Cliff's POV;

Soon after finishing my cake, Carly walked me to the door. We didn't say anything. She hugged me, and I wrapped my arms around her. I didn't know what more there was to say at that moment, so we didn't say anything.

Finally she pulled away, and studied my face, what she was looking for I'm not sure. But I took advantage of the opportunity, and leaned down to give her a kiss. It lasted a few seconds longer than usual, but I wasn't complaining.

"There's this dance at the end of next month." She whispered, looked away, her cheeks colouring only a little bit. "Would you like to-"

"I'd love to take you to your dance." I smiled. She looked back up at me, her eyes filled with gratitude.

We hugged for a few more minutes, before I really had to go. I walked down the driveway, and slipped into the car, only when her home was out of view did I let my holoform dissolve. But that was when I realized I didn't know what kind of dance it was. Was it casual, formal, costume, masquerade?

::Hey Lyra?::

::What?:: she asked, her voice sounded tired and strained.

::What kind of dance is it?::

::Costume.::

::So I have to had a mask and scrap?::

::Yep. That is what is usually what masquerade means.::

::Is there any special occasion going on as too why?::

::Uh yeah, Halloween…::

::Do you know what Carly is going to dress up as?::

::No, we're going Halloween shopping later next month.::

After that I felt her turn her privet line off. I guess she wasn't in the mood to talk right now.

::Hey Cliff, how was the funereal?:: Arcee asked, opening a new privet line.

::It was beautiful. But with the secrets Optumus told Carly…it just makes me more certain that she should be under our protection.::

::She knows about us?::

::No. She thinks that they are just stories. But Optimus told her about Megatron. But she only know of him as Megatronis.::

::Why would Optimus call him Megatronis?::

::I don't know. And I'm sure no one is going to tell us.::

::Probably not. They are pretty tight lipped. Especially as of late.::

::Soo…when do we get to meet her?::

::Would you like to go to a Halloween dance?::

::You mean dressing up and scrap?::

::Yeah.::

::Is that the only way I'm going to meet her?::

::Yeah.::

::Frag you.::

::Love you too.::

Carly's POV;

About a month had passed since Lyra started working at our school. It was nice, but at the same time I actually had to participate in gym now. But at least Matt, Miranda, and Linda have been leaving me alone. But whenever I saw them, they would send me an evil glare. I knew they weren't done yet. I knew next time I faced them, I would be alone, and I would have to stand up for myself. Which for some stupid reason was too difficult to even think about.

Lyra and I were heading home when Lyra grasped my shoulder. She had an excited look on her face, causing me to get just a little bit nervous.

"Yes?" I asked, throwing her a sideways glance.

"Do I want to know what you want?" I asked.

"I think you do."

"Good-bye." I laughed starting to walk away.

"Ouch." she laughed, catching up to me easily.

"What did you want to do?" I asked, still smirking.

"I wanted to ask if we could go to that new Halloween shop. Halloween in next week."

"Sure. Do you have a date yet?" I asked curiously.

"Yeah, a friend is taking me."

"Do I know him?"

"Yeah, he took me to grad last year."

"Bee! It'll be good to see him again. How's he been?"

"He's been good, same old innocent Bee."

"I can't believe you haven't changed that yet."

"Me either!"

We both had a little giggle as we hopped in the car. She turned the key, and quickly pulled out of the parking lot. It made me think of last year, when would drive home, and dad would have made snakes, or would have been gone.

He was gone a lot. I guess that's why it took me so long to let it sink in that he was gone. For real. To never return.

I quickly blinked away the tears, letting out a slightly frustrated sigh.

"What is it?" Lyra asked, glancing over, showing a bit of concern.

"It's nothing." I sighed, "I'm just tired of being sad."

"Then be happy. There's nothing stopping you."

"I guess I just feel guilty being happy sometimes."

"That is the stupidest thing you have ever said. You dad wants you to be happy. This is your life now Carls, stop living in the past."

"Thanks Lyra."

"Anytime. Now what do you want to be for Halloween."

"Well, in ELA we're reading this book about Venice and the masquerade." I said, feeling my cheeks flush with a little embarrassment. "What about you?"

