Please note that these characters belong to their original creators as do any songs used in this fiction, not me, this is just my take on what might happen enjoy and let me know what you think.

also i am trying to fix any mistakes that i might have missed in past chapters (i.e spelling, grammar)

If Sam had been asked to make a list of things that he thought were difficult parking his alt form by the lake would not have even made it to the bottom of the list, but now that he and Bumblebee were being swamped by an ever growing crowd of people this task was quickly moving to the top with the speed of an on rushing train. Moving forward as slowly as he could without actually stopping Sam managed to nudge his way into a small clearing and finally get off the road; Bumblebee however had a different solution, a sudden and loud shriek filled the air as people jumped back from Bee's Camaro alt. Sam commed to Bee and said "that was smooth", Bumblebee chuckled on his shocks and replied "some times you need to give people more than just a nudge".

Now that they had at last managed to park Sam and Bee were faced with a new challenge, getting their Avatars through the same crowd of people that had managed to hold up their alt form's and Sam had a feeling that Bumblebee's trick from before wouldn't work twice in a row. Slowly getting his door open Sam's Avatar got out to a flurry of questions and comments "hey man where did you get such a cool car?", "oh my god, that is the hottest thing I have ever seen", "dude I will give you anything if you let me driver it just once", "hi there, you know fast cars really turn me on you want to see how much?". Suddenly a hand reached through the crowd and Sam was pulled to safety by the only one he wanted to let near his alt form, "thanks bee, I thought I was going to drowned in there" Sam said as he let out a sigh of relief. Bumblebee's alt started playing "I'd come for you, no-one but you" for a moment before Bee softly said "I'll always come to your rescue sam" "my hero" replied Sam just loud enough for Bee to hear; "ok every one" Bumblebee said loudly "you guys can look, but don't touch while were gone and watch out for the alarms on our cars they can kill people if they get to close when they go off" most people gave Bumblebee a look at said "yah right" while a few others backed away just in-case.

Bee lead Sam away from the crowd and along the now mostly empty lake shore, the wind was cool as it came across the still water and it brought with it the promise of of easing a troubled mind. As they walked further the smell of new mown grass and wild flowers mixed in the air making the lake side seem almost like another world where no evil or problem was allowed. Bee soon spotted an old tree by the waters edge, it's twisted trunk looked like it had gained that shape by fighting strong winds coming from every direction, so that now it bent and bowed almost in a spiral. Bee pulled Sam into it's shade as he looked for the perfect place to sit and look out across the water, finding a small nook Bumblebee rested his back against the tree and pulled Sam down on to his lap as he brought him close for a sweet and gentle kiss. "now that we have a moment to our selves I want you to just kick back and relax sam" as Bee said this he pulled Sam's Avatar lower so that it's head was resting on his chest, once Sam was settled in one position Bumblebee wrapped his arms around his lover and held him close as if protecting him from some unseen danger.

Sam loved this feeling, he was in a place of peace held by the one he loved and no problems from the out side world could enter and even if they did his spark told him that Bumblebee would chase them away before they ever reached him. "could this be what paradise was like?" Sam thought, to be in a place where all you felt was love and there would always be someone there to make the all the bad things in life go away sounded like a good description. But this could only last for so long, eventually they would have to leave this place and return to the world that they had left behind, but at least they had this perfect moment and how Sam wished that he could spend the rest of his life in this moment. Slowly Sam became more relaxed as the feeling that had been running round his head since last night started to crumble away replaced by the warm caress of Bumblebee's arms.

They spent the better part of an hour just sitting and looking out over the water, nether were thinking about anything at all, they were too lost in the feeling of the moment for any thought to reach them. A voice cut through their moment bringing Sam and Bee back to the world with a hard shock. "witwickted!!" the fact that his name had been mispronounced told Sam instantly who had called it out, Trent, the team football captain in high school was standing about twenty feet away with a group of his underlings. Even at that distance both could see the look of disgust plastered to his face "so it's true" Trent said, his tone carried more hatred than the one Megatron used when he talked about humans. "you two are.." he couldn't even bring him self to say the words "what's a matter my little bunny to much to for you so you had to go all..." he gestured at them unable to say what he was thinking. The three guy that were with him moved out to form a semicircle so that Sam and Bee could no escape the way that they had come, "you know all through high school I figured that your drooling over mikaela was just an act to cover for your self, but I never figured that you would take it so far as to try to date her" Trent's face screwed in hatred when he said "that was a bad idea and now you and your little blond bimbo going to pay the price".

On a list of stupid ideas insulting Bumblebee when his lover is near by is top of the list, but Trent had know way of knowing that, not until Sam charged him. For a moment the world seemed to freeze before a bubbling heat exploded inside Sam's chest, then the next thing he knew he was charging a very stunned Trent head on. In a second Sam had managed to throw one of Trent's cronies a good five feet through the air without even noticing that he had done it, the other two were now having to deal with a very pissed Bumblebee after they had made the mistake of trying to stop Sam's charge. Coming to his senses Trent got ready to fight Sam one on one not really taking in the fact that Sam had just thrown one of his guys aside like he was a rag-doll. Thinking that this would be easy Trent threw a left hook at Sam's face not realising that Sam had seen his movements and had already started to dodge the incoming blow. Trent's fist connected with nothing, but Sam's hit home with the skill and force of a seasoned boxer; Trent reeled backwards from the force of the impact and had to struggle hard to keep his balance. Sam's next punch was to his mid section, this caused Trent to crumple to the floor as the wind was knocked out of him; thinking a little more clearly Sam backed away as the others regrouped with next to Trent.

