Chapter Twelve

"Well that's one way to meet Optimus." Sara chuckled as Anna told her how she had met the Autobot leader and had thus come to the Autobot base.

The dark blonde smiled, "how about you? How did you meet the Autobots?"

"My first encounter was with Rapid Run…" she stopped remembering how the light grey train had stormed out of the medbay when she had tried to tell Midnight Express she loved him. She sighed sadly and looked down at the table.

"Is everything okay?" Anna asked worriedly.

"It's Rapid." The brown haired woman explained "I think that…that now Midnight's up and about he thinks that I'm going to focus all my…attention on Midnight and forget about him."

Anna sighed slightly frustrated. "Males." She muttered.

"How am I going to convince him that I love all three of them." Her head sinking down and hitting the table with a small thump.

The dark blonde reached over and patted the woman reassuringly on the back. "We'll think of something."

When Rapid Run walked into his quarters he was quite surprised to see Rail Spike and Midnight Express already there, Midnight was sitting on his berth looking worried with Rail Spike standing next to him arms folded across his chest looking annoyed.

"What…" he began before getting interrupted.

"Sit." Rail Spike said crossly.

Rapid Run did as he was told taking a seat at the other end of the berth facing his teammates. "Why are you in my quarters?" he finally asked.

"That should be obvious." The bullet train leader replied.

"You're upsetting Sara." Midnight Express explained sadly, his voice quiet and soft.

"And how exactly am I doing that? She doesn't even love me." As soon as those words left his mouth he regretted them. He saw the shock on Midnight Express' face and the sheer anger in Rail Spike's optics.

"How can you say that, Rapid?" the white and dark blue train asked his shock clearly showing in his voice. "She loves you just as much as she loves Spike and I."

"What would you know." The light grey train muttered looking down at the floor.

Rail Spike virtually stomped over, held the younger bullet train by his shoulders and hauled him up so they were optic to optic. "Now you listen here, Rapid Run." He said sternly "that femme has been through a lot thanks to the Predacons. Do you really think that she would have asked you to stay with her as long as she did if she didn't feel anything for you, do you?"

Rapid Run shrugged still looking down at the floor. "She was upset over Midnight."

"Then why didn't she have Joe take care of her?" Midnight Express stated walking over to the two of them. Rapid Run again shrugged.

There came a knock on the door catching everyone's attention and making them look over at it, a few moments later a voice was heard saying "Rapid? Are you there?"

Rail Spike and Midnight Express looked at each other and smiled. The younger bullet train gave a nod and went to open the door. "Sara." He greeted.

The bullet train leader felt the light grey train flinch when he heard the human's name. "If you won't listen to us," he began "then you'll listen to her." Releasing the mechs arms.

"Midnight?" Sara said surprised "why are you…" she stopped upon seeing Rail Spike as she walked in. "What's going on?" she asked. A blue hand came beside her; she looked at Midnight Express and smiled then sat on his hand.

The white and dark blue train walked over to Rapid Run and placed her in front of him. "Rapid believes that you don't love him." He said ignoring the annoyed look he was given.

Sara sighed sadly. "Rapid, what is it I have to do to convince you that I love all three you. Not just Midnight Express, not just Rail Spike but all of you." Rapid Run just looked at her, his green optics showing doubt and concern. She sighed again "is nothing I say going to convince you? Please tell me what I need to do, and I'll gladly do it. Anything! As long as it gets me to convince you that I do love you."

The light grey train looked up at the mech in front of him. She's not going to run off with you and forget all about me? He asked shakily finally voicing his fears.

Midnight Express was shocked when he heard this, is that what you think is going to happen?

She does love you more than us he replied.

Midnight Express smiled and placed a hand on his teammates shoulder. That maybe so, but it doesn't explain why she kept you with her while I was out. From what Rail Spike told me she wouldn't let you go afraid that the same thing would happen to you. That proves that she really does love you, Rapid.

Seeing the two bullet trains having a private conversation Sara turned to Rail Spike. "Could you put me closer to Rapid's face please Spike." She asked.

"What do you intend to do?" the white and blue train asked curious.

She smiled at him, "Kiss him."

Rail Spike chuckled, taking Sara from Midnight Express' hand and placing her next to Rapid Run's face as she had asked. He couldn't help but chuckle again as he saw the surprise in the mech's optics and look at her as if the weirdest thing had just happened. "I can do it again if you like." She said as if sensing an invisible cue he placed her next to the train's face again and she kissed him again.

"Has that convinced you?" she asked hopefully.

Rapid Run smiled behind his faceplate, his fears subsiding. He gently took her from Rail Spike's hand and said, "it might…if I can get another one." Making her chuckle.

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