless permitted…You will USE a plastic cover on my seats so as not to get any of your nasty organic matter on it…You will not mess with any of the interior…or the exterior." He warned and I rolled my eyes," That means no food or drink inside of me…Also, your shoes will be removed when you start to get in and placed in a little baggie so as to keep the dirt and nasty things out…Are we understood?"

"…sure," I muttered and went to open his door, which he didn't let me do again. I sighed, "What now?"

"No friends…I'm not a bus. I don't carpool either. No disgusting boyfriends in here either," he told me, seeming to almost gloat.

"Sure thing, Sunshine—" I started but was interrupted.

"WHAT?! The name is Sunstreaker! Do NOT let me CATCH you referring to me in any other way!" He shouted at me and I casually glanced around to see if anyone was staring at me yet. I couldn't get into my car obviously.

"Fine…alright…Now can we please leave?" I questioned, and made a gesture. He seemed to vent in disgust before opening his door.

"That disgusting backpack can go inside a plastic bag too," He muttered and I noticed plastic covering the driver's seat that I was going to sit in. There was a little plastic covered slot for my shoes, which I removed as I climbed into the car and placed them in there. I set the bag inside another plastic bag area and frowned at the car.

"Happy?" I asked him sarcastically.

"Not in the slightest," he growled back before starting to drive. I kept my hands resting lightly on the steering wheel to give the appearance that I was driving. This was totally going to suck. Already he was unreasonable and I didn't see him getting any more reasonable as the day went on. It didn't take long to get back to the campus where I could still see the destruction. It'd been explained away as a gas leak that had caused hallucinations before it'd exploded, taking with it…several students' lives and an entire building. I sighed, fidgeting with my ponytail for a second before Sunstreaker snapped at me," STOP THAT! You're going to get loose pieces of hair in me…ugh…I couldn't stand that…You aren't allowed to play with your hair." I rolled my eyes but removed my hand from my hair. He found a parking spot and popped his door open for me with a sound of disgust. "Ugh…People are going to try to TOUCH me while I'm parked here." He whined suddenly and I did roll my eyes again at him.

"Then just shock them, eventually people will get the point," I told him as I slipped my shoes back on and grabbed my backpack before shutting his door and heading off. He didn't say anything so I realized he must be mulling what I'd said over. I had classes to make up now that the weekend was completely over, and ruined because of Skywarp and the hospital…the only good thing that had happened was that Miles had actually asked to court me, which was rather sweet of him. I didn't know how exactly this changed us or what I was supposed to do differently. I supposed I'd just figure it out as we went along, but right now I had classes to make up and some exams. I don't think the next weekend could get here sooner…and Sunstreaker? Well, I never had to leave the campus…so he was stuck there for a few days, unable to do anything. I don't know if he ever actually left to go stretch out or anything. No telling how serious he was taking this 'watching' thing of his. I mean, the Decepticons had attacked me while I was at campus on a normal day with no Autobots around…I seriously doubted it'd happen again. I did get some complaints about my car randomly shocking people who brushed against it by accident and I could only shrug at it.

Finally Friday came and with that…time to go hang out with Miles. He had gotten a motel room in town and I couldn't wait to just go hang out like a normal person…unfortunately Sunstreaker had to be near us…and he wasn't letting Miles in the car despite me pointing out that either Miles rode in the car or Sunstreaker would have to follow us discreetly. He'd decided to just follow us and dropped me off near the motel place to loop around so he was parked behind the motel area. We went to a movie and then back to Miles place for some ice-cream. I was eating mine when I realized Miles was giving me a weird look. I frowned slightly and he shook his head before taking my chin gently in his hand to kiss me. It was weird, I could taste the strawberry ice-cream Miles had been eating mixing with the chocolate I'd just devoured. His hands brushed gently down my sides to the end of my shirt where he teased with them before slowly dipping his hands under them and brushing across my bare skin. His hands inched upwards just below my chest-Then my phone proceeding to ring annoyingly and startled both of us. Miles dropped his hands and looked awkward as I grabbed my phone. Call from Sunstreaker. I growled before flipping it open.

"This had better be important," I growled out into the phone, getting up and heading away from Miles who went back to playing with a spoon in the ice-cream container. He'd give me a look every now and then.

"It is," Sunstreaker insisted a little too smoothly, and I narrowed my eyes. "I noticed a peak in the hormonal levels of both of you and took it upon myself to prevent intercourse from happening because you are currently ovulating and unprotected from such actions…or diseases for that matter."

"Well if you know THAT much, you would've scanned Miles and myself and known that we were completely CLEAN," I hissed into the cell phone, feeling really annoyed now.

"That might be true," Sunstreaker continued in his smooth easy-over voice that I was beginning to realize was his 'I am out to make your life miserable' voice. My eye started to twitch and I brought my free hand up to press the heel of my palm against it.