Bumblebee came close to Sam ready for the next round against the four as one of them helped Trent to his feet, "you little shit, you think that you can come here and parade around with him like that and people wont try to stop you, well guess what" Trent reached inside a pocket and puled out a knife "I'll make sure that you tat you never want to show your face again". Unfazed by the weapon both Sam and Bee stood their ground, "bee this could get complicated if he manages to hit either of us with that even an idiot like him is going to figure out that some thing is wrong when he can't cause damage to our avatars" Sam hoped that Bumblebee would be able to com a salutation back quickly "he hasn't been giving us much of a choice in all this, either we fight him off or he chases us down then attacks us, either way one of them is going to notice that were not human and if we turn off our avatars to get away they'll go screaming to the police that were not human or something" that was not the answer Sam was hoping for.

"what have we here" Said a voice from behind them, Sam saw Trent's face take on a look of disgust once more but this time he wasn't looking at either him or Bumblebee he was looking past them to who ever had spoken from behind them. Glancing backwards for a second Sam caught sight of Max he had been on the football team along with Trent all through high school and was though by some to have been Trent's closest friend. "you get the hell out of here" Trent spat, Max just shook his head causing his long red hair to wave form side to side "you never change do you trent, always thinking that you can muscle you way through life" Max reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a cellphone "let's see how you handle dealing with real muscle, like say the cops I'm sure they would like to hear about you holding a knife and threatening two people in broad daylight". Trent's resolve weakened a little at Max's words "yeh well we'll see what people think when I tell them about these two here and what we caught them doing for all to see" Trent was leering at Sam and Bee as he spoke, "I don't think you'll be saying anything to anyone true or not trent, not if you don't want me to tell people how the former captain of the foot ball team and three of his friends got their collective ass handed to him by to gay boys half their size". Trent seethed with rage for a moment before he at last backed down, he and his friends turned and left while Max kept the phone close ready to hit the speed dial for nine one one.

Sam was shocked at what he had just seen, all through high school Max had been on Trent's side through everything and had Sam been asked who would have been standing beside Trent when he attacked someone then Sam would have instantly said Max, but now the redhead had just stood against Trent and saved two people Sam was sure the guy would have loved to beat up. "so are you guys ok?" Max asked Sam was still to lost in his thoughts as to how and when he and Bee had entered the twilight zone to answer so Bumblebee answered for both of them "were fine a little shook up but other wise ok" "that's ok then I'm max by the way" "I'm ben but just call me bee" said Bumblebee. Max looked over to Sam who was mouthing silent words while still trying to work out what happened, Max laughed slightly before he explained "you never moved in the same circles as me and trent did you sam" Sam just shook his "well if you had then you would understand what just happened, you see back in my senior year I came out to my family and shortly after that met my partner dan, things were ok for a while as we kinda kept things quite around school" Max paused for a second as he looked a little sad "I had planned to tell trent and the others shortly after I left but there was a complication, trent had the bad timing to walk in on me and dan one Sunday afternoon and well you can guess his reaction".

Max took a seat near where Bee and Sam had been sitting he motioned for them to join him as he told them the rest "the teachers and so on were ok and most of the school never knew the truth because trent made sure that only those closest to him were told what he had seen, he didn't want the school to think that he was in anyway like us" Max motioned to him self then to Sam and Bee "so on the surface everything looked like normal but behind closed doors trent tried to make my life a living hell, he even tried the knife routine on me once, but I had the sense to keep a cellphone hand at all times so that put a stop to the worst of it". Max shifted a little before he finished his story "anyway everything blew up at a party one night, I was there with dan and we were having a good time when trent and his pals dropped in uninvited, now only a few people at the party knew that dan and I were together so when a very drunk trent started bashing on about us and how were disgusting other people were clued in about us, after that my name was whispered through the halls of the popular people until the day I graduated, but trent really took it hard that he hadn't been able to tell that I was gay and now he's picking fights with every one that he thinks is".

To say that this was shocking news was an understatement, through high school Sam had never heard anything about this from anyone, true he had been low on the food chain but he though even he might have been high enough to hear about something like this. For the first time since Max had showed up Sam found his voice "so you and dan are doing ok now?" Max smiled and said "were having the best time of our lives, we both work at the same place and get to spend our days and night together, here in case either of you need to talk" Sam was handed a card, written on it was "G.L.A which stood for the Gay and Lesbian Association" below it printed in smaller letters was "here to help you when your ready to come out". "my numbers on the back in case you need any help and now that it looks likes trent has crawled back under his rock for the moment let's get you two home before he decided that he's stupid enough to try something else in broad daylight" said Max as he got up an offered to take Sam and Bee home.