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 still trying to fix any mistakes that i might have missed in past chapters (i.e spelling, grammar and so on)

Three days had passed since their evening under the stars and Sam and Bee had settled into what was for them a normal routine, their days were spent in class and despite their best efforts they were getting higher marks than everyone else. When evening came they hit the road hard and explored every little place that held some unseen beauty or road that would give them a thrill, while the night held intimate moments of close contact that went beyond simple but enjoyable sex. It was now Friday morning and the weekend beckoned, two whole days where they could tear up the road in any direction they felt like and not have to think about getting back for an early night's stasis. Sam slowly woke up and found that once more Bumblebee was pressed tightly against him, for the last two mornings Sam had woken to the feeling of Bumblebee's Avatar laid on his chest with it's arm's wrapped tightly around him. By now Sam knew all to well that Bee had probably been awake for some time and he was just pretending to be in stasis, as his systems ran their usual checks Sam though about the bast way to get Bumblebee to let go of him this time. The day before when Sam had tried to get Bee to let go of him so that he could leave for class on time instead of having to rush there Bumblebee had simply clamped down hard while shaking his head every time Sam asked him to let go, it seemed that the more things settled down around them the more Bumblebee let out his playful side.

Sam was brought from his thoughts for a second as Bee squeezed him hard and buried his face into Sam's chest, Sam could feel the smile on Bumblebee's face through the simulated skin of his Avatar. Sam reached over and took hold of a tuft of blond hair and gave a gentle tug, Bee shifted like he was just waking up "are you ok bee?" asked Sam. One arm slowly released it's grip on Sam's Avatar and made a thumbs up sign, Sam smiled and asked "so are you ready to get up now so we can get to class with out running?" this time the arm that was still holding on to him pulled at him tighter while Bee's free hand made a thumbs down in answer. Sam just let his head rest back on his pillow as he asked "so we're running to class again so you can keep hold of me for a few extra minutes?" he didn't need to look to know the answer as he felt the smile against his chest widen. Just as he was settling in for the wait to the "dash for the last seat's in class run" Sam received an incoming com message from Ironhide, given that he was going nowhere fast Sam answered it "hi ironhide, long time no com" he said "it's nice to hear your voice to sam, have you been practicing with your weapons systems lately?" asked the weapons specialist. Sam was unsure if he could lie to Ironhide over the com and get away with it but he still tried "sure lots of times" replied Sam, there was a pause before Ironhide said "so not at all then" "sorry ironhide, I just haven't had the time or the room lately, tell you what I'll try and make time this weekend for a little training" said Sam guilt-fully. "I suppose I should cut you a little slack, after all you are pretending to be human so in a way your under cover and cant risk showing your self" "yes" thought Sam "but that doesn't mean you can forget about your weapon systems all together, you never know when you'll need them" commed the weapon specialist.

There was a slight pause in the transmission for a second which caused Sam to think that he had lost the signal, but then Ironhides voice returned and he said "I'd better get on with the report" "report?" asked Sam, "yes we're staring with weekly reports from our new encrypted com facility, optimus thought that it would help organize things with autobots world wide, the first report as sort of a test and it's being sent to each bot individually to test their ability receive it clearly, if the test is successful then future transmissions will be made to all bots simultaneously" answered Ironhide. "any way, this is report zero one being sent to all autobots, work on autobot city has gotten ahead of schedule and we soon hope to have the main living areas for humans and autobots complete, security is still on high as defenses are still under construction at this time; other than your self and bumblebee autobots not on base include jolt and the twins who have been sent to investigate a possible autobot signal coming from somewhere in the U.K and so far we have no sign of decepticon activity anywhere on planet" Ironhide paused after he finished his report glad that it was over. "well that's my first report sam and let me tell you that I'm going to try and get some other bot to do this in the future" commed the weapon specialist "I thought it was great"replied Sam, "whether or not I was good at it isn't in question, it's the fact that I don't like doing it, I'd much rather be on the firing range giving drills to the security force than handling com equipment, even if it is just as vital" replied Ironhide.

Sam laughed slightly as the thought of Ironhide sitting in a room with computers and microphones entered his mind, "well even if you hated it you still did a great job ironhide, so what's this autobot signal coming form the U.K about?" commed Sam. "we still don't know, space tracking has had no reports of any incoming objects that could be an autobot or decepticon in the last month and no autobot would have reason to wait so long before making contact, but still we received a garbled transmission on a classified autobot frequency five days ago so it's being checked out as a possible friendly, but I'm not expecting much to come of it" answered Ironhide. Though Ironhide was reserved about the news something in Sam' spark told him that this was an Autobot, "well maybe I'm being overly optimistic but I get the feeling that we have a new autobot here on earth" commed Sam "you sound like optiums when you talk like that sam and the worrying thing is it's suits you" replied Ironhide. It had been said in passing with an air of friendly humor but for some reason the words caused something to stir deep within Sam's spark, was it pride or something more Sam couldn't tell, but it made him feel close to Optimus in a way that was totally different from Bumblebee but still just as strong. "thanks ironhide" commed Sam "I'd better let you get the rest of your checks done" "till we talk again sam and remember to at least try and practice with your weapons systems" commed the weapon specialist as he closed the com link.