"Bee and I are going as Batman and Batgirl. Masquerade sounds pretty. Is Cliff going to dress up like that too?"

"Uh, I don't really know. We decided to surprise each other."

"Carly, Carly, Carly." Lyra sighed shaking her head. "You never let a boy surprise you with something so important."

"I trust him." Lyra snorted at that.

"You shouldn't, he'll probably come as a realistic looking zombie. Do you want that?"

"It'd be cool…" I looked ahead for a few seconds before adding, "At first."

"But you're still not going to tell him are you?"

"Nope."

"Okay, think about this. Wouldn't it be cute if you went dressed up for masquerade, and he dressed up as the Phantom of the Opera?"

"Yes, but still, I want it to be surprise, so don't tell him!"

"Fine, but it's your funeral. Oh yeah! I almost forgot something."

"What?"

"I'm also bringing a friend of mine so that Sasha leaves me alone."

"Okay, what her name?"

"Bulk-Bernadette."

"Bulk-Bernadette, what kind of name is that?"

"Her name is just Bernadette, but I was thinking about my friend Bulk, she is his sister."

"Okay. Is Bulk going to come with her too?"

"No, he's going to be…staying behind."

"Okay."

Cliffjumper's POV;

::Finally!:: Arcee said over the comm link.

::What is it? An energon mine?:: I asked hopefully, we still had a bit of energon left, but it would be really nice to have more.

::Nope. I finally get to meet Carly tomorrow.::

::Oh yeah.::

::You didn't forget you date did you?::

::No! Of course not. I forgot you were coming.::

::Yeah, your not leaving me behind again, and I should warn you…::

::What?::

::Lyra is coming over an hour before to help us pick out our costumes.::

::But I already picked a costume.::

::I hate to break it to you Cliff, but no girl wants to dance with a creepy realistic zombie. They might say it's a cool costume, but only for so long.::

::But Carly likes zombies, she plays 'Left 4 Dead' and has read 'Rot & Ruin'.::

::She may like reading about zombies, and killing zombies, but let's face it, she doesn't have to actually see the zombies in the books, and the video games are really unrealistic.::

::I don't want to talk to you about this anymore.::

::You big baby.::

We drove around, talking about the dance, Cybatron, how we first meet, how she really did care. All the adventures we've been on since then, and how the times have really changed.

::Guys, I'm bridging you back to base, you need to get ready.:: Lyra said over shared comm link between Arcee and myself.

We both slowed to a stop and transformed. I looked at Arcee, and laughed to myself.

"What is it?" she demanded.

"Nothing, it's just I don't know who should be more worried about what Lyra had picked out for our outfits, me or you." I smirked.

"For the love of Primus! Cliff! I wasn't worried till you said that!"

Carly's POV;

Lyra Was all dressed up in her bat girl costume, and was putting some final touch up's on my makeup. When she was finished, she turned me towards the mirror with a triumphant smile on her face.

I took a step closer to the mirror. 'Is that really me?' I wondered. I slipped on my mask, turning to give Lyra my biggest grin.

"What do you think?" Lyra demanded.

"I think I look like a princess." I laughed.

"You look like a princess." Lyra smiled, giving me a big hug. "No come on! We don't want to be late to the dance!"

"How am I going to spot Cliff?" I asked, Lyra still wasn't telling me what his costume was of.

"Trust me, you'll know." She smiled.

"Should I be worried?"

"Naw, it's all good. You'll be happy."

"I hope you're right."

"I am right."

Cliffjumper's POV;

Arcee, Bumblebee, and a female Bulkhead who didn't know his holoform was in femm mode all stood on the dance floor laughing and talking to one another.

"Hey Cliff, look their's Lyra, and who I'm assuming is Carly." Arcee smirked, watching my reaction. "She's really pretty, I can see why you took an interest in her."

"I didn't take in interest in her for her looks." I mumbled, turning to see Lyra and Carly walking up. Arcee was right though, Carly looked beautiful. She wore an elegant mask, and an amazing black dress with a cloak.

"Hey Cliff!" she smiled up at me, and I swore I felt my spark skip a beat.

