I do not own any part of the Transformers franchise. Transformers belongs to it's sole producers, companies and franchises.

I don't know if I like this one or not. No matter what I tried to do to it it just never sounded right to me. I tried to make it sound the best I could…Oh well, maybe I'm being too critical.

Enjoy! All reviews are welcome!

XOXOX

It wasn't soon after Carly got situated in her office, her cell phone rang. After taking a seat at her desk, she looked to see who it was and was shocked. She couldn't believe it was Sam! She wanted to answer it, but she just let it ring. And even though she let it ring, Sam still continued to call and after about fifteen minutes of ignoring her phone, she decided to answer it. For whatever reason she didn't know why she decided to answer it…but, she just did.

"What do you want Sam, I'm kind of at work." Carly told him in a rather annoyed tone.

"I know, I'm sorry…I won't keep you. I was just wondering if you wanted to hang out tonight?" Sam questioned.

Did she just hear him right? Did he just say he wanted to hang out with her tonight, really? After all this time he just wanted to hang out with her out of the clear blue? Why? She couldn't help but to think, even though there was a tiny piece of her that wanted to hang out with him. She didn't know why she did, but she did. She knew she was a stupid female for wanting to hang out with him, but she also knew that there was kind of no way to ignore him. Not now anyway. His guardian was Bumblebee and well, even though he doesn't know it yet…she belonged to Optimus. So, either way she had to make herself tolerate him only because of their similar acquaintance's with their Cybertronian friends. And maybe only because of that did she want to hang out with him, or so she thought.

"Yeah, whatever…I don't care. Although I do have to admit that I was rather shocked to see that A: you called, and B: that you asked to hang out. After all this time, I was beginning to think if we were even still friends." Carly couldn't help but to get off her chest.

"Yeah, I know. And honestly, I don't even know what happened…" Sam started to explain, even though Carly just rolled her eyes because that seemed to be his answer for everything.

And while rolling her eyes, she was about to answer him when she heard a knock at her office door when she turned around and saw that it was Dylan.

"Sam, I'll have to call you back." She told him as she hung up the phone when no sooner Dylan had let himself into Carly's office.

"I'm sorry Mr. Gould, I didn't mean to be on the phone that long." Carly apologized as she felt guilty after he had caught her talking on her cell phone.

"It's alright Carly, no worries…" Dylan began as he looked over at Carly as she smiled at him.

"Listen, I've been meaning to let you know this sooner but it never seemed like I had a chance to catch up with you…until now. I'm having a little company dinner on Sunday and you are more than welcome to come." Dylan replied as it had seemed like he had surprised Carly with the news of a company dinner.

"Oh, well…thank you Mr. Gould. Of course I'll be there." Carly told him.

"Great, and you can also bring anyone you'd like…a friend, even a boyfriend." Dylan informed her as he watched her expression change on her face. Secretly, he knew he got her.

"Oh, I'm not currently dating anyone at the moment. Is it okay if I just bring a friend?..."

"Certainly Carly. However, if you're not dating anyone…who was that I saw you with this morning?" Dylan just couldn't help but to bluntly ask.

Scared and nervous, Carly cleared her throat and began to roam her eyes around the room in search of someway to answer Dylan. But there was nothing Carly could come up with to answer him, so she just tried to explain herself the best she could. While still trying to make her answer sound convincing so that Dylan wouldn't suspect anything, well that was easier thought of than done. Carly couldn't help but to think.

"Oh, he was just a friend of mine…"

"Oh give it up Carly!" Dylan frustratingly replied as he backed Carly up into a file cabinet where he had her cornered.

"I saw everything this morning, everything…right down to where he transformed. I know you're dating Optimus Prime!" Dylan bluntly told Carly as she glared over towards Dylan as she was in disbelief that he had said what he just said…or for that matter, she was also in disbelief that he even knew who the hell Optimus Prime was.

She had no idea how that was even possible. Very few know of their existence, and Dylan was the last person she would think of to even know of them. A part of her was beginning to think that something wasn't right and she was starting to wonder what was going on.

"How did you even know the name of Optimus Prime?" Carly couldn't help but to ask.

"Oh Carly, I have my ways of figuring things out…"

"What has gotten into you? Why are you all of a sudden mentioning them? How do you even know of them!"

"There's so much for you to learn, and in time…you'll figure things out." Was all Dylan told her as he started to make his way towards the door.