"Sunstreaker, so help me…if you do something like this again…Next time I'm ignoring the phone…You know the saying CRY WOLF…Well you just did and there was no wolf…This is for emergencies only…like Decepticon sightings," I informed him before hanging up rather angrily and going to sit back on the barstool. "Uh…sorry about that…"

"Friend?" He questioned, poking at the ice-cream and I reached over to take his hands.

"Yeah…but it was just a misunderstanding," I told him meeting his eyes and leaning over to kiss him again. It took a little bit to get back into the program but Miles hands were roaming freely again and dare I say I rather liked it. He stayed above the fabric but I ended up arcing and pressing against him at the new feelings. He took my hand, giving me a look before leading me into the bedroom. I swallowed slightly before giving him a shy smile as he stripped his shirt off, before sitting down on the bed and pulling me towards him so we could begin kissing again. I was wearing a black button up blouse that he began undoing the buttons to. Soon my lacy dark purple bra was seen and he seemed to admire the feel of it slightly as we continued kissing. His fingers ran against my stomach and over my hips, dipping into my stretchy black yoga pants that I liked. His thumbs hooked into the edges of them, playing with them as he slowly tugged them downwards. A weird tingle ran through me—then every car alarm outside was going off at once. I could hear doors opening and closing and people talking. Miles pulled back away from me and got up to go check. I growled under my breath, buttoning my shirt up quickly and tugged my pants back into place to go fetch my phone to make a phone call.

"Hello~?" Sunstreaker's voice sounded rather sing-song and annoying.

"What did I TELL you?" I demanded and he chuckled.

"I've no idea what you're talking about, I didn't call you," He told me and I hissed in annoyance as he obviously knew what I meant.

"The car alarms you moron," I snapped at him and he merely laughed again.

"Oh yeah, that was pretty easy…Say, am I ruining the mood for you two humans? Is it hard to what do they say…get it on?" He asked before breaking into snickers again.

"God, you are impossible…you realize that? I'm trying to have a little fun and relax for once…and instead you're trying to RUIN my life here," I snapped at him and he got serious.

"No, I'm protecting you. Human intercourse is a difficult and sometimes painful process. Females are known for becoming too emotional attached, and then there is always the risk of becoming pregnant," Sunstreaker cut in and I hissed again.

"Dude, this isn't my first rodeo. I've had intercourse before. I got over that…Besides, I'm not going to become too emotional. This is Miles and we're just having fun…and that's what condoms are for, jack-ass," I growled at him and hung up, deciding the night was officially over. I passed Miles and gave him a gentle kiss before leaving. Sunstreaker and I were going to have to have a serious talk after this. I headed off down the road, knowing Sunstreaker would follow. Soon enough he did and pulled over to me but I didn't stop walking. I was irritated by him and his interfering. "What? Do you not like Miles?" I demanded suddenly.

"I don't really like any organic," He answered in a cold and detached manner. I had my arms crossed under my chest tightly and glared at him.

"You can't just leave me alone for a few minutes or so?" I demanded, and stopped to wait for an answer. Sunstreaker slowed down before replying.

"I was ordered by Optimus to protect you…and that's what I'm going to do, whether you like it or not," He replied off-handedly, which meant he was just annoyed now by having to continue to play babysitter.

"Protect me from Decepticons!" I yelled at him, jabbing a finger at him," Miles isn't a DECEPTICON…He's a human male—"

"Who normally have almost Decepticon like intentions when it comes to females," Sunstreaker snarled,in response, slightly startling me" They take advantage of females hormones and merely use them physically until they get bored and move on to the next."

"Miles isn't like that," I muttered, scowling at him and beginning to wonder when he'd looked into human psychology like that.

"Who knows…until I'm removed from this detail…You won't be having intercourse with anyone," Sunstreaker told me," Nor will you even kiss…that too can be an opening for disease and sickness… I growled and swiftly kicked Sunstreaker's door. It hurt my foot more than anything but Sunstreaker snarled sliding away from me. "You better not have SCRATCHED my paint…" It was a warning.

"That's for interrupting me with Miles…and trying to boss me around…I'm a grown woman," I told him," And I can do whatever the hell I want…or I'll tell Optimus…"

"Really?" He demanded," Go ahead and call him…what will you say?" He changed his voice to mock mine," Oh no Optimus. Sunstreaker won't let me screw around with this guy." He suddenly chuckled as if that was the most hilarious thing in the world and I lashed out to kick him again but he moved. "Don't even TRY…." He trailed off as I started walking again. "It's a long way back to the campus…" I didn't say anything and he seemed to vent," Fine…We'll do this very slow then…and I'll just follow you."

I scowled but didn't say anything to him. After all, what could I say? I knew he was just trying to make my life as miserable as his was…what could I do to make this better for him? Have him go to the Autobots base to chill with his brother or something? I was pretty sure that wouldn't work because I didn't have clearance there so I was stuck with him for the next week or two…until his wounds completely healed…Would they switch me out with someone else maybe? I wasn't entirely sure anymore.

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