"Hi Carly." I grinned. "You look amazing."

"Thanks." She laughed, with a slight blush creeping across her face. "You look pretty handsome yourself." She paused for a moment. "Who's your friend Cliff?" she asked, I didn't say anything, but I could tell she was worried.

"This is my sister Arcee." I grinned. Carly's face flushed even more.

"Hello Carly, I've heard so much about you." Acree started smirking. "In fact you're all Cliff seems to talk about anymore."

"I've heard a lot about you too Arcee. I'm happy I finally get to meet you."

"And I'm Bulk!" Bulkhead grinned, jumping right into the conversation.

"Hi Bulk. I've heard a lot about you too. It's nice to meet you." Carly smiled, but she gave me a questioning look, as if to say 'I though you said Bulkhead was a boy…'

I head a slow song come on and I couldn't resist. I pulled Carly close and walked off to the dance floor, giving Bulk and Arcee a wave good bye. When we were finally on the dance floor, Carly threw her arms around my neck and I slid mine around her waist, pulling her even closer as she rested her head on my shoulder. I felt as though this was the perfect moment. Carly and I, just being together. I never wanted to let her go. I wanted to just keep dancing.

But all too soon, the song came to an end.

Carly's POV;

I wanted to hold Cliff even more tightly as he pulled away, but I didn't stop him. He looked down at me, with a content smile on his face. He pulled up my chin just a touch with his figure, and kissed my lips tenderly.

"I'm going to get something to drink, then-" I felt my face flush, "Could we dance some more?"

"That sounds like a good idea to me."

I made my way thought the crowd, waving 'hi' to Lrya and Bee who were dancing to the fast paced song. But before I even made it to the punch table, I felt someone grab my arm, and pull me over to the side of the gym hard.

"Ow!" I yelped, looking to see Matt, Miranda, and Linda all looking down on me.

"I think we need to have a privet conversation." Miranda grumbled, out in the hall.

"Fine." I muttered.

"Is she getting fresh with us?" Matt asked.

"I think so." Miranda nodded glaring at me.

I was lead through the gym towards the exit. I looked around desperately to see if I could make eye contact with Lyra or Cliff. Right before we disappeared into the hall, I caught sight of Lyra, who was looking in our direction with the death glare.

Once we were in the hall though, I was starting to become a little pissed. I was having a wonderful evening, and they just come along thinking they can ruin it! 'No.' I thought, 'It ends tonight.' Before any of them even had a chance to yell at me I snapped.

"Look!" I snarled. "I don't have to keep putting up with you bullshit. I am finally happy again, and I won't let any of you ruin it. So why don't you all just go and find someone else to pick on, because I have had enough, none of you hold any power over me anymore."

They all looked at me dumb founded for a few moment. But once they recovered, it was too late.

"You can't-" Miranda started.

"I think she just did. I suggest you all do what the little lady asked, before you get into big trouble." a familiar voice said behind me. I gave a sigh of relief, it was Cliff.

"We don't have to listen to you." Matt growled.

"No, but you have to listen to me." Lyra said, her voice filled with venom.

The three quickly retreated leaving me with my two guardian angles. I turned to look at the two of them, who were smiling awfully big.

"You trashed their car, didn't you." I asked, a grin stretching across my face as well as they pulled baseball bats out from behind them.

"We couldn't resist." Lyra laughed.

"Just tell me if they give you any more trouble." Cliff said giving me a hug.

"I have a feeling they won't but I will." I smiled, hugging him tighter.

The Drone: I'm so sorry I haven't been updating! D: Can you forgive me? I have been really busy lately, with good stuff, and bad stuff. Thanks for not giving up on me! I think I should be updating more often lately again now!

: I know! I love them too! They are amazing, with you help of course! :3

Corona Pax: Thank you! I know! Those parts were hard to write, but I'm really glad you are enjoying the story, I just hope you are still there and still ready to read 'Superman'! I'm really sorry I left you waiting for so long! :(

Bee4ever: I know! I feel so bad for them, but this is the way the story has to go. :( I'm so so so so sorry I left you waiting for the next chapter! Can you forgive me?

~Haiden