"Looking forward to the company dinner." He added while he let himself out of Carly's office, leaving Carly confused, scared and every emotion in between.

With the sound of the door being clicked closed, Carly finally let out a sigh of relief that Dylan was gone. In fact, for that sigh of relief, it felt like that was the first time she breathed since Dylan came into her office.

She began to panic. Her head spun around as she was unable to collect her thoughts. How in the hell was she going to explain this to Optimus! Standing there in the middle of her office, she felt unbalanced even though she still leaned against the file cabinet. This was wrong, this was extremely wrong. She needed to talk to Optimus and it wouldn't hurt if she took a break. She had already been there an hour and a half and she already needed a break. Between Sam's phone call and now this, Carly just needed to get things at least somewhat figured out. Carly couldn't help but to think as she sat down at her desk with her back turns towards the door as she contacted Optimus.

"Carly?" Optimus questioned, confused as to why she was calling him during working hours.

"Optimus, we have a problem. Dylan knows…he knows of you, of us…of your race…I don't know how, but he knows everything!" Carly panicked.

Optimus fell silent as that only made Carly panic even more.

"Optimus…"

"That's my fault from this morning. But that doesn't sound like the only reason how he knows of us. For now, you will have to have Autobot protection other than myself. This doesn't sound good as we don't know how Dylan knows of us. I will send Sideswipe for you this afternoon…"

"Sideswipe? I love him to death, but…don't you think he's a bit, well…noticeable? I mean, if Dylan knows of you…he's going to figure out he's another Autobot." Carly couldn't help but to mention as Optimus couldn't have said that he didn't agree with her.

"You're right Carly. He'll think that of any of us. Sideswipe!" She heard Optimus call him over.

"Yes Optimus." Carly heard Sideswipe answer to Optimus.

She couldn't hear the rest of their conversation, but whatever it was that Optimus told Sideswipe…she heard him obey Optimus with whatever Optimus wanted him to do.

"You should be fine this afternoon when Sideswipe comes for you. He'll change into something different on his way. You'll be fine…"

"Okay Optimus, I trust you. I'm still panicky though of how Dylan knows of you. It makes me skeptical about things." Carly couldn't help but to mention as she frustratingly ran her fingers through her hair.

"I agree with you Carly. But for now, we'll just have to take things a day at a time…"

"I guess that's all we can do. And to make things even weirder…Sam called me earlier this morning." Carly couldn't help but to mention as she just wanted to sit down and talk to Optimus.

"Sam, our Sam…Sam Witwicky? You mean, the boy who deceived you and who you haven't talked to in months?" Optimus questioned.

"Yes, that Sam…I can't believe it. After all this time…he just wants to hang out…"

"What did you say?..."

"What could I have said? After all, I'm kind of forced to be with him through our mutual acquaintances." Was all Carly could think of to say to answer Optimus's question.

"True. I'm sorry Carly, things just don't seem to be going your way." Was all Optimus could think of to say.

"Yeah, when do they?...it seems like the only thing that seems to be right in my life is you! I love you Optimus. Sometimes it just feels good to just talk to you…"

"You know I'm here for you Carly. You can talk to me anytime. Sideswipe will be there to pick you up." Optimus replied.

"Okay, thanks Optimus. I'm looking forward to seeing Sideswipe…this day can't end soon enough…"

"Hang in there Carly." Optimus replied as he tried to encourage her the best he could.

"Yeah…" Was all Carly could think of to say as she hung up her cell phone thinking that she should probably be getting back to work.

XXX

And the weird thing of it was, was that after she talked to Optimus, things seemed to be okay for the rest of the day. But even still, it was just about 3:30 and she couldn't wait to leave. Her computer had been acting up for most of the day and with only about ten minutes left, she decided to just leave. And from how things went this morning, she took a look around to see if anyone might have been "spying," on her before she walked out the front door. And she couldn't have been happier to see Sideswipe parked out in front when she walked through the double glass front doors.

"C5 Corvette, nice Sideswipe." Carly couldn't help but to compliment on his change in vehicle as she climbed in on the passenger side.

"Optimus told me what happened this morning." Sideswipe explained.

"Yeah, lets just say I'm glad to see you." Carly told him as he drove away from the building.

"It sounds like it. Well, just relax while I take us to NEST where you can relax there too…"
"Thanks Sideswipe. Hope you don't mind if I fall asleep, I'll try not to though…"

"Go ahead and sleep, I'll get us there safely." Sideswipe told her, as it wasn't long when Sideswipe found Carly fast asleep.

