A/N: Thanks so much to all who reviewed. Enjoy.

Ironhide and Lissa arrived at the track with only moments to spare. The last runner was just warming up. Lissa jumped out of the truck as soon as it went into park, sprinting towards the head coach. Ironhide stayed behind. Unsure if Lissa wanted him there. He could see her talking to the male human, the man nodded at her and she headed towards the hurdles, getting into her stretches. Hide' couldn't help but be fascinated by the way she moved. He could see her well-toned muscles as she went into pose after pose. He was glad he hadn't activated the holoform, she might've noticed him staring at her.

Once Lissa finished her stretching she headed around the track for a quick warm-up lap. Her muscles moved fluidly as she ran, years and years or practice and hard work earned that for her. So used to it she was that once she was done she wasn't the least bit winded. She jumped up and down, preparing herself for her race. The head coach finished with the sprinter before her and headed her way, stopwatch in hand.

"All right. Whenever you're ready." He said.

Lissa walked over to the blocks at the 200 meter starting line. She made sure her spikes were in place and got into the block. Her heart pumped fast and hard as she anxiously waited for the coach to shoot the gun. Ironhide watched in curiosity at what she was about to do.

All was quiet for those few slow seconds. Lissa took a deep breath, and the gun was fired. Lissa burst out of her block at lightning speed, sprinting with all her might towards the first hurdle. She cleared it fluidly and keep going, her eyes on the prize. Another hurdle was cleared, and she headed into the home stretch.

Ironhide couldn't believe what he was seeing. This girl was running so fast clearing the hurdles in what looked like one move. He almost laughed when he saw the coaches face. He was just about as amazed as he was.

With one last burst of energy, Lissa cleared the last hurdle and ran to the finish line. She stopped and bent over, panting heavily. The coach jogged over and showed her the time, his eyes filled with excitement.

"You, my dear, are my new superstar."

Lissa blinked at him in astonishment. "Really?"

"Yeah! Hello? Do you see your time? You could make it to the Olympics with speed like that! Welcome to the Bluestars!" He shook her hand vigorously and got a uniform out. "Here, you're gonna need this, oh and first practice is on June 5th. We'll get you all the information you need then. Don't be late!" With that he shook her hand one more time and walked away. Once he was gone Lissa squealed with joy. She actually made the team!

Grabbing her things she skipped over to Ironhide, still smiling happily. Something sounding like a chuckle reverberated from the engine. "So I guess you made the team?" He asked.

Lissa jumped up in down, doing a little dance. "Yeah I did! I'm so happy!"

Hide' laughed, amused by her antics. "You did very well. For a human."

Lissa slapped the hood playfully and got in. "I did amazing and you know it!"

"Well…" He mumbled, turning on the radio to try to change the subject.

"Just say it." She exclaimed.

"No." He said bluntly.

"Say it." She sang.

"No!" He yelled through the speakers.

Lissa's eyes widened and she burrowed herself deeply into the seat. A look of terror written on her face. Ironhide saw this and tried to calm her down, playing soft music from the radio and massaging her shoulders through the seat. He had forgotten how unstable she was mentally, him yelling at her must've triggered something from that night.

"Lissa, Lissa I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you. You did great, it surprised me how fast a young female could run. I was being difficult, I'm sorry."

Lissa relaxed a little and patted the dashboard. She had to admit, him yelling at her had terrified her, and she didn't know why. Even so she didn't want Ironhide to worry about it. "It's okay Hide'. You just startled me that's all. With all this apologizing you've been doing I'm starting to wonder if you like me or something." She giggled playfully.

"You can't be ridiculous. I-no-I-there's-" He spluttered, but Lissa cut him off.

"I'm just joking Hide' jeez. I didn't know that would repulse you so much. But I have to admit your reaction was hilarious." Lissa said slyly.

The truth was that, that didn't repulse Ironhide. Having a femme like Lissa by his side would be great. Hide' tried to clear his head of the thought. He couldn't bring Lissa into this war. She'd been through enough as it is. And yet… maybe he could at least tell her that he wasn't repulsed by the idea.

"Lissie, I am not revolted by your thinking, you just caught me off guard, that's all." He said calmly.

Lissa sat up and looked out the window, trying not to show how red her face was getting. Was this robot actually hitting on her? There was only one way to find out.

She took a deep breath. "So, like, you mean, like a friend, right? You like me as a friend?"

Ironhide could see that this was going downhill fast. "Yeah, like, like a friend." He said quickly.

Lissa exhaled and smiled into the rearview mirror. "I like you too Hide'."

They rode the rest of the way home in awkward silence. Ironhide contemplated why his feelings were not returned. He knew that humans took a lot more time to "fall in love" as they say here on Earth. But he didn't know how to show Lissa his quality as "boyfriend material." He found out that, that's what they called the male in courting. Hide' stopped and went over what he was thinking. He actually liked this human! The realization hit him like a ton of bricks. Somehow, somewhere in the past few days that they've been spending together he became attracted to this femme.

He looked through the rearview mirror at the girl staring out his driver's side window. There just has to be a way to show her how much he cared, and if there was, Ironhide was determined to find it.

A/N: Chapter five is finished. It took a little longer to get it online than I thought it would but I've been a little busy. My friend was hit by a car a few days ago, he died instantly. So I hope this chapter was okay for you guys, I really tried my best under the circumstances.

~Court