Sams POV

Me and Mikaela were sitting on my bed in my room.

Talking.

'Whats going on between you and Clem?' she asks forcefully.

'Nothing!' I reply with surprise.

'Ive seen the way she looks at you...' Mikaela whispered

'She looks at me?' I ask suddenly but then I backtrack 'Look. There . Is Nothing . Going . On.'

'Sam... I know you like me and I know you like her soo you have to choose... her? or me?' Mikaela shoots out the question before I can object.

'You 'Kaela of course I pick you. But there was no choice... because. I. Dont . Like . Clem shes a weird freak.' I was only saying this to console Mikaela. Of course I didnt think Clem was weird. Hell she was no weirder than everyone else at NEST and she was certainly no freak.

I suddenly wondered whether I did like Mikaela still. Or did I like Clem? I wasnt sure.

But I certainly knew that even if my choice was Clem she certainly wouldnt feel the same way, I mean I was the reason she was in this mess.

Sigh I wonder what it would be like to have a normal life.

Clems POV

(this is the same scenario as previous but Clems POV)

I feel a little guilty about evesdropping on Sam and Mikaela but I knew what topic their conversation would be so I listened in to see what was said.

'Whats going on between you and Clem?' I heard Mikaela say and my heart flutters in desire for "something" to be going on.

'Nothing!' Sam objects and my heart sinks to my shoes

'Ive seen the way she looks at you...' Mikaela whispered

I do not look at him!... when there is anyone around.

'She looks at me?' Is that excitement I hear? but then he back pedals 'Look. There . Is Nothing . Going . On.'

Damn.

'Sam... I know you like me and I know you like her soo you have to choose... her? or me?' Mikaela says in an irrisitable voice

This is it. the moment I've been waiting for. I press my ear harder against the door but then I hear someone coming.

I quickly begin walking casually up the hall as if thats what I've been doing this whole time.

The soldier buys it and when he's gone I press my earup against the door againto hear the rest of Sams answer.

'- I. Dont . Like . Clem shes a weird freak.' Sam says and I feel my heart break into a thousand pieces... My first true crush, the only one who didnt think of me as that freak with the weird birthmark, or so I thought. I straighten up and begin breifly walking back to the room which I had been assigned.

Tears well up in my eyes and begin to spill over. I make no effort to stem the flow as its now so late that I'm sure I wont meet anyone. I'm pretty sure I only met that soldier because he was moving off to the room he'd been assigned.

So I was walking through the halls to my room letting tears well up and flow gently to the floor slowly but surely relieving my stress and unhappiness from today.

When I finally found my way back to the hall my room was in I found there was someone was one of the autobots, Optimus Prime I think his name was, walking around as if he were deep in thought about something.

I quickly try to dart past and not let him see me crying but he sees me anyway his opitics widen in surprise.

'Why are you crying youngling?' he asks me

'I'm not crying' I lie quickly.

And I still dont know what a youngling is... I thought

He doesnt buy it.

'I believe you are lying' He says

'You can believe what you want' I said, again trying to get in to my room but he blocks my way with his hand.

I sigh. 'What do you want me to say' I demanded 'That I want to be here? I dont... That I do know exactly what my mark means? I dont...' My voice climbs up an octave as I continue 'That I do know that I'm not a freak? I dont...So of course I'm crying Optimus.'

He blinks his optics at me in surprise before saying 'What gave you the idea that you are a freak youngling?'

'I uh... overheard Sam and Mikaela talking about it'

He looks at me for a long moment 'Clem you are many things, special, unique and brave but you must never believe you are a freak never' he said it with such certainty that I almost believed him.

then I remembered another of his words.

'I'm brave?' I ask in surprise

'Clem do you know that Sam ran from Bumblebee when he first found out. You didnt even flinch.'

And with that he unblocked my way and walked down the hall to wherever he was going.

As I enter my room I am overwhelemed by tiredness, I look at my watch. Midnight.

Damn.

I then slip under the blanket and almost immediately fell asleep.

AN: I promise there will be some more Bumblebee and some more action in THE VERY NEXT CHAPTER! R 'n' R!