And since she had fallen asleep, it didn't seem like it had taken long at all to get to NEST. Carly couldn't help but to think as she opened her eyes and realized that they were inside the building. And as she looked around while she tried to wake herself up, she was happy to see Optimus as he walked towards her.

"Optimus." Was all Carly sighed as she practically crawled into his arms.

And after the day she had, it felt so good to finally be in his arms.

"I've been worried about you all day." Optimus told her as he began to kiss her, in which Carly never hesitated to kiss him back.

However, it had seemed like they had gotten a little too carried as Optimus found himself leaning Carly against Bumblebee who happened to be near by in vehicle mode. And Carly was glad she had something to lean against as she was getting a little too into Optimus at the moment. But for whatever reason, and as much as she enjoyed kissing Optimus…she almost didn't want to kiss him like that anymore. She almost just wanted to simply be with him and to just talk to him. She couldn't help but to think as she found herself pulling away from him.

"I'm nervous Optimus, if Dylan knows of you…what am I going to do? What if he knows more than meets our eyes?" Carly couldn't help but to ask as she worriedly looked into Optimus's blue eyes.

She was worried, he knew. He could tell by the glazed look in her eyes. Optimus couldn't help but to think as he couldn't help but to lovingly cup her face into the palm of his hands.

"You'll have Autobot protection. We'll be ready to strike at anytime. You don't think I'm worried too? But, its not like we can do anything…nothing has really happened. All we can do is just be alert…" Was all Optimus could bring himself to say as he ran his fingers through her light brown hair.

"Nothing has happened, really? You got killed by Megatron not too long ago and Megatron is after the Matrix for whatever reason! And nothing has happened!" Carly couldn't help but to argue in sort of a sarcastic tone.

"I know Carly, I know. While we don't know Megatron's intentions, as of yet, all we can do is just be as alert as we can. Trust me, we'll be ready when they are…we'll take the fight to them if we have to." Optimus replied as he noticed a small smile spread across her face as he could tell she was starting to trust him just a bit.

"Okay. It just startled me when I learned that Dylan knew of you. But you're right…we'll just have to be as alert as we can." Carly replied as she heard her cell phone go off.

"Uh, its Sam!" Carly groaned.

"Sam, what does he want?" Optimus couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know. He says he's outside but the guards won't let him in." Carly replied as she could tell Optimus went to say something when they heard Sam call over on one of the guards walkie talkie's.

"Bee, Carly…anyone? Is Bee in there?" They heard Sam practically call out as it sounded like he was in pain for whatever reason.

But before Optimus told Bumblebee to get Sam, Bumblebee was already in pursuit and didn't need Optimus's permission. And before Sam knew it, Bumblebee was there by his side as he held off the guards. While things finally calmed down, Bumblebee went back inside as Sam wasn't far behind him.

"You're going to fix my car." Sam bluntly told one of the guards as he made his way inside. Although the guard really didn't give him the time of day.

"What, you don't think so!..."

"Sam!" Sam heard ColonelLennox question as he caught sight of him walking towards him.

"What's with the security around here?" Sam questioned.

"Yeah, that's something we had to add recently." Lennox explained.

"Why?" Sam couldn't help but to ask.

"Because we think the Decepticons might be up to something…"

"Gee, ya think!..."

"What?" Lennox questioned Sam's remark but got side tracked as they approached Optimus, Carly and the others.

"Hey Carly…"

"Sam…" Was all Carly said as she looked at Optimus who transformed back into his true form before Sam approached him.

"Why don't the two of you go out somewhere tonight?" Optimus suggested while he looked down at Carly.

In return, Carly just looked up at Optimus with a questioning look.

"Why?' Carly questioned as Optimus slightly motioned for Carly to follow him.

"Because, we're reviving Sentinel tonight…"

"Ah, say no more Optimus. Don't really feel like re-living that again. But…we kind of need a ride back to my house." Carly replied as she truly didn't feel like re-living that again after she herself experienced it and also experienced it with Optimus. Experiencing it twice was bad enough. But to actually sit back and watch Sentinel being revived, that didn't sound too appealing. Carly couldn't help but to think as Optimus motioned for Sideswipe.

And it wasn't before long Sideswipe was there ready to take them to Carly's house.