Sam waited for Bumblebee to receive the test com signal and after a few minutes he felt the smile lessen on Bee' face a little, "I guess that ironhide is comming him and asking him to make sure that I practice with my weapons systems" thought Sam as a small grunt of dissatisfaction escaped Bee's lips. "so did he chew you out about me not hitting the firing range every day?" asked Sam after a few seconds had passed, this time Bee raised his head and pulled him self up so the he could talk to Sam "yes, he did, I say we get our own back and tell optimus that there's no better bot for the job of com officer" said Bumblebee with a playful smirk on his face. Sam smiled back and said "you want weekly insults over the com? and don't think that ironhide wouldn't com at four in the morning either" Bumblebee though about this for a few minutes before he answered "your right let's get him back after he somewhere he can't get his own back easily" Sam's smile widened as he hugged Bee and said "I love this playful side of yours, it let's me know when your really relaxed and happy" "I'm playful because you make me relaxed and happy sam" replied Bumblebee as he gently kissed Sam.

Once more they were running to their first class of the day as Bee had refused to let Sam get out of bed one moment earlier than he though was necessary "come on bee we're gonna be late" yelled Sam as he ran down a hallway as fast as he could "no we're not, we will get there with more than a minute left before the start of class" replied Bumblebee calmly. Sam and Bee made it to class with a minute to spare just as Bee had predicted "what is it with you wanting to leave it till the last second everyday?" commed Sam as he took his seat, Bee grinned at him as he sat beside him and commed back "I found out that I like running with my avatar almost as much as I like driving fast with my alt form, and besides the route from our dorm to our classes is almost empty at this hour". Sam had no argument for the empty route part be he did have an idea about how he could give Bee an outlet for his new found love of running "well you could try out for the track team, there's plenty of open space there for you to run at high speed, all you have to do is make it look human and your set" commed Sam as the class started. "only if you run with me" replied Bumblebee as the grin on his face turned into a smirk "after all you could run really quickly when you where human and I'd love the company as we passed the others by".

Sam was at a loss for words for a few seconds, he had never considered him self a fast runner but it was true that he had out paced more than his fair share of danger since meeting the Autobots. "I don't know bee, I'm not really the athletic type" commed Sam "sam your avatar can do anything you want it to, it has far greater strength and endurance than a human body so you could easily keep pace with the other runners on the track" replied Bumblebee. Sam thought about it while he was supposed to be listening to the teacher, "I don't know bee it kinda sounds like cheating, I mean all we have to do is alter a few setting here and there if we want to go faster while the others have to train hard, maybe it was a bad idea in the first place" commed Sam as he regretted ever saying anything. But the idea had taken root in Bumblebee's mind and it was to late to take it back "tell you what sam, we only come in second at best, it's a sacrifice but that way we don't take anything from the other runners", Sam could feel through their link that Bee wasn't going to let this rest and forget it like Sam was hoping "we'll look into it later on bee, but only if we both agree that neither of us does anything to come in first no matter what the race".

The rest of the class seemed to pass by in a blur for Bumblebee, his thoughts were on how fast he could go against the other runners with out coming in first, Bee looked at the hand of his Avatar absentmindedly as he though about how good if felt to run in this form. It was true that it could never be as fast as his alt form but something about it's size and how it perceived the world around it made even the slowest speed of his alt form seem incredibly fast and exciting to his Avatar. Once more he started grinning as he thought about the first time he had really run with this form, it had been the second morning of their classes and both he and Sam were running late after spending longer in stasis than they had wanted. The feeling of how good it felt flying past the doors in the hallways of the college filled Bumblebee with a new feeling of speed that he had never had with his robot mode when he'd had to run to cover ground to uneven for his alt form, it was so different, so new, he could feel the simulated organs of his Avatar form working harder and faster than before and the way they all functioned together was like the harmony of a Cybertroinan form but different at the same time. Each skid of his shoes on the floor reminded him of the noise his tires made as he took a corner at high speed, but this was better because he could jump and doge like his robot mode while not loosing the ability to keep his speed up at what felt like a breakneck pace.

Sam could not help but look at the huge grin plastered on Bumblebee's face, he knew that his lover was really happy about what ever he was thinking about. Given the last topic that had been flying back and forth over the com Sam guessed that Bee was thinking about how fast he was going to run when he hit the track on the sports grounds. "it really means a lot to you doesn't bee, running in your avatar form I mean?" commed Sam "oh yeh" replied Bee "you never told me that it felt so good to move at that speed in this form, I mean how can you humans have so much fun while moving so slowly, you go faster in a car than you run but it feels so much better as your feet fly across the ground at this speed". "I'm not sure all humans feel that way about running bee, it must be the way you set-up your avatar after you imported settings from mine" commed Sam "you mean I got your speed freak setting" replied Bumblebee, Sam didn't know what to say about that but fortunately he didn't have to say anything as Bee continued "well that's one added bonus I didn't expect from the process and that means I get to enjoy a whole new world of speed". All Sam did was smile and nod in response as he pictured the both of them finding faster and faster ways to use their Avatars.